NEWARK, N.J. — Hollister Construction Services has broken ground for AeroFarm and RBH Group’s vertical indoor farm in Newark. Located at 212 Rome St., the 69,000-square-foot facility is expected to produce up to 2 million pounds of fresh vegetables and herbs per year when the facility is in full operation. The facility is slated for completion this year. KSS Architects designed the facility, while Harrison-Hamnett provided construction engineering services.
MILFORD, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Day Heights Self-Storage located in Milford, about 16 miles northeast of downtown Cincinnati. The 64,896-square-foot facility sold for $1.7 million. The facility includes 470 units, ranging from 25 square feet to 720 square feet. Brett Hatcher of Marcus & Millichap’s Columbus office represented the seller, a limited liability company. The buyer, also a limited liability company, was a local self-storage operator.
MILWAUKEE, WIS. — The Dickman Company/CORFAC International has brokered the sale of a 5,000-square-foot industrial building located at 6014 West Beloit Road in West Allis, approximately six miles west of downtown Milwaukee. Anthony Huenerbein of The Dickman Company represented the undisclosed buyer and Mitchell Starczynski of NAI MLG Commercial represented the seller, Able Equipment Co.
SAN ANTONIO — Stream Realty Partners has brokered a new lease for 10,297 square feet at Interwest Business Park located in Northwest San Antonio. Jason Schnittger and Kevin Cosgrove of Stream represented the landlord, G&I VII Interwest Business LP, in the transaction. Green Star Inc. of San Antonio signed the new lease. Interwest Business Park is located at 6800 Alamo Downs Parkway offering access to Loop 410. The four-building, multi-tenant office/flex property spans approximately 219,244 square feet. Hank Pruitt of Pruitt Realty represented the tenant in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has brokered the sale of a four-property industrial facility in Brooklyn’s East Flatbush neighborhood. Located at 5255 Kings Highway and 2-24 Preston Court, the facility sold for $6.4 million, or $188 per square foot. The 34,396-square-foot asset, which consists of four buildings and a vacant lot, feature eight roll-down gates, one loading dock, multiple office spaces and conference room space. Jonathan Berman, Mark Spinelli, Daniel Tropp and Michael Tortorici of Ariel Property Advisors represented the seller, Zeluck Corp., and procured the buyer, a private investor, in the transaction.
The Dallas/Fort Worth industrial market is one of the biggest and most strategically important in North America. With an inventory of more than 500 million square feet of warehouse and distribution space, the DFW industrial market serves a metro area of 6.8 million people and a larger region that stretches to Mexico. More than 70 percent of goods exported to Mexico roll through the metro area, and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has been a huge driver of those exports. These days, the industrial market is buoyed by a local economy that is outpacing most of the nation’s major metros. In March, Dallas/Fort Worth registered an unemployment rate of 4 percent, compared to 5.9 percent in Atlanta, 6 percent in New York, 6.4 percent in Chicago and 6.6 percent in Los Angeles, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The GDP also grew by a healthy 2.2 percent in 2014. Dallas/Fort Worth’s economic momentum has heightened demand for industrial space. The first quarter of 2015 marked the 18th consecutive quarter of positive absorption, according to CBRE. The DFW industrial market has been among the top five markets in absorption over the past several years, and this impressive …
HIALEAH GARDENS, FLA. — Bridge Development Partners LLC has tapped PREMIER Design + Build LLC to construct Bridge Point Crossroads West. The general contractor will build the 242,859-square-foot speculative industrial facility on a 17-acre parcel in Hialeah Gardens, roughly 15 miles north of Miami. The facility will feature 32-foot clear heights, 81 truck dock positions, two drive-in doors, an ESFR sprinkler system, 227-stall parking lot and a TPO roofing system. RLC Architects is designing the facility, which is scheduled for a second quarter 2016 completion. Gian Rodriguez and Wayne Ramoski of Cushman & Wakefield are providing leasing services for the project. Bridge Development Partners has also tapped PREMIER to construct Bridge Point Crossroads East and South, a four-building industrial complex.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Subaru of America has announced its plans to lease 600,000 square feet at Gresham Vista Business Park, just east of Portland. The new facility will be developed at the intersection of NE 38th Drive and NE 242nd Drive. The space will break ground this August. Subaru is scheduled to occupy the facility in October 2016. The 220-acre Gresham Vista Business Park is situated at the Port of Portland. The new space is being developed by a joint venture between Trammell Crow Company and a commingled fund managed by Clarion Partners. This is the second development Trammell Crow has handled for Subaru on port-owned property. It is also the largest development at Gresham Vista since the property was acquired by the port in 2011, according to Trammell Crow. The new space will allow Subaru to relocate its master distribution facility, which serves regional facilities from Japan to Portland. The facility will sit on 40 acres, which will also allow for future expansion of up to 236,000 square feet. Subaru’s existing 413,900-square-foot regional distribution center in the Port’s Rivergate Industrial Park will continue to operate.
CHESTERFIELD, MO. — St. Louis-based Hilliker Corp. has arranged a 5,250-square-foot lease for B&G Industries, a material handling solution provider. The company relocated to 717 Crown Industrial Court from 744 Spirit of St. Louis Blvd. in Chesterfield. The new location offers 1,500 square feet of office space and 3,750 square feet of warehouse storage space. Will Aschinger of Hilliker represented the tenant, while Scott Properties represented the landlord, Scott Family Properties, in the transaction.
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — CBRE has arranged the sale of five freestanding tilt-wall industrial buildings in the Forest Commons Business Park at 3912 – 3920 Gattis School Road in Round Rock. Long View Equity Partners, an Austin-based real estate investment firm, acquired the assets from HOWMAT Development LP. Totaling 160,830 square feet, the buildings were designed and built by HOWMAT’s parent company, Central Texas Tiltwall LP, an Austin-based design-build firm. Long View expects the transaction to be immediately accretive for its third co-mingled investment fund. The facilities are 100 percent leased to a variety of industrial and flex office tenants. Long View plans to hold the property long-term. Greg Marberry of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
