STERLING, MASS. — Oklahoma-based Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the sale of a 60,000-square-foot industrial building in Sterling, located north of Worcester in the central part of the state. The property, which was built on 4.8 acres in 2006, was fully leased to Utz Quality Foods at the time of sale. Erik Lundberg of Stan Johnson Co. brokered the deal on behalf of the seller, a Massachusetts-based private investor. A Massachusetts-based institutional investor purchased the asset for $4.2 million.
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BARTLETT, ILL. — Conor Commercial Real Estate has completed the development of Brewster Creek Commerce Center, a 436,500-square-foot speculative industrial building in the Chicago suburb of Bartlett. The developer has leased the entire building to Chicago-based Colony Display, which will use the facility for light manufacturing and warehousing space. The project is situated within a 670-acre business park that is home to tenants such as McKesson, Grego & Sons and Cheese Merchants of America. The building features a clear height of 36 feet, 54 truck docks, four drive-in doors, 125 trailer stalls and 340 automobile spaces. Brad Simousek, Ryan Kehoe and Mike Plumb of Lee & Associates represented Conor in the lease transaction. Luke Molloy, Jack Brennan and Mike Sedjo of CBRE represented Colony Display. The project team included McShane Construction Co., V3 Cos. and Harris Architects Inc.
ST. LOUIS — Sensient Technologies Corp. has signed a 300,481-square-foot industrial lease at 255 Logistics Center in St. Louis. The company manufactures colors, flavors and fragrances. Sensient is leasing space currently occupied by Medline Industries, which is terminating its lease early and moving to a self-developed facility elsewhere in the market. The buildout for Sensient will include reconfiguring office space, the addition of locker rooms, dock upgrades and the installation of additional electric service and new lighting fixtures. SparrowHawk LLC owns the building, which was constructed in 2008. Patrick Reilly and Dave Branding of JLL represented SparrowHawk in the lease transaction. Matt Eastin of Cushman & Wakefield represented Sensient.
TOPEKA, KAN. — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the sale of a FedEx-occupied distribution center spanning 26,892 square feet in Topeka for $16.4 million. The property is located at 5116 SW Wenger St. Built in 2015, the facility features 36 docks and ample trailer parking. Erik Lundberg of Stan Johnson represented the seller, a New Jersey-based investor group that acquired the property less than a year ago. A Wisconsin-based investor completing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange was the buyer. The sales price represents a cap rate of 5 percent.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — New York-based Tapestry Inc. has broken ground on North Las Vegas Fulfillment Center, an industrial property in North Las Vegas. Slated for completion in 2022, North Las Vegas Fulfillment Center will feature 788,000 square feet of distribution space. Serving retailers Coach and Kate Spade, the facility is designed to distribute an annual 22.2 million units and hold 4 million units in inventory for both retail and e-commerce. The project team includes Clarion Partners, Seefried Industrial Properties and JLL’s Kris Smith, Rob Lujan and Louis Tomaselli. Tapestry is a New York-based house of modern luxury accessories and lifestyle brands including Coach, Kate Spade New York and Stuart Weitzman.
DALLAS — Locally based firm Holt Lunsford Commercial Investments (HLCI) has sold a portfolio of five shallow-bay industrial properties totaling approximately 700,000 square feet in the Dallas area to Boston-based investment firm TA Realty. The sales price was not disclosed. Two of the properties, Valwood Trade Center and Golden Bear Distribution Center, are located in Carrollton. The remainder of the portfolio consists of McKinney Logistics Center, Richardson Logistics Center and Edmonds Airport Trade Center, located in Lewisville. HLCI developed all of the assets between late 2020 and the summer of 2021.
LONGVIEW, TEXAS — Oklahoma-based brokerage firm Stan Johnson Co. has arranged the sale of a 28,907-square-foot industrial facility in Longview, located about 120 miles east of Dallas. The two-building complex was constructed in phases in the 1970s and is leased to utilities contractor ADB Cos. and S&B Engineers. Evan Altemus of Stan Johnson Co. represented the seller, a locally based private investor, in the transaction. An undisclosed, California-based 1031 exchange purchased the asset at a cap rate of 9.3. percent.
NEW BEDFORD, MASS. — New Hampshire-based developer True Storage has completed a 627-unit self-storage facility in New Bedford, located south of Boston, that will be operated under the Extra Space Storage brand. The facility totals 55,600 net rentable square feet. True Storage acquired the site, which previously housed a recycling distribution center for Parallel Products, in 2020 and converted it to self-storage use.
GREER, S.C. — Development and investment firm CRG has sold Building C at The Cubes at Inland 85 in Greer, located midway between Greenville and Spartanburg. Investment management firm PRP purchased the asset for $119.5 million. An affiliate of Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. fully occupies the 1.4 million-square-foot distribution center. Techtronic is a global consumer products company headquartered in Hong Kong. Its brand portfolio includes Milwaukee, Ryobi, Hoover and others within the cordless power tools, accessories, floorcare and do-it-yourself segments. Completed in early November, Building C features a clear height of 36 feet, 246 dock doors, a 185-foot truck court and 555 trailer parking spaces. The building is situated five miles from the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport and four miles from Inland Port Greer, with rail connection to the Port of Charleston. “The project benefits from great access to major transportation, which we know is more important than ever as e-commerce providers are striving to meet the growing consumer demands for quick delivery,” says Mike Demperio, partner and senior vice president of the Southeast region at CRG. “Additionally, Greenville-Spartanburg continues to be an attractive investment market because of its business-friendly, labor-rich environment and easy access to the Southeast and Eastern Seaboard.” …