GARLAND, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 40,000-square-foot industrial lease at 850 S. Jupiter Road in the northeastern Dallas metro of Garland. Brett Lewis and Corbin Blount of Lee & Associates represented the tenant, supply chain management firm Galaxy Global Logistics. Michael Peinado of Lincoln Property Co. represented the undisclosed landlord.
DURHAM, N.C. — The Dilweg Cos. has sold Regional Commerce Center, a 1.2 million-square-foot industrial complex located at 706 Ellis Road in Durham. The 46-building warehouse complex is situated on 65 acres directly adjacent to NC Highway 147. Constructed in 1929, the property operated as a tobacco drying warehouse until 2005. At the time of sale, Regional Commerce Center was 34 percent leased. Chris Norvell, Justin Good and Patrick Nally of HFF arranged the transaction on behalf of Dilweg. The name of the buyer and the sales price were not disclosed.
DALLAS — Equinix Inc. (NASDAQ: EQIX), a data center owner and operator based in Redwood City, Calif., has agreed to purchase Infomart Dallas from ASB Real Estate Investments for $800 million. The 1.6 million-square-foot Infomart Dallas is a highly visible data center facility located at 1950 N. Stemmons Freeway near the intersection of Interstate 35 and Dallas North Tollway. Equinix is the facility’s largest tenant, representing approximately 40 percent of lease revenues. The facility houses four of eight Equinix Dallas International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers. Infomart Dallas is home to 45 tenants, including global companies such as Bank of America and Verizon Wireless. The transaction includes developable land adjacent to the facility that will allow the new ownership to potentially increase the facility’s current capacity of 11MW of power to 40MW. The capital consideration will consist of $31 million in cash and $750 million in debt securities that will be paid out to ASB over a three-year period following closing, which is expected to occur in the second quarter. (The notes will be valued at roughly $769 million when adjusted to current trading value of Equinix’s outstanding bonds.) Washington, D.C.-based ASB, a division of ASB Capital Management LLC, originally …
IRVING, TEXAS — HFF has raised $40 million in capital for the development of Phase I of DFW Commerce Center, a 1 million-square-foot industrial project being built on land owned by Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Irving. The overall project will consist of four buildings totaling 2.8 million square feet upon completion. Phase I will deliver a cross-dock distribution and warehouse building with 40-foot clear heights, 184 dock doors and significant overflow parking. Joe Thornton, Adam Herrin and Stephen Bailey of HFF arranged the funds on behalf of the developer, Copeland Commercial LLC. Completion of Phase I is expected to occur within 11 to 12 months of the groundbreaking, which occurred in late January.
PASADENA, TEXAS — Calpine Corp., a Houston-based power company, has leased 110,000 square feet at an industrial property located at 9311 Bay Area Blvd. in the Houston metro of Pasadena. The property was built in 2008 and consists of 219,000 square feet of net rentable space, according to CoStar Group. Lucian Bukowski of CBRE represented Calpine Corp. in the lease negotiations. The representative of the landlord, Bay Bluff LP, was not disclosed.
GREEN OAKS, ILL. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of Green Oaks Business Center in Green Oaks, about 40 miles north of Chicago. The sales price was not disclosed. The three-building industrial portfolio totals 462,300 square feet. The facilities feature clear heights of 24 to 28 feet, ESFR sprinkler systems, 48 docks and parking for 270 autos. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 86 percent occupied by five tenants. Jeff Devine and Steve Disse of Colliers represented the seller, New York Life Investment. A comingled fund managed by Dermody Properties was the buyer.
LIBERTY, S.C. — Binswanger has brokered the sale of a 310,000-square-foot industrial facility located at 7240 Moorefield Memorial Highway in Liberty, a city in Upstate South Carolina. The single-story building is located roughly 17 miles west of Greenville and 35 miles from the Greer Inland Port. Doug Faris and Shaun Kirchin of Binswanger arranged the transaction on behalf of the buyer, Eliken Property Management LLC. Kidco Liberty LLC sold the property for an undisclosed price. Eliken plans to renovate the property to attract new tenants or investors.
BRENTWOOD, TENN. — Platinum Storage Group has unveiled plans to develop Brentwood Self Storage, an 828-unit, 120,000-square-foot self-storage facility in Brentwood, roughly 10 miles south of Nashville. The property is situated on 2.8 acres at the intersection of Old Hickory Boulevard and Cloverland Drive. The storage facility will feature climate-controlled units, 24/7 surveillance, automatic door locks, individually alarmed units, electronic secured floor access and Wi-Fi throughout. Construction on the building is scheduled to begin in March.
LAS VEGAS — BKM Capital Partners has purchased Hughes Airport Center, a 13-building, multi-tenant industrial complex in Las Vegas, for $92 million. The properties are situated in the industrial pocket between McCarran International Airport and interstates 15 and 215. Hughes Airport Center contains 3.3 million square feet of Class A industrial space and Class B office space. The 420-acre, master-planned business park has access to nearby retail and entertainment amenities like Town Square shopping center, Las Vegas Premium Outlets South, Tahiti Village, Callaway Golf Center, Bali Hai Golf Club and Sunset Park. The business park has recently undergone a slew of improvements, including new paint to building exteriors, asphalt and parking lot repairs, roof repair, and upgraded landscaping, monument signage and tenant signage. Rents at Hughes Airport Center typically range between $0.90 per square foot and $1.30 per square foot. Notable tenants at the center include Geotab, CanvasPop, Medical Transportation Management, Climatec, Credit One Bank, North American Video, LabCorp of America and Harman International. Hughes Airport Center marks BKM’s fifth industrial park acquisition in the Las Vegas Valley. “This is a best-in-class asset, the largest of its scale in the Las Vegas airport submarket and our firm’s biggest transaction to …
Philadelphia’s office and industrial markets have been on a hot streak for the past year, with lower vacancy rates and greater rent growth than the national average. Office vacancies are enjoying far lower vacancy rates than regional and national averages for both Class A and Class B properties in the central business district and the suburbs. Flex and industrial vacancy rates are below 7 percent overall, well below regional and national averages, with average asking rents at about $5 per square foot. We see this upswing continuing in 2018 as demand keeps pace with or exceeds new development. Philadelphia has experienced seven years of uninterrupted job growth across all sectors, with 1.8 percent growth between August 2016 and August 2017 — outpacing the national average of about 1.5 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. We saw job growth across the board, including the education, health, and leisure and hospitality sectors. But the biggest gain was in business and professional services, where Philadelphia added 16,700 jobs over 12 months. That represents a 3.6 percent year-over-year growth rate in high-end office jobs, compared to a national average of 3 percent. Manufacturing employment declined over the past 12 months, despite …