Industrial

Garner building

GARNER, N.C. — Wigeon Capital has broken ground on a new flex and warehouse construction project at Greenfield Business Park in the Raleigh suburb of Garner. Construction on the first building, a 58,000-square-foot facility, is underway at 3300 Waterfield Drive. The site is located at the intersection of US Highway 70 and Interstate 40. During the second quarter of this year, Wigeon Capital plans to break ground on a 96,000-square-foot shallow bay industrial facility that will feature tilt wall concrete walls and 32-foot clear heights. The Raleigh-based firm is also planning a three-building project on an adjacent parcel that will offer a 150,000-square-foot bulk distribution facility and two additional shallow bay industrial buildings of 58,000 and 48,000 square feet in size. Jimmy Barnes of Tri Properties | NAI Carolantic is overseeing leasing efforts at Greenfield Business Park.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

ORANGE, CONN. — Locally based firm HK Group has brokered the $16 million sale of a 162,036-square-foot warehouse and distribution building in Orange, located in the southern coastal part of the state. The building was constructed on 15.1 acres in 1992 and was fully leased to Restaurant Depot and British paper goods company Bunzl at the time of sale. A seller based in Westchester County, New York, sold the asset to an undisclosed institutional investor. Matthew Keefe and Franco Fellah of HK Group brokered the deal.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

KENOSHA, WIS. — Peak Construction Corp. has been selected by NorthPoint Development to construct Heartland 94 Logistics Center Building 1 in Kenosha. Construction is scheduled to begin this spring with completion slated for January 2022. The 757,281-square-foot industrial building, located at 8311 38th St., will feature a clear height of 40 feet, 76 dock doors, four drive-in doors, 234 trailer parking spaces and 414 car parking spaces. The project team includes studioNorth Architecture and Pinnacle Engineering Group.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

ITASCA, ILL. — Lee & Associates of Illinois has brokered the sale of a 116,800-square-foot industrial building located at 921 Ardmore Ave. in Itasca. Exeter Property Group purchased the asset from a private investor for an undisclosed price. Mark Baumhart and Jeff Janda of Lee & Associates brokered the transaction. Shortly before the sale, the duo negotiated a lease renewal for tenant 4C Logistics LLC.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
Bridge-Point-Lakewood-90-Lakewood-WA

LAKEWOOD, WASH. — Bridge Development Partners and Pacific Coast Capital Partners (PCCP) have purchased a 4.2-acre land site in Lakewood for the development of Bridge Point Lakewood 90, an industrial property in the South Tacoma submarket. The project team plans to break ground on the 92,445-square-foot building in May, with delivery expected in first-quarter 2022. The warehouse and distribution facility will feature a front-loading configuration, 32-foot clear ceiling heights, ESFR sprinklers, LED lighting, a 124-foot truck court, 14 exterior dock doors (four drive-in) and parking for 88 cars. Bill Condon and Matt McGregor of Colliers International represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and will serve as leasing brokers for the project.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
VanTrust-Amazon-Tucson-AZ

TUCSON AND GLENDALE, ARIZ. —VanTrust Real Estate has commenced construction of two Amazon sortation centers, including the VanTrust’s first Southern Arizona project in Tucson. The properties are a 270,000-square-foot facility on a 46-acre site at East Corona Road and South Alvernon Way in Tucson and a 270,000-square-foot asset on 42 acres at North Sarival Road and Maryland Avenue in Glendale. Irvine, Calif.-based HPA Architecture designed both of the facilities. The Tucson location will be Amazon’s fourth building to open in Southern Arizona and the first project in Pima County for VanTrust.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
Bayport-South

By Travis Secor, senior associate, JLL  Nationally, e-commerce and warehouse supply have been the center of the industrial real estate conversation. It’s easy to get lost in the latest data related to the impact of COVID-19 and speculation on where a major online retailer’s newest distribution centers will land. Houston has received its share of the industrial real estate spotlight over the years. The narrative over the past decade will tell a story about the wild vacancy swings experienced through each development cycle, always in perfect harmony with the boom-and-bust oil reputation the city has crafted over the years. Current headlines highlight the possibility of another major glut in warehouse supply resulting from our latest development binge. While the case for an overbuilt market has major validity, you cannot broadly paint Houston’s industrial sector like that. To understand the complexities and nuances of Houston’s industrial market, it’s important to know the unique personalities of each geographic submarket and the events that shaped it. Northeast Houston When oil prices fell to around $10 per barrel in the late 1980s, commercial real estate professionals might not have been bullish on the absorption prospects for the industrial development spree that had taken place …

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
Wadsworth-Phoenix-AZ

PHOENIX — Wadsworth Development Group has acquired a 10-acre land parcel located at the southwest corner of 15th Avenue and Pinnacle Peak Road in the Deer Valley submarket of Phoenix. An undisclosed seller sold the property for $6.1 million. Wadsworth plans to develop a speculative industrial project offering 136,000 square feet spread across three buildings. Slated for completion this August, the facilities will feature 28-foot to 32-foot clear heights, grade-level loading, 227/480-volt power and above-market parking ratio. Robert Lundstedt, Skip Corley and Chase Heinemann of DAUM Commercial represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — Chicago-based American Bear Logistics Corp. has signed a 19,451-square-foot industrial lease at 419 Bank St. in Southlake. The global logistics firm will occupy space within Southlake Business Park, a three-building, 12.6-acre development located less than five miles from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Noah Dodge and Joe Santaularia of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services, along with Nick Krejci of Darwin Realty, represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Hogan Harrison, Matt Carthey and George Jennings of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, an entity doing business as Southlake Industrial LP.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
3679-N-Civic-Center-Dr-North-Las-Vegas-NV

NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of an industrial building located within Civic Center Freeway Industrial Park at 3679 N. Civic Center Drive in North Las Vegas. Civic Center Industrial Owner LLC sold the asset to Sage Harbor Exchange Inc. for $14.5 million. The property features 118,021 square feet of industrial space. Dan Doherty, Paul Sweetland, Chris Lane and Jerry Doty of Colliers International represented the seller in the deal.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail