MILWAUKEE — Morgan/Harbour Construction has been selected to build a 150,000-square-foot speculative warehouse on behalf of Scannell Properties in Milwaukee. Located on a 12.5-acre parcel, the building will feature 15 exterior docks and 22 trailer stalls. Paul Woody Architect Inc. and Pinnacle Engineering Group make up the project team. Jeff Hoffman of The Boerke Company will market the property for lease. Completion is slated for this fall.
SHELBY, MICH. — Berkadia has originated a $23 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Ashford Apartments in Shelby, about 30 miles north of Detroit. Located at 48377 Commonview Drive, the apartment property features two-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include a resort-style pool, sundeck and various health and fitness clubs. Colin Callaghan and Peter Benedetto of Berkadia originated the 15-year loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule and a loan-to-value ratio of 75 percent. Michigan-based Ashford 180 LLC, an affiliate of MJC Cos., was the borrower.
MCHENRY, ILL. — Associated Bank has provided a $5.5 million bridge loan for the acquisition of a 218,000-square-foot industrial facility located at 1301 Ridgeview Drive in McHenry. Built in 1995, the air-conditioned building is located on almost 20 acres. Features include 20 exterior loading docks and parking for 519 cars and 40 trailers. Disk.com, which provides printing, manufacturing and fulfillment solutions, leases approximately 50 percent of the space. Krista Casper of Associated Bank originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, Midwest Industrial Funds.
AURORA, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 24-unit multifamily property in Aurora for $1.6 million. Located at 1601-1603 Reckinger Road, the property consists of two 12-unit buildings. Randolph Taylor of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the local seller. The undisclosed buyer completed a 1031 tax-deferred exchange.
Despite the rise of the gig economy, the explosion of coworking concepts and the move toward greater density among office-using companies, America’s office market is maintaining steady growth and balance, thanks to the exceptional job growth of this cycle. According to Costar Group, the national office vacancy rate currently stands at a 9.8 percent. Developers delivered approximately 59.3 million square feet of new product over the last 12 months. National net absorption of 56.6 million square feet during that period suggests that the market is quite close to equilibrium. According to the most current available data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) at the time of this writing, between December 2018 and January 2019, American nonfarm payrolls added about 525,000 new jobs. The BLS reported substantially lower job growth in February, with just 20,000 new positions added. However, most economists expect that figure to be revised upward as the effects of Mother Nature and the government shutdown wear off. While office properties only capture a portion of that activity, job growth expectations are still the main criteria by which office market health is evaluated. By that logic, the office markets of Texas’ four largest cities should all post strong …
PORTLAND, ORE. — A joint venture between the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs and Lincoln Property Co. has purchased Field Office, a Class A mixed-use project along River Promenade in Portland’s Pearl District. A venture between National Real Estate Advisors and Project^, which developed the property, sold the asset for $118 million. Completed last year, Field Office features a total of 287,216 square feet of office and retail space. The property includes flexible floor plans, on-site daycare facility, courtyard area with seating and fire pits, fitness center, commuter lounge for cyclists, solar power arrays, below-grade parking, and executive rooftops with city and river views. The two-building asset is located on 2.3 acres at 1895 and 2035 NW Front Ave. The site is adjacent to Interstate 405 and directly across the street from 648 new multifamily units, in addition to more than 600 proposed within the submarket. Located just north of downtown Portland, the formerly industrial Pearl District is now a hotbed of development for retail, restaurants, art galleries, breweries, adaptive reuse projects, multifamily and office. Field Office is also located within an Enterprise Zone, according to the developers, making tax abatements available for tenants that meet certain requirements, such …
FAIRBURN, GA. — CT Realty has begun construction on two industrial buildings totaling approximately 1.7 million square feet within Palmetto Logistics Park, which is situated 16 miles southwest of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and next to CSX-Fairburn Intermodal Terminal in Fairburn. The two facilities mark Phase II of the 358-acre distribution center campus that is expected to be complete in 2020. Phase I comprised 1.1 million square feet and was completed in late 2018. CT Realty partnered with Port Logistics Realty; River Oaks Capital Partners; and PGIM Real Estate, the real estate investment business of Prudential Financial Inc., to develop Palmetto Logistics Park. Construction is underway on the first building of Phase II, a more than 1 million-square-foot building that is slated for completion in the first quarter of 2020. Preliminary site work has begun on the second building, a 705,474-square-foot building that is scheduled to be delivered in the second quarter of 2020.
DUNCAN, S.C. — Panattoni Development Co. Inc. and PCCP LLC have formed a joint venture to develop Apple Valley Industrial Park Phase IV, a two-building, 522,670-square-foot industrial project in Duncan. Building I will span 195,000 square feet and Building II will span 327,670 square feet. Construction began May 1 with a delivery date anticipated for early 2020. Phase IV is situated adjacent to the first three phases of the industrial park, which will span 1.4 million square feet at full buildout. Apple Valley Industrial Park is situated near Interstate 85, two miles south of BMW’s manufacturing facility in Spartanburg and six miles south of Inland Port Greer.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — LendingTree, an online lending marketplace, will relocate its headquarters to Charlotte’s South End submarket in late 2020. LendingTree will occupy 175,000 square feet of office space within The Spectrum Cos.’ five-acre mixed-use project on South Tryon Street at Carson Boulevard, less than two miles south of downtown Charlotte. A ground-breaking for the first of two 11-story office buildings within the project is scheduled for June. The mixed-use development will feature 580,000 square feet of office space, 50,000 square feet of retail space, a conference center, fitness center and a one-acre urban courtyard. LendingTree is currently headquartered in the Ballantyne submarket, 13 miles south of downtown Charlotte.
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. AND SHREVEPORT, LA. — BSR REIT has sold four multifamily properties in Little Rock and Shreveport for a total of $31.7 million. The two properties in Little Rock are Briarwood Apartments, a 280-unit complex built in 1972, and Spring Valley Apartments, a 245-unit community built in 1975. The Shreveport assets are Fox Trail Apartments, a 144-unit property built in 1971, and South Pointe Apartments, a 104-unit complex built in 1972. The seller(s) was not disclosed.
