INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MINN. — A joint venture between PCCP and United Properties has broken ground on InverPoint 2, a 96,000-square-foot speculative industrial building in the Twin Cities suburb of Inver Grove Heights. The property will be situated at 8450 Courthouse Blvd. within the InverPoint Business Park. Completion is slated for late 2022. InverPoint 2 will feature a clear height of 28 feet, 12 dock doors, four drive-in doors, 108 surface parking stalls and five entrances. The facility will be able to accommodate tenants ranging in size from 16,000 to 96,000 square feet. InverPoint Business Park will include five buildings spanning 475,000 square feet upon full buildout.
CINCINNATI — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the sale of a 93,000-square-foot industrial facility occupied by Frisch’s Commissary Kitchen in Cincinnati for $10.3 million. Located at 3011 Stanton Ave., the property also includes an onsite research and development department that is utilized for the restaurant chain’s brand innovation. There are more than 13 years remaining on the triple net lease. Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS represented the seller, a Southeast-based family partnership. Jeff Bracco of The Kase Group represented the buyer, a partnership based in the San Francisco Bay area. Frisch’s operates more than 177 restaurants.
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Rising Interest Rates and Inflation to Fuel Change in Property Markets
Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2020, commercial real estate buyers and sellers moved off the sidelines and began fueling an impressive investment sales rebound as many pandemic-related lockdowns and restrictions eased or ended. The rush to purchase hard assets hit its apex a year later when commercial property sales surged to a record $362 billion in the fourth quarter of 2021 alone, according to Real Capital Analytics, a part of MSCI Real Assets that tracks property transactions of $2.5 million or more. The strong market is continuing this year: Deals of $170.8 billion closed in the first quarter, a year-over-year increase of 56 percent, Real Capital reports. Buyers in the first quarter also pushed up prices 17.4 percent over the prior year, according to Real Capital’s Commercial Property Price Indices (CPPI). But given rising interest rates and other recent headwinds, will investors continue to drive robust investment activity and bid up prices? The 10-Year Treasury yield has spiked some 150 basis points to around 3 percent since the beginning of 2022, and fixed 10-year mortgage rates of between 3 percent and 4 percent are up about 100 basis points. For short-term variable loans, the benchmark secured overnight financing rate …
HOUSTON — North Texas-based Jackson-Shaw will develop Post Oak Logistics Park, a 536,992-square-foot industrial project that will be located in southwest Houston. Post Oak Logistics Park will comprise a 168,893-square-foot front-load building and a 368,099-square-foot cross-dock building. The typical bay is 56 feet by 50 feet, with 130- to 185-foot truck courts and ample trailer storage. An affiliate of Greystar is Jackson-Shaw’s equity partner on the project. Rosenberger Construction is the general contractor, with Powers Brown serving as the architect and WGA as the civil engineering firm. BancFirst provided construction financing. Cushman & Wakefield is the leasing agent. Completion is slated for the second quarter of 2023.
EL PASO, TEXAS — CBRE has preleased a 169,011-square-foot industrial building located in El Paso’s Far East submarket to an undisclosed logistics user. Mississippi-based EastGroup Properties is developing the speculative property, which sits on 12.6 acres, with completion slated for July. Building features include 32-foot clear heights, 135-foot truck court depths and parking for 163 cars and 50 trailers. Bill Caparis and Andre Rocha of CBRE represented EastGroup Properties in the lease negotiations.
HUMBLE, TEXAS — Colliers has brokered the sale of a 48,000-square-foot industrial facility in northeastern Houston suburb of Humble. The property comprises four buildings on a 3.3-acre site. Tom Condon Jr. of Colliers represented the seller, R.B. Machine Works, in the transaction. Patrick Swint of Knightsbridge Ventures represented the buyer, an entity doing business as 2407 Wilson LLC.
STERLING HEIGHTS, MICH. — Alliant Credit Union has provided a five-year, $16 million loan for the refinancing of a 370,656-square-foot industrial building in Sterling Heights, about 20 miles north of downtown Detroit. The property includes 47,856 square feet of office space. The borrower was a private investor group that closed an original loan with Alliant in December 2017.
COUNTRYSIDE, ILL. — In a sale-leaseback transaction, MDH Partners has purchased a 78,490-square-foot industrial property in Countryside, about 18 miles southwest of Chicago. The sales price was undisclosed. The property is located at 5315 Dansher Road within Chicago’s North I-55 industrial submarket. Doug Pilcher of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller and tenant, Sokol & Co., which is a food manufacturing company. Houston Hawley served as the acquisition lead for MDH.
ELGIN, ILL. — Chicago-based Martinez Produce & Seafood has expanded its Chicagoland footprint with the purchase of a 65,772-square-foot industrial facility in Elgin. The building, which features six truck docks and two drive-in doors, more than doubles the company’s footprint. Cory Kay and Mike DeSerto of Entre Commercial Realty represented Martinez Produce & Seafood, while Lee & Associates represented the seller. The sales price and seller were not provided.
BOULDER, COLO. — Good Investment Partners (GIP) has received a $27 million loan for the acquisition of a light industrial and office portfolio comprising six properties in Boulder. The single- and multi-tenant buildings are located at 6797, 6837 and 6899 Winchester Circle and 4695, 4697 and 4699 Nautilus Court. Completed between 1982 and 2001, the portfolio was 87.8-percent leased to 23 tenants at the time of the loan closing. The buildings offer clear heights ranging from 13.6 to 20.5 feet, high office finishes, 21 grade-level doors, 19 dock-high doors and ample parking. GIP plans to enhance the properties, which total 184,462 square feet, serve small- to mid-sized companies in the market. Jason Carlos and William Haass of JLL Capital Markets arranged the floating-rate loan through Argentic Investment Management.