ROMULUS, MICH. — KSI Auto Parts has signed a lease for the entire 100,456 square feet of Building A within Airport Corporate Center in Romulus. Opus owns the development. KSI, a distributor of aftermarket collision automotive parts, maintains a small shipping center in the Detroit area. The Romulus facility marks the tenant’s first full inventory distribution center in the area. Airport Corporate Center is located one mile from I-94, three miles from the Detroit Metro Wayne County Airport and 20 miles from downtown Detroit. Building B remains available for lease and totals 170,088 square feet. Opus served as the developer, design-builder, architect and structural engineer on the project.
Industrial
WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. — Argus Self Storage Advisors has arranged the sale of an Extra Space Storage facility in West Lafayette for $7.4 million. Located at 2575 Cumberland Ave., the property features 56,950 net rentable square feet. The transaction included expansion land for an additional 30,000 square feet. Rob Schick of Argus represented the undisclosed seller. The asset was 94 percent leased at the time of sale.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — Self-storage brokerage firm Versal has negotiated the sale of Fox Mini Storage, a 396-unit facility located at 5734 Wooldridge Road in Corpus Christi. The facility spans 46,375 net rentable square feet. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson, Logan Foster and Hugh Horne of Versal represented the seller, Corpus Christi-based Fox Tree & Landscape Nursery Inc., in the transaction. The team also procured the undisclosed, Fort-Worth based buyer.
DALLAS, PA. — Local investment firm Sordoni Properties has purchased the former Offset Paperback factory in the northeastern Pennsylvania city of Dallas with plans to redevelop the historic industrial building. The sales price was $5.5 million. The 16-acre facility originally opened in 1948. Sordoni’s redevelopment will feature a supermarket, convenience store and restaurant, with fitness and medical uses also in consideration. Jeff Algatt of Colliers represented Sordoni in the transaction.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — Terreno Realty has purchased an industrial building located at 3500 W. MacArthur Blvd. in Santa Ana from an undisclosed seller for $49.5 million. Situated on 12 acres, the 134,000-square-foot property features seven dock-high and three grade-level landing positions. At the time of sale, the facility was fully occupied by a major home improvement retailer and operated as a retail location.
LAKEWOOD, COLO. — Malman Real Estate has arranged the sale of 1250 Simms Street, an industrial property in Lakewood. An entity doing business as 1250 Simms LLC sold the asset to 1250 Simms St LLC and 1250 Simms St JP LLC for $7.2 million. At the time of sale, the 54,416-square-foot property was fully leased. Jake Malman of Malman Real Estate represented the seller, while Paul Cattin of Platinum CRE represented the buyer in the deal.
DENVER — John Propp Commercial Group has arranged the sale of an industrial building at 1448 W. Cedar Ave. in Denver. Five Quarters Farm LLC acquired the asset from Cedar Palms LLC for $1.6 million, or $248.97 per square foot. The 6,275-square-foot property features two suites and three overhead grade doors. John Propp of John Propp Commercial Group represented the seller, while Christian Dinsdale of SVR Real Estate represented the buyer in the transaction.
OLATHE, KAN. — Walmart will open its first owned and operated case-ready beef facility in Olathe on Friday, June 27. The Arkansas-based retailer says the 300,000-square-foot project will bring quality beef to customers in the Midwest while creating more resiliency in its supply chain, following its 2022 equity investment in Sustainable Beef LLC. The facility will create more than 600 jobs and will handle packaging and distribution of Angus cuts sourced directly from Sustainable Beef LLC to stores across the Midwest. During a grand opening celebration, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation will present $90,000 in grants to local nonprofit organizations in the community. With fiscal year 2025 revenue of $681 billion, Walmart employs approximately 2.1 million associates worldwide at its more than 10,750 stores. The retailer has pledged to invest $350 billion in U.S.-made products by 2031.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILL. — SRM Cos. and Pearlmark have acquired a data center and flex industrial facility located at 545 E. Algonquin Road in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights. The transaction marks SRM’s first acquisition in the Chicago market. The property is fully leased to two tenants and features robust power and infrastructure. According to a release, the buyers plan to maintain and enhance the facility’s long-term value through proactive asset management and continued investment. Wintrust Commercial Real Estate provided acquisition financing.
TAUNTON AND HAVERHILL, MASS. — Regional owner-operator Marcus Partners has sold a portfolio of two industrial buildings totaling 192,380 square feet in metro Boston. The sales price was $50 million. The portfolio consists of an 88,000-square-foot facility in Taunton, located south of Boston, and a 104,380-square-foot structure in Haverhill, a northern suburb of the state capital. Both buildings were fully leased at the time of sale. Chris Skeffington of CBRE represented Marcus Partners in the transaction. The buyer was a fund backed by Ares Real Estate.