LIVONIA, MICH. — MSC Industrial Supply Co. has signed a 14,334-square-foot industrial lease in Livonia, a western suburb of Detroit. The warehouse property is located at 37007 Industrial Road. The building will serve as MSC’s vending machine division beginning in November. Gary Glotzhober of Colliers International represented the tenant in the lease transaction. MSC currently operates five locations in Michigan.
BEAVERTON, ORE. — A joint venture between Vista Investment Group and Acre Valley Real Estate Capital has purchased Nimbus Oaks, a 171,828-square-foot flex/business park in Beaverton, for an undisclosed sum. The park is located at 9000-9560 S.W. Nimbus Ave. in the 217 Corridor submarket. Notable tenants at Nimbus Oaks include XO Communications, Opus Agency, Kingcom and the Northwest Regional Education Service District. The asset was built between 1984 and 1985. Andrew Kirsh of Sklar Kirsh represented Vista in this transaction. Kidder Matthews will handle leasing and property management.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Allianz Real Estate of America has provided $55 million to refinance a 507,000-square-foot cold storage facility in Riverside. The property is located at 1001 Columbia Ave. The asset was developed in 2011 on a 25.3-acre site within Hunter Park. It is fully leased to an investment-grade credit tenant. The 10-year, fixed-rate loan will refinance the property’s existing loan. HFF’s Kevin MacKenzie and AJ Manas represented the borrower in this transaction.
MCDONOUGH, GA. — Cushman & Wakefield has secured a 295,800-square-foot lease with TravelPro, a provider of travel goods, at 1500 Medline Place in McDonough, roughly 30 miles south of Atlanta. Ray Stache, Lisa Pittman and Greg Dikerson of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Medline Industries, in the lease transaction. The lease marks TravelPro’s first location in the metro Atlanta market. Constructed in 2016, 1500 Medline Place was 100 percent leased in less than 12 months following completion. The facility features 37-foot ceilings, 77 dock doors, LED lighting and access to 13 UPS and FedEx centers.
COPPELL, TEXAS — CBRE has negotiated a 30,495-square-foot lease at 1122 Bethel Road in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro of Coppell. Steve Trese and Wilson Brown of CBRE represented the landlord, Bethel Industrial LLC. Ryan Boozer of Stream Realty represented the tenant, Irving-based Event Technology Services LLC, which will be relocating to the Coppell property from the Airport submarket.
Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida on Sunday afternoon, tearing through The Keys and heading up the western portion of the state through the Tampa area. For a time, it appeared the hurricane was heading straight for Miami before it ultimately changed course. “A few days ago when we are all staring down the barrel of a Category 4 storm that was heading straight for us, it was concerning,” says Ken Krasnow, executive managing director of Colliers International’s South Florida division. “We ended up having some Category 2 force winds, but we feel fortunate that the storm changed course.” Despite being out of Irma’s direct path, parts of Miami were flooded and most of the region experienced power outages, with many residences remaining without power as of this writing. Irma was the worst storm to hit South Florida since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, but the destruction caused by the storm 25 years ago was much worse, specifically for the industrial sector. “Hurricane Andrew was the worst this market experienced,” says Walter Byrd, senior managing director of Transwestern’s industrial team. “It blew through entire floors on projects in the southern part of Miami-Dade County.” Byrd says that the difference this go-around …
EAST GRANBY, CONN. — Sentry Commercial has brokered the sale of a multi-tenant industrial complex located at 25-27 and 29 Kripes Road in East Granby. Torrington, Conn.-based Gen IV LLC acquired the property from Airport Business Center III. Situated on 8.3 acres, the 65,691-square-foot property is a portion of Airport Business Center, a five-building industrial park developed by the seller in 1984. Sentry Commercial was the sole broker in the transaction.
Eastern Pennsylvania’s industrial markets continue to thrive due to low vacancy rates, increased barriers to entry, demand by occupiers and the institutional capital community’s ever-increasing appetite for industrial product. While the specific submarkets have unique nuances associated with the local economic drivers, highway networks, taxation, and labor base, the overall demand by tenants and the capital community alike is driven by elementary economic rules of supply versus demand met by supply chain demand drivers. In a world that is buying a higher percentage of its goods online each and every year, this geography offers the unique ability to reach almost half of the U.S. population within a one-day truck drive and better one-day or two-day delivery service from the two major providers, UPS and FedEx. This thriving market is technically four distinct submarkets inclusive of the Lehigh Valley, Northeastern, Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania. For those less familiar with the nomenclature of this geography, it’s easiest to think of the Lehigh Valley as the general vicinity of Easton through Bethlehem and Allentown and along I-78 past Hamburg. Central Pennsylvania is the region inclusive of Harrisburg, York, Carlisle, Chambersburg, Greencastle and Lancaster. Northeastern Pennsylvania is the combination of the MSAs including Pottsville, …
ANTIOCH, CALIF. — Westcore Properties has purchased Antioch Distribution Center, a 665,775-square-foot manufacturing/distribution project in Antioch, for $32.4 million. The two-building center is located at 2200 to 2300 and 2110 Wilbur St. Westcore represented itself, while Steve Hermann, Scott Bertrand and Brooks Pedder of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, The Covington Group, in this transaction.
SCOTTSDALE AND TEMPE, ARIZ. — TA Realty has purchased a 266,607-square-foot industrial portfolio near Phoenix for $24.5 million. The portfolio is situated in Scottsdale and Tempe. The properties include four industrial/flex assets at 9160 S. McKemy St. and 9185 and 9245 S. Farmer Ave. in Tempe, and 7400 E. Tierra Buena Lane in Scottsdale. The portfolio is more than 96 percent leased to 12 tenants across industries like IT services, transportation, automotive and home improvement. JLL’s Capital Markets team represented the seller, The Hewson Company, in this transaction.