TUCSON, ARIZ. – ReCommunity Recycling Center, a 59,000-square-foot, built-to-suit complex in Tucson, has sold to a joint venture composed of three Alaska-based partnerships for $7 million. The complex is located at 3780 E. Ajo Way. It contains 53,783 square feet of warehouse space and 5,258 square feet of office space. The property is wholly leased and operated by ReCommunity Holdings. ReCommunity is the nation’s largest pure-play recycler. It also operates recycling and recovery facilities in Phoenix and Scottsdale. The company has a total of 36 facilities operating in 13 states across the country. Mike Sandahl, David Blanchette and Wyatt Campbell in CBRE’s Tucson office represented both the buyer and seller, Olyver Land LLC, in this transaction.
Industrial
PHILADELPHIA — NAI Mertz has arranged the sale of an industrial facility, located at 2729 E. Butler St. in Philadelphia. Crown Poultry purchased the 11,800-square-foot facility from KTKS LLC for an undisclosed price. The property is outfitted for food manufacturing and distribution, complete with refrigerated cooler and freezer spaces. The property features 12- to 24-foot clear ceiling heights, a small office area, three tailgate truck doors with dock levelers and one drive-in door. The buyer plans to use the facility for food manufacturing and distribution. Jeffery Licht and Adam Lashner of NAI Mertz represented the seller in the transaction.
PLAINFIELD, IND. — Transpacific Development Co. (TDC) has executed a lease with Ozburn-Hessey Logistics (OHL) for 450,000 square feet of distribution space at 2450 Stanley Road in Plainfield. TDC acquired the newly-constructed building in 2013. The building features a 32-foot ceiling height, 40 dock doors in a cross-dock configuration, T-5 lighting and three entrances. With this transaction, OHL now leases three full buildings from TDC in the Plainfield submarket. Jeb Atkinson, Jess Andrews, Brian Camp and Doug McDowell of ProVenture represented OHL in the lease. Steve Schwegman of JLL assisted in the lease transaction. Michael Weishaar and Luke Wessel of DTZ represented the landlord.
LAKE FOREST, ILL. — Brennan Investment Group, in a joint venture with Goldman Sachs, has acquired an industrial property located at 13970 Laurel Drive in Lake Forest. This property will be added to the 23-building, 4.68 million-square-foot portfolio Brennan and Goldman Sachs acquired in late 2014. The properties are located within the greater Chicago Metropolitan area and were purchased from Mirvac Industrial Trust, an Australian public REIT. Further details of the transaction were not disclosed.
NEW BERLIN, WIS. — DTZ Barry has arranged the lease of a 14,507-square-foot industrial space in New Berlin. Industrial Automations Solutions Inc. (IAS), an engineering company, will occupy space located at 5125 S. Towne Center. Kevin Barry of DTZ Barry represented IAS in the lease.
NORCROSS, GA. — Colliers International has brokered the $12.9 million sale of a six-building industrial portfolio totaling 299,174 square feet in Norcross, an eastern suburb of Atlanta in Gwinnett County. The portfolio, located on Oakbrook Drive, is a mix of warehouse and flex product. Dennis Mitchell and Matt Wirth of Colliers International represented the seller, First Industrial Realty Trust Inc., in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Quinlan Development Group and Building & Land Technology (BLT) have purchased 37-53 Flatbush Avenue, also know as 76-92 Rockwell Place, in Brooklyn for $90 million. The buyers plan to convert the property, which is currently a 355-unit self-storage facility, into Class A creative office space. The property is located on top of the Atlantic Terminal, which offers NYC Subway and Long Island Railroad service. Andrew Sasson of Eastern Consolidated procured the seller, while Ben Tapper, also of Eastern Consolidated, represented the buyers in the transaction.
MASON, OHIO AND NORTH VERNON, IND. — DTZ has brokered the $8.3 million sale of two single-tenant industrial properties located in Mason and North Vernon. The Cincinnati Fan property, situated on 17.6 acres, is located at 7697 Snider Road in Mason, northeast of Cincinnati. The 122,898-square-foot industrial manufacturing facility was sold to Robinson & Sons LLC for $4.7 million. Cincinnati Fan and Ventilator will continue to operate in the property. In the other transaction, Agracel Inc. acquired a manufacturing facility in North Vernon from Martinrea Industries. The 140,960-square-foot building, situated on 11.5 acres, sold for $3.6 million. Martinrea Industries, a Tier I automotive supplier, will continue to operate in the facility on a long-term lease. DTZ’s capital markets and industrial leasing teams represented owners Cincinnati Fan and Martinrea Industries in both investment sales transactions.
ELMHURST, ILL. — Entre Commercial Realty has arranged the $2 million sale of a 40,180-square-foot industrial property in Elmhurst. Jimenus, a distributor of steel rule dies, tools, jigs, boards and fixtures, purchased the property located on 1.8 acres at 727 Larch Ave. The firm is relocating to this space from 220 Gateway Drive in Bensenville, Ill. The property features 18-foot ceiling heights, four docks and 3000 amp of power. Improvements planned for the building include 4,000 square feet of newly designed office with additional upgrades to the exterior facade and landscaping starting in spring of 2015. The facility is located off York Road along the Eisenhower Expressway, with access to I-290, I-294 and the O’Hare submarkets. John Gazzola and Mike Gazzola of Entre Commercial Realty represented Jimenus. Mark Barbato of Nicolson Porter & List represented the seller.
NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital has acquired a warehouse facility located at 29 Ryerson St. in Brooklyn’s Wallabout neighborhood. The vacant eight-story loft property sold for $45 million. MRC plans to convert the 215,000-square-foot property into Class A office space for creative/technology clients. The property features 15-foot ceiling heights, 440 feet of frontage on Ryerson Street and 110 feet of frontage along Flushing Avenue. The name of the seller was not released in the off-market transaction.