HOUSTON — Tytan International, a distributor of agricultural and industrial supplies, has signed a 31,945-square-foot industrial lease in northwest Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 14200 Hollister Road was constructed in 2012 and totals 88,170 square feet. Garret Geaccone of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, Prologis, in the lease negotiations. Devon Rogers of Hrothgar LLC represented the tenant.
DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — Delray Beach-based Basis Industrial has purchased a portfolio of five business parks in the metro Tampa area for $60 million. The 472,512-square-foot portfolio brings Basis Industrial’s Tampa-area holdings to more than 1 million square feet. The properties in the portfolio include Bryan Dairy Business Park in Largo (102,166 square feet); Starkey Center I and II in Largo (102,652 square feet); Turtle Creek in Clearwater (121,217 square feet); Cross Bayou in Largo (58,088 square feet): and ICOT IV & Condo in Clearwater (88,389 square feet). Anthony Scavo represented Basis Industrial in the transaction on an internal basis. Bob Anderson of Birtcher Anderson represented the undisclosed seller. Beach Point Capital Management provided an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing to Basis, which plans to invest capital improvements for the portfolio’s exteriors, roofs, parking area and signage.
AUBURN, WASH. — Kennedy Wilson has acquired Auburn Park 44, a multi-tenant industrial and distribution building on more than 9 acres in Auburn, a suburb 30 miles south of Seattle. A global investor advisor sold the property for an undisclosed price. Located at 814 44th St., the 204,458-square-foot Auburn Park 44 features 24-foot to 30-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, heavy power, ample dock-high and grade-level loading and abundant auto parking. Jeff Chiate, Matthew Leupold, Bryce Aberg, Rick Ellison and Aubrie Monahan of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Industrial Group – West represented the seller in the deal. Cushman & Wakefield’s Patrick Mullin and CBRE’s Andrew Hitchcock provided local leasing advisory in the transaction. Keith Padien and Max Schafer of Cushman & Wakefield Equity, Debt & Structured Finance arranged acquisition financing for Kennedy Wilson.
GREENWOOD, IND. — Meridian Design Build has completed a build-to-suit for a North American provider of less-than-truckload (LTL) freight services on a 43-acre site at 2955 Allen Road in Greenwood. Scannell Properties was the developer. The project features a 125-door, cross-docked truck terminal with 123 loading positions and 11,000 square feet of office/support space. An adjacent, freestanding maintenance building includes six fully equipped service bays and a truck wash bay. The site is paved to accommodate 350 employee/driver parking stalls, 219 trailer storage positions, 175 tractor stalls and 247 van stalls. Bill Thomas Architect provided architectural services and American Structurepoint handled the civil engineering.
ASCENSION PARISH, LA. AND SEOUL — Hyundai Steel Co., a South Korean steel manufacturer and part of automotive giant Hyundai Motor Group, has announced plans to develop a $5.8 billion steel manufacturing facility in southeast Louisiana’s Ascension Parish. The new steel plant is part of Hyundai’s announcement for $21 billion in U.S. investments between 2025 and 2028. Construction on the plant, which will be capable of producing 2.7 million metric tons of steel annually, is scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2026 in Ascension Parish. Hyundai Steel is targeting commercial production of automotive steel plates to begin at the mill in 2029. According to a statement issued by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, the new facility is expected to create 1,400 new direct jobs with an average salary of $95,000. Louisiana Economic Development (LED) also estimates that the project will result in 4,100 indirect new jobs. A large portion of the steel manufactured at the mill will be transported to Hyundai vehicle manufacturing plants throughout the country. Hyundai Steel also plans to open up sales of its automotive steel plates to other auto manufacturers in the United States, Europe and Latin America, according to Seo Gang-Hyun, president and CEO …
ROCKDALE, TEXAS — T1 Energy (NYSE: TE), the company formerly known as FREYR Battery, will open an $850 million solar cell manufacturing facility in Rockdale, located northeast of Austin in Milam County. The site spans 100 acres within Sandow Lakes, the mixed-use redevelopment of a 33,000-acre industrial park formerly occupied by aluminum manufacturer Alcoa, and the facility could employ as many as 1,800 people. According to Manufacturing Dive, T1 Energy is aiming to start construction in the second or third quarter, with production expected to commence in late 2026.
OCEANSIDE, CALIF. — Premier Property Management LLC has sold 634 Crouch Street, an industrial property in Oceanside, to Legacy West Partners LLC for $1.5 million. Ben Tashakorian and Brad Peters of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. The property offers 5,800 square feet of industrial space spread across six buildings. The asset includes 0.4 acres of land on two parcels, with two entrances and a separate bay for multi-tenant use. Additionally, one unit has a residential unit attached. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased.
MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS — Brokerage and advisory firm Binswanger has arranged the sale of an 852,987-square-foot vacant industrial facility in the southern Dallas suburb of Midlothian. The rail-served facility sits on a roughly 94-acre site at 3800 Railport Parkway and features 50-foot clear heights throughout and ample trailer parking space. The site can also support future expansion. MPI Group LLC sold the property to CAPSTAR Real Estate Advisors for an undisclosed price. Holmes Davis of Binswanger brokered the deal. The new ownership plans to market the property to manufacturing and distribution users.
SANFORD, FLA. — HLI Partners and Whitley Capital have partnered to develop a 116,000-square-foot industrial facility at the corner of West Airport Boulevard and McCracken Road in Logisticenter at Sanford. The project is a build-to-suit development for game distributer PHD Games, which signed a 10-year lease for the facility and will occupy 81,330 square feet. HLI Partners will market the remaining 34,600 square feet of available space. The new facility will house PHD Games and its sister company, Coqui Hobby, as a consolidation of its two existing locations. The facility is scheduled for occupancy in the second quarter of 2026. Additionally, HLI will lease both of PHD Game’s current properties at 623 Trestle Point (20,716 square feet) in Sanford and 390 S. Ronald Reagan Blvd. (21,881 square feet) in Longwood, Fla.
HUFFMAN, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Huffman 2100 Storage, a 451-unit self-storage facility located northeast of Houston. Built in 2018 and expanded in 2023, the six-building facility totals 48,550 net rentable square feet of space across 264 climate-controlled units, 172 non-climate-controlled units and 15 outdoor parking spaces. Dave Knobler, Charles LeClaire, Mixson Staffel and Adam Schlosser of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a local limited liability company, in the transaction and procured the buyer, an Arizona-based REIT. Both parties requested anonymity.