PHOENIX — Gantry has secured a $22 million permanent loan to refinance maturing debt on a single-tenant industrial building located at 6600 W. Latham St. in Phoenix. Situated on 23.3 acres, the 437,000-square-foot property is currently used as both a showroom and warehouse facility for Living Spaces. Tim Storey and Chad Metzger of Gantry’s Phoenix production office represented the borrower, a private real estate investor. The five-year, fixed-rate loan was provided by a life company lender from Gantry’s exclusive network of correspondents and affiliates, featuring a full-term interest-only payment schedule.
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DENVER — Brennan Investment Group has purchased an industrial building located at 4881 Ironton St. in Denver. Terms of the transaction were not released. Situated on 3.3 acres within Montbello Industrial Park, the 64,020-square-foot building features a clear height of 21 feet, significant power capacity, multiple dock-high doors, drive-in access and excess outdoor storage. Brennan plans to reposition the vacant asset through targeted capital improvements and lease-up efforts, with the flexibility to accommodate a single-tenant or multi-tenant configuration. The company intends to execute a five-year business plan focused on leasing and stabilization of the property.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Local brokerage firm Highland Properties has negotiated a 12,162-square-foot industrial lease in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Richardson. The tenant is ZC Distribution, and the space is located at 1461 Exchange Drive. Scott Voelkel and Cullen Dickey of Highland Properties represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Dan Lawson of Proterra Properties represented the landlord, a Dallas-based partnership.
MANALAPAN, N.J. — Mapletree, a development and investment firm based in Singapore, will build a 952,720-square-foot industrial project in Manalapan, located east of Trenton in Central New Jersey. The 96.8-acre site at 370 Smithburg Road is located near Exit 8 off the New Jersey Turnpike, and the development will consist of two buildings that will total 300,220 and 652,500 square feet. Building features will include clear heights of 40 feet, 172 dock doors and parking for 366 cars and 141 trailers. Construction is expected to begin in the coming months and to be complete in early 2028.
LEBANON, TENN. — Indus Realty Trust, an industrial owner-operator based in New York, is underway on construction of INDUS Commerce Center @ 840, a 2.1 million-square-foot industrial park that will be located on the eastern outskirts of Nashville in Lebanon. The site spans 189 acres near the I-840 and Couchville Pike interchange. The development will consist of four buildings that can accommodate tenants with requirements from 250,000 to 1 million square feet. Vertical construction of the first, 507,000-square-foot building is now underway. This structure will be known as Building 2 and will feature a clear height of 40 feet, 120 dock-high doors, four drive-in doors, parking for 216 cars and 175 trailers, ESFR sprinklers and high-efficiency LED lighting. Completion is slated for the first quarter of 2027. Building 1 within INDUS Commerce Center @ 840 spans 537,000 square feet and is pad-ready. That structure also features a clear height of 40 feet, as well as 110 dock-high doors, four drive-in doors and parking for 196 cars and 120 trailers. Buildings 3 and 4 are also pad-ready and will total 496,674 and 610,480 square feet, respectively. In addition, according to the property’s marketing brochure, Buildings 3 and 4 can be combined …
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MBA: Commercial, Multifamily Borrowing Increased 52 Percent in First-Quarter 2026
by John Nelson
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations were 52 percent higher in the first quarter of 2026 compared to first-quarter 2025, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations. First-quarter production falls in line with the organization’s 2026 forecast made in February that commercial and multifamily loan originations this year would increase by 27 percent compared to 2025. Among capital sources, the dollar volume of loans originated for investor-driven lenders increased by 133 percent year-over-year in the first quarter. There was also an 80 percent increase in loans for depositories (i.e. banks and credit unions); a 38 percent increase in government-sponsored enterprises (i.e. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac); and a 9 percent increase in life company loans. There was also a14 percent decline in commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loans compared to a year ago. “The most notable increase was the 80 percent rise in depository lending, driven in part by the large volume of bank-held loans maturing this year and the need to refinance those positions,” says Reggie Booker, MBA’s associate vice president of commercial research. “The slowdown [from fourth-quarter 2025] is consistent with typical first-quarter seasonality and does not detract from …
VON ORMY, TEXAS — A partnership between Valrock, a newly launched industrial investment firm, and Austin-based Evergen Equity has acquired a 194,255-square-foot building in Von Ormy, a southwestern suburb of San Antonio. The building at 10600 Fischer Road was fully leased at the time of sale to packaging company Smurfit Westrock. Andrew Price and Braeden Bernstein of CBRE represented the seller, an undisclosed private investor, in the transaction.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Local brokerage firm Highland Properties has negotiated a 25,000-square-foot industrial lease renewal in Arlington. The tenant is Texas Almet, a manufacturer of advanced honeycomb core components for military and commercial aircraft, and the space is located at 2800 E. Randoll Mill Road. Scott Voelkel and Cullen Dickey of Highland Properties represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Ishash Shrestha of Avangard Real Estate represented the undisclosed landlord.
BRANFORD, CONN. — Locally based brokerage firm O,R&L Commercial has arranged the $6 million sale of a 55,274-square-foot industrial building located in the southern coastal Connecticut city of Branford. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 45 NE Industrial Road was originally constructed in 1950 and renovated in 2010. Will Braun of O,R&L brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were both limited liability companies that requested anonymity.
ESCONDIDO, CALIF. — The Little Dragovic Team of Lee & Associates – North San Diego County has negotiated the sale of an industrial property located at 410, 414 and 416 Hale Ave. in Escondido. An entity doing business as Hale Holdings LP/Raymer Properties LP sold the asset to Mariste Enterprises LP for $11.5 million. Ne-Mo’s Bakery fully occupies the property and has been the original tenant since the building was delivered in 1975. Ne-Mo’s Bakery uses the facility for corporate office space, baking, food processing, cooler/freezer storage, dry good storage, warehousing and distribution for its signature individually wrapped cakes and sweet baked goods. The asset consists of 59,757 square feet of industrial space located on three contiguous parcels of land spanning 369 acres. The property’s underlying M1 zoning allows industrial outside storage (IOS). Marko Dragovic, Isaac Little and Olivia Baffert of the Little Dragovic Team, Lee & Associates – North San Diego County represented the seller, while Ryan Turnquist and Matt Skogebo of Lee & Associates – Riverside represented the buyer in the deal. The buyer plans to hold the property as a long-term investment.