LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS — Lee & Associates’ Houston office has arranged the sale of a 9,000-square-foot office/industrial building at 2227 Gulf Freeway S. in League City, a suburb of Houston. The buyer was KSSG 646 Investments LLC. Mike Spears and Thomas Leger of Lee & Associates represented the seller, Sanberg Investments, in the transaction.
There’s a reason why warehouse facilities and fulfillment centers ranked No. 1 and 2 for 2016 investment and development prospects. In addition to the annual commercial real estate survey findings by PwC and the Urban Land Institute, the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) is reporting that the Midwest posted the strongest industrial income return among all U.S. regions in second quarter 2016. “E-commerce is affecting more than just the industrial real estate business park. It is the most significant driver of demand in industrial products across the county right now,” says Ryan O’Leary, regional senior vice president at Duke Realty. “Business parks are obviously a big beneficiary of that.” O’Leary, who oversees the Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Louis markets for the Indianapolis-based REIT, estimates that e-commerce drove 35 to 40 percent of the approximately 8 million square feet of industrial absorption in the Windy City during the second quarter. Business parks with very good infrastructure, access to major thoroughfares and easy flow for heavy truck and auto traffic have a huge advantage in securing that tenant demand, which usually requires a quick turnaround on building delivery. Unlike development costs for a garden-variety warehouse space 15 years ago, …
DARIEN, CONN. — O,R&L Commercial has arranged the sale of a 3.7-acre land parcel located at 131 Hollow Tree Ridge Road in Darien. John Hertz and Robert Wood acquired the property for $3.7 million. The seller was Karen Park, as authorized by the Superior Court of the Judicial District of Hartford, Conn. The buyers plan to develop a 100,000-square-foot storage facility on the site. Phil Marshall of O,R&L Commercial represented the seller, while Halstead Properties represented the buyer in the deal.
DALLAS — Sealy & Co. has acquired a 1.5 million-square-foot industrial portfolio located in four submarkets in Dallas. The industrial portfolio is comprised of 18 buildings occupied by a diverse tenant base. The assets were acquired as part of the Sealy Strategic Equity Partners LP portfolio. The seller in the transaction was undisclosed.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated the sale of a 120,483-square-foot industrial building located at 2425 Camp Ave. in Carrollton. Nathan Denton, Adam Graham and Corbin Blount of Lee & Associates’ Dallas/Fort Worth office represented the seller, Evergreen Properties. Ryan Boozer and Todd Poticny of Stream Realty Partners LP represented the buyer, UT Vehicle.
MCCOOK AND HANOVER PARK, ILL. — Gramercy Property Trust has acquired two single-tenant industrial properties near Chicago for $60.2 million in separate transactions. In the first deal, Gramercy purchased a 147,923-square-foot, temperature-controlled facility in McCook, approximately 15 miles west of Chicago. The building, constructed in 2012, is leased to a global supplier for the food service industry. Gramercy also acquired a 238,423-square-foot distribution center in Hanover Park, approximately 35 miles west of Chicago. An international provider of information technology hardware, software and service solutions occupies the building, and the two tenants have a weighted average remaining lease term of 17.2 years. The sellers in the transactions were undisclosed.
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal has brokered the sale of the former Woonsocket Glass & Mirror building, located at 500 Pond St. in Woonsocket. T&T Woodworkers acquired the 12,791-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. The property features a drive-in door, loading dock, 18-foot ceiling heights in the warehouse, office space and a showroom area. Thomas Sweeney of Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal represented the seller, Woonsocket Glass Fabricators, while Larry Steingold of MG Commercial represented the buyers in the deal.
BUCKEYE, ARIZ. — Cardinal IG Cos. has purchased 77 acres of land in Buckeye, where it plans to develop a 250,000-square-foot advanced glass manufacturing facility. The build-to-suit facility will be situated just south of the southeast corner of Apache Road and Southern Avenue. The purchase price was not disclosed. The space is about three miles south of Interstate 10 and three miles east of Highway 85. Buckeye is a suburb just west of Phoenix. Cardinal IG is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cardinal Glass Industries, a glass manufacturer with more than 6,000 employees and 37 manufacturing locations across the U.S. Its new manufacturing facility will produce high-quality, energy-efficient insulating glass for residential window and door companies across the globe. The site is part of 152 acres controlled by Evergreen Devco Inc. and Evergreen-Apache & Southern LLC. JLL’s Anthony Lydon and Marc Hertzberg represented Evergreen in this transaction. The firm is also marketing the remaining 75 acres on the direct southeast corner of Apache and Southern, situated just north of the Cardinal IG site.
LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS — Bellomy & Co. has arranged the sale of Space Station Self Storage in League City, 20 miles southeast of Houston. The Class A facility consists of 674 units and 77,980 square feet on 5.4 acres. The property, built in 2009, was 85 percent occupied at the time of closing. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson and John Arnold of Bellomy & Co. marketed the property on behalf of the Houston-based seller. The trio also procured the buyer, Public Storage, which is the largest self-storage operator in the United States and Europe with more than 2,000 facilities.
TOMBALL, TEXAS — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a 5.5-acre tract of land on Spell Road just west of Hufsmith Kohrville Road in Tomball. The $25 million project, the second for the Tomball Business and Technology Park, will consist of a 42,700-square-foot laboratory and office facility expected to hold 75 employees. Tom Condon Jr. of The Woodlands office of Colliers International represented the seller, Tomball Economic Development Corp. Gray Gilbert of CBRE represented the buyer, GE Betz Inc. Jane Matthews of Stewart Title Tomball coordinated the closing.