MCKEESPORT, PA. — Phoenix Investors, a Milwaukee-based investment firm, has purchased a 600,000-square-foot industrial property in McKeesport, located southeast of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County. The property, which was built in 1963 and subsequently renovated in 2005 and 2018, is located on a 36-acre site approximately 35 miles southeast of Pittsburgh International Airport with proximity to Interstates 70 and 76. Ned Shekels of Pennsylvania Commercial Real Estate Inc. brokered the deal, the seller in which was not disclosed. Phoenix Investors expects to immediately commence upgrades to the facility to accommodate new tenant occupancy and market the available space for lease.
EAST HANOVER, N.J. — Avison Young has brokered the sale of Paper Mart’s warehouse and distribution center in East Hanover, located in Morris County. The facility, which sits on a 9.2-acre site, has served as the paper and office products supplier’s headquarters since 1978. Matthew Turse, Timothy Cadigan and Grant Otto of Avison Young represented Paper Mart in the transaction. Tom Consiglio and Scott Peck of Resource Realty represented the buyer, Urban Edge Properties, a New York-based REIT that was spun off from Vornado Realty Trust in 2015.
VICTORVILLE, CALIF. — H.I.G. Realty Partners has purchased Southern California Logistics Center (SCLC), a seven-property industrial portfolio in Victorville. Terms of the off-market transaction were not released. Situated on the former George Air Force Base, SCLC features 3.4 million square feet of industrial space. The fully leased property provides mission-critical logistics support to tenants in the consumer products, manufacturing, food and beverage, and aviation sectors.
PARK CITY, KAN. — Sealy & Co. has acquired a 1.3 million-square-foot industrial portfolio in Park City, a suburb just north of Wichita. The purchase price was undisclosed. The portfolio consists of four fully occupied distribution centers along North Air Capitol and North Hayes drives. All four of the Class A buildings have been constructed within the last six years. Whitney Kerr of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Murdock Properties LLC. Sealy’s Jason Gandy and Davis Gibbs led the acquisition on behalf of Sealy.
BATAVIA, ILL. — Lee & Associates of Illinois has brokered the sales of two industrial buildings totaling 78,248 square feet in the Chicago suburb of Batavia. The sales prices were undisclosed. In the first transaction, a 58,286-square-foot facility at 400-500 N. Raddant Road sold to MJM Intergalactic Properties. Michael Androwich Jr. of Lee & Associates represented the seller, Clark Tile. Mike Antonelli of Brown Commercial represented the buyer. In the second transaction, a 19,962-square-foot building at 1141 N. Raddant Road sold to Green Land Technologies. Androwich brokered the transaction and represented the seller, Papa Nicholas.
OAK FOREST, ILL. — E. Formella & Sons, a global condiment manufacturing company, has sold its 32,880-square-foot facility at 411 E. Plainfield Road in Countryside, Ill. The company has since purchased a 45,594-square-foot property at 16425 S. Kilbourn Ave. in Oak Forest. Sales prices were not provided. Terri Alexander of Transwestern represented E. Formella in the sale of its former property. Alexander, along with colleague Alex Genova, represented E. Formella in its site selection and purchase of the new facility. Chet Evans and Kiefer Price of Hilco Real Estate represented American Blue Ribbon Holdings LLC, which was the seller of the Oak Forest property. Countryside KC LLC purchased the Countryside facility.
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — CBRE has negotiated the sale of a 202,140-square-foot industrial property located near Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport in Grapevine. DFW North Logistics Center consists of two buildings that were constructed in 2008 and feature 21- to 30-foot clear heights and parking space for up to 100 trailers. Randy Baird, Jonathan Bryan, Ryan Thornton and Eliza Bachhuber of CBRE represented the seller, an affiliate of Olympus Ventures, in the transaction. Boston-based STAG Industrial purchased the asset, which was fully leased at the time of sale, for an undisclosed price.
NEWCASTLE, OKLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Riverside Boat & RV Storage, a 492-unit facility in Newcastle, a southern suburb of Oklahoma City. The property spans 161,316 net rentable square feet of space. Bryan Quaschnick, Brandon Karr and Danny Cunningham of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private owner who developed the facility, and procured the buyer in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity.
YORK, PA. — A joint venture between ASB Real Estate Investments and Endurance Real Estate Group has acquired York Business Center, a 1.5 million-square-foot industrial facility located in the central part of the state, for approximately $91 million. The three-building property, which was 94 percent leased at the time of sale, sits on a 119-acre site near the intersection of Interstate 83 and State Route 30. Tenants include Harley-Davidson, which operates a preassembly facility that supports the nearby manufacturing plant, as well as printing company LSC Communications and nonprofit healthcare provider WellSpan. Building features include clear heights of up to 32 feet and parking for roughly 1,600 cars and 400 trailers. The seller was not disclosed.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Apublix Self Storage, a 563-unit facility in Oklahoma City. The property encompasses 83,960 net rentable square feet of climate- and non-climate-controlled space. Bryan Quaschnick, Brandon Karr and Danny Cunningham of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.