SUMNER, WASH. — Bridge Development Partners has acquired a 2.9-acre land parcel, located at 1710 136th Ave. East in Sumner, from an independent seller for an undisclosed price. The company plans to develop Bridge Point Sumner 60 on the site. The project will feature 64,574 square feet of industrial space, 30-foot clear ceiling heights, an ESFR sprinkler system, three grade-level doors, 10 dock-high doors, a 120-foot truck court and parking for 54 cars. The facility will offer flexible space options ranging from 20,000 square feet to 65,000 square feet. Construction is slated to begin in the next 30 days, with delivery by first-quarter 2020. Kermit Jorgensen and Scott Price of Neil Walter Co. represented Bridge in the acquisition and will serve as leasing agents for the project.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Realty Advisory Group has arranged the sale of a single-tenant industrial property, located at 7275 Sycamore Canyon Blvd. in Riverside. An undisclosed seller sold the property for $8.9 million. Situated on 4.3 acres, the freestanding, 75,286-square-foot facility features 28-foot clear heights, 10 dock-high positions and future divisibility. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to a Fortune 200 tenant. John Repstad and Mark Repstad of Realty Advisory Group represented the seller and undisclosed buyer in the deal.
KATY, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Storage Place of Katy, a 529-unit self-storage facility located west of Houston. The property comprises 137 climate-controlled units, 363 non-climate-controlled units, 25 covered parking spots and four outdoor parking spots for a total of 131,003 net rentable square feet. Dave Knobler and Charles LeClaire of The LeClaire Group, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller, a Houston-based partnership, in the transaction. The buyer and additional terms of sale were not disclosed.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — NAI Partners has negotiated a 17,850-square-foot industrial lease for Beacon Roofing Supply Inc. at 20 Strandtman Cove in Austin. Troy Martin of NAI Partners represented the tenant, which distributes roofing and building supplies, in the lease negotiations. Adam Green of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $10 million refinancing loan for Crossings Center Nine, a 500,000-square-foot distribution facility in Louisville. Crossings Center Nine is situated within Commerce Crossings Business Park, 14 miles south of downtown Louisville and 10 miles south of Louisville International Airport. A life insurance company provided the 15-year, fixed-rate loan with a 20-year amortization schedule. The borrower was not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Local firm Davis Commercial Development has broken ground on Cypress Preserve Logistics Center, a 560,000-square-foot distribution center in Houston. The 31.9-acre site offers proximity to Interstate 45 and Hardy Tollway. Cypress Preserve Logistics Center will feature two cross-dock buildings that will offer spaces ranging in size from 64,500 to 258,000 square feet. The development will also include two tilt-wall buildings totaling 41,500 square feet. The cross-dock buildings will feature 32-foot clear heights, 165 trailer parking spaces and office space, while the tilt-wall buildings will have 24-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinkler systems and custom office finishes. Delivery is slated for October. Walker Barnett and Ryan Byrd of Colliers International will handle leasing of the development.
CHESTNUT RIDGE, N.Y. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of 3 Alpine Court, a 68,862-square-foot industrial facility in Chestnut Ridge, New York, located just north of New Jersey. Situated on 6.3 acres, the property is 30 miles west of Manhattan and within a one-hour drive of Port Newark and all three metro area commercial airports. Privately held firm Weiss Real Estate Investments purchased the asset from CMS Holding Co. Inc. for an undisclosed price. Andrew Merin, David Bernhaut, Gary Gabriel, Brian Whitmer, Kyle Schmidt, Stan Danzig and Stephen Elman of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the deal.
LOS ANGELES AND RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CALIF. — Rexford Industrial Realty has purchased two industrial properties for a combined total of $30.3 million. The acquisitions were funded using cash on hand. The company acquired a single-tenant industrial building, located at 15835 Oxnard St. in Los Angeles for $16.8 million, or $235 per square foot, in an off-market transaction. Situated in the Van Nuys neighborhood, the 71,467-square-foot building features 24-foot clear heights and 1,000 feet of freeway frontage along the Interstate 405 and substantive excess paved lane. Rexford also purchased a low-coverage building, located at 19100 S. Susana Road in Rancho Dominguez, for $13.5 million, or $77 per land square foot, in an off-market transaction. Situated on four acres, the 52,630-square-foot property features 24 dock-high loading positions, excess land for trailer storage and Interstate 710 freeway frontage. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to a regional logistics operator.
KENT, WASH. — Bridge Development Partners has purchased a 4.7-acre development site, located at 26524 79th Ave. in Kent, from an independent seller for an undisclosed price. Bridge Development plans to construct Bridge Point Kent 100, a 97,522-square-foot industrial facility, on the site. Slated for delivery in first-quarter 2020, the facility will feature 30-foot clear ceiling heights, 14 dock-high doors, two grade-level doors, flexible size configurations and an ESFR sprinkler system. Steve Brunette, Shawn Childs and Andrew Stark of CBRE represented Bridge in the acquisition. Childs and Stark will serve as leasing agents for the property.
Businesses and industries whose supply chains are tied to Port Houston are dealing with tariffs on select imports, volatile energy markets and a one-two punch of rising rents and construction costs for any industrial space they want to lease or have developed for them. But based on the performance of Houston’s nearby Southeast industrial submarket, these larger geopolitical and economic forces are wreaking minimal havoc. An increasingly diverse mix of industrial users has landed in Houston over the past five or so years. These tenants include national retailers and third-party logistics (3PL) firms that see Houston as an emerging regional distribution hub, as well as suppliers of durable consumer goods and companies that service the petrochemicals industry. The port submarket is seeing heightened activity from all of the above. At the same time, the infrastructure within Port Houston has expanded. Ship channels are in the process of being deepened and widened. Special equipment has been introduced that allows overweight containers to safely and legally leave the port and hit the roadways. Demand for rail-served properties is growing, particularly on the north side of the Houston Ship Channel, leading to more of those projects. And Harris County has begun work on …