LEXINGTON, S.C. — Magnus Development Partners LLC has delivered Midway IV, a speculative 200,000-square-foot industrial building within Lexington County Industrial Park (LCIP). There is currently one tenant in the building, occupying 50,000 square feet. LCIP spans 350 acres nine miles south of downtown Columbia. Magnus broke ground on Midway IV in March 2019. The asset features 32-foot clear heights, 16 dock doors, two 12-by-14-foot drive-in doors, a 210-foot shared truck court, LED motion-detected lighting and an ESFR sprinkler system. Magnus broke ground on Midway V, also within LCIP, in November.
SCHERTZ, TEXAS — Titan Development Real Estate Fund 1 has sold Building 1 at Titan Industrial Park in the Central Texas city of Schertz. The property was built on a speculative basis, fronts Interstate 35 and has been marketed to users seeking spaces between 20,000 and 100,000 square feet. The buyer was not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Locally based brokerage firm Finial Group has arranged a 42,979-square-foot industrial lease renewal at 15882 Diplomatic Plaza Drive in Houston for Elbi of America LP, a manufacturer of water storage, heating and treatment systems. Doc Perrier and Jack Parsons of Finial Group represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Dayne Wunderlich of InSite Realty Partners LP represented the undisclosed landlord.
AUBURN HILLS, MICH. — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is in the process of converting some of its North American plants to produce face masks that will be donated to first responders and healthcare workers. The first machinery has been delivered and installed. Donation of the face masks will come in the following weeks. FCA operates 36 production plants in North America, according to its website. FCA is also working in partnership with nonprofit organizations that are providing food to children until schools return to session. Starting immediately, FCA will help provide more than 1 million meals to school-age children in the communities around its principal manufacturing plants in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. The program will then be extended nationwide and to Canada and Mexico. FCA plants across the U.S. and Canada, as well as headquarters operations in Auburn Hills and construction projects, will remain closed until April 14, dependent upon various states’ stay-in-place orders and the readiness of each facility to return to normal production. Mopar Parts distribution centers, which have been deemed essential to keeping first responders and commercial vehicles on the road, will continue to operate with paid volunteers.
In 2019, the Greenville-Spartanburg industrial market added an unprecedented 33 buildings encompassing 10 million square feet of inventory, bringing the total market size to approximately 211 million square feet. Despite record-breaking new deliveries, absorption has kept pace at 9.6 million square feet the same year. This market is preparing for future growth with delivery of available buildings and land sites, as well as investment in infrastructure and the overall workforce. With the increased supply of Class A speculative space, the market has seen numerous company expansions and relocations away from its Class B product type. New, modern space provides the efficiencies and amenities companies desire (i.e. above 32-foot clear heights). In order to service customers’ consumption preferences, companies are making capital investments into automated processes that allow them to stay competitive in a rapidly changing supply chain. One of the earliest signs of momentum in 2020 was the announcement of South Greenville Enterprise Park and its first user investment, Vermeer. South Greenville Enterprise Park is the first industrial park to deliver to the Greenville market in 10 years. Primary investment has been focused on the S.C. Highway 101 and S.C. Highway 290 corridors due to demand drivers such as BMW …
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — JLL has arranged the sale of Grainger Distribution Center, a 297,000-square-foot industrial building in Jacksonville. W.W. Grainger, a distributor of maintenance, repair and operating supplies, fully occupies the facility, which is situated on 75 acres at 6590 Pritchard Road in Jacksonville’s West industrial submarket. The seller and developer, TriGate Capital LLC, delivered the property in December. The center features 32-foot clear heights, 65 dock-high doors, two drive-in doors, ESFR fire suppression and LED high-bay lighting. Britton Burdette, Pete Pittroff, Matt Wirth, Dennis Mitchell, Patrick Nally, Bret Felberg and Luke Pope of JLL represented the seller in the transaction. Further details of the deal were not disclosed.
FRESNO, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of A-American Self Storage in Fresno. A limited liability company acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. Situated on 4.8 acres at 2455 N. Marks Ave., the facility features 717 non-climate-controlled units, totaling 77,053 net rentable square feet. Brett Hatcher, Gabriel Coe and Jacob Becher of Marcus & Milichap represented the seller and buyer in the deal. Jim Markel, also of Marcus & Millichap, assisted in the transaction and was broker of record for the deal.
RHOME, TEXAS — Dallas-based design-build firm Arco/Murray has completed a 47,000-square-foot high hazard facility for aeronautics firm Socomore in Rhome, located north of Fort Worth. The facility includes H-2 hazardous material production space and 10,000 square feet of H-3 hazardous material production space. Explosion proof electrical fixtures and a foam fire protection system with in-rack sprinklers were used throughout.
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. — NAI James Hanson has negotiated the sale of a 16,000-square-foot industrial building in Elmwood Park, a northwestern suburb of New York City. Located at 55-57 Bushes Lane, the single-story building features 15-foot clear heights and approximately 3,500 square feet of office space. Josh Levering and Nick DePaolera of NAI James Hanson represented the seller, RN Foster Associates LLC, in the transaction. Mission Realty represented the buyer, Bushes Lane Realty Corp. The sales price was undisclosed.
TOCCOA, GA. — Midcoast Properties Inc. has arranged the sale of AJ’s Self-Storage, a 210-unit property in Toccoa. The property features outdoor parking for cars and boats, lighting, fencing and 24-hour electronic gate access. The property is situated at 2700 Mize Road, 10 miles from the Georgia-South Carolina state border. Dale Eisenman and Michael Morrison of Midcoast Properties represented the undisclosed seller and procured the undisclosed buyer in the transaction.