LAKELAND, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of McLane Distribution Center, a 211,113-square-foot distribution center located in Lakeland. The property is fully leased to the McLane Co. Inc., a supply chain services company. Mike Davis, Rick Brugge, Rick Colon, Zachary Eicholtz, Chloe Strada and Dominic Montazemi of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Morris Realty Co., in the transaction. New York-based Brookfield Properties acquired the building for $27.3 million. Located at 2929 Old Tampa Highway, the McLane Distribution Center is situated 30.6 miles east of Tampa and 58.3 miles west of Orlando. The property is also 3.4 miles from downtown Lakeland, and is situated near retailers such as Lakeland-based Publix, Silver Moon Swap Shop Flea Market and a Shell gas station. Built in 1973, the building includes clear heights up to 28 feet, 35-foot x 40-foot column spacing and ample dock-high loading.
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GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — CIM Group has purchased Goodyear Airport 85, a recently completed industrial building adjacent to the Phoenix Goodyear Airport in Goodyear. Terms of the transaction were not released. Located at 1685 S. Litchfield Road, the 276,183-square-foot Goodyear Airport 85 is a rear-load industrial facility with 36-foot clear heights, 48 exterior dock doors and ample car, trailer and bicycle parking.
OMAHA, NEB. — Investors Realty has brokered the sale of a two-building industrial portfolio in Omaha for $8.5 million. The two adjacent buildings total 99,616 square feet and are located at the corner of 136th Street and Cornhusker Road. Ember Grummons of Investors Realty represented the buyer, STAG Industrial Holdings LLC. Joe Kutilek of Magnum Realty Inc. represented the seller, K & J Investments LLC.
EASTON, PA. — Global logistics operator Realterm has acquired a 307,290-square-foot warehouse that is located at 3747 Hecktown Road in the Lehigh Valley city of Easton. Built on 28.5 acres in 1986 and expanded in 2017, the single-tenant property features 32 loading positions, 56 trailer parking stalls, 370 car parking spaces and 4,800 square feet of freezer space. The property was fully leased at the time of sale. John Plower, Ryan Cottone, Zach Maguire and Jeff Lockard of JLL brokered the deal on behalf of Realterm. The seller was not disclosed.
FRANKLIN AND DANVERS, MASS. — Avison Young has brokered the $37.2 million sale of a portfolio of two industrial buildings totaling 205,324 square feet in metro Boston. The properties, which were fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Panera Bread, JNJ Industries, Lansing Building Products and McCue Corp., are located in the southwestern suburb of Franklin and the northern suburb of Danvers. Scott Jamieson and Brandon Dickason of Avison Young represented the seller, Arris Partners LLC, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Denver-based Black Creek Group.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — NAI Robert Lynn has arranged the sale of Sylvania Industrial Park, an 880,000-square-foot manufacturing campus in Fort Worth. Todd Hubbard of NAI Robert Lynn represented the buyer, Dallas-based CanTex Capital, which plans to implement a value-add program, in the transaction. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Sylvania Industrial Park is the largest crane- and rail-served manufacturing campus of its kind in the metroplex, according to the brokerage team.
CHERRYVILLE, PA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Cherryville Self Storage, a 404-unit facility located about 10 miles north of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley. Built on five acres in the late 1990s, the property consists of 89 climate-controlled units and 315 non-climate-controlled units across 58,075 net rentable square feet of space. Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Sean Beuche of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed.
By Devin Ogden, Partner, Colliers Idaho has been overlooked by investors and developers in the past due to its smaller size and geographic isolation. This is not the narrative anymore. Tenants and users are currently looking to expand their operations into Idaho to serve the surging population and take advantage of a business-friendly environment with minimal regulation. Expensive land costs and significant cap rate compression in primary markets are causing developers and investors to shift their focus to secondary and tertiary markets to chase yield and opportunity. With the positive trend of people and businesses moving or expanding to Idaho, Boise is now near the top of the list for many national and regional investors and developers. The Boise industrial market has been underdeveloped in the past with only a handful of local developers that never got out ahead of themselves. The population of the Boise MSA is more than 750,000. Total industrial inventory is more than 42 million square feet with an additional 5 million-plus square feet being flex product. The market has had nearly 3 million square feet of positive absorption over the past two years and, as such, the current vacancy rate is 1.9 percent. Most new warehouse being constructed …
BUFORD, GA. — JLL Income Property Trust has acquired Friendship Distribution Center, a newly constructed, four-building industrial portfolio in Buford totaling nearly 650,000 square feet. The sales price was $95 million. The seller was not disclosed. The four buildings at Friendship Distribution Center are located at 4651, 4627, 4630 and 4646 Distribution Parkway, and are situated about 1.7 miles from Interstate 985. The portfolio is located about 40.7 miles north of downtown Atlanta in Gwinnett County. Friendship Distribution Center was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to five tenants, with a weighted average lease term of approximately six years. The five tenants were not disclosed.
Covington Group Purchases 1 MSF Saugus Station Industrial Center in Santa Clarita, California
by Amy Works
SANTA CLARITA, CALIF. — Affiliates of Covington Group, along with an institutional capital partner, have acquired Saugus Station Industrial Center, a portfolio of buildings totaling 1 million square feet of industrial space in Santa Clarita. Situated on 69.5 acres, the 24-building complex offers varying clear heights up to 39 feet and units ranging in size from 8,000 square feet to 133,000 square feet. At the time of purchase, the property was 100 percent occupied. The acquisition also includes a separate, 24-acre, fully horizontally improved land site. Covington plans to implement a property and asset management strategy that will focus on tenant retention and aesthetic improvements to the property to increase curb appeal. Craig Peters and Doug Sonderegger of CBRE represented the buyer and seller in the deal. Terms of the transaction were disclosed.