BRISTOL, CONN. — Sentry Commercial has arranged the lease of 33,000 square feet of industrial space at 360 Minor St. in Bristol. Benjamin International, a wholesale import, manufacturing and design company, is relocating from its 16,000-square-foot facility at 125 N. Benson Road in Middlebury, Conn. The relocation and expansion of the tenant to the 208,000-square-foot industrial complex is expected to bring more than 30 new jobs to the area.
HOUSTON — HPI Holdings will expand its real estate portfolio with the purchase of a 34-building business park that offers nearly 865,000 square feet of office, warehouse and industrial space. The business park is located in north Houston along West Hardy Road near the North Sam Houston Tollway and the George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The park will also be renamed and renovated. Caldwell Brokerage Co. will handle leasing and property management for the park.
WAUKESHA, WIS. — The Dickman Company Inc. / CORFAC International has brokered the sale of a 74,600-square-foot industrial property for an undisclosed price. The building is located at 809 Philip Drive in Waukesha, approximately 20 miles west of Milwaukee. JDS Leasing LLC sold the building to GRE-Milwaukee LLC for an undisclosed price. Samuel Dickman, Samuel Dickman Jr. and Zach Noble of The Dickman Co. represented the buyer. Roger Siegel of JLL represented the seller.
HARTFORD, CONN. — HK Group has brokered the sale of an industrial property located at 101 Locust St. in Hartford. Situated on 6 acres, the 73,458-square-foot property sold for $4.8 million. The property is currently leased to Pitney Bowes Presort Services Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pitney Bowes. The buyer was a Manhattan-based real estate investment company. Matthew Keefe and Franco Fellah of HK Group brokered the transaction.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. AND ATLANTA — Dallas-based Covington Group Inc. and its affiliates have sold more than 900,000 square feet of industrial property in Spartanburg and Atlanta. The real estate development and investment firm sold the 240,000-square-foot Logistics Pointe: Spartanburg to Austin, Texas-based AIC Ventures. Grice Hunt of NAI Earle Furman represented Covington in the sale. Covington also sold the 657,000-square-foot Logistics Pointe: Atlanta to an affiliate of San Francisco-based Glen Una Management. The former SUPERVALU grocery distribution center was 95 percent leased at the time of sale. Brian Budnick of CBRE Capital Markets Atlanta represented Covington in the transaction. The sales prices for both transactions were undisclosed.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners represented A2Z Investment Properties LLC in the sale of a 7,100-square-foot freestanding industrial building located at 10405 Rockley Road in Houston. Darren O’Conor of NAI Partners represented the seller, A2Z Investment Properties, during negotiations, while Jamie De Leon of South Texas Properties represented the buyer, Chem SPA USA LLC.
When people come to Corpus Christi, many of them expect to find a community that has been devastated by the downturn caused by the oversupply of cheap oil and gas. They expect a community with rising unemployment and vacant buildings. Based on the past, they would be correct. However, Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend have been experiencing a major transformation of their economy, which is now much more diverse. This is partly because of the leadership, hard work and vision of its people, and partly because of good luck caused by the infrastructure that had been put in place by the Port of Corpus Christi. This infrastructure was at the right place at the right time. The Port of Corpus Christi has always been a driving force and major contributor to the economy of Corpus Christi. The port’s leaders knew that if they didn’t make some major changes, they would not remain competitive. The Port of Corpus Christi is the fifth largest port in the U.S. in total tonnage. However, because of the depth of the port channel and the height of the harbor bridge which crosses over the port, the newer, larger ships could not enter the port. …
PANTEGO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 41,806-square-foot industrial and office portfolio located in Pantego, a suburb of Dallas. Cody Payne of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Worth office marketed the properties on behalf of the seller, an individual/personal trust. The buyer, a limited liability company, was also secured and represented by Payne. The portfolio includes two office buildings and two industrial buildings. Three of the buildings are located on Pioneer Parkway and West Pioneer Parkway. Pioneer Parkway includes a total of 24,034 square feet between the office building and industrial building. 3600 W. Pioneer Parkway is a 6,834-square-foot office building built in 1964. 2321 W. Arkansas Lane is a 10,938-square-foot office/industrial building built in 1980.
ATLANTA — Trammell Crow Co. and Allstate have acquired an additional 56.8 acres of land along I-75 in Henry County, part of the South Atlanta industrial submarket. CBRE Global Investors advised Trammell Crow and Allstate in the transaction. The land is adjacent to the venture’s 44-acre land site, which will house the King Mill Distribution Park, an 846,496-square-foot, Class A distribution center. The new 56.8-acre site will house Phase II of King Mill Distribution Park, which will comprise a 759,495-square-foot, Class A warehouse property. Phase II will feature 36-foot clear heights, trailer storage and employee vehicle parking, two separate entrances and a design that can accommodate multiple tenants served by separate entrances. Bill Hare of Burke Holdings represented the seller in the transaction. Mark Hawks and Trey Barry of CBRE will be the leasing team for Phase II of King Mill Distribution Park.
Consumers’ desire for shopping convenience and lower prices is driving online retail sales up, accounting for 7.2 percent of total U.S. retail sales so far in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. And that percentage is expected to double by 2020. It’s no wonder that the popularity of online shopping also is spurring growth in the industrial segment of commercial real estate, particularly in central Indiana. Over the past three years, the growth of e-commerce has accounted for 55 percent of total industrial net absorption in the United States. In 2015 alone, e-commerce has been responsible for 31 percent of industrial net absorption year to date. During the current expansion, the Indianapolis industrial market ranks eighth among all U.S. industrial markets in terms of total net absorption, according to Cushman & Wakefield. In the second quarter of this year, net absorption for modern bulk space totaled 1.6 million square feet, more than any other industrial segment in the market. Since 2013, nearly 15 percent of industrial square footage leased in metro Indianapolis has been related to e-commerce. The FedEx Factor With a compound annual growth rate of 14 percent since 2008, e-commerce has driven retailers to establish dedicated dot-com …
