NORTH AURORA, ILL. — A joint venture between PCCP and Transwestern Development Co. is building a 173,400-square-foot speculative industrial facility in North Aurora along the I-88 corridor. Construction is scheduled to begin in October with completion slated for the second quarter of 2022. Situated on nine acres at 950 Ice Cream Drive, the Class A building will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 42 trailer parking stalls, car parking and exterior docks. Transwestern Development currently has 34 industrial projects totaling 18.4 million square feet under construction or in pre-development stages nationwide.
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FAIRFIELD, N.J. — Private equity real estate firm Sitex Group has acquired a 30,000-square-foot warehouse located in the Northern New Jersey community of Fairfield. The seller was an undisclosed private investor. David Zimmel of Zimmel Associates brokered the deal and has been retained as the leasing agent. Sitex Group plans to implement a value-add program and make the property available for occupancy in summer 2022.
By Jerry Fiume, SVN Summit Commercial Real Estate Advisors You’ve heard it before. In Akron, everything is earned, and nothing is given. No quote better represents the fabric of the City of Akron, Summit County and Northeast Ohio. Aside from an unstoppable work ethic, the other key characteristic of our marketplace is one of steady consistency. Our pricing is steady, our cap rates are steady and our opportunities are steady. With that said, there is a renaissance underway in our area. Akron is experiencing residential growth driven by a 15-year, 100 percent residential tax abatement program for all new residential and multifamily construction. This also applies to recent rehabilitation work, helping Akron stand out as a competitive and attractive place to invest in real estate. Plus, increased residential investment will continue to attract more commercial investment. Akron has made a significant investment in its downtown neighborhood, spurring significant residential, retail and office growth. The city invested $30 million to facelift Main Street, including several significant mixed-use projects like The Bowery and the 159, creating a better-looking, more walkable downtown that is becoming a premier place to live. Hundreds of new apartments have been constructed in former office buildings, and hundreds …
LIVINGSTON, LA. — Stirling Properties has purchased the Pepsi Distribution Center, a 140,000-square-foot industrial facility located at 28517 S. Front Road in Livingston. Heck Realty/Raymond Heck sold the property for an undisclosed price. Built in 2016, the Pepsi Distribution Center sits on 15 acres and is located along the Interstate 12 corridor. The facility is fully occupied by PepsiCo. Inc. and serves as a logistics hub for PepsiCo brands, including Gatorade, Frito-Lay, Starbucks and Mountain Dew. The facility services the greater Baton Rouge, New Orleans and southeast Louisiana areas. Townsend Underhill of Stirling Properties will serve as the asset manager for the property. Beezie Landry, Justin Langlois and Chad Rigby of Stirling Investment Advisors, a division of Stirling Properties, handled the sales transaction.
HOUSTON — National Property Holdings is nearing completion of Republic Business Center, a 157-acre industrial project located at 11333 N. Gessner Road in northwest Houston. The locally based developer has signed two Forbes 100 tenants to occupy the entirety of the property: The Home Depot has committed to 657,600 square feet, and Amazon has committed to 141,360 square feet. The opening of these two new facilities is expected to bring about 1,000 new jobs to the region. Robert Alinger of Colliers International represented the landlord in both sets of lease negotiations.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has brokered the sale of a 30,000-square-foot industrial building within International Crossing Business Park in North Houston. The four-building development totals 90,750 square feet. Clay Pritchett and Zane Carman of NAI Partners represented the seller, TNRG Development, which has now sold all four buildings in the park, in the transaction. The name and representative of the buyer were not disclosed.
EDISON, N.J. — JLL has arranged $14.3 million in financing for a portfolio of industrial buildings totaling approximately 430,000 square feet within Raritan Center Business Park in the Northern New Jersey community of Edison. The buildings were constructed between 1980 and 1991 and were 99 percent leased to a roster of 20 tenants at the time of sale. Michael Klein and Max Custer of JLL arranged three fixed-rate loans through an undisclosed life insurance company to retire existing debt on the properties and fund tenant improvements. The borrower was Summit Associates Inc.
FAIRFIELD, N.J. — Questar, a provider of packaging products and services to the waste industry, has signed a 37,000-square-foot industrial lease in the Northern New Jersey community of Fairfield. Torsten Thaler, John Wilkinson, Chuck Fern, Jason Barton, Thomas Tucci and Stephen Shoemaker of Cushman & Wakefield represented Questar in the lease negotiations. Jack Shulman and Elliot Ferris represented the landlord, The STRO Cos.
BURLESON, TEXAS — Colliers International has arranged the sale of Weatherby Business Park, a 60,500-square-foot industrial flex property located in the Fort Worth suburb of Burleson. The property was built in 2008 and was fully leased at the time of sale. Cody Payne, Austin Edelmon and Michael Tran of Colliers represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were private investors that requested anonymity.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Arrive Logistics, a locally based freight brokerage firm, has signed a lease extension and expansion at MetCenter Business Park in Austin. The privately held company renewed its 78,000 square feet of space within Buildings 14 and 15 at MetCenter and also leased an additional 38,000 square feet within Building 15. Other tenants at MetCenter, which is owned by Dallas-based Mohr Capital, include Amazon, Ascension Seton, Texas Health & Human Services Commission and Power Home Remodeling.