SMYRNA, TENN. AND CANTON, MISS. — Nissan Group of North America will furlough 10,000, hourly manufacturing employees in its Tennessee and Mississippi plants. The decision comes on the heels of the Japanese automaker closing its manufacturing plants in Smyrna and Canton until at least the end of April due to the coronavirus pandemic. The plant in Smyrna is located 27 miles southeast of downtown Nashville. The plant produces 640,000 vehicles annually and employs 7,250 workers. The plant in Canton is located 22 miles north of Jackson. The plant produces 450,000 vehicles annually and employs 5,250 workers.
IRVING, TEXAS — Holt Lunsford Commercial has negotiated a 15,885-square-foot industrial lease at 2833 W. Airport Freeway in Irving. Canon Shoults and Maddy Canty of Holt Lunsford represented the landlord, Sealy Capital Management, in the lease negotiations. Todd Hubbard of NAI Robert Lynn represented the tenant, temperature-controlled logistics firm SCL Cold Chain.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Stream Realty Partners has arranged the sale of a 20,000-square-foot industrial property located at 8900 Forum Way in Fort Worth. The property is situated on 3.6 acres of land and was 100 percent leased to Waples Manufacturing at the time of sale. Jamie Jennings, Andrew Rabinovich and Jeff Rein of Stream Realty Partners represented the seller, Agarita Management Co., in the transaction. The buyer was a private investor based in Fort Worth.
READING, PA. — Arizona-based cannabis grower and retailer Harvest Health & Recreation has acquired Reading-based grower Franklin Labs LLC for $15.5 million in cash and a $10 million promissory note. The acquisition of the company included a 46,800-square-foot cultivation and processing facility in a former Pepsi warehouse, located at 1800 Centre Ave. in Reading. Harvest owns and operates five medical cannabis dispensaries in Pennsylvania and plans to begin growing and processing at its new facility during the second quarter of this year. The Pennsylvania Department of Health defines medical cannabis dispensaries and healthcare providers as essential services that will remain open during the COVID-19 crisis.
ALLENTOWN, PA. — Colliers International has brokered the $1.5 million sale of a 15,200-square-foot industrial property in Allentown, about 65 miles north of Philadelphia. Located at 1633 Airport Road, the property was constructed in 1970 and offers convenient access to the Lehigh Valley International Airport. The property was vacant at the time of sale. Seth Lacey and Derek Zerfass of Colliers represented the seller, Calumet Properties, in the transaction. Greg Bianchi of U.S. Realty represented the buyer, Victory Development.
SAN DIEGO — Murphy Development Co. has completed the construction of the final building at The Campus at San Diego Business Park, a more than 670,000-square-foot industrial park in San Diego’s Otay Mesa submarket. Building 3 offers 137,000 square feet of speculative industrial space. Located at 2065 Sanyo Ave., the concrete tilt-up building features a 32-foot minimum clear height, 4,000 amps of 277/480 volt power, manufacturing sewer and water capacity, ESFR sprinklers, concrete truck courts and wide column spacing. Additionally, the facility has 33 dock-high doors and 10 short-yard expansion docks. The business park is a fully fenced, secure site with on-site security and C-TPAT qualification. An on-site café is currently under construction and will be open for breakfast and lunch for all employees in June. The development team includes Pacific Cornerstone Architects, Teshima Landscape Design, K&S Engineering and Lusardi Construction. Murphy Development purchased the site from Panasonic Corp. of North America in early 2017 and renamed it The Campus at San Diego Business Park. The 542,197-square-foot, two-building campus was originally built in 1986 for The Sanyo Corp. of America. The campus was subsequently sold to The Panasonic Corp. Following reacquisition, Murphy Development completed $15 million in upgrades that included …
MACON, GA. — Ultimate Realty will redevelop the former Westgate Shopping Mall in Macon into a $12 million, 395,000-square-foot industrial park dubbed Middle Georgia Industrial Park. The six buildings will range in size from 19,000 to 106,000 square feet. The New York City-based developer expects to complete the park this summer. The new campus will include interior upgrades such as new electrical systems, bathrooms, new loading docks and drive-in doors, office pod additions and repainting of the facades. The renovation plan will also include upgrading the signage, major landscaping work, new LED lighting, upgraded sprinklers and expansive truck parking. Courtney Oldenburg and Chris Copenhaver of Cushman & Wakefield have been retained to lease the asset.
ATHOL, MASS. — Innovative Industrial Properties Inc. (IIP), a California-based REIT specializing in the regulated cannabis industry, has acquired a 199,000-square-foot industrial property in Athol, located approximately 40 miles northwest of Worcester. The sales price was $26.8 million. Concurrent with the transaction, IIP entered a long-term, triple-net lease agreement with a subsidiary of Ascend Wellness Holdings LLC (AWH) for continued operation as a licensed cannabis cultivation and processing facility. AWH is expected to complete tenant improvements for the property, for which IIP has agreed to provide reimbursement of up to approximately $22.2 million. The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission deemed medical marijuana treatment centers and health care providers as essential services that will remain open during the COVID-19 crisis.
PHOENIX — Newport Beach, Calif.-based CapRock Partners has purchased a newly constructed distribution center located at 7200 W. Roosevelt St. in Phoenix. An undisclosed seller sold the asset in an off-market transaction. The acquisition price was not released. Payson MacWilliam and Don MacWilliam of Colliers International represented CapRock in the deal. Situated on 12 acres, the 216,880-square-foot, Class A property features 32-foot clear heights, 30 dock-high doors, two grade-level doors, 48 trailer stalls, a fully secured concrete truck court, 52-foot-by-55-foot column spacing and 3,600 amps, 277/480V power. Additionally, the property was designed to accommodate up to two tenants. CapRock Partners currently owns or is in escrow to purchase in excess of 1 million square feet of industrial space in Phoenix, including a long-term lease of a 110,710-square-foot property in the Sky Harbor submarket.
CECIL COUNTY, MD. — Lidl has opened a 700,000-square-foot regional distribution center in Cecil County. The German-based grocer invested $100 million in the project, which is expected to create more than 200 full-time jobs. Cecil County is situated in northeast Maryland, 53 miles from Baltimore and 60 miles from Philadelphia. Lidl officials said the center will service stores in five states. The discount grocer operates more than 85 stores in nine states on the East Coast. This is the second distribution center Lidl is developing in 2020, having broken ground on a facility in Covington, Ga. in early February.