MOUNT OLIVE, N.J. — Commercial Realty Group has acquired a 446,076-square-foot industrial and office complex located at 350 Clark Drive in Mount Olive. North Jersey Development Group sold the property for an undisclosed price. Situated on 40.5 acres, the asset features a 335,122-square-foot industrial building with 29,340 square feet of mezzanine space and a three-story, 75,000-square-foot Class A office building, which was built in 1995. The industrial portion is 100 percent leased to two tenants, Performance Food Group and 350 Logistics, while the office portion is home to eight tenants, including Mars Incorporated, Lion Ribbon Co., Hundley Burns and FC Architects. Michael Nachamkin, Jose Cruz and Robert Borny of HFF represented the seller in the transaction.
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LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS — 1251 Butler Road LLC has purchased a 9,000-square-foot multi-tenant industrial building from Owl Freeway Properties LLC. The property is located at 1251 Butler Road in League City and was 100 percent occupied at the time of sale. Lee & Associates’ Reed Vestal and Taylor Schmidt represented the seller, and NAI’s John Ferruzzo represented the buyer.
LINDEN, N.J. — Tulfra Real Estate has completed the disposition of an industrial building located at 1501 W. Blancke St. in Linden. Penwood Real Estate Management acquired the 115,000-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. Jordan Metz of Bussel Realty arranged the transaction. Originally built in 1973 and situated on 4.6 acres, the building features 15,000 square feet of office space, 16-foot to 24-foot clear ceiling heights and 100 on-site parking spaces. The building is currently occupied by Vantage Specialty Chemicals and Hello Fresh.
Denholtz Associates Acquires, Redevelops 74,325 SF Manufacturing Facility in New Jersey
by Amy Works
FRANKLIN, N.J. — Denholtz Associates has acquired the former manufacturing home of Acme Tube, located 655 Howard Ave. in Franklin. The 74,325-square-foot building had been foreclosed upon and has been vacant for a number of years. Denholtz plans to remediate the site and will invest $1.5 million into a complete rehabilitation of the property, including a new roof, heating, lighting, landscaping, electric, parking lot and paint. The industrial property, which will be available for occupancy in August, is already being marketed for sale or lease by Zimmel Associates.
CHICAGO — Wool Finance Partners has arranged a $3.8 million refinancing loan for a 36,730-square-foot industrial property in the Fulton Market district of Chicago. The single-tenant, net-leased building is situated on a nearly one-acre site. Matt Lebenson of Wool Finance Partners originated the floating-rate, three-year loan through an undisclosed regional bank.
MARLBOROUGH, MASS. — Deutsche Bank has completed the sale of a mission-critical data center located at 34 St. Martin Drive in Marlborough. Lincoln Property Co. acquired the 203,840-square-foot asset for an undisclosed price. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to nine tenants, including Tierpoint and Lightower. The facility features enhanced fire protection, environmental control, security, electrical power and technology infrastructure. Frank Petz, Chris Angelone, Jessica Hughes, Matthew Sherry and George Gregory of JLL represented the seller in the deal.
WEST ALLIS, WIS. — The Dickman Company Inc./CORFAC International has arranged a 31,890-square-foot industrial lease in West Allis, approximately seven miles west of Milwaukee. NexGen Building Supply will occupy the space at 1707 S. 101st St. The landlord is Univar USA Inc. Zach Noble and Cale Berg of The Dickman Company brokered the transaction.
MCALLEN, TEXAS — Pure Development has begun construction on a distribution and light-manufacturing center for Regal-Beloit, a manufacturer of electric motors, in McAllen. Pure Development expects to complete and deliver the 208,000-square-foot facility before the end of 2016. The facility is expandable to 288,000 square feet and will provide logistics support to Regal-Beloit’s manufacturing plants just across the border in Mexico. Josh Aguilar of CBRE’s industrial and logistics division represented Regal Beloit Corp. in the site search and lease negotiations.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated the sale of a 26,088-square-foot land parcel located at 2423-2427 Welwood Drive in Carrollton. Corbin Blount of Lee & Associates’ Dallas/Fort Worth office facilitated the land sale between the seller, Med IT Associates Inc., and the buyer, RRK Ltd.
SPRING, TEXAS — Cypressbrook Co. has selected Jim Cooper to lead the firm’s third-party property management and leasing division. Cooper was previously a broker and principal for Cypressbrook. He continues to be responsible for generating and executing opportunities for office and industrial clients. In his new role, Cooper will oversee both company-owned and other third-party office and industrial buildings. Prior to joining the Cypressbrook team, Cooper worked for Big City Properties where he solicited and executed direct residential and commercial listings for Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, HUD and several area banks. Prior to that, Jim served as a business development representative at First American Title Co. in Houston.