HOUSTON — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has brokered the sale of a 66,853-square-foot industrial property located at 14310-14329 Interdrive E., approximately five miles south of George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. The property was built in 1995 on five acres. Kate Fernandez and Andrew Gross of Matthews represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity.
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — Educational consulting firm Frog Street Press has signed a 28,390-square-foot industrial lease at Southlake Business Park near Fort Worth. Matt Carthey, George Jennings and Hogan Harrison with Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the owner, Frontier Equity, in the lease negotiations. Steve Schrum with Glacier Commercial represented the tenant.
KYLE, TEXAS — Lowe’s has signed a lease to open a 120,000-square-foot distribution center at Kyle Crossing Business Park, a 40-acre development located about 20 miles south of downtown Austin. Lowe’s will occupy approximately 60 percent of Building 1 at 1980 Kohlers Crossing, adjacent to the nearly 308,000-square-foot facility that was leased by Amazon in July. California-based Majestic Realty owns Kyle Crossing Business Park.
WEST BERLIN, N.J. — Colliers International has arranged the sale of a 48,000-square-foot industrial flex property at 436 Commerce Lane in West Berlin, located outside of Philadelphia. The sales price was $2.7 million. The property is located off Route 73 and features 18-foot ceiling heights. The buyer was Velocity Venture Partners, and the seller was undisclosed. Marc Isdaner and Ian Richman of Colliers brokered the transaction.
MUNDELEIN, ILL. — Venture One Real Estate has begun development of Route 60 Logistics Center, a 195,375-square-foot speculative industrial facility in Mundelein, a northern suburb of Chicago. Located at 1300 Allanson Road, the infill project will feature a clear height of 36 feet, onsite trailer parking and ample car parking. Chris Volkert, Ned Frank and Pat Hake of Colliers International have been retained to market the property for lease. Meridian Design Build is the general contractor. Completion is slated for the second quarter of 2021.
WEST DUNDEE, ILL. — The Opus Group has broken ground on an industrial build-to-suit for WEN Power Tools in West Dundee, a far northwest Chicago suburb. WEN, which is owned by Great Lakes Technologies, will relocate its headquarters to the 180,623-square-foot building within Oakview Corporate Park. The project will feature a 1,900-square-foot showroom, 4,000 square feet of office space, 21 truck dock doors, two drive-in doors and a clear height of 32 feet. Opus is serving as developer, design-builder, interior designer, architect and structural engineer. Eric Chang of U.S. Asia Investment Group LLC represented WEN while Noel Liston of Darwin Realty represented Opus. Completion is slated for March 2021.
CERRITOS, CALIF. — Lee & Associates Orange has arranged the sale of a freestanding industrial building located at 12836 Alondra Blvd. in Cerritos. The property traded for $22.6 million. The names of the seller and buyer were not released. Situated in Cerritos Industrial Park, the 109,368-square-foot facility features 10 dock-high loading positions, 24-foot clear heights, a fenced yard and major street frontage on Alondra Boulevard. Jeff Gahagan of Lee & Associates Orange represented the seller in the deal.
Yonah Sturmwind of Alliant Credit Union gets right to the heart of what makes an industrial or flex property a good candidate for a loan. Watch this brief interview with REBusinessOnline and hear about demand and value in this increasingly popular asset class. Changing building needs, cold storage demand, underwriting metrics and forecasts related to market appetite for industrial and flex are all covered in this brief and informative discussion. See below for list of some of the topics covered: Pandemic impact on industrial space Asset value assessment Collections and occupancy aFuture of industrial and flex properties Leveraging coverage Loan candidate needs and requirements Q&A sponsor: Alliant Credit Union is one of the nation’s largest credit unions with more than $12 billion in assets. Working in concert with mortgage bankers, Alliant as a balance sheet lender provides tailor-made solutions for commercial real estate borrowers by offering step-down yield maintenance with open periods, interest only periods and limited to non-recourse on qualified loans, longer term competitive fixed-rate pricing, stabilized to value-add structures, future earn outs and other flexible features that resonate with experienced property owners all as a par lender. For stabilized to value-add debt structures, Alliant Credit …
HILLSBORO, ORE. — Skanska has signed a multi-phase contract with Flexential Corp. to develop H3 – Flexential Data Center in Hillsboro, a western suburb of Portland. The $64 million first phase includes a 349,827-square-foot Tier III data center with a structural steel core and concrete tilt panels as the primary façade. The first data hall will support an initial IT capacity of 4.5 megawatts. Construction is underway with completion slated for September 2021. Flexential is an IT solutions provider based in Charlotte, N.C. The company’s clients include healthcare systems, financial services corporations, digital media and communications companies and technology firms.
LIVERMORE, CALIF. — Crow Holdings Industrial, the industrial development arm of Crow Holdings, has completed the sale of Bay Area Commerce Center I – Hawthorne, located at 7600 Hawthorne Ave. in Livermore. Black Creek Group, a Denver-based real estate investment management firm, acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. The newly constructed property features 241,591 square feet of warehouse space, 32-foot clear heights and parking for 190 cars and 18 trailers. At the time of sale, the facility was 70 percent leased to a mattress retailer. Situated within the Tri-Valley submarket, Bay Area Commerce Center I – Hawthorne provides easy access to Interstate 580 and the greater Bay Area, including the Port of Oakland and Oakland International Airport.
