HOUSTON — Logistics firm Custom Goods LLC has signed a 353,600-square-foot, full-building lease at Bay Area Business Park, a 232-acre master-planned industrial development near Port Houston. Justin Robinson and Woody Hillyer of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, Principal Real Estate Investors, in the lease negotiations. Barry Hill and Doug Nicholson of Newmark represented the tenant.
YAPHANK, N.Y. — 3650 REIT has funded a $59 million acquisition loan for 50 Horseblock, a 491,200-square-foot industrial property in the Long Island community of Yaphank. Built in 1986, the property was fully leased to New Jersey-based drug manufacturer Amneal Pharmaceuticals at the time of sale. Building features include a clear height of 28 feet and 12 loading docks. Adam Licari and Jeff Shriver of Eastdil Secured arranged the 10-year loan on behalf of the borrower, private equity firm New Mountain Capital.
BOURNE, MASS. — National self-storage developer True Storage has completed a 1,033-unit facility that will be operated under the CubeSmart brand in Bourne, located at the nexus of Cape Cod and mainland Massachusetts. The facility occupies the site of a former Grand Union supermarket and spans 111,000 square feet. The majority of the units are located indoors and feature climate-controlled space, multiple loading bays and elevator access to the second floor. The remaining units are located outside and offer drive-up access.
By Tim With, Senior Vice President, Colliers The amount of empty space in New Mexico’s industrial market has shrunk to unforeseen levels. Albuquerque, the state’s largest MSA, reported a total of 41.5 million square feet of industrial space and only a 2.4 percent vacancy rate at the end of 2020. Absorption levels have increased through the first quarter of 2021, and available inventory is becoming difficult to find as the vacancy is down to 1.9 percent. Albuquerque has been on the brink of new construction for some time, with the need for new Class A space far outweighing the current availability. The nationwide industrial supply posted record deliveries in 2020 that totaled more than 300 million square feet. This represents about a 2 percent year-over-year increase in total inventory. In comparison, Albuquerque’s inventory grew by less than 1 percent over the past five years, while vacancy rates decreased by almost 550 basis points. Most new construction has been build-to-suit activity. Tenants, meanwhile, are challenged with a lack of choice as a considerable amount of the existing vacant space is functionally obsolete. The average overall asking lease rates for existing warehouse/distribution space was $6.58 per square foot, triple net, at the end of …
PASADENA AND DEER PARK, TEXAS — JLL has negotiated the sale of a three-building, 738,701-square-foot industrial portfolio near Port Houston. The properties were built in 2019 on a combined 44.6 acres and are located in Pasadena and Deer Park. Collectively, the buildings feature 30- to 36-foot clear heights, 175 dock-high doors, 10 drive-in-ramps, 262 trailer parking spaces and 399 car parking spaces. Trucking and logistics companies occupy the single-tenant buildings. Trent Agnew, Rusty Tamlyn, Charles Strauss and Katherine Miller of JLL represented the seller, Triten Real Estate Partners, in the transaction. Affiliates of Lexington Realty Trust purchased the portfolio for an undisclosed price.
MISSOURI AND OHIO — Box Equities has acquired two distribution centers in Missouri and Ohio. The first property is a 900,000-square-foot center anchored by Home Depot in Missouri. The second asset is a 150,000-square-foot Pepsi distribution center in Ohio. Seller information and sales prices were undisclosed. New York-based Box Equities, which launched only eight months ago, now owns and manages more than 1.8 million square feet of industrial real estate.
HIAWATHA, IOWA — BDC Group Inc. has moved into its newly constructed headquarters at 1525 Ketelsen Drive in Hiawatha, a northern suburb of Cedar Rapids. The 25,000-square-foot facility features a mix of office, warehouse and flex space. The property will enable BDC to consolidate its Iowa operations teams from multiple facilities in Cedar Rapids. Erica Seelman of GLD Commercial represented BDC throughout the site selection process and lease negotiations. BDC, otherwise known as Building Diverse Communications, is a solutions-based provider that specializes in outside plant construction, telecommunications site development, network infrastructure and maintenance.
LANCASTER AND WOODLAND, CALIF. — Westcore has acquired a two-property industrial portfolio, totaling more than 1.4 million square feet of space, located at 2801 West Ave. H in Lancaster and 1755 E. Beamer St. in Woodland. Kimco Realty Corp. sold the portfolio for $108 million. Rite Aid occupies both distribution warehouses on 20-year leases. The Lancaster facility features 926,860 square feet and the Woodland property offers 508,000 square feet. Darla Long, Barbara Emmons and Rebecca Perlmutter of CBRE represented the seller, while Westcore was self-represented in the transaction.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The LeClaire-Schlosser Group of Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Dona Ana Storage, a self-storage property in Las Cruces. Haggar Group acquired the asset. Terms of the transaction were not released. The buyer has rebranded the facility as StorWise Self Storage. The property features 273 non-climate-controlled units with tilt-up concrete exterior walls, metal Kynar-coated roofs, concrete drive aisles, LED lighting, security cameras, an on-site management apartment, leasing office and keypad controlled gate. Thomas Parsons and Adam Schlosser of Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office, along with Matthew Reeves of the firm’s Albuquerque office, represented the seller in the deal.
ONTARIO, CALIF. — Alere Property Group is developing a speculative industrial facility located on 9.3 acres at 1656 S. Cucamonga Ave. in Ontario. With construction underway, the 211,000-square-foot property will feature 40-foot clear heights; a 5,000-square-foot, two-story office space; 23 dock-high doors; two ground-level doors; and a 185-foot truck court with extra trailer parking. Completion is slated for third-quarter 2021. Additionally, Alere Property acquired two industrial properties: 1062 McGaw Avenue in Irvine and 14422 Astronautics Drive in Huntington Beach. Terms of the transactions were not released. The company will redevelop the 5.2-acre site in Irvine, which Ricoh USA occupies, into a 120,000-square-foot industrial facility with 36-foot clear heights, 13 dock-high doors and two ground-level doors. Completion is slated for 2023. The 47,000-square-foot Huntington Beach property, which Terrible Herbst Motorsports occupies, features 26-foot clear heights, a secured fenced yard and three ground-level doors.
