BEAUMONT, TEXAS — General contractor Catamount Constructors and St. Louis-based HDA Architects have completed a 61,300-square-foot industrial expansion project for Giglio Distributing in Beaumont. The project added a 40,000-square-foot warehouse; a 12,800-square-foot receiving dock area; 5,900-square-foot side bay loading area; 1,600 square feet of office space; and an 800-square-foot customer pickup space. Prior to the expansion, the facility spanned 74,000 square feet of warehouse and office space. Giglio Distributing is a locally based wholesale alcoholic beverage distributor that also carries some select non-alcoholic brands.
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 39,812-square-foot industrial lease at 415 Bank St. in the Fort Worth suburb of Southlake. The space is located within Southlake Business Park, a three-building, 182,129-square-foot complex. Mark Graybill of Lee & Associates represented the tenant, logistics firm Technical Transportation, in the lease negotiations. Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, Southlake Industrial.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — VanTrust Real Estate has purchased a 350-acre land site north of the Interstate 15 and Speedway Boulevard interchange in North Las Vegas. VanTrust plans to develop 4.5 million square feet of distribution facilities on the site, which is between the new City of North Las Vegas water line and the Union Pacific Rail line. Construction of utility and roadway improvements is slated to begin in the third quarter of 2021, with building construction following shortly thereafter. This land purchase comes on the heels of the VanTrust’s acquisition of 16 acres for the development of a 246,000-square-foot speculative industrial distribution building at the northwest corner of Tropical Parkway and Nicco Way in North Las Vegas. The building is slated for completion in March 2022 and will be VanTrust’s 11th building developed in North Las Vegas in the past five years.
PERRIS, CALIF. — Atlanta-based Core5 Industrial Partners has completed the sale of Harvill Business Center, a modern logistics facility in Perris. Black Creek Group bought the asset for an undisclosed price. Completed in early 2020, the 423,665-square-foot property features a Ductilcrete concrete floor slab, 36-foot clear heights, 2.5 percent skylights, LED lighting, a gated concrete truck yard, on-site truck staging and low-water landscaping. American Standard, a subsidiary of Lixil Corp. and a North American plumbing and building products manufacturer, occupies Harvill Business Center on a long-term basis. Michael Chavez of Lee & Associates represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Realterm, a Maryland-based logistics real estate firm, has purchased a distribution facility located at 1666 N. McClintock Drive in Tempe. A local real estate investment firm sold the property for $27 million. Constructed in 2004 as a build-to-suit for FedEx, the single-story, 145,872-square-foot building features 24-foot clear heights, 11 grade-level overhead doors, 26 dock-high doors and a three-lane driveway along McClintock Drive. FedEx recently signed a triple-net lease extension at the last-mile property. Geoffrey Turbow, Gary Cornish, Matt Pourcho, Anthony DeLorenzo, Gary Stache, Bryan Johnson and Bill Bayless of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.
LAS VEGAS — Colliers International has arranged the sale of an industrial property located at 6280 Annie Oakley Drive in Las Vegas. 1201 American Pacific LLC acquired the asset from JPFH II LLC for $4.7 million. The property features 23,604 square feet of industrial space. Suzette LaGrange and Kara Walker of Colliers represented the seller, while Dan Doherty, Paul Sweetland, Chris Lane and Jerry Doty of Colliers represented the buyer in the deal.
SAN FRANCISCO — CBRE Capital Markets has secured construction financing for The Maclac Building, a five-story, 108,161-square-foot property located at 192-198 Utah St. and 151-191 Potrero Ave. in San Francisco. The borrower, a joint venture between affiliates of Comstock Realty Partners and Dune Real Estate Partners, plans to redevelop the asset, which is zoned as a production, distribution and repair (PDR). PDR refers to a variety of businesses encompassing dent and repair shops, marketing and advertising companies, traditional brick-and-mortar retailers and others, and according to the San Francisco Planning Department is used “instead of industrial to avoid conjuring images of heavy, ‘smoke-stack’ industry, such as large manufacturing plants, smelting operations and refineries.” Mike Walker and Brad Zampa of CBRE’s San Francisco office arranged the five-year, floating-rate, full-term interest-only financing for the borrower. The property spans five interconnected buildings over two parcels and half a city block in San Francisco’s SOMA Potrero District. Redevelopment started in May 2020 and is being completed in phases, with delivery expected for third-quarter 2022. The joint venture plans to reconfigure, upgrade and expand the current structures with 4,000 amps of power, updated building systems, green roof terraces and a multi-story glass atrium lobby tying the …
LAKELAND, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Dragstrip Logistics Center, a 710,962-square-foot, Class A distribution center located in Lakeland. Amazon is a tenant at the facility, according to the Tampa Bay Business Journal. Mike Davis, Rick Brugge, Stewart Calhoun, Rick Colon, Casey Masters, Dominic Montazemi and Zachary Eicholtz of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Atlanta-based Ackerman & Co., in the transaction. Led by Steve Centrella, Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. acquired the property on behalf of one of its managed funds. The purchase price was not disclosed. Located at 8100 State-Road 33, Dragstrip Logistics Center is located between Tampa and Orlando and is situated along the Interstate 4 corridor. The building features a cross-dock design with 146 dock-high doors, 40-foot clear heights, 185-foot truck court depths plus 60-foot concrete aprons, 183 trailer drops, 858 van stalls and ESFR fire protection.
WHITELAND, IND. — Mohr Capital, a Dallas-based privately held real estate investment firm, has started construction on a new speculative industrial development within Mohr Logistics Park in Whiteland. The 827,000-square-foot development will feature a clear height of 32 feet. Mohr is also scheduled to break ground on a 1 million-square-foot project within the logistics park in the next 60 days. The 827,000-square-foot building is slated for completion in October, while the 1 million-square-foot project is scheduled to wrap up in January.
PHOENIX — Lincoln Property Co. has completed the disposition of an industrial portfolio located at 4441 W. Polk St., 120 E. Watkins St., 4720 W. Van Buren St. and 5240 and 5302 W. Buckeye St. in Phoenix. KKR acquired the fully leased, multi-tenant portfolio for $68 million. Totaling 540,039 square feet, the buildings were constructed between 1980 and 1990 and offer 24- to 28-foot clear heights, dock-high and grade-level doors and generous parking ratios. The buildings were designed as multi-tenant industrial warehouses for small to mid-size users. Darla Longa of CBRE’s National Partners team represented the seller in the deal.