GARLAND, TEXAS — Quest USA Inc., an affiliate of Canadian window producer Quest Window Systems, will open a 329,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility in Garland, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. The facility will be located within Jupiter Miller Business Park, an 800,000-square-foot project at the site of the former Raytheon campus. The move is expected to create more than 320 new jobs. The date by which the facility is expected to be operational was not disclosed.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. has acquired a 265,318-square-foot industrial building located at 6850 Weber Blvd. N. in Charleston for $47.2 million. The name of the seller was not disclosed, but the Post & Courier reports an affiliate of SunCap Property Group completed construction on the warehouse building earlier this year. The property is net-leased for 15 years to FedEx Ground Packaging System Inc. The building is located roughly 18 miles northwest of the Port of Charleston, and less than 10 miles from Charleston International Airport. The transaction marks Monmouth’s fourth acquisition in the Charleston market.
INDIANAPOLIS — Colliers International has brokered the sale of six industrial buildings at Northeast Business Center in Indianapolis for an undisclosed price. The 401,223-square-foot portfolio is located in the Northeast industrial submarket between the 86th Street and 96th Street interchanges. Alex Cantu of Colliers represented the buyer, Sealy & Co. The seller, Citimark, developed the business center in the 1980s and has managed the portfolio since.
SAN ANTONIO — Houston-based Davis Commercial Development has broken ground on Logistics Commerce Center, a 400,400-square-foot industrial development that will be located within Cornerstone Industrial Park in San Antonio. The two-building, Class A property is being developed on a speculative basis. The groundbreaking was held on Thursday and delivery is slated for the first quarter of 2019. The two buildings, which will measure 260,000 and 140,400 square feet, will both feature 32-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinkler systems and ample trailer parking. Rob Burlingame and Josh Aguilar of CBRE represented Davis Commercial in the purchase of the land and will continue to market and lease the property.
HOUSTON — JLL has negotiated a 210,850-square-foot industrial lease renewal within Railwood Industrial Park in northeast Houston on behalf of Global Stainless Supply, a Houston-based provider of stainless steel pipes, flanges and fittings. The company’s Class A space features 28-foot clear heights, 24 dock-high doors and 8,000 square feet of office space. Ryan Fuselier and Jeff Venghaus of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Kelly Landwermeyer of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, CenterPoint Properties.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has arranged the sale of a 6,400-square-foot office/warehouse asset situated on 8.9 acres at 8412 Hansen Road in Houston. Clay Pritchett and Zane Carman of NAI Partners represented the seller, Wallis State Bank, which had previously foreclosed on the property. Greg Williams of Qualified Properties represented the buyer, TBarJ Properties LLC.
DAVENPORT, IOWA — 7G Distributing has opened its new 112,000-square-foot corporate headquarters and distribution center in Davenport. The beer distributor serves eastern Iowa with brands such as Anheuser-Busch and Crown Imports. The facility features a solar array on the roof. Other building features include red accented walls, exposed ceilings and a large-scale company logo painted on two sides. HDA Architects was the project architect and Kraus-Anderson was the contractor. 7G Distributing owns the building.
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — MidCap Financial has provided a $5.1 million acquisition loan for a 112,000-square-foot multi-tenant industrial property in Mount Laurel, just east of Philadelphia. MidCap provided Burton Real Estate with $5.1 million in floating-rate financing for the $6.3 million acquisition of the property. Other loan terms were not disclosed. Mike Klein of HFF’s New York office arranged the transaction.
Self-storage properties have had a pretty good run in Texas over the last several years. Surging population growth has brought more material possessions into the state, boosting absorption of existing space. In addition, ample land for development has enabled builders to bring self-storage — a submarket-specific business — to new, underserved communities. The investment side of the business has flourished as well. A capital-rich environment has sustained a healthy pace of development and price escalation has kept cap rates low, incentivizing many owners to market their properties for sale. The building boom is still running hot. According to Tennessee-based research firm STR, as of June 2018, there were more than 300 self-storage facilities in the development pipeline in Texas. In the 12 months leading up to that point, 72 new facilities totaling almost 7 million square feet came on line. In addition, about 130 new properties are slated to open by June 2019, adding more than 9 million square feet, or 5.7 percent of the existing inventory. And those figures only encompass the seven biggest markets in Texas. According to The Houston Chronicle, the Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio markets all feature about 8 square feet of storage space …
CONCORD, N.C. — Avison Young has brokered the sale of a 48-acre parcel located at 431 Goodman Road in Concord, roughly 25 miles northeast of Charlotte. Chris Skibinski, Henry Lobb and Tom Tropeana of Avison Young arranged the sale on behalf of the buyer, The Silverman Group, which plans to build a 600,000-square-foot speculative industrial building on the site. Dubbed Concord Industrial Center, the facility will feature 36-foot clear heights designed to suit a single tenant or multiple tenants. Avison Young will handle the property’s leasing assignment. The Silverman Group expects to wrap up construction on the project in early 2019. Concord Industrial Center is the ninth speculative industrial project in Charlotte — totaling more than 3.1 million square feet — for the development company.
