Industrial

3930-E-Watkins-St-Phoenix-AZ

PHOENIX — JLL has arranged the acquisition of a flex building located at 3930 E. Watkins St. in Phoenix. A private charitable foundation acquired the property for $10.5 million. The name of the seller was not released. Situated on 7.9 acres within Southbank Business Park, the building features 101,932 square feet of flex space with 24-foot clear heights, wide column spacing, multiple loading positions and ample parking. Brian Ackerman led the JLL Capital Markets team that represented the buyer, while Steve Larsen is leading the JLL Leasing team that is marketing the property’s unoccupied tenant space.

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3375-E-Slauson-Ave-Vernon-CA

VERNON, CALIF. — NAI Capital has negotiated the sale of an office property located at 3375 E. Slauson Ave. in Vernon. An undisclosed buyer acquired the building for $11.6 million, or $294 per square foot. Built in 2006 on a 77,389-square-foot lot, the two-story building features 39,409 square feet of flex office space. The property features a high-end corporate office build-out, two passenger/freight elevators, a secured parking lot, full kitchen with lunch room and a training room. Philip Attalla, David Moore and Amber Leigh with NAI Capital represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.

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3819-Quentin-St-Denver-CO

DENVER — ATE Ventures has completed the sale of a flex property located at 3819 Quentin St. in Denver. An undisclosed buyer acquired the building as an investment asset for $1.4 million. A local medical marijuana dispensary and cannabis grow operation occupies the 8,000-square-foot facility, which is situated on a half-acre lot. Greg Knott of Unique Properties/TNC Worldwide represented the seller, while Brian Basham of Basham Commercial represented the buyer in the deal.

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MT. JULIET, TENN. — Amazon will build a $200 million, 855,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Mt. Juliet, about 20 miles east of Nashville. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant expects the center to open in late 2021 and house 1,000 full-time employees. Panattoni Development Co. Inc. is developing the facility. While this will be Amazon’s seventh fulfillment center in Tennessee, it will only be the second to use Amazon Robotics technology, according to the company. At the center, employees and robots will pick, pack and ship smaller customer items, such as books, electronics and consumer goods. Additionally, Amazon is in the process of building a corporate office in Southwest Value Partners’ Nashville Yards. Amazon will occupy 1 million square feet of office space and hire 5,000 employees. Nashville Yards will feature more than 3.5 million square feet of office space, 1,000 residential units, 400,000 square feet of retail and entertainment space and 1,100 hotel rooms.

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MEMPHIS, TENN. — RealOp Investments has acquired Southwind Distribution Center, an 817,274-square-foot industrial property in Memphis. The property is situated at 8400 Winchester Road across the street from the FedEx World Headquarters and 13 miles east of Memphis International Airport. The property was vacant at the time of sale, with Nike Inc. being the previous tenant. The Greenville, S.C.-based buyer is planning to upgrade the interior of the building, paint the exterior, upgrade the ESFR sprinklers system and modernize the lighting. Johnny Lamberson and Terry Radford of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Patrick Walton of CBRE will lease the property on behalf of the new owner. The sales price was not disclosed.

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MCDONOUGH, GA. — Mattress manufacturer Purple plans to invest $21 million in a new 519,680-square-foot facility in McDonough. The Lehi, Utah-based company signed a lease with landlord PNK Group for space within Southern Gateway at Lambert Farms, which is located at 1325 Ga. Highway 42 S., 21 miles southeast of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Purple expects to move into the space before the end of 2020, and it will house 360 employees. This is Purple’s first manufacturing site outside of Utah. Brothers Tony and Terry Pearce founded Purple, which is named after the color of the patented Hyper-Elastic Polymer, the ultra-stretchy, gel-like top layer of what would become their signature product: the Purple Bed.

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MESQUITE, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has arranged the sale of a 35,154-square-foot industrial building located at 2027 Presidential Row in the eastern Dallas suburb of Mesquite. An undisclosed owner-operator purchased the building, which was originally constructed in 1982. Taylor Stell and Brett Lewis of Lee & Associates brokered the deal.

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MONEE, ILL. — Midwest Custom Case Inc. has leased a 239,700-square-foot warehouse at 25975 Cleveland Ave. in Monee, about 40 miles south of Chicago. The designer and manufacturer of store fixture products will relocate from 425 Crossing Drive in University Park once the lease commences this fall. The facility features a clear height of 30 feet, 25 docks, four drive-in doors and 5,265 square feet of office space. Jim Estus and Matthew Stauber of Colliers International represented the tenant. The landlord was undisclosed.

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HAZELWOOD, MO. — Avison Young has negotiated a 124,952-square-foot industrial lease on behalf of Elite Printing & Packaging at Hazelwood TradePort in Hazelwood, about 20 miles northwest of St. Louis. Elite outgrew its former space in Wentzville. Timothy Convy and Brian Kelley of Avison Young represented Elite in the lease at Hazelwood TradePort, which is owned by NorthPoint Development. The long-term lease is for space at 1601 TradePort Drive.

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LATHROP, CALIF. — Overton Moore Properties, in a joint venture with Invesco Real Estate, has acquired a single-tenant industrial facility located at 18231 Murphy Parkway in Lathrop. Terms of the transaction were not released. Situated on 11 acres, the 118,056-square-foot property is fully leased to Simwon America Corp., a Tier 1 supplier of Tesla. The buyer plans to expand the current building by approximately 80,000 square feet for Simwon’s growing manufacturing demands. Mike Goldstein and Ryan McShane of Colliers International, Stockton/Central Valley office, represented the buyer and undisclosed seller in the deal.

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