DALLAS — General contractor Talley Riggins Construction Group has broken ground on an 83,000-square-foot industrial building at 8480 Esters Blvd., north of DFW International Airport in Dallas. Designed by Blackbird Studio Architects, the building will be situated within a 340,000-square-foot development and is scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter. PS Business Parks Inc. is the developer. Stream Realty Partners is providing construction management services.
EULESS, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 48,627-square-foot industrial lease at DFW Airfield Logistics Center, an industrial facility located near DFW International Airport. Atlanta-based Seefried Industrial Properties originally developed the asset, which is located in the city of Euless. Becky Thompson and Tom Walrich of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, New York-based Clarion Partners, in the lease negotiations. Eddie Yoo of Landmark Realty Group represented the tenant, third-party logistics firm FNS Inc.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — Mazda Toyota Manufacturing will invest an additional $830 million in its automotive plant in Huntsville. The two automakers originally formed a joint venture and announced the project in 2018. The total cost of the facility is now $2.3 billion, and the joint venture plans to train and house up to 4,000 employees at the property, having hired 600 employees to date. The new facility will have the capacity to produce up to 150,000 units of a future Mazda crossover model and up to 150,000 units of the Toyota SUV each year. The plant is situated 14 miles from Toyota’s existing manufacturing facility. Production is expected to begin in early 2021 with construction on roofing, siding, floor slabs, ductwork, fire protection and electrical now more than 75 percent complete.
SALINA, KAN. — Great Plains Manufacturing Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Kubota North America Corp., has unveiled plans for a $53 million expansion project and 750,000-square-foot building purchase. The effort is to further invest in the company’s Salina operations in support of growing demand for Kubota construction equipment. The existing building will become available for occupancy after July 2021. The company plans to launch operations by the end of 2021 in a phased-in approach. Great Plains expects to add approximately 130 new manufacturing jobs to its existing 1,450-person Kansan employee base.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — VanTrust Real Estate has purchased 76.4 acres of land along the Loop 303 corridor at Sarival Road and Maryland Avenue in Glendale. The company plans to break ground on a 660,000-square-foot speculative industrial building on the site in October. Upon completion, scheduled for June 2021, the facility will feature 40-foot clear heights, clerestory glass for natural light and ample auto and trailer parking, as well as access to Loop 303, Northern Parkway and Interstate 10. Jim Wilson of Cushman & Wakefield is marketing the property. Terms of the acquisition were not released.
PHOENIX — ViaWest Group has completed the disposition of Bell 17 Industrial, a three-building industrial park in North Phoenix’s Deer Valley submarket. An undisclosed private investor acquired the asset for $8.3 million. Totaling 70,495 square feet, Bell 17 Industrial is located at 16602 N. 23rd Ave., 16601 N. 25th Ave. and 2401 W. Phelps Road. At the time of sale, the three buildings were fully occupied by multiple tenants. Geoffrey Turbow, Anthony DeLorezo, Rusty Kennedy, Daniel Calihan and Bryan Johnson of CBRE Capital Markets represented the seller, while Mark Trueblood of Glendale, Calif.-based Trumark Real Estate Management Services represented the buyer in the deal.
GALLATIN, TENN. — Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has broken ground on an $800 million data center located roughly 18 miles north of Nashville in Gallatin. The company acquired the 809-acre development site earlier this year for $20 million under the name Woolhawk LLC, according to reports by local news site Gallatin News. The 982,000-square-foot campus will be built to LEED Gold certification standards, using 80 percent less water than the average data center. The development will also be supported by 100 percent renewable energy. Facebook has signed contracts for 220 megawatts of solar energy in Tennessee in support of the project. The company anticipates more than 1,100 construction workers will be onsite at the peak of construction, and the completed development will support approximately 100 new jobs in the form of technicians, engineers, facility managers, logistics professionals and security personnel. “We’re excited about Facebook in Gallatin because of the advantages we think it is going bring to our community,” says Paige Brown, the city’s mayor. “We’re confident in the brightest of futures for both Facebook and the city of Gallatin.” Facebook unveiled plans to build another $800 million data center 65 miles west of Chicago in Dekalb, Illinois, earlier this year. …
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — NAI Horizon has arranged the sale of American Self Storage & Mail Center, a self-storage facility located at 12220 E. Riggs Road in Chandler. Apache Junction-based Lawhead Family LLC sold the asset to Phoenix-based 535 Wilmot Investors for $8.3 million. Totaling 59,239 square feet, American Self Storage & Mail Center offers 652 units in a mix of drive-up and climate-controlled options, as well as RV parking and six commercial retail store tenants. Denise Nunez and Victoria Filice of NAI Horizon represented the seller in the transaction.
FORNEY, TEXAS — Amazon will open a 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center in the eastern Dallas suburb of Forney, a deal that is expected to bring about 500 new full-time jobs to the region. The fulfillment center is expected to open in 2021. Amazon is also opening a 200,000-square-foot delivery station in Forney later this year. The fulfillment center is located at 1475 Akron Way, and the delivery station is located at 1101 South Gateway Blvd.
SAN ANTONIO — Provender Partners, a California-based owner-operator of food-related industrial buildings, has sold a 267,702-square-foot cold storage facility located at 5505 Kaepa Court in San Antonio. Provender Partners purchased the asset in 2019 and implemented a multimillion-dollar capital improvement plan prior to signing Dollar General to a 10-year lease. Guy Ponticello and Robert Gibson of CBRE, along with Scott Delphey of Food Properties Group, represented Provender Partners in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
