MICHIGAN CITY, IND. — Mohr Capital, a Dallas-based privately held real estate investment firm, has completed development of a 200,000-square-foot industrial build-to-suit for GAF Materials Corp. in Michigan City. The property, which sits on 45 acres at 130 Tri Quad Drive, features office, warehouse and concrete storage capacity. GAF, a subsidiary of Standard Industries, is a roofing and waterproofing manufacturer. Larson Danielson served as general contractor. Bank of Texas provided construction financing.
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Textile Manufacturer to Invest $100M in Upstate South Carolina to Expand Production Facility
by Alex Tostado
SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. — Fitesa plans to invest $100 million in and create 40 jobs over the next five years to expand its footprint in Simpsonville. Fitesa was founded in 1973 and designs and manufactures nonwoven fabrics for the hygiene and healthcare industries. The facility is situated at 840 SE Main St., less than one mile from Interstate 385 and 14 miles southeast of downtown Greenville. The expansion will include a new production line that will manufacture materials for the healthcare industry. The expansion is expected to be completed in 2023. The company is headquartered in Brazil and has executive offices in Simpsonville.
JESSUP, MD. — CBRE has negotiated a 205,306-square-foot industrial lease for T.J. Maxx within the Mid-Atlantic Commerce Center in Jessup. The owner, Grandview Partners, acquired the 853,250-square-foot property earlier this year. The Westport, Conn.-based company implemented upgrades at the property to include a new roof, dock doors, electrical system, lighting and a 123,000-square-foot tilt-wall expansion. The asset is situated at 7600 Assateague Drive, 11 miles southwest of Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport and 15 miles southwest of the Port of Baltimore. Brian Kruger, Bobby Clements and Erik Evans of Newmark represented the landlord in the transaction. The Mid-Atlantic Commerce Center is now 92 percent leased.
FONTANA, CALIF. — Goodman has started construction of Goodman Logistics Center Fontana III, a logistics facility located in Fontana. Slated to open in summer 2021, the property will provide infrastructure to meet the demand for logistics space with access to large consumer markets. Totaling 1.1 million square feet, Goodman designed the campus to accommodate tenant requirements from 212,420 square feet to 453,020 square feet. The site provides access to 18 million consumers within a same-day drive time, with a combined consumer purchasing power of $215 billion annually, according to the developer. Goodman recently completed and leased two additional logistics centers located adjacent to the Fontana III property. Amazon and eFulfill, an e-commerce furniture supplier, are the tenants of those assets.
SHOEMAKERSVILLE, PA. — Global investment firm KKR has acquired a 600,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility within Hamburg Commerce Park in the Lehigh Valley community of Shoemakersville. Built in 2020, the 38.6-acre property features 36-foot clear heights, 50 dock-high doors, 169 trailer stalls and an ESFR sprinkler system. John Plower, Pete Pittroff, Rob Kossar, Jeff Lockard and Ryan Cottone of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between The Keith Corp. and Kiel Group, in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.
STAMFORD, CONN. — New York City-based Simone Development Cos. has signed two tenants at its 118,500-square-foot industrial facility located at 316 Courtland Ave. in Stamford. Beacon Exterior Products, a distributor of roofing and other building supplies, inked a deal to occupy 45,000 square feet. That lease consists of 25,000 square feet of warehouse and office space and 20,000 square feet of yard space for parking and additional storage. In addition, electronics manufacturer Amphenol Nexus Technologies signed a lease for 31,134 square feet of indoor space.
Colliers Negotiates 134,000 SF Industrial Lease in Upstate South Carolina for Automotive Supplier
by Alex Tostado
DUNCAN, S.C. — Colliers International has negotiated a 134,000-square-foot industrial lease for MingHua USA Inc., a manufacturer of plastic automotive parts and molds, within Woods Chapel Crossing industrial park in Duncan. MingHua is a subsidiary of China-based Jiangnan Mold Plastic Technology Corp. (JMPT). MingHua originally entered the market in 2016 when it signed a 160,000-square-foot lease for an injection molding facility in Greer, less than a half-mile from Woods Chapel Crossing. JMPT’s customers include BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen and General Motors. MingHua’s facility is situated at 1121 Woods Chapel Road, two miles from Interstate 85 and equidistant between Spartanburg and Greenville. The landlord, Atlanta-based Robinson Weeks, is developing Woods Chapel Crossing on a speculative basis. This is the first lease signed within the park. Dillon Swayngim of Colliers represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Kacie Jackson, Brian Young and Elliot Fayssoux of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the landlord.
DALLAS — Idaho-based Cold Summit Development will build a $60 million cold storage facility at 2800 Cedardale Road in South Dallas. The 343,000-square-foot facility will be situated on 29 acres and will feature 50-foot clear heights. Site work and construction are anticipated to start immediately with completion slated for September 2021. Cold Summit Dallas will be just the 12th cold storage facility built in the metroplex in the last 20 years, according to the developer.
HEREFORD, TEXAS — A subsidiary of Green Plains Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRE), a processor of food commodities, has entered into an agreement to sell its ethanol plant in Hereford, located outside Amarillo, for $39 million. Green Plains has also entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire the storage and transportation assets and the assignment of railcar leases associated with the Hereford ethanol plant for $10 million. Hereford Ethanol Partners LP is buying the plant.
CHICAGO — Logistics Property Co. (LPC) has closed its develop-to-core fund named LPC Logistics Venture One LP with total equity commitments of $1 billion from several global institutional investors. The fund focuses on ground-up development opportunities across the country. Chicago-based LPC, launched in early 2018, focuses on the acquisition, development and management of logistics properties across North America. The company has already allocated approximately 90 percent of the fund with significant holdings in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Seattle and Pocona, Pa. MIRA Real Estate, part of Macquarie Group and the majority shareholder of LPC, acted as exclusive financial advisor and placement agent on the fund. LPC manages properties in key logistics markets with an estimated value of over $1.5 billion.