LAREDO, TEXAS — Source Logistics, a supply chain operator for retail and e-commerce firms, has signed a 423,280-square-foot industrial lease at Port Grande Logistics Port in the South Texas city of Laredo. The company will occupy the entirety of Building 2, a spec project that is nearing completion. California-based Majestic Realty is the developer of Port Grande Logistics Port, which is located just off Interstate 35 and within 10 miles of the Port of Laredo border crossing.
PHOENIX — JLL Income Property Trust has acquired Chandler Distribution Center, a Class A industrial asset located in the Southeast submarket of Phoenix. An undisclosed seller sold the property for $31 million. Located immediately off Arizona State Route 202, Chandler Distribution Center features two newly developed Class A warehouses designed to accommodate a wide range of tenant sizes including those under 35,000 square feet. At the time of sale, the property was 97 percent occupied. Jones Lang LaSalle Income Property Trust Inc. is a REIT that owns and manages a diversified portfolio of apartment, industrial, office and retail properties.
LORDSTOWN, OHIO — General Motors and LG Chem have teamed up to invest up to $2.3 billion through a new, equally owned joint venture company. The partnership plans to establish a battery cell assembly plant for electric vehicles on a greenfield manufacturing site in northeast Ohio’s Lordstown. The plant is expected to create more than 1,100 new jobs. Groundbreaking is slated for mid-2020. Coinciding with the news is GM’s sale of its manufacturing complex in Lordstown to Lordstown Motors Corp. for the production of battery-electric trucks. This investment builds on GM’s previously announced $28 million investment in its Warren, Mich. battery lab.
DENVER — SunCap Property Group, in partnership with Colony Industrial, a subsidiary of Colony Capital, has closed on the land for the development of North Central Logistics Center, a speculative industrial project in Denver. Formerly known as Welby Gardens, the three-building speculative development will offer tenants the opportunity to occupy space ranging from 25,000 square feet to 641,000 square feet. Situated on 33 acres, the project will feature two single-loaded buildings with trucks entering in the rear and a central cross-docked facility. All buildings will feature 32-foot clear heights and ample employee parking. Murray & Stafford will manage construction, which is slated to begin by the end of the year with completion scheduled for early spring 2021. Mitch Zatz, Jason White and Carmon Hicks of JLL represented the land sellers in the transaction and will be handling leasing for the development.
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Hamra Properties has purchased Anaheim Hills Business Center, an industrial and office business park located at 5100-5150 E. La Palma Ave. in Anaheim. Seligman Group sold the asset for $21.3 million. Jeffrey Cole, Jeff Chiate, Ed Hernandez, Mike Adey and Nico Napolitano of Cushman & Wakefield’s Irvine, Calif., office represented the seller, while Rick Ellison and Randy Ellison of Cushman & Wakefield served as market advisors. Built in 1988, the five-building campus features 154,627 square feet of industrial and office space. The property includes grade-level doors, landscaping with palm trees and abundant parking at a ratio of three stalls per 1,000 square feet. The buildings range in size from 19,000 square feet to 49,000 square feet, accommodating tenants as small as 700 square feet.
BOULDER, COLO. — Newmark Knight Frank has brokered the sale of an industrial building located at 5360 Sterling Drive in Boulder. Alger Boulder I LLC acquired the property from Ivy 5360 Sterling Property LLC for $15.5 million. The property features 38,263 square feet of industrial space. John Jugl of Newmark Knight Frank Colorado represented the seller in the deal.
NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. — JLL has brokered the sale of a 50,993-square-foot industrial building in North Brunswick, located approximately 30 miles southwest of New York City. Situated at 1200 Airport Road, the building was completed in 1987 and features 19-foot clear heights, seven exterior docks, three drive-in doors and parking for 86 cars. The building was fully leased to three tenants at the time of sale. Gary Politi and Joel Lubin of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The sales price was also undisclosed. The buyer was VK Industrial V LP, a partnership between Venture One Real Estate and Kovitz Investment Group.
MESQUITE, TEXAS — Conor Commercial Real Estate has acquired 12.4 acres in the eastern Dallas suburb of Mesquite for the development of Skyline Commerce Park, a 197,600-square-foot speculative industrial project. The site offers immediate proximity to Interstate 30 and U.S. Highway 80. Skyline Commerce Park will consist of a 135,200-square-foot building with 32-foot clear heights and a 62,400-square-foot building with 28-foot clear heights, as well as 258 parking spaces and 12 trailer parking stalls. Cadence McShane is the general contractor for the project, construction of which is slated to begin this year and wrap up in the fourth quarter of 2020. Conor Commercial Real Estate and Cadence McShane are both divisions of The McShane Companies, a national development and investment firm headquartered in suburban Chicago.
PLANO, TEXAS — JLL has brokered the sale of Jupiter Business Park, a 141,200-square-foot light industrial park in the northern Dallas suburb of Plano. Built on 8.1 acres, the property was 88 percent leased at the time of sale. Stephen Bailey of JLL represented the seller, Berkeley Partners, in the transaction. Campbell Roche, Steve Heldenfels and Jarrod McCabe of JLL placed acquisition financing for the buyer, locally based investment firm MoxieBridge, through Grant Street Funding. The loan carried a five-year term and a fixed interest rate.
HOUSTON — Finial Group has negotiated a 15,000-square-foot industrial lease at 12989 Market Street Road in Houston. Jason Gibbons and Doc Perrier of Finial Group represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 1982. The representative of the tenant, truck repair shop AM PM Diesel Services Inc., was not disclosed.
