CHESHIRE, CONN. — Regional investment firm Treetop Cos. has acquired CentConn Logistics, a 527,000-square-foot warehouse in Cheshire, located roughly midway between Hartford and New Haven. The sales price was $39 million. The site is fully entitled and approved for 238,668 square feet of new development. Brian Schulz, Kevin Welsh, Cory Gubner, Art Ross and Brad Soules of Newmark represented Treetop and the seller, DRA Advisors, in the transaction. Ari Schwartzbard and Thomas Lubeck, also with Newmark, arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing through an undisclosed life company on behalf of Treetop.
MAHWAH, N.J. — Locally based investment firm The STRO Cos. has purchased an 81,000-square-foot industrial property located at 300 Route 17 in the Northern New Jersey community of Mahwah. The property was fully leased to seven tenants at the time of sale. Marc Duval, Jordan Avanzato, Howard Weinberg, Nicholas Stefans, Jason Lundy and Jose Cruz of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
AVONDALE, ARIZ. — Prime, a global developer and operator of data centers, has announced plans for a $2 billion data center campus in Avondale, roughly 20 miles outside Phoenix. The development will include five data center buildings spanning 1.3 million square feet, generating a total of 210 megawatts of critical power upon completion. The speculative project will target occupancy by hyperscale service providers, large internet brands and global technology companies. The data centers will span 260,400 square feet across three stories, and have access to a wholesale dark fiber connectivity network. Each building will include 12 data halls and 120,000 square feet of white space — which is the space where IT equipment is placed within a data center — alongside separate infrastructure galleries. The campus will offer access to 100 percent renewable energy and a closed-loop cooling system, which is expected to save millions of gallons of water across the facilities. The first data center building is expected for completion in the third quarter of 2025. “Phoenix presents an incredible growth opportunity for Prime as a top-five, North American data center market with increasing demand from cloud and enterprise data center buyers,” says Chris Sumter, executive vice president of …
HENDERSON, NEV. — Alton Industries has purchased a 19-acre parcel of land in Henderson for $13.6 million. The global manufacturer plans to build a 200,000-square-foot facility to use as its West Coast headquarters on the land. The site was a land assemblage totaling three parcels on Whitney Mesa Drive near Sunset Boulevard and Mountain Vista Street. Chris Lexis, Joe Leavitt and Scott Donaghe of Avison Young represented the sellers, Roseman University of Health Sciences and the City of Henderson.
ATLANTA — Electric Owl Studios plans to open a 312,000-square-foot film and TV studio in Atlanta’s DeKalb County next month. Located at 3963 Redan Road near the Indian Creek MARTA station, the production facility is the only ground-up LEED Gold-certified studio campus in the world, according to Electric Owl. With six purpose-built sound stages and ancillary and parking space, the studio is large enough to support a tentpole feature film or two large-scale TV series. Electric Owl Studios was founded by former Third Rail Studios executives Dan Rosenfelt and Michael Hah. The Atlanta property is the debut studio for Electric Owl, which is currently developing a second studio on an 18-acre site in New York that is set to open in summer 2025.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — RealOp Investments, a private equity firm based in Greenville, S.C., has purchased two Class B warehouse buildings in Jacksonville totaling 507,590 square feet. As part of the sale-leaseback arrangement, the properties are 100 percent leased to Southeastern Toyota Distributors. At expiration of the three-year lease, RealOp plans to launch a comprehensive $7 million capital improvement and redevelopment program at the park. Located near the I-95 and Baymeadows Road interchange, the property represents RealOp’s seventh acquisition in Florida.
KENOSHA, WIS. — Stream Realty Partners has purchased 90 acres at 10812 Burlington Road in Kenosha. The firm plans to build Somers Trade Center, a 934,505-square-foot speculative industrial development consisting of three buildings. The project site is less than a mile from the I-94 interchange and offers direct access to Chicagoland. Patrick Russo, Dale Todd and Drue Stoehr of Stream worked on the site selection and closing. Stream will partner with Cushman & Wakefield’s Eric Fischer, who will serve as the lead leasing broker. A timeline for completion was not provided.
BROOKLYN PARK, MINN. — Developer United Properties has broken ground on a new 115,000-square-foot headquarters for Minneapolis Glass Co. in Brooklyn Park, a suburb of Minneapolis. The industrial development is named 610 Junction-West. Established in 1937, Minneapolis Glass is a glass and glazing fabrication company that provides manufacturing, installation and distribution services. The new headquarters will house expanded glass and metal fabrication, global sourcing and distribution facilities, administrative offices and a consumer showroom. All 100 full-time employees will move to the new space, and the company intends to hire additional positions. Completion is slated for 2024. Project partners include the City of Brooklyn Park, Lampert Architects, Sambatek and R.J. Ryan Construction.
HOUSTON — Partners Real Estate has arranged a 52,622-square-foot office sublease at Remington Square, an office park in northwest Houston. Dan Boyles of Partners represented the sublessee, Patterson-UTI Energy Inc., which provides drilling and pressure pumping services, in the lease negotiations. Jon Williams and Kevin Saxe of CBRE represented the sublessor, Acclara Solutions, a provider of medical billing services. Locally based developer Caldwell Cos. owns Remington Square.
DALLAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 23,250-square-foot industrial lease in the Lake Highlands area of Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 11025-11035 Switzer Road was built on 4.4 acres in 1981 and features 22-foot clear heights, 13 exterior dock doors and 98 parking spaces. Brett Lewis and Ken Wesson of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Link Industrial Properties, in the lease negotiations. Andrew Johnson of Colliers represented the tenant, Logisticorp Wholesale Trade.