WEST CHESTER, OHIO — CBRE Group Inc. has arranged the $4.5 million sale of an industrial property in West Chester, approximately 25 miles north of Cincinnati. Ohio Eagle Distributing, a wholesale distributer of domestic, imported and craft beers, purchased the 136,550-square-foot building from Bakery Crafts LLC. The facility, located at 9300 Allen Road, features an office area with break room, hospitality and tasting room, private offices and a warehouse area. The building is situated on 15 acres. Robert Bunton of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction, and Rod MacEachen from SqFt Commercial represented the buyer. Ohio Eagle Distributing will relocate from its current space at 150 Lawton Ave. in Monroe after the building is retrofitted to Anheuser-Busch specifications.
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WADSWORTH, OHIO — NAI Cummins has brokered the sale of a 25,600-square-foot industrial property in Wadsworth, approximately 40 miles south of Cleveland, for an undisclosed price. Koorsen Fire and Security purchased the facility at 875 Seville Road and is relocating from a smaller facility in Akron. The seller is a Massachusetts-based private entity. Bob Raskow, Scott Raskow and Jeff Davis of NAI Cummins represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction.
GARDEN GROVE, CALIF. — King Shocks has acquired a 55,576-square-foot industrial building in Garden Grove for $9.4 million. The facility is located at 12472 Edison Way. The American manufacturer of off-road automotive parts will use the space for its corporate headquarters. Isuzu formerly occupied the property. Mike Bouma, Paul Caputo and Eric Smith of Voit’s Anaheim office represented the seller, LBA RIV-COMPANY XXVII LLC, in this transaction.
PHOENIX — Strategic Storage Growth Trust has acquired an 840-unit self-storage facility in the Phoenix submarket of South Mountain Village for an undisclosed price. The facility is located at 1500 E. Baseline Road. Glacier Development designed the Class A property.
LINDEN, N.J. — Bussel Realty Corp. has brokered the sale of an industrial property located at 2365 E. Linden Ave. in Linden. New York-based 2365 Linden Corp LLC acquired the property from Edward Cantor for $2.1 million. Situated on 2.1 acres, the building features 23,000 square feet of industrial space. Jordan Metz of Bussel Realty represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
CAMERON, LA. — Port Cameron LLC plans to develop a new deep-water staging port in Cameron, a town near Lake Charles in Louisiana’s Gulf Coast region. As the largest private energy services facility on the Gulf Coast, the new port complex will facilitate energy development in the Gulf of Mexico. Construction on the $1.5 billion project will commence in November, and Phase I of the project is slated for completion by the third quarter of 2017. Phase I will encompass 500 acres, with an additional 750 acres available for expansion in the future. In addition to the new port, the project includes constructing approximately 25,000 linear feet of all-weather roads and two new concrete bridges. The new port will be located on the Calcasieu Ship Channel, roughly 185 miles east of Houston and approximately 50 miles south of I-10. Mark Nicholas, John Talhelm, Richard Quarles and Joe Berwick of JLL Houston’s office are leading the leasing efforts for Port Cameron. According to an economic impact study by Louisiana-based economic consulting firm Loren Scott Associates, when fully leased, activity at the port will create approximately $2.8 billion in sales and about 10,000 jobs for the state of Louisiana.
PEARLAND, TEXAS — Robert Loeb, Jeff Bailey and Brian Cisarik of SurePoint Self Storage have received approval from the Pearland city council to construct their fourth location in the greater Houston market. The new self-storage property will be located in Pearland just south of the intersection of Broadway Street and Kirby Drive. The project will be a three-story, climate-controlled facility. The San Antonio-based developers recently began construction on their third facility in the Houston market, a three-story, 119,000-square-foot facility on Barker Cypress Road in Houston. The SurePoint team is concluding construction on a similar project on Spring Cypress Road just east of Grant Road in Cypress, as well as a four-story self-storage building in Richmond near Highway 59 and the Grand Parkway.
ASHBURN, VA. — St. John Properties Inc. has begun construction on two speculative industrial facilities totaling 90,000 square feet in Ashburn. Designed to LEED Gold standards, the brick and glass buildings will feature frontage on Loudoun County Parkway and 18-foot clear heights. The properties represent the first phase of development for Ashburn Crossing, an 81-acre mixed-use development situated five miles south of Washington-Dulles International Airport. On full build-out, Ashburn Crossing will span more than 1 million square feet.
NORWOOD, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has arranged the sale of an industrial building located at 380 Chestnut St. in Norwood. Pro Source Inc., a housewares distributor, acquired the 26,928-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. The buyer is relocating from Mahwah, N.J. The property features 17-foot clear ceiling heights, three tailgates, a drive-in door, 3,500 square feet of office space and ample parking. Steven Leitner of NAI Hanson represented the buyer, while Bill Pastuszak of Resource Realty represented the seller, 380 Chestnut Street LCC, in the deal.
ST. LOUIS AND HARVARD, ILL. — Ten-X has brokered the sale of two office/industrial properties for a total of $17.3 million. In the first deal, an undisclosed seller disposed of a Class A, 347,399-square-foot office tower in St. Louis for $8 million. AKNO 1010 Market Street St Louis Missouri LLC was the buyer. The 20-story property, built in 1981, is located at 1010 Market St. Amenities include ground-floor retail, a gym, conference room, lounge, covered parking, courtyard, 24-hour security, concierge services and on-site management. In the second deal, Optima Ventures LLC sold a 1.5 million-square-foot office and industrial property in Harvard, Ill. for $9.3 million. The 325-acre Midwest Corporate Campus is located at 2001 North Division St. The property is comprised of five manufacturing, distribution and office buildings and was formerly the regional headquarters for Motorola. The building, constructed in 1997, has been vacant since 2003. Amenities at Midwest Corporate Campus include two on-site daycare facilities, a cafeteria, rooftop and ground-level heliports, fitness center, auditorium, ponds and running and biking trails. Both properties were sold on the Ten-X Commercial online platform.