TUSKEGEE, ALA. — Farpoint Development, along with general contractor Doster Construction Co., has delivered Building 100 at Regional East Alabama Logistics (REAL) Park in Tuskegee. Situated within the 638-acre site in Macon County, the 169,000-square-foot speculative facility is the first building within the 6.2 million-square-foot, multi-phase REAL Park. Situated off exit 42 on I-85 roughly 10 miles south of Auburn University, the building represents the only Class A manufacturing or distribution facility within a 40-mile radius, according to Farpoint. Project partners include construction lender Regions Bank and government entities Opportunity Alabama and Macon County Economic Development Authority. Once complete, REAL Park is expected to create $450 million of total economic output in the east Alabama region. Farpoint is currently marketing Building 100 for lease. The developer is based in Chicago and has a regional office in Asheville, N.C.
Industrial
Gantry Secures $40M Acquisition Financing for Four Self-Storage Properties in Tennessee, Florida
by John Nelson
IRVINE, CALIF. — Irvine-based Gantry has secured $40 million in acquisition financing for four separate purchases of self-storage properties in Tennessee and Florida. Totaling 286,000 rentable square feet, the properties include three Storelocal Self Storage properties in Franklin and Spring Hill, Tenn., and a U.S. Storage Center facility in Tampa. Andy Bratt and Amit Tyagi of Gantry arranged the fixed-rate loans through separate life insurance companies on behalf of the borrower, a multi-generational private family that is buying the properties in a 1031 exchange. Two of the loans were bridge loans and two were permanent loans.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Dermody Properties has signed an unknown tenant to a full-building industrial lease at LogistiCenter SM at Louisville Airport Building 2. Built in 2022, the 203,840-square-foot facility is located at 3195 S. Park Road in Louisville, about eight miles south of Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. Bruce Isaac of NAI Isaac, Mark Wardlaw and Clay Manley of NAI Fortis and Bill Kampton and Phil Garrett of Colliers NAPA represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Alex Grove and Kevin Grove of CBRE represented the landlord.
Clarion Partners Provides Financing for 600,000 SF Industrial Property in Riverside, California
by Jeff Shaw
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Clarion Partners has provided a has provided a mezzanine loan that’s part of the acquisition financing package collateralized by an industrial building in Riverside. An affiliate of Societe Generale arranged the $10 million mezzanine loan subordinate to a $70 million senior loan. The Class A, 600,000-square-foot facility is fully leased and serves as the headquarters for a third-party logistics provider.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated an 87,876-square-foot industrial lease at Champions Circle Business Park in Fort Worth. The tenant, Optimas, which provides fasteners for industrial manufacturers, will occupy the entirety of Building 3 at the 361,040-square-foot development. Reid Bassinger and Nathan Denton of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Hopewell Development, in the lease negotiations. Ben Gibbs and Clint Manning of Cresa represented the tenant.
MANASSAS, VA. — Regional grocer Giant Food has opened an 82,000-square-foot e-commerce fulfillment center in Manassas. The new facility allows Giant to expand its delivery service to 140 zip codes across Northern Virginia and support 200 new jobs. Giant is offering free delivery for orders made Tuesday through Thursday and for a $3.95 charge on the weekends, according to Gregg Dorazio, director of e-commerce at Giant. The grocer will continue to operate its other existing fulfillment center in Hanover, Md. Giant is headquartered in Landover, Md., and operates 165 supermarkets in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C., with approximately 20,000 associates.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Houston-based Clay Development will build Mustang Ridge Distribution Center II, a 218,400-square-foot industrial project located on a 15-acre site in southeast Austin. Building features will include a rear-load configuration, 32-foot clear heights, an ESFR sprinkler system and parking for 233 cars and 38 trailers (expandable to 68). Raymond Construction is the general contractor for the project. The Austin office of Colliers will handle leasing of the project. Construction will begin later this month, with completion slated for April 2024.
HOUSTON — Partners Real Estate has brokered the sale of a portfolio of five single-tenant industrial buildings totaling 69,125 square feet in Houston. Cary Latham and Hunter Stockard of Partners represented the seller, AMAG Holdings LLC, in the transaction. Blake Deer and Carson Deer represented the buyer, Capital Real Estate Investments, on an internal basis.
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. — A partnership between locally based owner-operator Ridgecut Road and Boston-based investment group Marcus Partners has acquired an industrial building in the Northern New Jersey community of South Plainfield. According to LoopNet Inc., the 11,500-square-foot property at 456 Hollywood Ave. was built on 3.9 acres in 1984. The building was been owned and occupied by a crane rental and equipment business for the last 50 years. The sales price was not disclosed.
HUDSON, MASS. — SVN | Parsons Commercial Group | Boston has arranged the $2 million sale of a 10,750-square-foot industrial property in Hudson, about 40 miles west of Boston. The property comprises two buildings totaling 8,750 and 2,000 square feet on a 1.7-acre site at 561 Main St. Alex Wood of SVN | Parsons Commercial represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were limited liability companies that requested anonymity, in the transaction.