CINCINNATI AND BELTON, MO. — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has brokered the sale of a two-property industrial portfolio in Cincinnati and Belton, Mo., for $11 million. SiteOne occupies the buildings, which total 37,201 square feet. The seller was the founder of Semco Stone, one of the largest natural stone distributors in the Midwest. SiteOne Landscape Supply acquired Semco Stone in 2021. An all-cash buyer purchased the portfolio at a cap rate of 6.55 percent. Taylor Dintzner, Erik Manarino and John Stroud of Matthews brokered the sale.
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BRANCHBURG, N.J. — CBRE has brokered the sale of a 311,040-square-foot industrial building in the Northern New Jersey community of Branchburg. The building sits on a 26.2-acre site at 3091 Route 22 E. and features a clear height of 40 feet and 42 loading docks. Randy Eigen of CBRE represented the buyer, an entity doing business as TYH Branchburg LLC, in the transaction. Matthew Turse, Tim Cadigan, Judy Troiano, John Gianis and Stephen Gianis of Avison Young represented the seller and developer, Transwestern Development Co.
MICKLETON, N.J. — San Francisco-based mortgage banking firm Gantry has arranged a $10.2 million acquisition loan for a 454-unit self-storage facility located at 350 Swedesboro Ave. in the Southern New Jersey community of Mickleton. The facility includes climate-controlled space, drive-up units and vehicle storage spaces. Andy Bratt, Amit Tyagi and Sean Kuang of Gantry arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Moove In Storage. The direct lender was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Stuf Storage has opened a 110-unit self-storage facility in Brooklyn. The facility is located at 550 Fifth Ave. in the Park Slope neighborhood and consists of gross 9,000 net rentable square feet of space. Units range in size from 20 square feet to 250 square feet. The owner of the building was not disclosed. Stuf Storage now operates about 30 facilities across seven states.
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — Colliers has negotiated the sale of a 17,768-square-foot industrial building located just outside Philadelphia in Mount Laurel. The building, which according to LoopNet Inc. was built in 1970 and features a clear height of 16 feet, was renovated in 2017 and fully leased at the time of sale. Marc Isdaner and Ian Richmond of Colliers represented the seller, East Capital Partners, in the transaction. The buyer was an undisclosed 1031 exchange investor.
MESA, ARIZ. — CapRock Partners has acquired Longbow Industrial Park, a two-building industrial complex in Mesa, from a private investor for an undisclosed price. Situated on 14.5 acres on the northwest corner of McDowell Road and 58th Circle, Longbow Industrial Park offers a total of 244,286 square feet of Class A industrial space. Both individual buildings feature 30-foot clear heights, 2,400 square feet of speculative office space, warehouse HVAC and LED lighting, dock packages on one-third of the dock-high doors, ESFR sprinklers, ample power, a fully secured, 182-foot concrete truck court and a large wrap-around parking lot with 320 auto stalls. The 129,165-square-foot Building 1 (divisible to 30,031 square feet) offers 36 dock-high doors and four motorized grade-level doors, while the 115,121-square-foot Building 2 (divisible to 26,291 square feet) features 34 dock-high doors and four motorized grade-level doors. Stein Koss, Tom Louer, Marc Pierce and Fenton Kelly at Lee & Associates represented CapRock Partners in the acquisition and is handling leasing for the project.
HOUSTON — Locally based brokerage firm Finial Group has negotiated a full-building, 10,000-square-foot industrial lease in northwest Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 8707 Fallbrook Drive was built in 2006. Jack Gaffney and Andrew Bischoff of Finial Group represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant, Womack Machine Supply Co., was not disclosed.
DEVENS, MASS. — Locally based developer King Street Properties has received an undisclosed amount of construction financing for a 210,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing project that will be located in the northwestern Boston suburb of Devens. The building at 75 Jackson Road will be the fourth such structure on the 700,000-square-foot Pathway Devens campus. Preliminary sitework is underway, and completion is slated for the third quarter of 2025. First Citizens Bank and Berkshire Bank provided the financing. The project team includes general contractor BW Kennedy, Vivo Architecture and Highpoint Engineering.
MADISON COUNTY, MISS. — Amazon Web Services (AWS) has broken ground on a $10 billion project in Madison County. Plans for the development include data center complexes across two industrial parks, in coordination with the Madison County Economic Development Authority (MCEDA). Local outlet WJTV reports that Mississippi lawmakers approved a $4 million incentive package for the project earlier this year. A press release issued by the office of Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, who signed a bill for the incentives, reports that the investment will create 1,000 jobs in the state. According to the Mississippi Development Authority, this marks the largest capital investment in the state’s history, at four times the size of the previous largest economic development project. WJTV reports that Reeves has said the data centers could be partially open as early as 2027.
First Quality Baby Products to Invest $418M for Manufacturing Facility Expansion in Macon, Georgia
by John Nelson
MACON, GA. — First Quality Baby Products — which manufactures baby diapers, youth and training pants, adult incontinence products, feminine hygiene products, paper towels and bath tissue and packages products — has announced plans for a $418 million expansion of its facilities in Macon, roughly 85 miles southwest of Atlanta. Located adjacent to the company’s current facilities, at 2108 Avondale Mill Road, the expansion will create 600 jobs and will allow for a 50 percent increase in baby diaper and training pant manufacturing capacity, according to the brand. Candice Scott of the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) represented the state in securing the project, working in partnership with the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Development Authority, Georgia Power and Georgia Quick Start. “We’re always thankful when job creators like First Quality choose to expand in Georgia, and we’ll keep working to strengthen these long-term partnerships that enrich communities in every corner of the state,” said Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in a press release.