PLAINFIELD, N.J. — Saadia Group LLC, a New York-based investor, has acquired a 135,668-square-foot industrial facility in Plainfield, a southwestern suburb of New York City. Located at 1700-1722 S. 2nd St., the property features convenient access to the Garden State Parkway as well as State Routes 287 and 78. The building was constructed in 1945. Jonathan Glick of Sheldon Gross Realty represented Saadia Group in the transaction. Second Street Associates sold the asset for an undisclosed price.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Beacon Partners has signed Quantum Machinery Group to a 37,972-square-foot lease for the company to move its distribution headquarters to Metrolina Park in Charlotte’s Henderson Circle submarket. Quantum Machinery is a metalworking equipment supplier that was formerly based in California. The company is expected to move into the new space this summer. Metrolina Park, which is now fully leased, is a 2.5 million-square-foot distribution park situated at the intersection of N.C. Highway 115, Old Statesville Road and Gibbon Road, seven miles north of downtown Charlotte. Brad Cherry of JLL represented Quantum Machinery Group in the lease transaction.
HOUSTON — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a 6.2-acre industrial property that houses 41,076 square feet of warehouse space in Houston. Tom Condon Jr. of Colliers represented the buyer, Tomball Economic Development Corp., in the transaction. Natalie Hurley of Register Real Estate Advisors represented the seller, South Live Oak Associates LP.
NEW YORK AND BOSTON — Swedish construction company Skanska has begun a $40 million rehabilitation project for railway company Amtrak. The project will include structural modifications and industrial equipment upgrades for three maintenance facilities located in Boston, New York and Washington D.C. Skanska originally built the facilities 20 years ago and was contracted again to upgrade them to accommodate the upcoming Acela 21 high-speed rail service trains. Construction is slated for completion in the first quarter of 2021, and the new trains will be placed into service late next year.
BETHLEHEM, PA. — Medical supplies distributor TwinMed has signed a 189,721-square-foot industrial lease in Bethlehem, an eastern suburb of Allentown. TwinMed will occupy a space at 1198 Feather Way in Steel City Trade Center, a partially completed Class A logistics facility. Construction of TwinMed’s facility moved forward amid halts related to the COVID-19 outbreak. Another speculative distribution center is planned for completion later this year, which will bring the total footprint of the development to 294,240 square feet. Mark Chubb, Michael Zerbe, Summer Coulter and Christopher Volkert of Colliers International represented TwinMed in the lease negotiations. Vincent Ranalli of CBRE represented the owner and developer, a joint venture between Dallas-based Trammell Crow and New York-based Clarion Partners.
PHOENIX — El Segundo, Calif.-based Landmark Dividend, an owner and developer of real property interests and digital infrastructures, has purchased a data center campus in Phoenix. According to local media outlets, PayPal sold the asset for $122 million. Acquisition of the 184,000-square-foot, 16-megawatt (MW) enterprise data center campus adds to Landmark’s expansion into offering a move-in-ready data center platform. The purchase is the company’s 16th data center asset acquisition in the last 18 months. The campus consists of three data center buildings, along with an office area designed to Tier IV standards. At the time of acquisition, tech-base financial services company PayPal occupied more than 50 percent of the campus on a long-term basis. Constructed between 2010 and 2014, the campus has roof capacity loads of up to 1.4 million pounds. The facility is fortified with a storage warehouse designed for Tier IV compliance, and offers full redundancy across its entire infrastructure, providing access to more than 10 carrier networks on-site. Landmark has retained JLL Phoenix’s Data Center Solutions team as leasing manager for the campus.
PHOENIX — San Diego-based Westcore has purchased an industrial warehouse property located in Phoenix for $12.4 million in a sale-leaseback transaction. Dreamfoam Bedding, doing business as Brooklyn Bedding, occupies the facility and will lease it back from Westcore for a short period of time. Located at 4455 W. Camelback Road in Phoenix’s Southwest Valley submarket, the property features 148,689 square feet of Class A industrial warehouse space. Phil Haenel, Andy Markham, Mike Haenel and Will Strong of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer, while Scott Backes and Rose Arck of Brydant Real Estate represented the buyer in the deal.
CONVERSE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Noah’s Ark Self Storage, a 267-unit facility in Converse, a northeastern suburb of San Antonio. The property features 82,960 net rentable square feet, with units ranging in size from 16 to 300 square feet. Jon Danklefs of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, and procured the buyer, Store It All Self Storage. The facility is the new ownership’s 18th location in Texas.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Dayton Superior Corp., an Ohio-based supplier of construction materials, has signed a lease renewal at 15124 Grand River Road in Fort Worth. The company will continue to occupy 51,101 square feet of office and warehouse space. Brian Gilchrist and Steve Koldyke of CBRE represented Dayton Superior in the lease negotiations. Michael Spain of Bradford Real Estate Services represented the landlord, SCG River Park Business Center LP.
WEST CALDWELL, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $19.2 million sale of an industrial and self-storage facility in West Caldwell, western suburb of New York City. Located at 670 Passaic Ave., the property features 67,000 square feet of industrial space and 41,000 square feet of self-storage space across 760 units. Alan Cafiero, Ben Sgambati and Nicholas Bocchi of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The team also represented the buyer, a local private investor. Both parties requested anonymity.