FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Los Angeles-based development and investment firm CIM Group has sold a 139,502-square-foot cold storage facility in Fort Worth. The site, which CIM Group acquired in 2020, spans 14.4 acres near the junction of Interstates 20 and 35. According to LoopNet Inc., the newly constructed facility features 36-foot clear heights, 34 dock-high doors, an ESFR sprinkler system and parking for 44 trailers (expandable to 101). The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
SEATTLE — Trammel Crow. Co (TCC) and its joint venture partner MetLife Investment Management are near completion of Seattle Metro Logistics, a two-story industrial facility at 44 S. Nevada Ave. in South Seattle. In 2021, the Port of Seattle Commission approved the long-term ground lease for this portion of Port-owned land — known as Terminal 106 — to TCC, allowing for the demolition of the port’s old warehouse and construction of a new light industrial facility, which started in 2022. Slated for delivery this August, the 702,429-square-foot facility will feature 30-foot clear heights, 50-foot by 50-foot column spacing, 350 pounds per square foot floor loading, ESFR sprinklers, 289-foot warehouse depth and truck court depths ranging from 131 feet to 135 feet. The property is designed to suit a broad range of industrial uses, from last-mile and regional distribution to storage, maritime and manufacturing uses. Seattle Metro Logistics will include a parking garage with 701 spaces and a solar-ready roof. Project partners include Nelson Worldwide as architect of record, Lease Crutcher Lewis as general contractor and Bank OZK as construction lender. Andrew Stark and Andrew Hitchcock of CBRE are handling the marketing and leasing of the facility.
FULLERTON, CALIF. — Voit Real Estate Services has arranged the purchase of a freestanding industrial warehouse situated on 2.2. acres in Fullerton, a city in northern Orange County. Anaheim-based 1450 Manhattan LLC acquired the asset from Salher LLC for $13.3 million. Located at 1450-1456 S. Manhattan Ave., the property features 48,235 square feet of industrial space. Garrett McClelland and Erik Sikes of Voit Real Estate Services’ Irvine office represented the buyer, while Byron Foss, Wade Tift and Nick Carey of JLL represented the seller in the deal.
ROSEMOUNT, MINN. — The Opus Group has broken ground on a $71 million expansion to add new aluminum recycling capabilities at the Spectro Alloys campus in Rosemount, a southern suburb of the Twin Cities. Spectro plans to recycle more end-of-life scrap aluminum to improve recycling rates in Minnesota. The project includes a new 90,000-square-foot building along Highway 55. The first phase of the project will result in nearly 120 million pounds per year of additional recycling capacity and create up to 50 new full-time jobs. The facility will include state-of-the-art equipment for sorting, melting, casting, sawing, homogenizing and packaging with automation and pollution control technology. Spectro’s plant will also provide energy use and carbon emission reductions of 95 percent when compared to new aluminum production. Aluminum billet is used as raw material for the extrusion process, and is turned into products such as railings, window and door trim, and structural components for cars, boats, airplanes, trailers and docks. Spectro will also have the ability to recycle used beverage containers into sheet ingot — slabs of aluminum weighing up to 60,000 pounds each. Construction of the new facility is slated for completion in mid-2025. Spectro has operated at its Rosemount campus …
NEW YORK CITY — San Francisco-based Terreno Realty Corp. (NYSE: TRE) has acquired a 24,000-square-foot industrial building in the East Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn for $12 million. The site at 181 Lombardy St. spans about three-quarters of an acre, and the facility, which is currently vacant, features one dock-high door, one grade-level loading position and parking for 10 cars. The seller was not disclosed.
LOS ANGELES — Blackstone Real Estate has sold a portfolio of industrial properties in Southern California to Rexford Industrial Realty Inc. (NYSE: REXR) for a total of $1 billion. The portfolio comprises 48 properties and approximately 3 million square feet, for a sales price of $332 per square foot. At the time of the sale, the portfolio was 98 percent leased. Almost all of the properties are located within infill submarkets in Los Angeles and Orange counties. A list of the properties was not released. Rexford Industrial, headquartered in Los Angeles, financed the transaction using proceeds from its recent exchangeable senior note offerings and cash on hand. According to Michael Frankel and Howard Schwimmer, co-CEOs of Rexford Industrial, the REIT’s current acquisition pipeline also includes $300 million of investments under contract or accepted offer. “Infill Southern California is the nation’s highest-barrier and lowest supply industrial market,” said Frankel and Schwimmer via a press release. “These strategic investments in exceptionally well-located, high-quality assets represent a significant opportunity to drive accretive cash flow growth, increased operating margins and long-term value creation.” Rexford is already a major industrial investor, with its entire 422-property, 49.1 million-square-foot portfolio located in Southern California. The company’s stock price closed at $50.30 per share …
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS — Philadelphia-based investment firm EQT Exeter has acquired a 449,642-square-foot industrial building in the northern Austin suburb of Georgetown that is fully leased on a long-term basis to solar panel manufacturer CAF Energy. The sales price was $60.9 million. Located at 110 SE Inner Loop Road, the building was completed in 2023 and features 106 loading doors, 36-foot clear heights and parking for 123 trailers and more than 500 cars. At full operation, CAF Energy expects to employ more than 240 people at the facility.
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — The Opus Group has broken ground on Huntersville Commerce Center, a 131,000-square-foot speculative industrial facility located at 13601 Reese Blvd. in Huntersville, about 12 miles north of Charlotte via I-77. The 11-acre project is situated within the Park at Huntersville, a master-planned development that houses tenants including Daumar, Atom Power, NSI Industries and Oelikon. Slated for delivery in the fourth quarter, Huntersville Commerce Center will feature 13 dock doors (expandable to 26), two drive-in doors, 32-foot clear heights, 11 trailer parking stalls and 130 auto parking stalls. The Opus Group is the developer, general contractor, architect and structural engineer of record on the project. Orsborn Engineering Group PA is serving as civil engineer. Justin Smith and Rob Speir of Colliers’ Charlotte office are marketing Huntersville Commerce Center for lease.
THORNWOOD, N.Y. — CBRE has negotiated a 16,750-square-foot industrial lease in Thornwood, about 30 miles north of Manhattan. William Cuddy of CBRE represented the tenant, Healy Electric Contracting, in the lease negotiations. Michael Rao and Frank Rao of New York Commercial Realty Group (NYCRG) represented the locally based landlord, Simone Development Cos. The 120,000-square-foot building, which sits on 12 acres at 1 Zeiss Drive and features clear heights of 14 to 18 feet, is also partially leased to The Home Depot.
SURPRISE, ARIZ. — Ryan Cos. US, as builder, and ESI Ventures, as owner, have broken ground on Surprise 34, an industrial campus. The project will be located in the Surprise Pointe neighborhood of Surprise, a suburb northwest of Phoenix. The two-building development will offer more than 145,000 square feet of industrial space. Each building will feature 28-foot clear heights and dock wells for tenants. Ryan A+E Inc., the design studio of Ryan, is the architect and civil engineer of record for the project.