MILWAUKEE — Draper and Kramer’s Commercial Finance Group has arranged a $60 million refinancing for an eight-property, 1.6 million-square-foot industrial portfolio located in metro Milwaukee. Dallas-based Westmount Realty Capital LLC owns the portfolio. All of the properties are situated near major regional highways and the General Mitchell International Airport. Westmount acquired the portfolio in 2015 and implemented a capital improvement program, helping push occupancy to nearly 100 percent. Mark Perkowski and Matthew Wurtzebach of Draper and Kramer arranged the nonrecourse loan with a national bank.
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KYLE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Kyle Parkway Self Storage & Mini Offices, a 305-unit facility that spans 41,283 net rentable square feet and is located in the Central Texas city of Kyle. The property also includes seven mini-office spaces. The self-storage component consists of 138 climate-controlled units and 167 non-climate-controlled units. Jon Danklefs of Marcus & Millichap handled the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed seller. The buyer was Dallas-based Montfort Capital Partners.
ROSELLE, ILL. — Venture One Real Estate, through its acquisition fund VK Industrial V LP, has acquired an 80,704-square-foot industrial building in Roselle for an undisclosed price. The property sits on 5.1 acres at 31 Presidential Drive, about 30 miles northwest of Chicago. Built in 1992, the facility features a clear height of 18 feet, five docks, three drive-in doors and parking for 232 cars. The single-tenant building was fully leased to an undisclosed tenant at the time of sale. Jeff Janda and Jeff Galante of Lee & Associates represented the undisclosed seller.
NEW YORK CITY — CenterPoint Properties has acquired the Flatlands Portfolio, a 925,411-square-foot industrial portfolio comprising three buildings and a one-acre lot in Brooklyn. The three buildings are located at 101-01 Ave. D, 103-00 Foster Ave. and 101-10 Foster Ave., and the one-acre lot is between Avenue D and Foster Avenue on East 105th Street. The buildings feature clear heights ranging from 22 to 32 feet, and the portfolio was 100 percent leased to 13 tenants at the time of sale. Mat Diana, Paul Yuras and Peter Derbar of DY Realty represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and will represent CenterPoint in leasing the portfolio moving forward.
FREEHOLD, N.J. — CBRE has arranged the $8.8 million sale of a 154,824-square-foot industrial property located at 500 Halls Mill Road in Freehold, located approximately 30 miles east of Trenton. Situated at 500 Halls Mill Road, the property offers convenient access to the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway. The buyer, Treetop Development, plans to redevelop the site as an approximately 200,000-square-foot distribution facility with a clear height of 36 feet. Elli Klapper, Charles Berger and Kevin Dudley led a CBRE team that represented Treetop Development in the transaction. The seller was undisclosed.
THOMASVILLE, GA. — Walmart has opened a 201,000-square-foot meat processing facility at 121 Roseway Drive in Thomasville, 15 miles north of the Georgia-Florida border. The Thomasville Times-Enterprise reported the facility cost $90 million to develop. The plant will house more than 200 employees who will distribute a selection of Angus beef cuts, such as steaks and roasts, from the new supply chain to 500 Walmart stores in the Southeast. Construction of the property began in August 2018. In conjunction with the opening of the facility, Bentonville, Ark.-based Walmart has awarded a $7,500 grant to Georgia Wildlife Federation, a $2,500 grant to the Thomasville Police Force and a $2,500 in grant to Second Harvest of South Georgia. Walmart employs more than 62,000 associates across Georgia’s 211 retail units and seven distribution centers.
Metropolitan Capital Advisors Arranges $4M Construction Loan for Self-Storage Facility in Mobile
by Alex Tostado
MOBILE, ALA. — Metropolitan Capital Advisors (MCA) has arranged a $4 million senior construction loan for Anytime Storage, a self-storage owner and operator based in Phoenix. The company will use the loan to construct a three-story self-storage facility in Mobile comprising 466 climate-controlled units, representing the first Anytime Storage facility in Alabama. The financing features a fixed 5.05 percent interest rate and 36 months of interest-only payments followed by a 20-year amortization schedule. MCA’s Duke Dennis originated the loan with ServisFirst. Once complete, Anytime Storage’s portfolio will total over 3,700 units across Alabama and Arizona.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — Americold Realty Trust (NYSE: COLD) has acquired Newport-St. Paul Cold Storage, a 6.1 million-cubic-foot cold storage facility in St. Paul for $56 million. The temperature-controlled property is located on I-494. The site offers three acres of adjoining land available for expansion. Separately, Americold has closed on its previously announced acquisition of Nova Cold Logistics, an owner and operator of three facilities in Canada.
INDIANAPOLIS — Avison Young has brokered the sale of a 353,000-square-foot industrial building in Indianapolis. Located at 7901 W. 21st St., the facility is fully leased to Venture Logistics LLC and Iron Mountain Inc. Built in 1985 and renovated in 1994, the property features 31 dock doors and three drive-in doors. Venture Logistics, a privately owned transportation company, occupies 85 percent of the building. Erik Foster, Mike Wilson, Sean McHale and Steve Schaub of Avison Young represented the seller, an institutional owner. Plymouth Industrial REIT purchased the asset for $12.1 million.
NAI James Hanson Brokers Sale of 20,000 SF Industrial Building in Hackensack, New Jersey
by Alex Patton
HACKENSACK, N.J. — NAI James Hanson has brokered the sale of a 20,000-square-foot industrial building in Hackensack, a northwestern suburb of New York City. Located at 143 Leuning St., the property offers 17,500-square-feet of industrial space, 2,500-square-feet of office space and close proximity to the New Jersey Turnpike. The buyer, City Knickerbocker, provides reproductions of contemporary lighting fixtures for use in television, theater, and private businesses and homes. Russell Verducci and Eric Demmers of NAI James Hanson represented City Knickerbocker in the transaction. Schmidt Realty Company LLC was the seller. The sales price was undisclosed.