SOMERSET, N.J. — Bridge Industrial has acquired a 152,175-square-foot facility in the Northern New Jersey community of Somerset. The newly built facility sits on a 22-acre site at 230 Belmont Drive and features a clear height of 36 feet, 28 loading docks, 108 car parking spaces and 2,500 square feet of office space. Upon acquisition, Bridge Industrial simultaneously executed a full-building lease with an undisclosed packaging company that will take occupancy immediately. Chuck Fern of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in that deal. The seller was not disclosed.
TUPELO, MISS. — Hunt Capital Partners and Intervest Corp. are converting the former Carnation Milk factory in Tupelo into Carnation Village, a 33-unit seniors housing community. Two units will be rented at market rates while the other 31 apartments will be restricted to seniors aged 55 and older earning between 30 and 60 percent of the area median income. The Carnation Milk plant opened in 1927 and was operational through 1972. Since then, the factory has been used as a police department and jail, city offices and the Oren Dunn Museum. Intervest is leading the adaptive reuse project and will serve as its property manager upon completion, which is set for July 2023. The design-build team includes general contractor Century Construction Group Inc. and Wallace Architects. Upon completion, Carnation Village will feature a clubhouse, exercise facility, central laundry facility, elevators, walking trails and a butterfly garden. Financing for the project includes $13.3 million in Federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and Federal Historic Tax Credit (HTC) equity financing, as well as $2.5 million in Mississippi Historic Tax Credit equity financing, a $10.9 million loan from Cadence Bank and a $475,000 loan from Financial Institutions Housing Opportunity Pool.
CASA GRANDE, ARIZ. — Arizona Land Consulting has purchased 320 acres in Casa Grande, a city between Phoenix and Tucson, for $12 million. The land sits adjacent to the Casa Grande Municipal Airport. Casa Grande Martin Road and Scott Drive LLC were partners on the acquisition. The deal equates to approximately 86 cents per foot. The site has infrastructure in place, and Arizona Land Consulting is open to taking on investors to develop the land.
MARYSVILLE, OHIO — Walker & Dunlop has arranged $69.5 million in construction financing for a 1.3 million-square-foot industrial facility in the Columbus suburb of Marysville. The property is a build-to-suit for Scotts Lawn Care, a full-service landscaping company specializing in commercial and residential lawn services. The project site at 12575 Industrial Parkway is minutes away from Scotts’ national headquarters. Chad Kiner and AJ Mangan of Walker & Dunlop arranged the financing on behalf of the developer, Crawford Hoying. Centennial Bank was the lender.
BELTON, MO. — Hillman Solutions Corp., a provider of hardware products and merchandising solutions, has opened a new 305,000-square-foot distribution center in Belton, a southern suburb of Kansas City. The Cincinnati-based company is relocating from a facility in Rialto, Calif. Doug Cahill, chairman, president and CEO of Hillman, says having a distribution center located in the Kansas City area will be optimal for logistics because 85 percent of the U.S. population can be reached in one to two business days by truck.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — ILS Gummies, a provider of nutritional supplements that support a range of health issues, has opened its 70,000-square-foot manufacturing and headquarters facility in the northern Dallas suburb of McKinney. According to commercialcafé.com, the industrial property at 350 Cypress Hill Drive was built on 19.9 acres in 2021, totals 301,714 square feet and includes 194 car parking spaces. The company expects to hire about 70 people to staff the facility.
CARLSBAD, CHINO AND NIPOMO, CALIF. — A Covina-based private family office investor has acquired three industrial assets in Southern California for $39.6 million. The acquisition includes a Class B facility at 2070 Las Palmas Drive in Carlsbad; a 52,000-square-foot, multi-tenant property at 14055 Laurelwood Place in Chino; and Nipomo Self Storage, a self-storage facility at 542 Lindon Lane in Nipomo. Peter Hauser, Shane Shafer, Matt Hauser and Jordan Hauser of Northmarq represented the buyer. The seller was not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Deshazo Crane Co., a designer and manufacturer of the construction machines, has signed a 20,124-square-foot industrial lease renewal at 14223 Interdrive E in North Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 1991 and offers 22-foot clear heights, 25 parking spaces and 2,000 square feet of office space. Doc Perrier and Travis McEldowney of Finial Group represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant was not disclosed.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 16,309-square-foot industrial lease at Building 1 at Champions Circle Business Park in North Fort Worth. According to commercialcafé.com, the building was constructed on 21 acres in 2022 and totals 82,240 square feet. Nathan Denton and Reid Bassinger of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Hopewell Development, in the lease negotiations. Russell Webb of Silver Oak Commercial Realty represented the tenant, Tulco Oils, a provider of industrial lubricants.
DALLAS — Custom apparel provider Essence Empire has signed an 11,841-square-foot industrial lease in South Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 5535 Red Bird Center Drive was built on 2.3 acres in 1985, totals 43,950 square feet and features 21-foot clear heights. Paul Hernandez and Hudson Sheets of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.