FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Ascendant Commercial, a Dallas-based investment and development firm, has purchased land at the northwest corner of Interstate 35 and State Highway 1187 in south Fort Worth for a 2.2 million-square-foot industrial project. Construction of Phase I of the project is expected to commence this summer and to feature an 850,000-square-foot speculative distribution center. Delivery is slated for May 2021. CBRE is handling leasing of the new facility.
LIBERTYVILLE, ILL. — EVBox has signed a 60,000-square-foot lease for its first North American headquarters and production facility located in Libertyville, about 40 miles north of Chicago. EVBox, which is a manufacturer of electric vehicle charging stations and charging management software, will occupy the space within the Innovation Park campus. The facility is expected to create between 80 and 120 new jobs in the immediate region. Operations will commence this summer. Based in Amsterdam, EVBox currently maintains U.S. offices in New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
NEW YORK CITY — Colliers International has negotiated a 27,681-square-foot industrial lease for hair care brand Prose in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. Prose will move its manufacturing operations to the new space at Liberty View Industrial Plaza, located at 850 Third Ave. The building comprises 350,000 square feet of office space, and 500,000 square feet of industrial space. Marcus Rayner of Colliers represented Prose in the lease negotiations. Partnership of Madison Capital and Salmar Properties owns the building.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Ledra Brands, a local lighting manufacturer, has purchased an industrial property located at 88 Maxwell in Irvine. University Medical sold the asset for $16.6 million. Ross Fippinger and Ross Bourne of CBRE represented the buyer, while Gregg Haly and Dave Desper, also of CBRE, represented the seller in the deal. Situated on 3.7 acres within the Irvine Spectrum submarket of Orange County, Calif., the 55,285-square-foot building features 14,684 square feet of office space, four dock-high loading doors, 30-foot clear heights and 125 parking spaces.
PHOENIX — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the purchase of a vacant industrial building located in Southwest Phoenix. KKR, a New York-based global investment firm, acquired the property from LMI Solutions for $5.6 million. The 82,288-square-foot property features 28-foot clear heights, 16 dock-high loading doors and an evaporative cooled warehouse area. The freestanding, fully-fenced building is situated on 5.2 acres at 46 N. 49th Ave. Phil Haenel of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer in the deal. Additionally, Haenel, Andy Markham and Mike Haenel, also of Cushman & Wakefield, will handle leasing for the property.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Beacon Partners has acquired a 95,736-square-foot industrial building in Charlotte. The property offers multiple signage opportunities, parking, outside storage and is set up for a showroom or last-mile distributor. Beacon Partners plans to upgrade the exterior of the building, which can be subdivided for multiple tenants. The building is situated at 3412 Monroe Road, three miles southeast of downtown Charlotte in the Echo Hills neighborhood. Rob Speir and Lawrence Shaw of Colliers International represented Beacon Partners in the sale. Justin Smith of Colliers represented the undisclosed seller. Tim Robertson of Beacon Partner is handling leasing.
PHOENIX — ViaWest Group has completed the sale of Broadway Industrial Center and 45th Avenue Industrial Park in Phoenix. New York-based KKR acquired the three-building portfolio, located at 2950 E. Broadway Road and 77 N. 45th Ave., for $16.6 million. Will Strong of Cushman & Wakefield, along with Matt McDougall and Ken McQueen of Lee & Associates, handled the transaction. Constructed in 1984, 45th Avenue Industrial Park features 24-foot clear heights and a 125- to 150-foot truck court. Current tenants include Storopack and Western Millworks. Broadway Industrial Center consists of two buildings, totaling 95,094 square feet, with 24-foot clear heights and grade-level doors. Major tenants include Reddy Ice, Goldie’s Motors and Cereus Graphics. At the time of sale, both properties were fully leased.
HOUSTON — Locally based firm Investment & Development Ventures LLC (IDV) has broken ground on Phase I of South Belt Central Business Park, a development in Houston that will ultimately feature 3.5 million square feet of industrial space. The site spans 214 acres with nearly a full mile of frontage along Beltway 8 on the city’s south side. Phase I of the project, which is slated for a fourth-quarter completion, will consist of a 305,016-square-foot cross-dock building and a 131,553-square-foot side-load building. Cushman & Wakefield is handling leasing of the project.
HOUSTON — Jackson-Shaw, a North Texas-based industrial developer, has acquired 45 acres in northwest Houston for the development of Nexus Park Northwest, a project that will ultimately feature 476,640 square feet of Class A industrial space. Preliminary plans call for four buildings that can accommodate users requiring between 15,000 and 200,000 square feet. Diamond Realty Investments Inc. is Jackson-Shaw’s equity partner on the project. Burton Construction is the general contractor, and Powers Brown is the architect. Construction is scheduled to begin in March and to be substantially complete by December.
LITTLE RIVER-ACADEMY, TEXAS — Bellomy & Co. has negotiated the sale of Academy Mini Storage, a 208-unit self-storage facility in Little River-Academy, a city located just south of Temple in Central Texas. The property was built in 2003 and features 27,000 net rentable square feet as well as nine acres for additional expansion. Bill Bellomy and Michael Johnson of Bellomy & Co. represented the seller, a locally based family trust, in the transaction. Academy Mini Storage was 68 percent occupied at the time of sale.