Industrial

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SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. — JLL has arranged a $25 million construction loan for Bridge Point South Plainfield, a 189,059-square-foot industrial project in Northern New Jersey. Situated on 20.7 acres, the property will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 50 dock-high doors, 176 car parking spaces and 70 trailer stalls. Completion is slated for the fourth quarter. Jon Mikula, Michael Klein and Michael Lachs of JLL arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan through Simmons Bank on behalf of the borrower, Bridge Industrial.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Kroger plans to open a new 40,000-square-foot distribution center on Polk Avenue in Nashville, which will extend the grocer’s delivery services to Middle Tennessee. The “spoke” facility will work in conjunction with the Atlanta fulfillment center that the grocer operates along with UK-based grocery delivery platform Ocado. According to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, the new Kroger facility will support 180 new jobs. Kroger worked with the Tennessee Valley Authority, Nashville Area Chamber and Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development for the project. A construction timeline or exact address were not disclosed, but The Tennessean reports that the site is located at 1116 Polk Ave. on the south side of town.

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HOUSTON — NAI Partners has arranged the sale of five freestanding industrial buildings totaling approximately 85,000 square feet in northwest Houston. Darren O’Conor of NAI Partners represented the seller and developer, Vault Partners, in the disposition of the buildings, which traded to four different buyers. Buyer representatives included Jeremy Kraus and Jordan Enger of CBRE; Gerrit Stryker of United Real Estate; Jason Gibbons and Jack Gaffney of Finial Group; and Rafael Melara of Hunington Properties

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BELLMAWR, N.J. — Ivy Realty, an investment firm with three offices along the East Coast, has acquired a portfolio of two industrial buildings totaling 171,500 square feet in the Southern New Jersey community of Bellmawr. The single-tenant buildings, which measure 78,000 and 93,500 square feet, are both located within the 2.8 million-square-foot Interstate Business Park and were fully leased at the time of sale. Stephen Marzullo, Adam Silverman and Dan McGovern of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.

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GURNEE, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $9.2 million sale of an 81,893-square-foot industrial building in Gurnee, a city in Northeast Illinois. The facility is located at 1111 Lakeside Drive within the Grand Tri-State Business Park directly off I-94. Ohio Medical LLC occupies the building, which was constructed in 1993. The property features a clear height of 24 feet, four external docks and two drive-in doors. Peter Doughty of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investment group, and procured the buyer, a New York-based REIT.

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By Anthony Avendt, Cushman & Wakefield Like most markets in the U.S. and Canada, Detroit’s industrial sector has seen its ups and downs. Detroit’s always been a bit of an outlier though due to extreme volatility. What’s more, we’ve (hopefully) learned lessons from past downturns that well position the city and its commercial real estate regardless of continued strong demand and rent growth or any bumps in the road we may encounter. Detroit is a little different from similar-sized markets in the region. First, while it’s certainly part of the U.S. heartland, the city’s geographic position on a peninsula means it’s poorly suited for broad distribution to large swaths of the country. Second, of course, is the auto industry’s impact. The auto industry is widely dispersed across the U.S. now, but Detroit and Michigan remain its heart and brain. As the sector pivots to autonomous and electric vehicles, that is going to drive demand for industrial space. Ford already has announced an investment of $40 to $50 billion over the next decade-plus, including redevelopment of Michigan Central Station as anchor of its Mobility Innovation District.  Stellantis, the parent of Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge, has announced its own $35.5 billion investment …

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DALLAS — CBRE has arranged the sale of DalParc Logistics Center, a newly built, 1 million-square-foot industrial development in South Dallas. Randy Baird, Jonathan Bryan, Ryan Thornton and Eliza Bachhuber of CBRE represented the seller and developer, Kansas City-based VanTrust Real Estate, in the transaction. Property Reserve Inc. purchased DalParc Logistics Center, which is fully leased to an unnamed tenant, for an undisclosed price. VanTrust broke ground on the project in summer 2020.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Fort Worth-based PHP Capital has purchased CentrePort Tech, a 30,029-square-foot industrial property in Fort Worth. The multi-tenant property, which was fully leased at the time of sale, is located within the CentrePort master-planned business park on the city’s northeast side. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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BLACK CREEK, GA. — Rooker, an Atlanta-based industrial developer and construction management firm, has broken ground on Seaport 16 Trade Center, a 797-acre industrial campus situated about 25 miles from the Port of Savannah in Black Creek. The multi-phased project has the capacity for 7.1 million square feet of logistics space across 10 facilities at full buildout. Rooker has begun construction on Building 1, an 868,160-square-foot speculative building that is expandable to 1.6 million square feet and is scheduled for completion in 2023. Solution Property Group is Rooker’s marketing partner for the project and represented the developer in its land acquisition in 2021. Thomas & Hutton is the civil engineer for Seaport 16, and POH Architects will provide architectural design. Morgan Corp. is the site work contractor. The development will be located at the intersection of Olive Branch Road and Ga. Highway 80, a little over three miles from I-16. The campus will also be situated about five miles from Hyundai’s new electric vehicle assembly and battery factory, which is expected to come on line in 2025.

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SPRING HILL, TENN. — Lee & Associates’ Nashville office has brokered the $52 million sale of a 276,056-square-foot industrial facility located at 3555 Cleburne Road in Spring Hill. San Diego-based STOS Partners purchased the property from Effingham, Ill.-based Agracel Inc. Brett Wallach and William Sisk of Lee & Associates represented both parties in the transaction. The property, which is STOS’ first acquisition in the metro Nashville area, was fully leased at the time of sale on a triple-net basis to tenants including automotive firm Fourecia.

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