LAREDO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Mines Road Self Storage, a 355-unit facility located in the South Texas city of Laredo. The property spans 47,830 net rentable square feet and is located on a thoroughfare that sees approximately 52,000 vehicles per day. Jon Danklefs of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a partnership, in the transaction. The buyer was Store It All Storage, which has 17 locations in Texas.
PEABODY, MASS. — Colliers International has negotiated a 62,000-square-foot industrial lease in Peabody, a suburb of Boston. Needham-based contractor Bowdoin Construction will convert the warehouse property into a printing facility for the new tenant, Spire Printing. Greg Klemmer, Tim Brodigan, Tim Allen and Dan Driscoll of Colliers represented the landlord, Boston-based Novaya Ventures, in the lease negotiations. John Cremmen of Boston-based Denenberg Realty Advisors represented Spire, which will move into the property in late summer 2019.
CONYERS, GA. — Brennan Investment Group has acquired 15.9 acres in Conyers to develop a 216,000-square-foot speculative industrial building. The site is located at 2082 E. Park Drive, 28 miles east of downtown Atlanta. The facility will include 32-foot clear heights, an ESFR sprinkler system, auto parking and trailer storage. Groundbreaking is scheduled for the third quarter, with completion expected in the third quarter of 2020. Bobby Mayson of Lavista Associates represented the buyer in the transaction. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
WASHINGTON, MO. — Melton Machine & Control Co. (MMCC) will celebrate its 50th anniversary early next year and move into a new headquarters and manufacturing facility in Washington, about 50 miles west of St. Louis. Contegra Construction Co. is building the 367,000-square-foot project, which will more than double the size of MMCC’s current operations and include a 74,000-square-foot corporate office, training and conference space. The facility is located on a 42-acre site in Heidmann Industrial Park. Joining Contegra on the project team are Gray Design Group, 21 Design Group, Case Structural Engineering, RJP Electric, Wiegmann Associates, Heggemann Plumbing, Bi-State Fire Protection and Washington Engineering & Architecture. Founded in 1970, MMCC designs and builds automated welding systems for a variety of industries, including automotive. The employee-owned company, which moved to Washington, Mo. in 1976, employs 132 workers and plans to add another 20 employees at the expanded operation.
CINCINNATI — Messer Construction has broken ground on a 73,000-square-foot speculative industrial building at 2249 Seymour Ave., formerly a parking lot for the Cincinnati Gardens complex. The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority purchased the 19-acre gardens property in 2016 as part of its industrial revitalization strategy to create development-ready sites in order to attract advanced manufacturers to Hamilton County. Messer Construction bought a five-acre parcel from The Port for the construction of the new manufacturing facility and will develop it in partnership with Terrex Development. The project represents a $6.5 million investment, according to Tim Steigerwald, president and CEO of Messer. The project team includes BHDP Architecture, Colliers International and Fifth Third Bank. Completion is slated for next year.
LAS VEGAS — Orange County, Calif.-based MCA Realty has acquired Equus Business Center, a multi-tenant industrial property located at 3400 Desert Inn Road, 3110-3230 Polaris Ave. and 3401 Sirius Ave. in Las Vegas. A private investor sold the asset for $42 million in an off-market transaction. MCA Realty plans to rebrand the 357,608-square-foot property as Central Seven Commerce Center. At the time of sale, the property was 89 percent occupied by more than 170 tenants. The buyer plans to implement interior and exterior renovations to the property, including new paint, landscaping and improved signage. Dan Doherty of Colliers International, along with Gabe Telles and Ali Roesener of Gatski Commercial, represented the buyer. Frank Gatski of Gatski Commercial represented the seller in the transaction.
HOUSTON — JLL has negotiated the sale of Safe Keeping Self Storage, a 709-unit facility located at 6610 Highway 6 N. in Houston. Approximately 62 percent of the units feature climate-controlled space. Steve Mellon and Brian Somoza of JLL represented the seller, Safe Keeping, in the transaction. The buyer was Merit Hill Capital, a Brooklyn-based self-storage investment and development firm, which acquired the asset for an undisclosed price.
EDGERTON, KAN. — Kubota Tractor Corp. will host a grand opening ceremony for its new North American distribution center in Edgerton on Wednesday, Aug. 21. Joining Kubota executives will be Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and other state and local officials. Set on 200 acres of land, the new campus includes two 1 million-square-foot buildings. The property will serve as a logistics hub for Kubota’s North American operations and home to the company’s Midwest sales division office. Kubota is based in Grapevine, Texas.
ALSIP, ILL. — Entre Commercial Realty LLC has brokered the sale of a 9,586-square-foot industrial building in Alsip, a southern suburb of Chicago. The sales price was not disclosed. The property is located at 5901 W. 115th St. AA Restoration, a masonry restoration services company, purchased the facility and will relocate from a smaller building in Alsip. Jeffrey Locascio of Entre represented both the buyer and the seller, Granite Place.
NEW JERSEY — Dallas-based Colony Industrial has acquired a 33-property industrial portfolio totaling more than 1.3 million square feet in New Jersey. The portfolio comprises assets located in several cities in northern New Jersey that are currently 99 percent occupied. The sale included three development sites located in Carteret and West Caldwell. Brian Fiumara, Michael Hines, Brad Ruppel, Lauren Dawicki and Thomas Monahan of CBRE represented the seller, New Jersey-based developer Hampshire Real Estate Cos., in the transaction. The sales price was undisclosed.
