CARLSTADT, N.J. — Legacy Capital has acquired 2 Palmer Terrace, a 60,400-square-foot industrial building located outside of New York City in Carlstadt. The property was originally built on three acres in 1977 and renovated in 2014. Building features include 17- to 39-foot clear heights and four oversized drive-in doors. Matthew Pizzolato and Thomas Didio Jr. of JLL arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing through Sound Point Commercial Real Estate Finance for the deal. The property was triple net leased to Sofive Soccer Centers at the time of sale.
SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. — ePost Global Inc., a California-based provider of global delivery solutions, has signed a 41,256-square-foot industrial lease at 18 Central Blvd. in South Hackensack, located in the northern part of the state. Jason Fisch of F. Greek Development Inc. represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Stephen Jennings represented the landlord, Alfred Sanzari Enterprises, on an internal basis.
By Alex Kachris, research manager — Northeast industrial region, JLL Industrial commercial real estate had its second-best year on record in 2020, with U.S. transaction volume nearing $96 billion. As competition among investors for industrial product remains strong in 2021, JLL Capital Markets Research isolated one sub-class that is gaining investor interest: multi-use logistics. The multi-use logistics profile includes older, multi-tenant assets ranging from 20,000 to 100,000 square feet that have solid footprints within infill urban logistics markets. These assets, which often have diversified, local tenant bases, usually house a mix of distribution, flex showroom, industrial showroom, R&D, warehouse and/or manufacturing space. Multi-use logistics assets boast compelling rent growth profiles and strong long-term outlooks. With new, yield-focused investors jumping into the industrial space, multi-use logistics product is desirable as an alternative to the bulk industrial market, which is getting tighter. Given that multi-use logistics facilities are generally older properties, population centers have exploded around these assets, making not only almost impossible to replace but highly sought-after as last-mile logistics locations close to end users. Compounded by industry fundamentals that are driven by macroeconomic factors, including reshoring and acceleration of e-commerce adoption, the increased demand for these smaller, multi-tenant industrial assets …
PHOENIX — Fort Worth, Texas-based MAG Capital Partners has acquired a cold-storage warehouse property located at 2721 W. Willetta St. in Phoenix. Lin’s Distribution Corp. sold the property for an undisclosed price in an off-market, sale-leaseback transaction. Built in 1980 on 1.7 acres, the 38,300-square-foot facility features five truck wells and two industrial GL doors. The multi-tenant property is fully occupied by Lin’s Distribution Corp., Red Bird Farms Distribution Co. and Bon Suisse. Concurrent with the sale, Lin’s signed a long-term leaseback deal to continue to occupy the property. Mary Garnett and Jim Tuesley of Barnes & Thornburg LLP represented the buyer, while Oscar Lopez and Steve Lowe of Matthews Real Estate represented the seller in the transaction.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — McWane Inc., an Alabama-based manufacturer of iron water works and plumbing products, has signed a 66,961-square-foot industrial lease at 1201 Avenue S in the central metroplex city of Grand Prairie. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built on 5.4 acres in 1997, totals approximately 116,000 square feet and features 24-foot clear heights. Art Leichner and Andrew Crites of Newmark represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. CBRE represented the landlord, an entity doing business as TAF Dallas Industrial Portfolio LP.
MINNEAPOLIS — CBRE has arranged a $165 million joint venture partnership between United Properties and PCCP for the development of an 11-building industrial portfolio. The properties will total 1.4 million square feet across the Minneapolis, Denver and Austin markets. The joint venture has the potential to carry into a second phase of development with an additional 18 buildings totaling 2.3 million square feet, according to CBRE. Judd Welliver, Sonja Dusil, Ryan Watts, Bentley Smith and Tom Holtz of CBRE Minneapolis led the team that arranged the partnership on behalf of United Properties, which is based in Minneapolis. PCCP, formerly known as Pacific Coast Capital Partners, is an investment manager with offices in New York, San Francisco, Atlanta and Los Angeles.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILL. — Clear Height Properties has sold a 100,000-square-foot industrial building in Arlington Heights, a northwest suburb of Chicago. The buyer and sales price were undisclosed. Located at 3456 N. Ridge Road, the property was occupied by three tenants at the time of sale. Clear Height owned the asset since May 2018. Pat Turner and Brendan Green of Colliers International represented Clear Height in the sale. Clear Height is a real estate investment and management company headquartered in Oak Brook, Ill. Its portfolio totals 2.8 million square feet across 32 properties.
By John Dickerson, OMNE Partners Our Omaha-area industrial sector has come through the pandemic very well, compared with other commercial sectors. We have not had to work out many rent payment plans with tenants, and industrial users going out of business have been minimal. Omaha has survived and come out of 2020 well economically. Our unemployment rate is the second lowest in the country. Our cost of living has also been lower than most other major cities in the Midwest. This low cost of living carries over to real estate rental rates and operating costs. Leasing activity Industrial leasing has been quite good in Omaha for years. Our vacancy rates have been below 5 percent for a number of years and currently have been about 3.5 percent. By reviewing spaces for lease on Crexi, an internet marketing service, there are about 120 properties that I identified with space available with a total of over 3 million square feet for lease. Rental rates for industrial vary, of course, for typical reasons — age and condition of the property, location and how much a space/building might be finished in office or other special improvements. In Omaha, many flex buildings have users that …
FREDERICK, MD. — Matan will open a U.S. manufacturing facility in Frederick for the digital diagnostics company, Ellume. Once fully operational, the facility will have the capacity to produce 19 million Ellume COVID-19 Home Tests per month. The facility is on track to begin limited operation in the second half of 2021, and will be Ellume’s first U.S. located facility. The Ellume COVID-19 Home Test was the first rapid COVID-19 self-test to be granted Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for both asymptomatic and symptomatic use without a prescription. In February, Ellume announced a $231.8 million investment from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to accelerate production of its COVID-19 home tests. The agreement provided funding to support the establishment of Ellume’s first U.S. manufacturing facility. As part of this agreement, Ellume will provide 8.5 million COVID-19 home tests to the U.S. government by end of the year. Ellume’s U.S. operation will include two manufacturing facilities totaling more than 180,000 square feet that Matan Progress Labs is developing. Matan, a Washington, D.C.-based commercial real estate development firm, says the company will deliver the first two buildings in …
SAVANNAH, GA. — CBRE has secured a 499,200-square-foot industrial lease with East Coast Warehouse at 521 Morgan Lakes Blvd. in Savannah. Bill Waxman, Chris Dempsey and Blaine Kelley of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease transaction. CBRE’s Bill Sparks represented the landlord, Principal Financial. There are currently no other tenants in the building. New Jersey-based East Coast Warehouse provides temperature-controlled logistics services to the food and beverage industry. East Coast Warehouse has also expanded in other port markets along the East Coast, such as the Ports of New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia and Baltimore. The industrial facility totals nearly 1 million square feet and features 36-foot clear heights, LED lighting and 220 dock doors. It is located close to Interstates 95 and 16 and the Port of Savannah.