GLENDALE HEIGHTS, ILL. — Venture One Real Estate, in joint venture with USAA Real Estate, has broken ground on One North Ave, a 151,200-square-foot speculative infill logistics facility in Glendale Heights. Completion is slated for the second quarter of 2020. Located in the North DuPage submarket, the property will be divisible down to 30,000 square feet offering modern warehousing space for tenants with smaller footprints. The facility will feature a clear height of 32 feet and 130-foot truck courts. Brian Kling and Reed Adler of Colliers International will market the property for lease.
HIALEAH, FLA. — AVE Aviation & Commerce Center Inc. has sold the industrial portion of AVE Aviation & Commerce Center, a 2.6 million-square-foot master-planned development in Hialeah. Bridge Development Partners and BentallGreenOak acquired the assets in a joint venture for $126 million. The sold portion comprises 948,000 square feet of industrial space that is fully leased to the United States Post Office, which occupies 478,000 square feet; and three multi-tenant buildings totaling 470,000 square feet. Also included in the sale is Off Lease Only, a wholesaler of cars that spans 15 acres. In addition, the buyers acquired 1 million square feet of industrial and aviation-related development rights situated on 47 acres. AVE Aviation and Commerce Center Inc. will retain ownership of 41 acres, which is planned for the 13-acre development of a Fairfield Inn & Suites under the Marriott flag, and 28 acres of aeronautical space that is set to be the future home of Banyan Air Services. CPF Investment Group is the master-developer of AVE Aviation & Commerce Center. which is fully leased to more than 30 tenants including Turbopower, Boars Head, Johnson Controls, Rolls Royce and Herbalife. The property is situated at 14350 NW 56th Court, 17 miles …
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. — The Keith Corp. and Frampton Construction Co. LLC have broken ground on a 615,000-square-foot industrial facility for A&R Logistics within West Branch Commerce Park in unincorporated Moncks Corner. The building will feature 36-foot clear heights and the potential for future expansion. CSX will provide rail services, granting A&R Logistics direct access to the Port of Charleston, which is located about 30 miles southeast of the site. Keith Corp. and Frampton Construction expect the facility to be operational in November 2020.
WAUKEGAN, ILL. — Bridge Development Partners LLC has begun development of the third and final phase of its Bridge Point North campus in Waukegan. Phase III will consist of four new buildings totaling 918,972 square feet. The buildings will range in size from 100,314 to 500,800 square feet. Clear heights will range from 32 to 36 feet. Phase III buildings are slated for completion in summer and fall 2020. Whit Heitman, Sam Badger and Jared Paff of CBRE are the leasing agents for the project. Premier Design + Build Group is the general contractor. The project team also includes architect Cornerstone Architects Ltd., structural engineer LJB Inc. and civil engineer Manhard Consulting Ltd. CIBC Bank and Simmons Bank provided project financing. Bridge Point North is a 225-acre campus that Bridge has been developing since 2015. Tenants include Amazon, Medline, Thermoflex and Bolke-Miller Corp.
LA MIRADA, CALIF. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of an industrial infill project located at 14001-14051 Rosecrans Ave. in La Mirada. Clarion Partners, on behalf of a separate account client, acquired the property from Bailard Inc. for $76.8 million, or $228 per square foot. Spanning 14.4 acres, the two-building, 337,125-square-foot project features 30-foot clear heights, an ESFR fire sprinkler system, large truck courts and street frontage along Rosecrans Avenue. Jeff Chiate, Jeffrey Cole, Mike Adey, Ed Hernandez and Brad Brandenburg of Cushman & Wakefield’s Irvine, Calif., office represented the seller in the deal.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — CenterPoint Properties has purchased an industrial asset situated on 10.5 acres at 3201 S. Susan St. in Santa Ana for an undisclosed price. This is the company’s second acquisition over 200,000 square feet in Orange County this year. The acquisition price was not released. The 202,522-square-foot property features 24-foot clear heights, drive-around access, several points of entry and 195-foot deep truck courts. The transaction includes a lease-back with The Dixie Group, a carpet and flooring manufacturer. Adam English, Adam Baxter and Jonathan Wolfe of STREAM Capital Partners represented the undisclosed seller in the sale.
ELGIN, ILL. — Darwin Realty has arranged the sale of a 90,000-square-foot industrial building located at 501 Davis Road in Elgin. Consideration for the sale was in excess of $5 million. The property features seven loading docks, three drive-in doors, 5,000 square feet of office space and a clear height of 24 feet. Noel Liston of Darwin brokered the transaction. Chicago Logistic Service owned and occupied the building. Navis Industries, which provides plastic packaging films, purchased the building and plans to relocate from a 25,000-square-foot facility in Elgin.
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL. — Pacific Surfaces LLC has signed a 40,000-square-foot industrial lease in Elk Grove Village. The India-based granite distributor has maintained a sales office in Chicago for several years, but this is the company’s first warehouse in the United States. Located at 1300 Mark St., the single-story facility features six docks, several bridge cranes and a clear height of 22 feet. It is situated in Elk Grove Industrial Park. The new property will enable Pacific Surfaces to sell smaller quantities to a broader market. John D’Orazio of Colliers International represented Pacific Surfaces in the lease transaction.
MILLSTADT, ILL. — Barber Murphy has brokered the sale of a 21,000-square-foot industrial building in Millstadt, about 17 miles southeast of St. Louis. The sales price was not disclosed. The property is located at 600 S. Breese St. In-Land Management Group LLC sold the asset to East Washington Street Property LLC. Barber Murphy represented both parties in the sale.
SAN ANTONIO — SmartStop Self Storage, a self-managed REIT that owns 112 operating and under-development self-storage properties across 17 states and Toronto, has sold a 440-unit facility in San Antonio. The property, which spans 83,400 net rentable square feet, was acquired in January 2016 by Strategic Storage Growth Trust Inc. (SSGT) and was part of the portfolio merger between SmartStop and SSGT that was completed in January 2019. The undisclosed buyer plans to redevelop the site into a mixed-use property with office and multifamily uses.