SIGNAL HILL, CALIF. — A joint venture between Newport Beach, Calif.-based RanchHarbor and Los Angeles-based Manhattan West Real Estate has purchased a 0.79-acre, value-add industrial asset located in Signal Hill. Terms of the off-market transaction were not released. The property consists of two single-tenant industrial buildings totaling 18,682 square feet with a shared secured yard. Each building offers a dock-high door and a grade-level door. At the time of acquisition, one building was occupied with a substantial term remaining on the lease and the other building was vacant. The buyers plan to perform deferred maintenance and capital improvements to the property, including “white boxing” of the vacant building to improve its marketability and make it move-in ready. The joint venture has retained Marc Bonadando and Brad Connors of Kidder Mathews to handle leasing of the available space. RanchHarbor arranged a full capital-stack solution for the transaction, with the company’s advisory platform sourcing a 36-month, fixed-rate, non-recourse bridge loan from a bank lender.
FLORENCE, N.J. — NAI Mertz has negotiated a 300,700-square-foot, full-building industrial lease at 839 Railroad Avenue, a project under construction in the Southern New Jersey city of Florence. Scott Mertz of NAI Mertz represented the tenant, auto parts supplier DNA Motoring, in the lease negotiations. Tony Rod of Lee & Associates represented the developer, Denver-based Black Creek Group. Building features include 36-foot clear heights, ample trailer parking and immediate proximity to the New Jersey Turnpike. DNA Motoring expects to take occupancy of the building in the second quarter.
LAREDO, TEXAS — The JAMCO Group, a locally based provider of customs and logistics services, has signed a 500,000-square-foot industrial lease in the South Texas city of Laredo. Beginning on June 1, The JAMCO Group will occupy the entirety of a building owned by California-based Majestic Real Estate that was originally developed as a build-to-suit for Mattel. Carlo Molano of Forum CRE represented the tenant in the negotiations for the lease, which is the largest industrial deal of its kind in Laredo in 20 years.
HOUSTON — Colliers International has negotiated a sale-leaseback at Dynamic Glass Industrial Park in Houston. The 160,778-square-foot, four-building development is situated on nine acres on the city’s northwestern side. David Carter and John Nicholson of Colliers represented the seller and tenant, locally based custom fabricator Dynamic Glass, in the transaction. California-based TCI Properties represented the buyer, Gordon Creekside, which negotiated a 15-year lease with Dynamic Glass at closing.
MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS — Arizona Partsmaster, a provider of property maintenance and repair supplies, has signed a 68,342-square-foot industrial lease at Waypoint Business Park in Missouri City, a southwestern suburb of Houston. Payson MacWilliam, Jon Lindenberger and Paul Dominique of Colliers International represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Justin Robinson, Matteson Hamilton and Woody Hillyer of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, a partnership between 4M Investments and Clarion Partners. Waypoint Business Park encompasses 708,944 square feet of industrial space across four buildings.
DELAVAN, WIS. — Coldwell Banker Commercial has arranged the $4 million sale of a 100,000-square-foot industrial building in Delavan, about 45 miles southwest of Milwaukee. Built in 2019, the property sits on 17.4 acres at 2153 Hobbs Drive. The building features a clear height of 30 feet, eight docks and one drive-in door. Bill Mears and Adam Schultz of Coldwell Banker Commercial McGuire Mears & Associates represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction. The buyer, Prop Shaft Supply, a division of Machine Service Inc., plans to move its 85 employees to the property.
CHICAGO — Dayton Street Partners has acquired a 7.8-acre industrial site in Chicago for an undisclosed price. The site, which includes several buildings totaling 66,154 square feet, is located at 2217 S. Loomis St. Southfield Corp. was the seller. Dayton Street says it expects to garner interest from tenants that require direct access to the city’s neighborhoods as well as users that require significant trailer or fleet parking and outdoor storage. David Lane of Burr and Temkin, along with Ed Wabick, Terry Lynch and Mark Hale of Paine Wetzel, will lead the marketing and leasing efforts.
SAN DIEGO — Sentre has purchased Rancho Bernardo Vista, a newly constructed Class A industrial facility situated on 10 acres at 16915 Via Del Campo in San Diego’s Rancho Bernardo area. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $50 million. Delivered last year, the core industrial distribution property features 141,518 square feet of industrial space, including 32-foot clear heights, an ESFR fire protection system, deep truck court, 36 dock doors, four grade-level doors, mezzanine space and ample vehicle parking. The property was fully leased to the largest e-commerce company in the world prior to completion and will serve as a mission-critical, last-mile facility for the credit tenant. Bob Prendergast, Lynn LaChapelle and Sach Kirpalani of JLL Capital Markets represented the seller in the deal. Aldon Cole and Bradley Vansant of JLL Capital Markets Debt Placement team arranged $26 million in fixed-rate, financing with a seven-year term through a publicly traded life insurance company for the buyer. Jay Alexander and Andy Irwin of JLL represented the developer in its lease negotiations.
DENVER — Confluent Development and Invesco Real Estate have unveiled plans for Central Park Business Center, an infill industrial business park located at the intersection of Interstate 70 and Central Park Boulevard. Construction is slated to start in March on the 243,950-square-foot project, located at 9575 E. 40th Ave., with delivery scheduled for fourth-quarter 2021 The industrial park will feature two Class A buildings, divisible down to approximately 20,000 square feet, with direct interstate visibility. Building One will consist of 130,900 square feet, divisible to 22,880 square feet, and Building Two will total 113,050 square feet, divisible to 19,760 square feet. Both facilities will offer front-park, rear-load design with 60-foot speed bays, dock-high and drive-in loading, 28-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers and a combined total of 248 parking spaces.
PHILADELPHIA — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $69.5 million acquisition loan for the Crossings Industrial Portfolio, a collection of 25 light industrial buildings totaling 1.2 million square feet in the Philadelphia area. John Alascio, Sridhar Vankayala, Chuck Kohaut, T.J. Sullivan and Meredith Donovan of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the floating-rate loan through Natixis on behalf of the borrower, Camber Real Estate Partners.