CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 22,000-square-foot industrial lease at 1536 Hutton Drive in the northern Dallas suburb of Carrollton. According to LoopNet Inc. the property was built in 1986 and spans 89,560 square feet. Ken Wesson and Adam Graybill of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, EastGroup Properties, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant, CMD Group, a provider of countertops for kitchens and bathrooms, was not disclosed.
FLANDERS, N.J. — List Logistics, a third-party freight distribution firm, has signed an 844,373-square-foot industrial lease in the Northern New Jersey community of Flanders. The property at 703 Bartley Chester Road spans 1.4 million square feet and features 49-foot clear heights and 500 trailer parking spaces. Charles Fern, Jason Barton, Thomas Tucci, Stephen Shoemaker, Jonathan Winge, Torsten Thaler, Elizabeth Rouse and Natalie Gorga of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.
WOODBURY, CONN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a self-storage development site in Woodbury, located in the western part of the state, that is approved for 217 units across 23,690 net rentable square feet of climate-controlled space. Luke Dawley, Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Both parties were limited liability companies that requested anonymity. John Krueger of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record.
PERRIS, CALIF. — An Ares Management fund has acquired an industrial building, located at 100 Walnut Ave. in Perris, from 100 Walnut LLC for $59.3 million. Built in 2022 on 9.6 acres, the 205,589-square-foot property features 36-foot clear heights, 27 dock doors and 1,200 amps of power. GPA Logistics currently occupies the entire building. Cody Lerner of Avison Young represented the buyer, while Carol Taubman of Westgate Industrial Properties represented the seller in the deal.
SAN DIEGO — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $20.6 million in acquisition financing and joint-venture equity for a multi-tenant corporate headquarters and distribution facility located at 2425 Auto Way in Escondido. The borrower is a joint venture between Stos Partners and a private investor. Aldon Cole and Brad Vansant of JLL Capital Markets Debt & Structured Finance arranged the short-term, floating-rate loan through an insurance company. Sound Image and Goodman fully lease the 88,690-square-foot facility, which features 20-foot to 22-foot clear heights, dock- and grade-level loading doors, 200 parking spaces and 10,000 square feet of office space.
LAKEWOOD, WASH. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an industrial building located at 2520 112th St. S in Lakewood. A limited liability company sold the asset for $3.4 million. The buyer is a locally owned vehicle upfitter for law enforcement agencies and will occupy the 19,200-square-foot property for its own use. Matthew Herman and Stren Lea of Marcus & Millichap’s Seattle office represented the seller in the deal.
COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. — Kontrolmatik Technologies, a construction and engineering firm based in Istanbul, has unveiled plans for a $279 million plant in coastal South Carolina’s Colleton County that will manufacture lithium ion batteries. Pomega Energy Storage Technologies, a subsidiary of Kontrolmatik, will operate the facility, which is scheduled for completion in 2024. At that time, Kontrolmatik, whose U.S. headquarters are based in Northern Virginia, expects to employ about 575 people at the facility. The exact site was not disclosed, but the southern portion of the county touches the Atlantic Ocean and offers proximity to the Port of Charleston. This aspect of the location, along with access to a qualified workforce, should help address domestic reliance on foreign supply chains for these critical devices, according to the site selection team. Keith Stauber and Meredith O’Connor of JLL led the site selection efforts for Kontrolmatik, a process that involved touring more than 200 locations. The factory will have a three-gigawatt hour capacity, meaning its annual energy consumption is enough to power about 2.3 million American homes. “South Carolina and Colleton County were aggressive in their pursuit of this exciting project and put forth compelling economic, supply chain and workforce reasons why …
CALHOUN COUNTY, S.C. — Red Rock Developments has preleased the first speculative distribution facility at Sandy Run Industrial Park in Calhoun County, roughly 20 miles south of Columbia, to Smart Warehousing, a warehousing, fulfillment and technology solutions company. The tenant will occupy the full 497,952 square feet of the building, which is scheduled to be completed in the second quarter of 2023. The property is located near an Amazon distribution center, Nephron Pharmaceuticals, the PS Air HUB and the Columbia Metropolitan Airport. Chuck Salley, Dave Matthews, Thomas Bear and John Peebles of Colliers represented Red Rock in the lease negotiations. John Sharpe and John DeCuto of Lee & Associates represented Smart Warehousing.
ESCONDIDO, CALIF. — Stos Partners, in a joint venture with a global insurance company, has acquired a freestanding industrial property located at 2425 Auto Park Way in Escondido. South Image Inc. sold the asset for $20 million in an off-market transaction. The sale brings the buyer’s total 2022 deal volume to nearly $300 million. Located near Interstate 5 and Highway 78, the 86,690-square-foot property features 18-foot to 22-foot clear heights and 10,000 square feet of office buildout. Approximately 11 percent of the total building space is dedicated to private business operations space, sound engineer testing space, a mechanics tool shop and a racked storage area. The property also features a 2000A/277 480V 3-Phase system and 200 parking spaces. Barry Handler of Lee & Associates represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
SPRINGVILLE, UTAH — Regents Park Brixton has completed the disposition of Next Step Business Park, a three-building industrial campus in Springville, a suburb of Provo. San Diego-based Hearthstone Capital acquired the 75,864-square-foot asset for an undisclosed price. Located at 317 N. 2000 W, Next Step Business Park consists of three single-story, newly constructed buildings ranging in size from 18,926 square feet to 28,480 square feet. The property is fully leased to a variety of tenants. Bryce Blanchard of Newmark brokered the transaction.