LOCKPORT, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of a 56,326-square-foot industrial building in the Chicago suburb of Lockport for an undisclosed price. The building sits on a little over seven acres at 900 N. State St. Originally constructed in 1970, the property has received multiple expansions and is currently 83 percent leased to eight tenants. Brent Holder and Peter Doughty of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a local private investor who had owned the building for more than 20 years. A Mexico-based private investment group was the buyer.
SALT LAKE CITY — A partnership between ViaWest Group and Clarion Partners has acquired 25 acres of land in Salt Lake City’s Northwest Quadrant from Gannett Enterprises for an undisclosed price. Rusty Bollow and Bobby Stevens of Colliers represented the seller, while Phillip Eilers of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer in the deal. ViaWest plans to develop more than 340,000 square feet of Class A industrial space on the site, divided into a 100,000-square-foot building and a 240,000-square-foot building. The development will offer direct access to interstates 5 and 215 and State Route 201. Buildings will feature highway visibility, 107 shared trailer spaces, 67 dock doors and nearly 380 parking spaces. Colliers will serve as leasing agents for the new facilities.
BOULDER, COLO. — Ivy Realty has completed the disposition of 6707 Winchester Circle, a single-story office/industrial building in Boulder. Evermore Partners acquired the asset for $8.8 million. Situated on 3.6 acres within Gunbarrel Tech Center, 6707 Winchester features 33,296 square feet of flex office space. Fully renovated in 2016, the property offers 28,832 square feet of office and lab space and 4,000 square feet of warehouse and distribution space. The warehouse space features three dock-high doors and one roll-up door. On-site amenities include a fitness center with showers and locker rooms, an outdoor patio with barbecue space, and bike storage. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to four tenants, with life sciences companies comprising 33 percent of the rent roll. Larry Thiel, Jason Schmidt and Rob Key of JLL Capital Markets represented the seller in the transaction.
MIAMI — JLL has secured the $112 million refinancing of a 12-property industrial portfolio in South Florida’s Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Jim Cadranell, Gregory Nalbandian, Maxx Carney and Michael Lachs of JLL arranged the seven-year, fixed-rate loan through an unnamed life company on behalf of the borrower, Seagis Property Group LP, which acquired most of the properties in the portfolio in the past two years. The properties in the 895,958-square-foot portfolio include: • 255 NE 181st St. in Miami • 3075 NW 10th Ave. in Doral • 8850 NW 15th St. in Doral • 9700 NW 17th St. in Doral • 10100 NW 25th St. in Doral • 10005 NW 58th St. in Doral • 12800 NW 113th Court in Medley • 3501 Commerce Parkway in Miramar • 1919 NW 19th St. in Fort Lauderdale • 2765 SW 36th St. in Fort Lauderdale • 3400-3406 SW 26th Terrace in Fort Lauderdale • 280 NW 12th Ave. in Pompano Beach
MINNEAPOLIS — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $9.4 million loan for the acquisition of a six-building industrial portfolio totaling 191,986 square feet in Minneapolis. The properties are home to a variety of tenants such as StreetFactory Media, Children’s Theatre, CenturyLink, Brownstone Distributing and Guthrie Theater. The buildings are situated at the intersection of East Hennepin Avenue and Harrison Street. Trent Niederberger and Britta Lund of JLL arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan through Justin Adducci of North American Banking Co. Buligo Capital Partners was the borrower.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Schnitzer Properties LLC has acquired an industrial property located at 5580 S. Nogales Highway in Tucson. WAA Nogales Hwy LLC sold the asset for $7.3 million. Robert Glaser and Paul Hooker of Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR represented the seller in the transaction.
HOUSTON — Locally based development and management firm Finial Group has begun construction on a 90,328-square-foot industrial project in Houston that represents Phase III of Independence Business Park. The third phase will consist of three freestanding, crane-served buildings with 10 percent office finishes. Completion is slated for the third quarter of 2023. Construction of Phase II of Independence Business Park, which comprised two buildings totaling 145,185 square feet, began in late 2020.
BOURNE, MASS. — Massachusetts-based brokerage firm Waldman & Associates has arranged the sale of a portfolio of seven industrial buildings totaling 124,000 square feet in Bourne, located at the nexus of Cape Cod and the mainland. The sales price was approximately $10.6 million. Dan Waldman of Waldman & Associates represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer, Unicorn Realty, in the transaction. Tenants at the portfolio include EOIS, Falmouth Toyota and Cape Cod Tennis & Court.
OPELIKA, ALA. — Reich Brothers, a national industrial real estate investment firm, has purchased a 1.6 million-square-foot distribution center in Opelika, a city along I-85 and near Auburn, Ala. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. The facility is the largest multi-tenant distribution center in the Auburn-Opelika market, with 96 dock positions, more than 10 leased suites and standalone buildings ranging from 50,000 to 400,000 square feet. The rail-served property services both the Kia and Hyundai automotive hubs in western Georgia and eastern Alabama, according to Reich Brothers.
SOUTH ELGIN, ILL. — Principle Construction has completed an expansion and renovation project totaling 78,000 square feet for food packaging manufacturer CV-Tek in South Elgin. Middleby Cos. owns the building, which now features 56,000 square feet of warehouse space and 22,000 square feet of office space. The project also included new electrical distribution system for computerized manufacturing equipment, enhanced lighting, new flooring and roof upgrades. Cornerstone Architects provided architectural services. Principle completed the project in 16 weeks.