FOREST PARK, ILL. — Newmark has negotiated a long-term, full-building industrial lease totaling 150,316 square feet at 7801 Industrial Drive in Forest Park on behalf of Dynamic Manufacturing. Corey Chase of Newmark represented the tenant. First Industrial Realty Trust Inc. is the landlord. Dynamic Manufacturing will use the facility for warehousing, electrification and manufacturing operations. Full operations are expected to commence in February 2027. Located on 5 acres, the property features 4,509 square feet of office space, a clear height of 24 feet, six interior loading docks, one drive-in door and parking for 120 vehicles. The fully air-conditioned warehouse and planned installation of a new ESFR sprinkler system were key factors in the tenant’s decision to lease the property, according to Newmark.
GRIMES COUNTY, TEXAS — Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) will build a semiconductor manufacturing plant in Grimes County, located northwest of Houston. The first phase of the project represents a capital investment of $16.8 billion and is expected to create about 3,000 new jobs within the local economy. The office of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott made the announcement late last week, noting that the state had provided SpaceX with a $30 million Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) grant in association with the project, which will be known as Terafab. The facility is planned to span more than 100 million square feet under a single roof, which would make it the largest structure in the world. A construction timeline was not announced. Founded in 2002 by Elon Musk, SpaceX already houses its global headquarters and Starbase launch facilities in South Texas’ Cameron County. The company also operates a semiconductor research-and-development (R&D) and advanced packaging facility in Bastrop, about 30 miles southeast of Austin, for its Starlink satellite platform. “The first-of-its-kind Terafab facility will accelerate chip production in Texas at an unprecedented scale, create thousands of good-paying jobs in Grimes County and expand economic opportunity for generations of Texans across southeast Texas and …
DESOTO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged an $8.2 million loan for the refinancing of Grizzly Self Storage, located in DeSoto, a southern suburb of Dallas. The number of units was not disclosed, but Grizzly Self Storage spans 132,265 net rentable square feet and offers both personal and commercial storage spaces. Doug Brooks of MMCC arranged the 10-year loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. The direct lender was also not disclosed.
MIDLAND, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 12,000-square-foot industrial building in the West Texas city of Midland. The single-tenant building was constructed on 6.6 acres in 2019 and was fully leased at the time of sale to water transfer equipment and services provider Coastal Production Systems. Davis Cagle, Chase Beasley and Adam Abushagur of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The undisclosed buyer acquired the building via a 1031 exchange.
DOVER, N.J. — CBRE has brokered the $6.8 million sale of a 6.5-acre industrial development site in the Northern New Jersey community of Dover. The parcel is part of the newly opened, 80,000-square-foot headquarters facility of tube and pipe distributor Dover Tubular Alloys at 220 W. Clinton St. Thomas Mallaney and Denise Kokulak of CBRE represented Dover Tubular Alloys in the transaction. Resource Realty represented the buyer, an entity doing business as SL Acquisitions LLC.
TRUMBULL, CONN. — Locally based brokerage firm Vidal/Wettenstein has negotiated the $6.4 million sale of a 57,000-square-foot industrial building in the southern coastal Connecticut city of Trumbull. The building at 205 Spring Hill Road and formerly housed the operations of the Trumbull Printing Co. Bruce Wettenstein of Vidal/Wettenstein represented the seller, Brooklyn-based BACO Enterprises, in the transaction. Wes Craft and Tyler Lyman of True Commercial represented the undisclosed seller.
HANAHAN, S.C. — New York City-based Obelisk Real Estate Partners has acquired a two-building industrial park spanning 516,000 square feet (5801 N. Rhett Ave.) and an adjacent 305,250-square-foot industrial building (1020 N. Pointe Industrial Blvd.) in Hanahan, approximately eight miles outside North Charleston. Oak Brook, Ill.-based CenterPoint Properties sold both properties to Obelisk for an undisclosed price. Obelisk has retained Brendan Redeyoff and Bob Barrineau of CBRE to lead leasing efforts at 5801 North Rhett on behalf of Obelisk. Approximately 318,926 square feet of space is available for lease at 5801 North Rhett, which can accommodate manufacturing, logistics and distribution users. The property also offers CSX rail service and up to 3.3 acres of laydown yard space. The facility is also situated near the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) and Charleston International Airport, where Boeing is expanding its production facility.
PHOENIX — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 984-unit Extra Space Storage facility in Phoenix. Located at 6316 N. 7th St., the gated-access property features fully climate-controlled units, drive-in loading areas, multiple elevators, onsite management office, 24/7 video surveillance and an interior concrete drive aisle with roll-up doors. The property was built in 2021. Adam Schlosser, Jordan Farrer and Charles “Chico” LeClaire of the LeClaire-Schlosser Group of Marcus & Millichap, in association with Ryan Sarbinoff, Marcus & Millichap’s Arizona broker of record, represented the seller in the transaction.
HUTCHINS, TEXAS — Orlando-based owner-operator Foundry Commercial is underway on construction for Wintergreen Gardens, a 13-acre industrial outdoor storage (IOS) facility in Hutchins, a southeastern suburb of Dallas. Wintergreen Yards will feature 9 acres of concrete-paved outdoor storage space along with two tilt-wall industrial buildings totaling 25,000 square feet. Construction began earlier this summer, and delivery is slated for the first quarter of 2027.
DALLAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 26,600-square-foot industrial lease in northwest Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 616-626 W. Mockingbird Lane was completed in 1978 and totals 46,400 square feet. Stephen Williamson of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Brookfield Asset Management, in the lease negotiations. Nick Melbye of NAI Robert Lynn represented the tenant, an entity doing business as Render Collective LLC.