WARREN, MICH. — Colliers International has arranged the $900,000 sale of a 151,953-square-foot warehouse in Warren, which is approximately 19 miles north of downtown Detroit. The property is located at 21001 & 21033 Groesbeck Highway. The warehouse was the former headquarters for Gardner White Furniture. Raffi Derbabian of Colliers represented the buyer, Safa Dabish, who will use the building for a food business.
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NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of 150 52nd St., a 123,785-square-foot, two-story industrial building on New York Bay in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. The $19.5 million sale price equates to $157 per square foot — and $2.7 million over the asking price. Jakub Nowak and Hemal Patel of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, 150 52nd Street LLC, a national private equity partnership. Located between First Avenue and Second Avenue and occupying most of the block it stands on, 150 52nd St. is within the Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Business Zone and near the Bush Terminal Pier Park green space and sports field development. The location is also inside the New York City Economic Development Corp.’s Sustainable Urban Industrial District, which is part of the city’s Sunset Plan Park Vision aimed at promoting investment and development in the Sunset Park waterfront industrial area. Access to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is nearby. The property has short-term leases in place. By 2018, 90 percent of the space will be available and all current leases and renewals expire in 2021. This gives the buyer the opportunity to add value through redevelopment and increasing rents. However, the current …
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – A 40,000-square-foot industrial building in Anaheim has sold to an unnamed buyer for $6 million. The facility is located at 1369 S. State College Blvd. The seller, The 2013 Diablo Charitable remainder Annuity Trust and Cure International Inc., was represented by Mitch Zehner and Seth Davenport of Voit’s Anaheim office.
TAMPA, FLA. — Mark Scott’s Commercial Mortgage Capital (CMC) has arranged a $16.1 million loan for Independence Realty’s flex portfolio in Tampa. The three facilities include the 95,761-square-foot, three-building Corporex Plaza; the 75,378-square-foot, two-building Brandywine Business Center; and the 42,655-square-foot, two-building President’s Plaza. CMC arranged the 10-year, non-recourse loan with a fixed interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule.
CUMBERLAND, R.I. — Eastern Connection, a regional parcel carrier serving the East Coast, has relocated its corporate headquarters to 70 Industrial Road in Cumberland. The new 30,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility consolidates Eastern Connection’s Worcester, Mass., and Providence, R.I., facilities into one location. The company’s previous headquarters, 60 Olympia Ave. in Woburn, Mass., remains in operation. Eastern Connection and the landlord, Dean Warehouse Services, each represented itself in the five-year lease transaction, which will allow Eastern Connection to expand up to an additional 20,000 square feet as needed to accommodate growth. The new site includes administrative office space, three loading docks, a dispatch center and a sorting facility, where a 100-foot, automated conveyer belt feeds packages to Eastern Connection trucks for delivery.
DALLAS — Panther FW Investments LLC, in partnership with Atlas CP, has acquired a five-property flex portfolio in Dallas. The facilities total 303,420 square feet of office and warehouse space in the Valwood and East Brookhollow submarkets. Panther is a private real estate investment firm that focuses on value-add assets for its own account and placement of third-party private equity. Atlas CP is a private real estate investment company that targets institutional-quality, multi-tenant industrial and office assets in the Southern U.S.
WHITTIER, CALIF. — Southern California Material Handling, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America, has leased a 52,630-square-foot industrial building in Whittier. The building is located at 12393 Slauson Ave. The lease is valued at $4.8 million. Brett Dedeaux and Anthony Dedeaux of Binswanger represented Southern California Material. The landlord, Oliaie Slauson, LLC, was represented by David Bolt of Lee & Associates – Newport Beach, Inc. and Tim Cronin of Lee & Associates – Commerce, Inc.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — South Hill Design Corp. has leased 30,500 square feet of industrial/flex space in Scottsdale. The space is located at 7400 E. Tierra Buena Lane inside the Scottsdale Airpark submarket. The jewelry design and marketing firm will utilize the space for its corporate offices and fulfillment center. South Hill was represented by John Quatrini of Shell Commercial. The landlord, Hewson Development Corp. and GH Scottsdale I, was represented by Mark Linsalata of Lee & Associates.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has arranged the sale of the Airport Distribution Center, located on Chimney Rock Road in Greensboro. The buyer, Somerset Acquisitions Inc., purchased the asset for approximately $19.2 million. Airport Distribution Center consists of five buildings totaling 764,550 square feet. The property is 87 percent leased to tenants including Ralph Lauren, FedEx Office and Bunzl. Chris Norvell, Scot Humphrey and Bill Simerville of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the sellers, CIP Real Estate and Blue Vista Capital. John Schultz of Triad Commercial Properties worked in conjunction with Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer to represent the sellers.
ECRU, MISS. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of the American Furniture Manufacturing facility in Ecru. The approximately 1 million-square-foot property, made up of five conjoined buildings, sold for roughly $10.8 million. AFM, a domestic manufacturer of upholstered furniture, has more than 12 years left on its lease. AFM has been operating out of the facility since its founding in 1998. Ben Tashakorian and Toby Boessen of Marcus & Millichap’s San Diego office represented the seller, as well as the California-based buyer, in the transaction. Anne Williams of Marcus & Millichap assisted in the transaction.