BARTLETT, ILL. — CBRE has arranged the sale of a 300,608-square-foot industrial facility in Bartlett, about 35 miles northwest of Chicago. The sales price was not disclosed. The property is located at 1340 Brewster Creek Blvd. on a 16.5-acre site within the Brewster Creek Business Park. Built in 2008, the building features 30-foot clear heights, 4,160 square feet of office space, 65 car stalls and 64 exterior docks. Matt Mulvihill, Kevin Segerson and Cal Payne of CBRE represented the seller, Brewster Creek of Illinois LLC. Jeff Fischer of NAI Hiffman represented the buyer, Greco & Sons.
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ST. LOUIS — Hilliker Corp. has brokered the sale of a 132,000-square-foot warehouse building in St. Louis. The sales price was not disclosed. Serioplast purchased the building with plans to convert it into a plastic bottle manufacturing plant. This will be the company’s first location in North America. Production is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2018. The building is located at 4400 Planned Industrial Drive near I-70. Chris Taff of Hilliker Corp. represented both Serioplast and the seller, Lineage Warehousing.
When comparing Birmingham’s industrial market to other major cities in the Southeast, “The Tortoise and the Hare” comes to mind. Birmingham has had slow and steady progress — not to say that our sister cities have periods of laziness and napping. Birmingham’s current pace of activity is more the norm and thankfully the trends remain positive with 2016’s transaction numbers actually tilting in the direction of a “hare-like” pace. Occupancy rates for the 15 million-square-foot, multi-tenant industrial market eclipsed 90 percent for the first time since 2005. We had positive absorption of over 400,000 square feet with just under 1.5 million square feet of inventory remaining. During 2016, 12 new lease transactions of 50,000 square feet and larger were completed, eight of which were automotive related. These 12 transactions compare to seven and eight in 2014 and 2015, respectively, which is a strong increase. Leases of note include 270,600 square feet to a third-party logistics provider for Mercedes-Benz; 240,240 square feet to Grupo Antolin, a Spanish-based supplier of interior parts for Mercedes-Benz; and a 225,496-square-foot lease directly with Mercedes-Benz. Much of the remaining 1.5 million square feet of inventory is Class B or lower quality, so finding suitable space has …
CARTERET, LODI, SADDLE BROOK, SOUTH HACKENSACK AND WEST CALDWELL, N.J. — The Hampshire Cos. has completed the sale of a six-building industrial portfolio totaling 1.2 million square feet in Northern New Jersey. An undisclosed buyer acquired the portfolio for $146.8 million. The portfolio comprises 200 Middlesex Avenue in Carteret (408,437 square feet); 39 Robinson Road in Lodi (73,373 square feet); 301 Mayhill Street in Saddle Brook (200,000 square feet); 30 Wesley & Worth in South Hackensack (245,824 square feet); and 5 Henderson Drive (210,530 square feet) and 2 Dedrick Place (80,000 square feet) in West Caldwell. At the time of sale, the stabilized portfolio was 96 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Continental Terminals, R.R. Donnelley, FreshPro Food Distributors and Sealed Air. Joe Thornton Jr., Jon Mikula, Jose Cruz, David Giancola and Robert Borny of HFF represented the seller in the transaction.
CONCORD, N.C. — Griffin Industrial Realty has purchased a 277,000-square-foot industrial warehouse near Charlotte for $18.6 million. The property is located at 215 International Drive in Concord. The purchase was paid in cash at closing using approximately $9.7 million of cash held in escrow as part of a 1031 exchange, and $8.9 million of Griffin’s cash on hand. Chris Riley of CBRE represented the sellers, Trinity Capital Advisors and Crow Holdings, and Trinity Partners’ William Maxwell and Terry Brennan represented Griffin. Constructed in 2015, the Class A warehouse features tilt-up concrete wall panels, 32-foot clear heights and the potential for 80 dock doors. At closing, the building was 74 percent leased. This is Griffin’s first property in the Charlotte area.
EDISON, N.J. — One Stop Logistics has signed a lease for an industrial property located at 77 Executive Ave. in Edison. The third-party logistics provider of freight coordination services will consolidate its regional office and warehouse facilities into the 260,320-square-foot facility. Brian DiPinto of The Blau & Berg Co. represented the tenant, while Linda Hill and Doug Bansbach of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed landlord in the deal.
LAREDO, TEXAS — Majestic Realty Co. has negotiated a 166,400-square-foot lease within Port Grande, a 2,000-acre, master-planned industrial development in Laredo. The undisclosed tenant, an international firm in the automotive industry, will occupy a 366,080-square-foot building scheduled to be complete in late August. This building, which features 32-foot ceiling heights, 120 dock-high doors and 439 combined trailer and automobile parking spaces, is the first speculative property in the 100-acre, Phase I development of the project.
GLENDALE HEIGHTS, ILL. — Meridian Design Build has completed a 112,288-square-foot industrial tenant build-out for Prologis and OSM Worldwide in Glendale Heights. The property is located at 601 Regency Drive. The project features 10,601 square feet of office space, 13 loading docks, 95 vehicle parking stalls, 21 trailer stalls and one drive-in door. OSM Worldwide is a parcel shipping company. Harris Architects provided architectural and structural engineering services, while Kimley-Horn completed engineering design work. Dan Smolensky of Taurus Modal Group represented OSM Worldwide in the transaction, while Brian Kling and Jonathan Kohn of Colliers International represented Prologis. Meridian Design Build is currently working on improvements for a second tenant that will also occupy the building.
OAK PARK, MICH. — Wurth Baer Supply Co. has signed a 55,045-square-foot industrial lease in Oak Park, a suburb north of Detroit. The wholesale distributor to the woodworking industry will occupy the space at 13390 Cloverdale St. The landlord, Bar Pro Ventures LLC, recently purchased the facility with plans to complete an interior renovation including 3,500 square feet of office space. Jason Capitani of L. Mason Capitani CORFAC International and Steven Podolsky of Podolsky Circle CORFAC International represented Wurth Baer in the lease transaction.
PHILADELPHIA — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of a vacant and foreclosed 58-acre land parcel located at 7777 State Road in Philadelphia. Morris Iron & Steel Co., a local recycling company, acquired the site from 7777 State PA Philadelphia Loan Associates LLC for an undisclosed price. Prior to acquisition, the site was rezoned from residential/mixed-use to industrial use. Brian Hilger and Ned Franke of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction.