BLAINE, MINN. — Transwestern Real Estate Services has negotiated a 45,024-square-foot lease for Waggle, a golf and apparel brand, at Radisson Road Business Center in the Minneapolis suburb of Blaine. The new 58,080-square-foot development is zoned for light industrial use and is slated for completion in October. Waggle expects to be in its space by year’s end and will utilize 2,300 square feet for retail space, 10,000 square feet for office space and 27,000 square feet for warehouse space. The lease marks a significant expansion for Waggle and will serve as the company’s headquarters. Chris Weirens of Transwestern represented the tenant throughout the site selection and lease negotiation process. Jon Raush and Luke Appert of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed landlord.
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Woodmont Industrial Partners, which is a joint venture between New Jersey-based Woodmont Properties and Romark Logistics, has begun an office-to-industrial conversion project in Franklin Township, about 40 miles south of New York City. Woodmont plans to convert the 30.6-acre site at 400 Atrium Drive, which according to LoopNet Inc. currently houses a 395,000-square-foot office building, into a two-building, 370,000-square-foot industrial complex. Building 1 will be approximately 255,000 square feet and will offer a clear height of 40 feet, 44 loading docks and two drive-in doors. The second, 115,000-square-foot building will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 34 loading docks and two drive-in doors. Woodmont has partnered with an undisclosed life insurance company on the redevelopment and secured construction debt from New York Life that was arranged by John Alascio and Chuck Kohaut of Cushman & Wakefield.
MANCHESTER, CONN. — JLL has brokered the $12 million sale of a 190,646-square-foot distribution center in Manchester, an eastern suburb of Hartford. The site at 100 Sanrico Drive spans 10 acres within Manchester Industrial Park, and the property, which was fully leased at the time of sale, features a clear height of 45 feet and 24 loading positions. Michael Restivo, David Coffman and Ali Howard of JLL represented the seller, regional investment firm SkyREM, in the transaction. Sentry Commercial and Silver Edge Real Estate represented the buyer, B&D Holdings. Max Custer, Amy Lousararian, Thomas Didio Jr. and Christian Badalamenti, also with JLL, arranged a five-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan for the deal through life insurance company Ameritas.
BAYTOWN, TEXAS — Partners Real Estate has negotiated a 496,421-square-foot industrial lease in the eastern Houston suburb of Baytown. An unnamed tenant will occupy the entirety of TGS Cedar Port DC2, a rail-served distribution center located within the 15,000-acre TGS Cedar Port Industrial Park master-planned development. The building is situated on 27 acres and features 36-foot clear heights, LED warehouse lighting, an ESFR sprinkler system, oversized truck court and ample car and trailer parking. John Simons, Gray Gilbert and Chris Haro of Partners represented the landlord, TGS Cedar Port Partners LP, in the lease negotiations.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — Self-storage brokerage firm Versal has arranged the sale of Overflow Garage, a 204-unit automotive storage facility in Corpus Christi. The facility is located about 15 miles south of the downtown area and totals 16,880 net rentable square feet. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson, Logan Foster and Hugh Horne of Versal represented the seller, Plano-based Cumbia Real Estate Holding LLC, in the transaction. The team also procured the undisclosed, Corpus Christi-based buyer.
DALLAS — Lee & Associates has brokered the sale of a two-building, 50,000-square-foot industrial property in northeast Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the buildings at 11550 Plano Road were originally built in 1979. Building features include rear-load configurations, multiple renovated office suites, 16-foot clear heights and 108 surface parking spaces. Taylor Stell of Lee & Associates represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and procured the buyer, RAM Capital Texas.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Wespac Construction has completed Marbella Northern Parkway Phase 1, a LEED-certified industrial development in Glendale. Developed by Panattoni Development Co. and designed by Ware Malcomb, the master-planned industrial park will offer six buildings spread across 51 acres. The first phase includes three tilt-panel buildings totaling 445,000 square feet. Each building features two storefront entrances and a north-facing speculative suite, as well as docking sides with automatic ramp-up doors, dock doors with mechanical levelers and designated semi-truck parking.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — Storm Properties, a subsidiary of Torrance, Calif.-based Storm Industries, has acquired an industrial outdoor storage (IOS) property in Santa Ana from an undisclosed seller for $5.9 million. Located at 4320 W. 1st St. and 201 S. Mountain View St., the 2.5-acre site features an 11,300-square-foot industrial building and a large and fully fenced concrete yard. The building offers 800 amps of 120/208 volt power, ground-level loading, 16-foot ceiling clearance, as well as infrastructure for food-related operations, such as a walk-in closet and freezer and two commercial ice-making towers. Storm Properties has retained Scott Read of Newmark to market the currently vacant facility for lease.
CHICAGO — SVN Chicago Commercial has brokered the sale of a 6,200-square-foot industrial building at 1802-1806 W. Chicago Ave. in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood for $1.3 million. The property is slated for an adaptive reuse conversion to multifamily. Tim Rasmussen and Marcus Sullivan of SVN represented the undisclosed seller.
LEBANON, TENN. — CRG has broken ground on the first building within The Cubes at Sparta Pike, a 198-acre industrial park in Lebanon. Known as Building B, the new 520,000-square-foot facility will be the first of four buildings at the park and will feature 40-foot clear heights, staging bays with grade-level doors, deep truck courts, trailer storage, car parking, ESFR sprinklers and high-efficiency LED lighting. The Cubes at Sparta Pike is situated within a mile of I-40 and roughly 24 miles from the Nashville International Airport and will accommodate up to 2.8 million square feet of Class A industrial space. CRG has retained Jim Rodrigues and John Zeffery of Lee & Associates’ Nashville office to market and lease the development. The project team includes CRG’s parent company, Clayco, as the design-builder and Lamar Johnson Collaborative as the project architect. Construction at Building B is expected to be completed in early 2026.