ROMEOVILLE, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Space Savers Self Storage in Romeoville for $4.4 million. The 44,000-square-foot self-storage facility is located at 645 S. Weber Road. Built in 2005, the facility offers climate-controlled, indoor, outdoor and portable storage units. For security, the facility features 24-hour surveillance and all units are electronically controlled. Sean Delaney and Michael Male of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. The team also procured the buyer, a private investor.
SEATTLE — Peregrine Realty Partners has purchased North Creek Parkway Center, a 205,554-square-foot flex industrial/office park in the North Creek submarket east of Seattle, for $36.5 million. The six-building center is located at 11804-18916 North Creek Parkway. Almost half of North Creek Parkway Center’s tenants have leased space in the park for 10 plus years, including anchor Alder Biopharmaceuticals. HFF represented both the buyer and seller, an affiliate of KBS Capital Advisors, in this transaction.
POMPANO BEACH, FLA. — First Industrial Realty Trust Inc. has acquired a 172,120-square-foot warehouse/distribution building in Broward County’s Pompano Beach for $22.7 million. Located at 2504 N.W. 19th St., the property features 16 dock-high doors, two drive-in doors, 323 auto stalls and an additional 4.1-acre parking lot that is available for future development. Mike Davis, Rick Brugge and Michael Lerner of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the transaction on behalf of First Industrial. The name of the seller was not disclosed. Sean Rooney of Hanna Commercial, Jay Ziv of Avison Young and Matthew McAllister, Rick Etner, Chris Metzger and Christopher Thomson of Cushman & Wakefield secured a 19,000-square-foot lease with Stoncor Group Inc., a provider of corrosion and abrasion solutions for the infrastructure and construction markets. With the new lease, the facility is fully occupied.
ORANGE, CONN. — Pearce/George J. Smith Commercial Real Estate has brokered the sale of an industrial building situated on 6.5 acres at 70 Robinson Blvd. in Orange. Robin Equity LLC acquired the 50,666-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. The buyer will repurpose the building for American Seal & Engineering Corp. to serve as its new global corporate headquarters and main manufacturing facility for engineered products, advanced manufacturing technology, and product testing and development. Carl Russell of Pearce/George J. Smith Commercial represented the sellers, ALM Properties and MCM Investments in the deal.
WHEELING, ILL. — Millennium Properties R/E has brokered the sale of a 30,000-square-foot industrial warehouse in Wheeling for $1.4 million. The property, located at 140 Shepard Ave., is fully leased to multiple tenants. The building features 14-foot ceilings, two docks and 10 drive-in doors. Brad Thompson and Chet Evans of Millennium brokered the sale. Neither the name of the buyer nor the seller was disclosed.
Del Markward will be logging a lot of frequent flyer miles over the next year as he travels around the country and abroad to meet with several chapters of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), an organization with more than 3,200 members in 685 cities and 36 countries. In addition to serving as the 2018 global president of SIOR, Markward is founder of the Markward Group, a real estate consulting, advisory and brokerage firm based in Allentown, Pa. Markward was officially inducted as president of the organization in October at the outset of the SIOR World Conference in Chicago. He most recently served as president-elect of SIOR and before that was vice president. The commercial real estate community recognizes professionals who have earned the SIOR designation as among the most capable and experienced brokerage practitioners in any market, according to the organization. On the heels of the SIOR World Conference, REBusinessOnline interviewed Markward about some of the dynamic changes taking place in the industrial real estate sector today, including the sharp rise in demand for space driven by e-commerce companies. What follows is an edited transcript of the Q&A. REBusinessOnline: Supply chain logistics is an industry undergoing a dramatic …
CLINTON AND MEDFORD, MASS. — Transwestern Consulting Group has arranged two loans totaling $22.8 million for NorthBridge Partners. The loans will finance the acquisition and future leasing costs for two warehouses in Massachusetts. Transwestern secured a long-term, non-recourse $13.9 million loan for 100 Adams Road, a warehouse in Clinton, through Middlesex Savings Bank. The 345,000-square-foot building is fully occupied by five tenants. Completed in 2000, the property features 30-foot clear ceiling heights, 53 loading docks and one drive-in door. Transwestern also arranged a long-term, non-recourse $8.9 million loan for 23 Sycamore Ave. in Medford through HarborOne Bank. The warehouse features 91,000 square feet of high-bay warehouse space.
BUDA, TEXAS — Exeter Buda Land LP, an affiliate of Philadelphia-based Exeter Property Group, will develop approximately 600,000 square feet of industrial space on a speculative basis in Buda, a city just south of Austin along the Interstate 35 corridor. The company expects to begin construction of Phase I, which will deliver 300,000 square feet, in early 2018. The project is expected to create at least 50 new jobs.
FENTON, MO. — BJC HealthCare’s Clinical Asset Management Division and CoreLink have signed industrial leases totaling 150,000 square feet at Fenton Logistics Park, on the site of the former Chrysler plant in Fenton. Starting in January 2018, BJC will occupy 80,000 square feet in Building I. The 160,000-square-foot facility was completed in May. CoreLink, which designs and manufactures precision surgical instruments and implants, will occupy 67,000 square feet in Building II upon completion next summer. The facility will also total approximately 160,000 square feet. In addition to Buildings I and II, Building III will add an additional 168,000 square feet when it is completed in summer 2018. Building IV has been approved and fully entitled by the city of Fenton. Construction of the 157,500 square-foot building is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2018. The park’s developer, KP Development, acquired the former Chrysler plant in November 2014, and has since invested $12 million in site improvements. The first four buildings represent an additional investment of $65 million. All told, the park is expected to span 2.1 million square feet, including nearly 1.2 million square feet of manufacturing, logistics and warehouse space; 480,000 square feet of office/warehouse and flex …
SAGINAW, TEXAS — Industrial Outdoor Ventures (IOV), a Chicago-based investment firm, has acquired a 44-acre industrial lot in the northern Fort Worth metro of Saginaw. Located at 1353 Jarvis Road near Alliance Business Park, the property features 1,700 spaces for trucks, trailers, containers and chassis, making it the largest managed truck and trailer parking lot in the country, according to IOV. The company will invest in capital improvements to the property’s lighting, security measures and equipment tracking systems, and rebrand it as “Park My Truck.” Norco Trucking Corp. sold the property to IOV for an undisclosed price.