MIDDLETON, MASS. — Kenworth Northeast, a New York-based truck dealer, will open a 34,000-square-foot automotive showroom in Middleton, a northern suburb of Boston. The space will feature a full sprinkler system, LED lights, 11 service bays, a fabrication area, component rebuild area and a state inspection bay. Locally based firm Polar Design Build has been tapped as the general contractor for the project, which will be designed by Maugel DeStefano Architects. The opening is scheduled for spring 2024.
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — Kidder Mathews has arranged the sale of the seven-building Gifford Business Park in San Bernardino for $26 million. The multi-tenant industrial property is located at 750-760 East Central Ave. and 765-791 South Gifford Ave., 2.5 miles from San Bernardino International Airport. It was built in 1989. The seller, Positive Investments, undertook capital expenditures, including roof replacement on five of the seven buildings, exterior paint on the entire property and parking lot re-slurry. The business park is currently 93 percent leased with more than 50 tenants. In-place rents are nearly 20 percent below market rates. Alan Pekarcik of Kidder Mathews represented the seller, while Christopher Smith of Colliers represented the buyer, MIG RE Investors I LLC, in the transaction.
RENO, NEV. — Alston Construction has broken ground on TRIC 688 West Building 3, an 815,360-square-foot speculative tilt warehouse/distribution facility in Reno. The project is the first building for Locus Development Group’s planned 200-acre campus. The project will allow for increased economic activity in an underdeveloped area with unused land. Valued at $47 million, construction on Building 3 is scheduled for completion in January 2024.
FONTANA, CALIF. — Alere Property Group has purchased a 17.4-acre site in Fontana for $38.9 million. Located at 13592 Slover Ave., just off Interstate 10 between North Etiwanda and Cherry avenues, the site is entitled for two Class A warehouse distribution buildings totaling about 350,000 square feet. Alere plans to develop the property in 2024 and offer the buildings for lease. Richard Lee, Nicholas Chang, Justin Kuehn and Sione Fua of the Lee Chang Kuehn Fua Group of NAI Capital Commercial’s Ontario office represented both Alere and the seller, CP Fontana, in the transaction.
POWAY, CALIF. — SENTRE has acquired Parkway Commerce Center, a 147,907-square-foot, multi-tenant industrial park in Poway, for $21.4 million. The facility comprises two warehouse/distribution buildings and two industrial/flex buildings, which are leased to a diverse roster of tenants. The property features 19- to 25-foot clear heights and a total of 21 dock-high doors, 36 drive-in doors and 316 parking spaces. JLL’s Bob Prendergast, Lynn LaChapelle, Ryan Spradling and Zach Saloff represented the seller, an institutional investor.
ORANGE, CALIF. — MCA Realty has sold Struck Business Park, a 42,750-square-foot, two-building industrial property in Orange, for $13.5 million. The all-cash buyer utliized a 1031 Exchange for the transaction. Struck Business Park features 16 industrial units ranging from 1,461 square feet to 11,420 square feet. It is located at 1523 & 1547 W. Struck Ave. MCA purchased the asset in August 2021 and repositioned the property. This included a new paint scheme, landscape upgrades, asphalt repairs and new signage. Mike Hefner, Hayden Socci and Tom Terry of Voit Capital Markets team arranged the sale.
LAS VEGAS — DXD Capital has completed development of a 991-unit self-storage facility at 7435 West Sahara Ave. in Las Vegas. The company acquired the 1.7-acre parcel in January 2021. The development features two interior loading bays with room for three trucks in a fully climate-controlled building with two freight elevators, in addition to a storefront with moving supplies. Studio Level 1 designed the property, with Arco Murray as the general contractor. Public Storage is the operator.
HOUSTON — The Detering Co., a family-owned supplier of building materials, has signed a 100,000-square-foot industrial lease at 1919 Collingsworth St., about three miles north of downtown Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 2001 and features 30- to 36-foot clear heights, 25 dock doors and additional acreage for trailer storage. John Milam of Fritsche Anderson Realty Partners represented the tenant, which plans to operate a lumber business at the property, in the lease negotiations. Chris Haro of Partners Real Estate represented the landlord, American Warehouses.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm Cravey Real Estate Services has arranged the sale of a 34,165-square-foot industrial property in Corpus Christi. The property consists of four buildings on a 13.6-acre site that formerly housed the operations of Orion Drilling Co., the seller of the property that previously filed for bankruptcy. John Foret of Cravey Real Estate Services represented the buyer, CoFlow Compression LLC, in the transaction. George Clower of Clower Co. represented Orion Drilling.
PALM COAST, FLA. — Axiom Capital Corp. has arranged a $3.1 million bridge loan for the refinancing of an industrial property located in Palm Coast. Totaling 139,801 rentable square feet — 18 percent of which is office space — the development comprises one single-story building and 228 parking spaces on 17.4 acres. The property features clear heights of 21 to 30 feet, a Halon Fire Protection System and two generators. The ownership plans to subdivide the office space for leasing.