ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, SCHAUMBURG AND NORTHBROOK, ILL. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $22.5 million in financing for a four-property, shallow-bay industrial portfolio totaling 382,762 square feet in metro Chicago. The financing included proceeds for the refinance of three assets and the acquisition of a fourth property. The portfolio consists of: Arlington Center, a two-building, 213,963-square-foot complex in Arlington Heights; Stanley, a five-building, 56,416-square-foot asset in Elk Grove Village; Remington, a 51,662-square-foot property in Schaumburg; and Old Willow Industrial Complex, a 12-builidng, 60,721-square-foot asset in Northbrook (acquisition). The properties are all at least 90 percent leased. Jeff Sause, Chad Morgan, Brian Walsh and Lauren Sackler of JLL arranged the financing through a life insurance company on behalf of the borrower, Unilev Capital Corp. and an affiliate of Palladius Capital Management. Raymond Levy, Ian Konowitch and Peter Berges of JLL led the Unilev team.
CHICAGO — Cawley Commercial Real Estate (CRE) has brokered the sale of a 168,000-square-foot industrial building located at 4343 W. Ohio St. in Chicago. The sales price was undisclosed. The property is situated on 7.8 acres within the Northwest Industrial Park and features overhead cranes, an active interior rail spur, zoning allowances for outdoor storage and access to heavy power. Frank Melchert and Stevan Arandjelovic of Cawley CRE represented the seller, Plant One LLC. Adam Schneiderman and Dale Strauss of Strauss Realty represented the buyer.
CARTERET, N.J. — YunExpress has signed a 146,000-square-foot industrial lease in the Northern New Jersey community of Carteret. The Chinese logistics company will be the third tenant at Crow Holdings at Carteret, a 1.2 million-square-foot development that is also home to Denmark-based DSV Global Transport & Logistics (355,000 square feet) and Hong Kong-based Weida Freight (188,000 square feet). Christopher Marx, Chris O’Connor, Steve Card, Chris Marx Jr., Taylor DeRisi and Peter Starr of Savills represented YunExpress in the lease negotiations. Jules Nissim, Stan Danzig and Kimberly Bach of Cushman & Wakefield represented Crow Holdings.
KENNEDALE, TEXAS — Colliers has brokered the sale of Kennedale Industrial Park, a 156,295-square-foot development located on a 13.2-acre site just south of Fort Worth. Kennedale Industrial Park, which was 36 percent leased at the time of sale, consists of six buildings that were completed in 2024. Buildings can support multiple tenants and feature 18- to 22-foot clear heights, 71 grade-level doors and two dock-high doors. Cody Payne, Michael Tran, Austin Edelmon and Nick Miller of Colliers represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were also not disclosed.
SAN ANTONIO, FLA. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $25.8 million in construction financing for Phase I of Park 52 Logistics North, a 299,030-square-foot speculative industrial project in the metro Tampa . Melissa Rose, Michael DiCosimo, Justin Ratcliffe and Nicole Barba of JLL arranged the three-year, floating-rate construction loan on behalf of the borrower, McCraney Property Co. Scheduled for completion in November, the 78-acre project will comprise three rear-load buildings ranging from 80,745 square feet to 130,865 square feet. Additionally, each building will feature four drive-in doors and car parking spaces and 24- to 30-foot clear heights, as well as suite sizes that can accommodate up to 46,000 square feet. Located with direct frontage along State Road 52 in San Antonio, Park 52 Logistics North is adjacent to the 965-acre Double Branch master-planned mixed-use community, which is expected to generate $600 million in economic impact, according to JLL.
LEADVILLE, COLO. — Malman Real Estate has arranged the purchase of a 5,200-square-foot flex retail and industrial building located at 331 Highway 24 in Leadville. 331HIGHWAY24 LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company, acquired the asset from NAK Property 4 LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, for $1 million. Taylor Roy of Malman Real Estate represented the buyer, while Kory Pryor of 23 Realty Advisors represented the seller in the deal.
LAUREL HILL, N.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $17.5 million sale of a two-property industrial portfolio in Laurel Hill. Situated at 18300 and 18400 Fieldcrest Road, the property is within 100 miles of the Port of Wilmington and is fully leased to High Life LLC, an apparel manufacturer based in New York City. The buildings total 203,196 square feet and 356,201 square feet, respectively. Parsons Commercial Group Inc. purchased the portfolio. Rob Cochran and Bill Harrison of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a joint venture between Edgewater Ventures and Singerman Real Estate, in the transaction. Edgewater and Singerman originally acquired the properties in December 2021 for $11.5 million, a deal that Fermin Deoca and Matt Treble of Cushman & Wakefield brokered.
BROOKLYN PARK, MINN. — A joint venture between PCCP LLC and Capital Partners has acquired 9001 Wyoming, a 382,635-square-foot industrial building in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Park. Built in 2000 and situated on a 24.8-acre site, the property features a clear height of 32 feet, 229 car parking spaces and 115 trailer parking spaces. Amazon fully occupies the facility. The transaction marks PCCP’s sixth joint venture with Capital Partners, a local owner and operator of more than 14 million square feet of industrial product. The seller and sales price were undisclosed.
BROADVIEW, ILL. — Brennan Investment Group has purchased a 38,135-square-foot industrial property in Broadview, about 12 miles west of downtown Chicago. The single-tenant building is located just off I-290 at the four-way 25th Avenue interchange. The property is fully leased to MYR Group, an electrical construction business. Bill Lussow of Bespoke Commercial Real Estate represented the undisclosed seller.
DALLAS AND HOUSTON — Blackstone Real Estate (NYSE: BX), the largest owner of commercial real estate globally, has agreed for its Core+ funds business affiliate to acquire a 95 percent stake in an industrial portfolio in Texas totaling 6 million square feet. The purchase price is $718 million. Crow Holdings, the Dallas-based real estate and development firm that developed the properties, is the seller and will retain a 5 percent ownership stake. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2025. The portfolio comprises 25 Class A buildings located predominantly in submarkets of Dallas and Houston. According to Blackstone, the metros are two of the top-performing logistics markets in the country. “We are thrilled to acquire this high-quality portfolio located in some of the best performing U.S. industrial markets,” says David Levine, co-head of Americas acquisitions for Blackstone. “With limited vacancy and new construction starts down over 80 percent from the 2022 peak, logistics remains a high conviction theme for us; we are proud owners of more than $90 billion of warehouses in North America and nearly $170 billion in total around the world.” Founded in 1991, Blackstone currently has $315 billion of investor capital under management …