OXNARD, CALIF. — Woolf Enterprises has purchased a 39,082-square-foot produce processing facility in Oxnard. Located at 650 Buena Vista Ave., the property sold for $2.65 million. The seller was West Coast Pre-Cooling Oxnard LLC. Stuart Scott of DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services’ Ventura, Calif., office represented both parties in the transaction.
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. — S&J Property Holdings LLC has completed the disposition of a 12,050-square-foot industrial facility, which is located within Carroll Mesa Industrial Park at 9235 Brown Deer Park in San Diego’s Sorrento Mesa area. ZJR LLC purchased the single-story, freestanding office/warehouse building for $2.2 million. The building is currently occupied by ZJR LLC, dba One Source Distributing. Dean Asaro of CB Richard Ellis represented the seller; Jed Stirnkorb, also of CB Richard Ellis, represented the buyer in the transaction.
MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. — Brooklyn, N.Y.-based MarJam Supply Co. has signed a 10-year lease with Boston-based TA Associates valued at $4 million. MarJam will occupy a 65,518-square-foot warehouse, located at 475 N.E. 185th St. in Miami Gardens. This is the company’s first location in Florida, and the firm will hire 20 employees to staff the space. Harry E. Wardell, Steven J. Medwin and Nick Wigoda of Lincoln Property Co.’s Miami office represented the tenant. Brian Smith, Wayne Ramoski and Audley Bosch of Cushman & Wakefield’s Miami office represented TA Associates.
VERNON HILLS, ILL. — Lincolnshire, Ill.-based Van Vlissingen & Co. has broken ground for a build-to-suit expansion within The Corporate Woods – Vernon Hills, located in Vernon Hills. Construction will consist of a 129,000-square-foot expansion to a distribution and manufacturing facility currently occupied by ZF Services North America, bringing its total space occupied to 289,000 square feet. ZF Services will be consolidating its Sheffield, Ohio, operations into the Vernon Hills facility. Ringwood, Ill.-based Gillespie Design Group is serving as project architect, and a joint venture between Arlington Heights, Ill.-based Build Corps and Libertyville, Ill.-based Ziccarelli Brothers is serving as general contractor. The completion date is not yet set.
LAKE VILLA, ILL. — Bannockburn, Ill.-based Principle Construction Corp. has broken ground for the construction of a new flex facility, located in Lake Villa. The project will consist of a 21,044-square-foot facility situated on 1.2 acres. It will contain 16,086 square feet of manufacturing and warehouse space, 3,959 square feet of office space and a 999-square-foot mezzanine. The building will feature two exterior docks, one drive-in door and 35 parking stalls. The facility is being built for ID Label Inc. The project is being built adjacent to the company’s current facility, located at 461 Park Ave. Design services are being provided by Partners in Design Architects. The construction timetable was not released.
BATAVIA, OHIO — Sidney, Ohio-based Industrial Property Brokers (IPB) has arranged the lease of 22,000 square feet of industrial space, located in Troy. The space will be occupied by The Monsanto Company, and will house the company’s seed laboratory and farm equipment. The facility had previously been occupied by Multi-Color Corp., which recently consolidated its operations into a new facility, also in Batavia. IPB’s Tim Echemann negotiated the transaction with the assistance of Grubb & Ellis. Terms of the lease were not disclosed.
HUMBLE, TEXAS — The Houston office of Cadence McShane Construction Co. has completed a new build-to-suit distribution center for DHL Global Forwarding. Known as AMB IAH Logistics Center II, the facility is located at 19120 Kenswick Dr. within the Houston Intercontinental Trade Center in Humble. The project consists of a 185,820-square-foot distribution center situated on 21 acres It features 32-foot clear ceiling heights, 45 exterior docks, three drive-in doors, a two-story office component and a 30,000-square-foot mezzanine. The center also will provide direct access to a future international air cargo terminal that has been master-planned for George Bush Intercontinental Airport. AMB IAH Logistics Center II was developed by AMB Property Corp. and designed by Seeberger + Associates.
HOUSTON — CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has brokered two Houston lease renewals. First, Nippon Express USA, renewed its lease for 34,800 square feet of distribution space at Interwood Business Center I, located at 14430 and 14440 John F. Kennedy Blvd. in Houston. CBRE’s Patrick Rollins represented the landlord, KTR Capital Houston, while Brad Marnitz of NAI Houston represented the tenant. In addition, Land Tejas Cos. renewed its lease for 12,246 square feet of office space at The Offices at Piney Point, located at 2450 Fondren Rd. CBRE’s Jon Lee and Rich Pancioli represented the tenant, and Mark Stringer of Noex Management represented the landlord.
BROOKSHIRE, TEXAS — Arlington, Texas-based Bob Moore Construction has been selected to finish out the retail store portion of the new Rooms To Go distribution center currently under construction at 31111 Miller Rd. in Brookshire. The showroom will take up 81,728 square feet of the approximately 1 million-square-foot facility. Bob Moore is also serving as general contractor for the construction of the rest of the distribution center. In addition to the main building, the project will also include construction of a separate 12,000-square-foot trailer maintenance building. Rooms To Go is acting as its own developer for the project, with Atlanta-based MacGregor Associates Architects serving as project architect. Completion of the distribution center is expected in early 2010. In 2004, Bob Moore also completed an 851,000-square-foot distribution center in Arlington, Texas, for Rooms To Go.
HOUSTON — CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has brokered the lease of 37,969 square feet of industrial space, located at 5390 Greens Rd. in north Houston. Glynn Mireles of CBRE’s Houston office represented the landlords: Lee Toombs, Liza Toombs and Ann Toombs Alej. Caleb Lawson of The Lawson Group represented the tenant, oilfield parts supplier Mud King Products. Terms of the lease were not disclosed.