ALCOA, TENN. — Amazon plans to open a 634,812-square-foot fulfillment center in Alcoa, which is located 14 miles south of Knoxville. The development, which is anticipated to launch in 2022, will create nearly 800 new, full-time jobs. Dallas-based Hillwood Development Co. Inc. is developing the project on behalf of Amazon. The Alcoa facility will be Amazon’s third fulfillment center in Tennessee to use Amazon Robotics technology and the company’s eighth fulfillment center in the Volunteer State. Amazon employees at the center will pick, pack and ship smaller customer items, such as books, electronics and consumer goods. The starting wage will be $15.
Industrial
TOLEDO, OHIO — NAI Hiffman has brokered the sale of a single-tenant industrial building in Toledo for $12.9 million. Located at 1411 Campbell St., the building serves as a production and distribution facility for Brenntag Great Lakes LLC, a chemical and ingredients distributor. The 227,028-square-foot property was renovated last year. The building features a clear height of 22 feet, 14 docks, one drive-in door and 10 rail doors. An adjacent 13.5-acre lot was also part of the sale and is currently utilized as a trailer lot and tank farm. Patrick Sullivan and Ryan Chambers of NAI Hiffman teamed up with Terry Coyne of Newmark to represent the seller, Phoenix Toledo Industrial Investors LLC, which is an affiliate of Milwaukee-based Phoenix Investors. New Jersey-based Four Springs Capital Trust was the buyer.
DUPONT, WASH. — Duke Realty has completed the purchase of The Cubes at DuPont, a 1.6 million-square-foot industrial park in DuPont. CRG, the national real estate development and investment arm of Clayco, sold the asset for $221 million. The project was developed in 2018 as a joint venture partnership with U.S. Logistics Fund, the CRG’s national build-to-core industrial fund vehicle. The Cubes at DuPont features a 747,488-square-foot speculative warehouse that is fully leased to Kimberly-Clark, a redeveloped 340,000-square-foot building that underwent extensive capital improvements, and a 494,900-square-foot speculative warehouse available for immediate occupancy. The project is the redevelopment of the former Intel Campus at the DuPont Corporate Center. The transformation involved the demolition of 600,000 square feet of office space once Intel vacated the campus. The location offers immediate proximity to Interstate 5 and travel times of less than 20 minutes to the Port of Tacoma, Wash., one hour to Seattle and two hours to Portland, Ore, according to CRG. Brett Hartzell and Darla Long of CBRE National Partners brokered the sale. Wilma Warshak of Washington Real Estate Advisors was CRG’s listing agent on the site.
HOUSTON — Colliers International has negotiated a 157,805-square-foot industrial lease at Cypress Preserve Logistics Center in North Houston. The property consists of two multi-tenant buildings totaling 516,000 square feet and two smaller freestanding buildings. Walker Barnett and Ryan Byrd of Colliers represented the landlord, Davis Commercial Development, in the lease negotiations. Trace Elrod of Newmark represented the tenant, Source Logistics Houston.
GARLAND, TEXAS — Plastipak Packaging, a Michigan-based supplier of bottles for major food companies like PepsiCo and Kraft Heinz, will undertake a $10 million expansion of its industrial facility in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Garland. The project will include capital investment in the company’s 400,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and is expected to create six new jobs. Plastipak’s total footprint in Garland exceeds 900,000 square feet.
Butters Construction, Greystar Buy Metro Miami Site for $53.5M, Planning Industrial and Multifamily Project
by John Nelson
HIALEAH GARDENS, FLA. — Butters Construction & Development has partnered with Greystar for the future development of Miami Midway Park, a 45.1-acre site at NW 97th Ave. and NW 170th St. in Hialeah Gardens. The joint venture partnership will develop a 500,000-square-foot, Class-A distribution industrial park and 360 garden-style multifamily apartments. The Butters-Greystar joint venture purchased the site from Miami-based Terra Group and New Valley for $53.5 million. Terra and New Valley broke ground on an adjacent multifamily project dubbed Natura Gardens, which will span 460 units on 27 acres and open in 2022. CBRE Capital Markets helped match Greystar with Butters Construction for Miami Midway Park. CBRE identified Greystar and its partner, Whitman Peterson, as the development and equity partner for the industrial component of the project, while a Greystar affiliate is closing on the multifamily portion of the project. Christian Lee, Chris Riley and Jose Lobon of CBRE led the transaction. The firm’s Devin White, David Albert and Royce Rose assisted.
VanTrust Breaks Ground on 515-Acre Interstate West Industrial Development Near Savannah
by John Nelson
BRYAN COUNTY, GA. — VanTrust Real Estate LLC has broken ground on the 515-acre Interstate West industrial development in Bryan County, just 30 miles west of Savannah. The first phase includes a 1.2 million-square-foot speculative, Class A warehouse that will deliver in the fourth quarter. Overall the park will have the capacity for 4.9 million square feet of industrial space. Danny Chase and David Sink of Colliers International | Savannah are marketing Interstate West for lease on behalf of VanTrust. Situated just off Interstate 16 and Highway 280, Interstate West will be situated about 22.6 miles from Port of Savannah, 15 miles from Interstate 95 and 18 miles from the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport. VanTrust Real Estate LLC is a full-service commercial real estate development company based in Kansas City, Mo. No other development team members were disclosed.
DALLAS — The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) has opened a 1.5 million-square-foot distribution center in Dallas as part of the Atlanta-based retailer’s $1.2 billion initiative to expand its national distribution network. Home Depot intends to grow its supply chain footprint in Dallas-Fort Worth from 2.1 million to 4.5 million square feet and to create 1,500 new jobs by the end of the year. The company currently operates 20 distribution centers throughout Texas and 20 retail stores within a 50-mile radius of Dallas.
JOLIET, ILL. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of the Laraway Distribution Center in Joliet for an undisclosed price. The 736,780-square-foot warehouse sits on over 34 acres at 1151 E. Laraway Road within the I-80 submarket. Built in 2008, the facility was fully leased to three tenants at the time of sale. Jeff Devine and Steve Disse of Colliers represented the seller, Clarion Partners LLC. Exeter Property Group purchased the asset.
KYLE, TEXAS — Bellomy & Co. has arranged the sale of Kyle Premier Storage, a 707-unit self-storage facility located about 20 miles south of Austin. The Class A property spans 81,781 net rentable square feet. Bill Bellomy and Michael Johnson of Bellomy & Co. represented the seller, a locally based private investor, in the transaction. The duo also procured the Delaware-based buyer, AGAP Kyle LLC.