HOUSTON — JLL has arranged the sale of Northwest Logistics Center, a 411,460-square-foot industrial facility in northwest Houston. The cross-dock building was constructed in 2018 and features 138 dock doors and 32-foot clear heights. Trent Agnew, Charlie Strauss, Parker McCormack, Tom Weber, Lance Young, Pauli Kerr, Matthew Barge and Brooke Petzold of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and procured the buyer, New York City-based Sterling Investors.
BAYTOWN, TEXAS — Total Specialty Services, a provider of infrastructural services to industrial project sites, has signed a 13,000-square-foot industrial lease in the eastern Houston suburb of Baytown. Austen Buckalew of locally based brokerage firm Oxford Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Tyler Maner and Davis Lamberton of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord.
WATERLOO, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Finger Lakes Self Storage, a 354-unit facility in the upstate New York community of Waterloo. Built in 2014, the facility consists of 34 climate-controlled units, 296 non-climate-controlled units and 24 covered parking spaces for a total of 58,250 net rentable square feet. Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher, Gabriel Coe and Luke Dawley of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Both parties were limited liability companies that requested anonymity.
PHOENIX — Arizona-based Alliance Plumbing Service and Repair has completed the sale-leaseback of an industrial building located at 2626 E. Elwood St. in central Phoenix. Edgewood REIT acquired the asset for $6.4 million. Built in 2019, the property features a 25,393-square-foot building on a C-2-zoned lot and a secured yard with electrical gate for equipment and trucks. Alliance Plumbing has leased the property for 12 years. Brian Ackerman of Colliers in Arizona handled the transaction and assisted in structuring the lease for Alliance Plumbing. Edgewood REIT is a North Dakota-based REIT that was founded in 2010.
By Derek Jacobs of Avison Young Through the financial uncertainty and confusion of the past four years, Raleigh-Durham has stood out as an exemplary industrial market that has strengthened in economic diversity and stability despite greater national and global market trends and challenges. The outlook for Raleigh-Durham is very positive thanks to local and state governments that support business, an excellent central East Coast location and a market environment where industrial demand heavily outweighs supply. Triple-net rents in Raleigh-Durham grew by nearly 39 percent since first-quarter 2020, while total vacancy has remained below 4 percent. The most affordable Class C product has an exceptionally low vacancy rate of 2.7 percent due to lower rent costs outweighing the opportunity costs of moving into a nicer, newer building that will be more expensive in most cases. The newest and most costly Class A industrial product in Raleigh-Durham has also shown strong demand, with a vacancy rate (5.7 percent) lower than the vacancy rate for all industrial product classes combined across the country (6.1 percent). Industrial occupiers and residents in Raleigh-Durham work, do business in various industries and provide services that supply further market growth. Around half of the industrial property in Raleigh-Durham …
MAGNOLIA, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm Oxford Partners has negotiated a 12,000-square-foot industrial lease renewal in Magnolia, a northwestern suburb of Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 327 Magnolia Business Park Drive was built in 2003 and spans 17,145 square feet. Jeffery Arnaud of Oxford Partners represented the tenant, J2 Fabrication, in the lease negotiations. The landlord was not disclosed.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Construction equipment supplier Buyers Barricades has signed a 7,200-square-foot industrial lease renewal at Riverbend Business Park in Fort Worth. The 32-building, 1.4 million-square-foot development is located on the city’s east side. William Wilson and George Jennings with Holt Lunsford represented the landlord, Riverbend Properties, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant was not disclosed.
BURLINGTON, N.J. — Lee & Associates has secured a 478,000-square-foot industrial lease in the Southern New Jersey city of Burlington. The tenant is an undisclosed, international logistics company that will occupy the entirety of the building at 1620 River Road, which is located within Burlington Industrial Park. According to LoopNet Inc., the building was constructed in 2016 and features a clear height of 36 feet, 96 dock doors, four drive-in doors, 5,000 square feet of office space and parking for 179 cars and 72 trailers. Drew Maffey, Rick Marchisio and Michael Lee of Lee & Associates represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Nate Demetsky of JLL represented the landlord.
HOUSTON — Dallas-based investment firm Sealy & Co. has acquired The Great 290 Distribution Center, a newly built, 500,840-square-foot industrial property located near the intersection of The Grand Parkway and I-290 in northwest Houston. Designed by Powers Brown Architecture and developed by Pagewood, The Great 290 Distribution Center occupies 41 acres within a 64-acre site, allowing tenants additional space for outdoor trailer parking or materials storage. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to HVAC systems provider Daikin Comfort Technologies. Trent Agnew and Charlie Strauss of JLL represented Pagewood in the transaction. Sealy & Co. was self-represented.
LEANDER, TEXAS — Locally based firm Freehill Development Co. has broken ground on Hero Way West, a 227,200-square-foot industrial project in the northern Austin suburb of Leander. The development will consist of three shallow-bay buildings that will range in size from 24,500 to 129,000 square feet. The buildings will feature 28-foot clear heights and will be situated on a 16.8-acre site. JLL arranged construction financing and joint venture equity for the project, and Transwestern has been appointed as the leasing agent. Construction is expected to last about 12 months.
