The New York Capital Region’s industrial market has experienced strong growth over the past 24 months, and promises a continued pattern of growth for the next 12 to 24 months. As the office market in the central business district struggles to right itself fueled by the State’s tenuous occupancy of numerous privately held properties, the industrial marketplace has flourished with extended commitments from existing users and the entrance of new users. Upstate New York is making a name for itself in the nanotech industry, and a great deal of national and international attention has been drawn to the region. In addition to activity driven by high-tech companies, national distribution and manufacturing groups have committed to the region or have focused their site searches in the Capital District. The most significant job creation mechanism in the region has been the nanotech industry. Billions of private and public sector money has been invested since 2010 into Luther Forest Technology Campus in Malta, N.Y., as well as SUNY Polytechnic Institute (also known as the Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering). These facilities have placed our region firmly on the international map and have transformed the appearance of New York’s Capital Region. The strongest …
SAN DIEGO – Dynamex has leased a five-year lease for a 59,317-square-foot industrial distribution warehouse in San Diego. The space is located at 7130 Miramar Road. The lease is valued at $2.5 million. The transportation service company will use this space as a distribution center. The company was represented by Evan McDonald of Colliers International. The landlord, Morgan Stanley, was represented by Ryan Spradling of Cassidy Turley.
HOUSTON — NAI Houston represented Andrews Fabrication in the expansion of its 21,000-square-foot industrial lease at 1528 Mooney Road. Jake Wilkinson of NAI Houston represented the tenant in the transaction. Patrick Wolford of TNRG represented the landlord, Rob Pelletier Construction Inc.
SAUGET, ILL. — Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. has acquired a 198,773-square-foot industrial building in Sauget for $15.2 million. The property is located at 1602 Vincent Drive and is situated on approximately 33 acres, four miles east of downtown St. Louis. The new Class A, built-to-suit distribution center is net leased for 15 years to FedEx Ground Package System Inc., a Delaware corporation. This transaction marks the second acquisition for Monmouth for fiscal year 2015, which began Oct. 1, 2014. During fiscal 2014, the company acquired $97.4 million in new Class A industrial properties totaling 1.5 million square feet.
HOUSTON — Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc. has expanded, moving into 15,870 square feet of warehouse space located at 1812 Brittmoore Road, Suite 200, in Houston. Jon L. Michael and Ed Bane of NAI Houston arranged the transaction on behalf of the landlord, IndCor Properties Inc. Jeff Klaasen of Kwekel Cos. represented the unnamed tenant.
SAN DIEGO – McDonald Property Group and an entity owned by First Industrial Realty Trust have announced plans to develop La Pacifica II, a 237,275-square-foot industrial park in Oceanside. The $26-million project will be the first speculative industrial construction to occur in North San Diego since 2008, according to the developers. The three-building project will be located on a 15.8-acre site within the master-planned Ocean Ranch business park. It will be situated off Interstate 5 and Oceanside Boulevard. Ocean Ranch is also home to Coca Cola, Taylor Made and Genentech, among others. US Foods and FedEx will soon occupy space within the immediate area as well. The new project will feature three light warehouse manufacturing buildings that contain 108,413 square feet, 63,262 square feet and 65,600 square feet. This will be the first development project for McDonald Property Group, a company formed by Bruce McDonald in 2013. First Industrial Financing Partnership acquired the fully improved and entitled site from La Pacifica 2-Ocean Ranch LLC, an entity owned by Cruzan Monroe Investments, this past September for $9.6 million. La Pacifica 2-Ocean Ranch was represented by Aric Stark and Dennis Visser of Cassidy Turley in the sales transaction. The land was sourced …
CORTLAND, N.Y. — Binswanger has arranged the sale of a single-story industrial facility located at 3690 Luker Road in Cortland. Situated on approximately 24 acres, the 131,580-square-foot facility features an open floorplan, clear ceiling heights to more than 21 feet, wide-column spacing and heavy infrastructure loading, including 12,500-amp electrical service. Forkey Construction and Fabricating Inc. purchased the property, which was constructed in 1989, from BorgWarner Inc. for an undisclosed price. Jim Panczykowski of Binswanger’s New Haven, Conn., office brokered the transaction.
RAHWAY, N.J. — Terreno Realty Corp. has acquired an industrial property located in Rahway for approximately $7.2 million. Situated on 4.3 acres at 900 Hart St., the 84,000-square-foot building features eight dock-high and one grade-level loading positions. Additionally, the property is 52 percent leased to one tenant. Terreno Realty Corp. is an acquirer, owner and operator of industrial real estate in six major coastal U.S. markets: Los Angeles, Northern New Jersey/New York City, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Miami and Washington, D.C./Baltimore. Additional details of the transaction were not disclosed.
HAYWARD, CALIF. — KTR Capital Partners has acquired seven out of the eight buildings comprising the Hayward Corporate Center for an undisclosed sum. The high-tech R&D/flex space is located at 29902-20991 Cabot Blvd. in Hayward. The transaction contains a total of 208,420 square feet. The unnamed seller was represented by Steve Hermann and Robert Gilley of Cassidy Turley.
FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. — Pattillo Industrial Real Estate has broken ground on a 205,000-square-foot speculative industrial facility, located on a 40-acre site at 141 Southchase Blvd. in Fountain Inn, roughly 20 miles southeast of Greenville. The Class A asset will be located in SouthChase Industrial Park and will be expandable up to 330,000 square feet. SouthChase Industrial Park is currently leased to 14 tenants, including Bosch Rexroth, W.W. Grainger, AVX Corp., Southeastern Products and Stueken. The new building will feature 30-foot clear heights, a 180-foot truck court, 45 dock positions, T5 lighting and an ESFR sprinkler system. Pattillo expects to deliver the facility in mid-2015. The developer has tapped NAI Earle Furman to lease and market the property.