HILLSIDE, N.J. — Dallas-based design-build firm ARCO/Murray has completed a 1,200-unit self-storage facility for CubeSmart in Hillside, located just west of Newark Liberty International Airport. The six-story facility spans 145,800 square feet, features climate-controlled space and includes a 1,200-square-foot office.
KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Newmark Grubb Zimmer has arranged the sale of a 517,391-square-foot industrial building in Kansas City for an undisclosed price. Overstock.com, an online furniture and home goods retailer, and Riverside Transport fully occupy the property, which is located at 5300 Kansas Ave. Mark Long and John Hassler of NGZ brokered the transaction. Sealy & Co. purchased the asset from BH Properties.
ALGONQUIN, ILL. AND EARTH CITY, MO. — NAI Hiffman has negotiated the sale-leaseback of several properties occupied by Young Innovations Inc. for $17.1 million. Young Innovations is a manufacturer and distributor of consumable dental supplies and equipment. The assets include the company’s 95,000-square-foot headquarters at 2260 Wendt St. in Algonquin as well as the firm’s three manufacturing facilities totaling 117,400 square feet in Earth City, a suburb of St. Louis. Young Innovations will maintain operations at all properties under a 20-year lease with the buyer, New York-based New Mountain Net Lease. Pat Sullivan and Ryan Chambers of NAI Hiffman brokered the sale.
HIALEAH, FLA. — Bridge Development Partners, an industrial development and investment firm with six offices across the country, has acquired land in Miami-Dade County’s Hialeah submarket for the construction of a 1 million-square-foot speculative industrial project. The new development will consist of four buildings ranging in size from 109,000 to 500,000 square feet. Construction is scheduled to begin during the first quarter of 2020 and to be complete by the first quarter of 2021. The property will be located within the AVE Aviation and Commerce Center, a master-planned development located about 10 miles from Miami International Airport and 30 miles from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. In addition, the property offers proximity to The Palmetto Expressway and Gratigny Parkway, which serve as connections to Interstates 95 and 75. Wayne Schuchts, Tom Viscount and Bobby Benton of Avison Young have been tapped to lease the project. Avison Young also represented the seller, AVE LLC, in the land acquisition. “Healthy economic growth, bustling port activity and positive demand continue to drive industrial investment and development activity in Miami’s land-constrained market,” said Benton. “We anticipate strong interest from a variety of large industrial users from logistics to e-commerce who will benefit from the location …
The Portland industrial market continues to be strong despite softening from a few leading indicators. The overall market vacancy rate is 4.3 percent, which is up from 3.4 percent in the third quarter of 2018, while absorption during this period was 832,000 square feet. Historical absorption during the current cycle has averaged 3.8 million square feet. Almost 5 million square feet came on line in 2018, 2 million of which was speculative space that was 85 percent available in July 2019. This impressive amount of growth expanded the existing overall market size by 2.2 percent. Top tenants have been Amazon’s fulfillment centers, which occupy 918,000 square feet in the Rivergate Industrial Park in North Portland and 857,000 square feet in Troutdale. Both facilities were developed by Trammell Crow. Amazon also signed a lease in Hillsboro in 2016 for 303,000 square feet of space that was developed by Majestic. A United States Postal Service processing and distribution facility moved from a confined, central city location into 818,000 square feet in the Airport Way industrial area in Northeast Portland. Other large users include third party logistics, retailers/wholesalers and local market distributors. Intel announced an additional 1.5-million-square-foot expansion of its existing 2.2 million …
HOUSTON — COE Distributing, a wholesale distributor of office furniture, has signed a 251,754-square-foot industrial lease at Highland Grove Industrial Park in northwest Houston. COE will lease newly renovated cross-dock space that was formerly occupied by grocery chain Randalls. Cory Driskill and Travis Covington of Crow Holdings Industrial and Faron Wiley of CBRE represented the landlord, CRP/CHI Randalls Owner LP, in the lease negotiations. John Parsley, Barrett Gibson and Jason English of Colliers International represented the tenant.
PHOENIX — Griffin Opportunities has completed the sale of Desert Gateway, a two-building industrial project in Phoenix. Greenwood & McKenzie Real Estate Investments purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. The 172,803-square-foot property is located at 909 W. Pinnacle Peak Road and 1000 W. Vista Bonita Drive. Will Strong of Cushman Wakefield’s Capital Markets, along with Chris Rogers and Trevor McKendry of Daum Commercial Real Estate Services, handled the transaction.
OAKLAND, CALIF. — CenterPoint Properties has acquired an industrial facility situated on 6.8 acres at 5901 San Leandro St. in Oakland. Terms of the deal, including the price and seller’s name, were not released. Located in the heavy-haul corridor, the 130,513-square-foot asset offers secured, excess loading with heavy-haul capability and a controlled, fully-lit intersection. Additionally, the property features a secured 200-foot truck court, an above-market loading ratio, 22-foot to 24-foot clear heights, and the opportunity to add Union Pacific rail service. Mark Maguire, Justin Smutko and Nick Mascheroni of Colliers International represented CenterPoint in the transaction.
FRANKLIN, WIS. — Seefried Industrial Properties, in partnership with James Campbell Co. LLC, has completed the shell construction of the 88,667-square-foot Franklin Business Center in suburban Milwaukee. The facility is available for users ranging from 20,000 to 88,667 square feet. Located at Oakwood Park Drive near Mitchell International Airport, the development is situated on 5.7 acres and features a clear height of 28 feet, 92 auto parking spaces, eight dock doors and two drive-in doors. Peak Construction Corp., Partners in Design Architects Inc. and Pinnacle Engineering Group made up the project team. Trent Poole, Christian Chambers and Paula Wink of CBRE are marketing the property for lease.
ROME, GA. — Southeastern Mills has opened a 140,000-square-foot distribution center in Rome. The center is expected to handle more than 300 shipments per month for the Rome-based food company. The facility also offers a video conferencing system and automated doors with trailer restraints. Rome is situated 65 miles north of downtown Atlanta.
