PALMYRA TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A partnership between St. Louis-based development firm Sansone Group and a private equity real estate fund backed by Crow Holdings Capital is underway on construction of Tac-Pal Logistics Center. The 702,450-square-foot industrial facility is located in Palmyra Township. The development team expects to complete the single-building property, which will feature modern design and build-to-suit opportunities, during the first quarter of 2022. Cushman & Wakefield and Avison Young have been tapped to lease the project.
PHILADELPHIA — GoldOller Real Estate Investments, a locally based multifamily owner-operator, will develop a $20 million, 157,000-square-foot self-storage facility in Philadelphia. The site of the new five-story, climate-controlled facility is located at 3145 Greys Ferry Road, adjacent to the Schuylkill Expressway in the University City area. The facility will be GoldOller’s second following the development of an 80,000-square-foot property in Philadelphia’s Fishtown neighborhood. CubeSmart operates that facility. GoldOller plans to break ground on the project in the coming weeks. A tentative completion date was not disclosed.
HAVERHILL, MASS. — Monogram Food Solutions, a manufacturer of prepared foods based in Memphis, will open a 135,000-square-foot production facility within Cedar Brook Park in Haverhill, a northern suburb of Boston. Paradigm Properties is developing the facility as a build-to-suit for Monogram that will consist of 109,000 square feet of multi-temperature warehouse space and a 26,000-square-foot sandwich assembly area. Massachusetts-based design-build firm Dacon Corp. is the design-build firm. Construction is underway and scheduled for completion in mid-2022.
CANTON, GA. — A joint venture between Lumpkin Development, MacArthur Holdings and Live Oak Capital Partners has broken ground on a 93,000-square-foot self-storage facility located at 7222 Cumming Highway in Canton, close to the Northside Hospital Cherokee campus. The property is slated to be open to the public in the spring of 2022. The self-storage facility will be located on 9.2 acres and will comprise of drive-up, climate-controlled units. JM Williams Contractors will construct the facility, and Renasant Bank is providing the debt financing for the project. Max Design Group is the project’s architect, and Travis Pruitt & Associates is serving as the civil engineering. The facility is Lumpkin Development’s first Class A storage property in the area. Lumpkin Development builds and operates self-storage, retail and industrial real estate throughout the Southeast. MacArthur Holdings is a New York City-based real estate business, and Live Oak Capital Partners is a real estate developer based in Atlanta.
ALLEN PARK, MICH. — Ford Motor Co. has unveiled plans for a new battery testing center named Ford Ion Park in the Detroit-area town of Allen Park in effort to accelerate research and development of battery and battery cell technology. A team of 150 experts in battery technology development, research, manufacturing, planning, purchasing, quality and finance will assist Ford in more quickly developing and manufacturing battery cells and batteries. Plans call for a $185 million, 200,000-square-foot collaborative learning lab in Southeast Michigan that is dedicated to developing, testing and building vehicle battery cells opens late next year. Ford’s Battery Benchmarking and Test Laboratory, which spans 185,000 square feet, opened late last year in Allen Park.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — General Plumbing Supply Inc. (GPS) has signed a 300,000-square-foot industrial lease at Piscataway Logistics Center in Northern New Jersey. The property, which is situated on a 16-acre site and features a clear height of 36 feet and ample car and trailer parking, will serve as GPS’ headquarters, showroom and distribution center. Tim Cadigan, Matthew Turse and Grant Otto of Avison Young represented the landlord, a partnership between Transwestern Development Co. and QuadReal Property Group, in the lease negotiations. Ed English and Ron Ganter of Avison Young, along with Michael Schipper of Blau & Berg, represented GPS.
Sentre Buys Industrial Campus in Los Angeles for $12.5M in Sale-Leaseback from Mortech Manufacturing
LOS ANGELES — San Diego-based Sentre has purchased Azusa Center, a two-building industrial property located at 301 and 411 N. Aerojet Drive in Los Angeles’ San Gabriel Valley. Mortech Manufacturing sold the asset for $12.5 million in an off-market, sale-leaseback transaction. Mortech occupies the 75,081-square-foot facility and, upon closing of the sale, the company executed a new 10-year lease for the entire property. Scott Peterson and Morgon Fraser of CBRE Capital Markets Debt & Structured Finance Placement team arranged a $7.5 million fixed-rate, five-year loan for the acquisition.
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — NorthMarq has arranged a $5 million acquisition loan for a 38,024-square-foot industrial flex property in Round Rock, a northern suburb of Austin. The property was fully leased to two medical and diagnostic lab users at the time of the loan closing. Chase Johnson of NorthMarq arranged the loan through life company StanCorp on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. The seller was also undisclosed.
CHICAGO — Cresset Partners and Diversified Real Estate Capital have formed a partnership of their real estate groups, expanding Cresset’s real estate investment platform. The partnership formalizes and builds upon the existing relationship between the two companies, which have sourced, structured, capitalized and executed $1.6 billion in real estate projects since 2019. The combined entity, which is named Cresset Real Estate Partners, will target institutional-quality investment opportunities in a variety of asset types, including multifamily, office, industrial and hospitality.
GURNEE, ILL. — Venture One Real Estate, through its acquisition fund VK Industrial V LP, has acquired a 62,940-square-foot industrial building in Gurnee, about 40 miles north of Chicago. The purchase price was undisclosed. Located at 905 Lakeside Drive, the property is 35 percent leased to three tenants. Constructed in 1989, the building features four docks, six drive-in doors and parking for 75 cars. Venture One plans to make improvements that will include office and warehouse renovations, parking lot resurfacing and new LED lighting. Donald Glyman of Tri-County Commercial Real Estate Inc. represented the undisclosed seller. Robert Elbrecht of Tri-State Realty represented Venture One and will be retained to market the property for lease. VK Industrial V LP is a partnership between Venture One and Kovitz Investment Group.