LOS ANGELES — BLT Enterprises has completed the off-market sale of an industrial warehouse to its long-time tenant, Expo Flooring, for $4.7 million. Located at 1933 Alameda St., the 15,836-square-foot warehouse is situated on 23,295 square feet of land in Central Los Angeles, just off Interstate 10. Through its ownership, BLT implemented a series of improvements to the property, including replacing the roof in 2015. BLT initially purchased the property in 2006.
PONTOON BEACH, ILL. — Contegra Construction Co. is underway on a 933,656-square-foot distribution center at Gateway Tradeport in Pontoon Beach, a northeast suburb of St. Louis. Completion is slated for spring 2026. Developed by NorthPoint Development, the project marks the fifth distribution center built by Contegra at the 600-acre master-planned Gateway Tradeport. The industrial development debuted in 2019 and will host more than 3.6 million square feet of space once Contegra’s latest project is completed. The newest addition is a build-to-suit called Gateway Tradeport VI. Located on a 104-acre site, Gateway Tradeport VI will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 175 dock doors, 830 trailer parking spaces and 985 car parking spaces. There will also be a 19,928-square-foot mezzanine and nearly 54,000 square feet of finished space with offices, breakrooms and restrooms.
CHICAGO — Sterling Bay and Affinius Capital have completed Pulaski 55 Logistics Center, an industrial facility located at 4510 W. Ann Lurie Place in Chicago’s Archer Heights neighborhood. The 147,500-square-foot property is situated within Crawford Industrial Park with convenient access to I-55, I-94 and downtown Chicago. The project is located in an Enterprise Zone with an approved 6B real estate tax incentive, providing financial relief for future tenants. Pulaski 55 Logistics Center features 10 loading docks, 102 car parking spaces and adjacent retail options. The project is certified LEED Silver. Colliers is handling leasing efforts for the property.
FREEHOLD, N.J. — JLL has arranged a loan of an undisclosed amount for the refinancing of a 71,511-square-foot industrial building in the Central New Jersey community of Freehold. The multi-tenant building at 6 Paragon Way, which was fully leased at the time of the loan closing, features a clear height of 30 feet, seven dock-high doors and parking for 188 cars and 22 trailers. Michael Klein, Max Custer and Ryan Carroll of JLL arranged the five-year loan through TriState Capital Bank on behalf of the borrower, The Donato Group.
By Taylor Williams SAN ANTONIO — Automotive parts manufacturers and data center operators both represent major sources of demand for industrial space in San Antonio, as well as major consumers of electrical resources. Both sets of users are increasingly prioritizing access to cheap, abundant electricity in their site selection and other real estate decisions. But that’s about where their similarities end. For the automotive industry has been a source of job growth and retention in the San Antonio area for decades, whereas data centers are a relatively new phenomenon that offer minimal contributions to local employment. And in between the two on the spectrum of industrial end users are third-party distribution and logistics companies, which really represent the market’s bread-and-butter tenant. But these groups typically don’t have such taxing power demands. Editor’s note: InterFace Conference Group, a division of France Media Inc., produces networking and educational conferences for commercial real estate executives. To sign up for email announcements about specific events, visit www.interfaceconferencegroup.com/subscribe. For data center developers and users, the need and demand for affordable, plentiful power is nothing new. And the fact that Texas has long had its own deregulated power grid has contributed mightily to the state landing many of those …
BASTROP, TEXAS — Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) plans to invest $280 million for the expansion of its semiconductor research-and-development (R&D) and advanced packaging facility in Bastrop, about 33 miles southeast of Austin. The company received its fifth Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund grant, totaling $17.3 million, from the State of Texas to help fund the expansion. Over the next three years, SpaceX plans to expand the square footage of its Bastrop facility by 1 million square feet to produce Starlink kits and their adjacent parts, as well as advanced silicon products. The facility expansion will focus on developing printed circuit boards (PCBs), a semiconductor failure analysis lab and advanced packaging for panel level packaging (PLP). Starlink is an international satellite internet provider owned and operated by SpaceX. Upon completion of the project, the Bastrop facility will be the largest PCB and PLP facility in North America. “This grant will help continue to expand Bastrop’s manufacturing for Starlink to help connect even more people across the state and around the world with high-speed, low-latency internet,” says Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer of SpaceX. Texas’ Semiconductor Innovation Fund was assembled in 2023 through the Texas CHIPS Act, which developed a …
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 20,538-square-foot industrial lease in the northern Dallas metro of Carrollton. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 2853 Dickerson Parkway was constructed in 1995 and totals 41,354 square feet. Johnny Anderson of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Stonelake Capital Partners, in the lease negotiations. The tenant is American Leak Detection.
LAS VEGAS — Intersection Equities, in partnership with Sundance Bay, has acquired Valley View Industrial, a multi-tenant flex industrial asset in Las Vegas, from Sanders Wyoming Trust. The transaction was valued at $8.7 million, or $181 per square foot. Erik Sexton and Camila Rosales of NAI Excel represented the buyer in the deal. Located at 5325 S. Valley View Blvd., Valley View Industrial consists of a 48,304-square-foot facility offering nine warehouse/office units ranging from 1,000 square feet to 28,000 square feet. The property features 14- to 18-foot clear heights and 11 grade-level doors. The ownership plans to implement a series of capital improvements to elevate the property to an institutional-quality asset. Planned renovations include a façade upgrade, new exterior paint and parking lot seal-and-stripe enhancements to improve curb appeal and long-term asset value.
KEA’AU, HAWAII — The LeClaire-Schlosser Group of Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a StorQuest-managed self-storage facility located at 16-180 Mikahala Place in Kea’au. Dallas-based Baranof Holdings acquired the asset from a Hawaii-based limited liability company for an undisclosed price. StorQuest Self Storage offers 879 units spread across 77,363 net rentable square feet. Charles LeClaire and Adam Schlosser of Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office represented the seller and the buyer in the deal. Adam Attia of Marcus & Millichap served as broker of record for the transaction.
HOUSTON — Los Angeles-based CIM Group has provided a $57.5 million loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of four industrial buildings totaling approximately 533,000 square feet in northwest Houston. The borrower was a partnership between Phoenix-based Creation Equity and PGIM Real Estate. Completed in 2024, the portfolio comprises Houston Point 290, a three-building complex, and Cypress Creek Distribution Center, a single-building development. Three of the buildings have rear-load configurations, and other features include 32-foot clear heights, drive-in doors and a total parking allocation of 593 spaces.
