CORONA, CALIF. — Kearny Real Estate Co., a Los Angeles-based developer and investor, has sold Corona Lakeside Logistics Center, a five-building industrial park located in the Riverside County submarket of Inland Empire. The buyer, GLP Capital Partners, acquired the 730,000-square-foot development for $325 million. Michael Kendall, Richard Schwartz, Gian Bruno, Joey Reaume and Kenny Patricia of Colliers represented both parties in the transaction. The sales price represents the largest ground-lease ownership transfer in the history of the Inland Empire and one of the largest ever for Southern California, according to Colliers. “The buyer recognized the intrinsic value of this development and is thrilled to be adding it to its growing portfolio of Class A properties,” says Kendall. “Kearny built a best-in-class industrial development at the Inland Empire bullseye that is the I-15/CA-91 interchange.” “This is a culmination of seven years in the making,” adds Schwartz. “It was an honor to work with the Kearny team through the development phase and witness its project come to fruition.” Kearny recently delivered the park nearly two years after breaking ground. The developer signed a 99-year ground lease at the 37-acre site in 2019 with a private family owner, a deal that was …
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Lee & Associates’ First-Quarter 2023 Sector-by-Sector Analysis Indicates Market-Wide Cooling
High interest rates and economic uncertainty in the first quarter of this year contributed to lower absorption and declining rent growth in industrial, retail and multifamily sectors across the country, with some regional exceptions, according to Lee & Associates’ 2023 Q1 North America Market Report. Meanwhile office continues to struggle. The sector experienced its third-largest quarterly contraction since the beginning of the pandemic, as work-from-home preferences decoupled office occupancy from job growth numbers. The full Lee & Associates report is available (with further breakdowns of factors like vacancy rates, market rents, inventory square footage and cap rates by city) here. The analysis below provides an overview of four major commercial real estate sectors alongside trends, economic background and exceptions within each sector. Industrial Overview: Sharp Decline Hits First-Quarter U.S. Demand There was a sharp first-quarter decline in U.S. tenant demand for industrial space as wholesalers and retailers reconsider their inventory levels out of caution over the economic outlook. Net absorption in the first quarter totaled 39.4 million square feet, a 57 percent drop from the record set a year ago. The overall U.S. vacancy rate settled at 4.4 percent, an increase of 40 basis points from the close of 2022, comfortably …
TAMPA, FLA. — Boca Raton-based Basis Industrial has purchased portfolio of industrial properties located in Tampa for $33 million. The portfolio includes Brandywine Business Center at 3801 Corporex Park Drive; Corporex Plaza at 3902 Corporex Park Drive and Presidents Plaza Business Center at 4801 George Road. Together the properties total 224,108 square feet. Tenants at the properties, which were 96 percent occupied at the time of sale, include Joffrey’s Coffee, Global Alliance Distributors, Ademco Inc., E-Med Source and Tri-Ed Distribution. Anthony Scavo represented Basis Industrial on an internal basis. Douglas Mandel of Marcus & Millichap’s Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) division represented the undisclosed sellers.
PEACHTREE CORNERS, GA. — Spalding Site Partners LLC has acquired a 2.2-acre land parcel in Peachtree Corners with plans to develop a mixed-use property. Upon completion, the development will include 170 residential units, ground-floor retail space, a fitness center and an extension of the Peachtree Corners public trail system. Redline Property Partners, which has a 98,040-square-foot office building at the site, sold the land for an undisclosed price.
ORLANDO, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the sale of an industrial portfolio comprising 241,124 square feet across three buildings in Orlando. Located at 10425 S. Orange Ave., 523 W. Grant St. and 44 27th St., the buildings total 130,400, 62,210 and 48,514 square feet, respectively. GID Industrial purchased the portfolio, which was fully leased to 14 tenants, including USPS, at the time of sale. José Lobón, Trey Barry, Frank Fallon, Royce Rose and Alain Bonvecchio of CBRE Capital Markets represented the undisclosed, Boston-based seller in the transaction. David Murphy and Monica Wonus of CBRE also assisted with the sale, the price of which was not disclosed.
KNOXVILLE, TENN. — MZ Capital Partners has purchased the Residences at Devanshire, a community comprising 87 single-family rental homes in Knoxville. Built in 2006, the property features units with three bedrooms and two full bathrooms. Homes also feature back porches or patios, attached garage parking and grass backyards. The sales price and seller were not disclosed.
RICHMOND, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield|Thalhimer’s Capital Markets Group has brokered the $7.3 million sale of Wistar Center in Richmond. Located at 8101-8157 Staples Mill Road, the portfolio comprises 49,092 square feet of industrial and retail space. Fully leased to 20 tenants, the retail property features 20,436 square feet. Totaling 28,656 square feet across two buildings, the industrial space was also fully leased at the time of sale. Bo McKown, Catharine Spangler and Eric Robison of Cushman & Wakefield|Thalhimer arranged the sale on behalf of the seller, Fernau LeBlanc Investment Partners. Prudent Growth Partners was the buyer.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — San Diego-based investment firm Westcore has acquired three industrial buildings totaling 485,330 square feet in Fort Worth. Buildings 1, 2 and 4 within North Quarter 35, a development by M2G Ventures, were all fully leased at the time of sale. Seth Koschak and Matteson Hamilton represented the seller in the transaction. Westcore was self-represented. North Quarter 35 features a mix of shallow-bay, read-load and cross-dock buildings totaling 645,000 square feet.
PRINCETON, TEXAS — Core Spaces, a developer with offices in Chicago and Austin, is underway on construction of Oxenfree at Princeton, a 408-unit build-to-rent residential community located on the northeastern outskirts of Dallas. The site spans 50 acres, and the development will feature a mix of single-family and townhome-style residences with three distinct architectural styles. Oxenfree at Princeton will also offer a central amenity center with a coworking space, health club, market, lounge, pool and a children’s play area. Completion is scheduled for April 2024.
DALLAS — A partnership between Orlando-based developer ZOM Living and Dallas-based investment firm Civitas Capital Group has sold Mezzo, a 378-unit apartment community in North Dallas. Completed last summer, the garden-style property consists of 13 buildings on a 15-acre site. Units come in one-, two- and three-bedroom formats and range in size from 700 to 1,560 square feet. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, lounge, coworking spaces, game room and a dog park. Harbor Group International purchased Mezzo, which was 85 percent occupied at the time of sale, for an undisclosed price.