WEST POINT, GA. — Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia Inc. (KMMG) will temporarily halt production at its West Point facility starting Monday, March 30 and is planned to reopen Monday, April 13 in the face of the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak. While operations are suspended, KMMG will perform additional cleaning and disinfecting processes of workstations throughout the plant. The factory produces 340,000 vehicles annually, including the Telluride CUV, Sorento CUV and Optima midsize sedan. The facility spans 2,200 acres and operates 24 hours per day.
SCHERTZ, TEXAS — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the $25.7 million sale of a 101,347-square-foot industrial building that is fully leased to FedEx Freight in the Central Texas city of Schertz. John Kuhn, David Tighe and Daniel McBride of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer, S&B Detrick LP, in the transaction. Mollie Alteri Joey Odom, Mike Sladich, and Maggie Holmes of Stan Johnson Co. represented the seller.
PASADENA, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 29,954-square-foot industrial lease at 4111 Greenshadow Drive in Pasadena, an eastern suburb of Houston. Reed Vestal and Taylor Schmidt of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Vigavi Zen LLC, in the lease negotiations. Carlton Anderson of CBRE represented the tenant, plastics fabricator Johnson Controls Inc.
NEWNAN, GA. — A joint venture between Trammell Crow Co. and Diamond Realty Investments will develop Innovation Business Center, a two-building, 403,648-square-foot industrial property in Newnan. The North Building will span 201,740 square feet and the South Building will include 201,908 square feet. The developers expect the property to be completed at the end of the year. The single-story buildings are situated at 185 and 195 Innovation Way, 36 miles southwest of downtown Atlanta and 27 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Each building will feature 32-foot clear heights, 60-foot dock bays, a 185-foot truck court with 115 trailer spaces, 375 automobile parking spaces and an ESFR fire sprinkler system. Ware Malcomb is the project’s architect, Catamount Constructors is the general contractor, Eberly & Associates is the civil engineer and landscape architect, Haines Gipson & Associates is the structural engineer and Jordan & Skala Engineers is the MEP engineer. Mark Hawks, Todd Barton and Joanna Blaesing of CBRE are handling the marketing and leasing of the property.
The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has not only impacted the physical health of humans around the world, but the health of the U.S. economy as well. While the stock market rallied over 11 percent on Tuesday, its biggest jump in nearly 90 years, on news that a federal stimulus bill to rescue the economy from the coronavirus was imminent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was still down 31 percent from its most recent high at the closing bell. Meanwhile, economists say weekly jobless claims — new filings for unemployment insurance — could hit 2 million or 3 million. The Labor Department will release the latest figures on Thursday morning. Before the coronavirus hit, weekly jobless claims hovered around 215,000. Though no one knows the true fallout yet — because we’re still in the thick of it. “The impact of the crisis on the commercial real estate market has been dramatic so far, and we are only in the beginning,” says Alex Zikakis, president and founder of Capstone Advisors, a real estate investment, development and asset management company in Carlsbad, Calif. “Many small businesses, especially in retail, are facing extreme pressure as people social distance and only shop for absolute necessities. I …
MANCHESTER, PENN. — Advanced Industrial Services Inc. has acquired a 25,000-square-foot property in Manchester, located approximately 20 miles south of Harrisburg. Located at 45 Devco Drive, the property was constructed in 1988 and offers convenient access to Interstate 83 and State Route 30. Ted Turnbull and Jason Turnbull of Rock Commercial Real Estate represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The team also procured Advanced Industrial as the buyer. The sales price was undisclosed.
SALT LAKE CITY — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has arranged the sale of an industrial property located at 9669 S. Prosperity Road in Salt Lake City. KPFN Properties sold the asset to ARKA Properties Group for $30.1 million. Visible SCM Logistics, a supply chain management company, occupies the single-tenant, 363,996-square-foot facility. The property is located near Mountain View Corridor, a phased transportation infrastructure project that when complete will offer a 35-mile freeway spanning from Interstate 80 in Salt Lake City to State Route 73 in Utah County. Bryce Blanchard, Kyle Roberts and Lucas Burbank of represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
SUMNER, WASH. — Bertch Capital Partners has signed CTE Warehousing to occupy Sumner Ridge’s Building A, located at 3400 W. Valley Highway East in Sumner, in a long-term lease agreement. Building A is the second facility at Sumner Ridge, which is home to a 112,100-square-foot industrial property occupied by Automatic Products. The freight management partner will occupy the entire 116,572-square-foot warehouse facility, which is slated for completion at the end of the second quarter. The company plans to relocate from at least one of its existing buildings in the area. Bill Condon and Matt McGregor of Colliers International represented the developer, while Jeff Forsberg of NAI Puget Sound Properties represented CTE Warehousing in the deal.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — Sturges Property Group has arranged the sale of a 12,000-square-foot, single-tenant industrial building located at 6821 Metro Park Drive in Fort Wayne for an undisclosed price. John Caffray of Sturges represented the seller, Duncan Supply Co. Inc., as well as the buyer, Peakway Investment Group LLC. Indianapolis-based Duncan is a heating equipment supplier.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated a 67,600-square-foot industrial lease extension at Frankford Distribution Center in the northern Dallas suburb of Carrollton. Bob Luttrell of NKF represented the tenant, Corradi USA Inc., a provider of shading structures for outdoor living spaces. Duke Realty represented the landlord, Texas Dugan LP.