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Boulder Group Brokers $8.9M Sale of Net-Leased Industrial Property in Metro Chicago

by Kristin Harlow

NORTHBROOK, ILL. — The Boulder Group has brokered the $8.9 million sale of a single-tenant, net-leased industrial property in Northbrook, a northern suburb of Chicago. The 117,000-square-foot building is situated within the 1.8 million-square-foot Sky Harbor Industrial Park. Located at 3411 Woodhead Drive, the facility is fully leased to Atlas Fibre and recently underwent $2.1 million in improvements. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of Boulder represented the seller, a local real estate owner. Buyer information was undisclosed.

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Data Center Development Download: What Makes a Great Site?

by Sarah Daniels

As more aspects of our lives become digital, the need for data centers is increasing exponentially. COVID fast-tracked the upsurge in data center demand, as businesses worldwide transferred communications and operations to digital platforms — but the need for data centers is permanent. “With an increase in devices needing to connect to each other and the Internet of Things (IOT), the amount of data needed to do this will always be growing, furthering the demand for additional space within data centers,” says Megan Baird, Professional Engineer (PE), a senior project manager at Bohler, a land development consulting and technical design firm. Getting the right space with the right zoning, utilities and market timeline can be a daunting task that requires extensive planning. Baird says three major factors determine whether a site is a prime data center opportunity: utilities, zoning and space. Plus, Baird explains how to get a property to market once the planning is done. [box style=”4″] What’s Available to Help Developers Tax incentives vary by state and locality and can depend on the number of jobs created, equipment used or amount of money invested. Overlay districts are a regulatory tool where jurisdictions specify additional restrictions/allowances in addition to …

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NexCore, Nuveen Acquire National Medical Office and Life Sciences Portfolio for $620.4M

by John Nelson

CHICAGO AND DENVER — NexCore Group, a national healthcare real estate developer and owner, has teamed up with global investment management firm Nuveen Real Estate to acquire a portfolio of 27 medical office and two life sciences buildings spanning nearly 1.2 million square feet. IRA Capital, a private equity firm based in Southern California, sold the portfolio in two transactions totaling $620.4 million. The portfolio spans 13 states: Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin. The medical office properties comprise ambulatory surgery centers, micro-hospitals, freestanding emergency departments and single- and multi-tenant clinics. The properties were 99 percent leased at the time of sale to 38 tenants, the vast majority of which are well-established healthcare systems. The medical office buildings sold for about $463 million, according to NexCore, which will manage the facilities moving forward. Allianz Real Estate provided $234 million in acquisition financing on behalf of NexCore and Nuveen for the medical office portfolio. The financing is structured on a seven-year term with both a fixed-rate tranche totaling $163.8 million and a floating-rate tranche totaling $70.2 million. Chicago-based Nuveen is using equity for the medical office assets via its newly launched U.S. Cities …

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Seefried Industrial Properties to Develop 1.1 MSF Building in Port St. Lucie, Florida

by Julia Sanders

PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA. — Seefried Industrial Properties is developing a 1.1 million-square-foot build-to-suit warehouse facility in Port St. Lucie for Amazon. The project, which is dubbed Project Midway, is being constructed on 110 acres at Midway Business Park along West Midway Road near Interstate 95. The property will feature tilt-up concrete wall panels, a little over 1 million square feet of warehouse space, 32,457 square feet of office and social space, 1,000 employee parking spaces and 390 trailer stalls. Amazon says the company will hire around 500 full-time employees at its new location, according to the Commercial Observer. Construction is expected to begin late fall 2021 with completion slated for summer 2022. The Conlan Co. is serving as general contractor, Ford & Associates is the architect and Kimley-Horn is the civil engineer for Project Midway.

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JLL Negotiates Sale of 289,225 SF Industrial Portfolio in Dallas-Fort Worth Area

by Taylor Williams

DALLAS — JLL has negotiated the sale of a portfolio of six shallow-bay industrial properties totaling 289,225 square feet that are located throughout various markets in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex. Dallas is home to three of the buildings, and the markets of Fort Worth, Arlington and Grand Prairie house one building apiece. The portfolio spans a combined 21.5 acres, was 82 percent leased at the time of sale and features an average office finish of 18 percent. Dustin Volz, Stephen Bailey and Matthew Barge of JLL represented the seller, Dallas-based CanTex Capital, in the transaction. John Chun, Peter Thompson, Jarrod McCabe, Samuel Godfrey and Jordan Leake of JLL arranged a three-year, floating-rate acquisition loan through Bridge Investment Group on behalf of the borrower, The Bendetti Co., an investment firm based in Southern California.

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Faropoint Acquires 757,017 SF Chicagoland Industrial Portfolio

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — Faropoint has acquire a 757,017-square-foot industrial portfolio throughout Chicagoland for an undisclosed price. The seven-building portfolio was fully leased to 10 tenants at the time of acquisition. The tenant base includes a diverse mix of industries such as technology, manufacturing, robotics and energy. The properties are located in Elk Grove Village, Glendale Heights, Carol Stream, Hanover Park, Bolingbrook and Elgin. Jeff Devine, Steve Disse and Tyler Ziebel of Colliers International represented the undisclosed seller.

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Contegra Construction to Build 70,000 SF Headquarters for Diode Dynamics in St. Charles, Missouri

by Kristin Harlow

ST. CHARLES, MO. — Contegra Construction will build a new 70,000-square-foot headquarters and manufacturing facility for Diode Dynamics in St. Charles, a northwest suburb of St. Louis. Situated within Fountain Lakes Commerce Center, the project will include a showroom, four drive-in engineering bays, a 14,000-square-foot manufacturing area, engineering laboratory, 37,000-square-foot warehouse and 16,000-square-foot office. Diode Dynamics is a designer, manufacturer and distributor of automotive lighting products. The company will move all of its existing employees from Earth City and plans to add 36 new positions over the next five years. Joining Contegra on the project team are Remiger Design, BAX Engineering and SSC Engineering. Bank of Franklin County provided project financing. Completion is slated for this fall.

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Amazon Signs 202,421 SF Industrial Lease in Ventura County, California

by Madison Pettway

MOORPARK, CALIF. — Amazon has signed a long-term lease to occupy a 202,421-square-foot industrial building in the Ventura County submarket of Moorpark, about 48 miles northwest of Los Angeles. DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services, along with Donald J. Thordarson Inc., secured the lease on behalf of the owner, Transwestern Development Co. Transwestern also manages the building. Cushman & Wakefield represented Amazon in the lease negotiations. The property features 16 dock-high positions, a clear height of 24 feet and a secure fenced yard with parking that can accommodate up to 405 cars. The location offers close proximity to California State Routes 118 and 23, providing ease-of-access throughout the Southern California region. The asset was recently refurbished, providing the tenant with the necessary space for its last-mile operations.

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Puget Sound’s Industrial Leasing Activity is Explosive in 2021

by Jeff Shaw

By Brian Cagayat, Research Analyst, Cushman & Wakefield Washington officially reopened at the end of the second quarter of 2021, lifting most of the COVID-19 restrictions that had been in place for more than a year and bringing a mixture of relief and uncertainty to residents and businesses. Workers in the industrial sector were mostly considered essential, so many continued to work onsite through the pandemic. The industrial sector was also instrumental in helping aid and support everyone through the pandemic conditions, with some of those leading industrial users based here in the Puget Sound. New leasing activity in the Puget Sound region has been explosive in 2021, totaling 14.1 million square feet in the first half of the year. This has nearly equaled the 15 million square feet of annual activity tracked in all of 2020. Net occupancy growth still remains a bit in the red through the first half of 2021 with a negative 423,000 square feet of absorption. However, we expect a considerable portion (of over 10 percent) of the 29.1 million square feet of leasing activity signed since 2020 to translate into net growth in future quarters once those companies officially take occupancy. Ecommerce and 3PL firms have been …

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Blackstone Enters into Agreement to Acquire WPT Industrial REIT for $3.1B in Cash

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY — Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust Inc. (BREIT) has entered into an agreement to acquire Toronto-based WPT Industrial REIT for a cash price of US$3.1 billion. That figure includes the assumption of the publicly traded Canadian REIT’s corporate debt. Under the terms of the deal, shareholders of WPT Industrial will receive US$22 for each share of common stock they own. That figure represents a premium of 17 percent over the closing price of WPT Industrial’s stock on Friday, Aug. 6, the last day of trading prior to the merger announcement. The price per share also marks a 19.5 percent premium over the Canadian REIT’s weighted average unit price for the 30-day period that ended on Aug. 6. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter. “Logistics continues to benefit from strong tailwinds driven by e-commerce,” says David Levine, senior managing director at Blackstone. “We look forward to expanding our logistics presence across key U.S. markets with the acquisition of this high-quality portfolio that WPT has built.” WPT Industrial owns, develops and manages warehouse and distribution facilities throughout the United States. The company’s U.S. footprint consists of 109 properties totaling approximately 37.5 million square feet of …

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