LOS ANGELES — Torrance FRM LLC has completed the disposition of Torrance Technology Campus, a five-building industrial facility situated on 27 acres in Los Angeles’ South Bay market. Rexford Industrial acquired the campus for $182 million. Located at 3100-3110 Lomita Blvd. and 3121 Skypark Drive, Torrance Technology Campus offers 575,976 square feet of industrial space. At the time of sale, the property was 90 percent leased to three credit tenants. L3Harris (S&P: BBB) occupies 80 percent of the campus. Other tenants include Torrance Memorial Medical Center and various parking tenants. Kevin Shannon, Scott Schumacher and Ken White of Newmark represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the deal.
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NORTHBOROUGH, MASS. — Metrie, a manufacturer and distributor of interior finishings, has signed a 121,623-square-foot industrial lease expansion at 301 Bartlett St. in Northborough, located in Worcester County. Bill Sullivan, Jon Pezzoni and Matt Walker of Avison Young represented the tenant, which originally occupied 58,123 square feet before expanding by an additional 65,000 square feet, in the lease negotiations. Colliers International represented the undisclosed landlord. Metrie will take occupancy of its expanded space in October.
NILES, ILL. — Venture One Real Estate has acquired a 179,508-square-foot industrial building in Niles, about 15 miles northwest of Chicago. The purchase price was undisclosed. Located at 6900 Austin Ave., the property is fully leased to one tenant. Constructed in 1980, the building features a clear height of 21 feet, nine docks, one drive-in door, parking for 120 cars and 4,820 square feet of office space. Christopher Volkert of Colliers International represented the undisclosed seller. Venture One’s acquisition fund, VK Industrial V LP, is a partnership between Venture One and Kovitz Investment Group.
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PRP Sells Four Office Campuses for $1B, Makes $2B Commitment for Logistics and Data Center Acquisitions
by John Nelson
WASHINGTON, D.C. — PRP, a privately held real estate investment and management firm based in Washington, D.C., is making a sea change as it looks to bolster its logistics and data center portfolio and churn its office assets. The company is in the process of selling four office campuses in separate deals totaling more than $1 billion. At the same time, PRP is allocating $2 billion to acquire logistics facilities leased to credit-worthy companies in primary and secondary markets, as well as data centers and land zoned for future data centers. The specific locations of the assets were not disclosed. “The assets that we are acquiring are located in attractive markets backed by solid demographics, high barriers to entry and historically high industrial occupancy rates,” says Joe Neckles, managing director of net lease acquisitions at PRP. “The logistics and data center sectors remained highly resilient throughout the pandemic and continue to grow at rates well in excess of inflation.” The office assets that PRP is selling include Sequoia Plaza, a 370,000-square-foot campus spanning three buildings in Northern Virginia’s Arlington County. The property houses the headquarters of Arlington County’s Department of Human Services and the Arlington County Public School System. An …
HALTOM CITY, TEXAS — Phoenix-based developer Creation has completed 820 Exchange, a 1 million-square-foot industrial project in the northern Fort Worth suburb of Haltom City. The site is located between Beach Street and Haltom Road, just south of Interstate 820, and houses four buildings that range in size from approximately 139,000 to 426,000 square feet. Building features include 30- to 36-foot clear heights, 180- to 210-foot truck court depths and a total of 140 trailer parking spaces across all four structures. LGE Design Build served as both the project architect and general contractor.
CLIFTON, N.J. — Capital One has provided a $42 million loan for the refinancing of a 220,000-square-foot warehouse/distribution building in the Northern New Jersey community of Clifton. The property features a clear height of 32 feet, 29 loading docks and ample car and trailer parking spaces. In addition, online grocery startup Weee! recently signed a long-term lease at the property. Capital One provided the 10-year, fixed-rate loan to a partnership between two New Jersey-based firms, KRE Group and The Stro Cos.
BUFFALO GROVE, ILL. — Premier Design + Build Group LLC has broken ground on its new corporate headquarters in Buffalo Grove, a northwest suburb of Chicago. The 50,516-square-foot, two-story project is slated for completion in July 2022. Located at 1305 Busch Parkway, the development will include outdoor workspaces, breakout rooms, huddle spaces, two canopied entrances, two drive-in doors, four dock positions and a full indoor basketball court. Premier says the move is prompted by rapid growth at the design and construction firm. Premier recently sold its previous headquarters building that it’s occupied for seven years in Itasca. The project team includes architect Cornerstone Architects Ltd., structural engineer Swift Structural Design and civil engineer Spaceco Inc.
Buchanan Street Partners Buys Self-Storage Facility in Chula Vista, California for $26.4M
by Amy Works
CHULA VISTA, CALIF. — Buchanan Street Partners has purchased a newly constructed self-storage asset located at 3296 Heritage Road in Chula Vista. HomeFed Corp. sold the property for $26.4 million in an off-market transaction. The facility offers 95,000 square feet of climate-controlled self-storage units. The property received its certificate of occupancy in April 2021, and Buchanan Street acquired the asset during early lease up. William Warren Group will serve as property manager and will rebrand the facility under the StorQuest flag.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — ScanlanKemperBard (SKB) has purchased Chandler Business Center, a flex industrial property located at 6150 W. Chandler Blvd. in Chandler. Terms of the transaction were not released. Situated 15 miles south of the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, the building features 106,892 square feet of industrial and flex space. At the time of sale, the asset was 100 percent leased.
It seems as though we have recently seen significant weekly announcements about investment and job creation by major U.S. companies into the Research Triangle Park region, the area situated between the cities of Raleigh and Durham. For instance, tech titans Apple and Google declared plans to establish major engineering hubs in the region, adding heat to an already dynamic market. It is common knowledge that the Triangle area is respected for its large, highly educated workforce thanks to top-ranking colleges and universities, including Duke University, North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Wake Tech, North Carolina’s largest community college, also serves as a vital engine, providing the region’s workforce with STEM candidates. These institutions supply existing and expanding businesses with an impressive talent pool. Theses factors, along with a business-friendly economic climate, have grown the Research Triangle into one of the nation’s largest research centers. Although local headlines continue to buzz with real estate business news, the Raleigh-Durham industrial market has witnessed steady real estate investments from life sciences and R&D businesses for decades. Over the past 24 months, however, demand for life sciences space has had a dramatic impact on traditional flex/light industrial users …