AUSTIN, TEXAS — California-based KBS has sold Southpark Commerce Center, a 372,763-square-foot industrial park in Austin, to institutional investment firm BentallGreenOak for an undisclosed price. Built in 1998, the four-building property was fully leased at the time of sale and features 24-foot clear heights and a 36 percent office finish. Trent Agnew, Dustin Volz, Dom Espinoza, Josh Villareal and Wesley Gilmer of JLL represented KBS in the transaction.
SAN ANTONIO — Cold Creek Solutions, a cold storage developer based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, will build a 305,000-square-foot facility at the intersection of Interstate 10 and Loop 410 in San Antonio. ARCO National Construction is designing the project, which will feature space for approximately 45,000 pallets of frozen or refrigerated product. Construction is set to begin this fall, and the facility is expected to be operational by late 2022.
LYCOMING COUNTY, PA. — Digger Specialties, an Indiana-based manufacturer of building products, will open a 160,000-square-foot production and distribution facility in Central Pennsylvania’s Lycoming County. The build-to-suit facility will be located on a 25-acre site within Timber Run Industrial Park and is expected to bring about 150 new jobs to the community. Howard Fertman of NAI Mertz represented Digger Specialties in its site selection. Construction is scheduled to begin in August and to be complete in the first quarter of 2022.
HAMBURG, PA. — JLL has negotiated the $22.3 million sale of a 149,632-square-foot industrial property in the Lehigh Valley community of Hamburg. Built in 2020, the building features a clear height of 32 feet, 24 overhead doors and an ESFR sprinkler system. John Plower, Pete Pittroff, Ryan Cottone and Jeff Lockard of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between The Keith Corp. and Kiel Group, in the transaction. Boston-based TA Realty purchased the asset, which was fully leased to two tenants, S Walter Packaging and LTL Home Products, at the time of sale.
BETHLEHEM, PA. — Locally based developer J.G. Petrucci Co. Inc. has begun construction on a 100,000-square-foot industrial expansion project at the headquarters of Cigars International in the Lehigh Valley city of Bethlehem. The project will increase the total size of the building to 213,500 square feet and will include an interior build-out for advanced material handling equipment. The project is slated for completion by the end of the year.
BROOK PARK, OHIO — Weston Inc., the DiGeronimo Cos. and Scannell Properties have purchased the former Ford Motor Co. plant in Brook Park, a southwest suburb of Cleveland. The purchase price was $31.5 million, according to Crain’s Cleveland Business. The existing facility spans 1.7 million square feet across 210 acres and is located next to Cleveland Hopkins Airport. The buyers plan to redevelop the property, details of which will be announced in the coming months.
KENT, WASH. — New York Life Real Estate Investors has provided $44.5 million in construction financing for Bridge Point Kent 300, a two-building industrial project located in Kent. Situated on 16 acres on the former REI headquarters site, the property will feature 309,028 square feet of Class A warehouse distribution space spread across a 50,529-square-foot building and a 258,480-square-foot building. The buildings will feature 32- to 36-foot clear heights, 42 dock doors, 391 parking spaces and approximately 26,000 square feet of additional yard space. Steve Skok of Berkadia Commercial Mortgage placed the debt on the transaction.
KYLE, TEXAS — Texas-based HPI Real Estate Services & Investments and the City of Kyle Economic Development Department will build three new industrial buildings totaling 380,913 square feet within Hays Commerce Center, a development located in the southern Austin suburb of Kyle. Hays Logistics Center 2, the first of the three new buildings that is being developed in partnership with Hillwood Investment Properties, will span 206,000 square feet and will feature a cross-dock configuration and 32-foot clear heights. Hays Logistics Center 3 will total 68,240 square feet and will offer speculative suites ranging from 11,800 to 68,240 square feet. Completion of this building is slated for the end of the year. Hays Logistics Center 4 will total 106,673 square feet and will also feature 32-foot clear heights. HPI also expects to complete this building before the end of the year.
PLANT CITY, FLA. — Foundry Commercial and Stockbridge have broken ground on the second speculative development at Lakeside Logistics, a 1,000-acre industrial park located in Plant City. The park is situated about 1.5 miles south of Interstate 4, 22 miles east of Tampa and 56 miles southwest of Orlando. The first phase of Lakeside Logistics was recently delivered, featuring a 505,160-square-foot, cross-dock warehouse distribution facility with 36-foot clear heights. The second phase of Lakeside Logistics will include two buildings totaling 414,000 square feet. Foundry Commercial plans to develop additional phases at Lakeside Logistics, which when finished will total over 1 million square feet. Lakeside Logistics marks the 10th project developed by Foundry Commercial.
DECATUR, GA. — Faropoint has purchased an eight-building industrial portfolio totaling 255,013 square feet on 12.6 total acres in Decatur. Faropoint bought the property for a total of $23 million. Construction Resource is the seller and tenant. The company sold the properties to Faropoint and has leased the buildings back. The properties are approximately 8.3 miles from downtown Atlanta and about 21 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Brian Bratton and Steve Ratchford of King Industrial Realty Inc./CORFAC International represented Faropoint in the transaction. Faropoint is a real estate investment firm that is based in Israel with U.S. offices situated in Memphis.
