KENOSHA, WIS. — Colliers has arranged the sale of a 270,290-square-foot distribution center in Kenosha for an undisclosed price. The newly constructed building is located at 10200 55th St. The property features a clear height of 32 feet, 28 exterior docks, two drive-in doors and parking for 249 cars. Jeff Devine and Steve Disse of Colliers represented the seller, Panattoni Development Co. Pritzker Realty Group was the buyer.
KYLE, TEXAS — A public-private partnership between developer Alliance Industrial Co., Kyle Economic Development and the Greater San Marcos Partnership will build a 1 million-square-foot speculative industrial project in Kyle, a southern suburb of Austin. Branded Kyle/35 Logistics Park, the development will consist of five facilities ranging in size from approximately 140,000 to 475,000 square feet. Buildings will feature clear heights of 36 to 40 feet, a mix of single-load and cross-dock configurations and ample employee and trailer parking spaces. Completion is slated for the first quarter of 2023.
HOUSTON AND SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — Cubework, an industrial and office operator specializing in flexible work solutions, has opened two warehouses totaling 302,000 square feet in Houston. The rail-served property at 3401 Navigation Blvd. is located near downtown and features 32-foot clear heights and 38 exterior dock doors. The second property, located in the southwestern Houston suburb of Sugar Land, spans 200,000 square feet and offers 32-foot clear heights and 3,030 square feet of office space. The owner(s) was not disclosed. Cubework also recently opened a 180,000-square-foot facility in San Antonio.
SALT LAKE CITY AND AMERICAN FORK, UTAH — Gardner Batt has completed the disposition of a 347,290-square-foot, Class A industrial portfolio near Salt Lake City to a joint venture between Greenlaw Partners and Mirae Asset Global Investments for $187.7 million. Jeff Chiate, Mike Adey, Brad Brandenburg and Matthew Leupold of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Industrial Advisory Group, along with Tom Freeman and Travis Healey of Cushman & Wakefield’s Salt Lake City office, represented the seller in the transaction. The portfolio consists of a 201,096-square-foot facility situated on 56 acres at 989 W. Center St., which was delivered in 2021, and a 146,194-square-foot property at 398 E. 1100 South St. in American Fork, which was delivered in 2020. Both facilities feature 40-foot clear heights, excess van/trailer parking, ample loading and ESFR sprinklers. The last-mile facilities are both fully leased to a Fortune 10 global e-commerce company.
DENVER — NAI Shames Makovsky has arranged the sale of an industrial building located at 4429-4477 Glencoe St. and 4444-4488 Forest St. in Denver. I-70 Glencoe Forest RLLP sold the property to Home Silk Shop for $8.4 million. The property features 53,167 square feet of industrial space. Sandy Feld of NAI Shames Makovsky represented the seller, while Michael Bloom and Matt Dorsten of Michael Bloom Realty Co. represented the buyer in the deal.
ROMEOVILLE, ILL. — Bridge Industrial has acquired a nearly 67-acre site in the Chicago suburb of Romeoville with plans to build a two-building speculative industrial development totaling 660,280 square feet. Dubbed Bridge Point Romeoville, the project is slated for completion in the third quarter of 2023. Building A will total 497,480 square feet and feature a clear height of 40 feet, 136 exterior docks, four drive-in doors, 314 car parking stalls, 87 trailer parking positions and a 130-foot truck court. Building B will span 162,800 square feet and feature a clear height of 36 feet, 47 exterior docks, two drive-in doors, 146 car parking stalls, 51 trailer parking positions and a 130-foot truck court. Both buildings will offer build-to-suit office opportunities.
FALLING WATERS AND HEDGESVILLE, W.VA. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $5.8 million loan for a four-property self-storage portfolio in West Virginia. The properties span 770 units and are located at 21 Crawford Quarry Road, 1820 Broad Lane and 9724 Williamsport Pike in Falling Waters, as well as 73 Roaring Lion Drive in Hedgesville. Jared Cassidy of MMCC’s Bethesda, Md., office arranged the 10-year loan on behalf of the borrower, a private self-storage operator, through an unnamed balance sheet lender. The loan was underwritten with a fixed interest rate of 4.1 percent and a loan-to-value ratio of 75 percent. Additionally, the loan features 12 months of interest-only payments.
PLAINFIELD, IND. — Peli BioThermal has signed a new industrial lease for 138,328 square feet in the Indianapolis suburb of Plainfield. The company, which provides temperature-controlled packaging solutions for the life sciences industry, is more than doubling its space at HSA Commercial’s Gateway Business Park. Peli BioThermal’s current lease totals 50,000 square feet at Gateway Industrial II. The tenant will move to the recently completed Gateway Industrial VI upon expiration of its current lease by the end of the year. Peli BioThermal will build out office space and slowly transfer operations to the new facility. Jared Scaringe of CBRE represented the tenant, while Terry Busch of CBRE represented ownership. To date, HSA has completed seven buildings totaling roughly 1.2 million square feet at Gateway Business Park.
SAN FRANCISCO AND INDIANAPOLIS — San Francisco-based industrial giant Prologis Inc. (NYSE: PLD) has agreed to acquire Indianapolis-based Duke Realty (NYSE: DRE) for $26 billion in an all-stock transaction, including debt. The mega-merger of these two REITs is scheduled to close in the fourth quarter. The board of directors for each company has already unanimously approved the transaction. In May, Prologis offered to acquire Duke in an all-cash transaction for $61.68 per share, a proposal that would have generated a price tag of $23.7 billion. The offer, which was tendered on May 10, represented a 29 percent premium over Duke’s closing stock price on the previous day. However, Duke rejected the offer. The transaction includes Prologis’ assumption of Duke Realty’s existing debt. Duke’s shareholders will receive a premium of 47.5 percent over the current value of each share of common stock they own. Prologis plans to hold 94 percent of the acquired assets. Prologis expects to achieve $310 million to $370 million in reduced general and administrative costs and consolidated corporate leverage as a result of the acquisition. In addition, Prologis said it was drawn to Duke’s presence with high-performing industrial facilities in key markets, including Southern California, New Jersey, …
Amid a record-breaking year for Miami-Dade County in 2021, industrial market fundamentals grew even stronger in the first quarter of 2022. Last year, the national industrial market saw unprecedented activity resulting from unlimited investment capital from Wall Street, private equity firms and REITs deploying significant capital into buying existing income-producing property and development sites. In the first quarter of 2022, market fundamentals continued to heat up in Miami-Dade County and are expected to continue to attract investors and developers that are looking to capitalize on a growing population and soaring demand for warehousing space. The ongoing global supply chain challenges are forcing existing tenants’ requirements to include additional warehouse space for storage. Simultaneously, new-to-market tenants are continuing to flock to the area, despite a shrinking supply of available space. Together, this confluence of activity triggered a record low vacancy rate of 2.7 percent in Miami-Dade County in the first quarter, a 150-basis-point decrease year-over-year. Rental rates also reached a record high of $11.80 per square foot triple-net, which is an increase of 8.3 percent year-over-year. We expect continued growth in port markets, as well as increased leasing activity from third-party logistics and e-commerce tenants. In 2021, Amazon leased multiple locations …
