LONGVIEW, TEXAS — Dollar General Corp. plans to build a nearly 1 million-square-foot distribution center in Longview, its second in Texas and 17th nationwide. The new property is expected to create 400 full-time jobs and serve roughly 1,000 Dollar General stores in Texas and the Southeast. Goodlettsville, Tenn.-based Dollar General has selected Clayco as the project’s general contractor, Leo A. Daly as the architectural engineering firm and Elan Design as the civil engineering firm. The development team plans to break ground on the new distribution center in the first quarter. Dollar General currently has more than 1,400 stores and over 12,000 employees in Texas alone. The company has 15 distribution centers that are located in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas (San Antonio), Virginia and Wisconsin. The company’s 16th distribution center in Amsterdam, N.Y., is currently under construction.
Industrial
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has brokered the sale of an industrial/flex building located at 20 Bushes Lane in Elmwood Park. RH Foster Associates sold the 15,700-square-foot property to 20 Bushes Lane LLC for an undisclosed price. Renovated in 2015, the property features two loading docks with heavy lift levelers and ample parking. The buyer plans to use the property to manufacture valves and regulators. Joshua Levering and Nicholas DePaolera of NAI Hanson represented the seller, while Andrew Somple, also of NAI Hanson, represented the buyer in the deal.
MADISON, WIS. — Tribe 9 Foods LLC has signed a 50,814-square-foot industrial lease in Madison. The manufacturer of grain-free foods, gluten-free foods, nut butters and pastas will occupy the space at 2901 Progress Road. Andy Hess of Founders 3 represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Scott Revolinski of Founders 3 represented the landlord, LCM Funds 40 Madison LLC.
HOUSTON — Colliers International has negotiated a 28,219 SF industrial lease within Northway Park II in Houston on behalf of Campbell Fittings Inc., a manufacturer of fittings and sleeves for industrial hoses. Walter Menuet and Judd Harrison of Colliers International represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Kelly Landwermeyer of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, CenterPoint Houston UCET LLC.
PASADENA, TEXAS — NAI Partners has secured a 22,000-square-foot industrial lease at 2915 Pasadena Boulevard in the southeastern Houston metro of Pasadena. The property, which is situated on 1.5 acres, was built on a speculative basis. Clay Pritchett of NAI Partners represented the landlord, Houston Industrial Development One LP, in the lease negotiations. Sarah Hoffman, also of NAI Partners, represented the tenant, machinery manufacturer Stacey Supply Corp.
COLLIERVILLE, TENN. — Canadian-based label company CCL Label and Turkish specialty label producer Korsini SAF have opened a $25 million in-mold label facility in Collierville, roughly 30 miles southeast of Memphis. The 85,000-square-foot building is located at the Interstate 269/State Road 385/US 72 crossroads, adjacent to CCL Label’s existing 111,000-square-foot production plant. The new facility will produce in-mold labels for the injection molded containers market and will create 130 new jobs. In addition, the facility has the potential for a 36,000-square-foot future expansion.
PASADENA, TEXAS — Duke Realty Corp. has acquired Bayport Distribution Center II, a two-building, 772,500-square-foot industrial property located near Port Houston in Pasadena. The Class A property was built in 2008 and consists of one 600,000-square-foot building and one 172,500-square-foot building that are fully leased to three tenants. The property features clear heights ranging from 24 to 30 feet and a total of 157 dock-high doors and eight drive-in ramps. Trent Agnew, Rusty Hamlyn and Dane Petersen of HFF represented the seller, a partnership between Mountain West Industrial Properties and an undisclosed institutional investor, in the sale.
MENOMONEE FALLS, WIS. — EnSync Inc. has signed a 42,600-square-foot industrial lease in Menomonee Falls, 20 miles northwest of Milwaukee. The energy company will occupy the space at 13901 Main St. Samuel D. Dickman, Samuel M. Dickman Jr., Nick Keys and Cale Berg of the Dickman Co. Inc./CORFAC International brokered the transaction. 13901 Leasing Co. LLP is the property landlord.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — HFF has arranged the sale of Riverbend West Distribution Center, a 301,500-square-foot, Class A industrial facility in Fort Worth. Completed in 2016, the cross-dock facility features 32-foot clear heights, LED warehouse lighting, 76 overhead dock doors and four drive-in doors. Hunt Southwest Real Estate Development sold the property, which was 86 percent leased to Ecolab and PODS at the time of sale, to Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust for an undisclosed price. Adam Herrin and Stephen Bailey of HFF led the investment advisory team.
DOUGLASVILLE, GA. — CyrusOne, a Dallas-based global data center REIT, has unveiled plans to expand into the Atlanta-area market with a 44-acre campus in Douglasville. The $206 million project will be located near the home of Google’s 2 million-square-foot server farm, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle. At full build-out, the project will include three data centers totaling 440,000 square feet, and 50 megawatts of critical power. Construction is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2018, with completion of the first building slated for the summer of 2018. CyrusOne’s Atlanta centers will have access to multiple cloud providers and will be linked to the CyrusOne National Internet Exchange, which delivers interconnection between other CyrusOne locations across the country. The company currently operates 44 data center facilities across the United States, Europe and Asia.