HOUSTON — Crow Holdings Industrial, the industrial development arm of Dallas-based Crow Holdings, has broken ground on Victory Commerce Center, a 349,050-square-foot distribution center in Houston. The tilt-wall property will feature 32-foot clear heights, 185-foot truck courts and additional outside storage space. The property is located on the city’s southeast side, near Port Houston, Beltway 8 and State Highway 225. Delivery is slated for the first quarter of 2019.
DALLAS, SAN ANTONIO AND LUBBOCK, TEXAS — Fort Worth-based Mitchell Asset Group Inc. has acquired a 320,852-square-foot industrial portfolio from private equity firm Pacific Avenue Capital Partners. The properties include a 136,882-square-foot facility located at 11100 Plano Road in Dallas; a 104,000-square-foot asset located at 3101 Aniol St. in San Antonio; and a 79,790-square-foot building located at 1919 Avenue E in Lubbock. The properties were acquired in a sale-leaseback transaction for an undisclosed price. Walker & Dunlop arranged debt for the acquisition through UBS.
SAN ANTONIO — Schertz, Texas-based Industrial Group Southwest (IGX) will develop a 350,000-square-foot industrial building in San Antonio. The development marks Phase I of Brooks Business Park, a six-building project on the city’s south side that will ultimately deliver about 1.1 million square feet of industrial space. Buildings will range in size from 30,000 to 600,000 square feet. The initial 350,000-square-foot building is expected to be complete before year’s end.
MARION, ILL. — Binswanger has brokered the sale of a 1 million-square-foot distribution center in Marion in southern Illinois. The sales price was not disclosed. The Class A facility is located on 72 acres at 1100 Glen Clarida Drive. The building, originally constructed in 1999, underwent an expansion in 2004 and a renovation in 2013. Clear heights range from 32 to 37 feet. Zach Binswanger of Binswanger represented the seller in the transaction. Neither the buyer nor the seller was disclosed.
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WIS. — Colliers International has negotiated a 534,384-square-foot industrial lease renewal on behalf of Arvato Digital Services in Pleasant Prairie, approximately 37 miles south of Milwaukee. Located at 11500 80th Ave., the property features 20,000 square feet of office space, 40 exterior docks, four drive-in doors and a clear height of 32 feet. CenterPoint has owned the property since 2009. Fred Regnery and Jack Rosenberg of the Chicago office of Colliers represented Arvato in the lease transaction. Arvato distributes consumer products to retail store distribution centers as well as directly to consumers.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — A partnership between California-based CT Realty and Texas-based Port Logistics Realty has broken ground on Oakdale Logistics Center, a 401,577-square-foot industrial facility in Grand Prairie. The Class A warehousing and distribution facility will feature a cross-dock configuration, 175 dock-high doors, 32-foot clear heights and 185-foot truck court depths. Completion of the project, which marks the third collaboration between the two firms in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex, is slated for the first quarter of 2019.
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — Carlsbad-based VRS International has purchased an industrial building, located at 1958 Kellogg Ave. in Carlsbad. Bend, Ore.-based Canard Add* Ventures sold the property for $6.5 million. The 38,900-square-foot industrial building features a two-story lobby, heavy power and fenced yard. Kelly Nicholls of Lee & Associates – North San Diego County represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
Industrial sales and leasing in the Reno-Sparks area remains one of the best performing sectors in the marketplace, just as it did in 2017. With a record vacancy percentage below 4 percent, combined with new buildings being occupied upon completion, the strong demand for new and existing industrial product is a welcome normality from previous years. The North Valley’s submarket has been the dominant center point for speculative development. It is currently the fastest-growing submarket in Reno, as nearly 50 percent of the transactions containing more than 50,000 square feet were concentrated in this submarket. This is primarily attributed to the abundance of skilled labor in the area and proximity to Interstate 80. Developers continue their hunt for buildable land in the area, though the availability of readily developable parcels is dwindling. Driven by consumer shifts toward internet goods, along with burgeoning advanced manufacturing, capital from institutional and regional investors alike have entered Reno’s industrial market. This has led to the industrial market posting the largest volume and most competitive assets. Last year’s investment volume was up 90 percent year over year, with a 14 percent increase in the total number of sales. The most recent eye-opener was Blockchains’ acquisition …
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS — Bellomy & Co. has arranged the sale of Hot Shots Storage, a 198-unit self-storage facility in the North Texas city of Wichita Falls. The facility spans 21,950 square feet of net rentable space. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson and John Arnold of Bellomy & Co. represented the Dallas-based buyer in the transaction. Chris Storm of Henry S. Miller (HSM) represented the undisclosed seller.
MIAMI — HFF has arranged the $22.8 million sale of the leasehold interest in a two-building, 211,852-square-foot industrial property located roughly one mile from Miami International Airport. Manuel de Zárraga, Tracey Goo and Luis Castillo of HFF arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, iStar Inc., and procured the buyer, the Dayan family from Brazil. Safety, Income & Growth Inc., managed by iStar, will hold the fee-simple land position in its portfolio of ground leases. The property is triple-net-leased for 99 years to LSG Sky Chefs, a company owned by Deutsche Lufthansa AG that provides on-board airline catering services for many of the major airlines operating out of Miami International Airport. The two-story buildings feature refrigerated areas, commercial kitchens, freight elevators, 47 dock-high loading doors and executive offices. A land parcel used as a vehicle maintenance facility was also included in the sale.
