HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Dollar General Business Park, a 102,500-square-foot industrial property located in Houston’s Inner Loop submarket at 4000 Telephone Road. A 4,250-square-foot Dollar General store anchors the business park. Derek Hargrove and Justin Miller of Marcus & Millichap’s Houston office represented the seller, an affiliate of Houston-based Braun Enterprises, in the transaction.
DES PLAINES, ILL. — Cambria Co. has signed a lease for 40,460 square feet of industrial space at a newly constructed warehouse building located at 1780 Birchwood Ave. in Des Plaines. The 140,000-square-foot speculative warehouse and distribution facility features 32-foot clear heights and ample loading, trailer parking and auto parking. Additionally, the property was built to LEED standards. Brennan Investment Group, a private real estate investment firm that acquires, develops and operates industrial facilities, owns the property. Jonathan Kohn and Thomas Rodeno of Colliers International represented the landlord, while Britt Casey and Al Caruana of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease, which will commence in late third quarter 2015. This lease brings the property to 100 percent occupancy.
OAK CREEK, WIS. — The Dickman Company Inc./CORFAC International has arranged the lease of 12,744 square feet of industrial space at 330 E. Mahn Court in Oak Creek. Waltco Inc. leased the space from Maggster LLC for an undisclosed price. Samuel Dickman Jr., Samuel Dickman and Cale Berg of The Dickman Company Inc. brokered the transaction.
The Southern Nevada industrial market has continuously seen improvement through the second quarter of 2015 with a positive absorption of 878,151 square feet. The overall vacancy rate followed suit and decreased to 8 percent – down 2.1 points from the 12 previous months, which ended at 10.1 percent. The asking lease rates also increased to an average of $6.38 – up almost 10 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014 when it stood at $6.16. A new addition to the healthy market is the growth in new projects that are either planned or under construction. There is an estimated 2.4 million square feet currently under construction, with deliveries anticipated from the third quarter of 2015 through the second quarter of 2016. Big box distribution demand continues to climb, and most developers now believe “if you build it, they will come.” One of the largest deliveries planned for the third quarter of this year is Prologis’ 3700 Bay Lake Trail. Bay Lake was originally planned as a 464,203-square-foot, speculative project. The entire development was leased by Cushman & Wakefield to the Global Equipment Company (GEC), a subsidiary of Systemax, prior to the official groundbreaking, however. This deal was an expansion for …
ROMEOVILLE, ILL. — Meridian Design Build has completed a 70,411-square-foot expansion to a 238,643-square-foot sorting and distribution center in Romeoville. The expansion increases the capacity of the facility with the addition of 95 interior van loading positions, 185 auto parking stalls, 69 trailer stalls and 3,442 square feet of office space. Site improvements include the construction of a 1,600-linear-foot retaining wall to facilitate expansion of the trailer area. Precept Design LLC served as project architect and Jacob & Hefner Associates provided civil engineering services for the project. Meridian constructed the original facility on a design-build basis in 2012 for Indianapolis-based Scannell Properties.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Binswanger has arranged a 101,959-square-foot industrial lease at 700 Buffington Road in Spartanburg. The warehouse facility fronts the I-85 Business Loop and features 31-foot clear heights, four tailgate loading docks and T-5 fluorescent lighting. The owner, Covington Group Inc., is planning to add office space, restrooms and more dock doors, as well as install an ESFR sprinkler system. Shaun Kirchin of Binswanger’s Columbia, S.C., office represented Covington Group in the lease transaction. The tenant, Kimura Inc., a supplier of steel containers and racks, plans to use the space to provide third-party logistics services for one of its customers.
SOMERSET, N.J. — Binswanger has arranged the long-term lease of 82,181 square feet of distribution space in Somerset for Iberia Foods of New York. The company plans to use the facility at 95 Clyde Road to support the more than 10,000 supermarkets, club stores, wholesalers and distributors on the East Coast that the company serves. Constructed in 1980, the property features 24-foot clear ceiling heights, a wet sprinkler system, T-8 lighting, eight dock-high doors, one drive-in door and parking for 100 vehicles. Andy Grabis and Jim Panczykowski of Binswanger represented the tenant in the transaction. The landlord is Cabot II-NJ M01 LLC.
LOS ANGELES — The LA Opera has leased a 27,500-square-foot industrial/flex building in downtown Los Angeles. The opera production organization will use the space as a costume design shop. It is located at 1655 E. 14th St. The company will relocate from the nearby Arts District. The 10-year lease is valued at $4.6 million. Chris Steck, Chris Giordano and John Anthony of Charles Dunn Company represented LA Opera. Major Properties represented the landlord, Danjon Realty.
E-commerce and business-to-consumer companies could overtake the automotive industry when it comes to driving growth in Kansas City’s modern bulk distribution segment of the industrial market. Auto suppliers filled the first wave of new space in the Kansas City industrial market. But now that those needs have primarily been met, new industry sectors are needed to fill the second wave of development. E-commerce and business-to-consumer companies could be the dominant users. These companies are capitalizing on the fact that 85 percent of the U.S. population can be reached from Kansas City in a two-day truck drive, according to KC Smart Port, a nonprofit organization that works to attract freight-based companies to the Kansas City area. Through in-house transportation studies, KC Smart Port is coming to the conclusion that it strategically makes sense for the distribution centers of e-commerce companies to be located in Kansas City. Recommendations from UPS, FedEx and third-party consultants also help e-commerce companies — located on both the East and West coasts — make that decision. Business-to-consumer companies operating a one-, three- or five-building model find that Kansas City works well logistically as it is in the middle of the country. Inherent Advantages Locating in Kansas City allows …
FORKS TOWNSHIP, PA. — Dermody Properties and PCCP have partnered to develop a 475,800-square-foot industrial facility at 4200 E. Braden Blvd. in Forks Township in Lehigh Valley.Construction is slated to begin in fourth quarter, with completion scheduled for mid-2016. LogistiCenter at 33 will feature 36-foot clear heights, 226 car parking spaces and 85 trailer parking spaces. The facility is ideally suited for warehouse, distribution and manufacturing operations. Dermody Properties is the industrial developer and operating partner, and PCCP is the financial partner for the project.