LIBERTY, MO. — TAB USA and Animal Health International have inked leases at Liberty Heartland Logistics Center in the Kansas City suburb of Liberty. The Opus Group developed the three-building industrial project in a joint venture with Washington Capital Management Inc. TAB, an international manufacturer of industrial batteries, moved into its 66,700-square-foot space earlier this year for housing its first U.S. headquarters and assembly and distribution operations. Animal Health International, a global distributor of animal health products, will open its 255,000-square-foot distribution center in March. Liberty Heartland Logistics Center currently has 490,300 square feet of vacancy across two buildings. The first phase of the development was an 847,475-square-foot build-to-suit for Hallmark. Opus was the developer, design-builder, architect and structural engineer on the shell buildings and the architect and structural engineer on TAB’s build-out. Davidson Architecture & Engineering and Krudwig Structural Engineers completed the build-out for Animal Health International. Michael VanBuskirk, Mark Long, John Hassler and Scott Bluhm of Newmark Zimmer are the leasing agents.
Industrial
CHICAGO — Brennan Investment Group has acquired a single-tenant industrial building totaling 225,000 square feet in Chicago for an undisclosed price. The property is situated on seven acres at the intersection of I-55 and Pulaski Road. The transaction marks the second acquisition in Brennan’s corporate real estate fund, which launched in September and targets surplus industrial real estate from non-professional and corporate owners. Brennan plans to make significant property improvements, including doubling the existing loading capacity. Brennan now owns 12 million square feet in Chicagoland.
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — Greenwood Village, Colo.-based Hill Cos. has completed the disposition of Studio 2200, a Class A, freestanding industrial flex building in Carlsbad. IDEC Corp. acquired the asset for $49.5 million. IDEC, a manufacturer of industrial automation and control products, is relocating its existing operation from Silicon Valley to occupy a majority of the two-story 233,194-square-foot building, which is located at 2200 Faraday Ave. Situated on nearly 14 acres, Studio 2200 features private balconies and outdoor amenity spaces, prominent signage, ample dock- and grade-loading positions, a freight elevator, clear heights ranging from 15.5 to 17 feet and heavy power. Aric Starck and Drew Dodds of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, while Peter Curry of Cushman & Wakefield and CBRE’s Dennis Visser and Weston Yahn represented the buyer in the deal.
DENVER — Industrial Outdoor Ventures (IOV) has acquired its 10th property in the Denver area with the purchase of 3750 Nome Street, a 4.9-acre industrial outdoor storage site in Denver’s Airport Central submarket. Terms of the transaction were not released. The property includes a 24,000-square-foot warehouse with a clear height of 22 feet, two drive-in doors and four dock-high positions, as well as a 7,000-square-foot standalone office with additional storage and a private garage. At the time of acquisition, the property was vacant and on the market for lease. Sam Dragan and Mike Camp of CBRE represented the buyer and undisclosed seller in the deal.
CHICAGO — Ryan Cos. US Inc. has formed a joint venture with Namdar Realty Group and Mason Asset Management to close on the land and start construction of the final phase of Pullman Crossings industrial park in Chicago. The final phase is a 160,000-square-foot speculative facility. Pullman Crossings is a 50-acre industrial park within Pullman Park, a 180-acre mixed-use project being developed by Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives. The new building will feature outdoor eating areas, exterior bike racks, ESFR fire protection and a clear height of 32 feet in the warehouse. Ryan is developing and building the facility with construction financing provided by Bankers Trust. Completion is slated for August 2025.
LAREDO, TEXAS — A partnership between Maryland-based investment manager Realterm and regional owner-operator Titan Development will develop a 440,300-square-foot industrial project in the Rio Grande Valley city of Laredo. The cross-dock facility will be situated on a 26-acre site and will be divisible for two tenants. Building features will include 30-foot clear heights, 185-foot truck court depths and 264 trailer parking stalls. Construction is expected to last about 12 months.
DALLAS — GPK Products Inc. has signed a 31,750-square-foot industrial lease in North Dallas. The North Dakota-based engineering and fabricating company is taking space at 2727 Realty Road, which is part of the 10-building, 636,725-square-foot Marsh Business Park development. Brian Pafford of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, an entity doing business as GKI Industrial Dallas LLC, in the lease negotiations. John Paul Floyd of CBRE represented the tenant.
EAST HANOVER, N.J. — Ares Commercial Real Estate has provided a $135 million construction loan for High Point on 10, a 584,000-square-foot industrial project that will be located in East Hanover, about 25 miles west of New York City. The development will have 380,000 square feet of build-to-suit cold storage space that is preleased to operator RealCold. Jordan Roeschlaub, Jonathan Firestone and Nick Scribani of Newmark arranged the debt on behalf of the developer, a partnership between Related Fund Management, Onyx Equities and Russo Development. An expected completion date was not announced.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged construction debt and joint venture equity for an industrial redevelopment project in the Northern New Jersey community of Parsippany. The amounts were not disclosed, but the project, which will convert an existing office property, carries a total price tag of $40 million. John Alascio, T.J. Sullivan, Chuck Kohaut, Chris Lentz, Jason Blankfein and Ethan Sokolow of Cushman & Wakefield worked on behalf of the sponsor, Altman Logistics Properties, to secure construction debt from Truist Bank and joint venture equity from a European investor.
LOS ANGELES — Gelt Ventures LLC has sold an eight-property self-storage portfolio in Tennessee and Mississippi totaling 3,999 units. The facilities are mostly situated in the metro Memphis market, with five assets in Memphis, two in Olive Branch, Miss., and one in Nesbit, Miss. Canadian-based investor Minimal Storage Properties purchased the 487,000-square-foot portfolio for an undisclosed price. Gelt Ventures originally acquired the portfolio in June 2020 for $41 million. The single-story properties were built between 1972 and 2006 and feature commercial office space, manager’s apartments and a mix of drive-up, indoor and climate-controlled units averaging 141 square feet in size. During its ownership period, Los Angeles-based Gelt Ventures carried out capital improvements on the self-storage assets, improved the tenant mix and implemented a revenue management strategy.