ANNAPOLIS, MD. — Annapolis, Md.-based investment firm Realterm has acquired three industrial outdoor storage sites totaling 24.8 acres in the Northeast. The sites are located in the metro areas of Boston, Providence and Philadelphia and are all utilized as truck terminals, with a combined capacity to support 163 such vehicles. Realterm acquired the sites from logistics giant Yellow Corp. as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. The sales price(s) was not disclosed.
PHOENIX — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $38 million sale of Koll Cotton Center, a light industrial property located at 4050 E. Cotton Center Blvd. in Phoenix. The property comprises 228,605 square feet across seven buildings on 17.8 acres. California-based G.W. Williams Co. acquired the development, which was 98 percent leased at the time of sale, from TerraCap Management. Kirk Kuller, Will Strong, Michael Matchett, Molly Hunt and Dean Wiley of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the sale in collaboration with Tracy Cartledge and Robert Buckley, also of Cushman & Wakefield. The seller orginally acquired the property in 2021 and implemented upgrades including new roofs and exterior improvements.
MOORE, S.C. — A partnership between PRP and Flint Development has completed the development of a 1.9 million-square-foot distribution center in the Greenville-Spartanburg metropolitan area community of Moore. The property is fully leased to an affiliate of Hong Kong-based power tool manufacturer Techtronic Industries Co. and will distribute goods from the company’s Hart Consumer Products division. The development is one of the largest single-story logistics properties in the United States, according to PRP. The center features a cross-dock loading configuration with 40-foot clear heights, 338 dock doors and a 185-foot truck court, with 835 spaces of excess trailer parking across 178 acres of land. The development is located near the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport and Inland Port Greer, which offers direct rail connection to the Port of Charleston. Techtronic Industries leases a second 1.4 million-square-foot logistics center roughly 11 miles away in Duncan, which PRP also developed. The property distributes products from the company’s Hoover brand. PRP is a Washington, D.C.-based real estate investment management company with a focus on corporate headquarters facilities, office properties, logistics facilities, high-street retail properties, multifamily and data centers. Prairie Village, Kan.-based Flint Development is a commercial real estate development firm specializing in industrial, multifamily and …
SMYRNA, TENN. — A joint venture between Foundry Commercial and Principal Global Investors, doing business as Tridon Property Owner LLC, has completed the development of Creekside Logistics, a warehouse development located in Smyrna, roughly 25 miles outside Nashville. Ware Malcomb provided architecture and interior design services for the project, and Layton Construction served as the general contractor. Totaling 371,000 square feet, the property features three buildings comprising 147,500; 135,240; and 88,500 square feet. Situated on 43 acres, the development will accommodate tenant occupancies ranging from 17,860 to 147,260 square feet. The buildings feature tilt-wall construction with 32-foot clear heights.
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS — SpaceX, the rocket and spacecraft production company owned by Elon Musk, will open a new office and industrial complex in the South Texas city of Brownsville, according to reports from multiple news outlets including Dallas Morning News and San Antonio Express-News. The former publication, citing a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation, reports that the “Starbase Office” project carries a price tag of about $100 million and will be developed as an expansion of an existing industrial facility, with construction starting later this month. The latter reports that the facility will rise five stories and span approximately 330,000 square feet, with construction expected to last about a year.
HOLLYWOOD, FLA. — Miller Construction Co. has completed a 199,643-square-foot warehouse for Seagis Property Group at 1700 Eller Drive in Hollywood, a South Florida city near Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. The load bearing, tilt-wall structure gives tenant access to Florida’s Turnpike, I-95 and I-595. The property features 54- by 50-foot bays, a 60-foot speed bay and 36-foot clear heights, as well as two spec office spaces. In addition to Miller Construction, the project team included Ware Malcomb Architects, MEP engineer Puga & Associates Inc., structural engineer DDA Engineers and civil engineer Langan Engineering.
NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS — A partnership between San Antonio-based Bakke Development Corp. and Atlanta-based Batson-Cook Development Co. (BCDC) has broken ground on an 987-unit self-storage facility in New Braunfels, a northeastern suburb of San Antonio. The site along I-35 spans 1.8 acres, and the building will rise four stories and house 104,875 net rentable square feet of climate-controlled space. Project partners include Alamo Architects, civil engineer INK Civil, general contractor Independent Contractors and construction lender Frost Bank. Completion is slated for the first quarter of 2025. The project marks the fifth self-storage collaboration between Bakke and BCDC, with construction on the most recent project, a 762-unit facility in McAllen, beginning earlier this month.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Newmark has brokered the $80 million sale of a 19.7-acre development site located at 550 E. Brokaw in San Jose. The property includes a 293,906-square-foot building. Steven Golubchik, Edmund Najera, Jonathan Schaefler and Darren Hollak of Newmark represented the seller, Bay West Development, in the transaction. Supermicro Computers acquired the property, with plans to occupy the existing building and develop at the site. Phil Mahoney and Joe Kelly of Newmark assisted in the sale and manage leasing at the property, which Fry’s Electronics previously occupied.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Holt Lunsford Commercial has negotiated a 7,418-square-foot industrial lease at West Fork Business Center in Fort Worth. George Jennings and Trey Goodspeed of Holt Lunsford represented the landlord, locally based developer Exline Capital, in the lease negotiations. William Wilson, also with Holt Lunsford, represented the tenant, CarRev LLC.
BAYPORT, N.Y. — Metropolitan Realty Associates (MRA) has purchased a 75,000-square-foot cold storage facility in the Long Island community of Bayport for $12.6 million. Commercial baker Europastry formerly occupied the facility at 33 Rajon Road, which was originally built in 1986, according to LoopNet Inc. Building features include a clear height of 40 feet, 35,000 square feet of freezer space, 11 loading docks and two drive-in doors. Nick Gallipoli of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Doug Omstrom of JLL represented MRA, which has subsequently inked a 15-year, full-building lease with Bakery Processing Solutions.