CHARLOTTE, N.C. — JLL has arranged the sale of CBI Distribution Center, a 60,000-square-foot industrial facility located at 2817 Westinghouse Blvd. in Charlotte. Built in 2017 within two miles of the I-485/I-77 interchange, the distribution center was fully leased at the time of sale to CBI Workplace Solutions, with 6.5 years of lease term remaining. An unnamed family investment company based in Charlottesville, Va., purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. Dave Andrews, Pete Pittroff, Josh McArdle and Michael Lewis of JLL represented the seller, an affiliate of Zurich Alternative Asset Management, in the transaction.
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HOUSTON — Gauge Real Estate Partners has completed Gauge Interwood Logistics, a 95,886-square-foot industrial project in Houston. The site spans seven acres within the 440-acre Interwood Business Park on the city’s north side. The standalone, rear-load facility features 32-foot clear heights, 180-foot truck court depths, 19 trailer stalls and an ESFR sprinkler system. Powers Brown Architecture designed the project, and Rosenberger Construction served as the general contractor. CBRE has been tapped as the leasing agent. Construction began last fall.
VON ORMY, TEXAS — Partners Real Estate has negotiated the sale of a 26-acre industrial outdoor storage facility in Von Ormy, located on the southwestern outskirts of San Antonio. The site at 14603 and 14710 Speedway Park also houses a 7,500-square-foot truck terminal building. Stan Nowak of Partners represented the buyer, a private equity firm, in the transaction. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed. Partners has also been retained as the property’s leasing agent.
Rockefeller Group Starts Construction of 603,100 SF Sycamore Hills Distribution Center in Riverside, California
by Amy Works
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Rockefeller Group has begun construction of Sycamore Hills Distribution Center situated on 34.6 acres in the Inland Empire city of Riverside. Totaling 603,100 square feet, the project will include a 400,000-square-foot building and a 203,100-square-foot building. The two buildings will offer 36-foot clear heights, 56-foot by 60-foot column spacing, 623 auto parking spaces and 155 trailer parking spaces. As part of the development, Rockefeller Group will develop and then donate a 1.2-acre trailhead parking lot north of the property that will provide hiking and mountain biking access to the Sycamore Canyon Wilderness Park. The trailhead parking lot will include 52 parking stalls, a seating area, drinking fountain and bike repair stand that will be dedicated in fee title to the City of Riverside upon completion. JPMorgan Chase provided $87.2 million in construction financing for the project, which is slated for completion in early 2025. The project team includes HPA Architects, Kimley-Horn, Fullmer Construction and ECM Management. Bill Heim, Alex Heim, Michael Chavez, Mario Calvillo and Finn Comer of Lee & Associates’ Ontario office will oversee leasing of the project.
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Lee & Associates Report: Industrial, Office Sectors Face Challenges as Retail, Multifamily Show Positive Trends
Economic headwinds such as elevated interest rates and persistent inflation led to mixed outcomes in the first quarter for industrial, office, retail and multifamily sectors, with market observers anticipating a contracting economy, as outlined by Lee & Associates’ 2024 Q1 North America Market Report. On the industrial front, market pressures — including interest rates and supply chain challenges — led to higher vacancy in the United States in the first quarter of the year. U.S. office space experienced its fifth consecutive year of contraction, as office worker attendance stagnated. Additional challenges, in the form of loans maturing in a high-rate environment, signal further challenges in the near future for the office landscape. Continued merchant demand, reduced closures and bankruptcies and limited supply converged to create a feeding frenzy for retail space, with vacancies at historic lows. And finally, geographically based factors drove multifamily markets, many of which (especially in the Midwest and Northeast) experienced a rebound in apartment demand fueled by rising consumer sentiment and moderating inflation, despite supply outpacing demand. Lee & Associates has made their full, first-quarter report available here (with breakdowns of cap rates by city, vacancy rates, market rents, inventory square footage and more). The summaries from each sector …
VILLA RICA, GA. — Dermody Properties plans to develop LogistiCenter at Boggs Road, a two-building industrial development located in the western Atlanta suburb of Villa Rica. Hitachi Astemo Americas Inc., a global supplier of advanced mobility solutions for the automotive industry, has signed on as the sole tenant of Building 1, a 200,880-square-foot building near an existing manufacturing facility for Hitachi Astemo. Building I at LogistiCenter at Boggs Road will feature 32-foot clear heights, 72 trailer parking spaces and 99 car parking spaces. Building 2, which will total 124,740 square feet, will feature 28 dock-high doors, 23 trailer parking spaces, 94 auto spaces and 36-foot clear heights. Dermody Properties plans to open LogistiCenter at Boggs Road in the fourth quarter. Building 2 is available for prelease.
SPRING GROVE, ILL. — Entre Commercial Realty has brokered the sale of a 42,901-square-foot industrial building in Spring Grove, a city in northeast Illinois. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 2503 Spring Ridge Road, the two-story facility features a clear height of 18 feet, one dock and eight drive-in doors. Elisabeth Lazzara, Mike DeSerto and Cory Kay of Entre represented the buyer, KBI Custom Case, which intends to renovate both the office and warehouse areas while utilizing half of the property as its new headquarters. The company specializes in millwork and casework for the commercial sector. Dawn Koenigseder of Berkshire Hathaway Starck Real Estate represented the undisclosed seller.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Carrier Enterprise has signed a 78,000-square-foot industrial lease in the Northern New Jersey community of Piscataway. The distributor of HVAC parts and systems will occupy the entirety of the newly constructed building at 30 Duke Road, which is located within the 650,000-square-foot Rutgers Industrial Center development. Chuck Fern, Jason Barton and Jack Winge of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Levin Management Corp., in the lease negotiations. Dan Johnsen, also with Cushman & Wakefield, represented the tenant.
IRVINGTON, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has brokered the sale of a 10,878-square-foot industrial building in the Northern New Jersey community of Irvington. The building at 592 Hawthorne Ave., which according to LoopNet Inc. was built in 1950, features a clear height of 12 feet, three drive-in doors and 958 square feet of office space. Justin Allessio of NAI Hanson represented both the seller, Haenssler Realty Corp., in the transaction and procured the buyer, an entity doing business as Irvington Industrial LLC.
Office Properties Income Trust Completes 300,000 SF Unison Elliott Bay Life Sciences Campus in Seattle
by Amy Works
SEATTLE — Office Properties Income Trust (NASDAQ: OPI) has completed Unison Elliott Bay, a three-building, 300,000-square-foot life sciences campus located at 351, 401 and 501 Elliott Ave. West in Seattle. Unison Elliott Bay features Class A office space totaling 200,000 square feet. The buildings feature 14-foot floor-to-floor heights in two dedicated lab buildings inclusive of move-in ready lab and R&D space, with suites ranging from 12,500 square feet to 25,000 square feet. The campus includes dedicated mechanical infrastructure supported by standby generator power to accommodate lab and technological power requirements. The campus features reception areas, collaborative indoor and outdoor meeting areas, conference and training rooms, fitness and changing room facilities, and a landscaped courtyard with built-in pergola and sculptures. Additional amenities include covered and surface parking, secure bike storage and electric vehicle charging stations. The campus will also offer a chef-driven café, as well as a rotating mix of food trucks. Sonoma Biotherapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, has signed a 10-year lease for more than 83,000 square feet at the 501 building. The clinic-stage biotechnology company occupies three floors of office and lab space for its R&D and manufacturing center, which is intended for the development of engineered regulatory T …