ARLINGTON, TEXAS — MYCON General Contractors has broken ground on First Arlington Commerce Center II, a 234,100-square-foot warehouse facility located at 4551 New York Road in Arlington. First Industrial Realty Trust Inc. is the owner/developer of the project, and Pross Design Group is the architect. First Arlington Commerce Center II is slated for completion in mid-year 2016.
JEFFERSONVILLE, IND. — NorthMarq Capital has secured an $11.5 million refinancing loan for a 500,000-square-foot distribution warehouse in Jeffersonville, a suburb of Louisville, Ky. River Ridge IV is located at 600 Patrol Road. The loan features a 10-year term and 15-year amortization schedule. NorthMarq arranged the financing for the industrial developer through its correspondent relationship with a national life insurance company. Randall Waddell of NorthMarq secured the loan.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ziff Properties Inc. has sold Maplecrest Industrial Park, a 63,200-square-foot flex industrial facility located in Charlotte. The buyer, an undisclosed private buyer based in the Western U.S., purchased the asset for $4.7 million. The transaction marks Ziff Properties’ fifth North Carolina disposition this year. Jared Londry, Robert Cochran and Ashton Nolan of Cushman & Wakefield represented Ziff in the transaction.
CHICAGO — Transwestern has arranged the sale of a six-building industrial portfolio in metro Chicago. Chicago Properties LLC sold the portfolio to Clear Height Properties for an undisclosed amount. Transwestern represented Chicago Properties in the transaction. The portfolio includes 21 tenants across the six properties. Tenants include Pace Suburban Bus Service, Stanley Black & Decker, Veltri Inc., Claridge Products, Red Barcode Planet Inc. and ECL Products LLC. Properties in the portfolio include: A 31,726-square-foot, multi-tenant property at 600 Northgate Parkway in Wheeling, Ill. A 30,000-square-foot, single-tenant property at 3847 Exchange Ave. in Aurora, Ill. A 27,600-square-foot, multi-tenant property at 921-927 State St. in Elgin, Ill. A 22,644-square-foot, single-tenant property at 3121 Tollview Drive in Rolling Meadows, Ill. A 20,000-square-foot, multi-tenant property at 72-92 N. Lively Blvd. in Elk Grove Village, Ill. A 14,372-square-foot, multi-tenant property at 2130 Oxford Road in Des Plaines, Ill.
RACINE, WIS. — The Dickman Company Inc./CORFAC International has arranged a 2,400-square-foot industrial lease for Elwood Corp. in Racine, approximately 25 miles south of Milwaukee. Vail Rentals owns the 14,400-square-foot, multi-tenant building, located at 2723 Carlisle Ave. Cale Berg and Anthony Huenerbien of The Dickman Co. were the sole brokers in the transaction.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Commercial brokers Steve Fithian and James Blake have merged their Fort Worth Sperry Van Ness offices together into Sperry Van Ness / Trinity Advisors. The merger brings together Fithian’s Sperry Van Ness / Visions Commercial office and Blake’s Sperry Van Ness / Summit Commercial office. The newly merged office, located at 5601 Bridge St., Ste. 504 in Fort Worth, provides commercial real estate brokerage, leasing, consulting and property management on all commercial property types. Fithian has more than 25 years of commercial real estate experience. His specialty primarily has been in multifamily, but has lately also focused on retail and office properties. Fithian also organizes, manages and acts as the general partner in real estate syndications. Blake has more than 30 years of commercial real estate experience. His primary focus is retail and industrial income-producing properties. He also specializes in single-tenant net lease retail and is working to put together a single-tenant net lease team at Sperry Van Ness / Trinity Advisors to represent clients in the purchase and sale of these properties. The company has a total of six advisors and eight employees.
MEMPHIS, TENN. — Cushman & Wakefield arranges 800,000-square-foot industrial lease at Memphis Oaks 3 located at 3860 E. Holmes Road in Memphis. The new lease brings the property to 100 percent occupancy. Patrick Walton and Kemp Conrad of Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial Advisors represented the landlord, Panattoni Development Co., in the lease transaction. Michael Reid and Tim O’Callaghan of Binswanger represented the tenant, an unnamed Fortune 500 retail company. The new tenant will occupy 500,000 square feet that Sharp Electronics will vacate at the end of the year. The remaining 300,000 square feet is currently vacant. In addition to the new tenant, General Electric leases 225,000 square feet at Memphis Oaks 3.
JESSUP, MD. — The parent company of G. Cefalu & Bro Inc., a wholesale produce supplier, and Capital Seaboard, a produce and seafood distributor, has signed a full-building industrial lease for 160,000 square feet within the Baltimore-Washington Logistics Center. The industrial park is located in Jessup, roughly halfway between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., in Howard County. The parent company, known as CGC Holdings Inc., signed the lease with the landlord, Manekin-sponsored MCA Assateague. The groundbreaking for the facility, located at 7350 Assateague Drive, is scheduled for Nov. 13, and construction is expected to wrap up in June 2016. The new facility will include an ESFR fire suppression system, LED lighting and multi-zone freezer/cooler areas.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — On behalf of Zenith Freight Lines, Binswanger has arranged a temporary 86,100-square-foot industrial lease at Wildlife Building 2, part of Wildlife Commerce Park located at 715 Wildlife Parkway in Grand Prairie. Wildlife Building 2 is a 345,000-square-foot, divisible Class A warehouse facility. Additionally, Zenith Freight Lines has entered into a lease agreement for a total of 341,120 square feet at Wildlife Building 5, which it will move into once construction is completed. Zenith is a specialized supply chain solutions provider. The company plans to use the property for the manufacturing and distribution of furniture. When completed, Wildlife Building 5 will span 682,240 square feet. At full buildout, Wildlife Commerce Park will be home to 2.8 million square feet of industrial space in nine buildings along with a 100-acre lake. Kipp Collins of Binswanger’s Dallas office handled the transaction for the tenant. Will Mundinger handled the transaction for the landlord, Crow Holdings.
MILWAUKEE AND OCONOMOWOC, WIS. — Siegel-Gallagher has completed the sale of two properties in separate transactions in Wisconsin. In the first transaction, Worthington Properties LLP purchased a 52,250-square-foot industrial property from Brandt/Quirk Realty Co. for an undisclosed price. The property is located at 1880 Executive Drive in Oconomowoc, approximately 35 miles west of Milwaukee. In the second deal, Andover Portland Avenue Associates LLC acquired the Riverfront Plaza, a 108,718-square-foot office building. RFP Office LLC sold the property located at 1110 N. Old World Third St. for an undisclosed price. Patrick Gallagher, Matson Holbrook and Max Schultz of Siegel-Gallagher brokered both transactions.
