LUMBERTON, TEXAS — NAI Wheeler has arranged the sale of the former Woodworkers Paradise facility located in Lumberton. The property spans 6,900 square feet and sits on over 4.5 acres with frontage on Highway 69 and Village Creek Parkway. Direct Integrity Services will occupy the facility. Direct Integrity performs pipeline testing services. Lee Wheeler and Erica Goss of NAI Wheeler represented the seller in the transaction.
CINCINNATI, CLEVELAND AND COLUMBUS — CBRE Group Inc. has arranged the sale and financing of a five-building industrial portfolio for Cintas Corp. Diamond Properties bought the portfolio for $26.5 million. The five properties, which are located in Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, total 569,225 square feet. The buildings are 100 percent leased. The properties were previously occupied by Cintas’ document storage and imaging business, which Cintas sold in November 2014. CBRE’s investment properties team and global workplace solutions team represented Cintas in the transaction. They also sourced the buyer. CBRE’s Midwest debt and structured finance team secured the financing on behalf of the buyer. Based in Cincinnati, Cintas is best known for designing and manufacturing corporate uniforms.
JEFFERSON, GA. — Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) and Clarion Partners have formed a joint venture to purchase 122.5 acres of land along I-85 in Jefferson, roughly 60 miles northeast of Atlanta. The site will house Jefferson Mill Business Park, a new two-phase, Class A industrial park that will span nearly 1.8 million square feet. Phase I will feature an 822,257-square-foot bulk cross-dock warehouse and a 250,569-square-foot rear load distribution center. Construction will commence by the end of 2015 and be completed in 2016. Phase II of the park will be a 720,836-square-foot speculative or build-to-suit bulk cross-dock warehouse. Ben Logue and Price Weaver of Colliers International brokered the land sale and will also handle the leasing and marketing of the site on behalf of TCC and Clarion Partners.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Trammell Crow Company (TCC) has been appointed as the developer for the construction of a 57,600-square-foot, Class A build-to-suit industrial building. The project, Expo 12, will be Excel Filters’ new satellite manufacturing facility in Expo Business Park, a new industrial park located in Southeast Austin. TCC and Clarion Partners recently sold the 6.8-acre site for Expo 12 to a private investment company, who is leasing the building to Excel Filters. Construction on the project has commenced and will deliver in May 2016. Excel Filters will expand its operations from Los Angeles into Austin. Upon completion of the new building, Excel will staff the facility with existing personnel and new local hires. Expo 12, located in the four-building second phase of Expo Business Park, will include 28-foot clear heights, 13 dock-high doors and truck courts. Expo Business Park spans 37 acres and is located at 6231 E. Stassney Lane in the newly established Triple Freeport Zone. Mark Emerick, John Barksdale, Ace Schlameus and Darryl Dadon with CBRE’s Austin office represented both TCC and Excel Filters in the deal.
BELLEVILLE, N.J. — Trevian Capital has funded a $16.5 million first-mortgage bridge loan secured by a fully occupied self-storage and warehouse facility in Belleville. The loan proceeds are being used to pay off an existing defaulted CMBS loan, fund the build-out of an additional 510 self-storage units, and provide the borrower cash out refinancing. The property is primarily occupied by Safe & Secure Self Storage, which occupies 300,000 square feet, with an additional 100,000 square feet of warehouse/storage space leased on a long-term basis to Essex County and Ecuadorian Rain Forest. Additional terms of the financing, including the name of the borrower, were not released.
RENO, NEV. — Cintas Corp. has leased 20,000 square feet of distribution space at the Capital Commerce Center in Reno. The space is located at 1312 Capital Blvd. Cintas supplies corporate identity uniform programs, among other things. J. Michael Hoeck, Dave Simonsen, Steve Kucera and Michael Nevis of the NAI Alliance Industrial Properties Group represented the landlord in the transaction.
FOLEY, ALA. — Strategic Storage Trust II Inc., a non-traded self storage REIT, has purchased a 1,050-unit self storage facility located at 8141 Highway 59 S. in Foley for $8 million. The property spans 142,000 square feet and features 78 boat/RV spaces, climate controlled units and grade level drive up. Built in 1985 and renovated in 1996 and 2006, the asset was 91 percent occupied at the time of sale. The REIT plans to make capital improvements to the 10-acre facility, including new roofs and drive areas. Strategic Storage Trust’s portfolio includes 18,000 self storage units spanning approximately 2 million square feet.
MOUNT PROSPECT, ILL. — CBRE has arranged the sale of 3.26 acres of industrial-zoned land in Mount Prospect, a northwest Chicago suburb, for an undisclosed price. The buyer was Whimsy Intermodal, a drayage company, and the seller was Park Place Partners LLC. The property, located at 2210 South Busse Road, will provide Whimsy Intermodal with 100 additional trailer parking spaces and is near the Elmhurst Road and I-90 interchange. Jack Brenan, Mike Sedjo and John Hamilton of CBRE represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Cabot Properties, a private equity real estate investment firm, has purchased an 18.4-acre site in Grand Prairie. Cabot, along with Stream Realty, plans to develop two Class A industrial buildings totaling 322,853 square feet designed to accommodate tenants from 30,000 to 175,000 square feet. The project is located at the intersection of Roy Orr and Trinity boulevards in Dallas’ Great Southwest industrial submarket. Stream Realty will develop and lease the new project branded Trinity Crossing. Steve Riordan of Stream’s construction division will oversee the project. The project is expected to break ground this month and will deliver in the second quarter of 2016.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has completed a lease transaction for 46,020 square feet of industrial space located at 714-720 107th St. in Arlington. Mark Graybill of Lee & Associates’ Dallas/Fort Worth office represented the landlord, Lightning Propco III LLC. Michael Chiocca of CBRE represented the tenant, Sunrise Wood Designs LLC.