SAVANNAH, GA. — Atlanta-based Capital Development Partners has started construction of Central Port Logistics Center at Rockingham, a 5.4 million-square-foot speculative industrial development in the coastal Georgia city of Savannah. Central Port Logistics Center at Rockingham will consist of seven buildings, with Phase I of the project comprising a roughly 1.1 million-square-foot cross-dock warehouse. According to the development team, that building will be the largest warehouse ever constructed on a speculative basis in Savannah. Completion of Phase I is slated for 2023. Phase II of the project will feature a 982,000-square-foot, rail-served building, a construction timeline for which was not disclosed. Subsequent phases of the project will deliver both cross-dock and rear-load storage and distribution facilities. “Central Port Logistics Center at Rockingham is the last large-scale industrial infill site in Savannah with unmatched access to the port, excellent rail service and immediate connectivity to major highways,” says John Knox Porter Jr., CEO of Capital Development Partners. “These facilities will provide a significant location advantage for our customers.” Bill Sparks, executive vice president of CBRE’s Savannah office, which is marketing the development for lease, also said that the proximity and access to various pieces of major infrastructure would be a game-changer …
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NEWARK, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the sale of a portfolio of five industrial buildings totaling 113,743 square feet in Newark. The portfolio, which comprises spaces ranging in size from 2,500 to 13,500 square feet, is currently leased to 22 tenants. Gary Gabriel, Kyle Schmidt, David Bernhaut and Ryan Larkin of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Sitex Group, in the transaction. A joint venture between affiliates of Westbrook Partners and Camber Real Estate Partners acquired the portfolio for an undisclosed price.
CLIFTON, N.J. — Lee & Associates has brokered the sale of a 98,000-square-foot industrial complex in the Northern New Jersey community of Clifton. The two-building, multi-tenant property sits on 3.5 acres at 31-35 Styertowne Road. Josh Krantz of Lee & Associates represented the seller, Kessler-Schwartz Associates, and procured the buyer, Longpoint Realty Partners, in the off-market transaction. The new ownership plans to invest in capital improvements and has also retained Lee & Associates to lease the property.
SALT LAKE CITY — GO Industrial, in partnership with a real estate fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital, has completed the disposition of 5600 | Logistics, a two-building logistics campus in Salt Lake City. Terms of the transaction were not released. Totaling 505,692 square feet, 5600 | Logistics features a 265,120-square-foot building with 32-foot clear heights, 50 dock-high doors, four grade-level doors, 177 employee parking spaces and 72 trailer parking spaces, as well as a 240,654-square-foot building with 32-foot clear heights, 46 dock-high doors, four grade-level doors, 159 employee parking spaces and 62 trailer spaces. CBRE | National Partners negotiated the deal for the seller.
EL CAJON, CALIF. — The LeClaire-Schlosser Group of Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of VIP Self Storage in El Cajon. Terms of the transaction were not released. Totaling 23,620 square feet, VIP Self Storage offers 376 non-climate-controlled units. Keith Phillips and Charles LeClaire of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a California-based partnership that has owned the asset for more than 25 years. The buyer is a real estate investment firm that operates nationwide.
DAYTON, OHIO — Sealy & Co. has acquired a 1.1 million-square-foot industrial portfolio in Dayton for $53.2 million. Known as the Mid States Industrial Portfolio, the portfolio contains 10 buildings that are home to 22 tenants. The assets are concentrated in two submarkets, Moraine and Airport/Vandalia, both of which are located along I-75. Jason Gandy and Davis Gibbs led the transaction for Sealy on an internal basis. Steve Timmel, Jeff Johnston and Will Roberts of CBRE represented the seller, Culmen Real Estate Services. Sealy maintains corporate offices in Dallas and Shreveport, La.
STOCKBRIDGE, GA. — Birmingham, Ala.-based Growth Capital Partners (GCP) has recently signed Dollar General Corp., the Goodlettsville, Tenn.-based national discount retailer, to a full-building industrial lease in metro Atlanta. GCP’s Fund II purchased the recently vacated property, located at 500 Business Center Drive in Stockbridge, in March. The 712,040-square-foot property is situated in the South I-75 Atlanta industrial submarket and features 30-foot clear heights, 74 dock doors and seven rail doors. The center is expected to be fully operational in the fourth quarter and will employ approximately 50 Dollar General employees. Reed Davis, Bob Currie and Brad Pope of JLL represented GCP in the lease negotiations, and Scott Delphy of Food Properties Group represented Dollar General. GCP’s Fund II includes 1.9 million square feet of bulk distribution properties in Georgia and Tennessee and 1.9 million square feet of industrial development projects currently under construction in the Carolinas, Florida, Tennessee and Texas. In addition to the Stockbridge facility, Dollar General recently invested $480 million to expand its distribution network with three new facilities planned in Arkansas, Oregon and Colorado.
Still going strong after two years since the onslaught of COVID-19, Orlando’s industrial market has seen a steady increase of robust leasing activity and development, with no signs of stopping. The growth is attributable to record-low vacancy, emerging construction and increasing demand from existing tenants expanding their businesses and new tenants in the market. Economic conditions affecting the market are similar to last year, as labor shortages and supply chain issues remain. However, the industrial sector overall has not been adversely affected. Orlando continues to be the place for existing business advancement and new business development. The city’s population growth outpaces that of any other city in Florida due to its central location, warm weather year-round, no state tax and relative affordability. As such, the market is seeing large enterprise retail and consumer goods companies claiming their stake in the Sunshine State. Robust leasing activity The total industrial leasing volume in the Orlando market for the second-quarter 2022 was 4.5 million square feet, 43 percent of the total leasing volume seen in 2021. Eight leases over 100,000 square feet were signed to date in 2022. The largest lease in the first half of 2022 was the new 294,787-square-foot Coca-Cola lease …
BUDA, TEXAS — Alliance Industrial has broken ground on Corridor Commerce Center, a 157,450-square-foot speculative industrial project that will be located in Buda, a southern suburb of Austin. Designed by Seeberger Architecture, the building will be situated on a 12-acre site along I-35 and will feature 32-foot clear heights, two drive-in doors and a ESFR sprinkler system. Completion is slated for March 2023. Transwestern will lease the property.
PALESTINE, TEXAS — Colliers has negotiated the sale of a 36,119-square-foot warehouse in Palestine, about 110 miles southeast of Dallas. The property sits on a 77-acre site, the undeveloped acreage of which was included in the sale. Steve Demuth and Ray Ver Hey of Staples Commercial Group represented the sellers, private investor Tom Clamon and Baylor University, which respectively own the building and the land, in the transaction. Judy Beebe and Blake Gibson of Colliers represented the buyer, Perfect Life TX LLC, a provider of fragrances and flavors that plans to build a manufacturing plant at the site.