Industrial

DHL Breaks Ground on 755,000 SF Distribution Center Near Columbus, Ohio

by Kristin Harlow August 17, 2023

VIOLET TOWNSHIP, OHIO — DHL Supply Chain has broken ground on a new 755,000-square-foot distribution center in Violet Township, an eastern suburb of Columbus. The facility, which will be located near DHL Supply Chain’s U.S. headquarters in Westerville, is slated to open in the second quarter of 2024 and create approximately 200 jobs in the region. The project brings DHL’s total footprint to more than 15 million square feet in its home state and 161 million square feet in North America. The Violet Township facility will leverage the latest robotics technology and automation processes as well as sustainable building planning and construction. DHL Supply Chain’s expansion of its warehousing footprint is led by DHL Real Estate Solutions.

August 17, 2023

Acquisitions Industrial Midwest Ohio

I-70 Logistics Center Trades Hands in Suburban Columbus

by Kristin Harlow August 17, 2023

ETNA, OHIO — The I-70 Logistics Center, located at 9157 Mink St. SW in the Columbus suburb of Etna, has traded hands for an undisclosed price. Hines Global Income Trust Inc. was the buyer. The 700,000-square-foot property is fully leased to a third-party logistics provider and features a clear height of 40 feet. The facility offers convenient access to two rail providers, reaching roughly 60 percent of the North American population within a one-day drive. Ed Halaburt and Ross Bratcher of JLL represented the seller, Core5 Industrial Partners.

August 17, 2023

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New Construction Deliveries Bring Chicago’s Industrial Market Down from the Clouds

by Kristin Harlow August 17, 2023

By John Cassidy and Calvin Gunn, Lee & Associates If you love a good groundbreaking photo — full of shiny shovels, hard hats and smiling development teams — you may be disappointed this year, for all the best reasons. With Chicago’s most recent wave of speculative industrial projects currently being delivered, the market now actually has space to offer industrial tenants — a refreshing change from the past few years. With construction costs and interest rates continuing to rise and credit availability shrinking, many developers with ties to Chicago are pausing new projects as exit cap rates are becoming more difficult to predict. At the same time, market fundamentals are starting to cool from the pandemic-era eruption of demand. The good news: Chicago’s industrial market may be down from the clouds, but it’s still historically quite healthy. Vacancy rate in perspective According to Lee & Associates of Illinois’ second-quarter industrial snapshot, construction deliveries caused the Chicago industrial vacancy rate to tick upward for the second consecutive quarter. However, a 3.68 percent vacant market is still considered a historically low vacancy environment. As a comparison, that vacancy rate measured about 12 percent at the end of 2009 and 6.6 percent in …

August 17, 2023

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Improved Land Surveys, Due Diligence Can Ensure Development Project Success

by Sarah Daniels August 17, 2023

Due diligence — particularly land surveying — can be a slow, cumbersome process if a project lacks strong guidelines based on the owner or developer’s particular needs. It can be easy to overprepare for the wrong site or underprepare for the succession of steps needed for the right site. REBusiness spoke to two land surveying experts, Billy Logsdon, divisional director of surveying, and Tom Teabo, associate and regional survey manager. Both work for Bohler, a land development consulting and site design firm, and both have strong insights on how to incorporate each step in the due diligence process elegantly within a well-planned approach. Due diligence such as American Land Title Association (ALTA) surveys and gathering topographic information can be time-consuming and expensive steps — making it beneficial to fit their timing into the larger project in a way that reflects the client’s needs — from the purchase of land to development completion. Logsdon and Teabo highlight the importance of streamlining the survey process and getting owners and developers better results based on their desired outcomes, often starting with the information already available about the site early in the process. REBusiness: What is slowing down survey due diligence, in your experience, and do …

August 17, 2023

Development Industrial Texas

Xebec to Develop 3,300-Acre Manufacturing, Logistics Campus in Rockdale, Texas

by Taylor Williams August 16, 2023

ROCKDALE, TEXAS — Dallas-based developer Xebec will build a 3,300-acre manufacturing and logistics campus in Rockdale, located about 60 miles northeast of Austin. The rail-served site is known locally as Sandow Lakes Ranch and was previously used for aluminum smelting, lignite coal mining and coal power generation. The campus, which will ultimately feature between 30 million and 50 million square feet of manufacturing and logistics space, represents the first phase of multi-stage development that will include workforce housing, solar farms, retail, commercial, industrial and hospitality uses, as well as recreational facilities. Xebec expects to the development to be ready for occupancy by mid-2025.

August 16, 2023

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Talley Riggins Construction Expands Headquarters Facility in Richardson, Texas

by Taylor Williams August 16, 2023

RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Talley Riggins Construction Group has expanded its headquarters facility at Campbell Creative Center, a 96,991-square-foot industrial flex property located in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Richardson. The general contractor now occupies 13,858 square feet after signing a co-terminus lease for 3,832 square feet of contiguous space. Jared Laake and Brian Pafford of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, an entity doing business as Kennington Campbell LLC, in the lease negotiations. Chris Wright of JLL represented Talley Riggins.

August 16, 2023

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JLL Arranges $114M Construction Loan for Spec Industrial Project in Metro Philadelphia

by Taylor Williams August 16, 2023

BUCKS COUNTY, PA. — JLL has arranged a $114 million construction loan for Lower Bucks Logistics Hub, an 814,567-square-foot speculative industrial project in Bucks County. The address of the site was not disclosed, but the development’s two buildings will be located at I-295, with one building on either side of Route 213 in Middletown Township, New Jersey. The buildings will have rear-load and cross-deck configurations, clear heights of 40 feet, six total drive-in doors and over 800 car and trailer parking spaces. Mike Pagniucci led the JLL team that originated the financing through Mesa West Capital on behalf of the borrower, Foxfield LLC. A construction timeline was not disclosed.

August 16, 2023

Acquisitions Georgia Industrial Southeast

Atlanta Property Group Purchases 50,000 SF Industrial Building in Marietta, Georgia

by John Nelson August 16, 2023

MARIETTA, GA. — Atlanta Property Group (APG) has purchased 1900 West Oak, a 50,000-square-foot industrial building located at 1900 W. Oak Circle in Marietta, a northern suburb of Atlanta. Built in 1990 roughly two miles from I-75, the facility was 50 percent leased at the time of sale and features 12 dock-high doors and 20-foot clear heights. The property is APG’s 12th distribution facility purchased since 2022. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

August 16, 2023

Development Industrial Midwest Ohio

CRG Begins Development of 250,020 SF Spec Distribution Center in Etna, Ohio

by Kristin Harlow August 16, 2023

ETNA, OHIO — CRG and an affiliate of its capital partner, LXP Industrial Trust, have begun development of a 250,020-square-foot speculative distribution center in Etna, an eastern suburb of Columbus. The project is known as Building D at The Cubes at Etna 70, a 305-acre industrial park near I-70. Building D will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 62 trailer stalls, 32 dock positions and a 60-foot speed bay. The property offers a 15-year, 100 percent tax abatement. Contegra Construction is the general contractor, and Lamar Johnson Collaborative is the architect. The industrial park has three remaining pad-ready sites. The Cubes is a North American industrial brand owned and developed by CRG.

August 16, 2023

Development Industrial Midwest Missouri

Hunt Midwest Breaks Ground on 203,899 SF Industrial Build-to-Suit Project for Community Wholesale Tire in Kansas City

by Kristin Harlow August 16, 2023

KANSAS CITY, MO. — Hunt Midwest has broken ground on a 203,899-square-foot industrial build-to-suit project for Community Wholesale Tire at Hunt Midwest Business Center in Kansas City. The facility will feature a clear height of 32 feet, 60 trailer parking spaces, 190 vehicle parking spaces and a 190-foot-deep truck court. Completion is slated for the end of the year. The project team includes civil engineer Olsson and Associates, general contractor GPS-KC and H2B Architects. Austin Baier and Mike Mitchelson of CBRE represented Hunt Midwest. Located just east of I-435, Hunt Midwest Business Center totals 2,500 acres. Community Wholesale Tire maintains facilities in nine states across the Midwest, serving more than 4,500 tire dealers.

August 16, 2023

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