WESTON, FLA. — Duke Realty Corp. has signed leases with two tenants for 76,316 square feet at Turnpike Crossing 1315, a 124,523-square-foot industrial facility under construction in Palm Beach County at Florida’s Turnpike and Jog Road in Weston. Straight Line Millwork leased 23,066 square feet and RMB USA leased 53,250 square feet, making the project more than 60 percent pre-leased. Turnpike Crossing 1315 is part of Turnpike Crossing, Duke Realty’s 67.2-acre industrial park that can accommodate roughly 882,850 square feet. Turnpike Crossing 1315 is nearly complete and will feature 32-foot clear heights, 41 dock doors, 40- by 50-foot column spacing and 50- by 50-foot dock bays. Turnpike Crossing 1315 will share a 180-foot truck court with Turnpike Crossing 1333, and both will feature mechanically attached roofs and ESFR sprinkler systems.
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WACO, TEXAS — Central Tube and Bar will expand its operation into the greater Waco area by adding 20 employees at a 40,000-square-foot facility, making it the largest tube laser operating in Texas. The Conway, Ark.-based company will officially open April 25. Central Tube and Bar has locations in Conway and Tulsa, Okla. The company started in 1997 at the Arkansas location and added the Oklahoma facility in 2003. The Texas location will allow Central Tube and Bar to extend its reach further into the southwest region.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Multi-Shot LLC has renewed a 30,348-square-foot lease in Carter Business Center, a Class A warehouse in Fort Worth. Nick Talley of Dallas-based Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, TA Realty Associates Fund X LP, in the deal. The two-building, 120,728-square-foot project at 7821 Will Rogers Blvd. is fully leased. Multi-Shot, a Houston-based oil and gas firm, was the first tenant in Carter Business Center, which was developed in 2005 within the 950-acre Carter Business Park. The development is near the intersection of Will Rogers and Everman parkways.
CLEVELAND — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $31.8 million CMBS loan for an industrial portfolio totaling 1.35 million square feet throughout South Carolina. The portfolio comprises mostly Class B distribution and warehouse facilities that were 95.9 percent leased at the time of financing. Robert Williams and David Pyc of KeyBank’s commercial mortgage group arranged the non-recourse financing on behalf of the borrower, Reger Holdings LLC.
WEST ALLIS, WIS. — The Barry Company has brokered the sale of a 49,330-square-foot industrial warehouse in West Allis, approximately seven miles west of Milwaukee, for an undisclosed price. Wisconsin Storage Corp. purchased the property, located at 232 S. Curtis Road, from an undisclosed seller. The buyer plans to make renovations to the building including a new front façade, replacing the drive-in doors with windows and upgrading the landscaping. Kurt Van Dyke and James Young of The Barry Company brokered the transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Rexford Industrial Realty has purchased a nine-property industrial portfolio based in a variety of Southern California infill markets for $191 million. The portfolio contains more than 1.5 million square feet of space. The properties are situated throughout Orange County, Inland Empire West, central San Diego and the Los Angeles-San Gabriel Valley markets. The portfolio is fully leased to 12 tenants. Rexford funded the acquisition with proceeds from its recent public equity issuance and the exercise of a $100 million accordion on its $125.0 million unsecured term loan. The acquisition increased Rexford’s owned square footage by more than 12 percent.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Sealy & Co. has acquired Carter Distribution Center, a 615,005-square-foot, Class A warehouse facility situated on more than 27 acres at 6601 Oak Grove Road in Fort Worth. The acquisition was made on behalf of Sealy Strategic Equity Partners (SSEP). Carter Distribution Center was built in 2008 and features 32-foot clear heights, 89 trailer parking spaces and an ESFR sprinkler system. The property is rail served on the north side by the Union Pacific Rail line via the Fort Worth Western Rail Road. The asset is also located near the intersection of I-35 and I-20.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — David Alexander of Newcor Commercial Real Estate has represented Gus Kaiser in the purchase of 5.8 acres at 33127 Lois Lane and FM 1488 in The Woodlands. Scott Furches of RE/Max Hometown represented the seller, DRD Limestone LLC.
Brown-Forman Unveils Design Plans for Old Forester Distillery Along ‘Whiskey Row’ in Louisville
by John Nelson
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Brown-Forman Corp., a Louisville-based spirits and wine company, has released 11 new renderings that detail its design for the new Old Forester Distillery, a 60,000-square-foot bourbon distilling operation and visitor experience located at 117 and 119 Main St. along Louisville’s historic “Whiskey Row.” Brown-Forman expects to produce 100,000 cases of Old Forester, a 146-year-old bourbon brand, annually at the new operation. Old Forester Distillery is scheduled to be complete by late 2017.
DALLAS— Cotton Holdings Inc., a Katy-based infrastructure support services company providing property restoration and recovery construction, has leased a freestanding 62,932-square-foot office/warehouse space in Dallas. The space is located at 8400-8500 John Carpenter Freeway (US-183) at Empire Central Drive, and will be the site of a new location for Cotton Holdings. Matthew Rosenfeld of The Weitzman Group handled negotiations for the landlord. Cotton Holdings was represented by Alexis Martinez of Rubicon Representation. In addition to property restoration and recovery construction, Cotton Holdings provides roofing, consulting, temporary workforce staffing and housing and culinary services to public and private entities.