Industrial

BEDFORD, IND. — Northmarq has arranged the $40.7 million sale of a 401,474-square-foot industrial property in Bedford, a city in southern Indiana. The single-tenant asset is net leased to Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) and is situated on 74 acres at 3120 16th St. SAIC has occupied the property since 2009 and has expanded its footprint on seven separate occasions, including a new 16,000-square-foot build-to-suit. SAIC is a provider of technical, engineering and enterprise information technology services primarily to the U.S. government. Colin Couch, Jason Powell, Brian Ritchie and Tyler McCain of Northmarq represented the undisclosed seller. The buyer was an institutional investor.

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LOS ANGELES — Neutraderm, a medical-grade skincare manufacturer specializing in over-the-counter drug products, has acquired an industrial building at 20680 Nordoff St. in Los Angeles’ Chatsworth submarket. Nordhoff XC LLC sold the asset for $21 million. The manufacturer plans to combine this property with two nearby buildings, located at 9000 Lurline Ave. and its current West Coast headquarters at 20600 Nordhoff St. The resulting 115,000-square-foot facility will serve as Neutraderm’s flagship headquarters complex for Southern California. Erica Balin and Scott Caswell of Lee & Associates – LA North/Ventura represented the buyer in the deal.

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In the first half of 2024, high interest rates led to decreased demand, higher vacancy rates, reduced construction starts and lower property sales in industrial and office, according to Lee & Associates’ 2024 Q2 North America Market Report. Meanwhile, retail saw minimal development and continued low vacancies. Retail rent growth was particularly strong in the South and Southwest. Finally, high demand for multifamily, coupled with a sudden influx of supply in the second quarter of the year, has created a market where outcomes are highly tied to region. Midwest and Northeast multifamily markets have remained stronger than their counterparts in the South and Southwest, while Western markets saw mixed growth. Lee & Associates has made their full market report available here (with complete breakdowns of cap rates by city, market rents, vacancy rates, square footage information and more). The summaries for the industrial, office, retail and multifamily sectors below provide detailed insight into the trends and trajectories likely through the end of 2024. Industrial Overview: Activity, Growth Checked by High Interest Rates Industrial market performance across North America continued to downshift in the first half of this year.  Although net absorption remains positive, demand for industrial space has fallen to the lowest levels …

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PHILADELPHIA — Walker & Dunlop (NYSE: WD) has arranged a $53.8 million construction loan for PhilaPort Logistics Center, a 282,250-square-foot industrial project in Philadelphia. The 15-acre site at 3060 S. 61st St. is located approximately three miles from Philadelphia International Airport and six miles from the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal. PhilaPort Logistics Center will feature a rear-load configuration, a clear height of 40 feet, 135-foot truck court depths, 50 exterior dock doors, two drive-in doors, 5,000 square feet of office space and parking for 187 cars and 72 trailers. Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz, Keith Kurland, Adam Schwartz and Michael Ianno of Walker & Dunlop arranged the financing through ACORE Capital. The borrower was New York City-based DH Property Holdings. Construction is slated for a third-quarter 2025 completion.

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UNIVERSITY PARK, ILL. — Colliers has brokered the sale of a 72-acre industrial land site in the southern Chicago suburb of University Park. A private investor sold the land to Clarius Partners for an undisclosed price. The planned development will be primed for large logistics operations and include a 970,123-square-foot warehouse. The project will feature a 40-foot ceiling height, up to 475 trailer stalls, 162 docks and convenient access to I-57. Jim Estus and David Bercu of Colliers brokered the transaction. Colliers is marketing the project for lease.

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BROOMFIELD, COLO. — Mile High Labs has completed the disposition of 2555 W. Midway Boulevard, a R&D and manufacturing property within Atlas Industrial Park in Broomfield, a suburb north of Denver. ScanlanKemperBard acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. Situated on 20 acres, the 436,534-square-foot asset features a 411,034-square-foot building and a 25,500-square-foot building. The buildings offer office, manufacturing, processing, packaging, laboratory and climate-controlled warehouse areas, as well as general engineering areas and an employee cafeteria. Additionally, the buildings collectively feature nearly 12,000 amps of power. Rick Egitto of Avison Young, along with Justin Rayburn of Fountainhead Commercial, represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the deal.

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HAYWARD, CALIF. — BKM Capital Partners has acquired North Cabot Industrial Park, located at 19707-19845 Cabot Blvd. in the East Bay city of Hayward. A non-profit entity sold the asset for $10.5 million, or $206 per square foot. Situated on 3.8 acres, North Cabot Industrial Park consists of two buildings offering a total of 51,038 square feet with 13 units ranging in size from 2,794 square feet to 6,936 square feet. The asset features two dock-high and 15 grade-level doors, 14-foot clear heights, sprinkler systems and ample parking. At the time of sale, the property was 91 percent occupied. BKM plans to invest about $685,000 on capital improvements to bring the asset to its brand standards. Planned improvements include upgrades and/or replacements of the roofs, HVAC systems, parking lot, paint, signage and landscaping. The company will invest $49,000 on speculative tenant improvements to modernize a 4,580-square-foot unit with new carpeting, paint, fixtures, millwork and lighting. BKM was self-represented in the transaction, while Robert Ferraro, Michael Barry and Ken Morris of CBRE represented the seller.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — The LeClaire-Schlosser Group of Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Astrozon Self Storage, a self-storage facility in Colorado Springs. Terms of the transaction were not released. Located at 3710 Astrozon Blvd., the 53,200-square-foot facility features 668 single-story, drive-up access units. Charles LeClaire and Adam Schlosser of Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office represented the seller, a local limited liability company, and secured the buyer, a New York-based, privately held real estate investment company, in the deal.

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By Jeff Bender, Thomas McCormick and Seattle Stein, Cushman & Wakefield We’ve been doing this for a while. Every cycle with gang-busters demand and absorption comes to an end, as does every downturn. So, with the Cincinnati industrial market, we find ourselves in the doldrums since mid-2023, and we may not fully turn the corner until next year.  Perspective and context matter, though. We’re coming off record absorption and demand at the end of 2020 and through 2022, when we also closed the year with an unsustainable 1.7 percent vacancy rate. Before the entire world paused for COVID in early and mid-2020, we had a record year in 2019 as well.  While vacancy hovers around 6 percent at mid-year, that is basically the Cincinnati industrial market’s historical average. Four consecutive quarters of negative net absorption certainly defines “doldrums,” but that must be weighed against the previous 48 consecutive quarters of positive net absorption through mid-2023. We’ve also seen a slight increase in asking rental rates, up to $6.25 per square foot, despite negative absorption. So, despite a lackluster past 12 months, we have positive momentum, and that’s bolstered by many of the factors that have always made Cincinnati one of …

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ROUND ROCK AND TAYLOR, TEXAS — iMarket America, a supplier of industrial raw materials and products, will relocate its U.S. headquarters to the northern Austin suburb of Round Rock, according to a release from the Round Rock Chamber. iMarket America, whose parent company is based in South Korea, is a major vendor of Korean electronics giant Samsung, which is developing a $17 billion semiconductor manufacturing facility in Taylor, another northern suburb of Austin. To facilitate that relationship, iMarket America has proposed a plan to develop a 212-acre campus that would be located northeast of the intersection of Carlos G. Parker Boulevard SE and FM 112 near the Samsung plant. According to the Austin Business Journal, the development would feature about 2.2 million square feet of warehousing, manufacturing, office and research-and-development space. The publication also reports that iMarket America purchased the land after signing a nonbinding memorandum of understanding with the City of Taylor in 2023. Samsung broke ground on its Taylor facility in 2022 and expects to be operational this year.

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