SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Lee & Associates has arranged a 255,000-square-foot industrial sublease in South Brunswick, about 50 miles south of New York City. According to LoopNet Inc., the 610,949-square-foot property at 301-321 Herrod Blvd. was built on 39.5 acres in 1998 and features a clear height of 27 feet and 119 parking spaces. Drew Maffey, Will Ziegler and Matt Esposito of Lee & Associates represented the subtenant, an undisclosed storage company, in the lease negotiations. Dave Saltzman, also with Lee & Associates, represented the sublandlord, which also requested anonymity.
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SCRANTON, PA. — CBRE has brokered the $6.5 million sale of a 108,000-square-foot light industrial complex in Scranton. The development consists of three buildings ranging in size from 27,000 to 40,500 square feet on an 11.8-acre site. Buildings feature clear heights of 19 to 21 feet. Steve Marzullo, Adam Silverman, Michael Hines and Joe Hill of CBRE represented the seller, CEP Family Office LLC, in the transaction. The buyer, an affiliate of Pennsylvania-based Industrial Investments Inc., was represented internally.
GREER, S.C. — OMRON Automation, a global industrial automation solutions provider, plans to expand its operations footprint to Upstate South Carolina with a new manufacturing facility in Greer. The new facility will be located at 311 Genoble Road and will support 162 new jobs. OMRON plans to invest $9.2 million into the operation, which will include the manufacturing of motion controllers and drives, machine vision, barcode readers and verification systems. Meredith O’Connor, Sean Reynolds, Perry Major and John Cashion of JLL represented OMRON in the development and site selection process, which included the evaluation of more than 85 cities across the United States. The size and construction timeline for the Greer facility were not disclosed.
SPRINGFIELD, VA. — Finmarc Management Inc. has sold an 88,000-square-foot warehouse building located at 8000 Grainger Court in Springfield, about 14 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. C2 Imaging, the building’s sole occupant, purchased the facility for $15.9 million. Finmarc originally purchased the property in mid-2022 from Boston Properties Inc. as part of an 11-building portfolio spanning 740,000 square feet. Wendy Feldman Block of Savills represented the buyer in the transaction. Finmarc was self-represented.
ONTARIO, CALIF. — Stream Realty Partners has arranged a 142,556-square-foot industrial lease in Ontario, in the Inland Empire West submarket of California. Commercial glass sourcing business H Global Commerce Inc. will fully occupy 5401 E. Jurupa St. beginning in March. Amenities at the property include a fully secured trucking and storage yard and 52 trailer parking spaces. The freestanding building is scheduled for renovation within the first quarter of this year. Stefan Pastor and Brad Yates of Stream represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Andrew Chaffee, Wes Jones and James Toomarian of CBRE represented H Global.
LAKE BLUFF, ILL. — DarwinPW Realty/CORFAC International has brokered the sale of an industrial property located at 29870 N. Skokie Highway in Lake Bluff, a northern suburb of Chicago. The property features 26.8 acres of land and three buildings totaling 67,879 square feet. The space is home to functional industrial buildings, trailer parking and industrial outdoor storage. The three buildings are fully leased to 11 tenants. While much of the land is not usable for commercial purposes because of its native wetlands, the seven usable acres have been developed with outdoor storage, including a recently built paved and secure trailer lot. Jake Ehrenberg, Joel Mackintosh and Mike O’Malley of Perry Hill Ventures were the sellers. Matt Lewandowski of DarwinPW represented the buyer, a group of investors.
CENTENNIAL, COLO. — NavPoint Real Estate Group has negotiated the sale of a flex building, located at 7006 S. Alton Way in the Denver suburb of Centennial. Bill & Paulette Weinberger LLC sold the asset to J&K Capital LLC for $2.2 million. The asset, Building B, is a single-story property offering 9,850 square feet of flex space. Matt Kuble and Jordan Burgess of NavPoint Real Estate Group represented the seller, while Trent Rice of Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors represented the buyer in the deal.
GlobalFoundries Plans $11.6B Expansion of Semiconductor Manufacturing Plant in Upstate New York
by John Nelson
MALTA, N.Y. — GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ: GFS), a leading semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Upstate New York, plans to invest a total $11.6 billion over the next 10 years to expand its Fab 8 manufacturing base in Malta, a city north of Albany in Saratoga County. The investment includes an expansion of its existing facility and the development of a new 358,000-square-foot plant. GlobalFoundries says the investment will triple its capacity to manufacture semiconductors, with the ultimate goal of producing 1 million semiconductor wafers per year at its Malta campus at full operation. The planned enhancements will create more than 1,500 direct jobs and 9,000 indirect construction jobs over the next 10 years, according to the office of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. Concurrently, GlobalFoundries will receive $1.5 billion in direct funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce as part of the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act, a law ratified by U.S. President Joe Biden in Aug. 2022. The company will use the federal government funding in the Malta projects, as well as for enhancements planned at GlobalFoundries’ Fab 9 facility in Essex Junction, Vt. Also known as computer chips, semiconductors are an essential element of nearly all electronic and computing devices, including …
DIV Industrial has seen the demand, and is delivering for Fortune 100 tenants that need to be accommodated in the Phoenix market. The Irvine, Calif.-based investor and developer just closed on 47 acres in Goodyear that will soon serve as the home of Sarival Business Park, a 847,988-square-foot, Class A industrial complex. At completion, the modern, LEED-certified business park will include five free-standing buildings ranging from 135,000 square feet to 235,000 square feet. This transaction marks DIV’s first foray into the Phoenix market. Nicholas Ilagan, the firm’s co-founder and managing partner, notes there were many attributes that attracted him to this region. “The Phoenix MSA continues to be one of the fastest-growing metros in the country,” he says. “The region is propelled by its established infrastructure, business-friendly approach, educated workforce, and accessibility to Southern California’s port markets and the Western U.S. population. Phoenix is attracting large corporations and Fortune 500 companies that are relocating or setting up new, efficient operations, such as data centers, distribution facilities and manufacturing operations.” This includes Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, which Ilagan notes has had a “huge boost to the local economy and stimulated employment growth.” Goodyear has also drawn in larger regional and national …
RoadOne IntermodaLogistics Leases Full 422,136 SF Industrial Building in Jacksonville
by John Nelson
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — RoadOne IntermodaLogistics has signed a 422,136-square-foot industrial lease at 1000 Imeson Park Blvd. in Jacksonville. A joint venture between North Signal Capital and an affiliate of Fox Capital Partners, doing business as JAX-IMESON JV LLC, is the landlord. Luke Pope of JLL represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. The tenant will fully occupy the property, which features tilt-up concrete construction, 36-foot clear heights, an ESFR sprinkler systems, LED lighting, 216 car parking spaces, 180 trailer parking spaces and two drive-in doors. RoadOne plans to implement improvements at the facility, including the addition of dock levelers to each of the 81 dock-high doors, fencing around the entire site, a guard shack and a 100,000-square-foot climate-controlled section. RoadOne is operating in the warehouse throughout the construction, which is scheduled for completion later this year.