MESQUITE, TEXAS — Locally based developer Jackson-Shaw, in partnership with Boston-based Cabot Properties, will develop a 310,900-square-foot industrial project in the eastern Dallas suburb of Mesquite. The property will be a build-to-suit corporate headquarters for automotive parts manufacturer Vehicle Accessories Inc. and will house operations such as engineering, sales, accounting, manufacturing and distribution. Jackson-Shaw is developing the project within Urban Logistics Realty’s 180-acre Alcott Station Industrial Business District. Peinado Construction is the general contractor; Halff Associates is the civil engineer; and GSR Andrade is the architect. Veritex Community Bank is providing construction financing, and CBRE has been tapped as the leasing agent. Completion is slated for the fourth quarter.
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TOANO, VA. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of 9000 Westmont Drive, a 175,000-square-foot, single-tenant flex facility in Toano. Robert Filley, Chandler Pace, Randall Heilig and Robert Bechtel of IPA, as well as Christopher Dale of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller, MICPAR Realty LLC, and procured the buyer, an entity doing business as 9000 Westmont Owner LLC. The property sold for $22 million. The property, 9000 Westmont Drive, is triple-net leased to Avid Medical Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Owens & Minor and sole occupant of the property. Built in 1998, the two-story facility was expanded by 25,000 square feet in 2009. The property’s warehouse area spans 113,834 square feet and the office component spans 61,118 square feet. The facility features 10 dock-high loading doors and 366 parking spaces. Located on the Interstate 64 Peninsula, the property is situated between Newport News and Richmond. The property is also situated 51.7 miles from the Port of Virginia and 32.7 miles from Richmond International Airport.
SAN ANTONIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of AA Stor All, a 208-unit self-storage facility in San Antonio. The property consists of 24,750 net rentable square feet of non-climate-controlled space across 170 units, along with 38 outdoor parking spaces. Jon Danklefs of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an undisclosed limited liability company, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were also undisclosed.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Kroger has plans to open a 50,000-square-foot distribution facility in Birmingham. The “spoke” property will serve as a last-mile cross-dock location that expands Kroger’s grocery delivery services. Cincinnati-based Kroger and UK-based Ocado Group plan to open the facility later this year. The facility will collaborate with the Kroger-Ocado hub in Forest Park, Ga. The facility is expected to create up to 161 jobs. Located at 30 West Oxmoor Road, the property will be situated 6.3 miles from downtown Birmingham and 12 miles from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. The property is also 4.6 miles from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Kroger also plans to open spoke facilities in Austin and San Antonio, Texas.
WARWICK, R.I. — New Hampshire-based self-storage developer True Storage has completed a 455-unit facility in Warwick. All of the units feature climate-controlled space. CubeSmart manages the 60,000-square-foot property, which formerly served as a manufacturing facility for Interplex, a technology and engineering firm based in Singapore. True Storage purchased the property in September 2021 when Interplex relocated.
PHILADELPHIA — JLL has arranged a $22 million acquisition loan for a portfolio of six light industrial properties totaling 251,922 square feet in the Philadelphia area. Specifically, the properties are located in Pennsauken, Moorestown and Marlton, N.J., and Boothwyn and Reading, Pa. The properties are primarily leased to electronics manufacturer Syscom Tech and industrial machinery provider Flowserve Corp. Steven Klein, Michael Klein and Ryan Carroll of JLL arranged the nonrecourse loan through Ready Capital on behalf of the borrower, Wharton Industrial, an affiliate of New York City-based Wharton Equity Partners. The loan was structured with a floating interest rate and a four-year term.
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS — North Texas-based developer Jackson-Shaw has purchased 224 acres in the northern Austin suburb of Georgetown for the development of a business park that will be known as CrossPoint. Phase I of CrossPoint will consist of three buildings totaling 488,000 square feet on a 61.7-acre tract. In addition, Onx Homes has signed a 204,000-square-foot lease to occupy Building 1 in the initial phase of development. Joeris is the general contractor, with Powers Brown as the architect and Pacheco Koch as the civil engineering firm. CrossFirst Bank is providing construction financing, and CBRE has been tapped to lease the project. Diamond Realty is the equity partner. Construction of Phase I is slated to begin in April and be complete in the second quarter of 2023.
HOUSTON — Arden Logistics Parks, a division of Philadelphia-based investment firm Arden Group, has acquired a two-building, 203,421-square-foot industrial complex in northeast Houston. Built in 1999 and renovated in 2008 and 2014, the property features 24- to 30-foot clear heights. Rusty Tamlyn, Trent Agnew, Charlie Strauss and Jack Moody of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. James Brolan and John David Johnson of JLL arranged the financing on behalf of Arden Logistics Parks.
NEW CASTLE, DEL. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged a $138 million loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of 14 industrial properties spanning 2.2 million square feet in New Castle. James Conley and Neil Campbell of IPA arranged the loan through Barclays and Citibank on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — San Francisco-based industrial giant Prologis will develop a 184,500-square-foot logistics center in Mount Laurel, located outside of Philadelphia in Bergen County. Elli Klapper, Jeremy Wernick, Mark Silverman, Charles Berger, Kevin Dudley and Brian Fiumara of CBRE represented Prologis in its acquisition of the 16.8-acre site, which currently houses a 114,676-square-foot office building. Veritas Real Estate sold the land for an undisclosed price. A construction timeline was not disclosed.