Industrial

By Matt Hrubes and Joshua Allen, CBRE St. Louis is located at the crossroads of the U.S. at the intersection of I-55 (north/south) and I-70 (east/west), making it a prime location for industrial real estate users and developers alike. The Greater St. Louis area is separated by the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, giving it a natural division of industrial submarkets. Each side of the Mississippi River tells a different story as it relates to industrial real estate. Metro East To the east of the Mississippi River is the Metro East industrial submarket, which was the first in the area to offer real estate tax abatement, resulting in larger industrial developments ranging in size from 500,000 square feet to over 1 million square feet. Over the last decade, this area has seen some of the largest speculative developments in the region from national developers such as Panattoni, NorthPoint and Exeter, as well as local developers like TriStar.  Absorption had been at all-time highs with groups like Amazon, World Wide Technology, Geodis, Sam’s Club, P&G and Tesla leasing space as buildings were being completed. That is, until 2023 when a wave of space became available either through sublease, speculative development completions or …

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FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has brokered the sale of an eight-acre industrial development site located at the corner of Lakeside Parkway and Gerault Road in Flower Mound, located in the northern-central part of the metroplex. Alex Wilson of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, Canadian firm Hopewell Development, in the transaction. The seller was an entity doing business as P3 FM Development LLC.

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WILMINGTON, MASS. — JLL has arranged a $57 million construction loan for a 237,800-square-foot industrial project that will be located at 800 Salem St. in the northern Boston suburb of Wilmington. Building features will include a clear height of 36 feet, 47 dock positions and parking for 332 cars and 33 trailers. Steven Klein, Brett Paulsrud and Ryan Parker of JLL arranged the three-year loan through an undisclosed national bank on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Connecticut-based Wheelock Street Capital and Boston-based Camber Development. Construction is underway and expected to be complete in the third quarter.

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NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $7.5 million sale of an assemblage of three industrial-zoned lots in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint area. The assemblage consists of three lots along Huron Street, and the largest of the three parcels houses a 15,000-square-foot building. Thomas Brennan and Jakub Nowak of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction. Vincent Pan and Tina Lin of Ritz Realty represented the buyer, which also plans to occupy the site. Both parties requested anonymity.

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HILLIARD, OHIO — Colliers has brokered the sale of Northwest Corporate Plaza, a 221,736-square-foot light industrial portfolio in Hilliard, a northwest suburb of Columbus. The two-building portfolio is situated on 18 acres along Leap Road directly west of I-270 and near I-70. The buildings are home to seven tenants, including Micro Center, Yokowo Manufacturing of America, E-Cycle and Mectron North America. Alex Cantu, Alex Davenport and Shane Woloshan of Colliers represented the seller, Transwestern Investment Group. Diamond Properties was the buyer.

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SALT LAKE CITY — Jones Lang LaSalle Securities (JLLS), a member of JLL Capital Markets, has structured and placed a $112 million credit tenant lease and equipment financing for a newly completed industrial facility located at 6320 W. 300 South in Salt Lake City. JLLS served as placement agent for the developer, Riverbend Management. The lease financing and tenant improvements loan was structured to mature with the initial lease term and provide the borrower a single source of financing at a competitive, long-term, fixed rate. The loan allowed Riverbend Management to refinance an existing construction loan in addition to funding more than $80 million of equipment manufacturing improvements. Following tenant improvements, Riverbend will convert the 309,489-square-foot industrial property into a manufacturing facility. Bill Cavagnaro and Austin Johnson of JLLS represented the borrower in the financing. Additionally, JLL Work Dynamics represented the tenant on selection of the manufacturing site, and JLL Project and Development Services served as construction monitor.

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SALT LAKE CITY — A joint partnership between a fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital, Gardner Batt and BCG Holdings has completed the disposition of a newly constructed industrial building on 32 acres within Mountain View Industrial Park in Salt Lake City. A global investment manager acquired the Class A asset for an undisclosed price. A logistics company fully preleased the 243,232-square-foot building prior to its delivery in November 2023. The asset is part of Phase II of Mountain View Industrial Park, a multi-building, multi-phase warehouse and distribution project totaling approximately 1.3 million square feet. The second phase consists of the 243,232-square-foot Building C and the 179,400-square-foot Building B, both of which were completed in late 2023. Phase I featured an 833,280-square-foot building that was completed in 2022. The partnership acquired the 92-acre site at 300 South and 5960 West, where the entire project sits, in October 2020. Mountain View Industrial Park features offices finished to suit, 32-foot clear heights, abundant dock loading, heavy power, clerestory windows, skylights throughout the warehouse areas and ample trailer parking. Jeff Chiate, Rick Ellison, Jeffrey Cole and Matthew Leupold of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Industrial Advisory Group represented the seller in the transaction. The firm’s …

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214-21st-St-SE-Auburn-WA

AUBURN, WASH. — Dalfen Industrial has acquired an industrial property at 214 21st St. SE in Auburn, approximately 20 miles south of Seattle. A private owner sold the asset for $5.2 million. Situated on 2.1 acres, the property offers 26,920 rentable square feet in a mix of office, industrial warehouse and outside storage yard space. The in-place tenant has three years remaining on its lease at a rate 58 percent below market value, according to Dalfen. Matt McLennan of Kidder Mathews represented the seller in the transaction.

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FULTON, MD. — A joint venture between St. John Properties Inc. and Greenebaum Enterprises has purchased a 12.5-acre site within Montpelier Research Park, a business park in the Baltimore-Washington submarket of Howard County. The duo plan to develop two single-story, flex industrial facilities on the site spanning 70,000 square feet combined. Located adjacent to Maple Lawn and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Fulton, the acquired site currently features a 32,488-square-foot office building that the new ownership is marketing for lease. Abby Glassberg and Don Schline of KLNB represented the seller in the land transaction. St. John and Greenebaum estimate they’ll deliver the two industrial facilities in 2026.

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MEDLEY, FLA. — Prologis has signed Seaboard Marine Ltd. to two lease renewals at Prologis Palmetto Tradeport, an 880,000-square-foot industrial park in Medley, a city in Miami-Dade County. The two leases, for facilities located at 7800-7890 N.W. 80th St. and 8001 N.W. 79th Ave., total 308,000 square feet. Brian Smith of JLL represented Prologis in the lease transactions. Jonathan Kingsley of Colliers represented the tenant. Situated near Miami International Airport and PortMiami, Prologis Palmetto Tradeport is located adjacent to the Medley Metrorail Station and features three acres of outside storage. Seaboard Marine is a global ocean carrier offering shipping services between the Caribbean, North, Central and South America. The company, which is the largest cargo operator at PortMiami, has a 25-vessel fleet and more than 60,000 shipping containers.

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