SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Hampshire Venture Partners LLC has purchased a 134,444-square-foot retail building in Syracuse that was formerly occupied by Sam’s Club The purchase price was roughly $5.6 million. The new ownership plans to convert the building, which sits on 14.2 acres at 2649 Erie Blvd., into a self-storage facility. Phil Marshall of O,R&L Commercial represented Hampshire in the sale. Bill Anninos of CBRE represented the seller, Sam’s Real Estate Business Trust. No timeline for the building conversion was provided.
PERRYMAN, MD. — Merritt Properties has announced plans for Tower Logistics Center, an 860,000-square-foot industrial building in Perryman. Delivery is expected in late 2020. The building will be located at 1225 S. Philadelphia Road, about 30 miles north of the Port of Baltimore. Tower Logistics Center will feature 40-foot clear heights, 60-foot speed bays, more than 150 dock bays and 200 trailer parking spaces. Truck courts will span 130 feet and the building will include four drive-in doors. The construction team includes Powers Brown Architecture as the architect and Morris & Ritchie Associates Inc. as the civil engineer. Merritt has engaged CBRE as a listing partner, with Bill Pellington and Jon Casella of CBRE leading leasing efforts.
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WIS. — Zilber Property Group is developing an industrial build-to-suit for Bio Fab Technologies Inc. in Pleasant Prairie. The 50,000-square-foot facility will be situated within LakeView Corporate Park. Kenosha-based Bio Fab is a provider of custom stainless-steel equipment and components for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, semiconductor, architectural and food and beverage industries. Groundbreaking is scheduled for this summer with completion in spring 2020. Project partners include Riley Construction, Pinnacle Engineering Group, Partners in Design Architects, raSmith and Electrical Contractors Inc.
INDIANAPOLIS — Plymouth Industrial REIT Inc. has purchased a multi-tenant, Class B industrial building in Indianapolis for $17.1 million. Located on Sam Jones Expressway, the 484,879-square-foot property is situated in the Southwest submarket in close proximity to the Indianapolis International Airport. The facility is fully leased by Phoenix Material Management, a provider of container management solutions, and Quemetco Inc., a subsidiary of RSR Corp. that recycles lead-based batteries.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $3.2 million sale of 37-55 61st St., a 6,200-square-foot industrial asset in the Woodside neighborhood of Queens. The building includes office space. Stephen Preuss and Rani Bendary of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction on behalf of the buyer and seller, both of which were private investors. The site allows for future expansion of an additional 9,600 square feet.
HOUSTON — Lee & Associates has negotiated the sale of a 99,000-square-foot industrial building located at 701 Plastics Ave. in Houston. Trey Erwin and Dalton Knipe of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, Investment Property Exchange Services, in the transaction. Read King represented the seller, Usha Martin Americas Inc.
EASTVALE, CALIF. — Rexford Industrial Realty has purchased a 15.5-acre, fully entitled development site in Eastvale, within the Inland Empire West submarket, for $18.2 million, or $26.93 per land square foot. Rexford has retained the undisclosed seller as fee developer to construct the project, branded as “The Merge,” which will contain a total of 333,500 square feet of industrial space within six buildings. Once completed, the project will feature 10 warehouse spaces, ranging from 20,000 square feet to 45,000 square feet, offering 30- to 32-foot clear heights, ESFR fire sprinklers and market-leading dock-high loading capacity. Delivery is slated for the third quarter of 2020, after incurring incremental all-in development and construction costs of approximately $37 million.
DENVER — Unique Properties / TCN Worldwide has negotiated the sale of an industrial asset, located at 6400 Washington St. in Denver. Gibraltar Property Management acquired the property from North Denver Group Co-Tenancy for $4.1 million. Situated on 4.7 acres, the asset consists of a 14,540-square-foot industrial service and rental center. The property features a large storage yard, oversized drive-in doors and a showroom area. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to United Rentals under an absolute triple-net lease basis. Brett MacDougall and Michael DeSantis of Unique Properties / TCN Worldwide represented the buyer and seller in the transaction.
WILMINGTON, ILL. — Elion Partners has renamed RidgePort Logistics Center to Elion Logistics Park 55 (ELP 55) and planned a $2 billion development project at the site in Wilmington, approximately 40 miles southwest of Chicago. Following the expansion, ELP 55 will become the largest rail-served industrial park in the Midwest, according to the real estate investment firm. Elion began acquiring land for the park in 2016. To date, 6.3 million square feet of multi-tenant and build-to-suit space exists. Some of the tenants include Post, Lineage and Batory Foods. The master plan comprises up to 2,500 acres, which includes an existing, full-service TA Petro Travel Plaza and up to 140 acres for planned commercial development. Current projects underway include an on-site first responders’ station, interconnectivity via planned pedestrian walking paths and an on-site helipad. ELP 55 features two miles of frontage along the BNSF’s Transcontinental Mainline with up to 12 million square feet of potential rail services, and three miles of I-55 frontage with a complete interchange. The park is located in a regional distribution hub that reaches 27 percent of the U.S. population within a one-day drive, according to Elion. “The goal is to develop a mixed-use logistics park that …
DILLON, S.C. — Equus Capital Partners Ltd. will break ground on a 373,100-square-foot speculative industrial building in Dillon in the third quarter of 2019. The site is situated off I-95 and one mile from Inland Port Dillon. The property will offer warehouse and logistics space, 32-foot clear heights, a 180-foot truck court, 189 parking spots, 58 loading spaces and 64 trailer parking spaces. The Philadelphia-based developer expects to deliver Phase I in 2020. Bob Barrineau and Brendan Redeyoff of CBRE as well as Drew Chaplin of Palmetto Commercial Real Estate are leading leasing efforts at the property on behalf of Equus. Phase II is proposed on a nearby site, which allows for the construction of multiple build-to-suit buildings with up to 1.5 million square feet of additional development capacity. A timeline for Phase II was not disclosed.