ST. CHARLES, ILL. — Lee & Associates has brokered the $1.2 million sale of a 10,696-square-foot industrial building in the western Chicago suburb of St. Charles. Andrew Block of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, Labels & Specialty Products. The transaction marks the buyer’s second facility in St. Charles. Michael Marconi and Mark Kaplarevic of Transwestern represented the seller, Voestalpine Eifeler Coatings.
NORTH PLAINS, ORE. — Colliers has arranged the completion of a 10-year lease agreement with DB Schenker, as the tenant, and the forward sale of North Plains Logistics Center to STAG Industrial Holdings. Far West Fibers sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Situated on 10.5 acres in North Plains, located within Oregon’s Silicon Forest submarket just west of Portland, North Plains Logistics Center features 201,750 square feet of industrial space. Jerry Matson and Colin Russell of Colliers, along with West Industrial Capital Markets’ Michael Kendall and Gian Bruno, represented the seller in the deal. Matson and Cole Hooper of Colliers represented tenant, DB Schenker, in the site selection and lease negotiations. Matson and Russell also represented the landlord in lease negotiations.
SAN DIMAS, CALIF. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Arrow Pines Business Park, an industrial business park in San Dimas. Arrow SD LLC acquired the asset from SoCal Industrial LLC, a joint venture between Birtcher Anderson Davis & Associates and Belay Investment Group, for $9.2 million. Built in 1987, Arrow Pines Business Park offers three buildings ranging in size from 11,240 square feet to 16,473 square feet, with unit sizes varying from 960 square feet to 3,192 square feet. The 44,125-square-foot property features 12- to 15-foot clear heights and 32 grade-level doors. The property is situated on 3.1 acres at 210 and 260 W. Arrow Highway and 440 S. Cataract Ave. CBRE Investment Properties’ Mark Shaffer, Anthony DeLorenzo, Gerand Poutier and Dylan Rutigliano, along with CBRE National Partners’ Barbara Perrier and Eric Cox, represented the seller in the deal.
HOUSTON — Locally based development and brokerage firm Finial Group has completed a 90,328-square-foot industrial project in South Houston. The project represents the third and final phase of Independence Business Park and consists of three buildings that total 46,378, 18,525 and 25,425 square feet. Each building features more than 2,000 square feet of office space. All told, Independence Business Park comprises seven freestanding buildings on a roughly 19-acre site.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — McGarvey Development has sold CenterLinks Business Park, a 41-acre property in Fort Myers, to EQT Exeter for $92.5 million. Situated along Oriole Road west of I-75, the property features nine warehouses spanning 450,000 square feet that were leased to 40 tenants at the time of sale. CenterLinks features 100 percent dock-high flex units as well as space that can be used as office or medical office. Four years after breaking ground, McGarvey Development began receiving acquisition offers from private equity firms when the park was about 90 percent built out. A chance encounter between longtime acquaintances McGarvey president John McGarvey and Ward Fitzgerald, global CEO of EQT Exeter, led to the acquisition, which is the largest industrial sales price in the history of Southwest Florida’s Lee County, according to McGarvey.
TOTOWA, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the sale of a 506,723-square-foot industrial park in the Northern New Jersey community of Totowa. Totowa Commerce Center consists of 12 industrial buildings, one office building and a 5.8-acre development site. Building features include clear heights of 21 to 23 feet, 92 loading positions and aggregate parking for more than 1,400 cars. Gary Gabriel, Kyle Schmidt, Ryan Larkin and Seth Zuidema of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, New Jersey-based Heritage Capital Group, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Boston-based Longpoint Partners. The park was leased to more than 50 tenants at the time of sale. PGIM Real Estate provided a $63.5 million fixed-rate acquisition loan for the deal.
ELIZABETH, N.J. — Locally based financial intermediary G.S. Wilcox & Co. has arranged an $11 million loan for the refinancing of a 223,000-square-foot shopping center located at 750 Dowd Ave. in the Northern New Jersey community of Elizabeth. Wesley Wilcox and Albert Raymond of G.S. Wilcox arranged the loan, which carries a 10-year term and a 25-year amortization schedule, through a correspondent life insurance company. The borrower was locally based firm Elberon Development Group.
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis-based Värde Partners has provided a $185 million loan for the refinancing of a multi-state self-storage portfolio. The borrower was a joint venture between Metro Storage and Fremont Realty Capital. The portfolio comprises 20 Class A properties in markets across Illinois, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, New York and Wisconsin. With 14,214 units in total, the assets include more than 1.5 million net rentable square feet. Kim Bishop, Eric Snyder, Tom Sherlock, Mason Brusseau and Lauren Maehler of Talonvest Capital arranged the floating-rate bridge loan with a three-year initial term and two one-year extension options.
AURORA, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $2 million sale of a 23,820-square-foot industrial outdoor storage facility in Aurora. Located at 901 Ridgeway Ave., the three-acre property features four buildings with an expansive lot for outdoor storage and parking. Jeff Rowlett of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Ridgeway Partners LLC. Michael Kammes of Re/Max Commercial procured the buyer, RDAA Express Inc. Steven Weinstock assisted in closing the transaction as the broker of record in Illinois.
GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — Dallas-based Formation Interests and Crescent Real Estate has broken ground on the first phase of Formation Park 10, an industrial development at the corner of Bullard Avenue and Celebrate Life Way in Goodyear, a suburb west of Phoenix. Willmeng Construction is serving as general contractor for the project. The first phase of Formation Park 10 will consist of 427,000 square feet spread across two buildings and includes a large, first-of-its-kind park to serve as an amenity for future tenants and the surrounding community.
