MESA, ARIZ. – Longust Distribution Center, an 81,436-square-foot industrial property in Mesa, has sold to Industrial Property Trust for $6.5 million. The center is located at 2432 W. Birchwood Ave. The institutional-quality warehouse/distribution building is fully occupied by Longust Distributing. Both the buyer and seller, 2432 Birchwood Associates, LLC, an affiliate of EverWest Real Estate Partners, were represented by DTZ’s Will Strong, Andy Markham and Mike Haenel.
SAN DIEGO – Spike LLC has purchased a 50,220-square-foot industrial building in the San Diego submarket of San Marcos for $5.4 million. The building is located at 495 Enterprise Street. The buyer plans to hold the property as a long-term investment. The seller, Thornton Technology, leased back 50 percent of the property for an undisclosed period of time. Spike was represented by Justin Beattie of Palomar Commercial. Thornton Technology was represented by Daniel Knoke, Peter Merz, Marko Dragovic and Isaac Little of Lee & Associates-North San Diego County.
DALLAS — Stitch Fix, an online personal styling service for women, is set to open its third distribution center, which will be located in Dallas. The new distribution center, on Cockrell Hill Road, will open in June 2015 and will help the company serve clients in Texas and the southern United States. Stitch Fix, which is headquartered in San Francisco and also has an office in Austin, employs more than 200 stylists in the Dallas region. The company plans to hire 400 to 500 employees for the 316,000-square-foot facility, with plans to continue to grow the team in 2016. Hugh Scott and Kurt Griffin of JLL represented Stitch Fix in its search for a Dallas distribution hub.
PHOENIX – A 61,729-square-foot industrial building in Phoenix has sold to MLCY Investment for $3.1 million. The property is located at 3000 E. Chambers Street. It was built in 1987. The space was previously occupied by Fluoresco. The seller, WE Valoroso Holding Corporation, was represented by DTZ’s Paul Boyle, Rick Danis and Pete Klees. The firm’s Andy Cloud represented the buyer.
LINDEN, N.J. — CenterPoint Properties has acquired a 386,296-square-foot port-proximate industrial facility located at 1800 Lower Road in Linden for an undisclosed price. Situated on 18 acres, the fully leased property features 600 car parking spots, 30-foot ceiling heights, 59 docks and six drive-in doors. The property is currently leased to Waitex Group, a worldwide conglomerate of companies focusing on supply chain logistics, apparel, retail and real estate investment and development. Jeffrey Miller of Lee & Associates represented CenterPoint Properties in the transaction. The name of the seller was not disclosed.
HOUSTON — CenterPoint Properties has acquired a 27-building portfolio in Houston. The properties are located within nine business parks and total 3.6 million square feet. Jud Clements, Rusty Tamlyn, Trent Agnew and Robby Rieke of HFF facilitated the transaction between CenterPoint and the unnamed seller. The majority of the facilities acquired are situated east of the Houston Central Business District. The buildings offer access to shipping channels including the Union Pacific (UP) Settegast, UP Englewood and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Mykawa yards, the Port of Houston, and a petrochemical refining complex.
DEERSFIELD BEACH, FLA. — Bristol Group Inc. and Butters Construction and Development have acquired the former Deerfield Country Club in Deersfield Beach from Gator Development Group LLC. Bristol and Butters will be co-developing a 925,000-square-foot business park at the site known as Hillsboro Technology Center. Plans for the 74-acre campus include a Class A warehouse/distribution center, office space and a limited service hotel. The park will be located adjacent to the four-way interchange of I-95 and Hillsboro Boulevard. Phase I of the park will also include a developer-donated recreation building for the city of Deerfield Beach and a public park with jogging and walking trails. Construction on the development will begin in the second quarter of 2015, and the developers plan to deliver the first two speculative industrial buildings in the first half of 2016. Upon completion in three to five years, Hillsboro Technology Center is expected to host roughly 1,500 permanent jobs, and the project is expected to create roughly 3,500 construction jobs. Tom Viscount and Tom Hotz of Butters Realty & Management have been selected to lease the project.
HAMPTON, VA. — Huntington Ingalls Industries, a publicly traded shipbuilding company, has leased 515,486 square feet of warehouse space in West Park, a business park located at 300 and 500 W. Park Lane in Hampton. Worth Remick, Ashton Williamson and Chamie Burroughs of CBRE|Hampton Roads represented the owner, Boston-based High Street Equity, in the transaction. Clay Culbreth of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the tenant.
KENOSHA, PEWAUKEE AND MENOMONEE FALLS, WIS. — Zilber Property Group will break ground on three industrial spec buildings located throughout southeast Wisconsin this spring. The properties include Zilber Industrial I at Business Park in Kenosha; Zilber Industrial I at RidgeView Corporate Park in Pewaukee; and Zilber Industrial I at Lilly Creek Business Park in Menomonee Falls. The Kenosha property includes 30-foot ceiling heights and will accommodate industrial users ranging from 27,000 to 173,000 square feet. The Pewaukee facility includes 28-foot ceiling heights and will accommodate tenants from 20,000 to 113,000 square feet. Zilber Industrial I at Lilly Creek Business Park in Menomonee Falls will be the first of two industrial facilities to be built at the site. The first facility will include 30-foot ceiling heights and can accommodate users ranging from 22,000 to 146,000 square feet. The second facility will include 30-foot ceiling heights and will be able to accommodate up to 180,000 square feet.
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. — Dougherty Real Estate Equity Advisors LLC, an affiliate within the Dougherty group of companies, has acquired C.H. Robinson Worldwide Operations Center, a 153,028-square-foot office building in Eden Prairie. The facility is net-leased to C.H. Robinson and is part of its world headquarters campus. The transaction represents an off-market opportunity handled by the CBRE Minneapolis Investment Sales Team of Holtz/Buss/Watts/Welliver/Dusil.
