VERNON HILLS, ILL. — Germany-based Probat Inc. has signed a 10-year lease for an industrial facility located at 601 Corporate Woods Parkway in Vernon Hills. Situated within Corporate Woods Business Park, the property is expandable by 20,000 square feet. Probat is a manufacturer and retailer of coffee roasting machines, equipment and plants. John Gazzola of Entre Commercial represented Probat; Keith Puritz, Brett Kroner, Ryan Bain and Zach Graham of CB Richard Ellis represented the landlord, Corporate Woods Investors, in the transaction.
HOUSTON — LanMac Holdings has acquired a 32,900-square-foot warehouse from Warren Avenue Holdings for an undisclosed price. The property is located on 2.75 acres at 8242 Warren Road in Houston. Colliers International's Walker Barnett represented the seller. Larry Indermuehle of Indermuehle & Co. represented LanMac Holdings.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — NAI Capital represented SJK Properties LLC in its $1.8 million sale of an 11,760-square-foot industrial building located at 3850 Gilman in Long Beach. NAI’s Neil Miyazaki and Junko Masubayashi represented the seller, and Transwestern Commercial Services represented the buyer, FCI Management Consultants Inc.
CHICAGO — Testa Produce has broken ground for the construction of its state-of-the-art freezer/cooler distribution facility within Stockyards Industrial Park in Chicago. Located on a 13-acre site at 4555 S. Racine Ave., the property will offer 91,000 square feet of distribution space. Summit Design + Build is consulting on the project, which is designed to achieve LEED Platinum certification.
HOUSTON — Ashley Furniture has leased 303,000 square feet of warehouse space from Panattoni Development Co. in the first phase of the firm's Airtex Industrial Center. The 486,720-square-foot, Class A property, which was completed last fall, is located at 14810 North Freeway in Houston. Ashley's lease brings the building's occupancy to 88 percent. Airtex also houses Velocity Acquisition I and Ozburn Hessey Logistics. Jeff Venghaus and Ryan Fuselier of Jones Lang LaSalle represented Ashley Furniture in the lease. Gary Mabray, Walker Barnett and Justin Bennett of Colliers Houston represented Panattoni.
CHEBOYGAN, LAPEER AND WEST BRANCH, MICH. — Wal-Mart Stores East recently leased three industrial/flex properties in Michigan. The entity leased a 35,000-square-foot space at 502 Main St. in Cheboygan; a 45,000-square-foot property located at 2171 N. Lapeer in Lapeer; and a 30,650-square-foot space at 2085 W. M-55 in West Branch. Brent Beshears of Colliers International represented the tenant in all three transactions. The landlords and terms of the leases were not released.
KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Heartland Mechanical has purchased a 21,897-square-foot industrial property in Kansas City. The property, which is located at 720 Kindleberger, sold for an undisclosed price. The seller was Blue Valley Investment Corp. Paul Neal of Grindstone Industrial Properties brokered the transaction.
NORTH HAVEN, CONN. — Press/Cuozzo Commercial Services has completed the sale of a 4,960-square-foot flex building located at 340 Old Maple Ave. in North Haven. The buyer, JPK Unlimited, plans to renovate the property and take occupancy in early May. Albert Scafati of Press/Cuozzo represented the seller, New England Lathing Co. Joe Cifarelli represented the buyer. The property traded for $407,500.
TAMPA, FLA. — RREEF has sold the 260,000-square-foot Hampton Oaks Business Park to Foundation Realty Advisors for $18.4 million. The Tampa industrial and office property is 95 percent leased to tenants including XO Communications and Direct Administration. Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller. Foundation Realty Advisors represented itself in the transaction.
LARGO, FLA. — ProPeke Power has purchased the 55,735-square-foot former Clearwater Mattress warehouse from a private seller for $1.25 million. The property, which is located at 1185 Gooden Crossing Road in Largo, sits on 2.51 acres of land. The Ross Realty Group's Elliott Ross and Dennis Bush represented the seller.