Industrial

WESTFIELD CENTER, OHIO — Stonemont Financial Group has unveiled plans to build a 450,000-square-foot speculative industrial development in Westfield Center near Cleveland. Named Westfield Commerce Park, the Class A facility marks Stonemont’s first speculative development in Northeast Ohio. Plans call for a clear height of 36 feet, cross-dock configuration, 500 car parking spaces, 130 trailer stalls, 65 dock doors and four drive-in doors. Stonemont is the developer, while Pinnacle Bank and PCCP are debt and capital partners. JLL will oversee lease-up. Completion is slated for the first quarter of 2023.

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ROLLING MEADOWS, ILL. — SVN Chicago’s industrial team has arranged the sale of a 66,674-square-foot industrial building in the Chicago suburb of Rolling Meadows for nearly $3 million. The buyer will utilize the property, located at 1125 Carnegie St., as a cannabis production facility. The property features clear heights ranging from 16 to 22 feet, five interior docks, one drive-in door and 3,400 square feet of office space. John Joyce of SVN represented the buyer, 11th Level Inc., a cannabis growth company that is licensed by the State of Illinois. Mike Senner and Tom Rodeno of Colliers represented the seller, Adams Plastics.

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DENVER — Starpoint Properties is developing Point Central Business Park, a two-building, 155,000-square-foot industrial complex in central Denver. Situated on 9.6 acres at 1051 E. 73rd Ave., the property will feature 155,000 square feet of Class A, LEED-certified industrial and warehouse space. Groundbreaking for the property is slated for July, with completion scheduled for summer 2023. Drew McManus, Ryan Searle and Bryan Fry of Cushman & Wakefield are handling leasing for the project. Point Central Business Park will offer two buildings: an 81,800-square-foot asset and a 73,500-square-foot building. The buildings will offer office space to suit, clerestory windows, high parking ratio, monument and building signage, a combined 25 dock doors, four drive-in doors and other modern design and functionality elements.

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BUFORD, GA. — Seefried Industrial Properties and Clarion Partners plan to develop Buford North Distribution Center, a 969,620-square-foot logistics park in the Atlanta suburb of Buford. The speculative project will include three buildings located along I-985 in Hall County. All three buildings will include 185-foot concrete truck courts, 36-foot clear heights and ESFR sprinklers. Seefried and Clarion recently purchased an 80-acre site about 40 miles northeast of Atlanta near I-85. The first facility is slated to break ground in August and full completion is anticipated for the fourth quarter of 2023. The project team includes civil engineer Eberly & Associates and architect Atlas Architecture. Joseph Kriss, Tripp Ausband and Doug Smith of Seefried will oversee leasing efforts.

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ANDERSON, S.C. — Kansas City-based Hunt Midwest has broken ground on a 258,801-square-foot industrial facility within the new Evergreen Logistics Park, an industrial campus spanning 200 acres in Upstate South Carolina. Located at 1105 Scotts Bridge Road in Anderson, the new facility will feature 36-foot clear heights, an ESFR sprinkler system, motion-sensor LED lighting, 26 dock doors, 60-foot speed bays, four drive-in doors, more than 200 parking stalls, up to 77 tractor-trailer parking spots and a 185-foot truck court. Hunt Midwest expects to deliver the building by the end of the year. At full capacity, Evergreen Logistics Park will span 2 million square feet and offer immediate access to I-85 and a major FedEx terminal. Hunt Midwest has selected Seamon Whiteside for civil engineering, LS3P for building design, CBRE for leasing and Evans General Contractors as the general contractor.

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WALLER, TEXAS — Locally based firm KDW will develop a 130,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in the northwestern Houston suburb of Waller that will be an expansion of the existing campus of Green Span Profiles, a provider of insulated wall panels. The crane-served facility will be situated on 33 acres and is expected to come on line in January. The company’s original 70,000-square-foot plant opened in 2011. Green Span Profiles expects to hire about 15 new employees to staff the facility.

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MIDLAND PARK, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $11 million sale of two industrial buildings totaling 38,500 square feet in the Northern New Jersey community of Midland Park. The properties sit on a combined 3.8 acres and were recently upgraded. Gary Gabriel, Kyle Schmidt and Seth Zuidema represented the seller, VanRock Properties, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Bassen Properties.

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BARDSTOWN, KY. — Heaven Hill, a family-owned spirits company overseeing brands such as Evan Williams and Deep Eddy Vodka, has broken ground on a $135 million distillery in Bardstown, approximately 40 miles south of Louisville. The project, known as Heaven Hill Springs Distillery, is located at 1015 Old Bloomfield Pike, which was the site of the former Old Heaven Hill Springs Distillery. The former distillery opened in 1935, but was destroyed in a fire in 1996 that engulfed the distillery, seven rickhouses for barrel aging and about 100,000 barrels of whiskey. After the fire, Heaven Hill moved its distillery operations to the historic Bernheim Distillery in downtown Louisville, where the company still operates today. “We’re honored to celebrate this homecoming with a return to distilling in Bardstown to augment our overall bourbon-making capacity, as well as continue to make an impact in the Bardstown community,” says Max Shapira, president of Heaven Hill. Heaven Hill Springs Distillery is scheduled to open by the end of 2024. Heaven Hill anticipates the distillery will handle 150,000 barrels of spirits annually at first and ramp up production to 450,000 barrels annually over time, which mirrors the production at its Louisville distillery. Bardstown, which has …

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By Eric Voyles, executive vice president, chief economic development officer, TexAmericas Center Whether you are considering moving your business to a new market, acquiring/merging with a competitor, adding staff or increasing your service lines, the risks of expanding an industrial business can be enormous. But with careful research, smart decisions and adequate support, the benefits to taking the next step for your business can far outweigh any negative pressures. For companies looking to expand, the considerations are extensive. Minimizing downtime and supply chain disruption are top priorities and planning ahead can help overcome those pitfalls. Consider these factors when making your decision: 3PL Support For many businesses, it will be the help of third-party logistics (3PL) services that will ultimately provide the best supply chain support and play the most pivotal role in helping reshape the world’s economy and allowing businesses to expand more confidently.  There are several trends that have led companies to 3PL services, which help them minimize risk and outsource elements of their operations. Warehousing, fulfillment services, transportation of goods and management of labor forces are all benefits that 3PL companies can provide.  Whether companies are manufacturing or distributing, they need flexibility. They are typically looking for locations …

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BALTIMORE — New York-based Link Logistics has completed the disposition of Beltway+ Industrial Portfolio, a six-property, 430,118-square-foot industrial portfolio located in the Mid-Atlantic region. Massachusetts-based High Street Logistics Properties acquired the portfolio for $67.5 million. Situated in the Baltimore-Washington Corridor, Beltway+ Industrial Portfolio was 92 percent leased at the time of sale to 26 tenants. The largest asset in the portfolio is a 114,980-square-foot, Class A property located at 6695 Business Parkway within Meadowridge Business Park in Elkridge, Md. The remaining properties are small-bay industrial assets with direct access to Interstate 695. Christopher Abramson, Ben McCarty and Nicholas Signor of Newmark represented the seller in the deal. Brian Kruger, Thomas Hinder and Erik Evans of Newmark will handle leasing of the property on behalf the new ownership.

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