GARLAND, TEXAS — Plastipak Packaging, a Michigan-based supplier of bottles for major food companies like PepsiCo and Kraft Heinz, will undertake a $10 million expansion of its industrial facility in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Garland. The project will include capital investment in the company’s 400,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and is expected to create six new jobs. Plastipak’s total footprint in Garland exceeds 900,000 square feet.
HIALEAH GARDENS, FLA. — Butters Construction & Development has partnered with Greystar for the future development of Miami Midway Park, a 45.1-acre site at NW 97th Ave. and NW 170th St. in Hialeah Gardens. The joint venture partnership will develop a 500,000-square-foot, Class-A distribution industrial park and 360 garden-style multifamily apartments. The Butters-Greystar joint venture purchased the site from Miami-based Terra Group and New Valley for $53.5 million. Terra and New Valley broke ground on an adjacent multifamily project dubbed Natura Gardens, which will span 460 units on 27 acres and open in 2022. CBRE Capital Markets helped match Greystar with Butters Construction for Miami Midway Park. CBRE identified Greystar and its partner, Whitman Peterson, as the development and equity partner for the industrial component of the project, while a Greystar affiliate is closing on the multifamily portion of the project. Christian Lee, Chris Riley and Jose Lobon of CBRE led the transaction. The firm’s Devin White, David Albert and Royce Rose assisted.
BRYAN COUNTY, GA. — VanTrust Real Estate LLC has broken ground on the 515-acre Interstate West industrial development in Bryan County, just 30 miles west of Savannah. The first phase includes a 1.2 million-square-foot speculative, Class A warehouse that will deliver in the fourth quarter. Overall the park will have the capacity for 4.9 million square feet of industrial space. Danny Chase and David Sink of Colliers International | Savannah are marketing Interstate West for lease on behalf of VanTrust. Situated just off Interstate 16 and Highway 280, Interstate West will be situated about 22.6 miles from Port of Savannah, 15 miles from Interstate 95 and 18 miles from the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport. VanTrust Real Estate LLC is a full-service commercial real estate development company based in Kansas City, Mo. No other development team members were disclosed.
DALLAS — The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) has opened a 1.5 million-square-foot distribution center in Dallas as part of the Atlanta-based retailer’s $1.2 billion initiative to expand its national distribution network. Home Depot intends to grow its supply chain footprint in Dallas-Fort Worth from 2.1 million to 4.5 million square feet and to create 1,500 new jobs by the end of the year. The company currently operates 20 distribution centers throughout Texas and 20 retail stores within a 50-mile radius of Dallas.
JOLIET, ILL. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of the Laraway Distribution Center in Joliet for an undisclosed price. The 736,780-square-foot warehouse sits on over 34 acres at 1151 E. Laraway Road within the I-80 submarket. Built in 2008, the facility was fully leased to three tenants at the time of sale. Jeff Devine and Steve Disse of Colliers represented the seller, Clarion Partners LLC. Exeter Property Group purchased the asset.
KYLE, TEXAS — Bellomy & Co. has arranged the sale of Kyle Premier Storage, a 707-unit self-storage facility located about 20 miles south of Austin. The Class A property spans 81,781 net rentable square feet. Bill Bellomy and Michael Johnson of Bellomy & Co. represented the seller, a locally based private investor, in the transaction. The duo also procured the Delaware-based buyer, AGAP Kyle LLC.
TRACY, CALIF. — Seefried Industrial Properties, in a joint venture with Clarion Partners, has broken ground on Tracy Logistics Park, a more than 1 million-square-foot speculative office and warehouse project in East Tracy. Seefried and Clarion originally purchased the 76-acre site in January for an undisclosed amount. Located at the northeast corner of Grant Line and Chrisman roads, Tracy Logistics Park will feature a 210,000-square-foot building, a 507,800-square-foot building and a 309,000-square-foot building. Tenants will have the opportunity to occupy space ranging from 20,000 square feet to 500,000 square feet. The buildings will feature tilt-up construction, clear heights ranging from 32 feet to 36 feet, 180-foot- to 185-foot-deep truck courts, a combined 236 trailer spaces, ESFR sprinkler systems and ample parking. Completion is slated for fourth quarter of this year. HPA is serving as architect, K&W as civil engineer and Alston Construction as general contractor. Mike Goldstein and John Steinbuch of Colliers International will handle marketing and leasing efforts for the project.
RENTON, WASH. — Elion Partners, a vertically integrated private equity real estate investment firm, has purchased a 114,531-square-foot last-mile industrial property located at 600 SW 10th St. in Renton, approximately 13 miles south of the Port of Seattle. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $27.7 million. The transaction is part of a series of acquisitions the firm has planned for its last-mile portfolio, which focuses on facilities that enable goods to be moved from a transportation hub to a final delivery destination across key logistics markets, including Seattle, San Francisco and Southern California.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA — Alaska Cargo and Cold Storage (ACCS) and the State of Alaska have executed a 55-year ground lease agreement at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) for the development of a climate-controlled warehouse facility at the airport. Located on Great Circle Route, the 700,000-square-foot facility will offer 32.5 million cubic feet of capacity, providing the airport, which is the world’s sixth-busiest cargo airport, with a critical piece of infrastructure. ANC is situated within 9.5 hours of 90 percent of key markets in Asia, Europe and North America. In September 2020, the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded the Alaska Energy Authority a $21 million BUILD grant to administer in support of the ACCS project. The facility will be built in phases, with construction of the 190,0000-square-foot first phase slated to begin in the second half of this year. When fully complete, the facility will offer cold and warm storage, quick cargo, general warehousing options, logistics services and auxiliary space for tenant offices. ACCS is a joint venture of industrialist Chad Brownstein and McKinley Capital Management, which is led by Rob Gillam. David Norrie and Katrin Gist of CBRE, along with Paul Schilling of Schilling Commercial Real Estate, will market …
PHILADELPHIA — CBRE has negotiated the sale of a 40,900-square-foot industrial building located at 3440 Bartram Ave. in Philadelphia. The property was built in 1980 and is located near Interstate 95 and Philadelphia International Airport. Michael Kane and Les Haggett of CBRE, along with Vincent Jolly of CVA Commercial Group, represented the seller, the Philadelphia Housing Authority, which has owned and occupied the building since 1990. Alliance HSP purchased the asset for $3.6 million.