HOUSTON — NAI Partners has closed the sale of an 89,914-square-foot manufacturing facility located at 6100 Cunningham Road in northwest Houston. An affiliate of United Equities Inc., a Bellaire, Texas-based real estate development and management firm, purchased the facility for an undisclosed price. The buyer will lease the space back to the seller, engineering firm KMEC. Travis Land and Michael Keegan of NAI Partners brokered the deal.
CHICAGO — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a five-building, 666,079-square-foot industrial portfolio in metro Chicago for an undisclosed price. The properties include: 550 and 600 North Commons in Aurora; 710-854 Foster Ave. in Bensenville; 1400-1538 Elmhurst Road in Elk Grove Village; 3456 Ridge Ave. in Arlington Heights; and 8220 Austin Ave. in Morton Grove. At the time of sale, the buildings were 85 percent leased to a roster of 77 tenants including Advocate Health, Amazon and Crawford Murphy & Tilly. Patrick Turner, Tom Rodeno and Matthew Stauber of Colliers represented the buyer, Clear Height Properties. American Landmark Properties was the seller.
EDWARDSVILLE, ILL. — Contegra Construction Co. has completed a new $26 million distribution facility at Gateway Commerce Center near St. Louis. Dubbed Gateway East 594, the 593,940-square-foot property features a clear height of 36 feet, 66 dock doors and two drive-in doors. This is the fifth distribution facility jointly developed by TriStar Properties and PCCP at Gateway Commerce Center, which now spans more than 15.2 million square feet. Ed Lampitt of Cushman & Wakefield is handling lease-up of the property. Gray Design Group was the project architect while Stock & Associates Consulting Engineers Inc. was the civil engineer.
MICHIGAN — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided an $18.8 million CMBS loan for the refinancing of an eight-property self-storage portfolio in Michigan. Known as Berger U-Store Portfolio, the assets total 3,176 units and 431,755 square feet. Dennis Bernard and Kevin Kovachevich of Bernard Financial arranged the 10-year loan, which will be used to refinance existing debt on seven of the properties and acquire the remaining property.
WEST BOYLSTON, MASS. — The Stubblebine Co./CORFAC International has negotiated the $6.9 million sale of 180 Shrewsbury Street, a 149,000-square-foot industrial building in West Boylston, about eight miles north of Worcester. David and James Stubblebine represented both the seller, WRT Management, and the buyer, 180 Shrewsbury Street LLC, in the transaction. The high-bay distribution building is leased on a long-term basis to Bunzl Distribution.
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. — Bussel Realty Corp. has arranged the sale of 121 Corporate Blvd., a 36,000-square-foot industrial building in South Plainfield. The price was undisclosed. Herb Zimmerman of Bussel Realty represented the buyer, Touch Dynamic, in the transaction. The seller was Adler Development. Touch Dynamic, a maker of touch-screen computers and monitors, will utilize the facility for the manufacturing, servicing, testing, shipping and distribution of its products. The property is fully air-conditioned and includes three loading docks, one drive-in door and 19-foot ceiling heights.
TEXARKANA, TEXAS — TexAmericas Center (TAC), a Texas-based redevelopment authority specializing in the revitalization of former military industrial product, will rehabilitate part of the former Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant in Texarkana. The project will add approximately 270,000 square feet of sub-dividable, move-in-ready industrial space to the property, which is located on the company’s East Campus. Retrofit plans will include the installation of three-phase electricity, office space, bathrooms and fire suppression systems. TAC expects the new space to become available for occupancy by early November.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — Cravey Real Estate Services Inc. has brokered the sale of a 6,372-square-foot flex property located at 229 S. Padre Island Drive in Corpus Christi. Built in 1991, the property is zoned for light industrial uses and consists of 5,272 square feet of office space and 1,100 square feet of warehouse space. Matt Cravey of Cravey Real Estate Services represented the seller, Charan Investments Ltd. Scott Fauver, also with Cravey Real Estate Services, represented the buyer, Koetter Fire Protection, a Dallas-based provider of fire protection systems.
ROLLING MEADOWS, ILL. — Krusinski Construction Co. has broken ground on a 112,505-square-foot flex facility for School Health Corp. at 5600 Apollo Drive in Rolling Meadows. School Health is a national, full-service provider of health supplies, services and solutions. Construction on the distribution, shop and office facility began May 1. Ware Malcomb is the project architect and the Trammell Crow Co. is serving as project consultant. When completed, the new structure will include a two-story, 24,700-square-foot office space, plus a state-of-the-art warehouse with a dozen dock doors, a clear height of 32 feet, LED lighting and modern material handling equipment to service more than 100,000 customer orders per year. The new LEED-certified building will be centrally located among various retail restaurants and shopping centers, with close proximity to I-290 and I-90 situated directly north. The project is scheduled for completion this fall.
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIF. — Avison Young has brokered the acquisition of a newly constructed industrial building located at 470 Third St. in Lake Elsinore. An entity of San Diego Ice Co. purchased the property from TOLD Properties for $3.7 million. The ice manufacturer and distributor will occupy the 24,026-square-foot building. Situated on 1.4 acres, the property features 2,800 square feet of office space, 1,400 square feet of mezzanine space, skylights, two dock-high loading doors, two grade-level loading doors and 59 parking spaces. Stan Nowak and Cody Lerner of Avison Young represented the buyer, while Lee & Associates represented the seller in the deal.