SAN DIEGO, CALIF. — Santa Monica, Calif.-based BLT Enterprises has completed the disposition of Sorrento Tech Campus, a three-building creative office/R&D complex located in San Diego’s Sorrento Mesa submarket. Longfellow Real Estate Partners acquired the campus for $39 million. Located at 10070, 10140 and 10180 Barnes Canyon Road, the complex totals 83,480 square feet. BLT Enterprises implemented a repositioning plan of the original campus, which it acquired in 2016. The renovations included transforming 35,000 square feet of raw industrial space into innovative creative office product with an open floor plan, three executive offices, a large conference room, an upgraded kitchen and an outdoor patio. CV Sciences, TorreyCove Capital Partners, L3 Technologies and Ron’s Pharmacy fully occupied the complex at the time of sale. Ron Jacobson of SD Realty Partners, along with Rick Reeder and Brad Tecca of Cushman & Wakefield, completed the transaction on behalf of the buyer and seller.
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UNION CITY, CALIF. — CenterPoint Properties has acquired a 7.9-acre site, located at 950 Whipple Road in Union City, from Carter Industries for an undisclosed price. During due diligence, the company simultaneously executed a 10-year lease with an undisclosed company and secured a conditional use permit on behalf of the tenant. The site features a 63,000-square-foot building with 20-foot drive-in doors, 11-foot to 25-foot clear heights and two dock-high doors, as well as an oversized rear yard that can accommodate above-market auto parking. The asset is less than two miles from Interstate 880 and proximate to the San Mateo Bridge offering easy access to the San Francisco Bay area. Jon Cook of Townsend Commercial Real Estate brokered the off-market transaction. Matt Visick of Reuben, Junius & Rose LLP pursued and obtained the conditional use permit.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Newline Interactive Inc., a manufacturer of corporate interactive displays, has signed a 48,160-square-foot industrial lease at Parc Northeast, a 434,640-square-foot industrial development located in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Richardson. Josh Barnes of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, Jackson-Shaw, in the lease negotiations. Parc Northeast, a newly built speculative property, is now 50 percent leased.
Dermody Properties Completes Fourth Building at LogistiCenter at Rialto I in California
by Amy Works
RIALTO, CALIF. — Reno, Nev.-based Dermody Properties has completed the construction of LogistiCenter at Rialto I, Building 4, located at 1642 W. Miro Way in Rialto. Situated on 19 acres within the Inland Empire West Industrial Market, the asset is now available for lease. The 411,330-square-foot distribution facility features 36-foot clear heights, 2,363 square feet of office space, 244 auto parking stalls, 75 trailer stalls, LED warehouse fixtures and an ESFR fire protection system. The property is located within Renaissance Rialto Business Park with immediate access to interstates 210, 15 and 215. Dan de la Paz, David Consani and Jim Koenig of CBRE are the leasing agents for the facility.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has arranged a 13,400-square-foot industrial lease renewal at 1499 N. Post Oak Road in Houston for Niche Importing Group LLC. The company specializes in matching U.S. wholesalers and retailers with Asian manufacturers. The property, which is located on the city’s northwest side and was recently renovated, features 16-foot clear heights. Shaffer Braun of NAI Partners represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations.
BROWNSBURG, IND. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Eaglepoint Six, a new Class A industrial facility totaling 690,702 square feet in Brownsburg, located about 17 miles northwest of Indianapolis. The building is fully leased to Radial Inc., an e-commerce company that provides order management, payment processing, fulfillment and analytics services. Built in 2019, Eaglepoint Six features a clear height of 36 feet, four drive-in doors, 52 dock-high doors and office space. It is part of the fully leased Eaglepoint Business Park. John Huguenard, Ed Halaburt, Jake Sturman, Sean Devaney, Kurt Sarbaugh and Robin Stolberg of JLL represented the seller, a partnership between Washington Capital Management on behalf of a client and Becknell Industrial. Denver-based Black Creek Group purchased the asset.
By Lynette Reichle, Reichle Klein Group On March 12, Ohio’s governor declared a state-wide order closing schools and gatherings of over 100 people. On March 15, he ordered all bars and restaurants to close dining rooms (but could maintain carryout and delivery) with further closings on almost a daily basis. Finally, the stay-at-home order came on the 22nd. As of the writing of this article, it is difficult to estimate the full effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and what the moves our government has taken to protect us will have on our real estate markets. Prior to the spread of the coronavirus, Toledo’s industrial real estate market had been running at unprecedented high levels in both leasing activity and new development for the past several years. While the beginning of this year was decidedly quiet compared with the fourth quarter of 2019, we had every reason to expect strong demand for industrial properties through the remainder of 2020. In fact, the Toledo market still suffers from an inventory problem; virtually every project that was built last year was a build-to-suit. Local and regional developers have yet to develop enough of an appetite to build speculatively. Further, no one in the …
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — JLL has negotiated the sale of Valwood Crossroads, a two-building, 618,052-square-foot industrial park located in the northern Dallas suburb of Carrollton. Built in 2019, the property features a cross-dock building and a rear-load building with clear heights ranging from 32 to 36 feet. Both buildings also feature deep truck courts and ESFR sprinkler systems, and are leased to Smith System Manufacturing Co., a provider of furniture for schools. Stephen Bailey and Dustin Volz of JLL represented the seller and developer, Atlanta-based Core5 Industrial Partners, in the transaction. Denver-based investment firm Black Creek Group purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
STREETSBORO, OHIO — NAI Pleasant Valley has arranged the sale of a 31,237-square-foot industrial building in Streetsboro, about 30 miles south of Cleveland. The sales price and seller were undisclosed. Jeffrey Calig and David Hexter of NAI Pleasant Valley represented both parties in the sale. Natural Essentials Inc., a manufacturer of hand sanitizer and various over-the-counter drug products, was the buyer. This is the Aurora, Ohio-based company’s fourth building.
MILPITAS, CALIF. — New York City-based Empire State Group has purchased a fully leased R&D facility, located at 1564 Barber Lane in Milpitas. A joint venture between affiliates of Westport Capital Partners and Cannae Partners sold the asset for $41.1 million. Eric Fox, Steve Hermann, Adam Lasoff, Seth Siegel and Ryan Venezia of Cushman & Wakefield’s Northern California Capital Markets group represented the buyer and seller in the deal. Situated on 5.5 acres within Oak Creek Business Park, the asset features 102,668 square feet of research and development space. The facility was originally developed in 1980, but underwent significant improvements in 1996, 2009 and 2019.