SEGUIN, TEXAS — CoffeeTech Industries, a supplier of cold- and hot-brewed instant coffee, will open a new facility in Seguin, a northeastern suburb of San Antonio, for its new office headquarters and primary manufacturing plant. The facility will span 112,000 square feet, will carry a price tag of roughly $56 million and is expected to bring about 90 new jobs to the area. The facility will be located on a 33.6-acre site just south of Interstate 10 and will have the capacity to produce about 13 million pounds of coffee per year, according to Business Facilities Magazine. Construction is expected to begin in late 2020, and the facility should be operational by 2022.
Industrial
Amazon to Develop Fulfillment Center, Delivery Station in Little Rock Totaling 910,000 SF
by Alex Tostado
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — Amazon will develop afive-story, 825,000-square-foot fulfillment center at the Port of Little Rock in Little Rock. Slated for delivery in 2021, the property is expected to house 1,000 employees who will work alongside Amazon Robotics to pick, pack and ship small items to customers such as books, electronics and toys. The center will sit on 80 acres along Zueber Road, which, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, an Amazon entity paid $3.2 million for. Seattle-based Amazon is also planning an 85,000-square-foot delivery station near Interstate 30. Items at the fulfillment center will be shipped to the delivery station, which will serve in the last-mile delivery effort. The station, which will be Amazon’s second in Little Rock, is expected to open by the end of this year. According to the Gazette, Amazon is spending $8 million to renovate the warehouse for the delivery station.
PHOENIX — CapRock Partners has acquired a newly built industrial building located at 4615 W. McDowell Road in Phoenix. The 146,500-square-foot facility can accommodate up to four light manufacturing and distribution tenants. The building offers two 2,000-square-foot speculative office spaces, 32-foot clear heights, 26 dock-high and four grade-level loading doors and a concrete truck court. Additionally, the eight-acre site is equipped with heavy power capacity (3,600 amps, 277/480 volts). Payson MacWilliam and Don MacWilliam of Colliers International represented CapRock in the deal. Terms of the off-market transaction were not released.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — A partnership between New York-based Clarion Partners, investment management firm Crow Holdings Capital and developer Rob Riner Cos. has acquired 556 acres in Fort Worth for the development of a 7 million-square-foot industrial park that will be branded Carter Park East. The site is located on the city’s south side near Interstates 20 and 35 and will house both speculative and build-to-suit structures for various industrial and logistics users. Site work is scheduled to begin this month, and the first speculative buildings are expected to be complete in summer 2021. The largest area of the site will be marketed as a build-to-suit opportunity that can accommodate a user with a requirement as large as 1.8 million square feet. Stream Realty Partners is leasing the property.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Atlanta-based Stonemont Financial Group has broken ground on a 231,000-square-foot industrial complex in McKinney, a northern suburb of Dallas. The property will be located near McKinney National Airport and will consist of two buildings spanning approximately 107,000 and 124,000 square feet. Building features will include 28- to 30-foot clear heights, 24 dock doors and more than 230 combined parking spaces. Bob Moore Construction is the general contractor for the project, and Callaway Architecture is designing it. Lee & Associates will handle leasing, and Dallas-based Somervell Commercial Realty is serving as the development manager. Completion is slated for the first quarter of 2021.
OLATHE, KAN. — StorageMart has opened a 784-unit self-storage facility in East Olathe within metro Kansas City. The Class A, climate-controlled facility features several elevators. All access is controlled with individual codes and cameras. Customers also have access to an online tenant portal. StorageMart now operates approximately 225 locations in three countries.
BENSENVILLE, ILL. — H. Betti Industries Inc. (HBI) has signed a 41,168-square-foot industrial lease at 350 N. York Road in Bensenville near O’Hare International Airport. HBI distributes amusement, vending and audio-visual equipment, including parts and services for video games, pinball machines, jukeboxes, pool tables and currency changers. Beginning in August, the company will consolidate two of its existing operations — a 25,000-square-foot distribution center in Bensenville and a smaller satellite location in Wood Dale — at the new location. Owned by Prologis, 350 N. York Road features a clear height of 32 feet, 10 loading docks and office and showroom space. John D’Orazio of Colliers International represented HBI in the lease.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — NitNeil Partners will develop a four-story, 100,000-square-foot self-storage facility in Huntsville. The Atlanta-based developer acquired 2.1 acres at 2312 Memorial Parkway SW for the project, which is two miles southwest of downtown Huntsville. NitNeil expects to break ground in August and anticipates opening the property in summer 2021. The development will also feature a one-acre outparcel along Memorial Parkway for a future restaurant or retail use.
LPC West, Cerberus Capital Buy 30-Acre Industrial Development Site in Oceanside, California
by Amy Works
OCEANSIDE, CALIF. — LPC West, in partnership with an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, has acquired a nearly 30-acre development site in Oceanside. Terms of the acquisition were not released. The partnership plans to develop a modern industrial campus on the site, which is located within Ocean Ranch, a 400-acre office and industrial development. “Together with Cerberus, we plan to build highly efficient industrial buildings that will meet the needs of tenants looking for quality industrial space in the San Diego region,” says Scott Moffatt, senior vice president of LPC West’s San Diego office. Ocean Ranch is situated near the Interstate 5 Freeway between Highways 76 and 78, offering easy access to many Southern California regions, including Los Angeles, Riverside, Orange County and San Diego. “With Oceanside’s strategic location, the area has become an attractive region in Southern California for leading companies,” says Tom Wagner, head of North American Real Estate at Cerberus. “This is a great opportunity to develop a best-in-class industrial campus in Oceanside.” LPC West currently owns and manages nearly 1.5 million square feet of commercial property in the San Diego region with an additional 450,000 square feet currently under development.
PHOENIX — Los Angeles-based Cohen Asset Management has purchased an industrial property located in West Phoenix. Kansas City Life Insurance Co. sold the asset for $30.7 million. OnTrac, a logistics company, and LA Specialty Produce Co. occupy the 325,800-square-foot facility, which is located at 7400 W. Buckeye Road. Payson MacWilliam, Don MacWilliam and Chris Reese of Colliers International in Arizona handled the transaction.