ORANGE, CONN. — Angel Commercial LLC has brokered the $7.3 million sale of a 23.3-acre parcel zoned for industrial development in Orange, a western suburb of New Haven. The property is situated at 205 Indian River Road, adjacent to PEZ Manufacturing Inc.’s production facility and Interstate 95. A FedEx building is also under construction in the same area. The parcel was subdivided and sold to four different undisclosed buyers. Jon Angel of Angel Commercial represented the seller, Indian River Road LLC, in the transaction.
WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. — A partnership between Metro Storage LLC and Fremont Realty Capital has opened a 689-unit self-storage facility in West Hampton Beach on the eastern part of Long Island. The two-story facility, located at 105 Old Riverhead Road, offers 77,000 rentable square feet of climate-controlled space and features interior loading bays, elevators, security and a retail office. Metro Storage opened a 785-unit facility in Line Lexington, Pennsylvania at approximately the same time. The Westhampton Beach property is Metro’s 5th self-storage facility in New York
IRVING, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 335,480-square-foot industrial lease renewal at 9400 N. Royal Lane in Irving. According to LoopNet Inc., the rail-served property was built in 2004 and totals 447,400 square feet. Tom Walrich of Lee & Associates represented the tenant, supply chain operator KGP Logistics Co. Mitch Pruitt represented the landlord, Prologis, on an internal basis.
DES PLAINES, ILL. — Associated Bank has provided a $15.8 million loan for the construction of Sherwin Industrial, a redevelopment project of a 7.8-acre industrial site in Des Plaines. Panattoni Development Co. is the borrower and developer. Panattoni plans to tear down two existing industrial buildings on the site and build a 162,000-square-foot speculative warehouse. Completion is slated for fall 2020. The project is situated in the O’Hare submarket. Krista Casper of Associated Bank handled the loan arrangements and closing.
AURORA, ILL. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has brokered the sale-leaseback of 1175 S. Frontenac St., a 120,000-square-foot industrial building in Aurora. The sales price was undisclosed. Elise Couston and Adam Marshall of NKF represented the seller, design studio Embossed Graphics Inc., which will lease back the property from Exeter Property Group. Located in the Meadow Lakes Corporate Park, the facility was constructed in 1999 as a build-to-suit for Embossed Graphics. The building features a clear height of 24 feet, 10,000 square feet of office space and parking for 135 vehicles.
LINE LEXINGTON, PA. — A partnership between Metro Storage LLC and Fremont Realty Capital (FRC) has opened a 785-unit self-storage facility in Line Lexington, located approximately 30 miles north of Philadelphia. The two-story facility, located at 4671 County Line Road, offers 79,383 rentable square feet of climate-controlled space and features interior loading bays, elevators, security and a retail office. The property is Metro’s 11th self-storage facility in Pennsylvania.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Terreno Realty Corp. has acquired a 50,000-square-foot industrial property in East Rutherford, a western suburb of New York City, for $12 million. The property comprises one distribution building featuring 30-foot clear heights and eight loading positions, including seven dock-high and one grade-level doors. Located at 46 Whelan Road, the property is situated less than two miles from the Meadowlands Sports Complex and the New Jersey Turnpike. The property is fully leased to one undisclosed tenant.
SAN DIEGO — Newport Beach, Calif.-based Focus Real Estate has completed the disposition of Copperwood Center, an industrial park located in San Diego’s Oceanside neighborhood. Newport Beach-based CB Copperwood LLC acquired the asset for $20 million. Located at 3365, 3375 and 3385 Mission Ave. and 101, 102, 105, 106 and 110 Copperwood Way, the eight-building complex features 140,945 square feet of industrial space. Originally built in 1984, the property was 97 percent leased to 64 tenants at the of sale across suites ranging from 886 square feet to 7,397 square feet. Additionally, Copperwood Center features visible signage for each unit and more than 350 parking spaces. Matt Pourcho, Anthony DeLorenzo, Gary Stache and Doug Mack of CBRE represented the seller, while Paul Lafrenz, Josh McFadyen and Joe Crotty of Colliers International San Diego Region represented the buyer in the transaction.
HALTOM CITY, TEXAS — Phoenix-based Creation Equity has broken ground on The 820 Exchange, a commercial project located in the Fort Worth suburb of Haltom City that will consist of roughly 1 million square feet of office and warehouse space. LGE Design Build, also based in Phoenix, is the general contractor for the project. According to the Dallas Business Journal, the project is valued at $45 million and is expected to be complete by fall 2020.
CHICAGO — SVN Chicago Commercial has brokered the sale of an approximately 48,000-square-foot flex industrial building in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood for $3.5 million. The property is located at 1757 N. Kimball Ave., along the 606 Trail. Wayne Caplan of SVN represented the seller. Buyer and seller information was not disclosed.