HUNTLEY, ILL. — Venture One Real Estate has broken ground on a 729,823-square-foot speculative industrial facility in Huntley, a northwest suburb of Chicago. Known as Venture Park 47, the project will be located at the intersection of Illinois Route 47 and Jim Dhamer Drive. The building will feature a clear height of 40 feet, 72 docks, four drive-in doors, 448 car parking stalls and 130 trailer stalls. Completion is slated for the third quarter of 2023. Brian Kling and Reed Adler of Colliers will market the project for lease.
DETROIT — Diversified Synergies LLC has signed a 200,000-square-foot industrial lease at 201 Waterman St. in Detroit’s Delray neighborhood. The Bedrock-owned Fort Street Industrial Campus, formerly named the Sakthi Industrial Campus, is slated to open as early as July. Diversified Synergies packages and distributes products for pharmaceutical, food and consumer goods for Fortune 500 companies. The Highland Park, Mich.-based company is a joint venture between Staffing Synergies Inc. and Diversified Chemical Technology Inc. Bedrock acquired the former Sakthi Industrial Campus in September 2020. The property features roughly 529,000 square feet of industrial space, 89,000 square feet of flex office space and more than 10 acres of developable land. Bedrock is the full-service real estate arm of billionaire businessman Dan Gilbert.
CHICAGO — Principle Construction Corp. has completed a 178,850-square-foot speculative industrial building in Chicago. IDI Logistics was the developer. Located at 3700 S. Morgan St., the property features a clear height of 36 feet, 32 dock positions, two drive-in doors and 103 car parking stalls. Principle’s Darrin Dehmlow served as project manager and Matt Frane was the onsite superintendent. Macgregor Architects served as project architect.
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — South Carolina-based developer Greystar has broken ground on Phase II of Whisper 35, a 500,000-square-foot industrial project in San Marcos, located roughly midway between Austin and San Antonio. Phase I of Whisper 35 consists of two buildings totaling approximately 180,000 square feet, the first of which is complete and fully leased and the second of which is slated for a fourth-quarter delivery. Phase II will comprise three buildings totaling roughly 315,000 square feet that are expected to be complete in the third quarter of 2023. RC Page is the general contractor for the project, and Stream Realty Partners is the leasing agent.
TUSKEGEE, ALA. — Farpoint Development has broken ground on a 169,000-square-foot spec industrial facility located in Tuskegee, a city about 15 miles from Auburn via I-85. The $20 million facility represents Phase I of the Regional East Alabama Logistics (REAL) Park, a 683-acre development that is slated to house up to 13 buildings spanning 5 million square feet at full buildout. The overall development is estimated to generate $386 million in new capital investment, according to a study conducted by the University of Alabama’s Center for Business and Economic Research. Farpoint estimates the campus will support 1,000 new jobs directly and 863 jobs indirectly. REAL Park is a partnership between Farpoint, the Bassett family and the Macon County Economic Development Authority. Opportunity Alabama’s OPAL Fund is the lead equity investor for REAL Park. Doster Construction is the general contractor for the first facility, which is slated to deliver in early 2023. The property will be the only Class A warehouse or manufacturing facility in a 40-mile radius, according to Farpoint.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Lincoln Property Co. (LPC) has released plans to develop I-10 International, a more than 1 million-square-foot, Class A industrial property in Tucson. LPC purchased the land site from Tucson-based Diamond Ventures for an undisclosed price. Keri Lazarus Silyvn served as entitlement counsel for LPC. Situated on 77 acres, the four-building warehouse/distribution campus will feature a 476,000-square-foot facility, a 214,882-square-foot property, a 188,327-square-foot asset and a 158,908-square-foot building. All buildings will be state-of-the-art cold storage capable, 32-foot to 36-foot clear heights, 14-foot glass entrances, full concrete truck courts and R-83-insulated roof deck systems. Construction is slated to begin in second-quarter 2022, with completion scheduled for second-quarter 2023. The project will be built in two phases, with Phase I including the three smaller buildings and Phase II including the large cross-dock facility. Butler Design Group and Ware Malcomb are the project’s architects, while Rick Engineering is the project’s civil engineer. A general contractor has not been selected.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — NAI Highland has arranged the sale of Airport Business Center, a four-building industrial park in Colorado Springs. An undisclosed buyer acquired the asset for $28.1 million. Situated on 12.7 acres, the park totals 213,240 square feet of fully leased industrial space. Additionally, the asset features 6.1 acres of surplus land for future development. The business park is located at 2510, 2520 and 2590 Aviation Way and 2504, 2506 and 2510 Zeppelin Road. Randy Dowis and Paul Engel of NAI Highland represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Dowis and Engel are also working with the buyer on plans to develop the surplus land.
FREMONT, CALIF. — Fortress Investment Group has acquired a warehouse facility in Fremont from Weiglein Properties, Sveiks Holdings and Glade Barne Holdings for $29 million. Situated on 6.3 acres at 42744 Boscell Road, the 93,385-square-foot warehouse features 6,886 square feet of office space, 26-foot clear heights, eight loading docks, 11 grade-level doors, 29 skylights with smoke vents and shades, dock-high and drive-in loading access, heavy power, 200 parking stalls and a 17,000-square-foot fenced-in, secured yard. The asset also offers 1.7 acres of unimproved surplus land. Balch Construction built the property, which Ross Reese designed, in 2000. At the time of sale, two tenants fully leased the property. Rick Keely and Greig Lagomarsino of Colliers represented seller, while Lagomarsino represented the buyer in the deal.
INDIANAPOLIS — Avison Young has brokered the sale of Building 5 within Whiteland Exchange Business Park in the Indianapolis suburb of Whiteland. The sales price was undisclosed. Sean McHale and Peter Seoane of Avison Young represented the seller, Jones Development. DHL Supply Chain was the buyer. Avison Young was also the leasing agent for Whiteland Exchange, which totals 2.4 million square feet.
ANKENY, IOWA — Sealy & Co. has acquired Crosswinds II, a 221,520-square-foot distribution center in Ankeny, a northwest suburb of Des Moines. The purchase price was undisclosed. The facility was completed earlier this year and features a clear height of 32 feet, 30 dock-high doors and a 136-foot truck court. Jason Gandy and Davis Gibbs led the transaction for Sealy on an internal basis. John Hassler of Newmark Zimmer represented the undisclosed seller.