TORRANCE, CALIF. — Staley Point Capital and Bain Capital Real Estate have purchased 2700 California, an infill industrial property located in Torrance, for $34.5 million, or $256 per square foot. The transaction marks the joint venture’s first investment in the South Bay market. The 135,000-square-foot property features 16- to 25-foot clear heights, six dock-high doors and 14 grade-level doors. Edelbrock, a specialty auto parts designer and manufacturer, formerly occupied the building. Greenberg Traurig LLP served as legal counsel to Staley Point Capital on the transaction. CBRE represented the seller and JLL Capital Markets will arrange the loan financing.
JEFFERSON, GA. — Trammell Crow Co. and its joint venture partner Clarion Partners LLC have released plans for a new distribution center for Ace Hardware Corp. as part of the Jefferson Mill Business Park in Atlanta’s I-85 Northeast submarket. Ace Hardware, a retailer of convenience hardware products based in Oak Brook, Ill., will lease a 1.1 million-square-foot building when construction is complete in the second quarter of 2022. Located at 1231 Hog Mountain Road in Jefferson, the build-to-suit facility will include 28,000 square feet of office space, 400 car parking spaces and 300 trailer parking spaces. The building will be expandable by an additional 460,000 square feet, and the property will serve as one of Ace Hardware’s retail support centers. David Lind of CBRE represented Ace Hardware in the lease negotiations. Ben Logue and Price Weaver of Colliers International represented the landlords.
DALLAS — Quiet 3PF, a third-party logistics firm based in Massachusetts, has opened a 550,000-square-foot fulfillment center at 10750 Denton Drive in northwest Dallas. The move added about 400 jobs to the local economy. Greenfield Partners LLC, which acquired Quiet 3PF along with Related Fund Management in 2018, developed the facility.
HOUSTON — Transwestern Real Estate Services (TRS) has negotiated the sale of three warehouses totaling 198,663 square feet in Houston. The first property spans 89,000 square feet across four buildings and is located at 15800 Export Plaza. The second facility totals 59,344 square feet and is located at 11940 Brittmoore Park Drive. The third asset consists of 50,319 square feet on a 7.2-acre site at 7211 Gessner Road. Nick Peterson and John Ferruzzo of TRS represented the sellers in all three transactions. The buyers were all undisclosed.
WHITESTOWN, IND. — The Opus Group has broken ground on a speculative industrial building at AllPoints at Anson, an industrial park in Boone County’s Whitestown, about 25 miles northwest of Indianapolis. The 256,000-square-foot building will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 26 dock doors, four drive-in doors, 219 car parking spots, 33 trailer parking spots and office space. Completion of the 16-acre project is slated for March 2022. Opus is serving as developer, design-builder, interior designer, architect and structural engineer. Luke Wessel of Cushman & Wakefield will market the new building for lease. AllPoints at Anson is a 616-acre industrial park.
DEKALB, ILL. — Zilber Property Group has acquired a 161,542-square-foot industrial building in Dekalb, about 65 miles west of Chicago. The purchase price was undisclosed. The Class A property is located at 711 Fairview Drive near I-88. Audiovisual and entertainment company Solotech and third-party logistics firm B&C Logistics fully occupy the building. Constructed in 2001, the facility features a clear height of 28 feet, 20 dock positions, four drive-in doors, 167 car parking spaces and onsite trailer parking. Dominic Carbonari, Frank Griffin, Kate Coxworth and Ed Halaburt of JLL represented the seller, SparrowHawk Real Estate. Rachel Agba represented Zilber on an internal basis.
LOS ANGELES — Bridge Industrial has completed the sale of Box Yard, a four-building, creative industrial business park in downtown Los Angeles. Rexford Industrial acquired the asset for $94 million. Located at 2425, 2445, 2460 and 2535 E. 12th St., Box Yard offers a total of 261,528 square feet of flex space. At the time of sale, the property was 94 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including e-commerce, tech, entertainment/studio, fashion, arts and creative tenants. The asset features 24-foot clear heights, dock- and grade-level loading for each unit and a fully gated and secured site. The property recently underwent interior and exterior renovations, including upgraded office finishes, LED lighting and warehouse air circulation fans, exterior paint, new signage, landscaping and improved site security. Gensler was the architectural firm for the renovations. Andrew Briner, Bret Hardy, Jim Linn, Kevin Shannon, Scott Schmacher and Laura Stumm of Newmark represented the seller in the transaction.
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL. — Brown Commercial Group has brokered the sale of a 51,700-square-foot industrial portfolio in Elk Grove Village for $3 million. The four-building, fully leased portfolio is located on Tonne Road. Dan Brown of Brown Commercial represented the seller, Gilberts and Groves, which purchased the portfolio for $1.7 million in 2016. The buyer was undisclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Aeroterm, a provider of facility-related services to airports throughout North America, has signed a ground lease at JFK International Airport in Queens with plans to open a $145 million cargo handling facility. The project is expected to create about 350 new jobs. Aeroterm will develop the 26-acre facility in partnership with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Worldwide Flight Services, the main cargo handler at JFK, as part of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s JFK Vision Plan to redevelop the airport. Demolition of the existing facilities on the site is scheduled to begin in September, with project completion slated for the end of 2023.
BRISTOL, IND. — Stonemont Financial Group has broken ground on a 500,000-square-foot industrial build-to-suit for MJB Wood Group in northern Indiana’s Bristol. Headquartered in Dallas, MJB is a manufacturer and distributor of industrial wood products. The Bristol facility will service the manufacturer’s transportation division, which supplies specialty wood to recreation vehicle manufacturers in the surrounding area. The development lies on a 37-acre rail-served site and will include 374,320 square feet of warehouse space, a 108,000-square-foot manufacturing area and 10,000 square feet of office space. Stonemont will serve as the building landlord once construction is complete. Stonemont is partnering with ARCO Construction on the project, completion of which is slated for March 2022.