CHANDLER, ARIZ. — A joint venture between Ryan Cos. and Alidade Capital has closed financing and broken ground on Chandler Freeways Business Park, located southeast of Loop 202 and Interstate 10 in Chandler. The project includes converting a former office building, which was originally built by Ryan Cos. in 2003, into an 87,600-square-foot, single-story Class A industrial building, and constructing a 102,875-square-foot Class A industrial building. Chandler Freeways Business Park will feature full concrete truck courts, reinforced speed bays, speculative office suites, warehouse lighting, the capacity for high power, a total of 26 dock-high doors and 301 vehicle parking stalls. Butler Design Group is the architect of record. Mark Krison, Luke Krison and Armand Doost of CBRE are marketing the project for lease.
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ESCONDIDO, CALIF. — RAF Pacifica Group (RPG) has completed the development of Escondido Logistics Center, located at lots 10-18 within Escondido Technology and Research Park. The $60 million, 146,000-square-foot project includes two free-standing buildings featuring 28-foot clearances, heavy power and above-standard loading positions. San Diego Water Authority, represented by Colliers, acquired the 88,000-square-foot building upon completion of the project. The 58,000-square-foot building is being marketed for lease or sale by Aric Stark and Drew Dodds of Cushman & Wakefield.
INDIANAPOLIS — CBRE has negotiated the sale-leaseback of an industrial portfolio in Indianapolis for $12.7 million. Located on nearly 15 acres at 1220, 1254 and 1310 S. West St., the portfolio comprises three buildings and a truck and trailer lot. The seller, Sodrel Truck Lines Inc., will lease back all of the properties for at least one year. The property at 1310 S. West St. is home to a truck terminal building totaling 25,856 square feet that features 70 dock-height doors and four drive-in doors as well as five driver rest suites, a driver lounge, exercise facility and service garage. The two buildings at 1254 S. West St. feature one truck maintenance building (19,180 square feet) and a truck wash and fueling building (4,358 square feet). The last parcel includes a 6.1-acre paved and fenced truck and trailer lot. The site houses more than 180 trailers. Kevin Foley, Austin Wolitarsky, Anthony DeLorenzo, Bryan Johnson, JD Graves and Sarah Greer of CBRE represented the seller. A private high-net-worth investor was the buyer.
HOUSTON — Partners Real Estate has negotiated a 164,640-square-foot industrial lease within Cedar Port Industrial Park in southeast Houston. The tenant, German freight and forwarding operator deugro, will occupy the entirety of the cross-dock building at 2828 FM 1405, which sits on 47 acres and features 214 doors and 1,000 trailer positions. Gray Gilbert and Chris Haro of Partners represented the landlord, Illinois-based Dayton Street Partners, in the lease negotiations. Zane Carman, also with Partners represented the tenant.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — UMC Energy Solutions has signed a 25,898-square-foot industrial lease in North Fort Worth. The provider of oil and gas production systems is taking space at Sylvania Industrial Park, a 64-acre, rail-served development that spans 890,000 square feet. Vic Meyer, Trey Goodspeed and Carter Sells of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Todd Hubbard of NAI Robert Lynn represented the landlord, CanTex Capital.
CALVERTON, N.Y. — Corniche Capital, a New York-based real estate investment and private equity firm, has purchased a 189,631-square-foot industrial property in the Long Island hamlet of Calverton. The sales price was $15.2 million. The site at 901-931 Burman Blvd. spans 20 acres and can support future expansion, and the building features a clear height of 48 feet, oversized drive-in doors and ample outdoor storage space. JLL represented the seller, KABR Group, in the transaction.
By Mike Stromberg, Opus Kansas City made the list of emerging industrial markets back in 2016, and over the last nine years has more than proven itself to be a viable, profitable and competitive environment for development. Many rightly attribute the market’s continued growth to its central location within the U.S. as well as its transportation infrastructure, which includes the city’s location on the largest navigable inland waterway, at the cross-section of three interstate highways and in the middle of cross-country rail corridors running from Canada to Mexico and from coast to coast. These are unquestionably appealing features for businesses that want and need to quickly distribute products and access customers. Other qualities often lauded include a strong skilled labor pool with an estimated 2.4 million people — nearly 23 percent between the ages of 18 to 34 — living within a 50-mile radius of the city; a cost of living up to 14 percent lower than the national average; a historically low unemployment rate; and increasing wages above the national average. What really puts Kansas City on the map for developers, though, is how the state of Missouri has created a pro-business environment that leverages and advances these strengths. …
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Lee & Associates Report: Final Quarter 2024 Net Absorption Trends in Industrial, Office Likely Temporary; Multifamily, Retail Net Absorption Trajectories Stickier
Lee & Associates’ 2024 Q4 North America Market Report looks back at the tenant demand, absorption rates and vacancy trends for industrial, office, retail and multifamily sectors nationwide to extrapolate what might be on the horizon for 2025 and beyond. While net absorption in industrial and retail is down from the same period in 2023, the reasons — too much supply in the pipeline versus too little — are opposite for each sector. Similar mirroring due to reverse factors can be seen in the net positive absorption last quarter in office and multifamily. Net industrial absorption was down 45 percent in the last quarter of 2024, compared to the same quarter in 2023. However, vacancy rates are likely to decline this year due to a lower volume of construction starts completing in 2025. New in-office policies among prominent companies contributed to the office market’s second consecutive quarter of positive absorption, but overall, office vacancy numbers are expected to continue rising until 2026. Low vacancy and factors challenging development meant very few options for retail tenants seeking new, high-quality space. Retail tenants in the food and beverage arena have been taking advantage of increased national spending on food outside the home …
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Sunon Furniture has signed a 34,175-square-foot industrial lease in North Fort Worth. The Asian furniture manufacturer will use the space within Building 4 at the 61.4-acre Basswood 35 Business Park as a national distribution center. Todd Lambeth and Luke Clardy of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented Sunon Furniture in the site selection and lease negotiations. Todd Hubbard and Joe McLiney of NAI Robert Lynn represented the landlord, Mississippi-based EastGroup Properties.
NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Lock Around The Clock, a 373-unit self-storage facility in New Windsor, about 50 miles north of New York City. The facility was built on a 3.3-acre site in 2012 and totals 32,725 net rentable square feet across 126 climate-controlled units, 213 non-climate-controlled units, 31 outdoor parking spaces, two apartments and one garage. Luke Dawley, Gabriel Coe, Nathan Coe and Brett Hatcher of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Sloop Hill Associates LLC, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. John Horowitz of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record.