HAYWARD, CALIF. — Colliers International has arranged the sale of a light industrial property located at 3340 Arden Road in Hayward. Roxborough Group sold the asset to Berkley Partners for $20.7 million. At the time of sale, the three-building, 102,122-square-foot facility was 87 percent occupied. Greig Lagomarsino and Nick Ousman of Colliers represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.
WARRENDALE, PA. — Postal Realty Trust (NYSE: PSTL), a New York-based REIT, has acquired a 431,000-square-foot industrial building located in the northern Pittsburgh suburb of Warrendale for $47 million. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to three tenants, with a USPS processing and distribution facility occupying roughly 75 percent of the space. The other tenants are Omnicell Inc., a provider of operational solutions for healthcare facilities, and DBC Real Estate Management LLC, a regional multifamily owner-operator. The seller was not disclosed. Postal Realty Trust now owns 714 properties in 47 states totaling 2.6 million square feet of net leasable commercial space.
PARK CITY, UTAH — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of an undisclosed assisted living and memory care community in Park City, approximately 35 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. The community was built in 1999 and features 32 units of assisted living and 10 units of memory care. The Pacific Northwest-based owner sought to divest the asset as a geographical outlier in its portfolio. A local owner-operator bought the property for an undisclosed price, taking on the existing HUD loan as part of the deal.
TACOMA, WASH. — Terrydale Capital has arranged a $9.4 million construction loan for the development of an 82-unit apartment building located in Tacoma. The borrower is a first-time ground-up investor. Culby Culbertson of Terrydale Capital’s Dallas office secured the loan, which features a 7.75 percent rate, interest-only structure for 18 months, 75 percent loan-to-cost ratio and no pre-payment penalty.
EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Pennsylvania-based self-storage REIT CubeSmart has opened a 1,100-unit facility in the Northern New Jersey city of East Brunswick. New Jersey-based TFE Properties developed the facility, which spans more than 130,000 square feet of net rentable space. The facility is located along State Route 18 at the site of a former Kmart and is situated within TFE’s Junction Pointe retail project.
MAYNARD, MASS. — Market Basket has opened a 69,374-square-foot grocery store within Maynard Crossing on the western outskirts of Boston. The 730,000-square-foot mixed-use development is home to other retail tenants such as Eco Nails & Spa, Planet Fitness and Maynard Wine & Spirits. Capital Group Properties broke ground on the property in 2019. Other uses include The Vue at Maynard Crossing, a 180-unit multifamily community; Camellia Gardens, a 143-unit seniors housing community; Emerson Hospital Urgent Care; and outdoor spaces such as a dog park, walking paths and green space.
FREEHOLD, N.J. — CBRE has negotiated the $4.9 million sale of a 46,000-square-foot industrial building in Freehold, located in the central part of the state. The property was built on 10 acres in 1984. Charles Berger, Elli Klapper and Mark Silverman of CBRE represented the seller, L&M Realty Associates LLC, which originally acquired the asset for $3.5 million in 2013. The team also procured the buyer, a New Jersey-based limited liability company.
By Taylor Williams Retail tenants with strong credit, sales and branding have long been the darlings of the net-lease investment market via their ability to unlock value in their underlying real estate. But as the COVID-19 pandemic has battered brick-and-mortar retailers in a plethora of categories, net-lease investors are placing added emphasis on the products and services that tenants offer when targeting new acquisitions. After nine months of the public health crisis, investors have a better sense of which tenants are flourishing in the net-lease space and which ones are languishing. This more targeted, stable approach to investing is joining forces with the unleashing of pent-up demand from the spring and summer months, when capital sources largely took to the sidelines. According to a third-quarter report from Avison Young, deal volume in the single-tenant net-lease (STNL) retail space rose by 13.8 percent from the second to third quarters of this year, though the period’s 329 trades fell well short of the first-quarter mark of 416 deals. As a result of elevated investment demand, cap rates in the market are starting to compress — again with a pronounced difference among retail assets based on their tenancy profiles. Avison Young’s report found …
HARTWELL, GA. — Nestlé Purina PetCare Co. has unveiled plans to invest $550 million to expand its pet food manufacturing facility in Hartwell, located in Northeast Georgia. The expansion, which is expected to create up to 130 jobs, comes just one year after the factory opened in November 2019. By expanding the facility, Purina will add more processing, packaging and warehousing capacity. The expansion is also part of a broader growth plan for Purina, which includes new factories recently announced in Williamsburg Township, Ohio, and Eden, N.C. Purina brands feed 49 million dogs and 66 million cats each year, according to the company. The Hartwell location produces several of the company’s flagship brands, including Fancy Feast. When Purina first announced plans for the Hartwell facility in 2017, it committed to investing $320 million and employing 240 people. Purina will now combine $320 million of refinanced bonds to a new $550 million investment, according to local paper The Hartwell Sun. Purina now expects to employ up to 370 people by the end of 2025, and the new jobs in Hartwell will include positions in manufacturing and assembly. Purina expects to complete construction of the expansion by the end of 2021. Currently, …
MEDLEY, FLA. — First Industrial Realty Trust has broken ground on First Park Miami, a 2.5 million-square-foot industrial campus in Medley. Phase I will comprise three buildings totaling 600,000 square feet. The facilities will feature 32- to 36-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinkler systems and 120- to 180-foot truck courts. Phase I is expected to be delivered in third-quarter 2021. Butters Construction & Development is the general contractor, while RLC Architects is the designer. At full buildout, First Park Miami will comprise 13 buildings spanning 2.5 million square feet. The property is situated on 126 acres along NW 87th Avenue between NW 80th and 90th streets, nine miles north of Miami International Airport and 14 miles northwest of PortMiami.
