KENOSHA, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Safe Storage Club, a 24,480-square-foot self-storage facility in Kenosha. The sales price was undisclosed. The property features 348 parking spaces. Brett Hatcher, Gabriel Coe and Nathan Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. The team also secured and represented the buyer, an individual trust. The sale closed above list price.
ENFIELD, CONN. — Colliers has negotiated the $15.2 million sale of a 235,000-square-foot distribution center in Enfield, a northern suburb of Hartford. The property sits on a 19-acre site near I-91 and was fully leased at the time of sale. Nicholas Morizio of Colliers represented the seller, an entity doing business as Enfield Distribution Center LLC, and the buyer, Massachusetts-based AIS Development, in the transaction.
By Bill Condon, Executive Vice President, Colliers The most significant impact to Seattle’s industrial market this year comes from outside the market. Inflation resulting in raised interest rates has stymied sale activity but done little to slow leasing activity. Tenant demand has remained high, particularly among third-party logistics (3PL), ecommerce and aerospace companies. Logistics remains the main driver for activity and development in submarkets from Tacoma south. This year alone, Holman Distribution leased 353,000 square feet in Frederickson and Maersk leased 246,000 square feet in Lakewood. Both of these cities only had sporadic activity prior to 2020. For 3PL companies, the south Puget Sound/Tacoma area is attractive due to its proximity to the Port of Tacoma and the desirable labor pool in Pierce County. Closer to Seattle, Blue Origin leased 172,000 square feet in Kent, furthering the legacy of aerospace activity in Puget Sound. The rapid rise in interest rates has created a difference in expectations between sellers and buyers, whose interest rates have nearly doubled since the start of this year. This disconnect between the seller’s value and buyer’s ability to purchase is likely to delay transactions until there’s more stability in capital markets nationally. While tenant demand remains robust, there …
MORTON GROVE, ILL. — Two tenants have signed industrial lease renewals at 8220 Austin Ave. in Morton Grove, a northern suburb of Chicago. Dynamic Group, a contract cabinet manufacturer, signed a 45,000-square-foot renewal. Johnson & Quin expanded its offsite storage facility to 17,500 square feet at the property. Johnson & Quin is a large volume, personalized direct mail company that has operated in the Chicago area for 146 years. Sam Badger of CBRE represented Johnson & Quin, while Brendan Green and Patrick Turner of Colliers represented ownership, Clear Height Properties.
WESLACO, TEXAS — Glazer’s Beer & Beverage will open a 250,000-square-foot distribution center in the Rio Grande Valley city of Weslaco. The wholesale alcoholic beverage distributor will be the anchor tenant of Mid Valley International Industrial Park, a 122-acre master-planned development on which the Weslaco Economic Development Corp. recently broke ground. The move is expected to add about 200 new jobs to the local economy.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Texas Almet, a supplier of aircraft parts, has signed a 42,850-square-foot industrial lease at 501-509 106th St. in Arlington. According to Propertyshark.com, the single-tenant building was constructed on two acres in 1980. Canon Shoults of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Scott Voelkel of Dickey Property Co. represented the tenant.
LEWISBERRY, PA. — Lee & Associates has brokered the sale of a 189,000-square-foot industrial facility in Lewisberry, a southern suburb of Harrisburg. The distribution center at 525 Industrial Drive was built on a speculative basis and features a clear height of 32 feet, 45 loading docks and an ESFR sprinkler system. Bob Yoshimura, Joe Hill, Eric Mattson and Connor Sanbower of Lee & Associates represented the seller, a partnership between Boston-based firms High Street Logistics Properties and TA Realty, in the transaction.
By Taylor Williams “Negative leverage.” At face value, the term has an undeniably ominous connotation. The first half is an umbrella word for all things adverse and pessimistic, while the second evokes a sense of financial helplessness and dependency, of being permanently hamstrung by creditors. Yet in the context of industrial investment in major markets throughout the Northeast, the term is more synonymous with flexibility and acceptance, as it represents a framework through which deals continue to get done despite the very dicey conditions of the U.S. capital markets. Since the Federal Reserve began aggressively raising the federal funds rates this spring to combat severe inflation, all commercial property types have been hit with softening buyer demand and, consequently, price declines. At the time of this writing, the nation’s central bank had a target range of 3 to 3.25 percent for short-term interest rates, nearly 300 basis points above its stated goal at the beginning of the year. Increases of that magnitude in the cost of debt adversely impact demand across all asset classes, as there are only so many buyers that can pay entirely in cash. Investors that can pay all cash expect — and usually receive — discounted …
MELBOURNE, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Melbourne, Florida Storage Opportunity, an 89,250-square-foot self-storage facility located in Melbourne, roughly 70 miles southeast of Orlando on Florida’s Space Coast. The property, which features 66,547 square feet of rentable space and 662 climate-controlled units, was acquired by an undisclosed limited liability company. Meir Perlmuter, Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, also an undisclosed limited liability company, and secured and represented the buyer in the transaction. Ryan Nee, the firm’s Florida broker of record, assisted in closing the sale. The sales price was not disclosed.
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS — Titan Development has sold Gateway 35 Commerce Center Building 1, a 294,297-square-foot industrial facility located in the northern Austin suburb of Georgetown. Built on 21 acres in 2022, the cross-dock building was fully leased to California-based electronics manufacturer CelLink Corp. at the time of sale. Building features include 36-foot clear heights, 185-foot truck court depths, 220 car parking spaces and 94 trailer parking stalls. Trent Agnew, Dustin Volz, Dom Espinosa, Josh Villarreal and Megan Babovec of JLL represented Titan Development in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.