EAST HARTFORD, CONN. — An affiliate of Walmart has acquired an industrial building in East Hartford for approximately $212 million, according to reports from multiple local news outlets, including CT Insider and the Hartford Business Journal. The building is one of two within the 2.5 million-square-foot East Hartford Logistics & Technology Park, which was completed in 2024. The latter publication reports that the building was previously slated for use by Wayfair, but the Massachusetts-based furniture company “never fully occupied the space and later sought to sublease the building.” The seller was a joint venture between PGIM and National Development.
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CHICAGO — Apex Systems will relocate its Chicago office from 600 W. Chicago Ave. to 448 N. LaSalle Drive. The technology and professional services firm has signed a long-term lease totaling 15,378 square feet for the entire top floor of the boutique office building. Designed by LJC Design & Engineering and completed in 2021, the 12-story property totals 174,599 square feet and is situated in the city’s River North submarket. The owner, National Real Estate Advisors, recently completed 32,000 square feet of furnished spec suites on the fourth and seventh floors. Amenities include a private tenant rooftop deck, conference facilities, a fitness center and ground-floor retail, including shuffleboard-focused food-and-beverage concept Electric Shuffle. Erica Marshall and Mark Gunderson of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord. Jeff Skender, Jack Tunnicliff, Mike DeSantis and Mark Moore of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant.
ROSEVILLE, MINN. — Pottery Barn has signed a 12,500-square-foot lease to open at Rosedale Center, a 1.1 million-square-foot shopping mall in Roseville. The home furnishings retailer will occupy an exterior space and is slated to open in the third quarter of 2027. Holly Rome of JLL leads the leasing efforts for Rosedale Center and secured the lease with Pottery Barn, which is a member of the Williams-Sonoma Inc. portfolio of brands.
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA. — JLL has arranged a $58 million loan for the refinancing of 300 Four Falls, a 298,564-square-foot office building in Conshohocken, a northern suburb of Philadelphia. Built in 2003, 300 Four Falls is a seven-story building that features a redesigned lobby, conference center, café, fitness center and a designated tenant amenity space. At the time of the loan closing, the building was 91.6 percent leased. Chad Orcutt led the JLL team that arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan through Barclays and an entity managed by Argentic Investment Management LLC. The borrower was Maguire Hayden Real Estate Co.
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. — Local owner-operator Woodmont Industrial Properties has sold a 54,113-square-foot building in Woodbridge, about 25 miles south of New York City. Delivered in 2023, the building at 51 New Brunswick Ave. features a clear height of 32 feet, seven exterior dock doors, one drive-in door and 2,300 square feet of office space and was fully leased at the time of sale of R.A.S. Logistics. Brian Schulz, Steven Beyda and Kevin Welsh of Newmark brokered the deal. The buyer was Sagard Real Estate.
NEW YORK CITY — TransUnion has signed a 30,140-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The provider of credit reporting and monitoring services will occupy the entire sixth floor at 1155 Avenue of the Americas, according to a LinkedIn post by the landlord, The Durst Organization. Tom Bow, Rocco Romeo and Nora Caliban internally represented Durst in the lease negotiations. David Wilson, Jonathan Zeitler, Michael McKenna and Barry Spagna of Cresa, along with internal agent Harriet Gleason, represented TransUnion.
By Derek Lichtfuss, Newmark Columbus, Ohio, is emerging as one of the nation’s most dynamic industrial markets. With a strategic location, robust infrastructure and a diversified economy, the metro area is attracting industrial, manufacturing and logistics investment at a pace rivaling traditional coastal hubs. According to Newmark Research, Columbus’ industrial market closed 2025 with positive absorption of 8.8 million square feet — ranking among the top five U.S. markets. Remarkably, the fourth quarter alone contributed more than 3 million square feet, marking the second consecutive quarter above that threshold. The market’s fundamentals underscore its strength. Vacancy ended the year at 7.2 percent, down from 9.7 percent in 2024. Asking rents, while largely flat in 2025, have climbed for six consecutive years, reflecting steady demand. More than 5.2 million square feet are currently under construction, signaling developer confidence. Drivers of growth Several factors drive the city’s momentum. Columbus benefits from an exceptional logistics profile. The metro area can reach roughly 50 percent of the U.S. population within a one-day drive or train, bolstered by I-70, I-71 and the second-largest inland port at Rickenbacker International Airport. Its multimodal capabilities — including Norfolk Southern rail and cargo air — have made it a …
DE SOTO, KAN. — Beale Infrastructure, a San Francisco-based owner-operator of data centers and other tech infrastructural properties, has unveiled plans for Project Pilot, a $3 billion data center campus in De Soto, about 30 miles west of Kansas City. Construction of the first phase is set to begin in May. According to Beale, the project, which is ultimately planned to feature four buildings totaling approximately 1 million square feet, represents the first hyperscale data center to be announced in the state of Kansas. The company also stated that the project would add “hundreds” of construction jobs and 50 permanent operational roles to the local economy. Beale has partnered with local utility provider Evergy to provide power for the campus and facilitate infrastructural development. An end user was not announced, but Beale said that upon completion, the campus would “host a large technology company contracted via a long-term lease.” According to Data Center Dynamics (DCD), affiliates of Beale first purchased the 290-acre site last fall, around the same time that the City of De Soto approved construction. DCD also reports that the city “approved property tax and sales tax exemptions on up to $50 billion in industrial revenue bonds, which …
By Bert Belanger, PACE Equity Seemingly every week, a commercial real estate publication publishes a story warning that nine out of 10 markets in America need more affordable housing units. Switching to an “all-bills-paid” mindset and utilizing Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing can help address this quandary. Going Through the PACEs In early 2021, after a 40-year career as a real estate lawyer, consultant and developer focused on affordable housing, I began “selling money.” By this, I mean that I was sourcing capital for PACE Equity, a Milwaukee-based private debt firm focused on providing C-PACE funding. Since C-PACE was new to my home state of Oklahoma, I was initially unfamiliar with its characteristics, but the practice of so-called “green building” was something I had experienced firsthand. I hoped that my mixture of experience might make me a unicorn — a guy who knew how to meld obtuse government subsidized housing tools with C-PACE, all for the greater good. However, I have quickly learned that mixing C-PACE with government-assisted housing financing tools is a non-starter. Why? Because cash flows within government-subsidized financings are thin by design, leaving no room for debt service beyond a small senior loan. Real Deals and Real Savings …
HOUSTON — Locally based developer Midway has completed CITYCENTRE Six, a 320,000-square-foot office building in West Houston. The 19-story building was developed adjacent to a new half-acre urban plaza, which was designed by OJB Landscape Architecture, within the 47-acre mixed-use development of the same name. Building materials supplier Dow is the anchor tenant at CITYCENTRE Six, and the building was delivered 90 percent preleased. Other tenants include VoltaGrid, Octave and Enverus. Construction began in early 2024 and topped out last summer.