LAS VEGAS — CapRock Partners has purchased two industrial parks in Las Vegas for an undisclosed sum. The acquisitions include a 160,554-square-foot park at 4350 Arville St. and a 42,580-square-foot park at 3021 Valley View Blvd. The Arville park contains 40 units and the Valley View asset contains 24 units. Both properties are situated less than two miles from the Las Vegas Strip. The assets will be the last investments via CapRock Partners Fund II. JLL’s Rob Lujan represented CapRock in the transaction.
LOCUST GROVE, GA. — John Hancock Real Estate and CRG are teaming up to develop a 1 million-square-foot industrial building located in Locust Grove, roughly 30 miles south of Atlanta in the city’s South Atlanta industrial submarket. The facility will feature 36-foot clear heights, 236 trailer spaces, 148 dock-high doors and 386 parking spaces. CRG’s parent company Clayco will serve as the design-builder, and its subsidiary Forum Studio is the architect on the project. Situated a half mile from the Interstate 75-Bill Garner Parkway interchange, the facility will be the first component of a 311-acre development that can accommodate 4.5 million square feet of industrial space. The development team expects the building to be available for occupancy in early 2018.
ELMHURST, ILL. — Peak Construction Corp. has completed a 38,000-square-foot industrial renovation for MedTorque Inc. in Elmhurst, a western suburb of Chicago. Peak coordinated installing new power, plumbing, HVAC and millwork at the multi-tenant building. MedTorque’s Chicago location specializes in the machining and assembly of complex medical instruments for the orthopedic industry.
NORTHBOROUGH, MASS. — Transwestern Consulting Group (TCG) has arranged the sale of One Beeman Road in Northborough on behalf of Stockbridge Capital Group. According to public records, the sale price was $33 million. TH Real Estate purchased the 342,900-square-foot, high-bay industrial facility. TH Real Estate is an affiliate of Nuveen, the investment management arm of TIAA. The facility is 100 percent leased to FedEx SmartPost, serving as the company’s sole New England hub. TCG’s Chris Skeffington, John Lashar and Joe Olin represented the seller and sourced the buyer in the transaction. The firm has been retained by the new ownership to provide leasing and property management services for the building. One Beeman Road features 104 tailboard doors with cross-dock capability and building clear height up to 33 feet. A tenant since 2001, FedEx recently extended its term through 2023.
In many ways, Portland’s industrial market has experienced a dramatic shift over the past five years, emerging as a market to be reckoned with. Demand has exceeded supply for the past six years, pushing vacancy to a 25-year low and rents up 18 percent year-over-year. Industrial users have grown in size, and large users have grown in number. Developments are bigger and migrating further from the traditional industrial submarkets. Investors are keen on Portland assets and are willing to pay a premium for quality product with a solid tenant roster. Portland’s population grew by 8 percent from 2010 to 2015, ranking it among the top 20 of the 50 largest U.S. cities. This growth in metro-area population has propelled strong demand from large e-commerce and distribution companies as they expand into new locations to service our growing consumer base. In 2010, we saw 11 users lease or build spaces of 100,000 square feet or more, and our average size lease was 24,854 square feet. By 2016, our average-sized industrial lease had grown to 39,218 square feet, an increase of 57.8 percent. We also saw 18 users build or lease space greater than 100,000 square feet. Portland’s industrial market users are …
OAK CREEK, WIS. — The Dickman Co./CORFAC International has arranged the sale of a 24,424-square-foot industrial building located at 440 W. Bell Court in Oak Creek, approximately 12 miles south of Milwaukee. Final Frontier LLC purchased the building from Liberty Lane LLC. Samuel D. Dickman, Samuel M. Dickman Jr. and Cale Berg of The Dickman Co. were the brokers involved in this transaction.
ASHBURN, VA. — Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT) has executed two long-term leases with a subsidiary of an unnamed Fortune 500 company for two build-to-suit industrial facilities totaling nearly 300,000 square feet. The buildings will be situated within Paragon Park in Ashburn, roughly 33 miles west of Washington, D.C. COPT plans to deliver one of the facilities by the end of the year and the second in the first quarter of 2018.
In 2015, the Memphis industrial sector reached a record-breaking 8.4 million square feet net absorption. Achieving absorption in 2015 at a level that was higher than before the recession would have seemingly set 2016 up for a downturn. However, industrial growth, with Memphis at the epicenter of world distribution, allowed the positive trajectory to continue. The Memphis MSA absorbed approximately 6 million square feet in 2016. Given ideal geographical positioning, Memphis is known as America’s Distribution Center, boasting unparalleled expertise in distribution and logistics. The Memphis International Airport houses the second-busiest cargo airport in the world. Companies recognize that Memphis offers reliable, cost-effective distribution, with the ability to reach 70 percent of the U.S. population within 24 hours. Moreover, Memphis is one of only three cities with five Class I Rail Systems and has the fifth largest inland port, as well as 10 major trucking companies utilizing interstates I-40 and I-55. It’s no wonder that FedEx World Hub makes Memphis its home, and UPS chose it as a major hub. With those constants in place, the most notable recent change is the expansion of the submarkets, and how they compete for the warehouse and distribution business. In the past, when …
HOUSTON — Lee & Associates has arranged an 8,460-square-foot industrial lease on behalf of the landlord, Liberty Property Trust, at Northgreen Business Park in Houston. The industrial park is located at 1428 N. Sam Houston Parkway East. Ryan Searle and Justin Tunnell of Lee & Associate’s Houston office represented Liberty Property Trust, and Northwinds Commercial Realty LLC represented the tenant, Threading & Sealing Technologies LLC.
CHICAGO — Associated Bank has provided a $4.9 million loan for the construction of a self-storage facility in Chicago. The 49,182-square-foot facility will be located at 3914 W. 111th St. Banner Storage Group is developing the climate-controlled facility. Edward Notz of Associated Bank managed the loan and closing.