COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Berkadia has arranged financing on behalf of Las Vegas-based Crystal View Capital for the acquisition of AAA Platte Self Storage, a self-storage facility in Colorado Springs. Located at 4510 Edison Ave., AAA Platte Self Storage is a 308,749-square-foot, 877-unit self-storage and industrial warehouse facility located near Peterson Air Force Base. Cutt Ableson and Johnny King of Berkadia’s Houston office secured the three-year, adjustable-rate loan, which MidCap Financial Services provided.
ADDISON, ILL. — Bridge Development Partners LLC has sold an 87,640-square-foot industrial facility in Addison for an undisclosed price. Cabot Properties purchased the building, which is located at 133 N. Swift Road. Bridge purchased the property in December 2018 and completed extensive upgrades. Associated Material Handling Industries Inc. is the tenant. Mike Caprile, Ryan Bain and Zach Graham of Bridge represented Bridge in the sale.
PORTAGE, MICH. — Berkadia has arranged a $2.5 million acquisition loan for Stowaway Mini Storage in Portage near Kalamazoo. Located at 9879 Portage Road, the 398-unit self-storage facility spans 57,325 square feet. Cutt Ableson and Johnny King of Berkadia arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan. CIBC World Markets provided the loan on behalf of the borrower, Crystal View Capital, a private investment firm based in Las Vegas.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Fort Capital, a Fort Worth-based investment firm, has purchased a portfolio of 10 light industrial buildings totaling 455,331 square feet in Arlington. The buildings, located in the Great Southwest submarket, are situated within half a mile of Interstate 30 and just minutes south of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The seller was not disclosed. With this transaction, Fort Capital has now acquired more than 2.5 million square feet of industrial product in the last two years.
BLUE MOUND, TEXAS — Prolift Rigging, a Virginia-based crane services provider, has signed a 52,000-square-foot industrial lease at 1005 S. Blue Mound Road on the northern outskirts of Fort Worth. Forrest Cook and Sarah Ozanne of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, Hilzer Family Trust, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant was not disclosed.
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated an 8,500-square-foot industrial lease in Farmers Branch, a northern suburb of Dallas. Nathan Denton and Adam Graham of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, IC Industrial REIT, in the lease negotiations. Robert Powell of Powell Realty Advisors represented the tenant, TSI Commercial Flooring.
HOUSTON — A partnership between Seefried Industrial Properties and USAA Real Estate has broken ground on Ella West Crossing, a 221,393-square-foot industrial project located within Pinto Business Park in North Houston. The property will offer proximity to Bush Intercontinental Airport and Interstate 45 and will feature cross-dock and front-load spaces that can accommodate users with requirements as small as 40,000 square feet. Additional building features will include 32-foot clear heights, 185-foot truck court depths, 67 trailer parking spaces and an ESFR sprinkler system. Completion is scheduled for July 2020. Powers Brown Architecture is designing the project, and Rosenberg Construction is the general contractor. Avison Young will handle leasing.
IRVING, TEXAS — Avenger Flight Group LLC has signed a 116,640-square-foot industrial lease at Valley View at DFW Center, a 294,795-square-foot property in Irving, for its second flight simulation training center in North Texas. The deal represents an expansion for the company, which entered the market three years ago with a 40,000-square-foot lease in Fort Worth. Joe Santaularia and Brock Wilson of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented Avenger Flight Group in its site selection and lease negotiations.
SPRINGDALE, ARK. — Real estate investment company NAS Investment Solutions has acquired a newly constructed, 27,465 square-foot flex building fully occupied by BNSF Logistics in Springdale, less than six miles north of Fayetteville. Located at 2708 S. 48th St. the facility completes the second phase of BNSF’s property expansion that serves as the company’s regional headquarters. National Asset Services (NAS) will assume responsibility for asset and property management for the newly acquired property. NAS currently manages the 30,339-square-foot Phase I building and will assume management responsibilities for the newly created campus. BNSF Logistics is a third-party supply chain management firm based in Flower Mound, Texas. The company is a subsidiary of BNSF Railway but works with all major and secondary railroad lines.
PHILADELPHIA — Gobrands Inc. has signed two separate leases totaling 7,560 square feet for adjacent buildings in Aramingo Village, a shopping center in Philadelphia. The buildings will house the company’s digital convenience delivery service goPuff, utilizing 6,060 square feet for warehouse and distribution space and 1,500 square feet as a beer retail store. Richard Soloff of Soloff Realty & Development Inc. represented Gobrands in the lease negotiations. Soloff also represented the undisclosed landlord.