CHICAGO — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has brokered the sale of an eight-building industrial portfolio totaling 314,567 square feet in suburban Chicago. The sales price was not disclosed. The properties average 40,000 square feet in size and are located in the western suburbs of Glendale Heights, Elgin, Bartlett, West Chicago and Sugar Grove. Built for light manufacturing, office and warehouse space, the facilities are 100 percent occupied. Adam Marshall of NKF represented the seller, PJT Marly LLC and its manager, Berkowitz Enterprises Inc. Toronto-based Agellan Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust purchased the portfolio.
EDWARDSVILLE, ILL. — HDA Architects has been selected by Panattoni Development to design Lakeview Commerce Center 5, a 768,678-square-foot industrial building in Edwardsville near St. Louis. The speculative distribution center will be located in Lakeview Commerce Center and accommodate four tenants. The building will feature two-story office space at each corner. Some of the design components include a two-tone paint scheme and accent lighting. Construction is slated to begin later this summer. HDA Architects previously designed Lakeview Commerce Center 4, which consists of 769,500 square feet and is occupied by Amazon.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Birchwood Foods has signed a 52,800-square-foot industrial lease in Columbus. The Kenosha, Wisconsin-based meat supplier will occupy the entire building located at 1709-1763 Dividend Drive for its Columbus warehouse and distribution operations. The company also owns the production facility adjacent to this property. Ray Boll and Jeff Boll of Rj BOLL Realty arranged the lease on behalf of Birchwood Foods. Matt Osowski and Curt Berlin of NAI Ohio Equities represented the landlord, Meritex Properties.
BETHEL TOWNSHIP, PA. — Dermody Properties has broken ground for the development of LogistiCenter at Midway, a distribution building located at 270 Midway Road in Bethel Township. The park will feature 1.1 million square feet of warehouse, distribution and e-commerce business space. Situated on 136 acres, the building will feature 36-foot clear ceiling heights, 60-foot loading bays, 207 car stalls (expandable to 309), 368 trailer stalls (expandable to 438), 212 dock doors, four drive-in doors and a 185-foot truck court. Ware Malcomb is serving as building architect and Blue Rock Construction is the general contractor for the project, which is slated for completion in spring 2018. Joseph McDermott, Vincent Ranalli and Jake Terkanian of CBRE are marketing the property for lease.
WAYNE, N.J. — Peykar Family Properties is developing a speculative industrial facility at 150 Totowa Road in Wayne. The project includes the demolition of a long-vacant office building and the construction of a 418,500-square-foot industrial facility and more than 40,000 square feet of mezzanine office space, totaling a 459,822-square-foot facility on the 32-acre site. The warehouse space will feature 40-foot clear ceiling heights, 42 tailgates, two drive-in doors and parking for 70 trailers and 224 cars. The facility is designed with office space on each end of the building to allow for multiple users. Completion is scheduled for the first half of 2018. Stan Danzig and Stephen Elman of Cushman & Wakefield are marketing the facility for the developer, which also owns Nourison Industries, a large carpet manufacturing company.
BURLINGTON, N.J. — Colliers International has arranged the sale of an industrial building located at 105 Connecticut Drive in Burlington. Crossroads Industrial acquired the building for $2.5 million, or $63.50 per square foot. The 40,500-square-foot building features 18,000 square feet of office space, 20-foot clear heights in the warehouse, four tailgate doors and one van-height door. The buyer plans to use the site as a warehouse for NYB Distributors. Financing for the acquisition was provided by Morgan Stanley Bank. Marc Isdaner of Colliers represented the undisclosed seller, while NAI Mertz represented the buyer in the deal.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Amazon has unveiled plans to open an 850,000-square-foot fulfillment center at Lake Nona, Orlando’s 17-square-mile master-planned development. Slated to open in 2018, the new site will create 1,500 full-time jobs. The project is being developed in a partnership between Seefried Industrial Partners and an affiliate of USAA Real Estate Co. Tavistock Development Co., master developer of Lake Nona, sold the site and will develop the infrastructure for the project. The property will utilize automated processes supported by Amazon Robotics, a Massachusetts-based manufacturer of robotic fulfillment systems. The new fulfillment center will bring Amazon’s workforce in Florida to more than 9,000.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Sealy & Co., a Louisiana-based industrial investment firm, has acquired a 17-building, 1.2 million-square-foot industrial park in Oklahoma City. The transaction comes as part of the company’s acquisition of an undisclosed, private REIT. The buildings are situated in Oklahoma City’s Southwest submarket near Will Rogers World Airport and Interstates 44 and 40.
HOUSTON — Colliers has negotiated the sale of two single-tenant industrial properties totaling 26,925 square feet in Houston. The properties are located at 3730 Dacoma St. and 6942 Signat Drive. Jason Tangen of Colliers represented the buyer, RAH Santa Fe LLC, in the transaction. Lee & Associates represented the seller, New Mexico-based Turnaround Properties LLC.
The Atlanta industrial market continues to grow in popularity when it comes to real estate investors’ appetite. Industrial assets are “hot items” in current investment sales transactions as the region’s economic momentum continues to position Atlanta as one of the healthiest industrial markets in the Southeast. Some of the major local and macro-economic trends affecting the industrial market include the ongoing growth of infrastructure, logistics and manufacturing industries. Furthermore, the Port of Savannah’s new Post Panamax facilities, its ongoing investment and expansion plans and its increasing activity are also beneficial to the Atlanta industrial market. Investment sales professionals, especially individual investors, remain attracted to Atlanta’s industrial market as e-commerce continues to transform how and where products are stored and shipped, not to mention the simplicity of owning and managing industrial properties, compared to retail and office. In 2016, the Atlanta industrial market experienced over 17 million square feet of net absorption. The forecasted absorption for 2017 ranges between 12 and 14 million square feet, with approximately 12 million square feet of new product being delivered this year. Over 90 percent of the new product comprises warehouse/distribution product, and less than 10 percent consists of new flex and shallow-bay buildings. Most …