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Nationwide Insurance Provides $38.2M Acquisition Loan for Industrial Portfolio Near Port of Virginia

by Alex Tostado October 26, 2020

SUFFOLK AND CHESAPEAKE, VA. — Nationwide Insurance Co. has provided a $38.2 million acquisition loan for a four-building industrial portfolio in Suffolk and Chesapeake. The 655,852-square-foot portfolio was fully leased at the time of the sale and comprises shallow bay properties. Three of the properties are located at 6900-6950 Harbour View Blvd. in Suffolk, eight miles northwest the Port of Virginia. The fourth property is located at 2601 Indian River Road in Chesapeake, seven miles east of the Port of Virginia. Michael Ryan, Brian Linnihan, Richard Henry and Blake Cohen of Cushman & Wakefield originated the financing on behalf of the borrower, Equus Capital Partners Ltd. The seller was not disclosed.

October 26, 2020

Acquisitions Florida Industrial Southeast

Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $11.6M Sale of Former Newspaper Printing Facility in Metro Miami

by Alex Tostado October 26, 2020

DORAL, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $11.6 million sale of the former Miami Herald Printing Facility in Doral. The three-story warehouse spans 118,993 square feet and features 15 dock-high positions, one grade-level ramp and clear heights from 10 feet to 46 feet. The property was built in 2013 and is situated at 3500 NW 89th Court, 14 miles west of downtown Miami. Miguel Alcivar, Wayne Ramoski, Gian Rodriguez, Dominic Montazemi and Skylar Stein of Cushman & Wakefield, represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. MG3 Group, a private real estate company, acquired the property. According to the Miami Herald, in 2019 the newspaper has a print circulation of 75,000 customers.

October 26, 2020

Development Industrial Texas

Amazon to Open 700,000 SF Fulfillment Center in Waco, Create 1,000 Jobs

by Taylor Williams October 26, 2020

WACO, TEXAS — Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) will open a 700,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Waco, the Seattle-based e-commerce giant’s first in the Central Texas city. The facility is expected to come on line in 2021 and to bring about 1,000 new full-time jobs to the market. Local CBS affiliate KWTX reports that the facility will be situated on a 90-acre site at 2000 Exchange Parkway near Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest Medical Center on the city’s south side. Over the last decade, Amazon has made approximately $17 billion in capital investment in Texas, resulting in the creation of some 43,000 new jobs.

October 26, 2020

Development Industrial Texas

Sunrider International to Open 71-Acre Manufacturing Plant in Midlothian, Texas

by Taylor Williams October 26, 2020

MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS — Sunrider International, a California-based provider of food, health, beauty and household products, will open a 71-acre manufacturing and research and development facility in the southern Dallas suburb of Midlothian. Construction of the facility is underway, and the company will begin relocating employees of its California manufacturing operation to the new plant in 2021. The Dallas Morning News reports that Sunrider recently filed permits to develop a 340,000-square-foot building on the site, as well as to eventually build a facility spanning 1 million square feet or more. The newspaper also reports that the City of Midlothian and Ellis County offered Sunrider more than a 50 percent property and business tax abatement if the company ultimately expands its footprint to 600,000 square feet and hires more than 200 employees. Chicago-based merchant bank Conlon & Co. owns the site.

October 26, 2020

Development Industrial Texas

Ti Cold Development to Build 303,920 SF Cold Storage Facility in Houston

by Taylor Williams October 26, 2020

HOUSTON — Ti Cold Development, which specializes in cold storage properties, will build a 303,920-square-foot facility within East Hardy Commerce Park in Houston. The site offers proximity to Interstate 45, Beltway 8 and George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The facility will feature more than 42,000 pallet positions and will be marketed to both multi-tenant and build-to-suit users. A construction schedule was not disclosed.

October 26, 2020

Acquisitions Office Texas

Colliers Brokers Sale of 198,788 SF Preston Park Office Complex in Plano

by Taylor Williams October 26, 2020

PLANO, TEXAS — Colliers International has brokered the sale of Preston Park, a 198,788-square-foot office complex in Plano. The two-building, 12-acre complex was built in 1997 and recently renovated to upgrade lobbies, common areas, tenant lounges and conference centers. California-based Libitzky Property Cos. and Dallas-based Sunwest Real Estate Group sold the property to Florida-based TerraCap Management for an undisclosed price. Creighton Stark and Chris Boyd of Colliers brokered the deal. Both buildings were approximately 90 percent leased at the time of sale.

October 26, 2020

Acquisitions NAI Office Texas

NAI Partners Negotiates Sale of 37,500 SF Davenport 360 Office Building in Austin

by Taylor Williams October 26, 2020

AUSTIN, TEXAS — NAI Partners has negotiated the sale of Davenport 360, a 37,500-square-foot office building located at 6001 Bold Ruler Way in Austin. Todd Mahler of NAI Partners represented the buyer, Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Group, in the transaction. Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller. The sale is one of the top five largest by transaction value completed in 2020 in the Austin office market, according to the sales team.

October 26, 2020

Company News Industrial New York Northeast Self-Storage

Blackstone Agrees to Acquire Simply Self Storage from Brookfield for $1.2B

by Taylor Williams October 26, 2020

NEW YORK CITY — Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust Inc. (BREIT) has entered into an agreement to acquire Simply Self Storage from an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management for $1.2 billion. Brookfield acquired Simply Self Storage, whose operating portfolio spans approximately 8 million square feet across the country, in 2016 through one of its funds. The deal is expected to close before the end of the year. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is serving as legal advisor to BREIT, and BofA Securities and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. are serving as financial advisors to BREIT. RBC Capital Markets LLC, Newmark Group Inc. and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP advised Brookfield. BREIT currently owns a $300 million portfolio of self-storage facilities. Following this acquisition, BREIT will be the third-largest non-listed owner of self-storage in the country. Self-storage, which is typically viewed as a recession-resistant asset class, has seen its rates of absorption and leasing of new units rebound over the summer following a lull in move-in activity that normally occurs in the spring. Self-storage owner-operators expect some of the truncated move-in activity from spring and summer to be offset by the fact that in-person classes at many major universities have …

October 26, 2020

Development Indiana Midwest Multifamily

Flaherty & Collins Breaks Ground on $32M Whiskey River Apartments in Lawrenceburg, Indiana

by Kristin Harlow October 26, 2020

LAWRENCEBURG, IND. — Flaherty & Collins Properties has broken ground on Whiskey River, a $32 million luxury apartment development in Lawrenceburg, about 27 miles west of Cincinnati. The 150-unit project will include amenities such as a pool, lounge area, coworking lounge, fitness center, bark park and bike storage. The waterfront development will be located along the Ohio River. The name Whiskey River alludes to Lawrenceburg’s long history in whiskey production, earning it the nickname “Whiskey City, USA.” Busey Bank served as construction lender. Flaherty & Collins Construction is the general contractor and American Structurepoint is the architect and engineer. Completion is slated for summer 2022.

October 26, 2020

Development Midwest Minnesota Multifamily

Local Developers to Revitalize Historic Mansion with Apartment Project in Minneapolis

by Kristin Harlow October 26, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS — W+Noordijk, in partnership with Yellow Tree Development and Sentinel Management Co., have acquired the historic Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis and plan to restore and incorporate it into a larger 124-unit apartment project. The Minneapolis Community & Technical College (MCTC) had been actively pursuing restoration strategies for the mansion since 2010. The developers plan to fully revitalize the house and develop it into a social hub for residents, equipped with coworking spaces, a coffee bar, billiards room and wellness spaces. The mansion will also house three luxury apartment suites on the upper floor. Construction is scheduled to begin in November with completion slated for spring 2022. BHDM Design and Studio BV are serving as interior designers while DJR Architecture is the project architect. Yellow Tree Construction Services is the general contractor. Old National Bank arranged financing for the project. The developers purchased the house from the State of Minnesota, which had owned the property located on the MCTC campus since 1996. Horatio Alden Smith, the home’s original owner, was a partner in the Smith & Wyman Sash and Door Co. He lived in the house with his family from 1887 to 1906. His wife sold the home in …

October 26, 2020

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