ATLANTA AND SIOUX CITY, IOWA — Americold Realty Trust has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cloverleaf Cold Storage from the company’s management and an investor group led by private equity funds managed by Blackstone. The purchase price was $1.24 billion. Atlanta-based Americold will acquire 22 cold storage facilities in nine states in the Midwest and Southeast, 21 of which are owned by Cloverleaf and one is managed by the company, totaling 5.2 million refrigerated square feet. Sioux City, Iowa-based Cloverleaf is the fifth largest cold storage provider in the United States. The company acquired competitor Zero Mountain in January. Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC are Americold’s financial advisors in the transaction, and King & Spalding LLP is its legal advisor. Wells Fargo Securities and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. are Cloverleaf and Blackstone’s financial advisors, and Kirkland & Ellis LLP is their legal advisor.
DALLAS — Industrial development and investment firm Logistics Property Co. LLC has negotiated a 1.1 million-square-foot industrial lease at Southport Logistics Park, the Chicago-based company’s 252-acre development in south Dallas. The tenant is an undisclosed manufacturer of consumer-packaged goods. Kacy Jones and John Hendricks of CBRE represented Logistics Property Co. in the lease negotiations. Allen Gump, Lynn Reich and Suzanne Serino of Colliers International represented the tenant. At full buildout, Southport Logistics Park will house more than 3.55 million square feet of Class A space across four buildings.
SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MICH. — L. Mason Capitani CORFAC International has arranged the sale of a 16,830-square-foot industrial building located at 51255 Oro Drive in Shelby Township. The sales price was not disclosed. The buyer, Michigan Architectural Millwork, will use the building for the production of doors, plywood, moldings, hardwood boards and hardware. Jason Capitani and Joseph DePonio III of L. Mason Capitani represented both the buyer and the seller, JMJ Investment Co.
LAS VEGAS — Panattoni Development Co. has completed the construction of Centennial Commerce Center, a speculative industrial facility in North Las Vegas. Located at 6405 E. Centennial Parkway on 10.4 acres, the cross-docked 213,000-square-foot facility features 32-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, LED warehouse lighting and flexible office build-outs. Valued at $16 million, the project will designed with flexibility to accommodate up to four 51,000-square-foot tenants. Speedway10 Industrial, a joint venture between LaSalle Investment Management and Panattoni Development, owns the industrial asset. Alston Construction served as general contractor, and Greg Tassi and Donna Alderson of CBRE are handling the leasing of the property.
LOS ANGELES — Allstate Electric, a division of Regency Lighting, has purchased an industrial property, located at 9240 Jordan Ave. in the Chatsworth submarket of Los Angeles. SDG Jordan Associates LLC sold the property for $9.6 million. Allstate Electric, the buyer, has occupied the 55,000-square-foot property since 2016. Mike Tingus and Grant Fulkerson of Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura, while Matthew Dierckman of CBRE represented the buyer in the transaction.
HEBRON, KY. — Aeroterm, a developer and owner of airport cargo facilities, has broken ground on a 50,400-square-foot industrial facility at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) in Hebron. FedEx will be the anchor tenant for the asset, and there is 12,000 square feet of available space for one or two additional tenants. The LEED-certified building offers insulated, pre-cast concrete panels and will be used for airside cargo operations. The facility can accommodate cargo, government users and other terminal support users such as flight kitchens or commissaries. Aeroterm expects to deliver the facility in November.
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL. — Lions Logistics has signed a 25,054-square-foot industrial lease in Elk Grove Village. The 50,117-square-foot building, located at 1260 Lunt Ave., is now fully leased. Chris Lydon and Chris Tecu of Avison Young represented the landlord, CenterPoint Properties. Main Street Real Estate Group represented Lions Logistics, a third-party logistics company. The building includes 2,929 square feet of newly constructed office space as well as two interior docks and one drive-in door.
CITY OF INDUSTRY, CALIF. — DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services has brokered the sale of an industrial warehouse facility located at 15240-15250 Nelson Ave. in City of Industry. South El Monte, Calif.-based Art Weiss Industrial Properties sold the property to Max Sales Group for $11.5 million. The buyer is a wholesale manufacturer of products, including consumer electronics and home, auto, kitchen and pet accessories. The seller built the 64,000-square-foot asset in 1979. The warehouse features 24-foot interior clearance, nine loading docks, two ground-level doors, 4,000 square feet of office space and the option for a two-tenant layout. Charles Johnson II of DAUM handled the transaction.
BELL GARDENS, CALIF. — Partners Capital has purchased an industrial asset, located at 6855 Suva St. in Bell Gardens, for an undisclosed price. Situated on 2 acres, the property features two buildings totaling approximately 36,000 square feet. Remy Moses of Lee & Associates represented the buyer in the deal. Additional terms of the deal were not disclosed.
NORWOOD, MASS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Extra Space Storage, an 83,271-square-foot self-storage facility in Norwood. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 1450 Boston Providence Turnpike, the facility opened in 2016 and is currently 85 percent occupied. The property consists of 1,011 climate-controlled units. Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. The buyer was also a limited liability company.