Industrial

DAVENPORT, IOWA — Newmark has brokered the sale of a 251,100-square-foot industrial building in Davenport for an undisclosed price. The property at 8740 Zenith Ave. is fully leased to Ryder Logistics. Michael VanBuskirk, Chris Robertson, Andy Gallas, Andrew Sandquist, Ben Greazel and Raegen Root of Newmark represented the sellers, Blue Vista Capital Management LLC and Russell Development. Minneapolis-based Founders Properties acquired the asset. The property is the first of six buildings within the Russell Industrial Park, which will span nearly 1.5 million square feet upon full buildout.

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INDIANAPOLIS — FW Logistics has signed a 128,000-square-foot industrial lease at 221 S. Franklin Road in Indianapolis. The third-party logistics firm provides flex space and trucking to help businesses with e-commerce, fulfillment and manufacturing. The company maintains 18 temperature-controlled warehouses with more than 8 million square feet nationwide, along with its trucking fleet. Conrad Jacobs of Avison Young represented the tenant. Colliers represented the landlord, CP Franklin MT LLC, a Delaware-based limited liability company. FW Logistics expects to take occupancy Tuesday, Nov. 1.

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PHOENIX — Westcore has purchased Central Logistics, a four-building industrial campus located in the Central Phoenix market of Arizona. Phoenix-based ViaWest Group sold the asset for $93.5 million. Situated on 24.9 acres, Central Logistics offers a total of 1.1 million square feet of industrial space spread across four buildings with 32-foot clear heights. Currently leased to Bay Logistics, the 76,189-square-foot cold storage facility Building D North offers 13 dock-high doors and one grade-level door. Waymo occupies the 72,349-square-foot Building D South, which features 10 dock-high doors, one grade-level door and ESFR sprinklers. Ferguson occupies the 94,612-square-foot Building E, which offers a four-acre, fully secure concrete yard, two grade-level doors, 12 dock-high doors and ESFR sprinklers. Westcore plans to renovate the 165,518-square-foot Building B, which is currently vacant. John Werstler, Cooper Fratt, Tanner Ferrandi and Connie Nelson of CBRE will market the property for lease.

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HOUSTON — Locally based developer Lovett Industrial has broken ground on a 388,793-square-foot industrial project in South Houston. The project represents Phase I of 610 Business District, a 113-acre speculative development. Phase I will comprise a 291,459-square-foot, cross-dock building with 36-foot clear heights and a 97,223-square-foot, front-load building with 32-foot clear heights. Completion is slated for August 2023. More Architecture Studio designed the development, and Alston Construction is serving as the general contractor. Associated Bank provided construction financing for the project. CBRE has been tapped as the leasing agent.

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GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Locally based developer Proterra Properties has begun construction of Carrier/360 Distribution Center, a 114,400-square-foot industrial flex facility that will be located near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Grand Prairie. The rear-load facility will feature 32-foot clear heights, 120-foot truck court depths, 32 dock-high doors, two drive-in ramps and a high office finish. Completion is slated for July 2023. Proterra Properties will also handle leasing of the property.

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HOUSTON — Dallas-based Henry S. Miller Brokerage (HSM) has arranged the sale of a 32,886-square-foot warehouse in northwest Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 3724 Dacoma St. was built in 1976. Bill Bledsoe of HSM represented the buyer, an affiliate of Grubbs Volvo Cars Central Houston, in the transaction. Heath Donica and Jack Rathe of Stream Realty Partners represented the seller, an entity doing business as 3724 Dacoma Partners Ltd. The buyer will use the property to facilitate its expansion.

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NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated a 568,543-square-foot industrial lease at 2505 Bruckner Blvd. in The Bronx. The newly built facility spans approximately 1 million square feet across two floors, and the undisclosed tenant will occupy the entirety of the lower level. Building features include 28- to 32-foot clear heights and a total of 106 loading docks, four drive-in doors and roughly 53,000 square feet of office space. Rob Kossar and Leslie Lanne led a JLL team that represented the landlord, Innovo Property Group, which developed the facility in partnership with Square Mile Capital, in the lease negotiations.

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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Ziff Real Estate Partners has purchased six self-storage properties in the Southeast and Colorado totaling 2,750 climate- and non-climate-controlled units, including boat and RV rental spaces. The Mount Pleasant-based investor purchased the assets for an undisclosed price via its ZRP Storage Opportunity Fund. The assets in the portfolio include four existing properties: Morristown Self Storage in Morristown, Tenn.; J&S Self Storage in Fountain, Colo.; Mocks Hwy 20 Self Storage in Cumming, Ga.; and Atlas Business Center in Gainesville, Ga. The portfolio also includes two buildings in Roanoke, Va., and Waldorf, Md., that were acquired for conversion to self-storage properties branded under the StoreEase flag. Combined the six assets span 340,000 net rentable square feet. The sellers were not disclosed.

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NORTH ARLINGTON, N.J. — A joint venture between locally based developer Hampshire Cos. and global investment management firm Invesco will develop a 111,660-square-foot industrial project in North Arlington, located just outside Newark. The facility will feature a clear height of 40 feet, 22 dock-high doors, five trailer parking spaces and roughly 4,500 square feet of office space. Michael Klein, John Rose, Jon Mikula and Ryan Carroll of JLL arranged construction financing through BMO Financial Group on behalf of the joint venture. A tentative completion date was not disclosed.

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DENVER — Flatirons Asset Management, a Denver-based investment firm, has acquired a 33-property self-storage portfolio from Red Dot Storage for an undisclosed price. The portfolio spans 1.3 million square feet and includes 9,125 units.  The properties are located in Alabama, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Tennessee and Wisconsin, and were 90 percent occupied as of Aug. 31. Red Dot Storage will continue to operate the portfolio following the acquisition. The Louisville, Colorado-based company operates more than 190 locations across 19 states.  “Self-storage has shown itself to be a resilient asset class with attractive fundamentals and, given the recent disruption caused by the global pandemic, even more people are turning to self-storage,” says Scott Smith, president and CEO of Flatirons. Self-storage has been making headlines this fall, with large transactions including the acquisition of Storage Express by Extra Space Storage Inc. in September for $590 million. During this week alone, a number of self-storage properties and portfolios have traded hands, including a 768-unit portfolio in San Antonio; two properties in Tulsa, Okla. offering 950 units; and a 24,480-square-foot facility in Kenosha, Wis.  Flatirons Asset Management is a private investment firm that specializes in sponsoring tax-advantaged real estate offerings, including Delaware statutory …

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