LOUISVILLE, KY. — Molto Properties and Verus Partners have broken ground on Phase II of a 1.2 million-square-foot industrial complex in Air Commerce Business Park in Louisville. Phase II will consist of a 645,840-square-foot cross-dock industrial facility featuring 36-foot clear heights, trailer parking and car parking. Molto Properties pre-leased 74 percent of Phase I to Hillsdale Furniture and is seeking to lease the balance of the 622,426-square-foot building. Doug Butcher and Kevin Grove of CBRE are handling leasing for Molto, Pepper Construction is the general contractor on the project and Verus Partners is the local development partner. Phase I is scheduled to be completed by year-end, and Phase II is set to be delivered by October 2016.
CONYERS, GA. — Atlanta-based Reliant Real Estate Partners has brokered the $9.9 million sale of Conyers Logistics Center, a 201,403-square foot distribution facility in Conyers. The property is located at 2107 Eastview Parkway. Conyers Logistics Center was 100 percent leased at the time of sale to Cellofoam North America and Pioneer Plastics. An affiliate of STAG Industrial Inc. purchased the distribution center from Kansas City-based Block Real Estate Funds. Bob Burdell and J.R. Wright of Reliant Real Estate Partners represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction.
SAN FRANCISCO — Chai LP has purchased a 34,400-square-foot industrial building in San Francisco for $14.2 million. The building is located at 2650 18th St. in the city’s Mission District. Weston Wear previously occupied the space, though Zesty just signed a new lease. Zesty is a catering company that delivers, sets up and serves restaurant-made meals to businesses throughout San Francisco. Weston Wear has relocated to 389 Oyster Point where it now occupies approximately 12,000 square feet. Jason James of TRI Commercial/CORFAC International represented Weston Wear, Zesty and the building’s seller in all transactions.
COLCHESTER, VT. — Doug Nedde of Nedde Real Estate, along with Tracy Cresta, has acquired a 62,000-square-foot office and warehouse facility located at 784 Hercules Drive in Colchester. The vacant building, which was the former Reinhart Food Service building, sold for an undisclosed price. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England has leased the office portion of the property, leaving 47,000 square feet of warehouse space available for lease. The name of the seller was not released.
WILMINGTON, MASS. — Integrated Builders has completed a 29,000-square-foot office and manufacturing build-out for Limbach Company LLC at 46 Jonspin Road in Wilmington. The project included the installation of new flooring, lighting and electrical fixtures, a state-of-the-art HVAC system, partitions and updated fire alarms. The updated facility provides specialized manufacturing space for the mechanical contracting firm. Spagnolo Gisness & Associates Inc. served as architect, while WB Engineers+Consultants provided engineering services for the project.
Louisville’s industrial market continues to impress as it has successfully navigated recessionary times to the now current brisk market with solid activity. Even within those leaner times of 2009 and 2010, Louisville grew its occupied footprint by approximately 1.6 million square feet with perhaps a recipe that includes its beneficial geographic location and infrastructure, diverse manufacturing and logistics economy buffeted by UPS Worldport and Supply Chain Logistics, and aggressive state incentives provided by Kentucky and adjacent neighbor Indiana. The I-65 corridor is currently, and has been, white hot over the last 15 years. Louisville, like many similarly sized cities with populations over 1 million, has developed to its outer edges and industrial development is now spilling into smaller adjacent communities such as Shepherdsvillle, Ky., and Jeffersonville, Ind., both of which no longer resemble their former industrial selves. National and international developers like Prologis, USAA, Dermody, Exeter, DCT, Pinchal and Welsh, along with local developers such as Main Street Realty, Capstone, America Place and Crossdock, have found these communities and the I-65 corridor not only ripe with opportunity, but flush with tenants. On the Louisville side of the Ohio River, current speculative construction along the corridor includes more than 1.4 million …
SAN ANTONIO — NAI Partners represented Waste Management Inc. in subleasing a 180,000-square-foot recycling distribution facility located at 1228 Cornerway in San Antonio. Chris Caudill of NAI Partners, along with John Greg Tourcotte of REOC San Antonio, represented Waste Management in the sublease negations. Southern Warehousing & Distribution is the subtenant.
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA. — Stream Capital Partners has brokered the $13.2 million sale-leaseback of Markel Corp.’s corporate headquarters. Located in Plymouth Meeting, the 166,667-square-foot industrial/flex building has served as Markel’s headquarters for more than 40 years. Markel is leasing the building back on a long-term absolute triple-net lease with periodic rental increases and multiple renewal options from the buyer, a private industrial group based in the Midwest. Jonathan Wolfe and Jordan Shtulman of Stream Capital represented the seller, Markel Corp., in the transaction.
GARDEN CITY, GA. — PCCP LLC and Panattoni Development Co. Inc. have formed a joint venture to develop Westport Business Park on a 33-acre land parcel in Garden City, which borders Savannah. The 312,000-square-foot speculative distribution center will feature 32-foot clear heights with 94 dock doors, 52-foot by 60-foot stage bays, T5 lighting, ESFR sprinklers, 45 trailer spaces and 77 car parking spaces. The facility will be situated less than two miles from the Garden City Terminal at the Port of Savannah and the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport. The joint venture expects to complete the project by mid-2016.
LEBANON, TENN. — Communications Test Design Inc. (CTDI), an engineering, repair and logistics company serving the communications industry, has signed a 403,750-square-foot industrial lease at Eastgate Distribution Center I in metro Nashville. The building is located at 7800 Eastgate Blvd. in Lebanon. John Ward of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Pattillo Industrial Real Estate, in the lease deal. Terry Smith of Colliers International represented CTDI. David Mackey and John Morrissey of Jackson Cross Partners assisted in representing CTDI.