AUSTIN, TEXAS — JLL has brokered the sale of Springwood Self Storage, a 426-unit facility located at 9206 Anderson Mill Road on Austin’s north side. The three-story building was completed in 2017. All units are climate-controlled. Brian Somoza and Steve Mellon of JLL represented the seller, an entity doing business as Springwood Self Storage LLC, in the transaction. Wasatch Storage Partners purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
HALTOM CITY, TEXAS — Henry S. Miller Brokerage has negotiated a 36,616-square-foot industrial lease in Haltom City, a suburb of Fort Worth. Dan Spika and Scott Axelrod of Henry S. Miller represented the tenant, Chicago-based L & W Supply Corp., in the lease negotiations. The representative of the landlord, Fort Worth-based Key Partners Ltd., was not disclosed.
By Tom Johnson, NAI Martens The overall Wichita economy is not out of the woods yet, but numerous factors point to a continuation of the recovery from both the Great Recession and the impact of the pandemic. Since the significant employment downturn during the second quarter of 2020, the Wichita metro area has markedly recovered but remains well below 2019 non-farm employment. The seesaw unemployment rate has now declined to just over 5 percent. All employment sectors are expected to increase from 3 to 6 percent in 2021 with retail, leisure and hospitality leading the way as restaurants and travel return to pre-pandemic levels. In the background of all the pandemic noise have been significant gains in urban development with over $1 billion of public and private sector investment since the recession. ● Residential has grown exponentially with 21 new and renovated properties representing 1,228 units with some of the highest rental rates in the city. ● With over 100 restaurants and local shops, retail has increased significantly, adding almost 500,000 square feet, a 39 percent increase with more to come. ● Starting with the Ambassador Hotel renovation, the hospitality sector has added 375 rooms with another 95 rooms in …
VERNON, CALIF. — Alere Property Group has purchased an industrial warehouse building located at 4433 Pacific Blvd. in Vernon. Alere Property Group acquired the asset from a private investor for an undisclosed price in an off-market transaction. Built in 2005, the 33,400-square-foot property features contemporary design and includes 8,800 square feet of mezzanine office space, clear heights ranging from 28 feet to 30 feet, five dock-high doors and a secured fenced yard. DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
DALLAS — JLL has negotiated the sale of Bronze Way Distribution Center, a 154,000-square-foot industrial property that is situated on 7.9 acres in southwest Dallas. Built in 1978, the front-load building features 22- to 24-foot clear heights and was fully leased to building materials distributor Boise Cascade Co. at the time of sale. Dustin Volz, Stephen Bailey, Dom Espinosa, Zach Riebe and Pauli Kerr of JLL represented the seller, Huntington Industrial Partners, in the transaction. Atlanta-based investment firm MDH Partners purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
IOWA CITY AND CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA — JLL has arranged the sale of a 1.4 million-square-foot industrial portfolio in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids for $54 million. The Class B portfolio, currently 80 percent occupied, consists of five buildings that were constructed in the early 2000s. Three properties are in Iowa City at 2561, 2570 and 2610 Independence Road. The others are in Cedar Rapids at 5404 and 5507 Ely Road. Marcus Pitts, Justin Lossner, Michael Minard and Austin Hedstrom of JLL represented the seller, 2570 Independence LLC. JLL will continue to serve as leasing agent on behalf of the undisclosed buyer. The sale represents the largest industrial portfolio sale ever recorded in Iowa, according to JLL.
CHELSEA, MASS. — Burgess Properties LLC has brokered the sales of two industrial buildings located in the northeastern Boston suburb of Chelsea for a combined $17.5 million. The first property at 3-7 Griffin Way spans 33,515 square feet and features a clear height of 20 feet. Oliver Street Capital purchased that asset for $10 million. The second building at 25 Griffin Way totals 25,000 square feet and features a clear height of 27 feet. That property sold to an undisclosed, Boston-based investor for $7.5 million. Steve Nohrden of Burgess Properties brokered the deals. The sellers in both transactions requested anonymity.
NEW YORK CITY — Brokerage firm TerraCRG has negotiated the $3.7 million sale of a 6,684-square-foot industrial building in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn. ABC Collision, an auto repair shop that has operated in the area for more than 20 years, purchased the property from Advanced JAF Holding LLC. Brokers involved in the deal included Dan Marks, Daniel Lebor and Adam Tannenbaum of TerraCRG, as well as Jakub Nowak and Jake Torre of Marcus & Millichap and Thomas Cordasco.
OPELIKA, ALA. — W. P. Carey Inc., a New York City-based net lease REIT, has purchased an industrial property located at 3101 Anderson Road in Opelika for $49 million. W. P. Carey purchased the 703,000-square-foot, Class A logistics facility in a sale-leaseback transaction with JOANN, a sewing and fabrics retailer based in Hudson, Ohio. The property is triple-net-leased to JOANN for a period of 20 years, with fixed annual rent escalations. The cross-dock facility features up to 40-foot clear heights and is on a site that allows for future expansion. The property is located along Interstate 85. Built in 2005, it supplies products to more than one-third of JOANN’s nearly 900 retail locations nationwide.
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 58,418-square-foot industrial building located on 5.3 acres in the South Texas city of Brownsville. The property was triple net leased to textile recycling company Martex Fiber at the time of sale. Adam Abushagur and Tyler Sharp of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was a California-based private investor. Both parties involved in the transaction requested anonymity.
