WOODLAND HILLS, CALIF. — Bolour Associates has purchased a flex commercial building, located at 21200 Oxnard St. in Woodland Hills, for an undisclosed price. Situated on three acres, the property features 50,000 square feet of commercial space. Additionally, the building is part of the Warner Center 2035 Specific Plan, which promotes high-density development in the Warner Center neighborhood of San Fernando Valley. The building is surrounded by development, including a 120,000-square-foot seniors housing facility, 110,000-square-foot medical office building, 170-room hotel and 461-unit apartment complex. Nigel Stout of JLL represented the buyer in the deal. David Harding, Billy Walk and David Josker of CBRE will oversee the leasing of the property.
Industrial
GERMANTOWN, WIS. — Founders 3 Real Estate Services Inc. has brokered the sale of a 162,230-square-foot industrial building in Germantown for an undisclosed price. The building, located within Willow Creek Business Park, serves as the headquarters for DiscountRamps.com with 18,610 square feet designated as office space. The seller, Weas Development, completed construction of the building in September. Andy Hess and Bob Flood of Founders 3 brokered the transaction on behalf of the seller. An affiliate of STAG Industrial Inc. purchased the building.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Stonelake Capital Partners, a private equity firm with offices in Austin, Houston and Dallas, has purchased a 56,960-square-foot industrial building located at 616 111th St. in Arlington. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 1981 and features 20-foot clear heights. Mark Graybill and Colton Rhodes of Lee & Associates brokered the deal. The seller was not disclosed.
The industrial market in Orange County remains strong as demand continues to far outweigh supply. Vacancy throughout the region remains at historic lows, staying below 3 percent for the 13th consecutive quarter through the third quarter of this year. The largest submarket, North Orange County, is also the tightest submarket with a 1.2 percent overall vacancy. As an infill market, we do not anticipate significant increases in vacancy within the Orange County industrial marketplace for the foreseeable future, despite the new developments recently delivered, planned or under construction. There are several significant industrial development projects in various stages in the county. This is welcome news by users seeking to upgrade and expand into modern facilities while maintaining local operations. The first is a 30-acre redevelopment site in Huntington Beach that was purchased by Sares Regis Group earlier this year. Sares Regis is expected to begin construction shortly, with plans to deliver more than 600,000 square feet of new product in late 2019. Shea Properties recently began construction on Shea Business Center in Santa Ana, which is planned for nearly 530,000 square feet and a completion date in 2019. Western Realco is also nearing completion of Beckman Business Center, a 900,000-square-foot, …
Effects of E-Commerce Ripple Across Salt Lake City Industrial Market, Concludes InterFace Panel
by Alex Tostado
SALT LAKE CITY — E-commerce has emerged both as a major driver and hindrance to manufacturing growth in Salt Lake City, where increasing costs of technology are limiting the speed at which industrial users deliver goods to consumers. The rise of online shopping has been predicated on rapid delivery of product, but achieving an expedient pace of distribution requires greater investment in automated technology that can package and ship goods faster than human laborers. But e-commerce is not cheap to execute. According to Wick Udy, managing director in the Salt Lake City office of brokerage giant JLL, the cost of delivering an item purchased online generally accounts for about 25 to 30 percent of the total purchase price. “We’re starting to see a lot of these companies re-evaluate their network,” said Udy. “They’re going closer to the consumer, and that’s helping with logistics costs. E-commerce and certainly manufacturing are really what’s driving our market here.” Udy made his remarks during InterFace Industrial Real Estate in Salt Lake City on Nov. 29. The half-day conference at Little America Hotel and was followed by InterFace Multifamily Real Estate later that same day. All totaled, the two events drew 306 professionals from across …
EDISON, N.J. — HFF has arranged a $41.5 million loan for the acquisition of Middlesex Logistics Center, a 507,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution center in Edison. Built in 2014, the fully leased property features 36-foot clear heights, 101 loading docks and parking for 190 cars and 135 trailers. The property is located at 549 Mill Road, approximately 35 miles southwest of New York City. Jon Mikula and Andrew Zilenziger of HFF represented the borrower, Cohen Asset Management in the transaction. Principal Real Estate Investors provided the 10-year, fixed-rate loan.
FENTON, MO. — Keystone Construction has completed the renovation of UniGroup’s headquarters in Fenton. UniGroup, the parent company of multiple transportation-related companies, is offering excess office space for lease. The campus totals approximately 450,000 square feet and is situated near the interchange of I-270 and I-44. The multi-million dollar renovation included upgrades to the HVAC system, roof, façade, windows, workout facility and cafeteria. Keystone Construction served as contractor and ACI Boland was the architect. NAI DESCO has been hired to market the 50,000-square-foot vacant space at One Premier Drive.
IRVING, TEXAS — Perot Development Co. will build a 2.4 million-square-foot industrial park on a 196-acre tract located at the eastern end of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The site, which is located near the regional hubs of FedEx and UPS, fronts the George Bush Turnpike and connects to a Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) station. The project is expected to break ground by March 2019 and will deliver four buildings that are anticipated to be available for lease by 2020. Halff Associates is serving as the project architect and civil engineer, and Peinado Construction will be the general contractor.
SAN ANTONIO — Missouri-based self-storage owner-operator StorageMart has purchased a facility located on Braun Road in northwest San Antonio. The property totals 72,000 square feet of net rentable space across 500 units, 212 of which are climate-controlled. The property also offers 23 parking spaces for rent. The new ownership will upgrade the facility’s security systems and fencing. The seller was not disclosed.
Bellwether Enterprise Secures $85M Loan for Warehouse Portfolio in California, Pennsylvania
by Amy Works
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIF. — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital has arranged $85 million in permanent financing for s five-building warehouse portfolio. Totaling 1.1 million square feet, three buildings are located in Los Angeles County, one in the Inland Empire West area and one in Central Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley submarket. Each building is a concrete tilt-up warehouse building with minimal office build-out and clear heights ranging from 24 feet to 36 feet. Additionally, each building is leased to a single tenant. Shelley Magoffin and Max Sauerman of Bellwether Enterprise secured the loan with one of the company’s correspondent life insurance companies and Thrivent Financial.