RICHMOND, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Capital Markets Group has arranged the $7.4 million sale of Windsor VI, a 51,800-square-foot, Class A industrial property located within the Windsor Business Park in Richmond. Constructed in 2004, the property is fully leased on a long-term basis to Williamson Drug, a CVS Health Corp. subsidiary. Los Angeles-based Rich Uncles acquired the asset from the seller, an affiliate of Bethesda-based Fernau LeBlanc Investment Partners. Eric Robison of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer completed the transaction.
HOUSTON — HFF has negotiated the sale of Bammel Business Park, a five-building industrial property totaling 246,450 square feet in Houston. The Class A property, which is situated on 14.1 acres at 410-4822 N. Sam Houston Parkway West, features 24-foot clear heights, dock-high loading doors and 12.6 percent office finish. Rusty Tamlyn and Trent Agnew of HFF represented the seller, FR/Cal Bammel, in the transaction. Philadelphia-based Exeter Property group purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
At the end of the first quarter 2017, the Houston industrial market finds itself in very familiar territory, with several dominant trends largely maintaining course. Despite continued struggles within the oilfield manufacturing sector, the overall market is still in very good shape. Large consumer goods distributors driven by population growth in the greater Houston area and plastics users responding to increased demand from expanded chemical plant capacities produce the headliner transactions in the current market. This has been the case for the last 12 to 24 months. While leasing and sales for existing manufacturing facilities have slowed in recent years, there are some bright spots to report. CoStar notes an overall market vacancy increase of less than 0.5 percent to a still-historically low 5.7 percent. Northwest and Southeast Houston lead the way in terms of major activity. Northwest Houston currently has 5.1 percent vacancy, driven by consumer product companies like Serta Mattresses, which leased 268,482 square feet at Trammell Crow’s Fallbrook Pines, and Shaw Carpet, which leased 201,600 square feet at Prologis Jersey Village. These firms are inking long-term deals for manufacturing and distribution hubs, reflecting their confidence in the area’s long-term consumer growth. Multiple large positions from FedEx and …
LOS ANGELES — Rexford Industrial Realty has purchased a six-building industrial park in the Los Angeles submarket of South Bay for $210.5 million. The Class A park is known as Rancho Pacifica Industrial Park. The acquisition contains a total of about 1.2 million square feet on 56 acres. The park is leased to 23 tenants. It sits adjacent to the Alameda Intermodal Corridor, six miles from the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL. — Brennan Investment Group, a private real estate investment and development firm based in Chicago, plans to develop Elk Grove Technology Park, a new 85-acre infill development situated roughly three miles from O’Hare International Airport. The project could cost nearly $1 billion to develop, according to the Daily Herald. “Opportunities to develop near airports, in major metropolitan areas — and in scale — are virtually non-existent,” says Michael Brennan, chairman and managing principal of Brennan Investment Group. “We are confident this will become the most desirable and significant industrial development in the Chicago region, and perhaps in the United States.” Brennan Investment plans for Elk Grove Technology Park to house data centers and industrial space for digital manufacturing and robotics uses. Upon completion, four speculative industrial facilities will be built with opportunities for an additional five buildings, including sites for data centers. Brennan Investment will initially build out the infrastructure of the park with ponds, water features, sculptures, bike paths and pedestrian walkways. The site for Elk Grove Technology Park is bounded by Higgins Road to the north, Lively Road to the east, Oakton Boulevard to the south and King Street to the west. “Elk Grove …
ORANGE, N.J. — G.S. Wilcox & Co. has arranged $6 million in financing for a five-building industrial portfolio located in Orange. The properties total more than 115,000 square feet of industrial space, with the majority offering 22-foot ceiling heights. Gretchen S. Wilcox and Al Raymond of G.S. Wilcox secured the financing for the borrower, a private equity firm.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has negotiated a 200,000-square-foot industrial lease renewal at 713 Northpark Central Drive in Houston on behalf of motor manufacturer BasinTek LLC. Nick Peterson and John Ferruzzo of NAI brokered the deal. The transaction is the sixth-largest industrial lease negotiated in Houston this year, according to NAI’s data.
OAK CREEK, WIS. — The Dickman Co. Inc./CORFAC International has brokered the sale of a 51,600-square-foot industrial building in Oak Creek, 12 miles south of Milwaukee. The property is located at 440 W. Bell Court. Tower 9 Commercial – Oak Creek LLC purchased the building from K & Z Partners LLC. Samuel D. Dickman and Samuel M. Dickman Jr. of Dickman Co. brokered the transaction.
ROMULUS, MICH. — Cohen Financial, a division of SunTrust Bank, has arranged a $4 million loan for the refinancing of a single-tenant industrial property in Romulus, a western suburb of Detroit and home to Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The 121,500-square-foot building is 100 percent leased to a user that primarily services the automotive industry. Cathy Bronkema of Cohen Financial arranged the 15-year loan, which includes a 15-year amortization schedule. A life insurance company provided the loan.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CBRE Group Inc. has arranged the $72.5 million sale of a 1.2 million-square-foot industrial portfolio along the I-85 corridor in the Carolinas. The portfolio includes four warehouse and distribution buildings — one in Charlotte and one in Greensboro in North Carolina and two in Greenville, S.C. Patrick Gildea, Matt Smith, Anne Johnson, Bryan Crutcher, Trey Pennington and Dodson Schenck of CBRE represented the seller, Charlotte-based Beacon Partners, in the transaction to New York-based Gramercy Property Trust. The properties were 87 percent leased at the time of sale to anchor tenants including HD Supply, BMW Manufacturing, LeSaint Logistics and XPO Logistics.