CHICAGO — Clear Height Properties has sold an industrial portfolio totaling 450,034 square feet throughout metro Chicago for an undisclosed price. The seven-property portfolio is 94 percent leased to 66 tenants. The assets are located in Bensenville, Carol Stream, Des Plaines, Northbrook, Wheeling and Chicago. Erik Foster, Mike Wilson and Adam Haefner of Avison Young represented Clear Height, which completed improvements to several of the properties, in the sale. J&L Real Properties was the buyer.
AKRON, OHIO — Green Harvest Capital LLC has purchased a nearly 64,000-square-foot historic warehouse in Akron with plans to convert the property into roughly 50 apartment units. The historic Akron Soap Co. building was formerly occupied by WhiteSpace Creative. Completed in 1893, the factory was built to manufacture soap and was later utilized by Pioneer Cereal Co. and Pockrandt Paint Co. The facility sat vacant for several years until White Hot Properties LLC purchased it in 2013 and converted the building into office space. Nichole Booker of SVN Summit Commercial Real Estate Advisors brokered the sale. The sales price was undisclosed.
MIRAMAR, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of a three-building, 692,000-square-foot industrial portfolio in the Broward County city of Miramar. Metro Chicago-based CenterPoint Properties purchased the properties for an undisclosed price. José Lobón, Trey Barry, Frank Fallon, Royce Rose and Tom O’Loughlin of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The portfolio includes a 500,000-square-foot facility at 3701 Flamingo Road, an 83,200-square-foot property at 2601 SW 145th Ave. and a 108,800-square-foot building at 2701 SW 145th Ave. The facilities feature dock doors, drive-in doors, ESFR sprinkler systems and clear heights ranging from 24 to 34 feet. The assets were fully leased at the time of sale to six tenants.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — LPC Desert West, the Southwest arm of Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co., has purchased a 140-acre development site in Glendale for $53 million. The company plans to develop Luke Field, a $515 million industrial project, on the site. The property’s borders are Litchfield Road, Northern Avenue, Northern Parkway and Luke Air Force Base. Upon completion, the 2.3 million-square-foot Luke Field will include three buildings totaling 1.26 million square feet, 604,000 square feet and 416,000 square feet. All buildings will feature 40-foot clear heights, touchless technology, 25-foot glass entries, 3,000 amps of power, automated dock doors, steel moment frame shear bracing and five-foot by 10-foot clerestory windows on all elevations. Additionally, the project will offer barbecue stations, a shaded outdoor eating area and employee collaboration spaces, as well as extensive car and secure trailer parking. Construction is slated to begin fourth-quarter 2022, with completion slated for first-quarter 2024. All three buildings will be constructed in a single phase. Butler Design Group is serving as architect. A general contractor has not yet been selected.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Butters Group and BentallGreenOak have partnered to develop Gulf Landing Logistics Center, a 2.2 million-square-foot speculative industrial park in Fort Myers. The project will be situated on 284 acres. The partnership anticipates developing the Class A property in several phases, with the first phase consisting of seven buildings totaling 740,000 square feet. Construction is scheduled to begin this fall, with completion of the first buildings slated for the third quarter of 2023. “With the tremendous growth in Southwest Florida, we recognized an opportunity to produce a first-class logistics facility with the flexibility to meet the needs of many different types of users,” says Kyle Jones, director of investments at Butters. The current plan for Gulf Landing Logistics Center includes 14 buildings of various sizes and configurations. A portion of the site plan offers flex space for light industrial and office users, while the remainder of the site is geared toward bulk distribution, e-commerce and other light industrial users. Build-to-suit opportunities are available. Florida-based Butters, a vertically integrated real estate company engaged in construction, development, leasing and property management, has developed more than 22 million square feet totaling over $2 billion. BentallGreenOak is a global real estate …
DALLAS — Global investment firm KKR has acquired TCC Altamoore, an approximately 616,000-square-foot industrial park in Dallas, from Trammell Crow Co. for an undisclosed price. Built in 2021, TCC Altamoore consists of a 298,168-square-foot building and a 206,917-square-foot building that are fully leased to undisclosed, publicly traded companies. The third building spans 110,960 square feet and is currently being marketed for lease. Randy Baird, Jonathan Bryan, Ryan Thornton and Eliza Bachhuber of CBRE brokered the deal on behalf of Trammell Crow Co.
ALABASTER, ALA. — Growth Capital Partners (GCP) and Highline Real Estate Partners have acquired Shelby West, a 404,000-square-foot industrial park in suburban Birmingham. The property represents the third investment for the GCP-Highline investment platform, which also includes strategic equity placements from the McWane Family and other third-party investors. The facilities at Shelby West include a 250,000-square-foot building at 175 Airview Lane and a 154,000-square-foot property at 1840 Corporate Woods Drive. The Airview building was built in 2006 and recently leased to MailSouth and AGC. The Corporate Woods building was built in 2009 and leased to The Home Depot and U.S. AutoForce. Adam Eason of Cushman & Wakefield | EGS Commercial Real Estate represented the seller in the transaction. Brad Moffatt of Cushman & Wakefield | EGS is handling the leasing at Shelby West. The sales price was not disclosed but the sellers were entities doing business as Shelby West Industrial Enterprises and Shelby West Industrial Enterprises II.
HUNTINGTON, W.VA. — Time Equities Inc. (TEI) has purchased a 363,000-square-foot industrial facility located at 550 27th St. in Huntington. Sierra Corp. sold the property to the New York City-based firm for $9 million. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to a combination of national, regional and local tenants. The facility is located adjacent to the CSX Transportation rail hub and the Port of Huntington, which is situated along the Ohio River. Sal Ramundo of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction. Max Pastor and Brian Soto led the TEI acquisitions team internally.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — U.S. Foam Corp., a provider of foam rubber products, has sold a 43,904-square-foot industrial building located at 720 E. State Highway 121 in Lewisville, a northern suburb of Dallas. The property was built in 1960 and expanded in 1972. Nathan Denton and Jeremy Mojica of Lee & Associates represented U.S. Foam Corp., which has occupied the property since 1991, in the transaction. Rich Young Jr. with Rich Young Co. represented the undisclosed buyer.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — CapRock Partners has completed the disposition of CapRock Tropical Logistics Phase I, a recently completed core industrial logistics facility in North Las Vegas. Terms of the sale were not released. Phase I consists of two Class A warehouse buildings totaling 1.1 million square feet on an 83-acre site. Developed by CapRock, the two buildings are 100 percent leased to three investment-grade credit tenants, including a Fortune 100 ecommerce company. The single-tenant building at 5802 E. Tropical Parkway features 857,000 square feet, 40-foot clear heights, 171 dock-high doors, 8,000 amps of power, 300 trailer stalls and 679 auto parking stalls. Located at 5902 E. Tropical Parkway, the second building features 271,000 square feet, 32-foot clear heights, 54 dock-high doors, 3,000 amps of power, 159 trailer stalls and 162 auto park stalls. Cushman & Wakefield’s Jeff Chiate, Jeff Cole, Mike Adey, Ed Hernandez and Brad Brandenburg, along with JLL’s Rob Lujan, Xavier Wasiak and Jason Simon, arranged the sale. Additionally, CapRock has broken ground on Phase II of the development, located at 6185, 6215 and 6325 N. Beesley Drive. The expansion will include Building 1 with 249,000 square feet, 28 dock-high loading doors, two drive-in doors, a …