AUSTIN, TEXAS — NAI Partners Austin has arranged a 65,415-square-foot industrial lease renewal for Picrow Streaming Inc. in southeast Austin. The property is situated at 3910 S. Industrial Blvd. Troy Martin of NAI Partners represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Leigh Ellis of Aquila Commercial represented the unnamed landlord. Picrow is a New York-based film production and development company that creates content such as commercial, digital media, movies and TV.
Kiefer Associates Sells 82,000 SF Industrial Building in Zion, Illinois, Leases Back Smaller Portion
ZION, ILL. — Kiefer Associates has sold its 82,000-square-foot industrial building located at 1700 Kiefer Drive in Zion within northern Illinois. The sales price was undisclosed. As part of the transaction, Kiefer has agreed to an early termination of its lease and will lease back a smaller portion of the property on a short-term basis. The property sold to an investment group that includes the principals of American Eagle Packaging Co. (AEP), a full-service packaging company that will move into a portion of the facility. The remainder of the building will be subdivided into three additional spaces. Dan Benassi, Dan Jones and Sam Deihs of Entre Commercial Realty brokered the transaction. The team will manage and lease the property going forward.
ELMHURST, ILL. — Darwin Realty has joined CORFAC International as the newest U.S. affiliate of the global network. Darwin is the first U.S.-based firm to join CORFAC this year. Last year, seven U.S. firms joined the organization. Established in 1975, Darwin serves the Northeast Illinois, Southern Wisconsin and Northwest Indiana markets. It specializes in industrial and office brokerage, investment sales, property management and development. “Darwin fits into our need for a strong industrial group in Chicago, complementing our existing CORFAC member ProTen Realty Group on the office side,” says Alan Joel, 2020 CORFAC president. “We are now looking at a couple of strong retail and investment sales groups in Chicago to help round out that mega-market.” Des Plaines, Ill.-based CORFAC is a network of independently owned commercial real estate brokerage firms. There are 50 offices in the U.S.
SAN DIEGO — LPC West, the West Coast operating division of Lincoln Property Co., has completed the sale of a two-story, flex R&D property located at 9877 Waples St. in San Diego’s Sorrento Mesa submarket. An affiliate of Alexandria Real Estate Equities acquired the building for $17 million in an off-market transaction. The 62,392-square-foot asset is mid-way through the seller’s biotech conversion process, which the buyer will complete. Andy Hugget, Bill Dolan and Sean Williams of CBRE represented LPC West, while Alexandria was self-represented in the transaction.
SANTA TERESA, N.M. — Blue Road Investments has broken ground on Westpark Building I in Santa Teresa, approximately 23 miles northwest of El Paso, Texas. Situated at 655 Industrial Ave. within Westpark Logistics Center, the facility will feature 315,000 square feet of speculative industrial space with cross-dock loading, 36-foot clear heights and 185-foot concrete truck courts. This is the first spec building in Westpark Phase I, where Blue Road has capacity for an additional 1 million square feet of future development. Current tenants in Westpark Logistics Center include FedEx Ground, MCS Industries and Valley Cold Storage. Construction is slated for January 2021. Perez Giese and Anthony Mash of CBRE are marketing the property for lease.
MORENO VALLEY, CALIF. — Toolots, a California-based online marketplace and distribution channel for factory-direct industrial tools, machinery and technology, has inked a deal to occupy a warehouse and distribution facility located at 17783 Indian St. in Moreno Valley. KKR Alpha Industries owns and operates the 436,350-square-foot facility. Robert Feathers and Brian Bennett of Kidder Mathews represented Toolots in the lease transaction.
ACWORTH, GA. — Dermody Properties will break ground in July on LogistiCenter at New McEver, a 176,463-square-foot industrial building in Acworth. Dermody recently acquired the 12.3-acre plot on New McEver Road, two miles southeast of downtown Acworth and 30 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta. The Cobb County property will offer build-to-suit office space and feature 34 dock-high doors, two drive-in doors, 32-foot clear heights, 168 car parking spaces, a 130- to 185-foot truck court, six-inch reinforced concrete floor, tilt-up concrete panel construction and an ESFR fire protection system. Austin Brannen and Matt Bentley of NAI Brannen Goddard represented Dermody Properties in the acquisition of land and will be the leasing brokers for the project. Terms of the land sale were not disclosed.
PLANO, TEXAS — Stream Realty Partners has arranged the sale of a 114,150-square-foot industrial building located at 2801 Summit Ave. in Plano. OPEX Corp., doing business as Generation Y LLC, purchased the property for an undisclosed price and is currently the property’s sole tenant. According to LoopNet Inc., the facility was built in 1990 and features office space and 24-foot clear heights. Jason Moser and Ridley Culp of Stream Realty represented the buyer in the transaction. Kacy Jones and John Hendricks of CBRE represented the seller, AdvoCare. The weight loss and sports supplement producer recently built another facility in Plano where it has set up operations.
ROYAL PALM BEACH, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a 152,390-square-foot industrial lease renewal for Millwork Sales in Royal Palm Beach. The property spans 24 acres and is located at 700 103rd Ave., 13 miles west of downtown West Palm Beach. The building features 40-foot-by-48-foot column spacing, a 60-foot-by-48-foot loading bay, energy-efficient lighting and hurricane impact-resistant windows. Christopher Thomson, Rick Etner Jr., Chris Metzger and Matthew McAllister of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the transaction. Millwork Sales is a producer of doors, millwork and other interior housing products. The landlord was not disclosed.
SANDY, UTAH — The LeClaire Group of Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Hidden Creek Storage, a self-storage facility in Sandy. Jordan Farrer and Adam Schlosser of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private self-storage investor and developer, and procured the undisclosed buyer in the deal. The acquisition price was not released. The 60-unit Hidden Creek Storage features 14,400 net rentable square feet. The self-storage property features garden-style doors and all units are drive-up accessible. The facility is located within The Villas at Hidden Creek Homeowners Association.