WHITESTOWN, IND. — JLL Income Property Trust has purchased Whitestown Distribution Center in Whitestown, a northwest suburb of Indianapolis, for $62 million. The two-building distribution center spans 720,000 square feet. Completed this year, it is now fully leased. The larger of the two buildings is 440,000 square feet and is leased to an undisclosed investment-grade tenant, while the second building spans 280,000 square feet and is leased to a third-party logistics company servicing the healthcare industry. This acquisition brings JLL Income Property Trust’s aggregate industrial allocation to more than $850 million across 36 properties in 12 markets. The seller was undisclosed.
CHICAGO — SVN Chicago Commercial has brokered the sale of a 35,000-square-foot industrial building in Chicago for an undisclosed price. The property, known as the Pierini Iron Works Building, sits on two acres at 6200 S. Sayre Ave. Beverly Hayes and Daniel Vanchieri of SVN brokered the sale.
EASTON, PA. — Life insurance company Thrivent Financial has provided a $20.5 million loan for the refinancing of two adjacent distribution buildings in Easton. The buildings range in size from 140,000 to 200,000 square feet, and both feature 32- to 36-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinkler systems and extra parking for vehicles and truck trailers. Proceeds from the fixed-rate, nonrecourse loan will be used to pay off existing construction debt. Shelley Magoffin and Max Sauerman of Bellwether Enterprise arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, a private REIT based in Southern California.
VERNON, CALIF. — Gautier Land Co. has completed the disposition an industrial portfolio located in the Los Angeles County submarket of Vernon. The six buildings offer a total of 464,415 square feet of industrial space. Rexford Industrial Realty acquired the asset for $93.8 million. The buildings are fully leased to a variety of tenants and feature 20-foot to 30-foot clear heights and extensive dock-high loading. Situated on 20.9 acres, the portfolio includes: a 35,000-square-foot building at 1921-1931 E. 27th St.; a 40,437-square-foot facility at 2011-2025 E. 27th St.; a 98,389-square-foot building at 2031-2099 E. 27th St.; a 126,583-square-foot property at 2034-2040 E. 27th St.; a 63,318-square-foot facility at 2750 S. Alameda St.; and a building at 2800-2840 S. Alameda St. Michael Nubel, Jerry Sackler and David Freitag of Daum Commercial Real Estate Services represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — JLL has arranged a $9 million loan for the refinancing of a 77,875-square-foot industrial facility in the Northern New Jersey community of Berkeley Heights. The property is situated on 4.6 acres near Interstates 78 and 287 and was fully leased at the time of the loan closing. Greg Nalbandian and Michael Lachs of JLL arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan through First Bank on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Camber Real Estate Partners and an institutional investor.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Cohen Asset Management has completed the disposition of a single-tenant light industrial property located in Chandler. An affiliate of Boston-based STAG Industrial acquired the building for $14.2 million. Situated on 8.5 acres at 464 E. Chilton Drive, the 104,352-square-foot building features 28-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, five dock-high doors, four grade-level doors, low office finish and ample parking. Phoenix Packaging Operations, a subsidiary of Grupo Phoenix, occupies the property on a triple net-lease basis. The tenant has made significant improvements to the building, which was originally constructed in 2000, in both 2011 and 2017, including the installation of two additional cranes. Mark Detmer, Ryan Sitov, Steve Larsen and Bill Honsake of JLL Capital Markets represented the seller in the deal.
EASTVALE AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIF. — Orbis Real Estate Partners has completed the sales of two industrial projects totaling 88.5 acres and approximately $140 million in the Inland Empire. Reno, Nev.-based Dermody Properties acquired The Homestead, a 47-acre logistics park in Eastvale. Orbis redeveloped an existing dairy into a six-building, Class A logistics campus. The buildings range from 48,315 square feet to 501,649 square feet and offer concrete tilt-up construction; 40-foot minimum clearance heights in the larger buildings; large, secured truck courts; ample parking with excess approved trailer stalls; and dock-high and grade-level loading for each building. Additionally, Orbis sold Riverside Logistics Center in Riverside County to Denver-based Black Creek Group. Situated on 41.5 acres, the logistics center features 938,685 square feet of industrial space. Bill Heim of Lee & Associates, along with Barbara Perrier, Eric Cox and Darla Longo of CBRE, represented Orbis Real Estate Partners in the transactions.
HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 454-unit self-storage portfolio in Houston. The portfolio, which is operated under the Bargain Storage brand, consists of two properties totaling 69,757 net rentable square feet of non-climate-controlled space. The portfolio also includes 68 portable units that were delivered in 2019. Dave Knobler and Charles LeClaire of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an Oregon-based limited liability company, in the transaction. New York-based Merit Hill Capital purchased the portfolio for an undisclosed price.
PLAIN CITY, OHIO — Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. has acquired a 487,900-square-foot industrial facility located at 8341 Industrial Parkway in Plain City, located about 25 miles northwest of Columbus. The purchase price was $73.3 million. FedEx Ground Packaging System Inc. occupies the building on a 15-year net lease. The 100-acre property is situated near I-270. The seller was undisclosed.
COPPELL, TEXAS — Indianapolis-based Duke Realty has secured an industrial lease expansion and extension totaling 178,984 square feet at its Freeport II facility in Coppell, located near DFW International Airport. The lease agreement with Premier LogiTech LLC, which provides logistics solutions for the technology sector, includes an expansion of 110,157 square feet of space plus an extension of the current lease for 68,827 square feet in the same building. Bill de la Chapelle with Rubicon Representation LLC represented Premier LogiTech in the transaction. Matt Hyman handled the negotiations for Duke Realty on an internal basis.