MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Petoskey Plastics, a manufacturer of resins and other plastic products, has purchased a 53,627-square-foot industrial facility at 2050 Couch Drive in the northern Dallas suburb of McKinney. According to LoopNet Inc., the single-tenant property was built on 15 acres in 1985 and renovated in 2001. Evan Hammer of Whitebox Real Estate represented Petoskey Plastics, which will use the building as its new headquarters, in the transaction. The seller was not disclosed. The new ownership will expand the building by 40,00 square feet to accommodate more warehouse and silo space, a move that is expected to add anywhere from 50 to 100 new jobs in the process.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA — ColorCoat Inc. has signed a nearly 20,000-square-foot industrial lease at 551 60th Ave. in Cedar Rapids. The company will occupy roughly one-half of the newly constructed building and will use the space for painting vinyl windows and doors. Adam Gibbs of GLD Commercial represented ColorCoat in the lease. The landlord was undisclosed. ColorCoat plans to invest $400,000 and create 40 new jobs in Cedar Rapids. The company currently maintains nine manufacturing operations across the country.
LAWRENCE, MASS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 135,770-square-foot industrial property located at 516 Broadway St. in Lawrence, located north of Boston. The sale included a 275-space parking lot. The property was originally built around the turn of the 20th century and upgraded over the years, most recently to include the additions of five new truck docks and an office showroom. Harrison Klein and Luigi Lessa of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — McCraney Property Co. has purchased 150 acres in an off-market assemblage of four parcels at the intersection of Garrison Road and West Boulevard in Charlotte. This transaction is believed to be the last remaining premium parcel in Charlotte’s Southwest Airport industrial submarket. If the site plan is approved by the City of Charlotte, McCraney will build 485 Logistics Industrial Park, a speculative, Class A industrial park encompassing approximately 1.2 million square feet across five buildings. The new park would bring McCraney’s Charlotte portfolio to more than 2 million square feet. Christopher Skibinski and Chris Loyd of Avison Young represented one of the four sellers in the land transaction.
HOUSTON — A partnership between Dallas-based Trammell Crow Co. and New York-based Clarion Partners has begun work on Seton Lake Logistics Center, a 255,704-square-foot speculative industrial project in northwest Houston. Designed by Powers Brown Architecture, the cross-dock building will feature 32-foot clear heights, 36 trailer parking stalls and an ESFR sprinkler system. Rosenberger Construction is the general contractor for the 16.8-acre project, which is expected to be complete in October. CBRE has been tapped to lease the building.
HOUSTON — Illinois-based Molto Properties has broken ground on West Gulf Bank Distribution Center, a 115,642-square-foot industrial project located within Brookhollow West Business Park in northwest Houston. Building features include 97 car parking spaces, 24 trailer parking spaces, 28 loading docks and two drive-in doors and ramps. Nick Peterson and John Ferruzzo of Transwestern represented Molto Properties in its site selection and acquisition of the land. The duo also represented the developer in a subsequent sale of the land and building to moving company Armstrong Relocation, which plans to take occupancy of the building upon completion in September.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Norris & Stevens has arranged the sale of an office/warehouse property located at 1623 SE Sixth Ave. in Portland. Thomas Dwight Short Revocable Trust sold the building to 1623 SE Pants LLC for $1.5 million. Constructed in 1932 with additions in 1945 and 1966, the 11,318-square-foot building offers 2,370 square feet of office space and 8,948 square feet of warehousing space. Todd VanDomelen of Portland-based Norris & Stevens represented the seller, while Eli Haworth of Cloud City Realty represented the buyer in the transaction.
HAVERHILL, MASS. — Edwards Vacuum, a manufacturer owned by Swedish industrial conglomerate Atlas Copco, will open a 121,800-square-foot facility in Haverhill, located north of Boston. The property will feature space for office, manufacturing, warehousing and research and development. The largest portion of the first floor centers on manufacturing, alongside warehouse/storage, R&D labs, a training room, cafeteria, fitness area and bike storage space. Offices, conference rooms and an observation room will be situated in the mezzanine area. Dacon Corp. is designing the project, which is expected to bring about 200 new jobs to the area. Completion is slated for the second quarter of 2022.
MIAMI — Bridge Development Partners has secured $78.2 million in financing to develop Bridge Point AVE at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport. The three-building, 589,887-square-foot industrial business park is more than 72 percent preleased and is scheduled to be delivered in the third quarter. Steve Roth of CBRE’s Debt & Structured Finance team arranged the loan through Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). Bridge acquired the nearly 50-acre development site located within the master-planned AVE, Aviation and Commerce Centre in late 2019. Building 1 will be located at 5590 NW 145th St. and span 199,800 square feet. Building 2 will be located at 14150 NW 56th Court and consist of 110,588 square feet. Lastly, Building 3 will be located at 14250 Aviation Drive and span 279,499 square feet. All three buildings will feature modern amenities and an ESFR fire suppression system. Bridge Point AVE will be bounded by Palmetto Expressway to the north and Gratigny Parkway to the south. Bridge has acquired 493 acres in 16 separate transactions throughout Miami-Dade and Broward counties and delivered approximately 7 million square feet of Class A industrial space across the South Florida region since entering the market in 2012.
RINCON, GA. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Georgia International Trade Center’s (GITC) Building 2B, a 1.1 million-square-foot bulk distribution center in the Savannah suburb of Rincon. Britton Burdette, Patrick Nally, Matt Wirth and Dennis Mitchell of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between Stonemont Financial Group and The Davis Cos., in the transaction. Invesco Real Estate purchased the property for an undisclosed price. The cross-dock building is situated on 76.6 acres at 2008 Trade Center Blvd. within the broader, fully occupied GITC. Building 2B is less than 10 miles from Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal. Additionally, the property is located close to Interstates 16 and 95 and features access to every major destination east of the Mississippi River via two Class I railroads.