ATLANTA — United Parcel Service (UPS) has unveiled plans for a new 1.5 million square-foot distribution center in Atlanta. California-based Majestic Realty Co. will develop the project on a 250-acre industrial site west of the city’s downtown. The facility will be the largest in the UPS global network and will process 100,000 packages per hour. Development costs will total $400 million. The site’s location near Fulton County Airport-Brown Field, otherwise known as Charlie Brown Airport, offers easy access from I-285, I-20 and Fulton Industrial Boulevard. Majestic Realty will also provide additional infrastructure for the airport, including up to 20 new hangars and a new $1.1 million operations center. UPS expects the facility to be fully operational on Nov. 1, 2017. Majestic Realty, InvestAtlanta, the City of Atlanta, the State of Georgia, Fulton County and UPS make up the public/private partnership. Majestic Realty recently completed a five-year entitlement process for Fulton County Airport, and signed a 50-year ground lease with Fulton County. Majestic Realty is the largest privately held developer and owner of master-planned business parks in the United States. — Kristin Hiller
Industrial
ESCONDIDO, CALIF. — Badiee Development has announced plans to build a second industrial campus in the San Diego submarket of Escondido. Dubbed Escondido Innovation Park, this campus will include 86,010 square feet of multi-tenant industrial space situated on 5.5 acres. The park will be located at 1925 Harmony Grove Road. Badiee will break ground on the three-building campus in the first quarter of 2017, with a scheduled completion in the third quarter of that year. TFW Construction is building Escondido Innovation Park, which Ware Malcomb will design. Tucker Hohenstein, Mike Erwin and Conor Boyle are serving as the listing agents.
STAG Industrial Holdings Acquires 172,647 SF Industrial Property in Langhorne, Pennsylvania
by Amy Works
LANGHORNE, PA. — STAG Industrial Holdings Inc. has purchased an industrial property located within Bucks County Business Park at 121 Wheeler Court in Langhorne. A Boston-based pension fund advisor sold the 172,647-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. The building is leased to Silgan Plastics Corp. Joseph Hill, Robert Yoshimura and Eric Mattson of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the sale.
ENFIELD, CONN. — Maragust Holdings LLC has purchased an industrial facility situated on 9 acres at 250 S. Road in Enfield. 3M Purification Inc. sold the 114,300-square-foot property for $2.9 million. Sentry Commercial represented the buyer, while Cushman & Wakefield of Connecticut Inc. represented the seller in the transaction.
ANKENY, IOWA — The Opus Group has begun leasing the first building at Corporate Woods Industrial Park in Ankeny just north of Des Moines. Columbus, Ohio-based Power Distributors will lease nearly 70 percent of the 208,000-square-foot speculative industrial warehouse for its velocity distribution center. Located adjacent to Interstate 35, the facility is situated on 52 acres of land and features 32-foot clear heights. Corporate Woods is owned by a joint venture partnership between Opus Development LLC and Founders Properties LLC. Marcus Pitts, Justin Lossner and Jones Lang LaSalle of The Opus Group marketed the property for lease. Bob Bettendorf of The Bettendorf Co. represented Power Distributors in the leasing.
STERLING HEIGHTS, MICH. — L. Mason Capitani CORFAC International has arranged a 26,128-square-foot industrial lease for Superior Cam, a sheet metal manufacturer, in Sterling Heights. The facility is located at 35120 Stanley Drive. Superior Cam is based in Madison Heights, Mich., and operates out of 200,000 square feet collectively. Jason Capitani of L. Mason Capitani CORFAC International represented the landlord on the multi-year lease transaction.
WESTON, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Weston Commerce Park, a 134,400-square-foot warehouse and distribution building located at 1951 N. Commerce Parkway in Weston. The sales price was undisclosed, but Broward County records show the asset sold for $14.3 million. Mike Davis, Rick Brugge, Michael Lerner and Christopher Metzger of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Founders Properties, in the transaction. The buyer was EastGroup Properties. Situated on an eight-acre parcel, the rear-load Weston Commerce Park features 30-foot clear heights, an ESFR sprinkler system, T5 lighting, 40- by 40-foot column spacing and a 118-foot truck court.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has arranged the sale of a crane-served manufacturing facility located at 8550 Telephone Road in Houston. Metal Works Properties sold the 57,360-square-foot property to Durco Ltd. for an undisclosed price. Chris Caudill of NAI Partners represented the seller, while Barrett Gibson and Jeff Peltier of Colliers International represented the buyer in the deal.
BRANFORD, CONN. — O,R&L Commercial has completed a long-term lease for 8,000 square feet of R&D and flex space, located at 4 Pin Oak Drive in Branford. Saphlux LLC will expand its research and development operations in the newly constructed facility. Rich Lee of O,R&L Commercial represented the landlord, Plato Associates, while Rich Guralnick, also of O,R&L Commercial, represented the tenant in the lease.
MAGNOLIA, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has brokered the sale of a 6,400-square-foot industrial property located at 37825 Spur 149 Road in Magnolia, roughly 40 miles outside Houston. Patrick Wolford of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, TecPac Ventures. Bill Farris of Paradigm Commercial Real Estate represented the seller, Houghtaling & Guthrie GP.