COPPELL, TEXAS — CBRE has negotiated a 30,495-square-foot lease at 1122 Bethel Road in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro of Coppell. Steve Trese and Wilson Brown of CBRE represented the landlord, Bethel Industrial LLC. Ryan Boozer of Stream Realty represented the tenant, Irving-based Event Technology Services LLC, which will be relocating to the Coppell property from the Airport submarket.
Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida on Sunday afternoon, tearing through The Keys and heading up the western portion of the state through the Tampa area. For a time, it appeared the hurricane was heading straight for Miami before it ultimately changed course. “A few days ago when we are all staring down the barrel of a Category 4 storm that was heading straight for us, it was concerning,” says Ken Krasnow, executive managing director of Colliers International’s South Florida division. “We ended up having some Category 2 force winds, but we feel fortunate that the storm changed course.” Despite being out of Irma’s direct path, parts of Miami were flooded and most of the region experienced power outages, with many residences remaining without power as of this writing. Irma was the worst storm to hit South Florida since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, but the destruction caused by the storm 25 years ago was much worse, specifically for the industrial sector. “Hurricane Andrew was the worst this market experienced,” says Walter Byrd, senior managing director of Transwestern’s industrial team. “It blew through entire floors on projects in the southern part of Miami-Dade County.” Byrd says that the difference this go-around …
EAST GRANBY, CONN. — Sentry Commercial has brokered the sale of a multi-tenant industrial complex located at 25-27 and 29 Kripes Road in East Granby. Torrington, Conn.-based Gen IV LLC acquired the property from Airport Business Center III. Situated on 8.3 acres, the 65,691-square-foot property is a portion of Airport Business Center, a five-building industrial park developed by the seller in 1984. Sentry Commercial was the sole broker in the transaction.
Eastern Pennsylvania’s industrial markets continue to thrive due to low vacancy rates, increased barriers to entry, demand by occupiers and the institutional capital community’s ever-increasing appetite for industrial product. While the specific submarkets have unique nuances associated with the local economic drivers, highway networks, taxation, and labor base, the overall demand by tenants and the capital community alike is driven by elementary economic rules of supply versus demand met by supply chain demand drivers. In a world that is buying a higher percentage of its goods online each and every year, this geography offers the unique ability to reach almost half of the U.S. population within a one-day truck drive and better one-day or two-day delivery service from the two major providers, UPS and FedEx. This thriving market is technically four distinct submarkets inclusive of the Lehigh Valley, Northeastern, Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania. For those less familiar with the nomenclature of this geography, it’s easiest to think of the Lehigh Valley as the general vicinity of Easton through Bethlehem and Allentown and along I-78 past Hamburg. Central Pennsylvania is the region inclusive of Harrisburg, York, Carlisle, Chambersburg, Greencastle and Lancaster. Northeastern Pennsylvania is the combination of the MSAs including Pottsville, …
ANTIOCH, CALIF. — Westcore Properties has purchased Antioch Distribution Center, a 665,775-square-foot manufacturing/distribution project in Antioch, for $32.4 million. The two-building center is located at 2200 to 2300 and 2110 Wilbur St. Westcore represented itself, while Steve Hermann, Scott Bertrand and Brooks Pedder of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, The Covington Group, in this transaction.
SCOTTSDALE AND TEMPE, ARIZ. — TA Realty has purchased a 266,607-square-foot industrial portfolio near Phoenix for $24.5 million. The portfolio is situated in Scottsdale and Tempe. The properties include four industrial/flex assets at 9160 S. McKemy St. and 9185 and 9245 S. Farmer Ave. in Tempe, and 7400 E. Tierra Buena Lane in Scottsdale. The portfolio is more than 96 percent leased to 12 tenants across industries like IT services, transportation, automotive and home improvement. JLL’s Capital Markets team represented the seller, The Hewson Company, in this transaction.
DALLAS — Lee & Associates has brokered the sale of a 1,750-square-foot industrial facility located at 2029 E. Levee St. in Dallas’ Design District. The seller, Arte de Arquitectura de Mexico, will be moving from the facility into space at 3414 Doug Drive in Dallas in January 2018. Stephen Williamson of Lee & Associates’ Dallas/Fort Worth office represented the seller in the transaction. Hanes Chatman of Stream Realty Partners represented the buyer, Myrtle Faye Investments LLC.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has arranged the sale of an 8,000-square-foot office/warehouse property located at 8715 Fallbrook Drive in Houston. Built in 2006, the property features 20-foot clear heights and 1.13 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet. Trey Martin of NAI represented the buyer, HCM Development LLC, in the transaction. Steve Adkisson of Adkisson Group represented the seller, 8715 Fallbrook LLC.
ST. LOUIS — Hilliker Corp. has arranged the sale of two industrial buildings in St. Louis for approximately $7 million. Serioplast, a plastic manufacturer based in Italy, purchased a 132,000-square-foot building located at 4400 Planned Industrial Drive. Service Metals Inc., an industrial valve distributor, purchased the property located at 4300 Planned Industrial Drive. Madison Warehouses built both properties in the 1990s. Hal Ball and Chris Taff of Hilliker Corp. represented the tenants in the transactions.
OAK CREEK, WIS. — Clover Technologies Group has signed a 16,047-square-foot industrial lease in Oak Creek, about 15 miles south of Milwaukee. The property is located at 305 E. Mahn Court. Nick Keys, Samuel M. Dickman Jr. and Samuel D. Dickman of the Dickman Co. Inc./CORFAC International represented the technology company in the lease transaction. Steve Sewart of Colliers International represented the landlord, FR/CAL Oak Creek LLC.