ONTARIO, CALIF. — Rexford Industrial Realty has purchased Safari Business Center, a 1.1 million-square-foot industrial park in Ontario, for $141.2 million. The park is located at 1910 S. Carlos Ave. Safari Business Center contains 16 Class A buildings that are 97 percent leased. CBRE’s Darla Longo, Barbara Emmons Perrier, Rebecca Perlmutter Finkel and Michael Kendall represented the seller, ARA | American Realty Advisors, on this transaction. JLL’s Jeff Bellitti and Mac Hewett will serve as the center’s leasing agents, and assisted the CBRE team on the sale.
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MELVILLE, N.Y. — A&G Realty Partners has launched a division focused on maximizing the value of real estate assets and leases in non-retail sectors. The formal launch of the non-retail properties division follows several years in which A&G worked to broaden its reach to sectors including office, industrial, higher education and multifamily.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Fort Worth-based oil and gas firm Lonestar Resources US Inc. has entered into agreements with unaffiliated sellers to acquire five oil and gas properties within the Eagle Ford Shale play, an oil and gas formation in South Texas with more than $30 billion in capital investment. The properties are located in Karnes, Gonzales, DeWitt, Lavaca and Fayette counties. Upon closing, which is slated for late June, the company will acquire 80.3 net producing oil and gas wells and a leasehold totaling 21,238 net acres for approximately $116.6 million.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — NAI Avant has arranged a full-building, 50,000-square-foot industrial lease at 2509 Clements Ferry Road in Charleston. The tenant, Winston-Salem-based plumbing company Murray Supply Co., will use the facility as its Lowcountry distribution center. The property is Murray Supply’s first facility in Charleston. Thomas Boulware of NAI Avant represented Murray Supply in the lease deal. David Seay of Seay Development LLC represented the landlord, Yeros Investments LLC.
FAIRFIELD, OHIO — Founders Properties LLC has fully leased Port Union Commerce Park, which spans both cities of Fairfield and West Chester. O’Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt Armoring Co. LLC and ProFill Fulfillment leased the final two spaces at the industrial development, comprising approximately 235,000 square feet. Located near the intersection of State Route 747 and Port Union Road north of Cincinnati, the two new buildings at the park total 807,000 square feet and join two previously constructed buildings. The buildings feature 60-foot deep trailer storage in the truck courts, car and trailer parking, as well as ESFR sprinklers and T-5 fluorescent lighting. Opus Development Co. was the developer, Opus Design Build was the design-builder and Opus AE Group was the architect and structural engineer of record. Mike Lowe and Doug Whitten of CBRE managed lease-up for the owner, Founders Properties.
TROY, MICH. — Signature Associates has arranged the sale of a 31,549-square-foot industrial building in Troy for an undisclosed price. The property is located at 1401 Axtell Drive. John Boyd and Paul Hoge of Signature Associates represented the buyer, Perspective Properties LLC. The seller was not disclosed.
FONTANA, CALIF. — Construction has commenced on the 598,000-square-foot Sierra Lakes Commerce Center in Fontana. A joint venture between Trammell Crow Co. and Clarion Partners is developing the Class A speculative logistics center. The space is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2018. Fullmer Construction will build the property, which RGA Architecture designed. JP Morgan Chase provided financing for the project. Bill Heim and Michael Chavez of Lee & Associates will lease and market the building.
LAKEWOOD, WASH. — A joint venture between PCCP and Panattoni Development Co. has announced plans to develop a 467,526-square-foot warehouse distribution facility in Lakewood. The project is fully approved and construction has commenced. The facility should be completed in February 2018. Tacoma Gateway will be situated less than a mile from Interstate 5, 35 miles south of Seattle’s CBD and 12 miles south of the Port of Tacoma.
MEDLEY, FLA. — An affiliate of The Easton Group has purchased a newly built, 182,000-square-foot distribution center in Miami’s Medley submarket for $21.8 million. The affiliate, EWE Airport North Logistics Center LLC, purchased the asset from the developer, Ridge Development, in an all-cash transaction. The Easton Group is handling leasing and management for the property, which is situated on 10 acres at the corner of 87th Avenue and 90th Street, about six miles north of Miami International Airport.
CHANTILLY, VA. — Avison Young has arranged the $19.9 million sale of two flex buildings in Washington, D.C.’s Dulles South industrial submarket totaling 245,888 square feet. Beckham Gumbin Ventures purchased the buildings from CIM Group. Built in 1986, the assets are located within Sullyfield Business Park at 14320 and 14340 Sullyfield Circle in Chantilly, about 30 miles west of Washington, D.C. John Kevill, Chip Ryan, Bert Harrell and Jesse Martin of Avison Young represented CIM Group in the sale. Sullyfield Commerce Center I was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to seven tenants including Northrop Grumman, and Sullyfield Commerce Center II was 63 percent leased.