CHANDLER, ARIZ. — US Capital Development, along with an undisclosed joint venture partner, has completed the sale of Chandler Airpark 202, a Class A industrial project in Chandler, to an undisclosed leading global private equity firm. Terms of the transaction were not released. Located at 1640-1700 Northrop Blvd., Chandler Airpark 202 features 402,487 square feet spread across four buildings that were all delivered in 2023. Three of the buildings are 100 percent leased to two tenants, bringing the total project occupancy to 57.3 percent. Current tenants include MEI Rigging and Crafting, occupying buildings A and B, and Wedgewood Pharmacy, occupying building C. Will Strong, Michael Matchett and Molly Hunt of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Industrial Advisory Group – Mountain West represented the seller in the deal. Cushman & Wakefield’s Andy Markham, Mike Haenel and Phil Haenel negotiated the existing leases prior to sale. The team has been retained by the buyer to handle leasing efforts for the property, which has a 172,000-square-foot building available.
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NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Hernandez Development and XSITE Real Estate have received the site plan approval from the Planning and Zoning Department of DuPage County for a Class A self-storage facility in the Chicago suburb of Naperville. Plans for the 120,300-square-foot project include a three-story, climate-controlled self-storage facility with 882 units as well as a one-story Little Sunshine Playhouse & Playschool and a drive-thru-only Scooter’s Coffee. CubeSmart will manage the self-storage portion. According to the development team, the Naperville area currently offers 6.07 square feet of self-storage per person, while the average utilization rate as an indicator of equilibrium is 8.44 square feet. A timeline for construction was not provided.
MONTGOMERY, ILL. — Parceljet Information Technology LLC has signed a 239,190-square-foot industrial lease at 900 Knell Road in Montgomery. The cross-border logistics company is expanding from its coastal locations to grow its presence in the Midwest. The space is part of a 992,462-square-foot building constructed in 1960 and renovated in 2000. The facility features a clear height of 30 feet, 17 exterior docks and one drive-in door. Parking is available for 184 trailers and more than 600 cars. George Cibula and Rick Daly of DarwinPW Realty/CORFAC International represented the landlord, CenterPoint Properties. Danielle Radtke and Patrick Smith of CenterPoint were instrumental in getting Parceljet into the space in a short timeframe.
EAST ALTON, ILL. — Contegra Construction Co. has completed a 76,000-square-foot expansion for West Star Aviation’s service facility and headquarters in East Alton, about 25 miles north of St. Louis. The company’s maintenance, repair and overhaul property now totals more than 500,000 square feet. The expansion is projected to create 60 to 80 jobs over the next two years. Located at 2 Airline Court, the three-building expansion project added 50,000 square feet of new hangar capacity, 13,000 square feet of additional back shop space and 13,000 square feet of additional storage space. It also includes 165 parking spaces.
DXD Capital Starts Construction of 706-Unit Self-Storage Facility in Scottsdale, Arizona
by Amy Works
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — DXD Capital has broken ground on a self-storage facility totaling 66,750 rentable square feet in Scottsdale. Located at 8888 E. Desert Cove Ave., the four-story property will offer 706 individual storage units and two basement levels. Extra Space Storage will manage the facility, which is slated to open in fourth-quarter 2025. The project team includes TLW Construction as general contractor and Southwest Capital Bank as construction lender. DXD Capital acquired the site in July 2024. To date, DXD has invested in 19 self-storage developments and one seven-facility portfolio acquisition across the United States.
MILFORD, N.H. — Locally based design-build firm PROCON has broken ground on a 57,000-square-foot industrial flex project in Milford, located near the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border. The project is a build-to-suit for Hitchiner, a provider of casting-based components and assemblies for the aerospace and automotive industries, and will serve as a “shared services operations” center on the company’s existing campus. Completion is scheduled for fall 2025.
NEW HAVEN, CONN. — Pikalo Foods, a family-owned, wholesale provider of empanadas, has signed a 20,280-square-foot industrial lease in New Haven. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 145 Hamilton St. was originally constructed in 1965. Mark Glassman of Arnold Peck’s Commercial World represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Carl Russell and Chris Nolan of Pearce Real Estate represented the landlord, a New York-based entity doing business as 145 Hamilton LLC.
TUTTLE, OKLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Premium Storage, a 375-unit self-storage facility in Tuttle, a southwestern suburb of Oklahoma City. The site spans seven acres, and the property features 107,330 net rentable square feet across 37 climate-controlled units, 334 non-climate-controlled units and four commercial spaces. Bryan Quaschnick, Danny Cunningham and Brandon Karr of Marcus & Millichap represented the Dallas-based seller in the deal and procured the buyer, an out-of-state, privately held investment group. Both parties requested anonymity.
LAS VEGAS AND HENDERSON, NEV. — Colliers has arranged the dual acquisitions of a two-parcel infill logistics portfolio in Henderson and Las Vegas by BKM Capital Partners and an Ares Management Real Estate fund. Michael Kendall, Gian Bruno, Dan Doherty, Paul Sweetland, Jerry Doty, Chris Lane, Brian Riffel and Tyler Jones of Colliers represented the seller, a private institutional investment firm, in the sales. BKM Capital Partners purchased a two-building, 153,368-square-foot property at 6620 Escondido St. in Las Vegas for an undisclosed price. BKM plans to implement a $4.4 million capital improvement program to execute structural and cosmetic improvements to the property, as well as speculative tenant improvements to turn the two large units into nine warehouses ranging in size from 7,000 square feet to 31,000 square feet each. The asset was constructed in 1995. An Ares Management Real Estate fund acquired Airparc Heights, a six-building, Class A business park at 3225-3255 Sunridge Parkway and 1065-1085 Alper Center Drive in Henderson. Ares acquired the park, which will be managed by the Ares Industrial Management team. Spanning 339,214 square feet, the project was delivered in 2022 and gained full occupancy within one month of delivery.
Marcus & Millichap Facilitates $19M Sale of Self-Storage Facility in Tacoma, Washington
by Amy Works
TACOMA, WASH. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of 12th Street Storage, a self-storage facility in Tacoma. An undisclosed limited liability company sold the asset to a fund manager for $19 million. Located at 1018 E. Highland Ave., 12th Street Storage offers 91,546 square feet of self-storage space. The facility, which was developed in 2020 and 2021 by a local investment group, was acquired by an international real estate firm based in London and Los Angeles. Christopher Secreto of Marcus & Millichap’s Seattle office represented the seller and secured the buyer in the deal.