ARLINGTON AND GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Locally based development and investment firm M2G Ventures has sold a portfolio of three industrial buildings totaling approximately 445,000 square feet in the central part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The portfolio spans a combined 27.6 acres. Two of the buildings totaling roughly 345,000 square feet are located in Grand Prairie, and the third building totals 100,129 square feet and is located in Arlington. The buyer was New York-based Mavik Capital Management. The portfolio was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as civil aviation firm CAE, Home Zone/Alpha Furniture and Rent-A-Wheel/Rent-A-Tire. Stephen Bailey, Dustin Volz, Dom Espinosa and Zach Riebe of JLL represented M2G Ventures in the deal.
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MIDWAY, GA. — Seohan Auto Georgia, a subsidiary of South Korean automobile parts manufacturer Seohan Group, will construct a new facility in Midway, approximately 35 miles outside Savannah. Seohan plans to invest $72 million into the development, which will be situated within the Tradeport East Business Center, a Georgia Ready for Accelerated Development (GRAD) site. Production at the facility is scheduled to begin in late 2024. Alyce Thornhill of the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), in partnership with the Liberty County Industrial Development Authority, Georgia Ports Authority, Georgia Quick Start and Georgia Power, negotiated the terms of the project. Seohan, which manufacturers front and rear axles and drive shafts, is one of many automotive suppliers expanding near Hyundai’s planned $5.5 billion campus in the Savannah region.
FREDERICK, MD. — Diamond Point Development and The Ardent Cos. have opened a 100,000-square-foot self-storage facility located at 1845 Brookfield Court in Frederick. Formerly the Frederick Indoor Sports Center, the two-story facility comprises 700 climate-controlled units across 74,000 rentable square feet. The property is also fully solar powered, marking the first environmentally friendly self-storage facility in the city, according to the developers. Buffalo, N.Y.-based Life Storage operates the property.
ELKHART, IND. — In a sale-leaseback transaction, MAG Capital Partners LLC has acquired a 105,548-square-foot industrial property in Elkhart for an undisclosed price. The facility at 1511 W. Lusher Ave. is situated near I-80, I-90 and I-94. Jonathan Wolfe, Daniel Macks and Jeff Lizzo of STREAM Capital Partners represented the seller, Colbert Packaging Corp., a producer of sustainable paper-based packaging serving the pharmaceutical, healthcare and consumer goods industries. Colbert also maintains a facility in Kenosha, Wis. Based in Dallas, MAG Capital Partners is an industrial real estate investment firm founded by Dax Mitchell and Andrew Gi.
HOUSTON — Target (NYSE: T) will open a 1.4 million-square-foot distribution center at Generation Park, a 4,000-acre mixed-use development in northeast Houston. California-based Panattoni Development purchased 145 acres for the Minneapolis-based retailer’s facility from the owner of Generation Park, McCord Development, in 2022. Construction is underway and scheduled for completion next year.
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — A partnership between two California-based developers, Ledo Capital Group and St. Clair Commercial Real Estate, will develop a 663,460-square-foot industrial project in the Central Texas city of San Marcos. San Marcos Business Park will consist of three buildings ranging in size from 84,000 to 375,000 square feet that will be situated on a 45.7-acre site within the Whisper South master-planned development. All buildings will have rear-load configurations, 32- to 36-foot clear heights and ESFR sprinkler systems. The site also includes additional space for outdoor storage or trailer parking. Dallas-based ARCO/Murray is handling design and construction of the project, with Kimley-Horn serving as the civil engineer. Stream Realty Partners will market the property for lease. Construction is set to begin in the fourth quarter.
LEANDER, TEXAS — Locally based firm Freehill Development Co. will build Hero Way West, a 227,200-square-foot industrial project that will be located on a 16.8-acre site in the northern Austin suburb of Leander. The development will consist of three shallow-bay buildings with 28-foot clear heights. Charlie Strauss, Tom Weber, Trent Agnew and Josh Villarreal of JLL arranged joint venture equity with an undisclosed partner for the capitalization of the project. Michael Johnson and Chris McColpin, also with JLL, arranged floating-rate construction financing. Construction is set to begin this summer and to last about 12 months.
CHARLOTTE. N.C. — Arden Logistics Parks (ALP), Arden Group’s industrial real estate operating platform, has purchased Northridge Business Center, a four-building, 174,000-square-foot industrial portfolio in Charlotte. Located at 50045, 5009-15, 5019-25 and 5029-35 W. W.T. Harris Blvd., the buildings range in size from 22,655 to 65,382 square feet. ALP acquired the portfolio from Fort Lauderdale-based SunCap Property Group for an undisclosed price.
EAST GRANBY, CONN. — Coldwell Banker Commercial has brokered the sale of two industrial buildings totaling 82,386 square feet in East Granby, a northern suburb of Hartford. Locally based investment firm CoreOne Industrial purchased the buildings, both of which are fully leased to aerospace firm Overhaul Support Services, for a combined price of $7.3 million. Chris O’Hara of Coldwell Banker brokered the deal.
BOSTON — Stuf Storage, a company that converts unused portions of office buildings into self-storage space for tenants, has opened a 2,400-square-foot space at 18 Tremont Street, a 12-story building in downtown Boston. The deal marks the Boston debut of Stuf Storage, which also operates facilities in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Atlanta, Boston, Seattle and Washington, D.C.