WINTER HAVEN, FLA. — Miller Construction is underway on the $31 million expansion of the Sherwin-Williams Distribution Service Center in Winter Haven. Using tilt-wall construction, the general contractor is adding 296,705 square feet spread across two large warehouses, a truck maintenance building, trailer maintenance building and offices. The new construction adds 298,151 square feet (including a pergola area), which is an expansion of approximately 79 percent of the existing 384,000 square-foot facility. Additionally, Miller Construction is upgrading 3,386 square feet of existing office space and expanding the existing South Building with a 49-foot clear-height ceiling and 15,120 square feet of new exterior wall, while the North Building is receiving a 28-foot clear-height ceiling and 2,904 square feet of new exterior wall. The project team includes C4 (architects and MEP), Richard Adams Engineers (structural), Structural Services Inc. (slab consultant) and Kimley-Horn (civil engineer).
Industrial
LOCUST GROVE, GA. — Cresa has arranged a 250,041-square-foot industrial lease at 3090 Highway 42 in Locust Grove, about 36 miles south of Atlanta. The tenant is Power Grid Components (PGC), a Blackstone portfolio company that manufactures and distributes advanced components for utility transmission and power distribution. The firm has locations in the Southeast, New York, the Midwest and Canada. Michael Herz and Waite Buckley of Cresa’s New York City office, along with Tom Tindall and Brooks Morris of Cresa’s Atlanta office, represented PGC in the lease negotiations. The landlord was Granite REIT.
MMCC Secures $14.5M Construction Financing for Self-Storage Project in Homestead, Florida
by John Nelson
HOMESTEAD, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has secured $14.5 million in construction financing for the development of a 1,038-unit self-storage facility at 1995 N.E. 8th St. in Homestead, about 32 miles south of Miami. The 135,800-square-foot property will operate as an Extra Space Storage facility. Robert Bhat of MMCC’s Miami office arranged the five-year loan through a local bank on behalf of the borrower, an undisclosed self-storage developer. The loan features a floating interest rate underwritten as 250 basis points above 1-month SOFR for the first three years with 36 months of interest-only payments.
LAS VEGAS — Lincoln Property Co. has completed Windsor Commerce Park, the company’s first-ever ground-up industrial development in the Las Vegas market. Situated on 86 acres, the 1.6 million-square-foot Windsor Commerce Park features eight buildings ranging from 49,920 square feet to 397,440 square feet. Buildings offer rear loading and cross-dock configurations, up to 36-foot clear heights, up to 4,000 amps of power, large clerestory windows and move-in-ready speculative office suites. The property is nearly 50 percent leased with tenants including regional, national and global operators specializing in HVAC, logistics and e-commerce. The project team includes Lee & Sakahara as architect and R&O Construction. Kevin Higgins, Garrett Toft, Jake Higgins and Kelsey Higgins of CBRE are handling leasing for the project.
INGALLS, IND. — B&B Group, a Central Indiana property services company, has broken ground on its new headquarters at Park 69 within Ingalls, a northwest suburb of Indianapolis. The facility will serve as the headquarters for Real Time Detention and Real Time Furniture and is situated about a five-minute drive from the companies’ current offices in Noblesville. The relocation is expected to be completed in 2026. Developed by Podell Partners, the combined headquarters will span 36,000 square feet and feature a two-story office and showroom, column-free warehouse space and professional outside storage. B&B Group, Real Time Detention and Real Time Furniture plan to bring more than 25 jobs to Madison County. The project marks the second industrial facility developed by Podell Partners at Park 69, which encompasses 23 acres of master-planned industrial and multi-use space. The project received a 10-year real property tax abatement. Cam Kucic and Korey Ryan of Colliers represented the landlord in the transaction. Steve Schaub of Avison Young represented the tenant. Elements Financial provided construction financing. Systems Builders is serving as the general contractor.
By Joe Mahoney, Opus In today’s industrial landscape, where some U.S. metros are grappling with double-digit vacancies and an oversupply of speculative product, the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area continues to stand apart. With consistently strong fundamentals, measured development, disciplined absorption and diverse demand, the Twin Cities have historically avoided the peaks and valleys of fluctuating supply and demand that plague other cities. Looking at current data, during the first two quarters of 2025, industrial vacancies here hovered around 4 percent while the national average was 9.3 percent, according to CBRE. In fact, the Twin Cities have the fifth lowest industrial vacancy rate in the country. Steadfast economics This stability is no accident. The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul rank as the 13th largest industrial market in the country due to a number of factors. Among the most impactful, they have a robust corporate base that includes 17 Fortune 500 companies in industries ranging from manufacturing, technology, agriculture and healthcare to medtech, energy, retail and financial services. This diversity helps drive consistent demand. In addition, above-average wages that outpace inflation, below-average unemployment rates and above-average job growth, household resiliency and demographic stability together help make Minnesota a good place …
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Rockefeller Group has completed the sale of a 104,440-square-foot industrial building within Cheyenne Industrial Park at 3130 N. Lamb Blvd. in North Las Vegas to an undisclosed buyer for $23.5 million. The distribution facility features a clear height of 32 feet, 18 dock-high doors, two grade-level doors, a 135-foot gated truck court, 105 auto parking stalls, 2,000 amps of power and 2,528 square feet of office space. The two-building Cheyenne Industrial Park was designed by HPA Architecture with Martin Harris Construction as general contractor. Both buildings feature six-inch floor slab thickness, LED lighting, TPO roofing, ESFR sprinklers and evaporative coolers. Jason Simon, Rob Lujan and Danny Leanos of JLL represented the seller in the deal.
HOUSTON — Locally based brokerage firm Finial Group has negotiated an 18,812-square-foot industrial lease expansion and renewal in West Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 16670-16700 Park Row Drive was built in 1999 and totals 42,070 square feet. Jason Gibbons and Andrew Bischoff of Finial Group represented the undisclosed landlord in the transaction. The tenant is The Bayou City Hemp Co. Inc.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — Brown Commercial Group has negotiated a 53,854-square-foot industrial lease at 2685 N. Eagle Way in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates. The tenant, FCA Packaging, is expanding into an additional location in Chicagoland. Candace Scurto of Brown Commercial represented FCA Packaging, which provides customized packaging products and services for businesses in the warehouse and logistics sectors. The leased space is within the Ninety Logistics Center, which features I-90 tollway visibility and connectivity to the O’Hare submarket. Mike Sedjo and Ben Dickey of CBRE represented the landlord, Brennan Investment Group.
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — CBRE has brokered the $9.2 million sale of a 50,600-square-foot office and industrial building in the Northern New Jersey community of Florham Park. The facility at 5 Vreeland Road was originally built in 1976 and formerly housed the operations of Tropar Trophy until the plaque-making company was sold last year. Tom Mallaney, Elli Klapper and Denise Kokulak of CBRE represented the seller, the Ilaria Family Trust, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Faropoint, which has retained CBRE as the leasing agent.