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.
WAUWATOSA, WIS. — An affiliate of Phoenix Investors has acquired the JCPenney Logistics Warehouse and Furniture Outlet Center for $31.2 million. JCPenney sold the 2 million-square-foot property, which is located at 18000 W. Burleigh St. in Wauwatosa, just west of Milwaukee. The buildings are situated adjacent to Interstate 45 and feature 100 loading docks. The first buildings were constructed in the 1950s. JCPenney has made regular improvements to the buildings and infrastructure over the years. Phoenix plans to renovate the property, both structurally and cosmetically.
In 2017, newly signed bulk space deals in the greater Indianapolis industrial market totaled 10.2 million square feet. Of that total, over 50 percent had some affiliation with e-commerce. With 26 new buildings and another 5.7 million square feet under construction, the Indianapolis industrial market will clearly become increasingly linked to the performance of e-commerce as the total share of online retail sales remains in a significant growth mode. Projections by Cushman & Wakefield show that by 2020 nearly 12 percent of all retail sales will be associated with e-commerce — three times what it was 10 years ago. Stronger growth will be driven by the onset of e-grocery and e-pharma. Additionally, e-commerce will continue to be a driving force in these industrial deals because the online industry is getting better at what it does. Coming off the strongest holiday season since the Great Recession, companies are now focused on the cost of package returns and are re-examining the value of brick-and-mortar stores. When it comes to package returns, not only is the processing time significantly slower, but it is six times costlier to return a package using regular shipping methods. Returning items to physical store locations is the cheapest …
ATLANTA — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $35.3 million sale of a FedEx Freight facility located at 4400 International Parkway in Atlanta, a half-mile from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The 292,000-square-foot facility is situated on 50 acres and was constructed in 1997. Todd Harrell of Marcus & Millichap arranged the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer, a private equity real estate operator. Harrell also arranged the sale of a second FedEx Freight center in Marcus Hook, Penn., on behalf of the same buyer and seller. The 150,000-square-foot facility sold for $15.4 million.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — SunCap Property Group has acquired 30 acres within Palmetto Commerce Parkway in North Charleston with plans to develop a new industrial campus. The project, dubbed Palmetto Trade Center, will accommodate two buildings totaling 375,000 square feet. The property is located roughly 17 miles northwest of the Port of Charleston. Palmetto Trade Center I will total 141,000 square feet and is scheduled to break ground in May. McMillan Pazdan Smith is the project architect, and CBRE’s Charleston office will handle the campus’ leasing assignment. The project marks SunCap’s third project in the Charleston area since the company’s inception in 2009.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Stonecrop Technologies has signed a 527,127-square-foot industrial lease to fully occupy a building located at 3500 Southwest Blvd. in Grove City, about 10 miles south of Columbus. The wireless systems deployment company will occupy the space for three years. Michael Linder of Colliers International brokered the lease transaction, according to Columbus Business First. Plymouth Industrial REIT Inc. owns the property and recently announced a new regional office in Columbus to serve its properties in Ohio and Indiana.
BROOKFIELD, WIS. — Founders 3 has negotiated a 51,700-square-foot industrial lease for The Community Warehouse Inc. in Brookfield, a suburb of Milwaukee. The property is located at 4837 W. Woolworth Ave. Joe Carollo of Founders 3 represented the landlord, Woolworth Development Group LLC, in the lease transaction. The tenant is a nonprofit, faith-based organization that offers home and facility improvement materials to individuals, businesses and organizations in Milwaukee’s Community Block Grant Development Zone.
GLENDALE, ARIZ., AND LITTLETON, COLO. — A joint venture between Advantage Storage and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital has acquired a two-property self-storage portfolio from a partnership between Wasatch Storage Partners and a private real estate fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital – Real Estate. The price was not disclosed. Together the properties total 147,521 square feet and 1,425 storage units. Both assets feature drive-up units, climate-controlled units, secure fencing with electric access control, 24-hour video surveillance and retail-oriented customer service offices. The portfolio includes the 96,950-square-foot, 955-unit self-storage facility located at 7910 E. Beardsley Road in Glendale, a Phoenix suburb; and the 50,571-square-foot, 470-unit facility located at 11645 W. Belleview Ave. in Littleton, a suburb of Denver. Brian Somoza and Steve Mellon of JLL brokered the sale.
SUMNER, WASH. — Newport Beach, Calif.-based Bixby Land Co. has purchased an industrial building located at 1800 Fryar Ave. in Sumner. Panattoni Development sold the property, which is included within Seattle’s Kent Valley industrial submarket, for $18.7 million. Built in 2017, the 55,660-square-foot property is leased to Cummins Inc., a company that designs, manufactures and distributes engines and power generation products. The transaction represents part of a strategic investment initiative by Bixby to acquire $400 million in leased warehouse and distribution buildings in the Western United States over the next two to three years. Brett Hartzell of CBRE represented the seller, while Bixby was self-represented in the deal.
