SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a single-tenant flex property located in midtown Sacramento. Toms Printing sold the asset to Flower Fist Art Market for $1.7 million. Constructed in 1966, the 9,600-square-foot building is located at 1819 E. St. The seller has operated its business at the location since 1989 until closing in 2015. James Beeghly, Russ Moroz, Christopher Drake, Adbullah Sulaiman and Matt Sulaiman of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the deal.
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PINGREE GROVE, ILL. — Freight Union Inc. will build a 61,858-square-foot maintenance facility with 30 repair bays, two docks and 238 trailer positions in Pingree Grove, a far northwest suburb of Chicago. Cory Kay and Mike DeSerto of Entre Commercial Realty represented Freight Union in the transaction, which marks the second build-to-suit project the Entre team has completed for the tenant. Freight Union built its first facility in Hampshire, Ill., in 2023. The project in Pingree Grove will serve as Freight Union’s new corporate headquarters. Entre procured the development by assembling 11 acres in four separate transactions and obtaining use approval for transportation, truck maintenance and trailer parking.
LADERA RANCH, CALIF. — California-based SmartStop Self Storage REIT (NYSE: SMA) has purchased a portfolio of five facilities totaling approximately 3,800 units in the greater Houston area. The portfolio totals roughly 420,000 net rentable square feet. The properties are located at 2412 W. Holcombe Blvd. on the city’s west side; 21836 Holzwarth Road in the northern suburb of Spring; 9040 Louetta Road in Spring; 32620 FM 2978 in the northwestern suburb of Magnolia; and 18250 I-45 S. in Shenandoah, about 35 miles north of downtown Houston. The seller was not formally named, but the press release identified Kathy and Scott Tautenhahn of Amazing Spaces Storage Centers as the developers of the portfolio. The release also credited Aaron Swerdlin of Newmark as instrumental to the transaction.
HOUSTON — BeFitNow Canada Inc., a wholesaler of exercise machines, has signed a 17,646-square-foot industrial lease in North Houston. The space is located within Vantage Parkway Business Park, which according to LoopNet Inc. consists of 10 buildings on a 15-acre site. Jason Gibbons, Chase Tucker and Tyler Holt of local brokerage firm Finial Group represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. The tenant representative was not disclosed.
WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. — JLL has arranged a $22.8 million loan for the refinancing of a 189,836-square-foot industrial property in Wall Township, located in coastal New Jersey. Built in phases between 2001 and 2006, the property at 1800 Route 34 consists of four buildings on an 11-acre site that feature clear heights of 16 feet, five dock-high doors, two drive-in doors and a total of 1,140 car parking spaces. Michael Klein, Max Custer, Ryan Carroll and Christian Badalamenti of JLL arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through Grant Street Funding on behalf of the owner, The Donato Group. The property was fully leased at the time of the loan closing to tenants in field such as engineering, construction, healthcare and manufacturing.
IOWA CITY, IOWA — Gantry has secured a $20 million permanent loan to refinance a renovated warehouse located at 2500 Heinz Road in Iowa City. The 346,062-square-foot distribution center is fully leased to Amazon for use as a regional delivery station serving the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City metropolitan areas. The facility occupies a nearly 40-acre site zoned for industrial use with parking, trailer storage and room for expansion. Tony Kaufmann and Joe Foley of Gantry represented the borrower, a private real estate investor. A credit union provided the 10-year, fixed-rate loan, which features partial interest-only payments and no prepayment penalties.
SAVANNAH, GA. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has secured $77.3 million in construction financing for Central Port Logistics Tract 3, an industrial development in Savannah. The property, which is situated within the Central Port Logistics Center industrial park near the Port of Savannah, will comprise three speculative industrial facilities totaling 1.2 million square feet. Sunny Sajnani and Travis Headapohl of IPA’s Dallas office arranged the non-recourse through an undisclosed life insurance company on behalf of the borrower, Capital Development Partners. The developer expects Central Port Logistics Tract 3 to deliver and be fully occupied by November 2026.
BRASELTON, GA. — Stonemont Financial Group has sold Braselton Broadway 85, a 234,133-square-foot distribution center located at 1394 Broadway Ave. in Braselton, about 49 miles northeast of Atlanta. The facility, which was fully leased at the time of sale, sits on a 21.5-acre site along State Highway 124. Nuveen purchased Braselton Broadway 85 for an undisclosed price. Also in the metro Atlanta region, Stonemont Financial recently sold Chamblee International Logistics Park and is nearing completion on Stonemont Park 75 South in Locust Grove.
HOUSTON — Stream Realty Partners has brokered the sale of a 60,486-square-foot industrial building in northwest Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 6450 Bingle Road was built on 3.6 acres in 1979 and features 18-foot clear heights, seven dock-high doors and 10,000 square feet of office space. Jack Rathe, Heath Donica and Tyler Maner of Stream Realty represented the seller, RAM Interests LP, in the transaction. Bill Ginder of Caldwell Cos. and Matt Catt of Kidder Matthews represented the buyer, an entity doing business as HS Property TX3 LLC.
PHOENIX — Industrial Outdoor Ventures (IOV) has completed its seventh acquisition in Phoenix with the purchase of 2115 S. 16th St., a 4.4-acre site in Phoenix. Situated one mile from Sky Harbor International Airport, the site features six maintenance and office buildings totaling 33,266 square feet. The six structures offer high-clearance maintenance bays, lower clearance shop space, will-call areas and several dedicated offices. Currently the property is leased to Action Scaffolding, a regional construction support firm utilizing the site for equipment storage, scaffold fabrication and its headquarters, and Johnson Controls, a global building systems and HVAC company. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.