DEFOREST, WIS. — Ryan Cos. U.S. Inc. has completed construction of a new 132,730-square-foot processing facility for The Little Potato Company in DeForest, a northeast suburb of Madison. The company is in the process of installing specialized food processing equipment within the facility and expects to be fully operational in the first quarter of this year. The facility includes 11,730 square feet of office space and 121,000 square feet of cooler, dry warehouse and processing space. The cooler space is expandable to serve the company’s projected growth. Additional features include 30-foot clear heights, 12 dock doors, two overhead drive-in doors and 130 stalls for employee parking. The project team from Ryan Cos. included Ryan Marks, Nick Kaminski and Steve Hough. Eppstein Uhen Architects provided architectural services.
CONVERSE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Converse Business Park, an industrial property located at 9314-9318 Converse Business Lane in Converse. The park features 20,000 square feet of industrial space. The facility has performed at a near zero vacancy rate since its construction in 2006. Joshua Murphy of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the deal. The name of the buyer and acquisition price were not released.
CROMWELL, CONN. — O,R&L Commercial has arranged the sale of a two-property investment asset totaling 38,800 square feet at 50 Sebethe Drive in Cromwell. O&G Industries acquired the properties for $2.1 million. The sale includes a net-leased 28,800-square-foot warehouse and office building and an on-site 10,000-square-foot self-storage facility. Frank Hird and Luke Massirio of O,R&L Commercial represented the seller, Sebethe Drive Partners LLC, in the deal.
FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. — NAI Earle Furman has closed the sale of a 203,000-square-foot industrial facility located within Southchase Industrial Park at 107 Southchase Blvd. in Fountain Inn, about 18 miles southeast of Greenville. The asset is situated on roughly 26 acres off I-385. Caterpillar Inc. sold the asset to Southcase Investors 107 LLC for an undisclosed price. Hunter Garrett, John Staunton and Tom Daniel of NAI Earle Furman represented the buyer, and Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented Caterpillar in the transaction.
AUBURN, N.Y. — Binswanger has arranged the sale of an industrial facility located at 4900 Technology Park Blvd. in Auburn. AAF-McQuay Real Property Inc., a subsidiary of Daikin Applied, sold the property to Tessy Plastics for $8 million. Situated on 30.7 acres, the 435,000-square-foot facility features 50-foot by 50-foot column spacing, 35-foot clear ceiling heights, 11 dock-high loading doors and parking for more than 400 vehicles. Additionally, the facility features a 35,000-square-foot office space. Jim Panczykowski of Binswanger brokered the transaction.
BORDENTOWN, N.J. — Ready Capital Structured Finance has closed an $11 million loan for the acquisition of an industrial warehouse property located at 201 Elizabeth St. in Bordentown. The undisclosed borrower purchased the 275,631-square-foot property, which houses Bai soft drink distribution operations, for an undisclosed price. The property features 24-foot clear ceiling heights, 24-foot column spacing and easy access to the New Jersey Turnpike. The non-recourse, interest-only loan features a 36-month term with two extension options and flexible prepayment.
MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS — Tire Universe, a tire retailer, has signed a long-term lease for 42,430 square feet of industrial space at Gateway Southwest Industrial Park in Missouri City, a southwest suburb of Houston. Situated within the 131,560-square-foot Building 1, the fully outfitted space includes a 1,400-square-foot office component, nine dock doors and T-5 lighting. Sandy Kee of Kee Commercial Realty represented the tenant, while Ed Bane and Jon Michael of Bridge Commercial Real Estate represented the co-developers, Conor Commercial Real Estate, a member of The McShane Cos., and USAA Real Estate Co., in the deal.
CHESTERFIELD, MO. — Knoebel Construction Inc. has moved its headquarters from Fenton, Mo. to Chesterfield in St. Louis County. The new location at 18333 Wings Corporate Drive more than doubles Knoebel Construction’s space to 9,688 square feet. The new headquarters features 18 offices organized into two wings for project management and accounting/administrative staff. The building also includes three conference rooms, a team engagement area, a full kitchen and 2,500 square feet of warehouse space. Daniel Hayes of NAI DESCO brokered the transaction. Knoebel Construction is a full-service general contractor specializing in retail development, restaurant, grocery and retail construction.
The St. Louis industrial market is in the midst of historic development and deal making. As witnessed in many markets, “big bombers” — industrial facilities 500,000 square feet and larger — are coming out of the ground at a record pace. Better still, they are being leased and pre-leased at a record pace. By all accounts, the driver here is the new e-commerce phenomenon with major players like Amazon taking nearly 1.5 million square feet in the Metro East submarket. The two major developments in this submarket are Gateway Commerce Center, developed by TriStar, and the adjacent Lakeview Commerce Center, developed by Panattoni. In addition to Amazon, Gateway Commerce Center boosts a host of big box users such as P&G, Unilever and Saddle Creek Corp, the latter of which took 673,137 square feet last year at the Center. Tri-Star is in the process of completing two additional buildings in the Center: Gateway East 520 containing 520,000 square feet, and Gateway East 624 containing 624,000 square feet. In neighboring Lakeview Commerce Center, Amazon occupies additional space along with World Wide Technologies, occupying 769,500 square feet in the Center. Analyzing the data Let’s drill down further and let the numbers speak for …
HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an industrial property located at 8934 Gulf Freeway in Houston. A developer acquired the 34,000-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. Derek Hargrove and Matthew Mignerey of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the deal.