Industrial

Americold Acquires Cold Storage Owner Agro Merchants Group for $1.7B

by John Nelson October 13, 2020

ATLANTA AND SCHIPHOL, NETHERLANDS — Americold Realty Trust (NYSE: COLD) has agreed to acquire Agro Merchants Group, a privately held cold storage warehouse owner based in The Netherlands, for $1.74 billion. Atlanta-based Americold entered into the agreement with Agro Merchants’ owner, an investor group led by funds managed by Los Angeles-based Oaktree Capital Management LP. The move will give Americold its first cold storage properties in Europe. Agro Merchants, which has its North American headquarters in Alpharetta, Ga., owns and operates 46 cold storage properties in 10 countries. The company is the fourth largest cold storage owner in the United States and third largest in Europe. Agro Merchants serves more than 2,900 customers across multiple industries. “We are confident that by joining Americold, we will accelerate our growth and by combining our complementary networks, we will be able to provide a more comprehensive range of solutions to customers around the world,” says Carlos Rodriguez, CEO of Agro Merchants. Americold is the only publicly traded REIT specializing in cold storage, which is seeing an influx of investment and leasing demand since the onset of the pandemic. According to a June report from Vyzn Research, the global cold storage sector is estimated …

October 13, 2020

Acquisitions Florida Industrial Southeast

Cushman & Wakefield Negotiates Sale of 562,758 SF Industrial Facility in Metro Orlando

by Alex Tostado October 12, 2020

LAKE MARY, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the sale of Innovation Center at Lake Mary, a 562,758-square-foot industrial facility in Lake Mary. The property is located at 2452 Lake Emma Road, 18 miles north of downtown Orlando and three miles from Interstate 4. The asset features 28-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, 50 dock-high doors and a 50-slip trailer parking lot. Innovation Center was 97 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including recycling center A1 Assets Inc., Alliance Building Material Supply, Orlando Wedding & Party Rentals and Dream Maker Spas. Mike Davis, Rick Brugge, Rick Colon, Dominic Montazemi, Zachary Eicholtz, Ryan Jenkins, David Perez and Jared Bonshire of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a partnership between IP Capital Partners and Blue Vista Capital Management, in the transaction. ATCAP Partners acquired the asset. Jason Hochman and Mike Ciadella of Cushman & Wakefield arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer. Terms of the loan and the sale were not disclosed.

October 12, 2020

Industrial Leasing Activity Southeast Virginia

Divaris Real Estate Arranges 60,262 SF Warehouse Lease in Virginia Beach

by Alex Tostado October 12, 2020

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Divaris Real Estate has arranged a 60,262-square-foot warehouse lease for Adsync Technologies in Virginia Beach. The property is located at 5909 Thurston Ave., 10 miles west of the Virginia Ports Authority. Other tenants at the facility include Auto Glass Fitters, W&O Supply and Mygrant Glass Co. Krista Costa and Nicole Campbell of Divaris represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The landlord was not disclosed.

October 12, 2020

Acquisitions Industrial Massachusetts Northeast

Cabot, Cabot & Forbes Acquires Industrial Flex Property in Cambridge for $49.6M

by Taylor Williams October 12, 2020

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Locally based developer Cabot, Cabot & Forbes has acquired a 66,964-square-foot industrial flex property located at 67 Smith Place in Cambridge for $49.6 million. The site is adjacent to The Quad, the firm’s master-planned development that includes 485 multifamily units, 60,000 square feet of retail space and 575,000 square feet of lab space. Cabot, Cabot & Forbes raised $21 million on CrowdStreet to help fund the acquisition and will implement a capital improvement program.

October 12, 2020

Acquisitions Industrial Northeast Pennsylvania

Binswanger Arranges Sale of 171,646 SF Industrial Property Near Philadelphia

by Taylor Williams October 12, 2020

MONTGOMERYVILLE, PA. — Binswanger Commercial Real Estate Services has arranged the sale of a 171,646-square-foot industrial property located at 425 Stump Road in Montgomeryville, a northern suburb of Philadelphia. The sales price was $8.5 million. Built on 9.8 acres in 1970, the property features 12 dock-high doors, 16-foot clear heights and 20,000 square feet of office space. Chris Pennington and Tim Pennington of Binswanger represented the seller, specialty gift maker Harriet Carter, in the transaction.

October 12, 2020

Development Industrial Texas

Crow Holdings Acquires Land for 568,084 SF Industrial Development in Metro Houston

by Taylor Williams October 12, 2020

STAFFORD, TEXAS — Crow Holdings Industrial has acquired 34.3 acres in the southwestern Houston suburb of Stafford for the development of a 568,084-square-foot industrial project. The three-building development will be located at 13223 Murphy Road at the site of the former Weatherford family farm. Crow Holdings expects to deliver the property in fall 2021. Barkley Peschel and Jason Scholtz of Colliers International represented the undisclosed seller of the land and will handle leasing of the property along with Walter Menuet of Colliers. Cory Driskill and Travis Covington represented Crow Holdings on an internal basis.

October 12, 2020

Data Centers Development Industrial Oregon Western

Stack Infrastructure Breaks Ground on 28-Acre Data Center Campus in Hillsboro, Oregon

by Amy Works October 12, 2020

HILLSBORO, ORE. — Denver-based Stack Infrastructure has broken ground on POR03, its newest data center campus in Hillsboro. Located at 4735 NE Starr Blvd., the 28-acre campus will feature a 180,000-square-foot facility offering 24 megawatts (MW), slated for delivery in third-quarter 2021. The new data center is located less than a quarter mile from a new 34.5 kilovolt (kV) substation, with power supplied by Portland General Electric. It is located on the Wave Business Hillsboro Data Center Ring, which offers high-count fiber connectivity and transpacific subsea cable access. The planned four-building campus will offer a total capacity of 84 MW at complete build out. Stack currently operates to other data center facilities in the Hillsboro region with a total of 28.8 MW that includes 3 MW of immediately available capacity, along with a neighboring build-to-suit campus with 12 MW of potential capacity. At full build out, Stack’s capacity in Hillsboro will total more than 125 MW.

October 12, 2020

Acquisitions California Industrial Western

Dovetail Furniture Acquires Industrial Warehouse Property in Los Angeles for $7.2M

by Amy Works October 12, 2020

LOS ANGELES — Dovetail Furniture & Designs has purchased a warehouse asset located at 14150 S. Figueroa St. in Los Angeles. AJ Wholesale sold the asset for $7.2 million. With its corporate headquarters located next door at 14000 S. Figueroa St., Dovetail plans to use the 41,723-square-foot building for warehouse and distribution space. The company sells handmade furniture, accessories and textiles from around the world. Matthew Stringfellow, Courtney Bell and Tyler Rollema of The Klabin Company/CORFAC International represented the buyer, while the seller was self-represented in the transaction.

October 12, 2020

Acquisitions Data Centers Industrial Midwest Office Wisconsin

Joint Venture Purchases Historic Wells Building in Milwaukee for $7.2M

by Kristin Harlow October 12, 2020

MILWAUKEE — An affiliate of fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty LLC, in partnership with Harrison Street, has acquired Milwaukee’s historic Wells Building. The purchase price was $7.25 million, according to the Milwaukee Business Journal. The 15-story, 165,000-square-foot building is located at 324 E. Wisconsin Ave. and dates back to 1901. The property has a long history as a communications center and once served as the Milwaukee headquarters for Western Union Telegraph Co. Today, the building serves as a carrier hotel and data center. A carrier hotel is a building in a downtown location that houses networks and cloud services. The buyer plans to make significant investments in the building’s power and cooling infrastructure. Ascendant Holdings LLC, a Wisconsin-based commercial real estate development and investment company, was the seller.

October 12, 2020

Industrial Kentucky Loans Southeast

NorthMarq Arranges $4.2M Refinancing of Industrial Property in Northern Kentucky

by Alex Tostado October 9, 2020

ERLANGER, KY. — NorthMarq has arranged a $4.2 million refinancing loan for Donaldson Road Center I, a two-building, 121,000-square-foot industrial property in Erlanger. An undisclosed life insurance company provided the 10-year loan, which features a 25-year amortization schedule. The facility is located at 1360-1390 Donaldson Road, three miles southeast of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and 11 miles southwest of downtown Cincinnati. The facilities were leased to tenants including Fry Fastening Systems, Trane Supply and Sherwin-Williams Commercial Paint Store at the time of the loan closing. The borrower was not disclosed.

October 9, 2020

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