MACON, GA. — Colorado-based Spartan Investment Group has purchased Max Storage, a 515-unit self-storage facility located at 1955 Dove St. in Macon. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. The buyer plans to rebrand the property to FreeUp Storage Macon Dove Street. The 10-building asset totals 66,705 rentable square feet, about a third of which is climate-controlled. The facility also features a 13,800-square-foot warehouse that Spartan plans to lease. The Macon facility is the 15th FreeUp property in Georgia and fourth in Macon.
Industrial
FORNEY, TEXAS — Newmark has arranged the sale of Forney Logistics Crossing, a 904,495-square-foot industrial property located on the eastern outskirts of Dallas. Delivered in January, the cross-dock facility features 40-foot clear heights, 161 total dock doors and 198 trailer stalls (expandable to 352). Dustin Volz, Stephen Bailey, Dom Espinosa, Zach Riebe, Taylor Hare, Chloie Mercer and Caroline Wilson of Newmark represented the seller, a partnership between Stillwater Capital and Grandview Partners, in the transaction. The buyer was EQT Exeter. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to trucking company Knight-Swift.
NEWPORT, DEL. — Agilent Technologies, a provider of lab instruments and software, will undertake a $22 million expansion of its manufacturing facility in Newport, located just outside of Wilmington. Agilent is leasing 12,000 square feet of new space in a building that is adjacent to the existing facility and fitting out 9,900 square feet as lab space with new infrastructure, equipment and instrumentation. Over half of the remaining square footage will become a warehouse, storage and shipping/receiving area. The remaining balance will be used for offices. Agilent currently employs more than 100 people at its Newport facility and more than 900 throughout Delaware.
PEARL RIVER, N.Y. — Strides Pharma Inc. has signed a 57,197-square-foot industrial lease in Pearl River, located along the New York-New Jersey-border. The Indian pharmaceutical manufacturer will occupy the entirety of two buildings within Hudson Valley iCampus, a 207-acre development. James Schroeder of JLL represented Strides Pharma in the lease negotiations. Robert Lella, Sheena Gohil and Charles Hatfield of Colliers, along with internal agent Jamie Schwartz, represented ownership.
Saunders, NavPoint Complete Construction of Two Industrial Buildings in Castle Rock, Colorado
by Jeff Shaw
CASTLE ROCK, COLO. — Saunders Development and NavPoint Real Estate Group have completed construction on two 80,000 square-foot industrial buildings in Castle Rock. The buildings, designed for distribution tenants, feature a ceiling height of 24 feet. Lakewood Electric and Colorado Powerline are the first tenants to operate from one of the buildings. Jeff Brandon and Charlie Davis of NavPoint Real Estate Group are handling the leasing of these two buildings.
TACOMA, WASH. — Colliers has brokered the sale of a self-storage property located at 8233 S. Hosmer in Tacoma. Hosmer Self Storage LLC sold the property, spanning 46,265 square feet and consisting of 454 storage units, to Merit Hill Capital. The price was not disclosed. The facility offers a range of storage unit sizes, including drive-up units and options for indoor vehicle storage. The Colliers de Jong | Becher Self Storage Team represented the seller in the negotiation process.
PALATKA, FLA. — Saint-Gobain North America has announced plans to invest $235 million to expand manufacturing space at its CertainTeed gypsum facility in Palatka, near the Port of Jacksonville on the St. Johns River in northern Florida. The Palatka facility, which currently employs more than 150 people, began operations in 2001. According to Saint-Gobain, the facility is one of the largest gypsum plants in the Southeast. The firm’s expansion project received more than $7 million in cash benefits and high-impact investment tax credits, including a State of Florida Capital Investment Tax Credit, a Career Source Florida Quick Response Training Grant, a grant from Putnam County and a Clay Cooperative Economic Development Rate. According to Saint-Gobain, the expansion will more than double the production capacity of the existing manufacturing plant, as well as create more than 100 new jobs. The investment will be made over the next two years through the firm’s building products subsidiary, CertainTeed Interior Products Group. In line with Saint-Gobain’s goal for carbon neutrality by 2050, the firm plans for sustainability to be an essential aspect of the project. The development will include the installation of new energy-saving equipment and automation technologies, including an energy board dryer that …
IRVING, TEXAS — Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services has negotiated a 13,000-square-foot industrial flex lease at Las Colinas Distribution Center 5 in Irving. The lease term is six years. Brian Pafford of Bradford represented the landlord, an entity doing business as Las Colinas AAA Investment LLC, in the lease negotiations. Chris Shilling of Minerva Realty Group represented the tenant, automotive maintenance and service provider Repairify.
CLAYMONT, DEL. — Chicago-based REIT First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE: FR) is underway on construction of a 358,000-square-foot facility in the greater Philadelphia area. The site is located within the 425-acre First State Crossing mixed-use development. The rear-load facility will offer a clear height of 40 feet, 68 dock positions and 241 trailer parking stalls. Completion is slated for October. Blue Rock is the general contractor for the project, and Joseph V. Belluccia is the architect. CBRE is the leasing agent. Delivery is slated for the first quarter of next year.
AUBURN HILLS, MICH. — Northmarq has brokered the $8.6 million sale of a 77,100-square-foot industrial property in Auburn Hills. The single-tenant facility is fully leased to the Morrell Group, including its division Stegner Controls, which is a motion controls manufacturer that services dozens of industries including the automotive industry. The property at 3333 Bald Mountain Road was built in 1998 and renovated in 2021. It features 57,825 square feet of warehouse space and 19,275 square feet of office space. BJ Feller and Josh Dicker of Northmarq represented the seller, a Michigan-based developer. The buyer was a California-based private investor.