HOUSTON — Harbor Capital has purchased a 50,000-square-foot industrial property in northwest Houston. The newly built, multi-tenant property is known as The Workshops at Breen. Brandon Wuntch and Drew Altmann of Cresa represented the seller, Zermeno GTB LP in the transaction. Austin Honey, Tim Thomas, Andrew Nguyen and Jace Martin of LandPark Brokerage represented Harbor Capital.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $69.1 million loan for the refinancing of a 618,414-square-foot industrial property in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens. The property consists of two interconnected five- and six-story buildings that were originally constructed in 1923 and were previously home to several manufacturing and distribution tenants, including the Edward Langer Printer Co. Building features include 14 loading docks and 127 parking spaces. Gideon Gil and Dale Braverman of Cushman & Wakefield placed the debt through ACORE Capital on behalf of the borrower, KABR Group.
OSCEOLA, IND. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of McKinley Penn Self-Lock Storage in Osceola, a city in northern Indiana. The 33,380-square-foot self-storage facility is located at 10386 McKinley Highway. The 164-unit, two-building property features new roofs, updated security features and a new insomniac kiosk. Sean Delaney of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and seller, both of which were limited liability companies. Josh Caruana assisted in closing the transaction as the broker of record in Indiana.
RIO RICO, ARIZ. — Arizona Food Bank Network has acquired 35,920 square feet of industrial space at 13 Calle Cristina in Rio Rico, approximately 60 miles south of Tucson near the Mexico border. ACKA #3 Partnership sold the property for $2.7 million. Jose Dabdoub of Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR represented the seller, while Brian Uretzky of Keyser represented the buyer in the deal.
Badiee Development has logistics and industrial projects throughout the Western U.S., but its current focus is the region’s three S’s: San Diego, Sacramento, Calif., and Salt Lake City. “Badiee Development is prioritizing leasing at our existing projects in San Diego and Sacramento, and entitling future projects in San Diego, Sacramento and Salt Lake City,” says Ben Badiee, the firm’s founder and CEO. “Our company holds a ‘land bank’ with plans to develop more than 2 million square feet across four distinct projects in three markets.” San Diego Badiee’s headquarters is ripe with industrial ventures for the firm. These include the two-building, 242,969-square-foot Sanyo Logistics Center and the 38-acre Britannia Airway Logistics Center, both of which are being built near the Mexican border in Otay Mesa. Britannia Airway has also been entitled for an interim use of industrial outdoor storage (IOS), allowing the project to accommodate about 1,000 trucks and trailers. “Being in our ‘backyard,’ Otay Mesa has proven to be a highly successful market for the firm,” Badiee says. “It is at the forefront of the onshoring/nearshoring trend for the U.S. and Mexico, and land availabilities are scarce.” Sacramento Land scarcity has also been a driver for Badiee in Sacramento …
MARSHALL, MINN. — The U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office has provided a $213.6 million loan guarantee to support the construction of Solugen’s Bioforge Marshall facility in Southwest Minnesota. The 500,000-square-foot facility will produce bio-based chemical products for use in wastewater treatment, industrial wastewater, construction, agriculture and the energy sector. The project is designed to reduce annual carbon emissions by up to 18 million kilograms compared with incumbent production methods. Construction began in April, and production at the facility is scheduled to begin in fall 2025. The development will create up to 100 jobs during construction and 56 full-time manufacturing jobs once fully operational.
GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — American Gem Packaging Solutions has acquired a 50,594-square-foot industrial building located at 2760 S. La Luna in Goodyear, a western suburb of Phoenix. A1 Desert Investments sold the asset for $4.7 million. Jeffrey Garza Walker represented the buyer, while the seller was self-represented in the deal.
PICKENS COUNTY, S.C. — RealtyLink has purchased 115 acres behind the former Greenville-Pickens Speedway in Pickens County, directly west of Greenville, S.C. The locally based developer plans to initially invest $100 million in Phase I, which will comprise 1 million square feet of industrial space. At full build-out, Speedway Business & Technology Park will span 600 acres and comprise up to 4 million square feet of industrial space. The park will also include sidewalks, walking trails and other amenities. Phil Wilson and Stan Tzouvelekas of RealtyLink, along with CBRE, are seeking tenants for the development. Inaugural tenants of Speedway Business & Technology Park will be announced in the weeks and months to come.
BOYNTON BEACH, FLA. — JLL has secured $52.3 million in construction financing from First Citizens Bank for Egret Point Logistics Center, a 457,110-square-foot industrial development underway at 3800 S. Congress Ave. in Boynton Beach. Steven Klein, Melissa Rose and Mateo Bolivar of JLL arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Foundry Commercial and Wheelock Street Capital. Once the site for a Baptist Health System clinic, Egret Point is situated on a 30.8-acre site about 22 miles south of West Palm Beach with frontage along I-95. The development will feature two Class A logistics buildings of varying sizes. The construction timeline was not disclosed.
RAVENNA, OHIO — Geis Cos. has completed a 248,000-square-foot manufacturing facility for LG America in Ravenna, about 15 miles east of Akron. The two-building property consists of a three-story, 100,000-square-foot Customer Solutions Building and a single-story, 148,000-square-foot Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) Compounding Building. The latter building features a fitness room, employee cafeteria and multiple labs for testing, inspection and weighing ABS compounds. Geis and First Energy worked together to engineer a transmission line and substation that is now owned by LG and will power the facility. The project involved significant coordination with the LG design team in South Korea. Geis Construction provided design-build services.
