ROCHESTER HILLS, MICH. — Bader USA has acquired an industrial building located at 2944 Waterview Drive in Rochester Hills. Bader will use the 12,000-square-foot high-tech facility to house its North American sales, technical support and research and development operations. Garry Rogers and Al Iafrate of L. Mason Capitani CORFAC International represented the buyer in the deal. The name of the seller and the sales price were not released.
AUBURN AND FORT WAYNE, IND. — Bradley Company Commercial Real Estate has completed five transactions in Auburn and Fort Wayne. In the first transaction, Carl Diehm of Bradley represented the landlord, Cenway Center, and the tenant, Agri-Labs Inc., in the lease of 2,160 square feet of retail space at 915 Cardinal Court within Cenway Business Center in Auburn. In the second deal, Tyler Binkley of Bradley represented the Feuser Contracting Inc. in the sale of an 11,992-square-foot office building at 7702 Bluffton Road in Fort Wayne. The name of the buyer and acquisition price were not released. In the third transaction, Stanley Phillips and Kelly Castle of Bradley represented the landlord, RITS Ltd. Brokers in the lease negotiation of retail space at 6127 Stellhorn Road within Maplewood Plaza in Fort Wayne. The name of the tenant and lease size were not released. In the fourth deal, Phillips represented the landlord, Fort Wayne Associates, and Binkley represented the tenant, Phil’s Hobby Shop, in the lease of retail space located within Parkwest Center at 3938 W. Jefferson Road in Fort Wayne. In the last deal, Paul Refakis of Bradley represented the landlord, Lynn Leasing, and Kienan O’Rourke of Bradley represented the tenant, Blasius …
The Phoenix industrial market is thriving, despite more than 5.6 million square feet of new construction set to deliver this year. There is enough demand in this market to keep the average vacancy rate at a near eight-year low of 9.7 percent, while absorption is on pace to exceed 6 million square feet for the third year in a row. Tenants have more choices than ever thanks to all this new inventory. Many are making a flight to quality, upgrading to next-generation space featuring wide column spacing and clear heights of up to 36 feet. This is particularly valuable in the West Valley, where large, efficiency-focused, third-party logistics firms and e-commerce companies must maximize how they manage vast amounts of product. Some of these needs are so specific that corporations have opted to custom build, as is the case with the recently completed 400,000-square-foot REI distribution center and the 384,377-square-foot IRIS USA facility, both situated in Surprise. These projects rank as the Valley’s two largest owner-builder completions of the year and have propelled the Northwest submarket — the third smallest industrial submarket in metro Phoenix — into the “hot” category. Meanwhile, owners and builders have gotten more creative in centralized …
NORWOOD, MASS. — DPS and TRIA have been selected by Moderna Therapeutics to provide architectural, engineering and project management services for a $110 million, 200,000-square-foot clinical manufacturing facility in Norwood. DPS will provide full architectural and engineering design for the facility, as well as construction management oversight, commissioning, qualification, and validation and procurement services. TRIA will design the facility’s clinical labs, offices, employee facilities and a conference center. Construction of the new facility is slated to begin in October, with completion scheduled for early 2018. Moderna Therapeutics is a clinical stage biotechnology company pioneering mRNA therapeutics to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients.
HOUSTON — Lee & Associates’ Houston office has arranged a 16,800-square-foot lease for distribution/warehouse space at 8811 Wallisville Road, Suite D in Houston. Justin Tunnell of Lee & Associates represented the tenant, Flamingos Vintage Kilo, a vintage clothing manufacturer. John Kruse of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, Buckhead Houston Industrial Portfolio, in the lease deal.
NEW YORK CITY — NorthStar Real Estate Income II has closed on two portfolio transactions in which it committed approximately $370 million of equity capital, substantially investing all of the company’s current investable capital. Through subsidiaries of its operating partnership, NorthStar Income II originated a $98 million subordinate interest investment in a portfolio of 39 industrial properties in 17 states. The more than 6 million-square-foot portfolio is currently 100 percent leased with an average remaining lease term of 11 years. Additionally, NorthStar Income II acquired a diversified portfolio of limited partnership or similar equity interest in 41 private equity real estate funds, managed by 20 institutional-quality real estate managers from a company managed by NorthStar Income II’s sponsor. NorthStar Income II acquired the funds for $273 million, or a price equal to 92.25 percent of the record date net asset value. Twenty-five percent of the acquisition was funded at closing and the remaining will be funded on December 31. Located in 24 states as well as international locations, the properties include mixed-use, multifamily, office and hotel assets.
MCDONOUGH, GA. — Wayfair, a Boston-based e-commerce retailer specializing in home furnishings and décor, will locate its newest distribution center in McDonough, a southern suburb of Atlanta in Henry County. Wayfair will lease space within Phase II of King Mill Distribution Park, an 846,496-square-foot distribution center/warehouse located at 130 Distribution Drive. Trammell Crow Co. and Allstate co-developed the property. Wayfair’s new location will create more than 150 jobs in logistics and fulfillment. Founded in 2002, Wayfair offers more than 7 million products from over 7,000 suppliers across five brands: Wayfair.com, AllModern, Birch Lane, DwellStudio and Joss & Main. The company has more than 5,300 employees in North America and Europe. Wayfair worked with the Georgia Department of Economic Development, Henry County Development Authority, Georgia Ports Authority, Metro Atlanta Chamber, Georgia Power and Transwestern on the new project.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Avison Young has arranged a nearly 100,000-square-foot industrial lease within Westlake Business Park in Charlotte. Printful, a Los Angeles-based print-on-demand e-commerce retailer, will occupy the entire building located at 11025 Westlake Drive, which will serve as the home of the company’s East Coast operations. Christopher Skibinski and Alex Spears of Avison Young’s Charlotte office represented Printful in the lease deal. Warren Snowden and David Hanna of Foundry Commercial represented the landlord.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Hangover Opportunity Fund LLC has sold a 138,000-square-foot, two-building project in Fort Worth’s Carter Industrial Park. The 11.5-acre property at 1200 Forum Way S. is net-leased to May Group International, a custom sign manufacturer. Shortly before the property hit the market, the advertising company signed a seven-year renewal for the 60,000-square-foot and 78,000-square-foot office/warehouses, which are used as its headquarters and production facility, respectively. Texas-based SkyWalker Property Partners is liquidating Hangover’s 21-property portfolio. The 1200 Forum Way campus, bought by Hangover in mid-November 2013, is the ninth asset in Hangover’s portfolio to sell. Two more properties are under contract. Theron Bryant and Joe Hamilton of Coldwell Banker Commercial Advisors represented the seller. Chance Olin of Holt Lunsford Commercial negotiated for the local buyer, Forum Way Investments LLC. Bryant also negotiated the lease renewal with May Group.
CENTENNIAL, COLO. — Central Development has announced plans to build Encompass Business Park, a 55-acre office and industrial park, in Centennial. The Class A park will be situated on South Blackhawk Street, between East Arapahoe Road and East Fremont Avenue. The site, formerly known as Centennial East Corporate Center, will soon contain a 150,000-square-foot spec industrial building. This will be the largest individual spec industrial project in southeast Denver, according to Central Development. The new Encompass Business Park will offer a total of 13 development sites, ranging from 14,000 square feet to 150,000 square feet, with broad and flexible zoning that can accommodate retail, office, flex, industrial, medical and storage uses. Central Development purchased the land for Phase I from Jordan-Arapahoe LLC for $4.5 million. NGKF’s Kittie Hook and Wade Fletcher represented the LLC and assisted Central Development in the acquisition. The team is also handling the marketing, sales and leasing for Encompass. Central Development’s capital partner on the project is an LLC managed by Washington Capital Management.
