FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Southwire, a manufacturer of wire and cable used in the transmission and distribution of electricity, has signed a 1.2 million-square-foot industrial lease at AllianceTexas in North Fort Worth. Southwire will occupy the entirety of Alliance Westport 25, which was originally launched as a 1 million-square-foot speculative building in August 2022 and is now being expanded to meet Southwire’s requirements. GSR Andrade Architects designed Alliance Westport 25. Sean Boswell and Chris Teesdale of Colliers represented Southwire in the lease negotiations. Reid Goetz, Samuel Rhea and Jack Barkley represented the landlord, Hillwood, on an internal basis.
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LAREDO, TEXAS — Kansas City-based VanTrust Real Estate will develop a 432,000-square-foot industrial project in the Rio Grande Valley city of Laredo. The speculative structure will be located within North Laredo Industrial Park, which is adjacent to I-35 and the Port of Laredo. Completion of the project, which is expected to be the first of multiple buildings that VanTrust will add to the park, is slated for October 2024. White Ark Enterprises owns North Laredo Industrial Park.
FREEPORT, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Blue Water Self Storage, a 295-unit facility in Freeport, located about 60 miles south of Houston. The seven-building facility was built on 8.2 acres in 1999 and spans 56,600 net rentable square feet. Dave Knobler of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a locally based limited partnership, in the transaction. Knobler also procured the buyer, a New York-based limited liability company. Both parties requested anonymity.
CapRock Partners Purchases 92,366 SF Valley Center Business Park in City of Industry, California
by Jeff Shaw
CITY OF INDUSTRY, CALIF. — CapRock Partners has acquired Valley Center Business Park, a 6.5-acre, multi-tenant industrial complex in the City of Industry. The property includes about 92,366 square feet of industrial warehouse space across six buildings. It is strategically positioned for value-add investment in the heart of San Gabriel Valley’s industrial market. CapRock plans to enhance the property’s functionality and marketability through immediate capital improvements.
ESCONDIDO, CALIF. — Express Dry has acquired a 14,000-square-foot industrial building located at 1449 Simpson Way in Escondido for $4.4 million. The purchase was made under the entity Expressunits1449 LLC. The building will facilitate the company’s expansion plans in the Escondido submarket of North San Diego County. JLL’s Chris Baumgart represented the buyer. San Diego Commercial represented the seller, Marky Sparky Toys.
REDFORD, MICH. — DTE Energy has inked a new industrial lease for 528,340 square feet at Pinnacle Logistics Park in Redford, a northwest suburb of Detroit. The property is located at 24400 Glendale Road. Jared Friedman of Friedman Real Estate represented the undisclosed landlord. CBRE represented Detroit-based DTE, which will use the facility to store equipment.
CHICAGO — Moody Bible Institute has renewed its 36,956-square-foot industrial lease at 2701 S. Western Ave. in Chicago. Situated in the city’s Little Village neighborhood, the property features a clear height of 20 feet, four loading docks and convenient access to I-290 and I-55. Mandy Lewandowski and Chris Mergenthaler of DarwinPW Realty/CORFAC International represented the landlord, Welbic IV. Julie Lane of Cresa represented the tenant.
ANDERSON, S.C. — Kansas City-based Hunt Midwest has completed the construction of a speculative industrial building located within Evergreen Logistics Park at I-85 in Anderson. Located at 1105 Scotts Bridge Road, Evergreen Logistics I totals 258,801 square feet and features 32-foot clear heights, 26 dock positions, 32 additional knock outs with capacity for expansion to 48, 60-foot-deep staging bays, LED lighting, an ESFR sprinkler system and speculative office space. The property also includes a 185-foot-deep truck court with 77 trailer parking stalls and 200 vehicle parking spaces. This marks Hunt Midwest’s second industrial project in the Greenville-Spartanburg industrial corridor, following the development of Fort Prince Logistics Center in Lyman, S.C.
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Atlanta-based Portman has purchased 40 acres along US Highway 78 in Summerville, a suburb of Charleston. Situated near I-26 and the Port of Charleston, the site will be home to Summerville Logistics Center, a two-building industrial development totaling 536,000 square feet. Lee Allen and Kevin Coats of JLL represented Portman with the acquisition of the Summerville land. Ryan Welch and Clarke Attaway with Lee & Associates represented the seller and will lead the leasing efforts for the Summerville Logistics Center on behalf of Portman. Once complete in February 2025, the center will feature two single-load facilities with a 210-foot shared truck court. In addition to Summerville Logistics Center, Portman is finishing the next phase of its Campus 4 at Camp Hall project, which is situated nine miles north. The next phase comprises a 1.1 million-square-foot facility that will deliver in September. Portman is also co-developing Magnolia, a 189-acre mixed-use, waterfront destination in Charleston, with Highland Resources.
SAVANNAH, GA. — J.P. Morgan Real Estate Income Trust Inc. has purchased a 136,240-square-foot infill industrial facility in Savannah. InLight Real Estate Partners, in a partnership with Black Salmon, sold the build-to-suit transload property to the REIT for $74.7 million. Britton Burdette, Patrick Nally, Dennis Mitchell, Matt Wirth, Mitchell Townsend and Jim Freeman of JLL represented InLight and procured the buyer in the transaction. Located at 4833 and 4835 Old Louisville Road, the 60-acre site features 134 dock doors, 884 trailer parking spaces and 69 automobile parking spaces. Situated south of the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport and along U.S. Route 80, the facility is within a five-mile radius of I-95, I-16, the CSX and Norfolk Southern intermodals and both terminals of the Port of Savannah.