PHOENIX — Discount Tire, through its affiliate real estate division Halle Properties LLC, has purchased Desert Ridge Corporate Center I and II in Phoenix. Terms of the transaction were not released. Desert Ridge includes 275,208 square feet of multi-tenant office space across two four-story office buildings originally constructed in 2005 and 2007. The asset also offers a three-level parking structure. Discount Tire currently occupies an entire floor at Desert Ridge, which houses a part of the national retailer’s corporate functions. Founded in 1960 by Bruce T. Halle, Discount Tire operates more than 1,200 tire retail stores across the United States, as well as an online tire and wheel shopping platform. The 12.2-acre Desert Ridge site is located 4.7 miles from the Discount Tire headquarters and one mile from the 35-acre site Discount Tire acquired in December 2022.
Industrial
PULASKI, WIS. — NAI Pfefferle has brokered the sale of two self-storage facilities totaling 441 units in Pulaski, about 20 miles northwest of Green Bay. The sales price was not disclosed, but the asking price was $4.3 million. The properties total 98,740 square feet. Jonathan Glassco and Nick Schmidt of NAI Pfefferle arranged the sale.
ROSEVILLE, MINN. — Realterm has acquired a 6.3-acre industrial outdoor storage facility in the Minneapolis suburb of Roseville for an undisclosed price. Developed in 2021, the Class A property at 2340 Rose Place West features five oversized drive-in doors, four dock-high loading positions and a two-story, 7,300-square-foot office component. The site is fully leased to an asset-light freight and logistics company that provides services across the United States and Canada. Chris Weirens of Transwestern facilitated the transaction and represented the undisclosed seller. The transaction marks Realterm’s third acquisition in the region.
IRVING, TEXAS — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of Valley View Business Center, a 414,871-square-foot distribution center in Irving. The property, which is located just south of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, was completed in 2009 and was fully leased to two tenants at the time of sale. Building features include 30-foot clear heights and four points of ingress/egress. Jim Carpenter, Jud Clements, Robby Rieke and Trevor Berry of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a fund backed by Brookfield Asset Management, in the transaction. The buyer was Boston-based Longpoint Partners.
VENUS, TEXAS — MAG Capital Partners has completed a 48,000-square-foot industrial expansion project in Venus, located south of Fort Worth, for Hughes Tank Co., which manufactures fuel tanks for above-ground and underground storage facilities. The facility now totals 140,110 square feet, allowing Hughes Tank to increase its output and offer new product lines. MAG Capital Partners purchased Hughes Tank along with its existing 92,110-square-foot, 39-acre facility in June 2023.
EAST HAVEN, CONN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $7.1 million sale a 210,314-square-foot industrial property in East Haven that serves as the headquarters of Town Fair Tire. The 38.5-acre property features 207,000-square-foot distribution center with 20,000 square feet of office space, a freestanding call center and a 176-stall trailer parking/storage area. Harrison Klein, Jim Koury and Alex Quinn of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Mellen East Haven Associates LLC, in the transaction and procured the undisclosed buyer.
DORAL, FLA. — Metro Seattle-based Terreno Realty Corp. has acquired Terreno Doral Air Logistics, an industrial park in the Miami suburb of Doral, for $195.6 million. The seller was not disclosed. Located at 7725-7785 N.W. 41st St., the facility is situated near the Palmetto Expressway and Miami International Airport. The property provides 110 dock-high loading positions, 36-foot clear heights, six grade-level loading positions, parking for 528 cars (including 11 electric vehicle charging stations) across three rear-load industrial distribution buildings that span approximately 496,000 square feet. The 23.4-acre property was 76 percent leased at the time of sale to six tenants.
KENT, WASH. — CBRE has negotiated the $64.2 million sale of the 315,422-square-foot Seattle Industrial Portfolio. The names of the seller and buyer were not released. Brett Hartzell, Paige Morgan, Andrew Stark and Andrew Hitchcock of CBRE National Partners represented the undisclosed the seller. The portfolio includes two industrial facilities: Kent Valley DC II at 6111 S. 228th St. and Kent Valley DC IV at 6205-6305 S. 231St. The distribution buildings were constructed between 1995 and 1997 and offer 30-foot clear heights and a high dock-door count.
CHANDLER AND MESA, ARIZ. — Gantry has secured a total of $39.5 million in permanent loans for the owner of Parc Germann Industrial Park and Ray Industrial Park. Located at 2215 and 2225 E. Germann Road in Chandler, Parc Germann offers 225,000 square feet of fully occupied industrial space spread across two buildings. Located at 7535 E. Ray Road in Mesa, Ray Industrial Park offers a 139,000-square-foot fully occupied, multi-tenant industrial building. Tony Kaufman and Joe Foley of Gantry represented the borrower, a Bay Area real estate investor with a legacy-hold Arizona investment strategy. Each fixed rate loan was secured from Gantry’s correspondent insurance company lenders. The individual nonrecourse loans feature interest-only payments and have no ongoing structure or operating covenants.
GO Industrial, Clarion Partners Buy Infill Parcel in Phoenix, Plan 159,305 SF Industrial Project
by Amy Works
PHOENIX — GO Industrial, in partnership with Clarion Partners, has acquired a 9.4-acre infill parcel at 3050 S. 35th St. in Phoenix. The site is located on the southern border of Sky Harbor International Airport. Terms of the transaction were not released. GO Industrial plans to demolish the existing single-story, office/light industrial building on the site by the end of first-quarter 2025 and begin construction of Three Five Logistics. Designed by DLR Group, the 159,305-square-foot industrial facility will feature a clear height of 32 feet, 27 dock-high doors, four drive-in loading doors, 47 trailer stalls and 164 auto parking spots. Payton Kruidenier and Kyle McGinley of Ross Brown Partners facilitated the transaction, representing both the buyer and undisclosed seller.