SANTA CLARA, CALILF. — Newmark has arranged the sale of San Tomas Business Centre in Santa Clara. The nine-building property is located at 2060-2101, 2110, 2116 and 2118 Walsh Ave. It comprises office and light industrial/warehousing space. Corporate offices for Nvidia, Google, Apple, Amazon and Samsung are nearby. Newmark’s Steven Golubchik, Edmund Najera, Jonathan Schaefler and Darren Hollak arranged the transaction.
COVINGTON, PA. — Atlanta-based investment and development firm Portman has sold Covington Logistics Center, a 501,600-square-foot industrial property in northeast Pennsylvania. The facility sits on 36 acres, features a clear height of 40 feet and was fully leased at the time of sale to third-party logistics firm All-Ways Pacific. Gerry Blinebury of Cushman & Wakefield represented Portman in the transaction. Houston-based real estate giant Hines purchased the property for an undisclosed price.
NEW CASTLE, DEL. — Colliers has brokered the sale of a 100,000-square-foot industrial building in New Castle, located south of Wilmington in Delaware. The building sits on 6.6 acres and offers 80 car parking spaces, 30 trailer parking spaces, one drive-in door and 5,000 square feet of office space. Charles Brown and Carl Neilson of Colliers represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were limited liability companies that requested anonymity, in the transaction.
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, MD. — Turnbridge Equities and Manekin LLC have received $275 million in debt and equity financing for the development of Phase I of the National Capital Business Park (NCBP) in Prince George’s County, a suburb immediately east of Washington, D.C. The project will consist of five Class A industrial buildings totaling 1.3 million square feet. A fund managed by an affiliate of Apollo Global Management provided a $165 million construction loan. A joint venture of the Qatar Investment Authority and PCCP are providing roughly $110 million of equity. The buildings will range in size from roughly 160,000 to 360,000 square feet across 94 acres. Four of the buildings will be constructed on a speculative basis. Ferguson Enterprises, a plumbing, fire suppression and HVAC provider, will occupy a 358,400-square-foot facility. All of the properties will feature solar panels on the rooftops. At full build-out, NCBP will consist of up to 3.5 million square feet of Class A industrial space serving a variety of users, including distribution, logistics, light manufacturing, storage and cold storage. NCBP will also include an adjacent 20-acre park for the community and the onsite preservation of nearly 200 acres of stream valley and forest. Sitework …
A rapidly evolving connectivity frontier is shaping the future of cell tower lease sales and encouraging many commercial property owners who rent space to tower companies to sell their leases at values at the top of the market. Telecom carriers have considerably slowed their buildouts for 5G networks and are already preparing for 6G mobile networks, expected to roll out around 2024. Brokers are seeking to amend and renegotiate old cell tower leases in the face of predicted wireless infrastructure obsolescence and connectivity innovations, which may negate some physical infrastructure needs entirely. The key to maximizing sale proceeds in this landscape is to secure landlord-friendly terms and ensure clarity in a new lease or renewal. Among other elements, building owners must insist on strong insurance indemnities and well-defined subordination, non-disturbance and attornment (SDNA) in the amended agreements. But no landlord demand may be more important to future value than denying the tenant a right of first refusal to purchase the lease, says David Moore, CEO and principal of NAI Global Wireless, a Redlands, California-based national wireless real estate brokerage that represents landlords. Cell tower leases in which tenants don’t have right of first refusal are more appealing to buyers, a …
HOUSTON — A partnership between Chicago-based investment firm Blue Vista Capital Management and Rycore Capital has acquired Techniplex Business Center, a two-building, 78,116-square-foot industrial property in northwest Houston. The first building exclusively offers industrial space with 18-foot clear heights and dock-high loading doors. The second building houses both industrial and lab space and offers 12-foot clear heights and grade-level doors. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
PENNSVILLE TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Affinius Capital, which is a joint venture between San Antonio-based USAA Real Estate and New York-based Square Mile Capital Management, has provided a $180 million construction loan for Garden State Logistics Center, a 1.7 million-square-foot industrial development in Pennsville Township. The 282-acre site is located in the southern part of the Garden State along I-295 and adjacent to the Delaware Memorial Bridge. The development will feature separate 1.2 million-square-foot and 500,000-square-foot distribution buildings, both of which will feature 40-foot clear heights and a total of 2,568 car and trailer parking stalls and 276 dock doors. The borrower and developer is a joint venture between PGIM Real Estate and CTR Partners. Delivery is slated for the fourth quarter.
OLIVE TOWNSHIP, IND. — A joint venture between General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) and Samsung SDI, part of the South Korean-based Samsung Electronics group, plans to build a $3 billion electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Olive Township. The duo plan to begin operations at the Northwest Indiana plant in 2026. The new facility will house production lines to build prismatic and cylindrical battery cells and is expected to help significantly increase the accessibility and affordability of GM’s line of EVs. Once complete, the plant will support about 1,700 full-time jobs, in addition to 1,000 construction jobs during the build-out. “We are grateful that Samsung SDI can contribute to boosting the economy of Indiana and creating new jobs here,” says Yoonho Choi, president and CEO of Samsung SDI. “Securing Indiana as a strong foothold together with GM, Samsung SDI will supply products featuring the highest level of safety and quality in a bid to help the U.S. move forward to an era of EVs.” GM and Samsung SDI announced their joint venture in April and ultimately selected Olive Township, a city in St. Joseph County near the Indiana-Michigan border and 15 miles west of South Bend, home of Notre Dame …
CHESAPEAKE, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has brokered the $24 million sale of the Port of Virginia Distribution Center, a two-building industrial portfolio located in Chesapeake, roughly seven miles outside Norfolk and 13 miles south of Port of Virginia. The buildings, which total 334,881 square feet, were fully leased at the time of sale. Tenants include a Fortune 500 government contractor, third-party logistics firm, food distribution company and defense contractors. Bo McKown, Eric Robison and Ellis Colthorpe of Thalhimer arranged the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed seller. An entity doing business as Chesapeake Industrial Park LLC was the buyer.
CAPITOL HEIGHTS, MD. — Newmark has arranged the $20.4 million sale of a distribution facility located at 8700 Ritchie Drive in Capitol Heights. The property, which comprises 103,193 square feet, was fully leased to HD Supply, REW Materials and The General Services Administration (GSA) at the time of sale. Cris Abramson, Ben McCarty and Nicholas Signor of Newmark represented the seller, a joint venture between The Pinkard Group and Principal Asset Management, in the transaction. LBA Realty acquired the property.
