GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm Younger Partners has arranged the sale of a 76-acre industrial development site located along FM 1417 in Grayson County, about 70 miles north of Dallas. The site offers immediate proximity to Texas Instruments’ semiconductor manufacturing plant in Sherman and will be marketed to industrial users supporting that facility. John St. Clair, Davis Willoughby and Tyler Hemenway of Younger Partners represented the seller, a family estate, in the transaction. The buyer was a local entity doing business as Investment Catalysts LLC.
LANGHORNE, PA. — Locally based brokerage firm Roddy Inc. has negotiated a 20,160-square-foot industrial lease at 181 Wheeler Court in Langhorne, a northeastern suburb of Philadelphia. The 100,055-square-foot building sits on 7.4 acres near I-95, the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the New Jersey Turnpike. Sean Durkin of Roddy Inc. represented the tenant, Vintage Imports, in the lease negotiations. Andrew McGhee of Colliers represented the landlord, an affiliate of Los Angeles-based Ares Management Corp.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Alston Construction has completed Castings Commerce Park, a three-building speculative industrial park developed on the site of the former Columbus Castings steel foundry. The project team included developer and owner Stonemont Financial and architect and interior designer Ware Malcomb. The project totals 862,000 square feet with 171 loading positions. The 71-acre site once served as the largest steel foundry in North America, according to Ware Malcomb, which designed office uses into each of the buildings.
AUSTIN AND TAYLOR, TEXAS — South Korea-based Samsung Electronics will receive up to $6.4 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act for multiple projects at two separate locations in Central Texas. The U.S. Department of Commerce has signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) with the tech giant, which now plans to increase its investment in the state of Texas to $40 billion. Funding will be used for the development of new facilities in Taylor — roughly 35 miles northeast of Austin — as well as for the expansion of Samsung’s existing Austin facility. The proposed investment is expected to support the creation of more than 20,000 jobs, including 4,500 manufacturing positions. Samsung, which has been manufacturing computer chips in the United States since 1996, previously announced plans for the Taylor facilities and an investment of $17 billion in November 2021. The company also plans to claim the Department of the Treasury’s investment tax credit, which is expected to cover up to 25 percent of qualified capital expenditures. In Taylor, the manufacturing site will include two fabrication plants, a research-and-development (R&D) facility focused on the development and research of new technology and an advanced packaging facility …
ViaWest, Clarion Partners Start Construction of 340,000 SF Central Commerce Center in Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY — ViaWest Group and Clarion Partners have broken ground on Central Commerce Center, an industrial project in Salt Lake City. Big D Construction is serving as general contractor for the project. Spanning 25.1 acres, Central Commerce Center will feature two LEED-certified industrial buildings offering a total of 340,000 square feet of space. Rusty Bollow and Bobby Stevens of Colliers will oversee the property marketing and leasing of the facility.
MESQUITE, TEXAS — California-based investment firm CapRock Partners has acquired Peachtree Distribution Center, a 396,750-square-foot warehouse located in the eastern Dallas suburb of Mesquite. Built in 2001, the cross-dock property features 31-foot clear heights, 66 dock-high doors, three drive-in doors, 120-foot truck court depths (expandable to 175 feet), an ESFR sprinkler system and roughly 12,700 square feet of office space. Randy Baird, Ryan Thornton, Jonathan Bryan, Eliza Bachhuber, Nathan Wynne and Elliott Dow of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. CapRock Partners plans to make capital improvements to the property, which was fully leased to three tenants at the time of sale.
HOUSTON — Colliers has brokered the sale of an 81,500-square-foot industrial complex in northwest Houston. The six-building complex at 6002 W. 34th St. sits on 3.8 acres and was 95 percent leased at the time of sale. Jason Tangen and Paul Dominique of Colliers represented the seller, a local family that has owned and operated the park since its original construction in 1978. The name and representative of the buyer, as well as the sales price, were not disclosed.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm Holt Lunsford Commercial has negotiated a 12,000-square-foot industrial lease renewal at Riverbend Business Park in northeast Fort Worth. The development comprises 1.4 million square feet across 32 buildings. William Wilson and George Jennings of Holt Lunsford represented the landlord, Riverbend Properties, in the lease negotiations. The tenant was steel fabricator Patriot Erectors.
NEWARK, N.J. — A partnership between Creation, a developer with offices in Phoenix and Dallas, and J.P. Morgan Asset Management has received a $64 million construction loan for a 120,584-square-foot industrial project in Newark. The 10-acre site is adjacent to Newark Liberty International Airport and formerly served as a parking facility. The new building, which is fully preleased to Barsan Global Logistics, will be known as McClellan One and will feature 87 trailer parking stalls. Vertical construction will begin within the next 60 days, and completion is slated for February 2025. Los Angeles-based PCCP LLC provided the three-year, floating-rate loan. John Alascio, Rob Rubano, Brian Share, T.J. Sullivan and Chris Meloni of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the debt.
ELGIN, ILL. — The Junkluggers of Chicago NW Suburbs has signed a 12,250-square-foot industrial lease at 425 Airport Road in Elgin. The junk removal, recycling and reuse business is expanding and relocating from another space in Elgin. The front quarter of the building is set up as a showroom, which The Junkluggers will utilize for its resale business, ReMix Market. Chris Mergenthaler of DarwinPW Realty/CORFAC International represented the tenant, while Don Meyer of Showplace Realty represented the private landlord.