LAKELAND, FLA. — Ridge, the industrial development arm of Transwestern Development Co., has sold Lakeland Logistics Center, a 490,000-square-foot industrial campus located at 2015-2025 W. Memorial Blvd. in the Tampa Bay community of Lakeland. Boston-based Cabot Properties acquired the two-building campus for an undisclosed price. Chris Riley and David Murphy of CBRE brokered the transaction. Each building at Lakeland Logistics Center totals 245,000 square feet and is divisible to 44,000 square feet. The buildings each feature front-load or cross-dock capability, 74 dock doors, 32-foot clear heights, 45 trailer parking spaces and a 3.5-acre staging base. Ridge broke ground on Lakeland Logistics Center in 2015 and fully delivered the facilities in early 2017. The project was 50 percent leased at the time of sale to Parksite Inc. and Recleim Nova LLC. Julia Silva Rettig and Jared Bonshire of Cushman & Wakefield are handling the property’s leasing assignment.
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PASADENA, TEXAS — Multinational chemicals firm LyondellBasell has begun work on a $2.4 billion manufacturing plant in Pasadena, a suburb of Houston located near the port. Spanning 140 acres, the plant will manufacture propylene oxide and tertiary butyl alcohol, two chemicals used in the production of a variety of consumer goods, including bedding, furniture, carpeting, building materials and adhesives. The plant is expected to begin operations by 2021. An analysis from the Greater Houston Partnership states that the project will have more than $450 million in economic impact on the region.
GARLAND, TEXAS — TIG Real Estate Services Inc. has negotiated the sale of a 15,000-square-foot industrial building located at 3640 Marquis Drive in Garland, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. The Class B property was built in 1972 and includes eight drive-in doors. Matt Spellman of TIG represented the buyer in the transaction. Other terms of sale were not disclosed.
HODGKINS, ILL. — PCCP and Midwest Industrial Funds have acquired a vacant, 490,000-square-foot warehouse in Hodgkins, about 20 miles southwest of Chicago. The purchase price was not disclosed. The buyers plan to renovate the property and rename it as Hodgkins Center of Commerce. The venture plans to tear down part of the building in order to modernize it with 45 additional exterior docks, new office space, ESFR fire system, new roof and HVAC systems. Upon completion, the property will include 408,000 square feet with 62 dock doors and a clear height of 26 feet. The seller was not disclosed.
FRANKLIN PARK, ILL. — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has brokered the sale of an 87,464-square-foot industrial building in Franklin Park for $11.6 million. DHL occupies the property. Neither the buyer nor the seller was disclosed. Maxx Bauman of Matthews brokered the transaction. The sales price represented a sub-6 percent capitalization rate.
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — CJ3 has completed the sale of a fully occupied industrial property located at 2721 Loker Ave. West in Carlsbad. A private investor acquired the property for $3.5 million. The freestanding building features 20,329 square feet, with 50 percent of the space dedicated to office use and 50 percent dedicated to warehouse space. The office space includes a mix of window-lined private offices, multiple conference/meeting areas and large open collaborative spaces. Dennis Visser and Chris Baumgart of Cushman & Wakefield’s San Diego office represented the seller, while Baugmart also represented the buyer in the deal.
CUERO, TEXAS — Colliers International has arranged the sale of a 336,000-square-foot industrial complex in Cuero, located about 90 miles east of San Antonio. The property formerly served as a cotton weaving facility but will now function as the main Texas distribution center for the buyer, OHS Resources Corp., a Houston-based supplier of oil and gas drilling products. Jason Scholtz of Colliers represented the seller, MV Cuero Partners LLC, in the transaction.
HUTTO, TEXAS — Paradigm Metals, a provider of precision machining and sheet metal fabrication, will relocate its headquarters from Pflugerville to Hutto, a northern suburb of Austin. Paradigm Metals expects to invest about $10 million to acquire and develop a new facility within Innovation Business Park, a 72-acre development that broke ground in 2017. Construction of the new facility, which will initially house 250 employees, is slated to begin later this year. Paradigm Metals plans to begin relocating to the new facility in 2019.
CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO — CBRE has negotiated a lease renewal for 277,424 square feet of warehouse and distribution space within Finsa Industrial Park in Ciudad Juarez, the sister city of El Paso. Anthony Mash of CBRE represented the tenant, Intermatic, a producer of energy control devices, in the lease negotiations. The landlord, Finsa – Cibanvo SA Institucion DE Banca, was self-represented. The new lease term is seven years.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Powerhouse Business Complex, a 49,883-square-foot industrial building located in the northern Dallas suburb of McKinney. Adam Abushagur of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Both parties were private investors that requested anonymity.