LOUISVILLE, KY. — Molto Properties has broken ground on a 324,012-square-foot industrial building within Renaissance South Business Park in Louisville. The new speculative building will be situated on 22.4 acres and will feature 36-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, LED lighting, 2,760 square feet of speculative office space, 234 car parking spaces, 98 trailer park spaces, a loading area with 42 dock-high doors and four drive-in doors. Molto expects to deliver the facility by December. Kevin Grove and Doug Butcher with CBRE will be leading the leasing/selling efforts of this project. Paul Hemmer Co. is serving as the general contractor. Louisville Renaissance Zone Corp. is the main developer of Renaissance South Business Park, a 680-acre business park situated two miles from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport.
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State of Georgia to Set Up Alternate Care Facility at Georgia World Congress Center for Coronavirus Patients
by Alex Tostado
ATLANTA — The State of Georgia has signed a contract with Pacific Architects and Engineers (PAE) to build a 200-bed, alternate care facility at Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) in downtown Atlanta for coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Sunday. Starting immediately, the Georgia National Guard, Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, Department of Community Health, Department of Public Health and contractors will begin to prepare GWCC to house and treat patients with mild to moderate illness levels excluding ventilator support. Nearby Grady Memorial Hospital will lend additional support to the center. As of Monday, April 13, there have been 10,726 confirmed cases in Georgia and 1,422 in Fulton County, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). HealthData.org projects the peak date for COVID-19 cases in the state will be Sunday, April 26.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Consolidated Center, a four-building, 174,000-square-foot office campus in Winston-Salem. The property is situated on 9.5 acres at 3334 Healy Drive, five miles west of downtown Winston-Salem. The asset was 91 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Lowes Foods and Novant Health. David Finger and Sara Owen of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Dallas-based Macfarlan Capital Partners, in the transaction. Greensboro, N.C.-based Deep River Partners acquired the property for an undisclosed amount.
NEW YORK CITY — Office leasing in Manhattan has slowed amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, according to a first-quarter 2020 office leasing report by Toronto-based brokerage firm Avison Young. According to the report, Manhattan saw approximately 7 million square feet of new leasing activity in the first quarter of the year, down from 8.4 million year-over-year. The firm reported that leasing volume was down more than 39 percent by the end of March, compared to March 2019. Additionally, eight office construction projects larger than 150,000 square feet have been halted as nonessential construction, and completion dates for those projects have been pushed back indefinitely. Several of those projects, including SL Green’s 1.6 million-square-foot One Vanderbilt in Midtown, have sizable prelease commitments from tenants including TD Bank and law firm Greenberg Traurig.
DEER PARK, N.Y. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of a 541-unit self-storage property in Deer Park. Located at 541 Acorn St. on Long Island. The 58,500-square-foot facility features 10 one- and two-story buildings that were completed between 2000 and 2003. The property was 83 percent occupied at the time of sale. Mike Mele, Luke Eliott, Robert Bloch and Noah Obuchowski of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, 4 Storage LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was an undisclosed private equity group. The sales price was undisclosed.
G&G Investment Group Acquires 33,270 SF Industrial, Office Building in Branford, Connecticut
by Alex Patton
BRANFORD, CONN. — G&G Investment Group, a New Haven-based investment firm, has acquired a 33,270-square-foot industrial and office building in Branford, an eastern suburb of New Haven. The sales price was $1.7 million. Located at 32 Commerce Drive, the building comprises approximately 10,000 square feet of office space and a 24,000-square-foot warehouse. The property also features a 16,576-square-foot covered loading and vehicle parking area which can be enclosed for additional warehouse space. Bill Clark of The Geenty Group represented G&G Investment Group in the transaction. Frontier Communications was the seller.
Marcus & Millichap Brokers $9M Sale of Walgreens-Occupied Retail Property in Lowell, Massachusetts
by Alex Patton
LOWELL, MASS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $9 million sale of a retail property in Lowell, located approximately 25 miles northwest of Boston. The 14,820-square-foot property was fully leased to Walgreens at the time of sale. Glen Kunofsky, Josh Kanter and Anthony D’Ambrosia of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a West Coast-based private investor. Adam Friedlander of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a New York City-based private investor.
OLD LYME, CONN. — Gofsco LLC has sold nine acres zoned for light industrial development in Old Lyme, located approximately 40 miles southeast of Hartford. The site located at 50 Hatchetts Hill Road was vacant at the time of sale and offers convenient access to Interstate 95. Ron Lyman of Lyman Real Estate represented Gofsco LLC in the transaction. A private investor purchased the property for an undisclosed price.
LONGVIEW, TEXAS — BSR REIT has sold Summer Brook, Summer Green I and Summer Green II, three multifamily assets located in Longview, about 100 miles east of Dallas. The sales price was $52.5 million. Summer Brook was built in 1997, totals 208 units and offers a pool, fitness center, basketball court, dog park and a business center. Summer Green I and II were both built in 1984, total 424 units combined and also feature a pool, fitness center and business center. The buyer(s) was not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Lee & Associates has brokered the sale of a 100,000-square-foot industrial flex property situated on 6.2 acres at 8201 and 8211 La Porte Freeway in Houston. Trey Erwin, Justin Tunnell and Justin Cole of Lee & Associates represented the seller, Duma Land LLC, in the transaction. Jim Autreuy of Moody Rambin represented the buyer, Ivest LP. The property comprises two buildings with 43,000 square feet of office space, 14 dock-high doors, three ramps and one recessed dock with cross-dock capabilities.