ALLENDALE, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has negotiated a 32,895-square-foot lease at 1 Pearl Court, an industrial flex building in the Northern New Jersey community of Allendale. The building is one of seven within the 370,000-square-foot Allendale Industrial Park, which is owned by Camber Real Estate Partners and Advance Realty Investors. Thomas Vetter and Jeff Demagistris of NAI Hanson represented the tenant, a medical equipment manufacturer, in the lease negotiations. Kenneth Lundberg, Patrick Lennon and Lorenzo Lambiase, also with NAI Hanson, represented the landlord.
LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS — Ingka Group has announced plans to invest $2.2 billion over the course of the next three years on new IKEA retail locations and omnichannel growth across the United States. The Leiden, Netherlands-based company is the largest owner of IKEA stores globally, representing more than 90 percent of IKEA retail sales with more than 370 stores and 100 home décor planning studios open across 31 countries. The initial phase of investment will include opening eight stores in IKEA’s traditional format and nine “Plan and Order” points, which are smaller stores dedicated to kitchen, bedroom and living room planning. Plan and Order is an extension of IKEA’s existing planning studio business and is a relatively new endeavor for the company, with only two locations currently open in England. Ingka Group’s new stores will be primarily located in the Southern United States, a region where IKEA currently has a smaller concentration of locations, according to reports by The Wall Street Journal. These stores will create over 2,000 jobs upon completion. IKEA US, the American subsidiary of the retailer, has also announced new locations in San Francisco and Arlington, Va., that are set to open this summer. The $2.2 billion investment …
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The recent Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapses — and the takeover of First Republic Bank — have revived regulatory scrutiny on bank risk to a degree that is reminiscent of the financial crisis 15 years ago. Suddenly, it seems, everyone is concerned about the trillions of dollars in commercial real estate debt held at banks — and regional and community banks in particular — and whether it can be refinanced at higher interest rates as it matures over the next couple of years. The same holds for hundreds of billions of dollars of commercial mortgage-backed securities. The conditions are exacerbating a pullback in credit that started last year, which, along with the elevated interest rate environment, has depressed commercial real estate investment sales. In February, property sales dropped 51 percent, from $54.9 billion to $26.9 billion from a year earlier, according to MSCI Real Assets. Taken together, the wall of maturities, higher interest rates, bank collapses and a slumping economy have largely spooked the investment market, suggests Spencer Lund, chief investment officer with NAI Legacy in Minneapolis, Minn. (which also serves Chicago, Denver and Scottsdale, Ariz.) Still, it’s also the type of environment that breeds opportunity as prices …
HOUSTON — Avison Young has arranged the sale of a 234,215-square-foot industrial building in northwest Houston. The building sits on a 15-acre site at 4414 Hollister Road and features 25-foot clear heights, 150-foot truck court depths, 25 dock-high doors, 155 car parking spaces and 2.5 acres for additional parking or outdoor storage. Drew Coupe and Dawson Smith of Avison Young represented the seller, Austin-based private equity firm Frontera Capital Partners, in the transaction. Nick Peterson of Transwestern represented the undisclosed buyer.
RANDALLSTOWN, MD. — Klein Enterprises has sold Deer Park Center, a 170,000-square-foot flex office park located at 9631-9637 Liberty Road in Randallstown. Fernau LeBlanc Investment Partners (FLB), a commercial real estate owner and operator based in Bethesda, Md., purchased the four-building campus for an undisclosed price. Bill Prutting, Jay Wellschlager and Craig Childs of JLL represented Klein Enterprises, which has owned the property since 2010, in the transaction. Situated about five miles from I-695 and I-795, Deer Park Center’s tenant roster includes Island Quizine, N’Ferno Performing Arts Center, Center for Social Change Inc. and Greater Baltimore Insurance Agency.
ASHBURN, VA. — GI Partners Real Estate has purchased a data center located at 43915 Devin Shafron Drive in Ashburn, a city in North Virginia known as “Data Center Alley.” According to LoopNet Inc., the facility spans 138,600 square feet. Starwood Capital Group and minority owner and property manager Digital Realty sold the facility to GI Partners for an undisclosed price. CBRE’s Data Center Capital Markets team represented the sellers in the transaction. Built in 2010, the property was fully leased at the time of sale to two undisclosed “creditworthy tenants.” The 98-acre property offers 9 megawatts (MW) of critical power and can be expanded in the future.
RENO, NEV. — Prism Realty has announced plans to develop North Valleys Industrial Center, a 143,640-square-foot property in Reno. The Class A building will be located at 9630 N. Virginia St. Prism plans to break ground this summer and complete the project in the second quarter of 2024. The development will offer availability for a single full-building user or can be split to a minimum of 45,000 square feet to accommodate tenants seeking mid-bay space. Plenium Builders will serve as general contractor on the project. DCG’s Joel Fountain, Nick Knecht and Baker Krukow will represent Prism Realty on all leasing activity.
ELLABELL, GA. — Kiss, a global cosmetics company, has acquired a 708,990-square-foot industrial facility underway in the western Savannah suburb of Ellabell. CRG sold the warehouse, which will be located within the developer’s 300-acre The Cubes at Interstate II campus. Chris Tomasulo, Ryan Hoyt and Bennett Rudder of JLL represented CRG in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed. Kiss plans to utilize the property for distribution of its cosmetics products once completed. Located at 1864 Interstate Blvd., Building B at The Cubes at Interstate II is located less than two miles from I-16, 15 miles from I-95, 25 miles from Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport and approximately 30 miles west of the Port of Savannah. The development is part of the larger Interstate Centre industrial park in Bryan County. At full buildout, The Cubes at Interstate II will span 4.3 million square feet of industrial space leased to tenants such as Rooms To Go and McKesson Medical-Surgical, among others.
TAMPA, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $23 million sale of 4908 Tampa West, a 214,806-square-foot industrial facility in Tampa’s Airport submarket. Rick Brugge, Mike Davis, Rick Colon, Dominic Montazemi and Chloe Strada of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Robert Curran from Tryumph LLC, in the transaction. Jason Hochman and Ron Granite of Cushman & Wakefield secured $15.1 million in acquisition financing through an unnamed national insurance company on behalf of the buyer, IP Capital Partners. 4908 Tampa West is situated about eight miles from Tampa International Airport and near I-275 and I-4. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to companies including anchor tenant CAE. The acquisition includes five acres of additional land onsite for outdoor storage or new development.
BAYTOWN, TEXAS — Philadelphia-based development and investment firm BG Capital will develop a 281,849-square-foot cold storage facility in the eastern Houston suburb of Baytown. The facility will be situated on a 30.7-acre site within TGS Cedar Port Industrial Park. The site can also support the development of a second building, which would expand the total footprint to about 547,000 square feet. New Jersey-based cold storage operator FreezPak Logistics has committed to operating the facility, which will house a range of temperature-controlled spaces to accommodate operations such as storage, processing, packaging and distribution. Construction is scheduled to begin before the end of the month.