CAROL STREAM, ILL. — Development Solutions Inc. (DSI) has completed a 200,000-square-foot warehouse and showroom expansion for Frain Industries at 245 E. North Ave. in Carol Stream. The addition brings Carol Stream-based Frain’s facility to a total of approximately 530,000 square feet. The project enhances Frain’s capabilities in packaging and processing equipment solutions.
OLYPHANT, PA. — Global investment firm EQT Real Estate has purchased a 1 million-square-foot industrial property in Olyphant, located just outside of Scranton. Completed in 2023, Scranton North Logistics Center features a clear height of 40 feet, 185-foot truck court depths, 233 trailer parking stalls, 163 dock-high doors and four drive-in doors. John Plower, Ryan Cottone and Zach Maguire of JLL brokered the sale of the property, which was fully leased at the time of sale to an unnamed tenant. The seller was regional owner-operator Endurance Real Estate.
UNION COUNTY, N.C. — A partnership between Foundry Commercial and Principal Asset Management has closed on the land purchase in Union County for 74 Junction, a two-building, industrial development. Construction is slated to begin in the coming months, with delivery scheduled for the third quarter. The project team will consist of Edifice (general contractor), 9G Studio (architect) and Thomas & Hutton (civil engineer). Located roughly 30 miles southeast of Charlotte, the facility will include two rear-load industrial buildings totaling more than 237,000 square feet. Both buildings, which will measure 120,000 square feet and 117,000 square feet, will feature 32-foot clear heights and modern specifications aligned with current market requirements that will accommodate a range of light industrial, distribution and service-oriented tenants.
HOUSTON — Locally based brokerage firm Oxford Partners has negotiated the sale of a 50,903-square-foot industrial building in northwest Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 7400 W. Sam Houston Parkway N was built on 4.2 acres last year and features a 32-foot clear height. Jeffery Arnaud of Oxford Partners represented the buyer, Shahin Enterprises, in the transaction. Conrad Bernard of Boyd Commercial represented the undisclosed seller.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Patmos Holdings Inc., a provider of internet infrastructure, data center and hosting services, has received a $100 million C-PACE (Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy) loan from PACE Loan Group for the ongoing redevelopment of the former Kansas City Star building into a data center and artificial intelligence (AI) campus. When the next phase of infrastructure upgrades is complete this spring, the 421,112-square-foot, four-story Patmos AI Campus will feature 35 megawatts of power. The C-PACE loan will fund energy-efficient infrastructure improvements. Patmos initially started construction in late 2024. Since then, two publicly traded tenants have inked multi-year leases with Patmos. Located at 1601 McGee St. in downtown Kansas City on the site that had been previously declined by the Kansas City Royals for its new stadium, the 5-acre campus is part of a significant retrofit project. In addition to creating AI data halls, Patmos will also convert nearly 150,000 square feet of the building into a multi-tenant technology hub, coworking and event space. The C-PACE proceeds will be used for energy efficiency, equipment, HVAC and plumbing improvements to support the data center’s cooling and electrical load. The project is slated for completion in March. Rafi Golberstein of …
NEW CASTLE, IND. — MAG Capital Partners has acquired an approximately 425,000-square-foot industrial headquarters campus in New Castle, about 44 miles east of Indianapolis. The transaction was a sale-leaseback with New Castle Stainless Plate. Comprising more than a dozen buildings on nearly 128 acres, the property manufactures stainless plate products, serving a diverse range of industries including aerospace, energy, chemical processing and heavy equipment manufacturing. Deutsche Bank provided acquisition financing. Krupa Shah and Phil DiGennaro of Stream Capital Partners represented the seller.
CHINA GROVE, TEXAS — A partnership between Denver-based Quannah Partners and Trinity Investors will develop Grove Commerce Center, a 264,100-square-foot industrial project in China Grove, an eastern suburb of San Antonio. The 18.2-acre site is located directly across from H-E-B’s 850-acre regional campus, and the building will feature a front-load configuration, 32-foot clear heights, 185-foot truck court depths and 3,000 square feet of office space. Project partners include Powers Brown Architecture, Pape-Dawson Engineers and Partners Real Estate. Construction is set to begin in the coming days and to last about a year.
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Newmark has brokered the $24.5 million sale of a 102,059-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility in Portsmouth, located along the Maine-New Hampshire border. The building at 100 New Hampshire Ave. was completed last fall and was delivered fully preleased to an HCA Healthcare subsidiary and paper products provider Georgia-Pacific. Tyler McGrail of Newmark represented the seller, The Kane Co., in the transaction and procured the buyer, Wenberry Associates LLC. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen, James Tribble, Samantha Hallowell and Allie Percoco of Newmark provided support for the transaction.
DENTON, TEXAS — Petros PACE Finance and Lone Star PACE have provided $3.6 million in C-PACE financing for a six-building, 107,000-square-foot industrial project in the North Texas city of Denton. The undisclosed sponsor will use the financing to fund the installation of an energy-efficient building envelope and lighting systems. These measures are projected to reduce the building’s energy usage by 37 percent annually.
CEDAR PARK, TEXAS — Local investment firm Klepper Industrial has purchased a 30,000-square-foot building in Cedar Park, a northern suburb of Austin. The structure is known as 1615 Scottsdale Building Two and is currently vacant. Stan Nowak of Partners Real Estate represented the buyer in the transaction. Witt Westbrook of JLL represented the seller, a partnership between BCA Industrial Partners and Growth Capital Partners.
