PUNTA GORDA, FLA. — Equus Capital Partners Ltd. has broken ground on a 378,000 square-foot speculative warehouse logistics facility in Punta Gorda, a southwest Florida city situated along I-75 near Fort Myers. The project, named Florida Gulf Coast 75 Logistics Center, is being constructed within the Enterprise Charlotte Airport Park. The property will feature 32-foot clear heights, a single-side loading configuration, 54 loading docks and 73 trailer storage spaces opposite the loading docks, as well as LED lighting, 7-inch concrete floors and an ESFR sprinkler system. Equus has tapped Dan Miller of Colliers to lease the facility, which has an anticipated completion of second-quarter 2023. Equus Development LP, Equus’ development operating arm, will oversee development and construction of the Punta Gorda project.
BAY SHORE, N.Y. — Duro Dyne Corp., a manufacturer and distributor of sheet metal accessories and equipment for HVAC systems, has signed an 82,064-square-foot industrial lease at 158 Candlewood Road in the Long Island community of Bay Shore. The tenant is expanding from its adjacent location at 81 Spence St. Leslie Lanne, Doug Omstrom and Max Omstrom of JLL represented the landlord, Rockefeller Group, in the lease negotiations. Paul Leone and Phil Heilpern of CBRE represented Duro Dyne.
DECATUR, ILL. — Stripmasters Services Inc. has signed a 161,000-square-foot industrial lease at Commerce Park in Decatur, about 40 miles east of Springfield. Commerce Park is situated on 147 acres near I-72. Queenanne Realty LLC, a Chicago-based subsidiary of New Jersey-based Weiss Realty Co. Inc., owns the property. Weiss plans to expand the park over the next several years. Stripmasters is a commercial and industrial blasting, painting and power coating company that services the Midwest region.
BAY SHORE, N.Y. — Duro Dyne Corp., a manufacturer and distributor of sheet metal accessories and equipment for HVAC systems, has signed an 82,064-square-foot industrial lease at 158 Candlewood Road in the Long Island community of Bay Shore. The tenant is expanding from its adjacent location at 81 Spence St. Leslie Lanne, Doug Omstrom and Max Omstrom of JLL represented the landlord, Rockefeller Group, in the lease negotiations. Paul Leone and Phil Heilpern of CBRE represented Duro Dyne.
LAUREL, MD. — Syndicated Equities, a private real estate investment firm based in Chicago, has sold the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel. An unnamed, Florida-based investor purchased the building for $53 million in a 1031 exchange. The property is situated within Montpelier Research Park near Johns Hopkins University’s Laurel campus. Syndicated Equities purchased the property in January 2011 in a joint venture with Middleton Partners, which is also based in Chicago. During its ownership, Syndicated Equities executed two long-term leases and made significant improvements to the asset, including installing new roofs.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Stonemont Financial Group and joint venture partner Geis Cos. have closed on their purchase of 35 acres in Fort Myers for the development of a 500,000-square-foot, Class A industrial park. The project, known as Legacy at Oriole Road, is slated for completion in second-quarter 2023. The development will include two 250,000-square-foot warehouses designed to accommodate users as small as 37,000 square feet. The buildings will feature 32-foot clear heights, 72 trailer parking stalls and above-standard bay spacing. The property offers proximity to I-75, Route 41 and other major thoroughfares.
SAN ANTONIO — Kansas City-based NorthPoint Development will build Foster Commerce Center, a 2.2 million-square-foot industrial park that will be located about 10 miles east of downtown San Antonio. The six-building development will be constructed in phases, with the initial phase comprising two buildings totaling 650,000 square feet. NorthPoint Development expects the project to entail a total capital investment of $230 million and to create more than 1,000 new permanent jobs in addition to about 950 construction jobs. Construction is scheduled to begin before the end of the summer. Stream Realty Partners has been tapped to lease the development.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — JLL has negotiated the sale of Woodland Self Storage, a 952-unit facility located south of downtown Austin along I-35. The 92,288-square-foot, climate-controlled facility was built in 2019 and was 70 percent occupied at the time of sale. Steve Mellon, Brian Somoza, Adam Roossien and Matthew Wheeler of JLL represented the seller, Austin-based Endeavor Real Estate Group, in the transaction. Utah-based REIT Extra Space Storage purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
LITTLETON, COLO. — NavPoint Real Estate Group has brokered the sale of a light industrial property located at 8101 Midway Drive in Littleton. DCP Midway LLC acquired the building from Pavco Group for $6.9 million. The fully climate-controlled, 48,820-square-foot property features outside storage and oversized drive-in doors. Jeff Brandon and Matt Call of NavPoint Real Estate Group represented the buyer, while Tyler Carner of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.
CHICAGO — Summit Design + Build has broken ground on a 42,000-square-foot addition to the Eli’s Cheesecake facility in Chicago. The industrial building currently spans 62,000 square feet. The addition marks the first expansion to the property since it was built in 1995. The expansion will include interior spaces for general bakery use, storage, bakery processing and a new mezzanine. Michael Aragona is the project architect.