NEWTON, ILL. — St. Joseph Renewable Fuels LLC has unveiled plans to build a $400 million renewable diesel plant in Newton, located within Jasper County in southern Illinois. The 40-acre site is within a federally designated opportunity zone. The proposed plant will bring new sources of renewable fuels to metropolitan, rural and underserved communities. It will consume waste fats and greases from a region spanning 1,000 miles around Newton that would otherwise be landfilled or emptied into sewer drains. The plant will convert the waste into 90 million gallons of diesel and naphtha fuel annually as well as 7 million gallons of technical grade glycerin. Project financing comes from New York-based specialty finance firm Lance Capital and its New Zealand joint venture partner, Lance-Kamaka Capital Ltd. Plans call for the use of a new app called HealthCheckIn that will test the workforce for COVID-19. Other partners include Cyberus Labs and a joint venture between McDermott and Chevron Oil, which will be involved in the core technology of the renewable fuels produced. The project will create 100 permanent jobs in the Newton community, 200 construction jobs for the duration of the two-year project and 300 trucking jobs throughout the state of …
GERMANTOWN, WIS. — Zilber Property Group will develop a fourth industrial building within Germantown Gateway Corporate Park in Germantown, about 20 miles north of Milwaukee. The 146,000-square-foot speculative building will feature a clear height of 30 feet. It will be the third speculative building within Zilber’s park, which is anchored by a 706,000-square-foot build-to-suit for Briggs & Stratton Corp. Once Zilber Industrial 4 is completed, the park will span more than 1.2 million square feet.
GURNEE, ILL. — Goldie’s Baking has signed a 15,122-square-foot industrial lease at 760 Lakeside Drive in Gurnee, about 40 miles north of Chicago. The property features a clear height of 22 feet, five shared docks and one drive-in door. Brian Bocci of Entre Commercial Realty represented the tenant, which is expanding and relocating from nearby McHenry. Eric Fischer and Mark Samuels of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed landlord. Goldie’s Baking is known for its scones.
FULLERTON, CALIF. — NorthMarq has arranged $10 million in refinancing for Lambert Industrial, a two-building industrial property in Fullerton. The permanent, fixed-rate loan was structured with a 10-year term on a 30-year amortization schedule. Daniel McCarthy and Michael Elmore of NorthMarq’s Newport Beach, Calif., office secured the loan for the undisclosed borrower through a national bank. Totaling 87,652 square feet, the properties are a 45,761-square-foot building at 150 Lambert and a 41,891-square-foot asset at 110 Lambert.
PHOENIX — NAI Horizon has arranged the sale of the Corbins Electric corporate headquarters, an industrial property located at 4829 S. 38th St. in Phoenix. Staffield Family LLC acquired the asset from ML Commercial Properties for $7 million. The building features 52,744 square feet of industrial space. Lane Neville and Logan Crum of NAI Horizon represented the buyer, while Clint Hardison and Blake Hardison of Keyser represented the seller in the transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Avison Young and Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) have arranged the sale of an industrial building with excess land located at 2133 and 2143 Pontius Ave. in West Los Angeles. A California-based private investor sold the property to a West Los Angeles-based private investor for $5 million. Built in 1948 on a 0.3-acre land parcel, the 6,500-square-foot building features a high-clear-span, bow truss design with sufficient loading and power, warehouse skylights and 14-foot minimum ceiling height. Patrick Barnes, Chris Maling and David Maling of Avison Young, along with John DeGrinis of Newmark Knight Frank, represented the seller, while David Kamran of Diva Real Estate Group represented the buyer in the deal. According to the brokers, the transaction was record-setting for the West Los Angeles submarket with the highest price per square foot of $590 paid for an industrial building under 10,000 square feet and $300 per square foot for the land, per CoStar records.
HARRISBURG, N.C. — JLL has negotiated the sale-leaseback of a 126,363-square-foot industrial building in Harrisburg fully leased to Wilbert Plastic Services. The single-story building is situated on 16 acres at 7301 Caldwell Road, 13 miles northeast of downtown Charlotte. The buyer, AIC Ventures, executed a new long-term lease with Wilbert Plastic Services upon completion of the sale. Wilbert Plastic Services is headquartered in Belmont on the other side of Charlotte and specializes in thermoforming and injection molding. Pete Pittroff, Patrick Nally, Val Derrick and Dave Andrews of JLL represented the seller in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.
CHICAGO — Brennan Investment Group, a Chicago-based developer, has acquired a three-building industrial portfolio totaling 380,274 square feet in Pennsylvania. The portfolio is located in the Lehigh Valley submarket, which is situated north of Philadelphia and west of New York City and includes the cities of Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton. The properties offer convenient access to Interstates 78 and 81, as well as the Lehigh Valley International Airport. The seller and sales price were undisclosed.
NORTH BRANFORD, CONN. — G&G Investments has acquired a 50,576-square-foot industrial and office asset in North Branford, an eastern suburb of New Haven, for $1.7 million. Located at 32 Commerce Drive, the property features 24,000 square feet of warehouse space, 10,000 square feet of office space and a 16,576-square-foot covered loading and parking area. Bill Clark of The Geenty Group represented G&G Investments LLC in the transaction. The seller, Frontier Communications, has leased back the building for six months as part of the terms of the sale.
WOODRIDGE, ILL. — Brown Commercial Group has negotiated a 36,612-square-foot industrial lease on behalf of American Cleaning & Restoration South at 10440 Woodward Ave. in Woodridge, a western suburb of Chicago. The tenant, which restores structures that experience fire and water damage or are in need of mold remediation, is expanding and moving from a facility in Romeoville. Mike Antonelli of Brown represented the tenant. Jeff Galante of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Prologis. The multi-tenant building spans 159,258 square feet and features a clear height of 30 feet.