HOUSTON — Lee & Associates has negotiated the sale of a 24,928-square-foot industrial building at 14219 Westfair W. Drive in Houston. Thomas Leger and Patrick Wolford of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, American Fire Systems, in the transaction. Richard Glass of CRC Real Estate represented the seller, Export Service International Forwarding LLC, a Houston-based freight company.
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Cushman & Wakefield Secures 257,074 SF Industrial Lease with Nestlé Waters in Miami-Dade County
by John Nelson
MEDLEY, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a 257,074-square-foot lease with Nestlé Waters North America at Airport North Logistics Park in Medley, roughly 15 miles northwest of Miami. The master-planned logistics park totals 900,000 square feet, and the first phase of the project comprises four buildings. Nestlé Waters will occupy all of Building 3, located at 8501 N.W. 80th St. Wayne Ramoski, Gian Rodriguez and Skylar Stein of Cushman & Wakefield arrangaed the transaction on behalf of the landlord, Dallas-based L&B Realty Advisors LLP. CBRE’s Tom O’Loughlin, Marineh Dermovsesian and Larry Genet represented Nestlé Waters. The industrial park features up to 32-foot clear heights and a 190-foot concrete truck court. In addition, the park is located roughly 10 miles from Miami International Airport and 15 miles from Port Miami. Building 1 at the park is fully leased to Neutralogistics and Eco Windows.
HOUSTON — Right Move Storage LLC, a Houston-based self-storage firm, is developing a 345-unit self-storage facility at 12121 Westheimer Road in west Houston. The property will span 44,000 square feet and consist entirely of climate-controlled units. The project involves converting an unfinished, two-story medical office building into a self-storage facility, which is scheduled to open this summer. Construction is slated to begin in April.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Tulsa-based investment firm Admiral Square Inc. has sold a 41,000-square-foot industrial building located at 4601 SW 36th St. in Oklahoma City. Jason Hammock, Caitlin Mazaheri and John Lenochan of CBRE represented Admiral Square in the sale. Brett Price and Kris Davis of Newmark Grubb Levy Strange Beffort represented the buyer, 857 Traction Avenue LP, which purchased the property for roughly $2.2 million.
LAS VEGAS — RealComm Advisors Commercial Real Estate has brokered the acquisition of an industrial property located at 6435 Karms Park Court in Las Vegas. McBeath Holdings LLC purchased the property from an undisclosed seller for $1.7 million. The property features 13,354 square feet of industrial space. Mike De Lew and Greg Pancirov of RealComm Advisors represented the buyer in the transaction.
LAKELAND, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $59.6 million sale of CenterState Logistics Center, a 605,412-square-foot distribution facility located at 8060 State Road 33 in Lakeland, roughly halfway between Tampa and Orlando. The facility was completed in 2017, and is fully triple-net-leased to Quaker Sales & Distribution, a wholly owned subsidiary of PepsiCo. The company uses the building to distribute its sports drink, Gatorade. Mike Davis, Rick Brugge and Michael Lerner of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller and developer, a partnership between Brennan Investment Group and Greenfield Partners. Los Angeles-based Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT Inc. acquired the asset. The building features tilt-wall construction, 36-foot clear heights and cross-dock loading.
1788 Holdings Acquires 423,900 SF Industrial Building in Eastern Pennsylvania for $11.7M
by David Cohen
WHITEHALL, PA. — 1788/Riverside Business Center, an affiliate of 1788 Holdings, has acquired Riverside Business Center, a 423,900-square-foot single-story light industrial building in Whitehall for $11.7 million. Located at 1139 Lehigh Ave., the Class B light industrial property was 87 percent leased at the time of acquisition. Constructed in 1910, the building has been improved and renovated multiple times, most recently in 2006 when the property was converted from a single-user manufacturing facility into a multi-tenanted warehouse. Positioned on 34 acres of land, the structure features average ceiling heights of 20 feet and is located less than three miles from Lehigh Valley International Airport.
PHILADELPHIA — US Storage Centers has acquired a 107,606-square-foot facility in Philadelphia from Philly Self Storage. The 1,545-unit self-storage facility is located at 1910 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd. in Pennsport, directly off Interstate 95. The property is the first US Storage Centers location in Pennsylvania and will be rebranded as a US Storage Centers self-storage facility. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.
ATLANTA — Birmingham, Ala.-based GCP has acquired 6047 and 6049 Fulton Industrial in Atlanta for $17.1 million. The adjacent, rail-served buildings total 411,056 square feet and serve as light manufacturing and distribution warehouses. At the time of sale, the buildings were leased to two national third-party logistics tenants and a furniture distributor. The acquisition increases GCP’s portfolio to more than 7.5 million square feet. The name of the seller was not disclosed.
HUTCHINS, TEXAS — Indianapolis-based development firm Scannell Properties has completed a 450,000-square-foot distribution center at 1401 W. Wintergreen Road in Hutchins, a southern suburb of Dallas. The rail-served property was developed as a build-to-suit project for Biagi Bros., a California-based logistics firm for the beverage industry. Ware Malcomb provided design services for the project and Evans General Contractors handled construction. The facility is the third industrial facility leased to Biagi Bros. in Texas.