HOUSTON — ICO Commercial has arranged the sale of the former AquaDyne facility located at W. 11th Street in Houston. The 70,000-square-foot industrial property is situated on nearly four acres. Payton Indermuehle and Gloria Casimir of ICO Commercial represented the undisclosed seller. Brent Friedman and Adrienne Schwartz of Park Land Development represented the undisclosed buyer.
ST. LOUIS – An investor group led by Nelson Grumney of Neland Investment Management and Mark Nelson of Nelson McBride Development has purchased a portfolio of seven industrial buildings in the St. Louis area for approximately $13 million. The portfolio totals 541,000 square feet and is 91 percent occupied. The investors intend to retain the portfolio as a long-term investment. Prologis, an international industrial real estate firm based in San Francisco, Calif., sold the portfolio. Ranging in size from 41,000 to 126,000 square feet and totaling 541,000 square feet, the office/warehouse, distribution and light manufacturing buildings are located in the Earth City, Westport and Brown Campus industrial submarkets of St. Louis County. Nelson McBride will manage the buildings. Central Bank of St. Louis provided acquisition financing.
MEMPHIS, TENN. — DCT Industrial Trust has sold a portfolio of six Class A industrial properties in Memphis totaling 2.3 million square feet for an undisclosed sales price. Built between 1998 and 2001, the six properties were fully leased to 11 tenants at the time of sale. The portfolio comprised Eastpark I at 5300 Hickory Hill Road; Eastpark II at 5405 Hickory Hill Road; Chickasaw A at 5950 Freeport Ave.; Chickasaw H at 6190 Freeport Ave.; Southpoint IV at 4800 Pleasant Hill Road; and Southpoint XIX at 5166 Pleasant Hill Road. Stewart Calhoun, David Meline, Samir Idris and Casey Masters of Cushman & Wakefield represented DCT in the transaction. Cushman & Wakefield also arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, Welsh Property Trust. Mike Ryan, Brian Linnihan and Jeff Walker of Cushman & Wakefield’s equity, debt and structured finance team arranged the financing. Additionally, Shane Soefker and Jacob Biddle of Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial Advisors provided market expertise for the transaction.
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.
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.