WOODBURN, ORE. — Bradley C. Shepard, Stanley V. Shepard and Growing Investments LLC has purchased a 52,524-square-foot industrial property in Woodburn for $3.2 million. The property is located at 2257 Progress Way. The building is fully leased to Columbia Helicopters. The purchase includes an additional 5.6 acres of industrial-zoned land for future development. Thomas McDowell and Raymond Duchek of Norris & Stevens represented the buyers. Peter Stalick, Steven Klein and Jeff Kiersey of Kidder Mathews represented the seller, Mercer Holdings, in this transaction.
SPRING, TEXAS — CWER Properties LLC has purchased a 6,363-square-foot industrial building on 3.9 acres at 2610 Spring Cypress Road in Spring. Reed Vestal and Taylor Schmidt of Lee & Associates represented the seller, and James Robertson of Workspace Real Estate represented the buyer.
SARALAND, ALA. — NAI Mobile has arranged a 125,000-square-foot lease for warehouse space at 252 Jacintoport Blvd. in Saraland, a suburb of Mobile. Situated within the Mobile River Industrial Park, the new facility is slated to open in April. The tenant, Danby Products, an appliance manufacturer, also plans to operate a small factory outlet retail store at the site. The company will employ 25 full-time workers once the facility is fully operational. David Dexter of NAI Mobile represented Danby Products in the lease transaction.
RAMSEY, N.J. — Prestige Management Services has acquired an industrial facility located at 133 Williams Drive in Ramsey. Kislevitz Family LLC sold the 175,438-square-foot property for $16 million. Prestige will occupy the entire building starting in spring 2018. Constructed in 1980 and renovated in 2012, the building features 21,000 square feet of office space, 27-foot clear ceiling heights, 32-foot column spacing and parking for 245 vehicles. Chris Max and Daniel Foley of Savills Studley brokered the transaction.
BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — The Opus Group has unveiled plans for a 112,000-square-foot speculative warehouse and office building in Bolingbrook, approximately 30 miles southwest of Chicago. The project, known as 1325 Remington, will be located on nine acres within the Carlow Corporate Center along the I-55 corridor. The building will feature 28-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, three drive-in doors, 11 loading docks and parking for 242 cars. The development will be able to accommodate single or multi-tenant occupancy and is slated for completion this October. Opus Development Co. will be the developer, Opus Design Build will be the design-builder and Opus AE Group will be the architect and structural engineer of record. Dominic Derose and Vern Schultz of Colliers International will market the property for lease.
LAKE BLUFF, ILL. — Avison Young has negotiated a long-term, 190,925-square-foot industrial lease in Lake Bluff, approximately 35 miles northwest of Chicago. Homewerks Worldwide, a global supplier of home and commercial plumbing and HVAC products, will move its headquarters into the 256,300-square-foot building at 45-85 Albrecht Drive. Globe Corp. is the landlord. The facility, built in 1995, is situated on 19 acres and features 28-foot clear heights, 20 dock doors and parking for 410 cars. Keith Puritz, Brett Kroner and Eric Fischer of Avison Young represented the landlord in the transaction.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has represented Point2Point Crowded House Moving & Storage in the lease of 31,075 square feet of distribution warehouse space located at 527 W. 38th St. in Houston. Point2Point and Crowded House merged in early 2012. Chris Caudill of NAI Partners represented the tenant, Point2Point Crowded Houston Moving & Storage, during the negotiations. Steve Hazel of Insite Realty represented the landlord, Houston Pine Forest M LLC.
KILLINGLY, CONN. — CBRE/New England has secured $7.8 million in permanent financing for affiliates of The Grossman Companies for an industrial building located at 349 Lake Road in Killingly. The long-term, fixed-rate loan was provided by HarborOne Bank. Situated on 20.7 acres, the 207,878-square-foot industrial facility is fully leased to C&M Corp. and Superwinch with a long-term parking lease to Rite Aid. Kyle Juszczyszyn and Chris Coutts of CBRE/NE arranged the financing for the borrower.
EAST POINT, GA. — Atlanta-based Solution Property Group has purchased a former General Services Administration warehouse in East Point, a town roughly seven miles south of Atlanta, for an undisclosed price. The company plans to demolish the 55-year-old building and replace it with a new 538,500-square-foot project known as Creekside at Langford Distribution Corridor. The industrial property will be the closest bulk distribution center to Atlanta’s central business district, according to Solution Property Group, which plans to deliver the facility in the early fall of this year. Solution Property Group has selected Pat Murphy, Ray Stache and Spencer Green of Cushman & Wakefield to lease Creekside at Langford Distribution Corridor.
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Dallas-based Revere Capital has provided $4.8 million in financing for a new industrial cold storage facility that will be situated on land owned by the state of North Carolina at the Port of Wilmington. Construction is underway on the 101,000-square-foot project, which is the newest cold storage facility in the area and is the first phase of a potential two-phase warehouse operation. The Port of Wilmington is a full-service deep-water port and marine terminal handling more than 400 vessels annually with an annual import/export cargo tonnage of more than 3 million tons. Owned and operated by the North Carolina State Ports Authority, the port offers facilities serving container, bulk and break-bulk operations and is 26 miles from the open sea on the Cape Fear River. CSX Transportation provides direct rail access to the port, which is one of only two ports in North Carolina.