DECATUR, GA. — Colliers International has arranged the $30 million sale of Perimeter East Industrial Park, an eight-building, 775,339-square-foot development situated near Interstate 285 in Decatur. Shreveport, La.-based Sealy & Co. purchased the property from Boston-based High Street Realty Co. Dennis Mitchell and Matt Wirth of Colliers represented High Street Realty in the transaction.
BRIGHTON, MASS. — Northeast Private Client Group has arranged the $3 million sale of a 6,000-square-foot mixed-use property located at 270 Parsons St. in Brighton. Drew Kirkland and Francis Saenz of Northeast Private Client Group represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. The property is a 100 percent-leased, multi-tenant industrial building near the Massachusetts Turnpike. Eastern Equity Partners was the seller and City Realty Group was the buyer.
SAN DIEGO — A joint venture between Hill Properties and ReCap has purchased Scripps Ranch Business Park, a 185,738-square foot industrial complex in San Diego, for $31.4 million. The nine-building industrial park is located on Willow Creek Road. It is currently leased to nine tenants. JLL’s Lynn LaChapelle, Bob Prendergast and Sach Kirpalani executed the transaction.
Local market conditions are always related in some way to what’s happening on the national stage, so let’s first acknowledge our new leadership. Trump has continued talking like the businessman he is and in very much the same style that got him elected. In reaction, equities markets have continued to boil over into record-setting heights as the business sector embraces the potential for more business-friendly stances that will sooner or later emerge from Washington. Business resurgences always impact Northern Nevada, thanks to both its strategic location advantage in distributing to the 11 Western states and its highly business-friendly state climate. As for Tesla, 2016 showcased increasingly tangible direct and indirect effects from the expanding Gigafactory. Tesla leased a large warehouse in the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center near the Gigafactory to receive product for several years. Panasonic, Tesla’s quieter partner in the Gigafactory, also leased a large warehouse in the same park that is close to the plant. Another Tesla vendor, Daehan Solutions America, an international company supplying the automotive industry and headquartered in South Korea, leased a large space in the vacant ex-Amazon space in Fernley. These three transactions alone comprise a large portion of the market’s total quarterly absorption. …
NORTHLAKE, TEXAS — Farmers Brothers Coffee, a wholesaler and distributor of coffee, tea and culinary products, has opened a $90 million, 538,000-square-foot headquarters in the Fort Worth suburb of Northlake. Located at 1912 Farmers Brothers Drive, the headquarters includes a 125,000-square-foot roasting plant with the capacity to roast 24 to 28 million pounds of coffee per year and a 258,000-square-foot distribution center. Stream Realty Partners developed the facility, which will house approximately 175 employees as the company begins its complete relocation from California to Texas.
HORSHAM TOWNSHIP, PA. — Cronheim Mortgage has secured $12 million in financing for a 562,000-square-foot industrial park located in Horsham Township. The 10-year loan includes a 20-year amortization schedule for the borrower, Heffernan and Partners. The loan was placed with American United Life Insurance Co., which Cronheim represented as correspondent and servicing agent. The subject property is Babylon Business Campus, a 15-building property constructed between 1972 and 1987 on 55 acres. There are over 50 tenants in the industrial park, with leases ranging from 600 square feet to more than 100,000 square feet. Andrew Stewart, Dev Morris and Allison Villamagna of Cronheim originated and placed the loan.
SEATTLE — Terreno Realty Corp. has purchased a 35,000-square-foot industrial building in Seattle for $5.9 million. The building is located at 25-29 S. Hanford St. It is 72 percent leased to two tenants. It is situated on 1.1 acres within the SoDo district, adjacent to the port. Terreno Realty Corp. acquires, owns and operates industrial real estate in six major coastal U.S. markets.
OKLAHOMA CITY — CBRE has negotiated an 11,700-square-foot industrial lease at 3201 Cooke Way in Oklahoma City. Jason Hammock, Caitlin Mazaheri and John Lenochan of CBRE represented the landlord, Admiral Square Inc., in the transaction. Allan Meadors of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant, Atlas Brands LLC, a New York-based marketing firm.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — Abington Emerson Investments has purchased a 73,283-square-foot industrial property in Gilbert for $5.5 million. The property is located at 1405 N. Fiesta Blvd. It was built in 1998. CBRE will act as the leasing agent. The firm’s Barry Gabel, Chris Marchildon, Brian Raczynski, Tim Watters, Evan Koplan and Mike Parker represented the seller in this transaction.
MIAMI — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $7.5 million sale of the Econocaribe Building, a 164,432-square-foot warehouse distribution facility located at 2401 N.W. 69th St. in Miami. ECU Worldwide, an international transportation company formerly known as Econocaribe Consolidators, fully leases the cross-dock facility. RLF Acquisitions LLC purchased the property from the sellers, Econo1 LLC, Joseph P. Luchese Jr. and Michelle Gersten. The fenced facility comprises a one-story warehouse and two-story office and features 27 dock-high loading positions that can accommodate up to 40 trucks, a receiving ramp that can accommodate an additional 13 trucks and 22-foot clear heights. The site also includes 180 total parking spaces.
