Industrial

WHEELING, ILL. — The Missner Group and Sitex Group are developing an 84,000-square-foot speculative industrial building in Wheeling. The ground-up facility will be located on a 5.3-acre site at 1075 Chaddick Drive. The building will be designed to accommodate both small and mid-size users, for either a single-user or divisible up to two tenants. The warehouse building will feature 30-foot clear heights, 10 exterior loading docks, two drive-in doors and 90 vehicle parking spaces. Ron Cinkus and Dan Castrogiovanni of The Missner Group will lead construction on behalf of the firm, while Harris Architects will provide design services. Completion is slated for early 2018.

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NORTH RANDALL, OHIO — Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has unveiled plans to open an 855,000-square-foot fulfillment center at the former site of Randall Park Mall in North Randall, roughly 15 miles southeast of Cleveland. “Along with Team NEO and the Village of North Randall, the Cleveland Port Authority and the Greater Cleveland Partnership, we are pleased to partner with Amazon to revitalize and bring jobs back to a property that has stood vacant for too long,” said John Minor, JobsOhio president and chief investment officer. “Amazon’s investment at a site where the nation’s largest shopping mall once stood will now support digital retail jobs.” The new center will create approximately 2,000 full-time associate jobs with benefits. Employees will work with Amazon Robotics to pack and ship smaller customer items such as electronics, toys and books. Amazon currently employs more than 4,500 full-time hourly associates at its two existing Ohio fulfillment centers in Etna and Obetz. “Our ability to expand in Ohio is the result of two things: incredible customers and an outstanding workforce in the state,” said Sanjay Shah, Amazon’s vice president of North American customer fulfillment. “We very much appreciate the state and local elected leaders who have supported Amazon’s arrival …

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PHOENIX — Nicola Crosby Real Estate has acquired Cabot Business Center, a 109,805-square-foot industrial/flex business center in Phoenix, for $11.3 million. The multi-tenant property is located at 3802-3922 E. University Drive. This is the first Phoenix-based asset for Nicola Crosby, a subsidiary of Nicola Wealth Management Ltd., a real estate asset management company that acquires and manages properties for the SPIRE Real Estate Portfolios. Darren Tappen, Peter Beauchamp, Aric Adams, Mike Kasulaitis, and Matthew Ault of Kidder Mathews represented the seller, Dunbar CBC, in this transaction. The firm will also manage the property.

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NANTUCKET, MASS. — Strategic Storage Growth Trust (SSGT), a public non-traded REIT sponsored by SmartStop Asset Management, has purchased an 840-unit self-storage facility in Nantucket. Located at 6 Sun Island Road, the 93,000-square-foot facility was constructed in 2002 on 1.7 acres of land. The property was approximately 91 percent occupied at the time of acquisition. The property includes 17 climate-controlled wine storage units that serve the Nantucket Wine & Food Festival. The SSGT portfolio currently consists of 21 operating self-storage facilities located in 10 states comprising approximately 13,700 self-storage units and approximately 1.6 million net rentable square feet of storage space.

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DESOTO, TEXAS — Dallas-based construction firm ARCO/Murray has completed a 145,000-square-foot warehouse project in the Dallas metro of DeSoto for SEW Eurodrive, a South Carolina-based motor manufacturing firm. Construction on the $10 million facility, which also includes 20,000 square feet of office space, began in June 2016. The property is a fully conditioned tilt-wall assembly plant with 28-foot clear heights, including bridge cranes, paint booths and mezzanine storage.

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ALLEN PARK, MICH. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $12 million loan for the refinancing of an 809,918-square-foot industrial center located in Allen Park, a southern suburb of Detroit. The property consists of two buildings and a garage. The facilities were built in 1957 and 2000, with renovations in 2010 and 2014-2016. Roush Industries anchors the property. Robert Williams of KeyBank originated the 10-year CMBS loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule.

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WAUKEGAN, ILL. — PREMIER Design + Build Group LLC has completed a 626,8480-square-foot industrial tenant build-out for an e-commerce company in Waukegan, a northern suburb of Chicago. The fulfillment center resides on the grounds of Bridge Point North, a 240-acre business park located at Route 43 and McGaw Road. The facility features 16,121 square feet of office space, 53 exterior docks and 130 trailer positions. The tenant will likely hire a minimum of 100 full-time employees to staff the facility, according to PREMIER. Joe Ahrens and Scott Lebak of PREMIER oversaw the project. Cornerstone Architects Ltd. provided architectural services, while Manhard Consulting Ltd. and Structures Unlimited delivered engineering support. Bridge Development Partners was the project developer.

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WESTON, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 67,200-square-foot lease with VPX Sports within Weston Commerce Park, an industrial park located at 1951 N. Commerce Parkway in Weston, a town in Broward County roughly 23 miles west of Fort Lauderdale. Chris Metzger, Richard Etner Jr., Christopher Thomson and Matthew McAllister of Cushman & Wakefield represented Mississippi-based owner EastGroup Properties in the lease transaction. JLL represented VPX Sports, a health supplement manufacturer that sells products in brick-and-mortar stores throughout the U.S. and 37 other countries. The company will use the space for its warehouse and distribution needs. The 134,000-square-foot building features 30-foot clear heights, dock-high loading, drive-in doors, an ESFR fire safety system, T5 lighting, 40-foot by 40-foot column spacing and an 118-foot truck court. The building is located roughly one mile from VPX Sports’ 102,000-square-foot corporate headquarters at Weston Distribution Center. With the addition of VPX Sports, Weston Commerce Park is fully leased. The company is expected to move into the building in the third quarter.

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PHILADELPHIA —Morris Iron & Steel Co. has acquired a 58.12-acre industrial waterfront site and a 13-acre site in Philadelphia. The properties are located at 7777 State Road and 7777R State Road. Morris Iron & Steel is a family-owned, fourth-generation company that has operated since 1938. The company serves the scrap metal and recycling needs of the eastern part of Pennsylvania and plans to use 10 acres of the land for barge loading. Chris Pennington of Binswanger represented the buyer in the acquisition. Binswanger has also been hired to lease the additional acreage, which offers barge access.

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HOUSTON AND DALLAS — Gramercy Property Trust, a New York-based, publicly traded REIT, has entered into an agreement to buy nine industrial properties located throughout the Houston and Dallas areas. The assets are part of a 41-property, 7.8 million-square-foot portfolio purchased from Core Logistics for approximately $479.1 million. The 41 properties, which are also located in Chicago, Atlanta, Memphis and Columbus, are 93 percent leased collectively.  

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