CHICAGO — MB Real Estate has brokered the $10.6 million sale of an industrial loft building in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. The 90,000-square-foot building, located at 2065 N. Southport Ave., sits across the street from a 22-acre campus that was previously occupied by Finkl & Sons Co., the world’s leading supplier of steel processing. The campus is now one of the largest infill sites in the country. The four-story building features 22,500-square-foot floor plates and 12- to 15-foot ceilings. David Kimball of MB Real Estate represented the seller, Maclee Chemical Co., in the transaction. The buyer in the transaction was undisclosed. Maclee Chemical Co. was also the previous tenant but vacated the building upon the sale of the property. The facility, built in 1915, will be converted into creative office space.
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LAKE ZURICH, ILL. — Transwestern has negotiated a 55,488-square-foot lease for a manufacturing facility in Lake Zurich, approximately 40 miles northwest of Chicago. Alpha Tekniko, a developer and manufacturer of specialized healthcare patient support surfaces, will occupy the building located at 1290 Ensell Road. Alpha Tekniko has already moved a portion of the staff from its current headquarters located at 1000 Commerce Drive to the new location and expects to fully occupy the facility by the end of March. The property features 8,000 square feet of office space, 24-foot clear heights, four interior docks, three drive-in doors and parking for 64 vehicles. Thomas Boyle and Jared Paff of Transwestern represented the tenant in the transaction.
Graham Commercial Properties Acquires 209,780 SF Distribution Center in Atlanta for $7.1M
by John Nelson
ATLANTA — Birmingham-based Graham Commercial Properties (GCP) has purchased a 209,780-square-foot distribution center located at 1040 Southern Road in Atlanta for $7.1 million. The 10-acre development has rail access to the Norfolk Southern railroad system, which was a deciding factor for the current tenant, M & W Distribution Services. The industrial facility is GCP’s first acquisition in Georgia. GCP is a recently formed real estate holding and management company and sister firm of Graham & Co. LLC.
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS — Binswanger has negotiated a 10-year lease of 124,903 square feet at 8600 Central Freeway N. in Wichita Falls. American Fuel Cell and Coated Fabrics Co., a designer and fabricator of composite material products for aviation, aerospace, military ground forces and commercial transport industries, leased the property. The Wichita Falls site will be used for the manufacturing of composite materials. Formerly used by Delphi Automotive for the production of ceramic automobile oxygen sensors, the property consists of a 348,000-square-foot south building and 90,000-square-foot north building. Amenities include a 5-foot reinforced concrete floor, precast concrete panel walls with insulated core and ceiling heights ranging from 25 to 45 feet in the south building and 27.5 to 45.5 feet in the north building. The property is located on I-44 near highways 287 and 82. Holmes Davis of Binswanger’s Dallas office represented the landlord, First Bank, in the lease transaction.
Avison Young Brokers $9.4M Sale of Industrial Property in Metro Atlanta for High School Conversion
by John Nelson
PEACHTREE CORNERS, GA. — Avison Young has brokered the $9.4 million sale of a 221,000-square-foot industrial facility located at 5850 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. in Peachtree Corners, a northeastern suburb of Atlanta. Chip Watson and Brent Weitnauer of Avison Young’s Atlanta office represented the seller, Makim Holdings, in the transaction. The buyer, Gwinnett County Schools, plans to convert the facility and surrounding 20 acres of land into a new high school.
WEST VALLEY CITY, UTAH — Land Advisors has purchased the 61,630-square-foot Honeyville Grain Building in West Valley City for an undisclosed sum. The property is located at 1811 W. Alexander St., within the Decker Lake Business Complex. The seller, Intercon, formerly occupied the building. The company was represented by Luke Burbank of Newmark Grubb ACRES.
NEWARK, N.J. — Prudential Mortgage Capital Co., operating on behalf of The Prudential Insurance Co. of America, has provided $148 million (USD) in permanent financing to Prologis Inc. for an industrial portfolio in Toronto. This transaction marks the firm’s first loan origination in Canada for The Prudential Insurance Co. of America in 20 years. The 10-year loan is secured by an eight-property portfolio totaling nearly 3.5 million square feet across the greater Toronto area. The portfolio is 100 percent leased to 16 tenants, including major corporations such as PepsiCo and IKEA. Constructed between 2006 and 2014, the properties feature 28- to 32-foot clear heights, dock high doors and trailer parking. Newark-based Prudential Mortgage Capital is the commercial mortgage lending business of PGIM, the global investment management business of Prudential Financial Inc. (NYSE: PRU).
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Mercedes-Benz plans to open two facilities in Grapevine. The first is a regional parts distribution center (PDC) designed to support the sales and distribution of spare parts to the customers and dealer network of Mercedes. The second is a learning and performance center (LPC). The LPC is relocating from Houston to the Grapevine site and is planned to be a technical facility accommodating on-going training of Mercedes-Benz dealership technicians from around the Southwest region. Currently owned by the city of Grapevine, the site consists of around 31 acres along Lakeside Parkway at Enterprise Road. Once fully operational, both the training facility and parts distribution center will be staffed with 50 employees with the ability to train 150 technicians per week. The PDC is planned to be 254,000 square feet and the LPC is 59,000 square feet. Seefried Industrial Properties, in partnership with a long-time European capital partner, is the purchaser of the land and developer for this project. Mercedes has executed a development agreement with Seefried Properties and will purchase the project upon completion. Design of the two facilities is underway and will be submitted for permitting in February 2016. The initial site work will start this …
PHOENIX — The Opus Group has commenced construction on a 393,300-square-foot speculative warehouse and distribution building in Phoenix. The Opus Airport Industrial will be situated on 23 acres of land at the northeast corner of 7th and Elwood streets, near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Opus Airport Industrial will be the largest available industrial space in the submarket once it’s completed in September, according to the developer. It will also be able to accommodate single- or multi-tenant occupants looking for manufacturing, distribution and light assembly uses, among others. Opus Development Company LLC is developing the project. Opus Design Build LLC is the design-builder, while Opus AE Group LLC is the architect and structural engineer of record. Ware Malcomb is the design architect. CBRE’s John Werstler, Cooper Fratt and Jerry McCormick will market the property for lease. The team also executed the land sale between Opus and the seller, 7th Street Industrial LLC.
MILWAUKEE, WIS. — The Dickman Co./CORFAC International has arranged the sale of a 119,040-square-foot industrial building in Milwaukee, for an undisclosed price. 8301 Parkland LLC purchased the facility from TJM Parkland Court LLC. The asset is located at 8301 W. Parkland Court. Samuel M. Dickman Jr., Samuel D. Dickman and Nick Keys of The Dickman Co. were the sole brokers in the transaction.