MONROE, N.J. — Provident Bank has provided a $35 million construction loan for a new warehouse in Monroe, located approximately 40 miles south of New York City. Situated on 28 acres, the property will offer 382,400 square feet of rentable space, including 34,000 square feet of office space. The building is 100 percent preleased. Axiom Capital arranged the loan on behalf of the borrowers, KRE Group and TCH Docks Corner Lane LLC.
TEWKSBURY, MASS. — JLL has arranged a $12.6 million loan for the refinancing of 554 Clark Road, a 102,200-square-foot industrial building in Tewksbury, a northern suburb of Boston. UniBank provided the fixed-rate loan, exact terms of which were undisclosed. The single-story facility was recently leased to Mycronic, a Swedish electronics assembly, display and packaging manufacturer. Brett Paulsrud and Amy Lousararian of JLL arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, Oliver Street Capital.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the $6.7 million sale of Hawkins @ Rampart, a 1.2-acre property comprising two flex buildings in Charlotte’s South End totaling 19,120 square feet. The adjacent buildings were constructed in 1987 at 2170 Hawkins St. and 210 Rampart St., two miles south of downtown Charlotte. The assets were fully leased at the time of sale to three tenants. Rob Cochran, Jared Londry and Nolan Ashton of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Carolina Commercial Holdings LLC and R 2170 LLC, in the sale. The buyer was undisclosed.
TORRANCE, CALIF. — Rexford Industrial Realty has purchased an eight-building industrial portfolio in Torrance for $66.2 million, or $247 per square foot. The acquisition was funded using cash on hand. The name of the seller was not released. Comprised of four single-tenant buildings and four two-tenant buildings, the asset offers a total of 267,503 square feet of industrial space on 14.2 acres. At the time of sale, the complex was 91 percent leased. Rexford plans to complete capital improvements at the property, including fire sprinkler upgrades, modernization of offices and other functional enhancements.
SAN ANTONIO — Navistar, an Illinois-based truck and bus manufacturer, will open a $250 million plant in San Antonio, a move that is expected to create about 600 new jobs. The site is located along Interstate 35 and links the company’s supply bases in Mexico and the United States. Construction is slated to begin later this year, and the facility is expected to be operational within 24 months of the groundbreaking. JLL handled the site selection process for Navistar, which also recently invested $125 million in its engine plant in Huntsville, Alabama.
The San Diego industrial market is still thriving under sunny skies. The 146-million-square-foot industrial base is more than 95 percent occupied. Businesses continue to gobble up space even though rents have grown 6 percent to 8 percent annually since 2015. Though industrial markets around the country continue to do well thanks to a rapidly expanding logistics sector, San Diego’s industrial growth is broader based. Major contributions come from the defense, tech, electronics, cross-border commerce and biotech sectors. San Diego has several large submarkets, each with its own set of opportunities and challenges. South County, which includes Otay Mesa, has seen the strongest rent growth during the current economic recovery. Since the beginning of 2018, more than 591,000 square feet of state-of-the-art distribution space has been completed, with all but 45,000 square feet fully leased up. Recent transactions in Otay include a 198,000-square-foot lease to Zucarmex and the 174,000-square-foot expansion of US Joiner Trident Marine. The vacancy rate for South County stands at 4.33 percent, slightly under the countywide rate. Vacancy in North County is running somewhat higher at 6.72 percent. This is mainly due to recent deliveries in Carlsbad. A little more than 2.2 million square feet of new space …
The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) and Houston metro areas have vastly different opportunities and challenges in terms of commercial real estate. Yet this year both have both landed in the top five in the nation for industrial development. Driven by strong population and job growth, DFW and Houston don’t expect their industrial expansions to slow down any time soon. At the end of the second quarter, DFW was No. 2 in the country in industrial development behind California’s Inland Empire, with 30.3 million square feet of space under construction, according to Cushman & Wakefield research. Houston ranked fourth with 18.1 million square feet. Record Construction in Dallas Dallas’ industrial market has enjoyed strong positive momentum throughout 2019, thanks in large part to a steady stream of new residents and job opportunities. DFW’s population grew by 128,500 people year-over-year, an average of 350 new residents every day. The metroplex also gained 97,000 jobs over the previous year. Moody’s Analytics reported that 25 percent of those new positions were in the industrial market. The leading indicators of industrial demand are trade, transportation and utilities jobs, which account for nearly 75 percent of all industrial jobs in DFW. Unemployment has edged downward to 3.4 …
NAPLES, FLA. — SkyView Advisors has arranged the sale of a 1,001-unit self-storage facility in Naples. The 99,713-square-foot property is located on 4.3 acres at 3807 White Lake Blvd. Cameron Vale and Ryan Clark of SkyView Advisors represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Public Self Storage acquired the facility for an undisclosed price.
TAMPA, FLA. — Ready Capital has provided a $13.4 million acquisition loan to an undisclosed borrower for a 365,000-square-foot industrial building in Tampa. The borrower plans to renovate the property, including various interior repairs, HVAC replacement, roof repairs, fresh paint and parking lot maintenance. The non-recourse, floating-rate loan features a 36-month term, one extension plan and flexible prepayment options. Further details of the transaction were not disclosed.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of A Plus Boat Club, a 209-unit self-storage facility in Fort Worth. Built in 1990, the property spans 60,856 net rentable square feet and features non-climate-controlled units ranging in size from 200 to 352 square feet. Brandon Karr and Danny Cunningham of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a locally based partnership, in the transaction. The duo also procured the buyer, Spartan Investment Group, a self-storage owner-operator based in Denver.