WIND GAP, PA. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Wind Gap Logistics Center, a 349,012-square-foot distribution facility in Wind Gap, a town in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley region. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 1380 Jacobsburg Road, the property features 36-foot clear heights with a 600-foot deep loading bay and an ESFR sprinkler system. The property was designed and built by J.G. Petrucci. Brad Ruppel, Michael Hines, Brian Fiumara, and Lauren Dawicki of CBRE Capital Markets’ Institutional Properties team represented the sellers, J.G. Petrucci and The Davis Companies. The buyer was undisclosed.
Industrial
MEMPHIS, TENN. — FedEx Logistics, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., will move its global headquarters to the site of the former Gibson Guitar factory building, a 145,000-square-foot facility located at 145 George W. Lee Ave. near Beale Street in downtown Memphis. FedEx Logistics plans to consolidate multiple locations and more than 700 employees to the site over the next several years. The company will occupy the space beginning in April 2020. FedEx Logistics plans to add a mezzanine level that will bring the total square footage to nearly 200,000. LRK will be the architect for the expansion project.
CLEVELAND — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided three loans for the refinancing of a SmartStop self-storage portfolio. Located in 12 states, the 39 facilities total 24,181 units. Randy Martin of Cleveland-based KeyBank originated a $90 million loan for 29 facilities in California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas. Concurrently, the sponsor received a $27.5 million mezzanine loan. Martin also originated a $104 million loan for 10 properties located in California, Florida, Massachusetts, Nevada and South Carolina.
BEDFORD PARK, WOOD DALE AND ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sales of three industrial buildings in suburban Chicago for $11.5 million. A 159,857-square-foot property in Bedford Park net leased to Packaging Corp. of America sold for $5 million. A 60,275-square-foot property in Wood Dale sold for $3.8 million. The facility was 51 percent occupied at the time of sale. The final property, a 49,360-square-foot building net leased to Wurth Baer Supply, is located in Elk Grove Village and sold for $2.6 million. Jordan Goodman, Matt Fitzgerald and Jeff Rowlett of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a special servicer. All three properties sold at auction to separate buyers.
HFF Arranges $124.3M in Acquisition Financing for 41-Building Industrial Portfolio in Colorado
by Amy Works
DENVER, BOULDER AND COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — HFF has secured $124.3 million in financing for the acquisition of a 41-property industrial portfolio across Denver, Boulder and Colorado Springs. Kevin MacKenzie, Jeff Sause, Leon McBroom and Spencer Richley arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan through Nuveen Real Estate for the borrower, Berkeley Partners. Spread across 19 properties, the portfolio features a total of 1.95 million square feet of industrial space. Situated on a total of 126.3 acres, the portfolio comprises 14 industrial facilities in Denver, three in Colorado Springs and two in Boulder. The properties were built between 1973 and 1996 and are 93 percent leased to 178 tenants.
SURPRISE, ARIZ. — Northstar Commercial Partners has completed the sale of an industrial property, located at 12000 N. 132nd Ave. in Surprise. A Canadian REIT acquired the property for $24.1 million. Situated on 32 acres, the 418,000-square-foot warehouse/industrial building was built in 2013. Anthony Lydon, Bill Honsaker and Marc Hertzberg of Jones Lang LaSalle represented the seller in the deal.
LDJ Global to Construct 200,200 SF Speculative Industrial Building in Florence, South Carolina
by Alex Tostado
FLORENCE, S.C. — LDJ Global Strategies will develop a 200,200-square-foot speculative logistics center in Florence. The facility will feature 32-foot clear ceiling heights, 56 dock doors, 353 parking spaces and four drive-ins. The new building will be situated within the 28-acre Pee Dee Touchstone Energy Industrial Park, which is located 70 miles from the Georgetown Port and 110 miles from the Charleston and Wilmington ports. CBRE will handle leasing efforts for the building.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Holt Lunsford Commercial has negotiated a 200,000-square-foot industrial lease renewal at 6401 Oak Grove Road in Fort Worth. Matt Carthey and Thomas Grafton of Holt Lunsford represented the landlord, TA Realty. Reid Bassinger of Lee & Associates represented the tenant, consumer goods distributor Core-Mark Midcontinent.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has arranged two industrial leases totaling 54,480 square feet at Round Up Distribution Center in Houston. In the first transaction, U.S. Tsubaki Power Transmission, a provider of roller chains and sprockets, leased 26,400 square feet. In the second deal, LaForce Inc., a distributor of commercial doors, leased 28,080 square feet. Ryan Searle, Nick Peterson and John Ferruzzo of NAI Partners represented the landlord, Liberty Property Trust, in both lease negotiations.
WEST JEFFERSON, OHIO — The Pizzuti Companies and Centerpoint Development LLC have unveiled plans to develop an 848,160-square-foot speculative industrial facility in West Jefferson. The warehouse will be constructed on a 55-acre site near I-70. Construction is expected to begin this spring, with completion slated for the end of the year. The facility will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 300 trailer spaces and LED lighting. Pizzuti will provide property management and leasing services for the new building.