DALLAS — TIG Real Estate Services Inc. has negotiated the sale of a 31,050-square-foot flex/warehouse property located at 11401-11431 Plano Road in Dallas. Matthew Hicket and Kristin Grammar of TIG represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and have retained leasing duties for the property. Other terms of sale were not released.
NORTHLAKE, ILL. — Frozen Assets Cold Storage has signed a 132,000-square-foot industrial lease at Bridge Point Northlake, located about 20 miles west of Chicago. Located at 555 Northwest Ave., the 256,752-square-foot cold storage facility features clear heights of 32 to 40 feet, 104 dock positions and 91 trailer stalls. Headquartered in Chicago, Frozen Assets Cold Storage provides cold storage, freezing, blast freezing, exporting, labeling and cross-docking services. Jason Lev and John Suerth of CBRE represented the landlord, Bridge Development, in the lease transaction. Steve Livaditis, also of CBRE, represented the tenant.
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — US Storage Centers has delivered a five-story, 931-unit self-storage facility located at 15555 W. Dixie Highway in North Miami Beach. The company acquired the property in 2015 for $1.4 million and subsequently began construction on the 122,605-square-foot building. The new facility features drive-up access, climate control, passenger elevators, video monitoring, electronic gate access, boxes and moving supplies, moving carts and alarm units. US Storage Centers owns and operates six facilities in the Miami area and is currently developing two additional facilities, which are slated for completion in the fourth quarter.
UNIVERSITY PARK, ILL. — Clayco Inc. has completed construction of a Georgia-Pacific distribution facility at Gateway 57 Industrial Park in University Park, about 38 miles south of Chicago. The 1 million-square-foot facility is a joint venture between CRG and Venture One along with design-build firm Clayco and its subsidiary Forum Studio. The investment will allow Georgia-Pacific to expand capabilities in University Park, where the company previously operated out of a 700,000-square-foot facility. The distribution center will be used to supply paper goods for commercial and recreational use for some of Georgia-Pacific’s largest clients, including Walmart and Costco. The building features 36-foot clear heights, 100 dock doors and two drive-in doors.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Dejana Truck & Utility Equipment has signed a 90,000-square-foot industrial lease in SubTropolis within Kansas City. The automotive equipment manufacturer will run a new Ford Transit and Ford F-150 upfitting operation at the underground business complex. The New York-based subsidiary of Douglas Dynamics Inc. (NYSE: PLOW) will also lease two additional acres in SubTropolis for vehicle staging. Dejana manufactures van partitions, racking systems and hauling systems for aftermarket installation on commercial vans and trucks. Hunt Midwest owns the property.
ELMHURST, ILL. — Euroview Enterprises LLC has entered into a 47,861-square-foot industrial lease in Elmhurst, about 18 miles west of Chicago. The manufacturer and distributor of glass shower doors will occupy the space at 342 Carol Lane. The company is moving from a nearby location at 420 W. Wrightwood Ave. Adam Haefner and Zeke Rowan of Darwin Realty represented the landlord, an institutional investor. Justin Lerner of Transwestern represented the tenant.
AURORA, COLO. — Majestic Realty Co. has broken ground on a 701,900-square-foot speculative warehouse/distribution facility in Aurora. Nicknamed the “Big Bomber,” the building will be the state’s largest facility of its kind once it’s completed in early 2018. The building is being constructed on 36 acres at the 1,500-acre Majestic Commercenter, situated at the intersection of I-70 and Tower Road. It will feature 36-foot ceiling clearance, 146 dock doors, 198 trailer parking spaces and 426 car spaces. Designed for larger users, the facility will be divisible for multiple tenants who require as little as 150,000 square feet. Majestic has been Aurora’s largest industrial developer over the past two decades.
The need for storage and distribution space for the variety of fruits and vegetables imported from Mexico has long been a driver of industrial demand in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV). Overall industrial occupancy is on the rise throughout the region — about 92 percent in the Greater McAllen Area — and the role of agriculture is becoming a major part of it. The agriculture industry has fueled rapid growth in the RGV city of Pharr and continues to bolster its economic prosperity today. As a global agricultural powerhouse, Pharr is home to a variety of thriving businesses in the agriculture industry. The Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge represents the sixth-largest land (in the United States and currently processes more than $30 billion in international trade on an annual basis. The most influential element behind this uptick has not been agrarian, financial or demographic, but rather infrastructural and on the Mexico side of the region. The Baluarte Bicentennial Bridge, a 3,700-foot cable-stayed bridge completed in late 2013, provides direct access from the Pacific coast city of Mazatlan to the inland metro area of Durango. From Durango, product can be transported directly to the Mexico border city of Reynosa, which has a thriving …
DALLAS — Mujeres Banderas III, a partnership between Commercial Real Estate Women Dallas and San Francisco, has sold a 16,000-square-foot warehouse property located on Duncanville Road in south Dallas. The property was the last asset owned by the Mujeres Banderas partnerships. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
UNION CITY, GA. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF), in collaboration with British counterpart Knight Frank, has negotiated a 1 million-square-foot industrial lease for ASOS, a London-based fashion retailer, in Union City, roughly 18 miles south of Atlanta. The online fashion retailer is investing approximately $40 million in the new fulfillment center at Majestic Airport Center IV along South Fulton Parkway. The facility will create 1,600 jobs upon completion and have a 10 million-unit capacity. Catered toward the millennial shopper, ASOS carries over 850 brands and features 85,000 products online, with 5,000 new items added each week.