SAVANNAH, GA. — Boston-based Wayfair will open a new 1.1 million-square-foot facility in Savannah, creating 1,000 jobs. New jobs will include supervisory, administrative and warehouse positions. The company and the undisclosed landlord plan to invest about $45 million in the site over the next five years. Wayfair, founded in 2002, is an e-commerce company that sells more than 10 million home goods items. This is Wayfair’s second Georgia location, joining a warehouse and distribution center in McDonough, located about 32 miles south of downtown Atlanta. Wayfair’s new facility will be situated within Savannah River International Trade Park, according to Savannah Morning News. The park is already home to distribution centers for IKEA and Target.
HIALEAH, FLA. — Miller Construction has delivered CGI Doors and Windows’ office and manufacturing facility in Hialeah’s Countyline Corporate Park. CGI Windows and Doors moved into the new 325,000-square-foot building at 3780 W. 104th St. from a smaller location in nearby Miami. Flagler Global Logistics was the developer and Ware Malcomb designed the facility. Ware Malcomb offers integrated design services including architecture, planning, interior design, civil engineering and branding to diverse clients in both the private and public sectors.
HOUSTON — Full-service real estate firm Finial Group will develop Independence Business Park, a 145,185-square-foot industrial project in southwest Houston. The property will be situated on roughly 19 acres near Beltway 8 and State Highway 288 and will comprise seven buildings ranging in size from 17,025 to 27,030 square feet. Buildings will feature 10 percent office buildouts and grade-level doors. Completion of Phase I of the project is slated for the third quarter of 2019.
GARLAND, TEXAS — Multipackaging Solutions Dallas, a provider of packaging services for the healthcare, cosmetics and electronics industries, has signed a 69,000-square-foot industrial lease at 2755-2975 Miller Park N. in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Garland. The property was built in 19887 and is zoned for warehouse uses, according to LoopNet Inc. Josh Barnes and Ben Wallace of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, TA Realty. Nathan Lawrence of CBRE represented the tenant.
CAROL STREAM AND ELGIN, ILL. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of two warehouses in Carol Stream and Elgin. The asking price was $7 million, but the final sales price was not disclosed. The Carol Stream property spans 45,746 square feet and includes five loading docks. The building is fully leased to two tenants. The Elgin property spans 35,756 square feet and includes three loading docks. Kelly Joyce of Colliers represented the undisclosed buyer. Jeff Devine and Steve Disse of Colliers represented the seller, Bristol Group.
COMMERCE, GA. — Southeast Toyota Distributors will break ground on a $90 million, 350,000-square-foot plant in Commerce on Dec. 11. The new facility will be situated across Ga. Highway 334 from the distributor’s current plant, which employs 236 full-time associates. The new plant will feature amenities for workers, such as a health and wellness center, nature trail, fitness center, meeting area and an expanded café. The company distributes vehicles, parts and accessories to 177 Toyota dealerships in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The new facility will include six rail spurs capable of accommodating 90 rail cars at once. The campus is expected to be complete in April 2020.
PEMBROKE PARK, FLA. — Best Buy has leased 27,256 square feet of industrial space and Ryder has renewed its lease for 70,861 square feet at Seneca Industrial Park in Pembroke Park. The combined 98,117 square feet brings the 885,000-square-foot industrial park to full capacity. Thomas Kresse, Ben Eisenberg, Walter Byrd and Carlos Gaviria of Transwestern represented the landlord, TH Real Estate, the investment arm of TIAA. Craig Fetherston of The Shopping Center Group represented Best Buy, a multinational consumer electronics retailer. Tom O’Loughlin of CBRE represented Ryder, a nationwide company specializing in fleet management solutions, supply chain management and logistics.
SCRANTON, PA. — Trammell Crow Co. has acquired a 90-acre site at the Valley View Business Park in Scranton. The company plans to build a 1 million square-foot speculative distribution facility on the site. The sales price was undisclosed. The building is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2019 and will feature 40-foot clear heights, 311 trailer parking spots, 277 car parking spots, 159 dock positions and ESFR fire protection. Trammell Crow purchased the site from the Scranton Lackawanna Industrial Building Co., the industrial development affiliate of the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce. CBRE Allentown was given the leasing assignment for the project.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $1.9 million sale of a two-story warehouse in the South Bronx. Located at 585 Jackson Ave., the 10,020-square-foot property includes two garage doors, gas heat and 50 feet of street frontage. Jonathan Squires and Michael Fioravanti of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was also undisclosed.
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS — San Diego-based investment firm PacVentures has acquired a portfolio of 10 industrial properties totaling 811,092 square feet in the South Texas city of Brownsville. The portfolio was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to multiple tenants, including windshield wiper provider Trico and its affiliate, Carter Fuel Systems. Steve Rowland of Transwestern and Joe Simmons of AQUILA Commercial represented PacVentures in the transaction. The seller was regional investment firm Sealy & Co.