TEMPE, ARIZ. — Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II has purchased the 44,244-square-foot Tempe Data Center for $16.2 million. The facility is situated near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, downtown Phoenix and downtown Tempe. The facility has been fully leased to a national provider of wireless voice, messaging and data services since 1997. It underwent remodeling in 1983, 2008 and 2011. The center features 15,000 square feet of white space, 8,711 square feet of office space and 20,533 square feet of warehouse space, including a 4,355-square-foot mezzanine level. CBRE’S Luke Denmon and Mindy Korth and Kirk Kuller of Colliers International represented the seller, El Dorado Holdings, in this transaction.
TUALATIN, ORE. — Superwinch has leased 38,812 square feet of factory space at Koch Corporate Center in Tualatin. The industrial park is situated at SW 115th Avenue and Tualatin-Sherwood Road. The designer, manufacturer and marketer of winch systems and accessories is building a design and manufacturing facility to complement existing facilities in Connecticut and the United Kingdom. The new facility will become Superwinch’s corporate headquarters. It will include both assembly and distribution of new product abilities. The new facility is scheduled for completion this April, with Superwinch taking occupancy the following month. CBRE’s Cara Nolan represented Superwinch. The landlord is PacTrust.
SEATTLE — Terreno Realty Corp. has acquired a 45,000-square-foot industrial distribution building in Seattle for $7.8 million. The facility is located at 637 S. Lucile St. It sits adjacent to the city’s Port and SoDo (south of Downtown) districts. The asset is fully leased to one tenant on a short-term basis.
KATY, TEXAS — TMEIC Power Electronics Products Corp., a Tokyo-based partnership between Toshiba and Mitsubishi, has broken ground on a 45,000-square-foot industrial facility in Katy, a western suburb of Houston. Lone Star Construction is the general contractor for the facility, which is expected to open later this year. Roughly $6 million in capital expenditures has been earmarked for the project. Located off Grand Parkway in Energy Park West Business Park, the property will serve as a center of assembly, testing and packaging of photovoltaic inverters for the solar power market.
BILLERICA AND MARLBOROUGH, MASS. — The RAM Cos. has acquired two industrial and flex buildings, located at 35 Dunham Road in Billerica and 734 Forest St. in Marlborough, for $10.1 million. The Billerica property offers 65,912 square feet of space and is located within Middlesex Corporate Park. Tark Inc., SciSafe and Microchips Biotech are tenants at the property. Situated within Cedar Hill Business Park, the Marlborough property features 54,884 square feet of industrial space. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to a variety of tenants, including CeQur Corp., Sunrun, Chroma Systems Solutions and Commonwealth Financial Network. The name of the seller was not released.
RIDGEFIELD, N.J. — KW International has signed a long-term lease for an industrial building located at 2 Bell Drive in Ridgefield. The Carson, Calif.-based company will occupy the entire 83,000-square-foot speculative building. Mike Markey, Jon Tesser and Reid Wilbraham of Colliers International represented the tenant, while Stephen Elman of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Sitex Group, in the deal.
ONTARIO, CALIF. — Nellson LLC has leased a 302,080-square-foot industrial/R&D facility in Ontario. The space is located at 1000 S. Etiwanda Ave. The full-service bar and powder nutrition provider is relocating from its campus in Irwindale. Nellson plans to build out a lab to support corporate research and development efforts, commercial scale-up and testing of customer formulations. The firm will invest approximately $40 million to $50 million in the Ontario facility. The lease transaction was valued at $30 million. Frank Geraci of Voit’s Inland Empire office represented both the renter and the landlord, IDI Gazeley, in this lease transaction.
NEW BERLIN, WIS. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged a $4.7 million loan for the refinancing of an industrial property in New Berlin near Milwaukee. The building consists of 80,720 square feet and sits on approximately seven acres. The 15-year, fixed-rate loan includes a 15-year amortization schedule. An insurance company provided the capital.
ALEXANDRIA AND FAIRFAX, VA. — Bethesda, Md.-based First Potomac Realty Trust has sold Plaza 500, a 502,830-square-foot industrial property located at 6295 Edsall Road in Alexandria. Matan Cos. purchased the asset, which was 90.5 percent leased as of Sept. 30, 2016, for $75 million. First Potomac has also sold One Fair Oaks, a 214,214-square-foot office building located at 4114 Legato Road in Fairfax, for $13.7 million. CACI International, an information technology firm, fully occupied the property through the end of 2016. The buyer was an affiliate of Beacon Capital Partners, according to the Washington Business Journal.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — St. Clair Commercial Realty (SCCR) has purchased seven industrial buildings totaling 211,000 square feet on Techni Center Drive in Austin. While all buildings are located on separate parcels and vary in size from 3,600 to 36,000 square feet, the firm intends to collectively rebrand them as the “Techni Center Business Park.” Ryan Wilson and Matt Fain of Equitable Commercial Realty procured the sale for SCCR and have been retained to handle leasing as well.