COLUMBUS, OHIO — Stonemont Financial Group is set to break ground next month on Castings Commerce Park, a three-building industrial development totaling 859,240 square feet in the South Side district of Columbus. The speculative project is slated for completion in the third quarter of 2023. The 71-acre site was formerly home to Buckeye Steel, a longtime steel manufacturer dating back to the 1800s. Located at 2211 Parsons Ave., the property features convenient access to I-71 and I-270.
ITASCA, ILL. — NAI Hiffman has brokered the sale-leaseback of a 251,909-square-foot warehouse in the Chicago suburb of Itasca for $36 million. The property is located at 1455 W. Thorndale Ave., about five miles west of the O’Hare International Airport. Patrick Sullivan and Eric Tresslar of NAI Hiffman represented the seller, Top-Line Furniture, which subsequently entered into a long-term lease for the property. High Street Logistics Properties was the buyer.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — CBRE has negotiated the sale of a freestanding warehouse property situated on 3.3 acres at 3001 S. Wilson St. in Tempe. Bio Huma Netics purchased the asset from Tempe-based Phoenix Plastics Products for $10.5 million. Built in 2004, the 40,182-square-foot building features 3,000 amps, 277/480-volt electrical service, 24-foot to 40-foot clear heights and Union Pacific rail service. Mike Parker of CBRE represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
EVERETT, WASH. — GXO Logistics has fully leased a 468,272-square-foot manufacturing/distribution facility at Bomarc Business Park in Everett from BOSA Development. With this lease, GXO is expanding its footprint by 35 percent at the building, located at 9205 Airport Road, in addition to extending its lease. Tom Wilson, Taylor Hudson and Ben Conwell of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord in the transaction. Situated on more than 30 acres, the building features 24-foot to 27-foot clear heights, dock and grade loading, office and restroom space to support dense occupancy, 673 parking stalls, and ESFR sprinklers.
TEMPLE, TEXAS — Battery supplier East Penn Manufacturing has opened a new production and distribution facility in the Central Texas city of Temple that spans 393,000 square feet, according to The Center Square, a state and local government and economic news agency. The project, which represents a total capital investment of $106 million, will ultimately add more than 260 jobs to the local economy.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has arranged the sale of an 82,053-square-foot industrial building located at 12218 Cutten Road in northwest Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the single-tenant building was constructed in 2022. Travis Land and A.J. Williams of NAI Partners represented the seller, an entity doing business as Cutten Houston Investments LP, in the deal. Geoff Perrott and David Buescher of JLL represented the undisclosed buyer.
SALT LAKE CITY — GO Industrial, in partnership with a Crow Holdings Capital-advised real estate fund, has completed the disposition of 5600 | Logistics Southwest, a Class A industrial campus located at 1464 and 1568 S. 5500 West in Salt Lake City. The two buildings offer a total of 505,692 square feet. CBRE | National Partners negotiated the deal for the sellers. Terms of the transaction were not released. Situated on 14.9 acres, the 265,120-square-foot Building A features 32-foot clear heights, 50 dock-high doors, four grade-level doors, 177 car parking spaces and 72 trailer parking spaces. The 240,654-square-foot Building B features 32-foot clear heights, 46 dock-high doors, four grade-level doors, 158 employee parking spaces and 62 trailer spaces on 13.2 acres. Layton Construction’s National Building Group recently completed the buildings, which AE Urbia designed. CBRE’s Chris Liddell, Tom Dishman and Matt McAfee are leasing agents for the project.
ALLENDALE, N.J. — Black Bear Capital Partners (BBCP) has arranged a $44 million permanent loan for Allendale Corporate Center, a 389,000-square-foot industrial complex in Northern New Jersey. The center comprises six buildings that are leased to tenants such as Martab Medical, Bosch/Syntegon Pharma Tech, Alan Baird Industries Inc, Acuitive and Collagen Matrix. Emil DePasquale of BBCP arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan, which carried a 65 percent loan-to-value ratio, through Morgan Stanley.
GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — A joint venture between Clarius Partners and Walton Street Capital has completed the sale of Lakin Park Building 1A, a big-box distribution building on 45 acres in Goodyear. BentallGreenOak acquired the asset for $109.2 million. Located at 17315 W. MC 85, the 730,760-square-foot facility features 40-foot clear heights, a full HVAC warehouse, 70-foot speed bays, 200-foot concrete truck courts, r-38 roof insulation, ESFR sprinklers, multiple points of ingress and egress, 120 dock-high doors, 171 trailer parking stalls and 6,000 amps (expandable to 12,000 amps) of power. Delivered in first-quarter 2022, a single tenant fully occupies the property. Will Strong, Greer Oliver and Connor Nebeker-Hay of Cushman & Wakefield’s national industrial advisory group represented the seller in the transaction. Mike Haenel and Andy Markham, also of Cushman & Wakefield, provided leasing advisory.
LONGVIEW, TEXAS — Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) has opened an 850,000-square-foot distribution center in Longview, about 120 miles east of Dallas. The facility is the San Francisco-based apparel retailer’s seventh in North America and first in Texas. With the opening of this center, Gap expects to hire roughly 500 full-time employees by the end of 2023 and 1,000 part-time and seasonal workers by 2026. Construction began in early 2021, at which time the company valued the total capital investment at $140 million.
