SPRINGFIELD, OHIO — Eby-Brown and Rittal Inc. have signed leases and will be the first two tenants at Upper Valley Business Park in Springfield, about 45 miles west of Columbus. Industrial Commercial Properties owns the property, which was formerly Upper Valley Mall. The mall has been repositioned as a business park for office and light industrial users. Naperville, Ill.-based Eby-Brown is a wholesale distributor to the convenience store industry. The company has leased 35,000 square feet. Chicago-based Rittal North America will occupy 130,000 square feet starting later this spring. Rittal, a global manufacturer and system solutions provider of industrial and IT enclosures and accessories, currently occupies a manufacturing plant in Urbana, Ohio. Matt Osowski of NAI Ohio Equities represented Rittal.
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YORK, PA. — National developer CRG has sold The Cubes at Emig Road, a 311,920-square-foot speculative industrial facility in York. The newly built, cross-dock warehouse sits on 29 acres and features a clear height of 36 feet, high-efficiency LED lighting, 29 dock doors, 149 car parking spaces and 27 trailer stalls. Approximately 125,000 square feet of the building is leased to DCL Logistics, a third-party logistics company based in Fremont, Calif. JLL is marketing the remainder of the space for lease. CRG’s parent company, Clayco, served as design-builder on the project, and its subsidiary, Lamar Johnson Collaborative, was the architect. The buyer was not disclosed.
EastGroup Properties Buys 50 Acres for Development of 655,400 SF Industrial Project in Mesa, Arizona
by Amy Works
MESA, ARIZ. — EastGroup Properties has assembled and closed on 50 acres in the Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport submarket for the development of Gateway Interchange, a Class A industrial development. Totaling 655,400 square feet and seven buildings, Gateway Interchange will feature spaces ranging from 13,440 square feet to 180,000 square feet with 28- to 32-foot clear heights, seven-inch floor thickness, abundant power, full concrete truck courts, dock-high and ground-level loading, LED warehouse lighting and ESFR sprinkler system. The buildings will include glass roll-up doors leading out of breakrooms to covered patio areas, six outdoor amenity nodes that are interconnected by trails and feature patio tables and chairs for outdoor dining, as well as turf areas for cornhole and other outdoor games. The project will be developed in two phases, with Phase I consisting of four buildings totaling 359,700 square feet and Phase II is slated for three buildings totaling 295,700 square feet. Willmeng Construction is serving as general contractor and Butler Design Group is serving as architect. Construction of Phase I is slated to begin third quarter of 2022 with delivery by the second quarter of 2023. The project will be developed, owned and managed by EastGroup. Steve Larsen, Pat …
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — New Jersey-based packaging firm Imperial Bag & Paper Co. has signed a 106,122-square-foot industrial lease at 5200 South Freeway in Fort Worth. According to LoopNet Inc., the 212,175-square-foot property was built on 10.3 acres in 2021 and features 32-foot clear heights, 30 dock doors and an ESFR sprinkler system. Reid Bassinger, Trey Fricke and Becky Thompson of Lee & Associates represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Brad Balke of Colliers represented the tenant.
FRIDLEY AND MONTICELLO, MINN. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of a two-building industrial portfolio in Fridley and Monticello for $9.8 million. Foundation Building Materials occupies both properties, which total 92,008 square feet and feature more than 150,000 square feet of outside storage space. David Berglund and Colin Ryan of JLL represented the undisclosed seller. Steve Nelson of Hoyt Properties co-brokered the deal. Lincoln Property Co. was the buyer.
LDK Ventures, PCCP Sells 617,760 SF Distribution Facility in San Francisco’s North Bay Area
by Amy Works
VACAVILLE, CALIF. — A joint venture between LDK Ventures and PCCP has completed the disposition of a Class A distribution/e-commerce facility, located at 4800 Midway Road in Vacaville. A global real estate investment manager acquired the single-tenant asset for an undisclosed price. Built in 2021 on 35.7 acres, the 617,760-square-foot property features 40-foot clear heights, 54-foot by 50-foot column spacing, cross-dock loading with 130-foot truck courts, LED lighting and ESFR fire suppression. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent occupied by a global Fortune 10 e-commere company. Steve Hermann, Seth Siegel, Ryan Venezia, Rick Ryan and Kevin Flemming of Cushman & Wakefield’s Northern California Capital Markets Group represented the seller in the deal. Brooks Pedder, John McManus and Tony Binswanger of Cushman & Wakefield provided market advisory.
SAN DIEGO AND STOCKTON, CALIF. — Dalfen Industrial has purchased Otay Mesa Logistics Center in San Diego and Stockton Supply Chain Center III in Stockton. Terms of the transactions were not released. Built in 2005, the 62,875-squarf-foot Otay West Logistics Center features 24-foot clear heights, a 170-foot truck court, 15 dock-high doors, four drive-in doors and ample parking. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to DHL. Rob Hixson of CBRE handled the transaction. Located at 2230-2248 Stagecoach Road, the two-building Stockton Supply Chain III features 121,280 square feet of industry property. The property is fully occupied, with Fairview Distribution as the largest tenant. Mike Goldstein, Ryan McShane and Alex Hoeck of Colliers International brokered the off-market deal.
GIBSONTON, FLA. — AGS Properties has acquired a newly constructed, last-mile delivery facility located within Tampa Regional Industrial Park in Gibsonton, about 15.6 miles from Tampa. Tampa Regional Industrial Park is a master-planned distribution park that totals 1.4 million square feet and includes tenants such as Republic National Distributing Co. and Siemens Corp. Mike Davis, Rick Brugge, Rick Colon, Dominic Montazemi, Zachary Eicholtz and Kayla Hankins of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed. Built in 2022, the facility totals 112,000 square feet and was fully leased at the time of sale to an unnamed e-commerce company. Property amenities include LED lighting, 32-foot minimum clear heights, a 9 per 1,000-square-foot parking ratio and direct access to Interstate 75, U.S. Highway 41 and the Port of Tampa. The facility also offers future development capabilities through a 44,000-square-foot expansion of the existing facility and construction of an additional 198,000-square-foot facility. Located at 13010 Bay Industrial Drive, the property is situated 25.4 miles from Tampa International Airport.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Meta Platforms Inc., formerly known as Facebook Inc., plans to build a nearly 1 million-square-foot data center in Kansas City. Meta will invest more than $800 million for the project, which will support up to 100 jobs. The facility is expected to be operational in 2024. The data center will be located in Golden Plains Technology Park, a 5.5 million-square-foot data center campus. The site will be supported by 100 percent renewable energy. Meta plans to use the Data Center Sales Tax Exemption Program, a tool that incentivizes the location and expansion of data centers in the state of Missouri.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — A joint venture between Oxford Properties Group and EverWest Real Estate Investors has acquired Chandler Airpark, a Class A industrial portfolio located in Chandler, for $26.3 million. The transaction completes the acquisition of a three-building, 261,940-square-foot, Class A industrial portfolio that was recently built. Chandler Airpark comprises 148,830 square feet in two buildings totaling 82,119 square feet and 66,711 square feet, respectively. Each building features 28-foot clear heights, dock-high and ground-level loading positions, concrete truck courts and generous power and parking. Oxford and EverWest began the acquisition of the portfolio in late 2021, with the purchase of 800 E. German Road for $20 million. Last month, the companies announced the building’s full, 113,100-square-foot lease-up to a sustainable technology company. Chandler Airpark and 800 E. German are located along E. German Road. Together the portfolio totals 261,940 square feet. Amr Ceran and Erik Good of EverWest arranged the transaction. Will Strong of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the sale.