LAS VEGAS — Premier Educational Facilities has acquired the Bonanza Road industrial building, a 68,848-square-foot warehouse in North Las Vegas, for $5.3 million. The warehouse is located at 4151 E. Bonanza Road. It was built in 1976. The buyer will occupy the entire facility, which will operate as Equipo Academy, a college preparatory charter school for middle and high school students. Justin Michaels of Cornerstone Company represented Premier in the transaction.
IRVING, TEXAS — Progressive Laboratories Inc. has sold a 35,050-square-foot office/warehouse in the Las Colinas submarket to Chris Weir Commercial Enterprises LLC for an undisclosed price. Las Colinas Distribution Center, located on 1.9 acres at 1909 Hereford Drive in Irving, is the second building in the past year Progressive Laboratories has sold to make way for its expansion, consolidation and relocation. Brock Wilson and Joe Santaularia of Dallas-based Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the seller. The building was developed in 1977 and features 8,601 square feet of office space, 26,449 square feet of distribution space, six loading docks, 20-foot clear heights and a sprinkler system. Progressive Laboratories used 1031 exchange funds to acquire a 200,000-square-foot building less than one mile away. Dallas-based Chris Weir Commercial Enterprises, also executing a 1031 exchange, is planning to occupy the Hereford Drive building in October. Rick Medinis of NAI Robert Lynn represented the buyer.
RENO, NEV. — Panattoni Development has broken ground on a 1.4-million-square-foot industrial park in Reno. The two-building project will be located on 96 acres at the intersection of Lemmon Valley Drive and Highway 395. It will be called North Valley Commerce Center. Phase I of the development will include a 707,660-square-foot building, the largest spec project to break ground in the region, according to the developer. Michael Nevis, J. Michael Hoeck, Dave Simonsen and Steve Kucera of the NAI Alliance Industrial Properties Group represented the unnamed seller. NAI will also serve as the project’s leasing agent.
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — Shaw Development Co. has purchased a 197,000-square-foot industrial warehouse in San Bernardino for $12 million. The warehouse is located at 5080 Hallmark Parkway. Shaw plans to reposition the asset before marketing it for sale or lease. Frank Geraci and Juan Gutierrez of Voit Real Estate Services’ Ontario office executed the sale.
SHARON, MASS. — Avison Young has brokered the sale of an industrial/flex property located at 6 Merchant St. in Sharon. Franchi Merchant Street LLP acquired the property for $2.9 million, or $97 per square foot, from Legacy Real Estate Ventures. The 30,300-square-foot property is fully leased to six tenants. Michael Smith, Scott Jamieson, Brandon Dickason and Bill Sullivan of Avison Young represented the seller in the transaction.
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Commercial Advisors (SACA), an independently owned and operated member of the Cushman & Wakefield Alliance, has arranged the sale of 4702 Goldfield Drive, an industrial building in northeast San Antonio. Local grocery chain HEB purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. SACA’s Ed Cross and Zach Dobin represented the seller of the 80,000-square-foot manufacturing facility.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Global colocation solutions provider CyrusOne has expanded its Carrollton data center with the recent completion of a new data hall, adding nearly 60,000 square feet and 4.5 megawatts of power capacity. The company’s Carrollton data center is the largest facility of its kind in the state, featuring a 670,000-square-foot campus. The Carrollton data center also houses the infrastructure and 911 dispatch center for Carrollton, Coppell, Farmers Branch and Addison, Texas. The communities have consolidated 911 dispatch services to form the North Texas Emergency Communications Center (NTECC).
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Karlin Real Estate has sold a 302,604-square-foot industrial building located at 13201 McCallen Pass in north central Austin to General Motors. GM acquired the building to complement its existing Austin IT Innovation Center at 717 E. Parmer Lane. The facility is located within Sector 6, the first phase of the 400-acre master planned technology and office park being developed by Los Angeles-based Karlin and Dallas-based Trammell Crow Co. Previously occupied by Dell Inc., Sector 6 comprises three existing institutional quality industrial buildings totaling approximately 1 million square feet. All three buildings have been leased or sold. Sector 6’s Other tenants include Allergan, Brown Traffic and Marco Fine Arts. Trammell Crow is completing the first phase of new construction at PARMER, a three-story, 192,000-square-foot office building and has plans to break ground on an identical building later this year. Both buildings are designed for single- or multi-tenant occupancy, and will feature 64,000-square-foot floor plates. PARMER is currently zoned for several million square feet of office, industrial, hotel and retail uses. The development will feature a central amenity area that will include covered outdoor dining and seating areas, extensive hardscape improvements, miles of jogging/walking paths and Wi-Fi enabled social …
DALLAS — NAIOP has selected Majestic Realty Co. as its 2015 Developer of the Year. Headquartered in Southern California, with regional offices throughout the United States, Majestic is the largest privately held industrial developer in the country. Majestic completed nine new buildings in the past year, adding more than 6 million square feet and increasing its ownership portfolio to 78 million square feet. Majestic also recently completed a 2,000-acre land acquisition in Laredo, Texas. Majestic’s services include land acquisition, entitlement, design/construction, finance, leasing and property management.
CHESHIRE, CONN. — O,R&L Commercial has arranged the lease of 12,760 square feet at 150 Sandbank Road in Cheshire. The Rankin Group Inc. will use the industrial/flex space to expand its services in New England and the New York/Mid-Atlantic region. Rich Guarlnick of O,R&L Commercial represented the landlord, Marshall Enterprises LLC, while Tim D’Addabo of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the transaction. Additional terms of the lease were not released.