GREENSBORO, N.C. — Publix has broken ground on a 940,000-square-foot refrigerated distribution center in Greensboro. Publix expects the project to deliver the facility by the end of 2022 and to create 1,000 jobs by 2025. The new distribution center will be Publix’s 10th, joining other facilities in Boynton Beach, Deerfield Beach, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Miami, Orlando and Sarasota, Fla.; Lawrenceville, Ga.; and McCalla, Ala. Publix announced the project in 2018.
CHATSWORTH, GA. — Houston-based Hines will develop Busch Logistics Park, a planned two-building, 737,000-square-foot industrial property in Chatsworth. Both buildings will be developed simultaneously, and Hines expects to deliver them in early 2021. Building A will span 526,400 square feet and feature cross-dock configuration and 36-foot clear heights, and Building B will span 210,600 square feet and feature rear load configuration and a 32-foot clear heights. The property is situated on 97 acres off Cass White Road and Interstate 75, 45 miles northwest of Atlanta. Reed Davis and Bob Currie of JLL will handle leasing efforts on behalf of the developer.
MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. — Bridge Development Partners has signed HapCor, a grocer in the Caribbean and Latin America, to a 114,808-square-foot industrial lease within Bridge Point Commerce Center in Miami Gardens. Phase I of the industrial park was delivered in late 2019 and includes three buildings spanning 1.1 million square feet. The buildings feature 32-foot clear heights and are divisible by 40,000 square feet. At full build-out, the property will comprise 2.1 million square feet. The asset is situated on 185 acres at 3900 NW 215th St., 20 miles from both Miami International Airport and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Tom O’Loughlin and David Albert of CBRE represented the landlord in the lease transaction. Tom Viscount and Wayne Schuchts of Avison Young represented the tenant.
TEMECULA, CALIF. — Avison Young has arranged the sale of Temecula Corporate Park, an office and industrial campus in Temecula. A Los Angeles-based private investor acquired the asset from an Orange County, Calif.-based private investor for $10.9 million, or $125.46 per square foot. Built in 2002 on 6.1 acres, the 86,882-square-foot Temecula Corporate Park consists of a two-story office building and three single-story industrial buildings. The 97 percent-occupied asset is located at 43379, 43385, 43391 and 43397 Business Park Drive. Alan Pekarcik and Chris Smith of Avison Young represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
SCHAUMBURG, ILL. — Transwestern Commercial Services has arranged the sale of the Willow Lake Tech Center in Schaumburg for $7.1 million. The 105,007-square-foot flex industrial property is located at 400-444 State Parkway. Built in 1997, the two-story asset offers both warehouse and office space. It is currently 96 percent leased by multiple tenants. Gary Nussbaum and Paige Gunn of Transwestern represented the seller, Ascendance Partners. Gunn and Nussbaum worked with Ryan Morris of Cohen Financial, a division of SunTrust Bank, to secure acquisition financing with LoanCore Capital LLC. Joe Karmin, Justin Lerner and Ross Lehrman of Transwestern will market the property for lease on behalf of the new owner, Los Angeles-based Dos Lagos Asset LLC. Zach Kitkowski and Gia Dato of Transwestern will provide property management services.
ITASCA, ILL. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has brokered the sale of a 23,400-square-foot industrial building in Itasca for $2 million. Five tenants occupy the property, which is located at 1335-1345 Industrial Drive. Jason Caplan of Quantum brokered the transaction. Both the buyer and seller were Chicago-based private real estate investors.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Locally based developer Jackson-Shaw has acquired 169 acres at the intersection of Altamesa Boulevard and Campus Drive in Fort Worth for the development of 46 Ranch Logistics Park, an industrial project that will ultimately span about 2.2 million square feet. Jackson-Shaw worked with the City of Fort Worth to rezone the rail-served site, which offers proximity to Interstates 35 and 20, from single-family residential to industrial. The first phase will feature 560,000 square feet of Class A space across three buildings that will be developed on a speculative basis. Construction of Phase I is scheduled to begin in June and to be substantially complete by the first quarter of 2021. Ridgemont Commercial Construction is the general contractor for the project, and GSR Andrade is the architect. Halff Associates is the civil engineer, and Stream Realty Partners is the leasing agency. Liberty Capital Bank provided construction financing.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — SkyWalker Property Partners has acquired a 67,161-square-foot office and warehouse asset located at 14211 Industry St. in Arlington in a sale-leaseback deal. The seller and tenant, AMACS Process Tower Internals, a provider of process towers and vessels for the industrial and energy sectors, has signed a 15-year lease. The property was built in 1968 and has been expanded over the years. Clint Holland and Gary Walker of SkyWalker handled the acquisition on an internal basis. Zane Marcell of JLL represented AMACS.
WEST BERLIN, N.J. — Colliers International has negotiated the $16 million sale of a 21-building industrial portfolio in West Berlin, a southeastern suburb of Philadelphia. The portfolio totals 241,410 square feet and includes the 16-building Bloomfield Business Park and five buildings in Commerce Lane Business Park. The Bloom Organization developed Bloomfield Business Park in the late 1980s and early 90s in several phases. The portfolio housed 55 tenants and was 98 percent leased at the time of sale. Tenants included United Refrigeration, Cooper Electric and Ewing Irrigation & Landscape Supply. Ian Richman and Marc Isdaner of Colliers represented the undisclosed seller(s) in the transaction. Michael Brown Sr. represented the buyer, Industrial Investments Inc., on an internal basis.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Cushman & Wakefield|PICOR has arranged the sale of an industrial space located at 1951 W. Grant Road in Tucson. La Cholla-OG LLC acquired the 25,821-square-foot space from Wright & Case Holdings for $2.6 million. Robert Glaser and Max Fisher of Cushman & Wakefield|PICOR handled the transaction.