LAS VEGAS — A partnership between Cambridge Companies and Diamond Rock Partners has announced plans to build a 1-million-square-foot industrial project in Las Vegas. The project will be constructed on about 50 acres of land in North Las Vegas. It will target end-users seeking larger facilities. Cambridge Companies has developed projects and invested in land in Las Vegas for more than 20 years. Diamond Rock Partners LLC is a privately held real estate owner and investment company that advises and invests alongside high-net-worth and institutional clients in a broad range of commercial and residential real estate, including property acquisitions, development, construction and repositioning.
SPARKS, NEV. – Monsoon Pacific has expanded at the Spice Islands Industrial Center in Sparks. The company has absorbed an additional 20,400 square feet at the center, which is located at 945 Spice Island Drive, just east of Reno. Michael Nevis, Dave Simonsen, J. Michael Hoeck and Steve Kucera of the NAI Alliance Industrial Properties Group represented both the tenant and unnamed landlord in this transaction.
LANCASTER, TEXAS — Stream Realty Partners has arranged the sale of an industrial property located at 3334 N. I-35 in Lancaster. The 55,000-square-foot building is located on three acres and was purchased by an investor. Todd Noonan and Hanes Chatham of Stream Realty Partners handled the sale. The property includes 5,000 square feet of office space and additional land for expansion, parking or outside storage.
SAN DIEGO – A 128,531-square-foot industrial property in the San Diego submarket of Vista has sold to KI-Vista-LPSM LLC for $13.5 million. The Class A building is located at 2611 Business Park Drive. The single-tenant manufacturing and distribution building recently underwent a rehab and repositioning. It had served as Dimension One’s corporate headquarters until its leaseback agreement expired in November 2013. The buyer secured a lease with Stone Brewing Co. to use the space as its new national distribution center. The LLC was represented by Colliers International. The seller, SR Commercial, was represented by Joe McDermott, Ron King and Bob Willingham of Cushman & Wakefield.
NEW YORK CITY — Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates (KDA) has brokered a 10,000-square-foot lease for United Yoram, a 40-year-old national medical supply distributor. The company will relocate from a warehouse in Gowanus to 933 Stanley Ave. in Brooklyn. The new space offers two drive-in doors and finished office space. Allison Chambers of KDA represented the tenant, while Hillel Galosher of S&Z represented the landlord, Casella Food.
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLA. — Calkain Cos. has brokered the $9.6 million sale of a single-tenant office/industrial asset located at 1300 Thomas Drive in Panama City Beach. The 83,000-square-foot property is anchored by Booz Allen Hamilton. Stephen Counts and Brian O’Hear of Calkain Cos. represented the seller, Skyview Development, in the transaction.
The Phoenix industrial market is definitely following national trends in terms of recovery. Since 2010, U.S. industrial markets have seen rising demand trends with supply additions that have not kept pace. Demand for newer, Class A industrial space, as well as for use-specific space, is outpacing supply and encouraging more build-to-suit and speculative development activity across markets. Developers have shown discipline so far, however, as the amount of new supply added to the market since 2010 is well below the levels seen during previous expansionary periods. These trends are manifesting themselves in a variety of ways in Metro Phoenix. First, it’s clear that demand is definitely up. The industrial market has seen significant activity over the past several quarters. Leases for spaces between 20,000 and 200,000 square feet have totaled more than 10.5 million square feet since January 2013. Deals of this size have totaled more than 1.4 million square feet of absorption this year alone. This is important to note because the overall health of the Metro Phoenix industrial market has historically been supported by midsized users. This size range shows no signs of slowing as we round out 2014 and head into 2015. In fact, we know of …
LAKELAND, FLA. — Colliers International has brokered the $5.3 million sale of a 113,308-square-foot industrial property located at 5120 Great Oak Drive in Lakeland. Edward Miller and Dolores Seymour of Colliers International’s Tampa Bay office represented the seller, Great Oak Property Management LLC, which was conducting business under the moniker Structall Building Systems. The buyer was Brennan Investment Group LLC.
BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — Renovations are underway on a freezer/cooler project for Eastland Foods in Bolingbrook. Peak Construction Corp. is making improvements to a 4,282-square-foot freezer/cooler space at the company’s Illinois facility located at the Panattoni building. Construction began on Oct. 1. Project enhancements include a new 3,522-square-foot freezer/food storage area and a 760-square-foot cooler storage space. The project is scheduled for completion by the end of the year. Harris Architects and Climate Pros Refrigeration are assisting with the project. Eastland Food imports and distributes food products from Southeast Asia. The company is headquartered in Maryland, but operates other locations in Illinois, Florida and California.
EDGERTON, KAN. — Kubota Tractor Corp. will open a 450,000-square-foot parts distribution center in Edgerton, 37 miles southwest of Kansas City. The company has entered into a five-year lease agreement with ELHC XI LLC., a Kansas limited liability company. Kubota plans to have the facility operational during the third quarter of 2015. The center will primarily service the Midwest and will employ approximately 75 people after the first year. Kubota’s current divisional parts operations in Suwanee, Ga., Fort Worth, Texas, Columbus, Ohio and Lodi, Calif., will continue to provide regional support to local Kubota dealers.