MISSOURI CITY — NAI Partners has brokered the sale of an 86,655-square-foot office and warehouse property situated on 10 acres at 13840 Pike Road in Missouri City, a southwestern suburb of Houston. Clay Pritchett and Zane Carman of NAI Partners represented the seller, Champions Fairway Ltd. Will Austin and Hunter Johnston of Bridge Commercial Real Estate represented the buyer, Full Plus LLC.
HILLSBOROUGH, N.J. — J.G. Petrucci Co. Inc. is nearing completion of a 57,000-square-foot industrial building in Hillsborough, located approximately 40 miles southwest of New York City. The project is build-to-suit for Permadur Industries, a manufacturer of construction equipment. The building will feature 37-foot ceiling heights and 17,000 square feet of office space, as well as 36,000 square feet of space designed for future expansion. Construction is currently underway and slated for completion by the end of 2019. The site also has the capacity to house an additional 36,000 square feet of new development.
OAKLAND, N.J. — JLL has brokered the sale of a 40,781-square-foot light industrial property in Oakland, located approximately 30 miles northwest of New York City. The building, which is located roughly a mile from Interstate 287, features 20-foot clear heights, two drive-in doors and several thousand square feet of office space. The property was fully leased at the time of sale. Jose Cruz, Marc Duval and Jordan Avanzato of JLL represented seller, North Jersey Development Group, in the transaction. A private investor purchased the asset.
WOOD DALE, ILL. — Premier Design + Build Group has broken ground on a two-building industrial development in Wood Dale. Bridge Development Partners is the developer and the facility will be known as Bridge Point Wood Dale. The first building will serve as a 100,738-square-foot build-to-suit for Forward Space LLC, a provider of office furniture and workplace solutions. The second building will be a 241,888-square-foot speculative warehouse. Completion of both buildings is slated for spring 2020. Cornerstone Architects Ltd., Swift Structural Design LLC and Manhard Consulting make up the project team.
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIF. — Valore Ventures has purchased a flex industrial facility, located at 15511 Carmenita Road in Santa Fe Springs, from a private seller for an undisclosed sum. Built in 1998, the 28,542-square-foot property features 11,437 square feet of office space spanning two floors in the front of the building, and 17,105 square feet of one-story industrial warehouse space with 22-foot clear heights in the rear of the building. The facility features a gated parking lot, two drive-in docks and two-grade level doors.
Amarillo has continued on the path of steady growth with a strong unemployment rate of 2.7 percent. Along with its sturdy economy, Amarillo’s commercial market has followed a path of consistent advancement, but there are clouds on the horizon and hints of a stall are visible. Our core market indicators are showing cracks. There are fewer jobs now than there were a year ago. Commodities have been flat at best. Oil prices have experienced declines in excess of 10 percent from this time last year, with natural gas prices dropping nearly 25 percent from a year ago. Despite some early spells of ample moisture, recent heat and low rain totals have hurt Panhandle farmers and ranchers. The uncertainty regarding tariffs on these natural resources has created anxiety as well. For the city’s industrial and commercial real estate sectors, the collective message of these trends is that the long stretch of economic expansion that has propped up the market, may be in the rearview mirror. New Developments Some new land purchases with plans for industrial developments should help the tax base. Caviness Beef Packers recently purchased 100 acres with plans to build a new facility. In addition, the Amarillo Economic Development …
EDDYSTONE, PA. — JLL has arranged a 186,000-square-foot industrial lease expansion for chocolate product manufacturer Barry Callebaut in Eddystone, a southwestern suburb of Philadelphia. The expansion brings Barry Callebuat’s total lease within the property at 1001 Industrial Highway up to 395,000 square feet. Michael Burns, Trevor Ragsdale and Paul Torosian of JLL represented Barry Callebaut in the transaction. The landlord was Novaya Foxfield Indusutrial LLC.
HOUSTON — Lee & Associates has negotiated an 88,000-square-foot industrial lease at 701 Plastics Ave. in Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built on 6 .2 acres in 1979 and includes 3,520 square feet of office space. Trey Erwin, Robert McGee and Dalton Knipe of Lee & Associates represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. The tenant was Grow Texas Plastics LLC.
TULSA, OKLA. — DealPoint Merrill, a commercial owner-operator with offices in California and Nevada, has acquired the former Tulsa World Warehouse, a 47,521-square-foot industrial property situated on two acres in the city’s business and arts district. DealPoint Merrill plans to develop a $10 million self-storage facility on the site that is scheduled to open in May 2020. The seller was not disclosed.
SOMERSET, N.J. — Office interior design firm Tecno Spa has signed a 15,000-square-foot industrial lease in Somerset, a southwestern suburb of New York City. The property, located at 65 Clyde Road, spans 160,000 square feet of industrial space with 24-foot ceiling heights, three loading doors and close proximity to the New Jersey Turnpike. Scott Perkins and Chris Todd of NAI James Hanson represented Tecno Spa in the lease transaction. TA Realty is the landlord.