SHERIDAN, COLO. – Oxford-Santa Fe Business Park, a 190,000-square-foot industrial property in Sheridan, has received $10.5 million in acquisition financing. The park is located at 1800 & 1880 W. Oxford Ave. and 4111-4251 S. Natches Court. Oxford-Santa Fe was built between 1983 and 1985. It is currently 96 percent leased, with 44 tenants. Financing was arranged by Steve Bye and Conor McCahill of NorthMarq Capital’s Denver regional office.
No one will deny that the Orange County industrial market is tight, boasting a 4.1 percent vacancy. If you are an industrial user looking for 100,000 square feet or more, your options are extremely limited, as supply and demand are not working in your favor in terms of rental rates and landlord concessions. According to CoStar, positive net absorption was just above 900,000 square feet for the second quarter of 2014. Compare that with the 978,000 square feet currently under construction and it is easy to see why most believe these rate and scarcity trends will continue. A number of large warehouse and industrial buildings in Orange County are also being raised and converted to high-density residential or data center space. These facts beg the question, where will all the industrial users go? Two counterbalances have the potential to cool the decreasing vacancy and create disintermediation to the benefit of Orange County industrial users. As rental rates continue to rise in Orange County, more and more companies are being lured to the Inland Empire where they can still make two port trips a day and consolidate into a much more efficient and affordable building. Companies that grew by necessity in …
LAS VEGAS – The NATMI Truck Terminal, a 24,890-square-foot facility in Las Vegas, has sold to a private investor for $5 million. The facility is situated on 10 acres at 4650 East Cheyenne Ave. It is fully leased. The seller, NATMI Truck Terminals LLC, was represented by CBRE’s Michael Caprile, Charles Moore, Marlene Fujita Winkel, Jeremy Green, Tyler Ecklund and Ashley Kolaczynski.
NEWBURY PARK, CALIF. – An 11,508-square-foot industrial facility in Newbury Park has sold to People Creating Success for $2.1 million. The facility is located at 2585-2587 Teller Road, just northwest of Thousand Oaks. People Creating Success is an organization that provides services to the developmentally disabled. The organization was represented by Keith Mathias of KAM Commercial. The seller, a family trust, was represented by Mike Tingus and Cheri Blessing of Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura.
STERLING HEIGHTS, MICH. — L. Mason Capitani CORFAC International has arranged an 18,495-square-foot industrial lease in Sterling Heights, eight miles east of Troy. ASRC Federal has leased the facility, which is located at 35645 Stanley Drive. The company provides mission‐critical services to federal government agencies dedicated to defense, civil and intelligence support. Jason Capitani of L. Mason Capitani represented the undisclosed landlord in the transaction.
BUDA, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated the lease of a 24,000-square-foot industrial building located at 199 Park 35 Cove N. in Buda, a suburb of Austin. Reed Parker and Tom Walrich of Lee & Associates’ Dallas/Fort Worth office represented the buyer, The CounterSource, a supplier of custom fabrication and counter top surfaces. Thomas Rhodes with Century 21 Randall Morris & Associates represented the seller, Prisma Properties.
SHELTON, CONN. — GTJ REIT has acquired an industrial building located in Shelton for an undisclosed price. Situated on 22 acres, the 125,000-square-foot building features an industrial portion with 24-foot clear heights and a central lobby on the second floor with office space. The facility is currently leased and occupied by Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and guaranteed by United Technologies Corp. pursuant to a lease that expires April 2018. Sikorsky has a five-year extension option on its lease.
LAS VEGAS, PHOENIX AND PORTLAND, ORE. – BKM Capital Partners has acquired three industrial parks out West for $42.8 million. The acquisitions were completed on behalf of BKM Industrial Value Fund I LP. The transaction includes the 98,516-square-foot Hayden Island Business Park in Portland for $5.9 million; the 223,009-square-foot Patrick Commerce Center in Las Vegas for $15.1 million; and the 219,410-square-foot Black Canyon Business Park in Phoenix for $13.1 million. These are the first three assets to be included in the commingled fund. BKM Industrial Value Fund LP intends to acquire about $300 million of industrial assets by the end of next year. Irvine, Calif.-based BKM Capital Partners is a fund manager and operator platform targeting value-add, multi-tenant industrial real estate in the Western United States. It was formed in 2013 as the real estate branch of The Niru Group.
HOUSTON — HFF has brokered the sale of Cypress Business Center, a 103,979-square-foot flex distribution center in Houston. HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Cypressbrook Co. Industry Capital, on behalf of an affiliated fund, which purchased the center for an undisclosed amount. Cypress Business Center is located just off I-45 and Cypress Creek Parkway at 301-305 Wells Fargo Drive in north Houston. The property is 74 percent leased to tenants including AutoZone, DKNXT, DynaQual, Charis Bible College, Premiere Safeguard and Speed Printing & Office Supply. Rusty Tamlyn and John Indelli led HFF’s investment sales team.
HOUSTON — NAI Houston has arranged the lease of a 14,700-square-foot industrial space located in Houston to RST Global Solutions Gulf of Mexico LLC. John Ferruzzo and Michael Keegan of NAI Houston represented the landlord, Woodvine Capital Partners LTD. Greg Egan of Leasesquarefeet.com represented the tenant, RST Global Solutions Gulf of Mexico.
