LINCOLN PARK, N.J. — CBRE has negotiated a 40,000-square-foot office and industrial lease renewal in the Northern New Jersey community of Lincoln Park. Thomas Mallaney and Denise Kokulak of CBRE represented the tenant, Hishi Plastics USA, a division of Mitsubishi Chemical America, in the lease negotiations. The Frassetto Cos. owns the building.
SPARKS, NEV. — Electric car manufacturing giant Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) plans to invest $3.6 billion to expand Gigafactory Nevada, an advanced manufacturing campus in the Reno suburb of Sparks that Tesla launched in 2014. The company’s investment will include two new factories — a battery manufacturing facility and a truck factory — that can support approximately 3,000 new team members. At the battery facility, Tesla plans to produce enough of its patented 4680 battery cells for 1.5 million light-duty vehicles annually. The facility will have the capacity for 100 Gigawatt hours (GWh) annually. The truck factory represents the first high-volume factory for Semi, Tesla’s fully electric combination truck that was announced in 2017. The company’s Semi trucks can travel up to 500 miles on a single charge and run on less than 2 kilowatt hours (kWh) per mile, which Tesla says gives companies using commercial transportation a sustainable freight option. The first Semi trucks were delivered in December 2022 to PepsiCo, according to CNBC. Gigafactory Nevada currently spans 5.4 million square feet and represents a $6.2 billion investment for Tesla to date. Annually Tesla produces 7.3 billion battery cells, 1.5 million battery packs, 3.6 million electric vehicles and 1 …
DALLAS — Foundation Building Materials, a California-based provider of construction supplies, has signed a 30,547-square-foot industrial lease renewal at 8301 John Carpenter Freeway in Dallas. Chicago-based investment firm ML Realty owns the property and was internally represented in the lease negotiations. Ryan Boozer and Lena Pierce of Stream Realty Partners represented the tenant.
ROCK HILL, S.C. — Karis Cold is under construction on a 277,785-square-foot cold storage facility in Rock Hill. Situated on a 40-acre site, the project represents the first cold storage speculative facility in metro Charlotte. The property, which Karis Cold expects to open in first-quarter 2024, will feature convertible freezers, 50-foot clear heights, 28 dock doors with two drive-in doors, 47 trailer parking stalls and 147 regular parking spaces. Spencer Yorke, John Cashion and Rich Grieder of JLL will lead the development’s marketing and leasing efforts on behalf of Karis Cold.
Miller Construction Breaks Ground on Two Warehouse Projects in Palm Beach County Totaling 318,000 SF
LAKE PARK AND WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Miller Construction Co. has broken ground on two warehouse projects totaling approximately 318,000 square feet in South Florida’s Palm Beach County. The developer of both facilities is Dalfen Industrial. The projects include a 184,880-square-foot warehouse located at 1100 Old Dixie Highway in Lake Park and a 133,075-square-foot facility located at 2850 Ranch House Road in West Palm Beach. The design-build team for both projects includes IBI Group’s RLC Architects, Puga & Associates Inc., DDA Engineers and Kimley-Horn & Associates. The developments represent a total investment of $29 million.
MESA, ARIZ. — A joint venture between Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) and CBRE Investment Management has completed construction of Elliot Gateway, a four-building, Class A logistics park on 40.5 acres at 9020 E. Elliot Road in Mesa. Elliot Gateway features a 151,239-square-foot Building A, a 124,611-square-foot Building B, a 186,000-square-foot Building C and a 54,640-square-foot Building D. Building C is fully leased to a mechanical and electrical construction company, while the other buildings are available for lease. Graycor Consrtuction Co. served as general contractor and Butler Design Group served as architect for the project. Evan Koplan and Serena Wedlich of CBRE are marketing and leasing the property on behalf of TCC and a fund sponsored by CBRE Investment Management.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Becknell Industrial is underway on the development of Winchester 527, a 527,023-square-foot speculative industrial building in Columbus. The property will feature a clear height of 40 feet, roughly 2,000 square feet of office space, 436 auto parking spaces and 150 trailer parking spaces. Lee & Associates is marketing the project for lease. Completion is slated for later this year.
LYMAN, S.C. — Kansas City-based Hunt Midwest has completed construction on Fort Prince Logistics Center, an industrial project comprising 476,280 square feet in Lyman, roughly 20 miles northeast of Greenville. Located within Fort Prince Industrial Park at 1090 Fort Prince Blvd., the cross-dock development features 48 dock positions with 36-foot clear heights, mechanical dock equipment, 7-inch concrete slab flooring, speculative office space, 189 surface parking stalls (expandable to 385), up to 125 tractor trailer parking stalls and a 135-foot-deep truck court. Seamon Whiteside provided civil engineering services; LS3P designed the building; and Evans General Contractors oversaw construction. John Montgomery, Garrett Scott, Brockton Hall and Dillon Swayngim of Colliers will handle leasing at the development.
COPPELL, TEXAS — Metropolitan Hardwood Floors has signed a 23,778-square-foot industrial lease renewal at Park West Crossing in Coppell, a northeastern suburb of Fort Worth. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 435 Southwestern Blvd. sits on 4.9 acres and totals 61,399 square feet. Chicago-based investment firm ML Realty Partners owns Park West Crossing and was internally represented in the lease negotiations. Mike McElwee of Avison Young and Brian Bruininks of The Andover Co. represented the tenant.
MANSFIELD, MASS. — Locally based investment firm Berkeley Partners has acquired a 215,575-square-foot warehouse in the southern Boston suburb of Mansfield. At the time of sale, the building was fully leased to an affiliate of global automotive manufacturer Stellantis, which also owned the facility and has agreed to lease back the space. Michael Restivo, Joe Fabiano, Dave MacDonald and Lenny Pierce of JLL negotiated the sale-leaseback. Brett Paulsrud, also with JLL, arranged acquisition financing for the deal.