Industrial

McCarran-Business-Park-Reno-NV

RENO, NEV. — Locus Development Group is constructing McCarran Business Park, a two-building Class A industrial/flex property in Reno. Slated for delivery in second-quarter 2023, McCarran Business Park will feature two 50,450-square-foot buildings with suites divisible to 6,250 square feet. Each building will offer high-visibility showroom and office space. Each suite will include a tenant allowance for a build-to-suit office/showroom and warehouse space with 24-foot clear heights, 12-foot by 14-foot grade-level motorized overhead doors and motion-sensor LED lighting. Construction is scheduled to begin this month, with Metcalf Builders serving as general contractor. Joel Fountain, Nick Knecht and Baker Krukow of Dickson Commercial Group’s industrial team will represent Locus Development on all leasing operations.

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3935-W-Adams-St-Phoenix-AZ

PHOENIX — Phoenix-based Refrigeration Supplies Distributor has purchased a freestanding industrial property, located at 3935 W. Adams St. in Phoenix. BECMED LLC sold the asset for $7.2 million in an off-market transaction. Michael Kitlica and Jason Ward of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer in the transaction. The 40,794-square-foot building features 24-foot clear heights, dock-high loading and a secured, fenced yard.

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WISCONSIN AND NORTH CAROLINA — Affiliates of Phoenix Investors have acquired three former manufacturing facilities totaling more than 1 million square feet in Wisconsin and North Carolina. Phoenix plans to make various capital improvements to each facility in the coming months. The first property was formerly home to Silgan Container Manufacturing Corp. and is located at 500 Libby St. in Waupun, about 70 miles northwest of Milwaukee. The 260,000-square-foot building features 10 dock doors and a freight elevator. Scott Furmanski of CBRE brokered the sale. The second transaction involved a 375,000-square-foot facility formerly occupied by Eaton Corp. in Necedah, a city in central Wisconsin. Adam Matson and Patrick Hanrahan of Newmark represented the seller, MVP Logistics. The sales price was $3 million. The third facility is a 410,000-square-foot property formerly occupied by Alamac American Knits in Lumberton, a city in southern North Carolina. The property features manufacturing, warehousing and office space as well as parking for up to 650 vehicles. Thomas Turner of Newmark brokered the sale.

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HOBOKEN, N.J. — Northern New Jersey-based investment firm Faropoint has sold a national portfolio of 109 industrial properties totaling approximately 6.8 million square feet of $481 million. The properties are largely concentrated in Atlanta, Houston, Philadelphia and Memphis and feature an average building size of 62,000 square feet. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 98 percent leased to roughly 200 local, regional and national tenants. The buyer was not disclosed. Eastdil Secured served as Faropoint’s financial advisor on the deal.

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FREEHOLD, N.J. — Los Angeles-based Thorofare Capital has provided a $28.5 million construction loan for a 206,881-square-foot industrial project that will be located in Freehold, an eastern suburb of Trenton. The facility will feature a clear height of 36 feet. The loan carries a two-year initial term and flexible prepayment options. The name of the locally based borrower was not disclosed.

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MUNDELEIN, ILL. — Venture One Real Estate has acquired a two-building industrial portfolio totaling 144,705 square feet in Mundelein for an undisclosed price. The portfolio is fully leased to one tenant. The first building, located at 845 High St., spans 116,892 square feet. The facility was constructed in 1996 and expanded in 2010. The facility features a clear height of 27 feet, 11 exterior docks, two drive-in doors and 4,826 square feet of office space. The second building at 262 Shaddle Ave. totals 27,813 square feet and was constructed in 2002. It features three exterior docks, one drive-in door and 1,395 square feet of office space. Brian Bocci of Entre Commercial Realty LLC represented the undisclosed seller. Venture One utilized its acquisition fund VK Industrial VI LP, which is a partnership between Venture One and Kovitz Investment Group, to execute this transaction.

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11701-N-132nd-Ave-Surprise-AZ

SURPRISE, ARIZ. — SWC Development Partners has broken ground on its second building, a warehouse/distribution facility, within Skyway Business Park in Surprise. The 135,896-square-foot building will feature 32-foot clear heights, nine-foot by nine-foot dock-high doors, 12-foot by 14-foot grade-level doors, full concrete truck court and a fenced truck yard. Located at 11701 N. 132nd Ave., the property is slated for completion in second-quarter 2023. In October 2021, Avison Young’s Kevin Helland brokered the acquisition of 27.9 acres of land located within Skyway Commons on behalf of SWC Development Partners. Since the acquisition, SWC commenced construction on a 59,352-square-foot warehouse/distribution building, which is nearly complete. Additional buildings are currently going through the design review process, including two 25,000-square-foot speculative flex buildings. Helland and Mark Seale of Avison Young continue to represent the ownership on the leasing and sale of the project.

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Downtown-Distribution-Center-Denver-CO

DENVER — Phoenix-based ViaWest Group is entering the Denver market with plans to develop Downtown Distribution Center, a freestanding, Class A industrial building at 5601 Franklin St. in Denver. Situated on 9.32 acres, the 134,400-square-foot building is slated for delivery in second-quarter 2023. The property will feature modern design with 32-foot clear heights, 28 dock-high doors, two drive-in doors, heavy power, ESFR sprinklers, ample trailer and auto parking, clerestory windows and Class A office space. Drew McManus, Bryan Fry and Ryan Searle of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the sale of the land to ViaWest and will handle leasing of the new project.

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LONGMONT, COLO. — Essex Financial Group has arranged $13.8 million in financing for the purchase of Front Range Business Park, a two-building industrial/flex complex located in the Boulder County city of Longmont. Essex worked on behalf of the buyer, Ivy Realty, to source the seven-year, fixed-rate loan with a regional bank. The financing includes an interest-only component with prepayment flexibility to match the buyer’s business plan. The seller was not disclosed. Front Range Business Park is 100 percent leased to the State of Colorado’s Front Range Community College (FRCC) on a long-term lease. Built in 1988, the property was originally designed for small-bay industrial/flex use and includes nine dock-high loading doors between the two buildings. The property was converted for the school in 2003, where FRCC has been the sole tenant for the past 19 years. Paul Donahue, Cooper Williams, Nate Schneider and Andrea Mehlem of Essex’s Capital Markets team secured the financing.

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Denver-based EverWest Real Estate Investors has purchased a 117,000-square-foot warehouse in the Northern New Jersey community of East Rutherford for $37.1 million. Building features include a clear height of 26 feet, 10 dock-high doors, one drive-in door and 16,000 square feet of office space. The seller, cleaning and sanitizing products provider Diamond Chemical, will continue to lease the space as the building’s sole occupant.

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