TULSA, OKLA. — Aristocrat Gaming, a manufacturer of slot machines and similar products, has signed a 137,500-square-foot lease for its new headquarters at 15336 E. Admiral Place in Tulsa. The property is under construction, with the warehouse component scheduled for completion this winter and the office component slated for a summer 2022 delivery. Dwayne Flynn and Ryan Shaffer of CBRE represented Aristocrat Gaming and the landlord, Tulsa-based Miller Investments & Properties, in the lease negotiations.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Stream Realty Partners has arranged a 67,095-square-foot industrial lease at North Quarter 35, a four-building, 645,000-square-foot development located in the Alliance submarket of Fort Worth. Seth Koschak, Forrest Cook and Brett Carlton of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, North Texas-based M2G Ventures, in the lease negotiations. The tenant was Prickly Pear Skin Care LLC.
BURBANK, CALIF. — Cruzan and Independencia have purchased a post-production property in located at 2130 N. Hollywood Way in Burbank. Strategic Office Partners sold the asset for $37.4 million. Situated on 4.4 acres, the 95,000-square-foot facility was completed in 1965 and last renovated in 2017. Deluxe Media, a post-production, distribution and asset management company for the entertainment industry, occupies the single-story building. Mike Longo, Todd Tydlaska and Sean Sullivan of CBRE represented the seller in the deal. Greg Grant and Clayton Matsuda, also of CBRE, facilitated the acquisition loan on behalf of the buyer.
KENNESAW, GA. — TireHub, the Atlanta-based national tire distributor cofounded by Bridgestone Americas Inc. and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., has opened its new TireHub Logistics Center in Kennesaw. Relocated from Lawrenceville to Chastain Road, the Kennesaw TireHub Logistics Center will serve as a distribution center for the company. The relocation to Kennesaw will allow TireHub to reach customers in west Atlanta and surrounding areas, while the Norcross and Chattanooga logistics centers are meant to take care of customers in north Georgia. The Kennesaw location will hold 65,000 tires and employ 20 logistics specialists. TireHub operates 71 logistics centers in the United States offering full passenger and light truck tire product lines from the Goodyear and Bridgestone companies.
ST. LOUIS — Sealy & Co. has acquired a five-building industrial portfolio totaling 554,007 square feet in St. Louis for an undisclosed price. The properties are located within the Mid County and North County submarkets with convenient access to St. Louis Lambert International Airport. With the acquisition, Sealy & Co.’s holdings in the St. Louis market account for nearly 13 percent of its total portfolio across the United States. Sealy’s other prominent markets are Dallas and Memphis, Tenn. Michael Hanrahan of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Altus Properties. Jason Gandy and Davis Gibbs of Sealy led the transaction on behalf of the company.
ST. PETERS, MO. — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the sale of an 11,591-square-foot industrial building in St. Peters, a northwest suburb of St. Louis, for more than $4.3 million. Herc Rentals occupies the single-tenant facility, which is located at 8016 Veterans Memorial Parkway. Built in 2008, the property sits on three acres. Zach Harris and Mark Grossman of Stan Johnson represented the seller, Nelson Grumney of Neland Investment Management. Patrick Doherty of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a private investor completing a 1031 exchange.
DALLAS — California-based REIT PS Business Parks Inc. (NYSE: PSB) has acquired Port America, a 717,735-square-foot industrial development in Dallas, for $123 million. Port America, which is located near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, consists of eight buildings that were 96 percent leased at the time of sale. The average tenant suite is 8,000 square feet. The seller was not disclosed.
STAFFORD, TEXAS — Chempak International, a locally based logistics firm, has signed a 156,726-square-foot industrial lease within Weatherford Industrial Park in the southwestern Houston suburb of Stafford. Anthony Squillante, Drew Coupe and Josh Morrow of Avison Young represented the tenant, which plans to take occupancy of the space early next year, in the lease negotiations. Walter Menuet, Barkley Peschel and Jason Scholtz of Colliers International represented the landlord, Crow Holdings.
DALLAS — Locally based brokerage firm Holt Lunsford Commercial has negotiated a 79,359-square-foot industrial lease renewal at 5200 E. Grand Ave. in East Dallas. Josh Barnes and Canon Shoults with Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, City Warehouse, in the lease negotiations. Buddy Turner with Avison Young represented the tenant, Peachtree Stair Co. Inc.
By Scott Olson, Skogman Commercial On Aug. 10, 2020, eastern Iowa was hit with a derecho. This is the Spanish word for a widespread, long-lived, straight-line windstorm that is associated with a fast-moving group of several thunderstorms. Winds in southwest Cedar Rapids were estimated to be 140 miles per hour with the entire city of 75 square miles sustaining major damage. The statistics are staggering: • Cedar Rapids lost 669,000 mature trees, about 70 percent of its urban canopy. The storm left at least 4.5 million cubic yards of debris. Stacked 35 feet tall and wide, it would extend a whopping 24 miles. • 6,000 homes and properties were damaged. As repairs and reconstruction got underway, the city issued 25,000 building permits in fiscal-year 2021, more than double the number in a typical year. • City government buildings suffered $20 million in damage, while the business community reported losses totaling $170 million. About $70 million of that was the result of derecho-related shutdowns or power outages. • The state cumulatively sustained $11.5 billion in damage, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which calls the Aug. 10 derecho “the costliest thunderstorm in U.S. history.” However, as evidenced in the …