Data Centers

Finmarc Acquires Industrial, Data Center Portfolio in Springfield, Virginia for $127.5M

by John Nelson June 17, 2022

SPRINGFIELD, VA. — Finmarc Management, a real estate investment and management firm based in Bethesda, Md., has purchased an 11-building portfolio from Boston Properties in Springfield for $127.5 million. The portfolio spans 740,000 square feet of industrial, flex/office and data center space in one- and two-story properties. Situated near Fort Belvoir and I-95, the portfolio was 74 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including ADT Security Systems, Avaya, SAIC, The Vomela Cos. and the U.S. General Service Administration (GSA). William Collins and Eric Berkman of Cushman & Wakefield represented Boston Properties in the transaction, and Finmarc was self-represented. Michael Zelin and Marshall Scanlon of Cushman & Wakefield, along with consultant Cliff Mendelson of Met Cap Advisors, arranged acquisition financing on behalf of Finmarc.

June 17, 2022

California Data Centers Development Industrial Western

Prime Data Centers Plans 261,000 SF Development in Vernon, California

by Amy Works June 6, 2022

VERNON, CALIF. — Prime Data Centers has released plans for a three-story, 261,000-square-foot data center in Vernon. Additionally, the company will construct an electrical substation to serve the new site. The completed facility will deliver up to 33 megawatts of power to its tenants. The new carrier-neutral facility offers opportunities for tenants to obtain wholesale dark fiber in volume to all five of the central interconnection hubs in downtown Los Angeles: One Wilshire, 600 W. Seventh Street, 530 W. Sixth Street, 900 N. Alameda and 818 W. Seventh Street. The new facility will offer dedicated office, storage and staging options, as well as secure onsite parking. Completion is slated for as early as fourth-quarter 2023. Darren Eades of JLL handled the land parcel acquisition. Terms of the deal were not released.

June 6, 2022

Data Centers Development Illinois Industrial Midwest

Prologis, Skybox Complete 189,000 SF Spec Data Center in Elk Grove Village, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow May 2, 2022

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL. — Prologis and Skybox Datacenters have completed a 189,000-square-foot data center at 800 E. Devon Ave. in Elk Grove Village, a suburb of Chicago. Named Skybox Chicago I, the speculative facility sits on a 10-acre site. The project can accommodate a single tenant or several users. Leasing efforts are underway. The project was the conversion of a vacant distribution center.

May 2, 2022

Data Centers Development Industrial Texas

Sabey Data Centers to Develop 72-Megawatt Facility in Metro Austin

by Taylor Williams April 21, 2022

ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — Seattle-based developer and operator Sabey Data Centers will develop a facility in the northern Austin suburb of Round Rock that will have the capacity to produce up to 72 megawatts of power. The two-building development will be situated on a 40-acre site and will be primarily marketed to hyperscale cloud users. Preliminary sitework is underway, and Sabey plans to break ground in June and to deliver the facility in the first quarter of 2023.

April 21, 2022

Data Centers Development Industrial Midwest Missouri

Meta to Build $800M Data Center in Kansas City

by Kristin Harlow March 29, 2022

KANSAS CITY, MO. — Meta Platforms Inc., formerly known as Facebook Inc., plans to build a nearly 1 million-square-foot data center in Kansas City. Meta will invest more than $800 million for the project, which will support up to 100 jobs. The facility is expected to be operational in 2024. The data center will be located in Golden Plains Technology Park, a 5.5 million-square-foot data center campus. The site will be supported by 100 percent renewable energy. Meta plans to use the Data Center Sales Tax Exemption Program, a tool that incentivizes the location and expansion of data centers in the state of Missouri.

March 29, 2022

Data Centers Development Industrial Texas

Skybox, Prologis to Develop 141,240 SF Data Center in Metro Austin

by Taylor Williams March 14, 2022

PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS — Developer and operator Skybox Datacenters, in partnership with San Francisco-based industrial giant Prologis, will construct a 141,240-square-foot data center in the northern Austin suburb of Pflugerville. The facility, known as Skybox Austin I, will have the capacity to produce up to 30 megawatts of power. Construction is scheduled to begin in May, with delivery of the first data hall slated for March 2023.

March 14, 2022

Acquisitions Data Centers Industrial Texas Top Stories

CyrusOne Agrees to Sell Four Data Centers in Houston for $670M

by Kristin Harlow January 19, 2022

HOUSTON — CyrusOne Inc. (NASDAQ: CONE) has entered into a definitive agreement to sell four of its data centers in Houston for approximately $670 million. Under the terms of the agreement, DataBank Holdings Ltd. will acquire Houston West I, II and III, as well as Houston Galleria. The four facilities total more than 300,000 square feet. Additionally, CyrusOne will lease back the Houston West III shell to support a lease signed with a customer in the fourth quarter of 2021. The transaction is expected to close by the end of this quarter. Proceeds from the sale will be utilized to fund future development projects. “We are excited to execute on our capital recycling initiative to fund our continued growth,” says David Ferdman, interim president and CEO of Dallas-based CyrusOne. “This divestiture further optimizes our portfolio as we redeploy capital into accretive developments across core markets with diverse hyperscale and enterprise demand in the U.S. and Europe.” The transaction marks DataBank’s entry into the Houston market. “With our deep roots in Texas, [Houston] was a logical metro for us to expand into and allows us to bring our digital infrastructure and interconnection solutions to the fourth-largest metro in the U.S.,” says …

January 19, 2022

Acquisitions Colorado Data Centers Industrial Western

IPI Partners Acquires 138,000 SF Data Center in Downtown Denver

by Amy Works January 14, 2022

DENVER — IPI Partners has purchased a three-story primary data center located at 1500 Champa St. in downtown Denver. Morgan Reed Group sold the asset for an undisclosed price. IPI Partners plans to further develop the 138,000-square-foot center’s connectivity ecosystems and colocation capacity. Currently, the property can support approximately 10 megawatts of power and offer a robust “Meet-Me-Room,” a space telecommunications companies can physically connect to one another and exchange data. Fred Mobley, Charles Borges and Andrew Gross of Matthews Real Estate Investment Services represented the buyer in the transaction.

January 14, 2022

Data Centers Development Southeast Top Stories Virginia

AREP, Harrison Street to Develop Six Properties in Virginia’s Data Center Alley for $1B

by Katie Sloan January 13, 2022

ASHBURN AND ARCOLA, VA. — A joint venture between American Real Estate Partners (AREP) and Harrison Street has announced plans to develop six powered shell data centers in Virginia’s Data Center Alley for $1 billion. The campuses will span 2.1 million square feet across two sites in Ashburn and Arcola. The first project will include a portion of the former AOL headquarters on Pacific Boulevard in Ashburn. The development will feature four built-to-suit data centers delivering 300 megawatts (MW) of electrical power capacity. The second development will be located on Arcola Boulevard, directly across the street from a new development by Google and near Dulles International Airport in Arcola. The campus will include two built-to-suit data centers offering approximately 100 to 125 MW of electrical power capacity. The new buildings will range from 265,000 to 440,000 square feet in size. A timeline for the developments was not announced. The joint venture has also broken ground on ABX-1 at Beaumeade, a 265,000-square-foot, two-story, powered shell data center located on Loudoun County Parkway along the Ashburn Fiber Ring in Ashburn. The partnership acquired the site in January 2021 and has not announced a timeline for the project. A number of large-scale data …

January 13, 2022

California Data Centers Loans Office Top Stories Western

JLL Arranges $389.2M Refinancing of One Wilshire Data Center in Downtown Los Angeles

by John Nelson January 11, 2022

LOS ANGELES — JLL has arranged the $389.2 million refinancing of One Wilshire, a multi-tenant data center located at 624 S. Grand Ave. in downtown Los Angeles. The borrower is GI Partners, an alternative investment firm based in San Francisco. The 30-story, 661,553-square-foot data center features five separate utility power risers and 13 onsite generators with fuel storage for 24 hours of operation, along with separate and redundant data risers. The property also features office space, a multi-tower antenna array and fiber connectivity to the rooftop. Kevin MacKenzie, Brian Torp, Jake Wagner, Samuel Godfrey and Darren Eades of JLL arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate, non-recourse, interest-only loan through Goldman Sachs. “As one of the largest internet exchanges in the world, One Wilshire is truly a best-in-class asset recognized as the premier telecommunications hub of the Western United States,” says MacKenzie. “GI Partners has done an excellent job managing the asset to maximize utilization and creating significant value.” The demand for fast, secure and reliable data storage and delivery is at an all-time high and will continue to escalate for the foreseeable future thanks to the widespread appeal of content streaming services, social media and virtual connectivity. As a data center market, …

January 11, 2022

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