GILBERT, ARIZ. — On behalf of GID and SunCap Property Group, Graycor Construction Co. has completed development of Buildings 9, 10 and 11 at Gilbert Spectrum, a 64-acre industrial park at McQueen and Elliot roads in Gilbert. Northrop Grumman, a multinational aerospace and defense technology company, has leased the 100,000-square-foot Building 9. S&M Moving Systems, a full-service local and long-distance moving company, has leased the 142,200-square-foot Building 10. At the 66,400-square-foot Building 11, Banner Industries, which specializes in high-purity and industrial flow component distribution, is occupying 27,097 square feet and Varsity Brands, an American apparel company, is leasing 18,047 square feet. The new buildings offer 28-foot to 32-foot clear heights, a mix of dock-high and drive-in doors, generous power and ESFR sprinklers. Additionally, the three buildings share a 190-foot loading court. Graycor served as design-build general contractor and Balmer Architectural Group was the project architect. At build-out, Gilbert Spectrum will include up to 850,000 square feet of office, flex industrial and technology-related space. Ken McQueen and Chris McClurg of Lee & Associates Arizona are handling leasing for the three facilities.
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Contegra Construction Delivers 192,000 SF Industrial Facility in Cumberland, Maryland
by John Nelson
CUMBERLAND, MD. — Contegra Construction has delivered a 192,000-square-foot distribution center at 12000 Mexico Farms Road in Cumberland. Kansas City-based Jones Development is the developer of the property, which features tilt-up concrete panels, 10,000 square feet of office space, 32-foot clear height, 56 dock doors, a PVC roof, LED lighting and parking for 48 trailers and 262 automobiles. The site also features a 35-foot-tall retaining wall that runs for a half-mile around three sides of the building. The tenant was not disclosed.
ORANGE, CALIF. — MCA Realty has completed the disposition of Struck Business Park, a two-building industrial park in Orange, to a private investor for $13.5 million. MCA Realty originally acquired the asset for $9.4 million in August 2021. Located at 1523 and 1547 W. Struck Ave., Struck Business Park features 42,750 square feet of industrial space. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent leased. The asset was built in 1976. Michael Hefner, Hayden Socci and Tom Terry of Voit Real Estate Services represented the seller, while Michael Vernick of Voit Real Estate Services represented the buyer in the deal.
AMARILLO, TEXAS — Self-storage brokerage firm Versal has negotiated the sale of an 84-unit facility in the northwest Texas city of Amarillo. The facility spans 36,000 net rentable square feet across 72 traditional storage units and 12 parking/outdoor storage spaces. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson, Logan Foster and Hugh Horne of Versal represented the seller, Iowa-based Second Generation Properties LLC, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyers, which were Texas-based private investors.
SOUTH BEND, IND. — Holladay Properties is converting an industrial site at 850 Marietta St. in South Bend into a 39,990-square-foot self-storage facility. Store Space Self Storage will manage the facility, which is slated to open in the second quarter. The property will feature four buildings with 183 climate-controlled units and 165 drive-up units. Store Space will provide day-to-day operations, call center support, marketing, branding and technology solutions. Holladay expects to partner with Store Space on additional locations.
HUNTLEY, ILL. — Principle Construction has completed the third expansion in five years of General RV’s space at 14000 Automall Drive in Huntley. The current project includes a 19,558-square-foot addition to the building, which Principle initially constructed in 2011. The building features a clear height of 22 feet and 14 drive-in doors. Cornerstone Architects was the project architect.
PASSAIC, N.J. — A partnership between Los Angeles-based finance and investment firm PCCP LCC and Atlanta-based private equity group Stonemont Financial will develop a 295,500-square-foot warehouse in the Northern New Jersey community of Passaic. The site spans 17 acres. Building features will include a clear height of 40 feet, 185-foot truck court depths, 40 dock doors, two drive-in doors, 167 car parking spaces and 55 trailer parking stalls. Construction is set to begin in February and to be complete in spring 2024.
Data Center Developers Consider Unconventional Sites, Streamlining Strategies to Meet Immense Demand
Data center development is simultaneously growing by leaps and bounds as well as suffering from its own success. The easy-to-develop sites have been snapped up and demand for additional data and cloud services continues to grow, forcing developers to look beyond the obvious locations for sites. This can entail running into less-than-obvious delays in the development process. Data centers reliably store and transmit the deluge of information that makes modern life possible. The factors driving the need for data centers — enterprise demand for cloud services, dependence on 5G cell networks, artificial intelligence technology, edge computing capabilities, social media use and streaming needs — will continue to grow exponentially in the coming years. According to a September 2022 report by advisory company Arizton, approximately 2,825 megawatts of power capacity will be added to the data center market in the next five years. The same report forecasts the U.S. data center construction market will reach $25 billion by 2027, up from $20 billion in 2021. Data centers are utility-intensive property types, and the sites that can support their formidable power, communication and water needs often require high-level considerations right from the start. How can the development process for such projects be streamlined …
Marcus & Millichap Brokers Sale of 3,369-Unit Self-Storage Portfolio in the Southeast
by John Nelson
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a self-storage portfolio comprising 10 Boardwalk Storage facilities located in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. The properties total 3,369 units across 569,530 square feet. Gabriel Coe, Nathan Coe and Brett Hatcher of Marcus & Millichap arranged the sale on behalf of the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer, which was also not disclosed. At the time of sale, the portfolio, which includes a mix of climate-controlled and non-climate-controlled units, was 64 percent leased. The Alabama property is located in the city of Opelika, with the Georgia properties located in Dahlonega, Clermont, Loganville, Perry and Jasper. In Tennessee, the facilities are situated in Ooltewah, Chattanooga and Soddy-Daisy. Marcus & Millichap’s brokers of record in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee are Eddie Greenhalgh, John Leonard and Jody McKibben, respectively.
QUEEN CREEK, ARIZ. — Thompson Thrift has started construction on the first phase of Germann Commerce Center, a 1 million-square-foot industrial development in Queen Creek, approximately 35 miles southeast of downtown Phoenix. Located on the southwest corner of Germann and Meridian roads, the first phase will consist of 400,000 square feet of speculative light industrial space spread across five standalone buildings on 26 acres. The facilities will feature front-park/rear-load industrial space, 28-foot to 32-foot clear heights and frontage on East Germann Road. At full buildout, the multi-phase project will provide up to 1 million square feet of warehouse, distribution, light assembly and manufacturing space covering 68 acres. Thompson Thrift plans to complete the first phase in first-quarter 2024, with build-to-suit and for-sale options in Phase II following immediately after.