DEARBORN, MICH. — Signature Associates has negotiated the lease of 109,000 square feet of industrial space for The Henry Ford. The building is located at 8747 Brandt Street. Jack Townsend of Signature Associates represented both the landlord, Brandt Street Properties LLC, and The Henry Ford.
ROMEOVILLE, ILL. — Aryzta has opened a new 193,000-square-foot distribution center in Romeoville, about 25 miles southwest of Chicago. The facility specializes in cold storage and will store foods that are made at the global baking company’s Chicagoland area bakeries. The company also has a bakery location in Romeoville. Meridian Design Build was the general contractor and WBS Equities LLC was the development manager. Ware Malcomb provided architectural and structural design services, while Jacob & Hefner Associates completed civil engineering work.
DEER PARK, TEXAS — Colliers International has arranged the acquisition of an industrial facility located at 316 Georgia Ave. in Deer Park. The net-leased facility spans 30,768 square feet. Jason Tangen of Colliers represented the undisclosed buyer, while Beau Kaleel of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. The acquisition price was not released.
SALT LAKE CITY, DENVER AND PHOENIX — HFF has secured $294.6 million in financing for five industrial portfolios. The light industrial portfolios contain 59 properties in five states, including Utah, Colorado and Arizona. The portfolio features a total of 69 buildings encompassing more than 8 million square feet throughout Salt Lake City, Denver, Phoenix, Atlanta and Dallas. The transaction includes three 15-year, fixed-rate loans that were placed with Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co. and two 15-year, fixed-rate loans that were placed with Voya Investment Management. The proceeds will be used to refinance existing debt. HFF’s Joe B. Thornton Jr., John Rose, Jeremy Womack, Josh Simon and Gregg Shapiro worked on behalf of the borrower.
MECHANICSBURG, PA. — HFF has secured a $6.1 million loan for a vacant industrial warehouse property located at 4500 Westport Drive in Mechanicsburg. The borrower was a joint venture between Foxfield Ventures and Novaya Real Estate Ventures. Ready Capital Structured Finance provided the non-recourse, interest-only payment loan that features a two-year term and a one-year extension option with flexible pre-payment. The loan facilitated both the acquisition and future funding needs to implement a light capital improvement program at the 178,000-square-foot property. Situated on 11.2 acres, the property features 2,500 square feet of office space, 20 dock doors and 35-foot ceiling heights. Ryan Ade of HFF led the firm’s debt placement team that arranged the financing for the borrower.
AURORA, ILL. — CyrusOne, a REIT specializing in carrier-neutral data center properties, has broken ground on a 425,000-square-foot data center at the company’s Aurora campus in suburban Chicago. Carrier-neutral data centers allow interconnection between multiple telecommunication carriers. This is the second center at the location. Construction is beginning on part of the land acquired in March 2016 as part of the sale-leaseback transaction with CME Group. The newest data center will provide CyrusOne customers involved in the global financial markets with additional space and connectivity. CyrusOne operates 35 carrier-neutral data center facilities across the United States, Europe and Asia.
ELGIN, ILL. — Conor Commercial Real Estate has completed development of Northwest Pointe II, a 385,300-square-foot speculative industrial building in Elgin, about 35 miles northwest of Chicago. The company also purchased a 20.5-acre site directly adjacent to the development. Northwest Pointe II and neighboring parcel are located within Northwest Corporate Park near the intersection of Galvin and Higgins Roads. The building offers Class A industrial space with 32-foot clear heights. Northwest Pointe I, a 342,620-square-foot speculative industrial facility, was completed in 2014. Multiple design options are available for Northwest Pointe III from 120,000 to 300,000 square feet. John Cassidy and Kenneth Franzese of Lee & Associates represented both the seller and Conor Commercial in all three transactions. McShane Construction Co. and Ware Malcomb comprised the design/build team for Northwest Pointe II.
WEST CHESTER TOWNSHIP, OHIO — CBRE has negotiated the lease of 90,750 square feet of industrial space for Polymet Corp., a manufacturer of high-performance wire for hardfacing, welding and thermal spraying, at Becknell Industrial’s speculative warehouse building in West Chester Township, about 18 miles north of Cincinnati. Polymet will consolidate two of its West Chester operations to the new Port Union E location that is currently under construction. The building, located on Union Centre Boulevard, will have a total of 138,750 square feet and sit on 9.1 acres. Completion is slated for early next year. Robert Bunton of CBRE represented Polymet in the transaction. Jeremy Kraus of CBRE represented the landlord, Becknell, and is currently marketing the remaining 48,000 square feet for lease.
HUMBLE, SPRING AND WALLER, TEXAS — Cypressbrook Co. has arranged three transactions totaling 69,604 square feet of office and warehouse space in Texas. In the first transaction, John Hornbuckle of Cypressbrook Co. represented the landlord, Cypressbrook Huntington Volta LP, in the lease of 56,404 square feet of warehouse distribution space, located at 8575 Volta Drive in Humble’s Kenswick Air Freight submarket, to MIQ Logistics. Barrett Gibson of Colliers International represented the tenant. In the second deal, Coil Tubing Technology Inc. sold a 6,000-square-foot office building located at 22305 Gosling Road in Spring. Southern Texas Section PGA acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Joyce Sterling of Cypressbrook Co. represented the seller, while Randy Wilhelm of NAI Partners represented the buyer. In the third transaction, V.J. Towry leased 7,200 square feet of office and warehouse space, located at 41254 Park 290 Drive in Waller, to Cannon Construction. Denis Ksiazek of Cypressbrook Co. represented the landlord, while Melissa Hegemeyer of Coldwell Banker Properties Unlimited represented the tenant.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Industrial Property Trust has acquired Alessandro Business Center, a 582,000-square-foot industrial facility in Riverside, for $51.6 million. The facility is located at 7295 San Gorgonio Drive. Ascena Retail Group fully occupies the institutional-quality center. Jeff Chiate, Jeff Cole and Chuck Belden of Cushman & Wakefield, along with James Panting of Commercial Realty Advisors, represented the seller, Western Realco/Cigna, in this transaction.