AUSTIN, TEXAS — The Dallas office of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (HFF) has completed the sale of Southpark 3 and Southpark 4, two Austin industrial properties totaling 176,000 square feet. Located at 4209 and 4129 S. Industrial Dr., the properties are a combined 89 percent leased by a tenant roster that includes The Whitley Printing Company, BlueLinx Corp., Crawford Electric Supply and Austin Tele-Services. An adjacent 4.2-acre land parcel was included in the sale. Jud Clemens and Robby Rieke of HFF represented the seller, an affiliate of General Electric Pension Trust that was advised by Stamford, Conn.-based GE Asset Management. The buyer was Boston-based AEW, which made the purchase on behalf of AEW Value Investors II, the company’s value-added real estate fund. The acquisition price was not disclosed.
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RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CALIF. — First Industrial Realty Trust Inc. has acquired two industrial facilities in Rancho Dominguez. In the first transaction, First Industrial purchased a 122,000-square-foot bulk distribution center, which is located at 2960 E. Victoria St., through a sale-leaseback transaction. The property was acquired through First Industrial’s Development and Repositioning joint venture with the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS). In the second transaction, the company acquired a 23,000-square-foot truck terminal, which is located at 19021 S. Reyes Ave. First Industrial plans to redevelop the property by expanding the building and adding more than 20 dock-high doors. Additional details about the transactions were not disclosed. Steve Sprenger of Grubb & Ellis and Mike Gibbs of Burr & Temkin assisted in the acquisition of 2960 East Victoria; Jeff Smart and Blake Tippett of Grubb & Ellis assisted in the acquisition of 19021 South Reyes.
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIF. — Voit Commercial Brokerage has completed four industrial sale transactions in Orange County. In the first transaction, Anaheim, Calif.-based TC Specialties purchased a 12,000-square-foot industrial building, which is located at 460 Industrial Way in Placentia, Calif., for $2 million. Dennis Demeis of Southwest Commercial represented the buyer; Mike Hefner of Voit’s Anaheim office represented the seller, The Prount Family Trust, in the transaction. In the second transaction, Ageel Mohammad has acquired a 9,685-square-foot industrial property for $1.8 million. The project is located at 3010 Miraloma Ave. in Anaheim. Larry Lawrence of Lee & Associates represented the buyer; Rob Socci and Hayden Socci of Voit’s Anaheim office represented the seller, Franklin Dennis Hirt, in the transaction. In the third transaction, Brian Williams of Voit’s Anaheim office represented Joseph Hoang in the acquisition of a 6,868-square-foot industrial building., which is located at 11264 Monarch St., Suite B in Garden Grove, Calif. Brian Burke sold the property for $1.4 million. Gary Marquis of Collins Commercial represented the seller. In the final transaction, Le Court Family Trust has purchased a 4,176-square-foot industrial property, which is located at 27176 Burbank Ave. in Foothill Ranch, Calif., for $1 million. Scott Kelley of The …
ROSEVILLE, MICH. — L. Mason Capitani has brokered the acquisition of a 36,374-square-foot industrial facility located at 15890 Sturgeon in Roseville. Palmer Distributors has purchased the property from an undisclosed seller in order to expand its current operations. The asking price for the facility was approximately $1.3 million. Tom Jablonski of L. Mason Capitani represented the buyer in the transaction.
LITTLETON, MASS. — The Stubbledine Company and CB Richard Ellis have completed a lease for 60,000 square feet of industrial space at Littleton Distribution Center, located in Littleton. The space will be occupied by Curtis-Straus, a Bureau Veritas company. Micah Stubbledine and David Stubbledine of The Stubbledine Company represented the tenant. Jeff Hamilton and Bob Gibson of CB Richard Ellis – New England represented the landlord, PR Littleton Expansion LLC. Terms of the lease were not released.
MUSKEGON, MICH. — Grubb & Ellis|Paramount Commerce has represented both parties in the sale of a 239,659-square-foot industrial facility located at 1450 E. Laketon in Muskegon. Laketon Ave12 LLC has purchased the building from HRE Muskegon LLC for an undisclosed amount. The facility was part of a five-building portfolio owned by Hilco. Kurt Suidinski of Grubb & Ellis|Paramount Commerce represented the buyer; Randy Bronkema and Steve Wilson, also of Grubb & Ellis|Paramount Commerce represented the seller in the transaction.
BENSENVILLE, ILL. — Atlanta-based MailExpress has opened its new Customer Processing Center in Bensenville. The 40,000-square-foot building is more than twice the size of the company’s previous facility, which was also located in suburban Chicago. With a capacity to process more than 1.5 million packages per week, the new facility will serve much of the upper Midwest region. In addition to the Midwest regional facility, MailExpress is preparing to open its 18th distribution center this month in Salt Lake City.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — The grand opening has been held for the corporate headquarters of Peregrine Point, located at 13537 Heritage Pkwy. in Fort Worth. Situated within the AllianceTexas industrial development at the southeastern edge of Fort Worth Alliance Airport, the facility will comprise 10,000 square feet of offices in front of two connected aircraft hangars. Peregrine Point, a startup aviation company, operates passenger and cargo flights. It presently owns two planes, a Gulfstream 450 and a Boeing 737-700C. The headquarters was designed by Roanoke, Texas-based RGA Architects and Oklahoma City-based FSB Aviation.
HOUSTON — NAI Houston has brokered the lease of a 30,000-square-foot industrial building located at 2510 Beltway 8 in Houston. John Clark and Darren O’Conor of NAI represented the tenant, Global Tech Motors, in the transaction. The landlord, 2510 Sam Houston Parkway LLC, was represented by Greg Williams of Pasadena, Texas-based Qualified Properties. Terms of the lease were not disclosed.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Orlando-based Keene Construction Co. has completed Higgins Development Partners’125,000-square-foot Centergate at Lee Vista. Located at the intersection of McCoy Road and TPC Boulevard in Orlando, the $7 million warehouse property encompasses three buildings and features 24-foot clearance. Tampa, Fla.-based Horton, Harley and Carter provided design services.