TEMPE, ARIZ. — Phoenix-based general contractor Stevens-Leinweber Construction has broken ground on TenSixty Interchange, an office-to-industrial redevelopment in Tempe, on behalf of Alidade Capital and Pine Creek Real Estate Partners. The project will bring new mid-size, infill industrial product to the Interstate 10/Baseline Road corridor. Prior to the groundbreaking, a two-story office building on the site was demolished to prepare a shovel-ready development parcel. When complete, TenSixty Interchange will total 58,250 square feet of Class A, small-bay industrial space. Situated on 4.5 acres at 4415 S. Wendler Drive, the property will feature 24-foot clear heights and accommodations for multiple mid-size tenants or up to six smaller tenants with divisibility to approximately 9,700 square feet. Additional features will include full HVAC, LED lighting, 3,000 amps of power and a 1,985-square-foot speculative office suite on each endcap. TenSixty Interchange will also include 16 dock doors, eight grade-level doors and 83 parking spaces. Butler Design Group is serving as architect for the project. Steve Larsen, Jason Moore and Katie White of JLL will handle leasing for the property.
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ALTON, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $15 million sale of Alton Center Business Park, a 450,000-square-foot industrial property located in the St. Louis suburb of Alton. Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, arranged $12.4 million in acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, Rockford Asset Management. Alton Center Business Park sits on 133.8 acres and features 22 dock-high doors, five grade-level doors, clear heights between 23 and 25 feet and outdoor storage capacity. Imperial Manufacturing Group anchors the property, which was 70 percent leased at the time of sale. Tyler Sharp and Adam Abushagur of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private family partnership, in the transaction and procured the buyer. Frank Montalto and Ethan Splan of IPA arranged the three-year loan, which carries multiple extension options and a 75 percent loan-to-cost ratio, through a direct bridge lender.
HOUSTON — Tokyo-based solar manufacturing company TOYO Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ: TOYO) has unveiled plans to expand its U.S. manufacturing platform by building a 1.5 gigawatt (GW) solar cell manufacturing facility that will be co-located at the company’s existing solar module site in metro Houston. The project is intended to create an integrated manufacturing hub that is expected to generate approximately 400 direct full-time manufacturing jobs. The expansion represents a total projected capital investment of approximately $357 million. Engineering, facility design and procurement planning are underway, with full project completion and initial pilot production expected within 20 months. The project will be carried out in structured phases to ensure compliance with local regulatory frameworks and permitting timelines. The facility will produce next-generation heterojunction (HJT) solar cells. Engineered for maximum yield, HJT cells utilize a technology that delivers an optimal temperature coefficient, ensuring high power production even in extreme heat, according to TOYO. By co-locating the facility with its module operations, TOYO expects to achieve operational synergies, reduce localized logistics costs and shorten the production cycle. “Expanding into domestic cell manufacturing is the natural next step in our commitment to creating an integrated onshore solar supply chain from polysilicon to panels,” says …
HALTOM CITY, TEXAS — Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services has arranged the sale of a 41,780-square-foot industrial flex building in Haltom City, located north of Fort Worth. The facility at 2525 Minnis Drive formerly housed the manufacturing operations of Sunair Products. The seller was First Sunday Property Management Group, and the buyer was steel and aluminum products manufacturer Flannery Inc. Luke Clardy of Bradford brokered the deal.
IRVING, TEXAS — Barcel USA, a local snackmaker, has signed a 24,178-square-foot industrial lease in Irving. The space is located within Building II of Freeport Business Park. John Paul Floyd of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Andrew Gilbert, Keaton Brice and Jon Skidmore of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, Dallas-based ATCAP Partners.
EDISON, N.J. — JLL has brokered the $24.5 million sale of a 5.5-acre industrial service facility in the Central New Jersey community of Edison. The facility at 76 National Road features a 25,000-square-foot warehouse with a clear height of 16 feet, four dock doors and two drive-in doors. Jason Lundy, Nicholas Stefans and Luke Ceccoli of JLL represented the seller, K Group, in the transaction. Michael Klein, Max Custer, Kevin Badger and Matthew McManus, also with JLL, arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing through an unnamed regional bank on behalf of the buyer, regional owner-operator Ridgecut Road.
NAI Earle Furman Negotiates Sale of 425 Acres in Upstate South Carolina for $1.2B USA Rare Earth Manufacturing Plant
by John Nelson
BLACKSBURG, S.C. — NAI Earle Furman has negotiated the sale of approximately 425 acres located at 998 Blacksburg Highway in Blacksburg, a city in Upstate South Carolina’s Cherokee County. Brian Hammond, Scout Hammond, Richard Heatly and Alec Moncini of NAI Earle Furman represented the unnamed land seller in the transaction. Situated within Bailey Industrial Park, the site will serve as the future home of a $1.2 billion magnet and refined metals manufacturing plant for USA Rare Earth Inc., a publicly traded leader in rare earths, minerals and advanced materials manufacturing and refinement. The project is the first facility in South Carolina for the manufacturer, which plans to create 490 jobs with the development at full build-out. Engineering work and equipment procurement for the Blacksburg facility is underway, with site work expected to commence in the coming months and commissioning targeted to begin in 2028. The facility will support USA Rare Earth’s magnet manufacturing campus in Stillwater, Okla., and its processing sites in Colorado and Texas.
GAINESVILLE, VA. — Newmark has arranged $975 million in financing for Project Helios, a newly delivered data center development in Northern Virginia. According to national media reports, the data center project is situated within the Gainesville Data Center campus in Prince William County. Jordan Roeschlaub, Christopher Kramer, Chris Lozinak, John Caraviello, Ryan Bub, Andrew Warin and Phil O’Bannon of Newmark arranged the financing through Blue Owl Capital on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Affinius Capital and Corscale Data Centers. Project Helios was fully leased at the time of financing to an unnamed cloud service provider under a long-term lease, according to Newmark.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Dalfen Industrial has acquired a nine-building industrial portfolio in South Florida’s Broward County totaling 419,253 square feet. The Dallas-based investment and development firm purchased the properties at 55 percent replacement cost. The portfolio was 83 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including FedEx, Event Service Group Realestate LLC, Chromalloy Material Solutions LLC and Commercial Distribution Specialists Inc. The properties offer direct access to I- 95 and the Florida Turnpike, as well as proximity to Port Everglades and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
Urban Outfitters to Open New Distribution Facility in Metro Philadelphia, Add 1,050 Jobs
by John Nelson
PHILADELPHIA AND FALLS TOWNSHIP, PA. — Urban Outfitters Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN), a global portfolio of apparel retail brands and physical shops that includes Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie and Free People, is making a major investment in its home market of metropolitan Philadelphia. The company has announced that it will open a new facility for its Nuuly brand in Falls Township, a city located 28 miles northeast of Philadelphia in Bucks County. According to Urban Outfitters, the new facility will create 600 jobs and work in tandem with the existing 600,000-square-foot Nuuly distribution center in Raymore, Mo., that opened in 2024. Further details about the Falls Township facility were not released. Nuuly is a monthly subscription service that lets patrons rent apparel from URBN’s various brands. According to the Philadelphia Business Journal, Nuuly represents almost 10 percent of URBN’s total net sales. In addition to the new facility, URBN plans to invest at least $150 million in capital and create 450 jobs at its global headquarters campus at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The company has been headquartered at the former shipyard since 2006 and recently opened the 117,000-square-foot Building 16. Today, URBN employs roughly 2,500 staffers at the Navy Yard, which includes adaptive …