SAN ANTONIO — Fort Worth-based investment firm Fort Capital has acquired The Starcrest Industrial Portfolio, a collection of eight Class B light industrial buildings totaling 465,648 square feet in San Antonio. The buildings are located within a mile of San Antonio International Airport and had a collective occupancy rate of 89 percent at the time of sale. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
Bank OZK, ACORE Provide $80.5M Construction Financing for Industrial Project in Winchester, Virginia
WINCHESTER, VA. — Bank OZK and ACORE Capital have provided $80.5 million in construction financing for One Logistics Park’s building 2, a 1 million-square-foot warehouse in Winchester, about 75 miles west of Washington, D.C. Robert Carey and Drake Greer of JLL arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, The Meridian Group. Located on 76.6 acres at 1486 Millwood Pike, building 2 will be the first asset delivered within One Logistics Park, a 280-acre business park that is expected to house six or seven industrial buildings totaling 2.7 million square feet and 45,000 square feet of retail space. Once completed, the facility will offer 40-foot clear heights, 100 dock doors, 78 additional knockouts, four drive-in doors, 50- by 56-foot column spacing with 65-foot speed bays, a 190-foot truck court, 770 car parking spaces and additional trailer storage space.
DALLAS — Gold 3PL, a Texas-based third-party logistics firm, has signed a 50,575-square-foot industrial lease at 1602 Terre Colony Court in West Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the property totals 131,412 square feet and sits on a 5.7-acre lot. Mark Graybill and Adam Graham of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Chicago-based First Industrial Realty Trust, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant was not disclosed.
RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CALIF. — DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services has brokered the sale of a 60,104-square-foot, industrial-zoned land parcel at 1957-2021 E. Del Amo Blvd. in Rancho Dominguez. Private sellers sold the asset to Captiva Partners for an undisclosed price. The property features a freestanding, 9,484-square-foot office and industrial building. Anthony Bergeman, Krishna Shegran and Michael Chase of DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services represented one of the private sellers and the buyer in the deal.
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — A joint venture between Maya Capital Partners and Artemis Real Estate Partners has purchased a 1,120-unit self-storage facility in New Rochelle, a northern suburb of New York City. The newly constructed, four-story building totals 96,693 net rentable square feet of climate-controlled space. Dustin Stolly and Jordan Roeschlaub of Newmark arranged the $300 million joint venture between the two East Coast-based firms, which will exclusively target self-storage properties in the Northeast.
VIOLET, LA. — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has announced a public-private partnership between the State of Louisiana, the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) and two global maritime industry leaders to build a $1.8 billion container facility on the Lower Mississippi River. The new Louisiana International Terminal (LIT) will be located in Violet, a tiny municipality of fewer than 6,000 residents approximately 10 miles downriver from New Orleans proper. The new facility will be able to serve vessels of all sizes, dramatically increasing Louisiana’s import and export capacity and stimulating the creation of more than 17,000 new jobs statewide by 2050, Port NOLA estimates. New Jersey-based Ports America, one of North America’s largest marine terminal operators, and Switzerland-based Mediterranean Shipping Co., through its terminal development and investment arm Terminal Investment Limited (TiL), have committed $800 million toward the project. In addition to the partners’ investment, the construction of the terminal will be supported by a substantial commitment from Port NOLA, as well as state and federal funding sources. The joint venture will operate the terminal once construction is complete. “This public-private partnership with the Port of New Orleans, TiL and Ports America has the potential to become one of …
By Rick John, Executive Vice President, Ontario Branch Manager, DAUM Commercial The San Bernardino industrial market is experiencing strong market fundamentals as it’s home to 18 percent of the Inland Empire East’s nearly 245 million square feet of industrial space. The city also commands one of the highest prices per square foot across the market, exceeding $300. Although vacancy rates for the Inland Empire East increased for the first time since the pandemic – jumping 14 basis points and ending at 1.1 percent for the third quarter – overall vacancy in San Bernardino remains historically low. In fact, it’s among the lowest in the region at 0.24 percent. This incremental increase in vacancies was primarily seen among smaller buildings, while larger buildings of 500,000 square feet or more continue to be in short supply as vacancy remains near zero. Consistent low vacancy and competition for space are encouraging large companies to pre-lease new developments in the construction pipeline. This has helped bring gross leasing activity to near pre-pandemic levels. In September, Shein signed the largest lease within the Riverside-San Bernardino metro for the quarter with plans to open a 1.8-million-square-foot distribution center that’s currently under development in Cherry Valley. Due …
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Retail Development Program Lessons Apply Across Property Types
Retail development programs have allowed retailers to streamline their goals by creating prototype models based on site particulars. This process saves developers and retailers money as they can be flexible in choosing models that work for each site without needing to alter layouts and features too much between builds. But what makes for successful prototypes and program standards? Can this approach work outside of the retail world? “The lessons of retail programs can apply across property types in this sense: land development consultants and site designers can learn how specific clients need their set of standards and guidelines implemented. It’s essential to thoroughly understand a program client’s procedures, and we’re expected to know these parameters inside and out,” says Steven T. Fortunato, a senior project manager at Bohler’s Rehoboth Beach office in Delaware. Bohler is a land development design and consulting firm that specializes in helping developers move their projects forward faster. “The retail program methodology translates well to other sectors. Starting off with either a new developer or a new client is an opportunity to learn their standards — or help the client create them. The end result must offer the same level of confidence whether the product is retail or …
RACINE, WIS. — Inland Private Capital Corp. (IPC), with joint venture partner Devon Self Storage Holdings (US) LLC, has completed the development of a 765-unit self-storage property located in Racine, roughly 25 miles south of Milwaukee. The property is one of 10 self-storage projects being developed on behalf of the IPC-sponsored Self-Storage Qualified Opportunity Fund LLC. Comprising 80,655 square feet upon completion, the building previously housed a moving company and was acquired for redevelopment in November 2021. The redevelopment was completed in under 12 months.
SCHERTZ, TEXAS — A joint venture between Atlanta-based Core5 Industrial Partners and California-based MBK Industrial Properties has broken ground on a 1.8 million-square-foot speculative project in Schertz, a northeastern suburb of San Antonio. The site is located along the I-10 corridor. Phase I of the project will deliver two buildings totaling roughly 1 million square feet, and Phase II will comprise two buildings spanning roughly 788,000 square feet. Building features will include 40-foot clear heights, 185-foot truck court depths and ample car and trailer parking. Partners, the firm formerly known as NAI Partners, has been tapped as the leasing agent. Completion of Phase I is slated for November 2023.