EDINA, MINN. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged a $2.8 million loan for the refinancing of a 74,595-square-foot office and warehouse building in Edina. A life insurance company provided the 10-year loan, which features a 20-year amortization schedule. Tony Carlson and Brett Olson of Grandbridge arranged the loan. The borrower was not disclosed.
SAUKVILLE, WIS. — The Dickman Co. Inc./CORFAC International has brokered the sale of a 30,197-square-foot industrial building in Saukville, about 25 miles north of Milwaukee. The sales price was not disclosed. The property is located at 851 N. Progress Drive. Nick Keys and Roger Siegel of Dickman brokered the transaction. Progress13 LLC purchased the asset from Denz Group LLC.
REMINGTON, VA. —Canada-based PointOne Development Corp. is underway on Remington Technology Park (RTP), a 234-acre data center campus in Remington, a city in northern Virginia. PointOne is investing $1.6 billion to develop the project, which will be supported by 300 megawatts of utility power and will have connectivity to terrestrial and undersea fiber-optic cables. Diode Ventures, in conjunction with Enfinite Capital, secured initial funding for RTP and will continue to provide financial modeling support and capital assembly for the balance of the project. Black & Veatch is providing design-build services. The Diode/Enfinite partnership will operate and maintain the campus upon completion. The project marks PointOne’s first investment in the U.S. data center market. A construction timeline was not disclosed.
COLLEGE PARK, MD. — Finmarc Management Inc. has acquired the Stone Mountain Industrial campus in College Park for $6.2 million. The three-building campus, located at 9207 51st Ave., is roughly nine miles north of Washington, D.C., and less than two miles from the University of Maryland. Stone Mountain Industrial campus comprises 115,000 square feet of industrial, manufacturing and office space. Christopher Kubler and Alan Coppola of NAI KLNB arranged the transaction on behalf of Finmarc. The name of the seller was not disclosed. The warehouse building at the property features 18-foot ceiling heights, and the manufacturing building offers 17-foot ceiling heights. Finmarc is considering multiple uses for the property, including maintaining its status as industrial or rezoning the site to support a townhouse development, according to a release. A small portion of the campus is already zoned for residential.
IRVING, TEXAS — Houston-based Hines has purchased DFW East Logistics Center, a three-building, 259,555-square-foot industrial property located near Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport in Irving. Completed in 2017, the Class A property is situated on 18 acres and was 15 percent leased at the time of sale. Jonathan Bryan and Randy Baird of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Hines has tapped Stream Realty Partners to handle the property’s leasing responsibilities.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Dallas-based Dalfen America Corp. has broken ground on a 115,176-square-foot industrial building located at 1581 Corporate Drive in the northern Dallas metro of McKinney. The building will be located near the intersection of U.S. Highways 75 and 380 and across the street from a Walmart Supercenter. Designed by Macgregor Associates Architects, the Class A property will feature 32-foot clear heights, 155 car parking spaces and 26 dock doors. Completion is slated for November. The property is being developed on a speculative basis and will be able to accommodate distribution, e-commerce or light manufacturing users.
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — American Realty Advisors (ARA) has acquired a newly constructed industrial facility located at 1730 S. Anaheim Way in Anaheim. A joint venture between Batcheller Equities and Panattoni Development sold the property for an undisclosed price. The 143,930-square-foot facility features floor-to-ceiling windows, modernized creative office space, a hybrid solar roof system complete with skylights and solar panels, 32-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers and a 2.05/1,000 parking ratio. An electrical contractor currently fully occupies the facility on a lease that runs through 2028. ARA represented itself in the transaction, while Bret Hardy and Jeff Read of NKF Capital Markets represented the seller.
NEW YORK — Affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VIII have agreed to acquire Gramercy Property Trust (NYSE: GPT) for $7.6 billion in an all-cash transaction. The sale is expected to close before the end of the year. Shortly after the announcement of the merger, shareholder rights law firm Johnson Fistel LLP launched an investigation into whether the board members of Gramercy breached their fiduciary duties in valuing the transaction at this level. One Wall Street analyst has set a price target of $33 per share for Gramercy’s common stock, the 52-week high of which was $31.26 per share. Under the terms of the deal, Blackstone will acquire all outstanding shares of New York-based Gramercy’s common stock for $27.50 per share. This figure represents a 15 percent markup of Gramercy’s current stock price, which closed at $23.82 per share on Friday, May 4. Shareholders of Gramercy will still be entitled to receive second-quarter dividends of 37.5 cents per share. Should the deal close after Oct. 15, shareholders will receive a per diem payment of approximately $.004 per share on each day between Oct. 15 and the closing date. “We believe this transaction validates the quality of the portfolio and platform …
MESA, ARIZ. — Sigma Contracting has broken ground on a headquarters and warehouse facility for Potato Barn, a high-end furniture retailer. Situated on 8.4 acres at 7104 E. Ray Road in Mesa, the 100,000-square-foot property will feature 50,000 square feet of retail space, 30,000 square feet of warehouse space and a 20,000-square-foot outlet store. The $7.4 million facility is slated to open in January 2019. Perez McGree is providing architectural services for the project. The family-owned store plans to consolidate its operations into the new facility and close its locations at 4900 E. Power Road and 586 E. Germann Road in Gilbert, Ariz.
BEAUMONT, TEXAS — The LeClaire Group, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of a portfolio of Lisotta’s Self Storage properties in southeast Texas. The seven facilities were constructed in the 1970s and 1980s and total 389,386 net rentable square feet across 2,627 units. Two of the properties are located in Beaumont and two are located in Nederland, with the other facilities located in Groves, Bridge City and Orange. Dave Knobler and Charles LeClaire of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an individual/personal trust. An undisclosed limited liability company purchased the portfolio.