SAN ANTONIO — Stream Realty Partners has secured a 14,700-square-foot industrial lease at Interwest Business Park in northwest San Antonio. The 218,219-square-foot industrial facility is located at 6800 Alamo Downs Parkway at Loop 410 and Culebra Road. Jason Schnittger and Kevin Cosgrove of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, G&I VII Interwest Business LP, in the transaction. Joe Caroll of Cavender & Hill Properties Inc. represented the tenant, O’Hagin LLC, in the transaction.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — Bradley Co. has arranged two leases and one condominium sale across various property types in Fort Wayne. Kienan O’Rourke of Bradley Co. represented the tenant, Vintage Treasures LLC, in the lease of 21,600 square feet of retail space located at 265 Coliseum Blvd. In a separate transaction, O’Rourke represented the seller, B&R Real Estate, in the sale of a 2,077-square-foot office condo located at 515-519 Airport North Office Park in Fort Wayne to an undisclosed buyer. In a third transaction, O’Rourke represented the landlord, Kurt Mundinger, in the lease of 7,108 square feet of industrial space located at 224 E. Wallace St. to Three Rivers Distilling Co. Kelly Castle, also of Bradley Co., represented the tenant in the transaction. Terms and additional details of the transactions were not released.
TAMPA, FLA. — A public-private partnership that includes Port Logistics Tampa Bay I Inc. and Port Tampa Bay will start construction on a 130,000-square-foot cold storage food products facility at Port Tampa Bay early next year. Set to open in November 2016, the $19.1 million intermodal facility will employ 50 full-time workers and up to 200 part-time workers. The Tampa Port Authority Board recently approved a 27-year lease to Port Logistics Tampa Bay I for the 13.7 acres where the facility will be developed on Hookers Point in downtown Tampa. The Tampa Port Authority has engaged Atlanta-based Batson-Cook Co. as contract manager for the project. The facility will accommodate 8,000 pallet positions in several different rooms with independent temperature controls for produce and perishables. The building will include office space for truckers and regulators such as USDA and Customs officials, and 15 temperature controlled doors for truck shipments. The project team includes George Livingston, principal of Port Logistics; Huie, an investment banker in Hong Kong; Seatrade; Time Definite Services; and Canton Port Services.
LOCKPORT, ILL. — Avison Young has arranged the sale of a 38-acre land parcel located in Lockport within Chicago’s I-55 distribution corridor. Exeter Properties Group purchased a joint venture stake in the development site, which is owned by Tandem Development Group. The joint venture plans to develop Lockport Business Center, a two-building distribution/warehouse project totaling 612,000 square feet at the intersection of 163rd Street and I-355 along Chicago’s southwest industrial corridor. The development will feature a 327,600-square-foot building and a 284,400-square-foot building, and both properties will feature 32-foot clear height ceilings, ample parking and trailer spaces and seven-inch thick floors. Erik Foster, Mike Wilson, Brendan Kelly and Todd Heine of Avison Young represented Tandem Development Group in the transaction.
WAUWATOSA, WIS. — DTZ has brokered the sale of a distribution center located at 1400 N. 113th St. in Wauwatosa. Wangard Investment Real Estate acquired the 196,000-square-foot facility for $4.8 million from 1400 North LLC. The divisible facility features climate-controlled warehouse space, cooler space, docks, drive-thru bays and rail access. Kevin Barry and David Buckley of Milwaukee-based DTZ Barry represented the buyer in the transaction.
DALLAS — Cornerstone RPC Storage Development, a joint venture between real estate development firms Rosewood Property Co. and Cornerstone Development, has begun construction on phase one of a $75 million self-storage development plan. The first phase of the firm’s plan includes four projects in total, all of which are located in Texas markets. Cornerstone RPC Storage Development has broken ground on the first project, a 94,475-square foot, 656-unit self-storage facility at 9485 LBJ Freeway in Dallas. Cornerstone also plans to break ground within weeks on a 116,400-square-foot storage facility in Houston at 1200 Park Row Drive. The 832-unit center will offer 80 parking spaces and climate control in the majority of units. The development company has closed on two additional properties in San Antonio this month with plans to develop more than 200,000 square feet of self-storage facilities. The first, located at 9652 Huebner Road, will span 103,575 square feet and include 731 units, 710 of which will be climate controlled. The second, located at 7413 N. Loop 1640 W., will be 98,625 square feet and offer 693 units, 644 of which will be climate controlled. The new developments will be managed by and branded as Extra Space Storage.
NAPLES, FLA. — Colliers International has brokered the $2.1 million sale of an 18,645-square-foot, Class A warehouse located at 3600 Westview Drive in Naples. The property is fully air-conditioned and features 20-foot ceilings, a truck well and grade-level overhead doors. The buyer, RICDEN LLC, plans to convert a portion of the warehouse into a fitness and training facility. The buyer also intends to keep Herbeau Creations of America Inc., a sanitary ware and sink distributor, as an industrial tenant. Jim Tamblyn of Colliers International’s Southwest Florida office represented the buyer in the transaction. The seller was Naples-based Baron Investment Corp.
ATLANTA — Atlanta-based King Industrial Realty Inc. / CORFAC International has announced a new leadership structure. Charles B. King, Jr. has sold the majority of his interest in the company he founded in 1980 to six of King Industrial’s top producers. The new partnership is under the leadership of president Sim Doughtie, Bill Johnston, Steve Ratchford, Sally Tennant, Wilson Covington and Jason McCart. The firm will continue to do business as King Industrial Realty Inc., and King will remain a limited partner. Terms of the succession plan were not disclosed. Over the last 20 years, King Industrial Realty has completed over 9,200 lease and sale transactions of industrial buildings and land totaling 120 million square feet and more than 6,000 acres. King was one of the original founders of Corporate Facility Advisors (CORFAC International), a network of independently owned commercial real estate firms established in 1989.
CLIFTON, N.J. — Tulfra Real Estate has topped out an industrial building, raising the roof to a 27-foot clear height, as part of a $10 million repositioning. Located at 65 Industrial South St., the 202,000-square-foot building includes 28,000 square feet of built out office space. Tulfra plans to reposition the well-located, former Glaxo building for single-tenant use. Constructed in 1956, the single-story building previously underwent a renovation in 2014. Situated on 11 acres, the property offers access to Route 3, the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a warehouse building located at 521 Bergen Ave. in the South Bronx. The six-story, 44,070-square-foot warehouse sold for $6 million, or $136 per square foot, in an all-cash transaction. The property, which is zoned for both commercial and residential use, features a freight elevator and full basement. Nick Burns and David Simone of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.