WOODLAND PARK, N.J. — City National Bank has provided a $60 million loan for the refinancing of a 205,000-square-foot industrial building located in the Northern New Jersey community of Woodland Park. The property at 1150 McBride Ave. features a clear height of 36 feet, two drive-in doors and ample trailer and employee parking. The borrower was a partnership between two New Jersey-based firms, The STRO Cos. and KRE Group.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based investment firm DIB Development Group has acquired a roughly 100,000-square-foot industrial property in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood for $19.9 million. The four-story complex was originally constructed in 1917 and is located across the street from the Brooklyn Army Terminal. Gary Mayzlin of Real Estate Trade Co. Inc. represented the seller, Deitsch Realty, in the transaction.
PHOENIX — Gantry has secured a $20 million permanent loan to refinance a flex industrial building in Central Phoenix. Tim Storey of Gantry arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, a private investor. The 10-year, fixed-rate loan features interest-only payment terms. One of Gantry’s institutional debt fund lenders provided the loan. A single credit tenant occupies the 100,000-square-foot property, which is customized for use in human and pet pharmaceutical product manufacturing and distribution, on a long-term lease.
FAYETTEVILLE, GA. — Quality Technology Services (QTS), a data center owner and operator, has acquired 615 acres in Fayetteville, about 25 miles south of Atlanta. The Overland Park, Kan.-based firm plans to develop the world’s largest multi-data center campus on the site, according to CBRE. The square footage and construction timeline for the campus were not released. Tim Huffman and Mike Lash of CBRE represented the seller, the Fayette County Development Authority, in the deal. The duo also procured QTS, which acquired the assemblage for $153.8 million, or approximately $250,000 per acre. Atlanta’s data center market has seen strong demand as the market recorded a vacancy rate of 3.6 percent as of second-quarter 2022, according to CBRE research. The market is currently home to 249.5 megawatts (MW) of data center capacity, a 71.7-MW increase from the first half of 2021.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — Lincoln Rackhouse, the data center division of Lincoln Property Co., and Principal Real Estate Investors, the real estate investment arm for Principal Global Investors, have partnered to purchase a 185,000-square-foot data center. Originally built and occupied by cell phone giant Blackberry in 2009, the data center sits on a 38-acre site at 4905 N. Point Parkway in Alpharetta, less than two miles from the Avalon mixed-use development and about 25 miles north of Atlanta. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. The data center’s current capacity is 7 megawatts (MW) but is expandable up to 13 MW, and the site can accommodate a new ground-up data center that can support 30 MW of capacity. St. Louis-based Ascent will continue to provide facilities management, engineering and construction services to the site. Digital Crossroad and CBRE’s Atlanta-based data center solutions team will provide marketing and leasing services for the new ownership.
WILDWOOD AND LADY LAKE, FLA. — Strategic Storage Growth Trust III Inc. has purchased two self-storage facilities in The Villages, a master-planned community in Central Florida spanning 5,600 acres. California-based Strategic Storage Growth Trust III is a private company that intends to qualify as a REIT sponsored by an affiliate of SmartStop Self Storage REIT. The self-storage assets include a 1,010-unit property at 5688 Florida Highway 44 in Wildwood and a 750-unit facility at 175 Rolling Acres Road in Lady Lake. The 187,400-square-foot portfolio represents the first acquisition for Strategic Storage Growth Trust III since it launched in May 2022. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Albany Road Real Estate Partners has purchased Challenger South I and II, a two-building office portfolio in Orlando totaling 147,000 square feet. Boston-based Taurus Investment Holdings LLC sold the buildings for an undisclosed price. Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing through Beach Bank for Boston-based Albany Road. Located on 15 acres within Central Florida Research Park, Challenger South I and II were 93 percent leased at the time of sale to eight tenants, including Vectrus, Microsemi Storage Solutions and Rockwell Collins. The buildings provide a real estate ratio of 80 percent offices and 20 percent high-bay warehouse space.
OGDEN, UTAH — Fort Worth, Texas-based MAG Capital Partners has acquired a cold storage facility located at 130 W. 28th St. in Ogden. Luis Ortega of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the deal. The sales price was not disclosed. Western Gateway Storage Corp. occupies the 62,881-square-foot property, which is situated on 1.3 acres. The tenant provides cold chain solutions, including cold and freezer storage warehousing, ambient and temperature-controlled fulfillment and refrigerated transportation services. The two-story facility features 22,000 square feet of both cooler and freezer spaces, a 16,550-square-foot warehouse and a roughly 1,800-square-foot office. The facility also features three loading docks and four drive-in doors with clear heights from 10 feet to 12 feet.
DALLAS — Locally based firm M2G Ventures will undertake a 112,741-square-foot industrial redevelopment project in Dallas. The project will convert Commonwealth Center, a six-building light industrial park located between the East Brookhollow area and the Dallas Design District, into a flexible space that can support traditional users, as well as tenants with distillery, brewery or roastery needs. Capital improvements will include storefront upgrades, enhanced landscaping and public art installations. M2G Ventures will also rebrand the site as The Archetype.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Incab America, a manufacturer of fiber optic cables, has signed a 40,000-square-foot industrial lease in Arlington. According to LoopNet Inc., the single-tenant building at 2821 E. Randol Mill Road was constructed in 1968. Reed Parker and Mark Graybill of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Arden Logistics Management LLC, in the lease negotiations. Riley Maxwell and John Brewer of Transwestern represented Incab America.