OWINGS MILLS, MD. — Go Store It company Snapbox Self-Storage has opened its newest facility, a 79,710-square-foot building in the Baltimore suburb of Owings Mills. The four-story building comprises 776 units and includes 300 feet of road frontage, 24-hour video surveillance, electronic access controls and security lighting. The facility — which was designed and constructed by ARCO/Murray — will serve residents and businesses in Owings Mills, Reisterstown, Pikesville and Randallstown, Md.
Industrial
MetroGroup Realty Finance Provides $24M Refinancing for Industrial Property in Pomona, California
by Amy Works
POMONA, CALIF. — MetroGroup Realty Finance has provided a $24 million loan for the refinancing of an owner-occupied manufacturing facility in Pomona. Located at 2200 S. Reservoir St., the property offers 228,000 square feet of single-tenant industrial space. MetroGroup closed on a fixed-rate senior loan on the property with an international bank based in Europe. Ivan Kustic of MetroGroup secured the loan on the behalf of the undisclosed owner.
CULVER CITY, CALIF. — Rialto Capital has completed the sale of Campus 56, a mixed-use flex property located at 5600-5650 W. Centinela Ave. in Culver City. Montana Avenue Capital Partners acquired the two-building asset for $14.8 million. Situated on 1.7 acres, the campus offers 57,868 square feet of flex space, onsite parking, electric vehicle charging stations, bike storage and several outdoor amenity areas. The property was vacant at the time of sale. Steve Solomon and Kristen Bowman of Colliers represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.
WEST CHICAGO, ILL. — NAI Hiffman has arranged the $4.2 million sale of a 4-acre industrial outdoor storage property at 2351 Powis Road in West Chicago. The asset includes 11,000 square feet of shop/fabrication space in two buildings, a concrete yard, mobile office trailer and truck scale. Kelly Disser, Michael Freitag, Bill Byrne and TJ Feeney of NAI Hiffman represented the seller, a private investor group. The Disser/Freitag team also brokered the September 2023 sale, when the property traded for $2.4 million. Constructed in 1993, 2351 Powis Road is zoned for office, research and light industrial uses with a planned unit development overlaid that permitted certain outdoor storage uses. The buyer is relocating from Villa Park, Ill.
PLANO, TEXAS — A partnership between two locally based investment firms, Rosewood Property Co. and Pillar Commercial, has purchased a 200,765-square-foot industrial property in Plano. The two-building facility was built in 2022 within Plano Commerce Center on the city’s east side and features 24-foot clear heights, dock-high doors, rear-load configurations and 185-foot truck court depths. The property was 71 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Acre Security, Ulrich Medical USA, Cheer Athletics and Senderra Specialty Pharmacy. Provident Realty Advisors sold the property for an undisclosed price.
Outrigger Industrial Completes First Building at 99 Central Logistics Center in Tulare, California
by Amy Works
TULARE, CALIF. — Outrigger Industrial has completed Phase I of 99 Central Logistics Center in Tulare with the construction of a 544,077-square-foot building at 199 E. Paige Ave. At full build-out, the 160-acre business park will feature four buildings offering a total of 2.4 million square feet. The Phase I building includes a clear height of 36 feet, 56-foot by 50-foot column spacing, speculative offices and trailer parking. Additionally, the facility can accommodate a 550,000-square-foot expansion. 99 Central Logistics Center is Outrigger Industrial’s first development in California’s Central Valley region, which provides easy access to major highways, ports and airports.
TAUNTON, MASS. — JLL has brokered the sale of a 198,720-square-foot distribution center in Taunton, located near the Massachusetts-Rhode Island border. Built in 2014, facility at 151 Charles F. Colton Road features a clear height of 28 feet, 30 loading docks, 23 trailer parking spaces and ESFR sprinkler system. Michael Restivo and David Coffman of JLL represented the seller, a fund managed by Brookfield Asset Management, in the transaction. An Ares Management Real Estate fund acquired the property, which was fully leased at the time of sale to a tire and automotive services company, for an undisclosed price.
ELMHURST, ILL. — FlashCo Manufacturing Inc., a manufacturer of roof flashings and accessories, has signed a 20,987-square-foot industrial lease at 849 N. Church Court in the Chicago suburb of Elmhurst. The institutionally owned and managed building in DuPage County is located less than one mile from access to I-290 and I-294 via Lake Street and Route 83. Chris Nelson of Lee & Associates of Illinois represented the tenant, while Al Caruana of Cushman & Wakefield represented the owner, TA Realty.
HARLINGEN, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale-leaseback of a 105,000-square-foot industrial building in the Rio Grande Valley city of Harlingen. The building sits on 9.1 acres and features 10 dock-high doors and one grade-level door. Adam Abushagur, Ernesto Melgar Campos, Tyler Ranft and Davis Cagle of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and occupant, packaging provider Bulk-Pack Inc., in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, an undisclosed private investor.
BARTOW COUNTY, GA. — Hines and Aubrey Corp. plan to co-develop a new 10 million-square-foot mixed-use community in Bartow County, a northwest suburban node of Atlanta. The master-planned project, called Aubrey Village, will sit on 2,390 acres at the I-75 interchange with U.S. Route 411, which is located near multibillion-dollar plants underway for Hyundai-SK Battery and QCells. Once complete, the development will include new manufacturing, data center and logistics facilities, as well as a supermarket, shops, restaurants, hotels and a variety of residential properties that will accommodate 2,800 families. The industrial-zoned land spans 1,200 acres and will accommodate two industrial parks. Aubrey Village will also feature a network of trails, parks and walkways and a Bartow County public school. The project is projected to be completed over the next 10 to 12 years in several phases, with Hines expecting to break ground on the initial infrastructure later this year or in 2026. Jim Ramseur and Samantha Wheeler with Lee & Associates represented Aubrey Corp. in venture formation, and Ramseur Real Estate Advisors will act as the managing consultant for the co-developers’ commercial and residential parcels moving forward.