AURORA, ILL. — CyrusOne has broken ground on a two-building data center totaling 446,000 square feet in Aurora. The campus marks CyrusOne’s second in the city, the first of which is a three-building campus that opened in 2016. The new data center is part of the company’s broader investment strategy, selecting Illinois to expand its portfolio, with total capital investments in the state exceeding $1 billion.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — Benco Dental Supply Co. Inc. has renewed its 108,800-square-foot industrial lease at 3424 Centennial Drive in Fort Wayne. Steve Zacher of The Zacher Co. represented the landlord, STAG Industrial Holdings LLC. The representative of the tenant was not provided.
KISSIMMEE, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $54.6 million sale of Osceola Logistics Center, an industrial property located at 5010 and 5030 Industrial Lane in Kissimmee. InLight Real Estate Partners and Black Salmon developed and sold the property to Principal Asset Management. Developed earlier this year, the Central Florida facility comprises two distribution facilities totaling 280,800 square feet: Building 200 (147,420 square feet) and Building 100 (133,380 square feet). Osceola Logistics Center was fully leased to a grocery and food service supply chain services company at the time of sale. Mike Davis, Rick Colon, Rick Brugge, Dominic Montazemi, Jared Bonshire and David Perez of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers in the transaction.
PHOENIX — U-Haul (NYSE:UHAL.B), a national provider of moving and storage services, has acquired a four-property portfolio of self-storage facilities in the Midwest totaling 3,345 units. NexPoint Storage Partners, the self-storage arm of Dallas-based NexPoint, sold the portfolio for an undisclosed price. Three of the facilities are concentrated in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota, and the fourth is located in Kansas City, Kan. The properties include 101 American Blvd. W and 3216 Winnetka Ave N in Minneapolis; 631 Transfer Road in St. Paul, Minn.; and 500 Southwest Blvd. in Kansas City. U-Haul has begun operating the assets under its own brand of self-storage and moving services. Extra Space Storage formerly operated the facilities. The portfolio totals 327,791 net rentable square feet of climate-controlled space. Overall, the portfolio was 88 percent occupied at the time of sale. JLL represented NexPoint Storage Partners in the transaction. In addition to the acquisition, U-Haul is growing its footprint in the Twin Cities area via a new U-Haul Moving & Storage location in Ramsey, located northwest of Minneapolis. The facility represents U-Haul Co. of Northern Minnesota’s first ground-up build. U-Haul acquired the 8.7-acre property at Highway 10 and Riverdale Drive last week. The lot was …
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — NAI Robert Lynn has brokered the sale of Richardson Tech Center, a 96,000-square-foot industrial flex building located on the northeastern outskirts of Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., Richardson Tech Center is a four-building complex that was constructed in 1987. Jim Hancock of NAI Robert Lynn, along with internal agent Britton Wells, represented the buyer, Los Angeles-based investment firm Entrada Partners, in the transaction. Margaret Hartman and Al Hartman of Hartman Cos. represented the seller, an entity doing business as Hartman Richardson Tech Center LLC.
MONTGOMERY, ALA. — Graham & Co. has begun construction on a 460,000-square-foot build-to-suit distribution facility in Montgomery for Hyundai Mobis, a supplier of aftermarket parts for Hyundai and Kia, which both have mega manufacturing facilities in the region. The $52 million project is located on 60 acres near an existing Hyundai Mobis campus along Mitchell Young Road. The cross-dock facility is expandable by 270,000 square feet, according to Graham & Co. The project team includes Cooper Construction (general contractor), Five South Architecture LLC (architect) and CCI (civil engineer). A Graham & Co.-led joint venture is providing equity for the development, and SouthState Bank is providing construction financing. The targeted delivery date for the new Hyundai Mobis facility was not disclosed.
NEW HARTFORD, CONN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of All Star Storage, a 350-unit self-storage facility in New Hartford, located west of the state capital. Built on 8.9 acres in 2016 and renovated in 2023, the seven-building property offers a mix of climate- and non-climate-controlled units. Nathan Coe, Gabriel Coe and Brett Hatcher of Marcus & Millichap, in conjunction with Patrick Lemp with Ascendant Valuation Advisors, represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were also not disclosed. John Krueger of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record.
AYER, MASS. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 113,382-square-foot headquarters lease in Ayer, located northwest of Boston. The industrial building at 3 Nemco Way features 20 tailboard loading docks, high-bay distribution warehouse capabilities and office space. Nick Bruha, Blake Baldwin and Shayne O’Neil of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant, laboratory equipment supplier CELLTREAT Scientific Products, in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.
US Capital Development Sells 402,487 SF Chandler Airpark 202 Industrial Project in Chandler, Arizona
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — US Capital Development, along with an undisclosed joint venture partner, has completed the sale of Chandler Airpark 202, a Class A industrial project in Chandler, to an undisclosed leading global private equity firm. Terms of the transaction were not released. Located at 1640-1700 Northrop Blvd., Chandler Airpark 202 features 402,487 square feet spread across four buildings that were all delivered in 2023. Three of the buildings are 100 percent leased to two tenants, bringing the total project occupancy to 57.3 percent. Current tenants include MEI Rigging and Crafting, occupying buildings A and B, and Wedgewood Pharmacy, occupying building C. Will Strong, Michael Matchett and Molly Hunt of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Industrial Advisory Group – Mountain West represented the seller in the deal. Cushman & Wakefield’s Andy Markham, Mike Haenel and Phil Haenel negotiated the existing leases prior to sale. The team has been retained by the buyer to handle leasing efforts for the property, which has a 172,000-square-foot building available.
NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Hernandez Development and XSITE Real Estate have received the site plan approval from the Planning and Zoning Department of DuPage County for a Class A self-storage facility in the Chicago suburb of Naperville. Plans for the 120,300-square-foot project include a three-story, climate-controlled self-storage facility with 882 units as well as a one-story Little Sunshine Playhouse & Playschool and a drive-thru-only Scooter’s Coffee. CubeSmart will manage the self-storage portion. According to the development team, the Naperville area currently offers 6.07 square feet of self-storage per person, while the average utilization rate as an indicator of equilibrium is 8.44 square feet. A timeline for construction was not provided.