HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of West Bellfort Self Storage, a 350-unit facility in southwest Houston. The property was built on 4.3 acres in 2008 and features 42,925 net rentable square feet of non-climate-controlled space. Dave Knobler and Charles LeClaire of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a Houston-based limited liability company, in the transaction. A Dallas-based limited liability company purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
SAN ANTONIO — Worth & Associates has landed the first tenant at Walker Ranch Business Park, the locally based developer’s 135,000-square-foot office and flex project on the city’s north-central side. Computer Solutions, a San Antonio-based technology and IT consulting firm, will occupy 20,540 square feet at Building II, where about 90 employees will work. The 78,000-square-foot Building II is under construction, and the tenant expects to take occupancy of its new space in April 2021. Russell Noll of Transwestern represented Computer Solutions in the lease negotiations.
MADISON, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 117,791-square-foot industrial property in Madison for $6.4 million. Compass Group occupies the building, which is located at 2305 Daniels St. The tenant recently executed a new long-term, net lease. Brett Winger and Dominic Sulo of Marcus & Millichap’s The Sulo Group secured and represented the buyer, a limited liability company. Seller information was not disclosed.
PHILLIPSBURG, N.J. — Bridge Development Partners has sold Phase I of Bridge Point 78, an industrial complex in Phillipsburg that consists of approximately 2.2 million square feet across four buildings. Phase I was completed in 2019 and is part of a larger, 3.8 million-square-foot development. Bridge Development secured Japanese clothing manufacturer and retailer UNIQLO as an anchor tenant in October 2019. Beverage distributor Mark Anthony Brands also signed a lease for 419,460 square feet in April of this year. PGIM Real Estate purchased the property for an undisclosed price. Brian Fiumara of CBRE brokered the deal.
RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CALIF. — Cohen Asset Management (CAM) has purchased a newly constructed logistics building located at 15100 S. San Pedro St. in Rancho Dominguez. Terms of the transaction were not released. A large credit tenant occupies the 112,075-square-foot building on a long-term lease. The building offers close proximity to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in Los Angeles’ South Bay industrial submarket.
NEWNAN, GA. — JLL has arranged the sale of Cubes at Bridgeport, a 1 million-square-foot industrial facility in Newnan. A joint venture between CRG, the investment arm of Chicago-based Clayco; U.S. Logistics Fund 1; and Pope & Land completed the shell of the asset on a speculative basis in 2019. The asset features 40-foot clear heights; a 620-foot, cross-loaded bay; and 60-foot speed bays. The property was fully preleased at the time of sale, though the tenant and move-in date were not disclosed. According to JLL, the tenant will bring 500 jobs to the area. The Cubes at Bridgeport is the first building to be delivered within a 500-acre site that will also feature up to 8.5 million square feet of industrial space. The property is situated at the Interstate 85 and Exit 41 interchange, 31 miles southwest of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. John Huguenard, Britton Burdette, Matt Wirth and Dennis Mitchell of JLL represented the seller, CRG, in the transaction. Chris Tomasulo and Steve Grable of JLL led the leasing efforts for the project. KKR acquired the asset for an undisclosed price.
LANTANA, FLA. — HPI Real Estate Services & Investments has purchased a 752-unit, 72,910-square-foot CubeSmart self-storage facility in Lantana. CubeSmart manages the property, which is situated at 420 N. Fourth St., 11 miles south of downtown West Palm Beach. The asset was delivered in 2018 and offers 24-hour video surveillance, climate-controlled units and elevator access. The sales price was not disclosed, though Texas-based HPI says this is the first transaction of its new self-storage acquisition fund, which will acquire more than $125 million of assets over the next 12 months. According to Jon Erickson and Jonathan Vollinger of HPI, the all-cash deal closed in 37 days. Zack Urow and Richard Riddle of SkyView Advisors represented the seller, Florida-based Acorn Mini Storage, in the transaction.
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL. — Denver-based EverWest Real Estate Investors has sold an eight-building industrial portfolio in Elk Grove Village. The sales price was $74.3 million, according to Crain’s Chicago Business. The portfolio, situated near Chicago O’Hare International Airport, totals 955,460 square feet and consists of flex, light industrial and bulk distribution space. Mike Caprile of CBRE brokered the sale on behalf of EverWest. A joint venture between Investcorp and Brennan Investment Group purchased the portfolio. EverWest owned the assets since 2017.
CANAL WINCHESTER, OHIO — The Opus Group has completed Winchester Logistics Park, a two-building speculative industrial project in Canal Winchester, about 15 miles southeast of Columbus. The first building spans 258,000 square feet while the other is 556,000 square feet. Kenco Logistics Group is the first tenant and will occupy 197,465 square feet of the smaller building. Opus served as developer, design-builder, architect and engineer. First National Bank of Omaha provided project financing. Brian Marsh and Dan Wendorf of JLL are marketing the remaining square footage for lease.
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. — Americold Realty Trust (NYSE: COLD), an Atlanta-based cold storage REIT, has acquired Hall’s Warehouse Corp. of South Plainfield, New Jersey, in a transaction valued at $480 million. The Hall’s Warehouse portfolio consists of eight cold storage facilities totaling 58 million cubic feet and 200,000 pallet positions that are located throughout Northern New Jersey. The portfolio was approximately 95 percent leased at the time of sale. Americold, which also announced the development of an $84 million facility in Arkansas, now owns and operates 185 temperature-controlled warehouses with over 1 billion refrigerated cubic feet of storage throughout five countries.
