LAS VEGAS — Dalfen Industrial has acquired Henderson Industrial Center North II, an industrial building located in Henderson, a suburb of Las Vegas. Terms of the transaction were not released. Located at 1080 Mary Crest Road, the 40,817-square-foot property was fully occupied at the time of sale to a long-term tenant. With this acquisition, Dalfen Industrial owns and operates more than 1.1 million square feet across the Las Vegas and Reno markets.
BUFORD, GA. — Seefried Industrial Properties, along with an unnamed institutional partner, has purchased 53 acres in Buford for the development of a new speculative industrial project near Interstate 85. Stuart Bracey of Hughes Commercial represented Atlanta-based Seefried Industrial in the land acquisition. The two-building development, known as Gravel 85 Distribution Center, will span 626,616 square feet and include 384 parking spaces, 108 trailer spaces and 135- to 180-foot truck courts. The development team includes civil engineer Eberly & Associates and Randall Paulson Architects. Construction is set to begin in October.
IRVING, TEXAS — CBRE has brokered the sale of Trammell Crow at Passport Park, a 2 million-square-foot industrial complex in Irving. Built in 2018, the four-building property was 97 percent leased at the time of sale and features 40-foot clear heights, 205-foot truck court depths and ample car and trailer parking spaces. The Dallas-based real estate giant owns the property in conjunction with CBRE Global Investors. Ryan Thornton, Randy Baird, Jonathan Bryan and Eliza Bachhuber of CBRE represented ownership in the transaction. The buyer was an undisclosed, publicly traded REIT.
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS — Red Oak Financial, a Michigan-based lender, has provided an $8.1 million acquisition loan for a 473,000-square-foot industrial building in Wichita Falls, about 140 miles northwest of Dallas. The rail-served property sits on 97 acres and consists of two buildings totaling 350,000 and 123,000 square feet. Combined, the buildings offer 20,000 square feet of office space, as well as 45-foot clear heights, 12 dock doors and 621 parking spaces. The borrower, an affiliate of Panda Biotech, plans to implement a $47 million renovation program.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — MLILY, a global mattress manufacturer, has signed a lease to occupy 1.3 million square feet at Glendale 303 (G303) in Glendale. The lease fills a just-completed, 569,520-square-foot industrial building and initiates an expansion of G303 to fulfill the tenant’s larger, single-building lease requirement. Hines, with funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, developed the Class A industrial facility. At full buildout, G303 will be the largest single-building Hines development to date in the United States. The newly completed building features 40-foot clear heights, 60-foot speed bays, abundant dock-high loading doors and highly functional footprints, as well as the ability to accommodate more than 550 cars. Additionally, the project features a basketball court amenity for employees. Construction on the G303 building expansion will begin during fourth-quarter 2021 and reach completion by fourth-quarter 2022. Graycor Construction Co. is serving as the project’s general contractor. Bill Honsaker and John Lydon of JLL’s Phoenix office represented Hines, while Payson MacWilliam and Yang Chen of Colliers International represented the tenant in the lease transaction.
GROVELAND, FLA. — National supermarket chain Kroger and online grocer Ocado have opened Kroger Ocado Customer Fulfillment Center in Groveland, about 30 miles from Orlando. The high-tech facility spans 338,000 square feet and broke ground in January 2019. The four-story property includes a distribution center, office space, two-story break room and a mezzanine floor. Ryan Cos. is the developer of the asset, which is set to support the packaging and shipment of groceries for home deliveries this summer. The property is unique in that it’s not a store-support facility as Kroger does not currently operate any grocery stores in the region. Ryan Cos., which served as the lead architect, engineer, developer and construction team, has completed 40 automated warehouses exceeding 33 million square feet in 20 states for national brands such as Target, SuperValu and Nestle Purina. The firm also oversaw the Kroger-Ocado fulfillment center that opened near Cincinnati, as well as a Kroger-Ocado facility in suburban Atlanta that will open later this year.
DUNCAN, S.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $105.6 million sale of the Apple Valley Industrial Portfolio, a four-building portfolio of industrial facilities in the Upstate South Carolina market of Duncan. An affiliate of Lexington Realty Trust purchased the facilities from Panattoni and PCCP. Stewart Calhoun and Casey Masters of Cushman & Wakefield, along with Marcus Cornelius of CBRE and Ryan Koop of Broadstreet Partners, represented the sellers in the transaction. Situated near Inland Port Greer and BMW’s campus, the Class A portfolio is located off of Apple Valley Road and totals more than 1 million square feet.
ITASCA, ILL. — NAI Hiffman has brokered the sale of two light manufacturing and warehousing facilities in Itasca for $13.2 million. Located at 1500 Bryn Mawr Ave. and 1251 Ardmore Ave., the properties total 108,357 square feet and were built in 1969. Phoenix Converting Inc., a producer of specialty pouches for flexible packaging, occupies both buildings. Patrick Sullivan, Ryan Chambers and Jeff Janda of NAI Hiffman represented the seller, Oak Brook-based TradeLane Properties LLC. A national industrial REIT was the buyer.
TAYLOR, MICH. — NorthMarq has arranged a $10.3 million bridge loan for the acquisition of a 243,894-square-foot industrial property in Taylor, about 18 miles southwest of Detroit. The building is located on Trolley Industrial Drive. Reina Abboud of NorthMarq arranged the four-year loan, which features three years of interest-only payments. A bridge and mezzanine lender provided the loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
COLUMBUS, IND. — Livingston Street Capital has sold a 393,817-square-foot industrial facility in Columbus, about 45 miles south of Indianapolis. Bridge Investment Group purchased the asset for $55.3 million. Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies USA LLC, part of the Faurecia Clean Mobility Group, occupies the property on a net-lease basis. Jason DeWitt, Brian Shanfeld, Ed Halaburt, Nick Franklin and Steve Okon of JLL represented Livingston Street Capital, which acquired the facility in November 2018.
