RENO, NEV. — Panattoni Development Co. has completed the disposition of buildings A1 and B of the North Valleys Commerce Center (NVCC) in Reno. PRISM-IQ Nevada LLC and GOF Nevada LLC purchased the properties for $81.1 million. Panattoni made the sale through CP Logistics NVCC and CP Logistics NVCC Building A-1, two joint ventures between Panattoni and a public retirement fund. Building A1, totaling 352,957 square feet, and Building B, totaling 707,660 square feet, are located on 56 acres at 9460 N. Virginia St. in Reno. Trademark Global, Exxel Outdoors, Microflex Corp. and SupplyHouse.com are tenants at the properties. Completed in 2018, the buildings are cross-docked distribution facilities with a 36-foot clear height and low-cost LED lighting. JLL and Kidder Mathews represented the sellers in the deal.
TEMECULA, CALIF. — Avison Young has arranged the acquisition of MCA Business Center, a newly constructed industrial building located on Dendy Parkway in Temecula. An undisclosed buyer purchased the property from MCA Realty for $16.8 million. The buyer plans to occupy the entire 143,689-square-foot facility. Completed in 2018, MCA Business Center features 32-foot clear-height ceilings, 120-foot truck courts, 26 dock-high loading doors, three grade-level doors, 255 skylights and unobstructed views of the Temecula Valley. The property is located within Westside Business Center, a 385-acre master-planned business park that is 95 percent built out. Stan Nowak and Cody Lerner of Avison Young represented the buyer, while Lee & Associates, along with CBRE, represented the seller in the deal.
ALTON, ILL. — U-Haul plans to acquire an 84,180-square-foot building formerly occupied by Kmart in Alton, about 25 miles north of St. Louis, in August. U-Haul, which currently leases the property, will transform the space into 700 climate-controlled, self-storage units with truck and trailer sharing and towing equipment onsite. The building, which had previously been vacant for eight months, is located within the Seminary Plaza shopping center. Madison Plaza Associates was the seller. U-Haul’s acquisition of the property was driven by its corporate sustainability initiative. The company says the adaptive reuse of existing buildings reduces the amount of energy and resources required for new-building materials and helps cities reduce their unwanted inventory of unused buildings.
STICKNEY, ILL. — Timber Hill Group has completed a $2.8 million renovation of a two-building industrial property in Stickney, about 10 miles west of Chicago. Delta Logistics Inc. will fully occupy the property. A 25,000-square-foot building features 54 doors, 5,000 square feet of office space and two drive-through repair bays. A 13,000-square-foot maintenance facility features 12 drive-in doors and six repair bays. Renovations included new lighting, roofs, drive-in doors, windows and a new concrete floor at the maintenance building. Timber Hill, a private equity firm specializing in the acquisition and development of logistics-related industrial real estate, acquired the property early last year.
When hearing the names Apple, Microsoft, Google and Facebook, one’s mind might automatically shift to the Silicon Valley: the West Coast mecca of technology and computing. But you can find those same companies in the corn and soybean fields of Iowa. The state has become synonymous with state-of-the-art data centers for these familiar technology companies and others. When I recently attended a Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) conference in Austin, Texas, I was asked by many of my peers what is happening in Iowa. I casually referenced this impressive list of technology companies and I began to field questions from inquisitive industry professionals. Why Iowa, they ask? “Simple,” I say. “Affordable, renewable energy and lower cost, abundant water.” In August 2017, Apple announced its plans to purchase 2,000-plus acres in Waukee, a western suburb of Des Moines. The technology giant will construct the first phase of its 400,000-square-foot, cloud-based data center and the center’s power consumption will be 100 percent fed by renewable fuels, primarily wind energy provided by Mid-American Energy. The announcement of this landmark project drew so much attention that Apple CEO Tim Cook joined Governor Kim Reynolds for the announcement, stating his excitement for the …
OLD OCEAN, TEXAS — Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) will undertake a $1.5 billion expansion of its Sweeny Hub natural gas plant in Old Ocean, about 65 miles southeast of Houston. The project will include the construction of two fractionators capable of producing 150,000 barrels of natural gas per day, as well as additional storage facilities for the fossil fuel and various infrastructural upgrades to pipelines. The new facilities are expected to begin commercial operations in late 2020. Upon completion, the Sweeny Hub will have a fractionator capacity of 400,000 barrels per day and the capacity to store 15 million barrels.
ALICE, TEXAS — Cravey Real Estate Services Inc. has arranged the sale of a 103,338-square-foot industrial development located at 850 Commerce St. in Alice, about 45 miles west of Corpus Christi. The 17-building development is situated on 19.2 acres and features 22-foot clear heights. Matthew Cravey of Cravey Real Estate Services and Rafik Ibrahim of JLL represented the seller, Halliburton Energy Services Inc., in the transaction. Richard Perry, also of Cravey, represented the buyer, Alice Management Co. LLC.
HOUSTON — The J. Beard Real Estate Co. has brokered the sale of three flex buildings totaling 13,850 square feet of office and warehouse space in Houston. Ryan Hutson of J. Beard represented the seller, Continuum Investments, in the transaction. Vicky Kuczbel-Rogers of Walzel Properties represented the buyer, G. Ramirez, which will also occupy the buildings.
QUAKERTOWN, PA. — A joint venture of MRP Industrial and Cabot Properties has purchased a nearly 23-acre site in Quakertown for the development of a speculative two-building industrial facility that will total more than 260,000 square feet. Quakertown is approximately 47 miles north of Philadelphia and 14 miles south of Allentown. Known as Park 309, the facility is expected to be completed in late 2018. Brian Knowles and Andrew Komisor of Lee & Associates brokered the transaction on behalf of the joint venture. Building I is a 114,400-square-foot warehouse and building II is 145,800 square feet. Both buildings feature 32-foot clear heights and two drive-in doors.
HARTLAND, WIS. — Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT Inc. has sold its Milwaukee Data Center in Hartland, about 30 miles west of Milwaukee, for $21 million. The 59,516-square-foot property sits on nearly eight acres. Landmark Infrastructure Operating Co. LLC purchased the asset. The company also recently sold a data center in Alpharetta, Ga., for $64 million. Carter Validus Mission Critical (CVMC) REIT I owns one remaining data center in Andover, Mass., but CVMC REIT II owns 27 data center properties as of the end of the first quarter.