CEDAR PARK, TEXAS — Dallas-based self-storage investment firm Montfort Capital Partners has purchased A3 Storage Centers, a 494-unit facility in Cedar Park, a northern suburb of Austin. The property was built on 5.6 acres in 1994 and spans 48,235 net rentable square feet. Jon Danklefs of Marcus & Millichap represented Montfort Capital, which plans to rebuild the leasing office and add a new climate-controlled building later this year, in the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
BURLESON, TEXAS — Self-storage brokerage firm Bellomy & Co. has arranged the sale of I-35 Storage in Burleson, a southern suburb of Fort Worth. The property spans 55,531 net rentable square feet. Bill Bellomy and Michael Johnson of Bellomy & Co. represented the seller, a locally based limited liability company, in the transaction. Aaron Palmer of Modern Mountain Real Estate represented the buyer, Raleigh, N.C.-based 10 Federal.
DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. — Bridge Development Partners LLC has acquired a 9.2-acre site at 5300 Belmont Road in Downers Grove, a southwest suburb of Chicago. Bridge will develop Phase III of Bridge Point Downers Grove at the site. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer following the demolition of an existing building. Plans call for a 126,445-square-foot industrial building with a clear height of 32 feet, 13 exterior dock doors, two drive-in doors, a 130-foot truck court and parking for 137 cars. Completion is slated for the fourth quarter. Sean Henrick and David Friedland of Cushman & Wakefield represented Bridge in the transaction. CBRE represented the undisclosed seller.
RED OAK, IOWA — Bellomy & Co. has brokered the sale of Hawkeye Storage in western Iowa’s Red Oak for an undisclosed price. The Class B self-storage facility includes 189 units and spans 29,120 net rentable square feet. Bill Bellomy and Michael Johnson of Bellomy represented the seller, THR Storage LLC. The duo also procured the buyer, Dougherty Storage LLC.
LAWRENCE, MASS. — Boston-based Berkeley Investments has purchased two light industrial buildings totaling 340,000 square feet at 246 and 250 Canal St. in Lawrence, a northern suburb of Boston. Andrea Management sold the assets, which were originally built as commercial mills, to Berkeley Investments for an undisclosed price.
While retail and office have had to adjust to a COVID-19 world, industrial has been the beneficiary. E-commerce, supply chain and last mile delivery are all the rage. But what has really gotten economic development leaders, elected officials and the media excited are the massive warehouse deals in cities like Atlanta that have created headlines and driven investor capital to industrial. Atlanta didn’t even truly get into the big-box industrial development game until 2004. From 1960 to 2006 there were just 13 buildings larger than 1 million square feet constructed in the metro area, but 11 were build-to-suits for users such as JC Penney, Kmart, Publix, Home Depot and the General Services Administration. Only Duke Realty (2004) and Majestic (2006) developed speculative properties spanning more than 1 million square feet. Between 2006 and 2015, there were 11 buildings more than 1 million square feet added to the city’s inventory, with seven of those south of Interstate 20, three in the Northeast 85 corridor and one on the Interstate 20 West Corridor. As Atlanta’s economy roared back in 2016, the market exploded with 17 new big-box facilities in just five years. While prior to 2015 the field of players constructing these …
WILMER, TEXAS — Indianapolis-based Duke Realty has completed a 431,630-square-foot distribution center at Intermodal III Industrial Park in Wilmer, a southern suburb of Dallas. Yokohama Tire Corp. has since signed a full-building lease at the property, which sits on 22 acres and features 281 car parking spaces, 114 trailer parking spaces and 7,000 square feet of office and showroom space. Nathan Lawrence, Kacy Jones and Krista Raymond of CBRE represented the tenant, which plans to take occupancy over the summer, in the lease negotiations. Matt Hyman represented Duke Realty on an internal basis.
LAREDO, TEXAS — Berkshire Hathaway Storage Group has brokered the sale of the Laredo Storage Portfolio, a collection of self-storage facilities in the Rio Grande Valley. The portfolio consists of an undisclosed number of properties that are situated on a combined 6.8 acres and that feature 1,044 units across 138,980 net rentable square feet. A locally based seller sold the portfolio to an institutional private equity firm for an undisclosed price. Josh Cato, Cameron Vale and Parker Sweet of Berkshire Hathaway Storage Group brokered the deal.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Moving and delivery service provider Gozova has signed a 67,883-square-foot industrial lease at 6633 Oak Grove Road in Fort Worth. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 2017 and totals 270,282 square feet. Tanja McAleavey of Younger Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.
CHICAGO — Baum Realty Group LLC has negotiated the sale of a 50,000-square-foot industrial property in Chicago for an undisclosed price. Located at 3333 W. Lake St., the two-story property consists of a former vehicle fleet storage and field office training facility. The asset is situated in East Garfield Park with convenient access to I-280 and the Chicago Transit Authority’s Green Line. Baum represented the buyer, a local developer. Baum has also been retained to lease the property.