CHICAGO — Meridian Design Build has broken ground on a 174,536-square-foot speculative industrial facility on behalf of Venture One Real Estate and USAA Real Estate Co. in the Southwest Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. Known as Rockwell Logistics Center, the property will feature a clear height of 32 feet, 32 trailer parking stalls and two drive-in doors. Forum Studio is the project architect, while Jacob & Hefner Associates is the civil engineer. Terry Grapenthin and Tim McCahill of Lee & Associates will market the property for lease.
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BRILLION, WIS. — AriensCo has renewed its 130,000-square-foot industrial lease at 200 Park Ave. in Brillion, about 25 miles south of Green Bay. The company manufactures equipment such as snow blowers, lawn tractors and lawn mowers. Jim Larkin of Colliers International brokered the lease transaction. The landlord was not disclosed.
ST. LOUIS — Fields Foods is opening a store at the Lofts@Euclid in St. Louis. The grocer will occupy the remaining 8,186 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor of the 87-unit loft development, which opened in 2016. Fields Foods plans to be open for business later this year. The property originally opened in 1910 and served as the headquarters for the Langan & Taylor Co.
HOUSTON — A partnership between San Francisco-based FPA Multifamily LLC and Southern California-based Trinity Property Consultants has acquired a mixed-use development located at the intersection of Westheimer Road and Kirby Drive in Houston. The sale includes the 397-unit Gables West Ave. apartment community, which will be rebranded Arrive River Oaks, and the 193,895-square-foot West Avenue River Oaks shopping center, which will be rebranded Shops at Arrive. Retail users at the property include TOOTSIES, Milk & Honey and Eddie V’s Prime Seafood. The new ownership will upgrade the apartment community’s amenity spaces, including the dog park, fitness center and pool area.
SAN ANTONIO — California-based investment and development firm Arrimus Capital has acquired Prado, a 472-bed student housing property located adjacent to the University of Texas at San Antonio in the Alamo City. The 160-unit property features amenities such as a pool, clubhouse with media area, game room, kitchen and study areas, 24-hour fitness center and a business center with study rooms. The property also includes two onsite restaurants, a coffee house and a barbershop. The seller was Dallas-based Fountain Residential.
SAN ANTONIO — Greystone Brown Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $51.7 million sale of Avocet Apartments, a 336-unit apartment property in San Antonio. Built in 2017, the community includes amenities such as a pool, fitness center, clubhouse, business center, coffee bar, car care center and a dog park. Atlanta-based Benimax Investment Group Inc. purchased the property from Stone River. Taylor Brown, Steve Mack and Bo Brown of Greystone Brown represented both parties in the transaction.
EL PASO, TEXAS — Schneider Electric USA, an Illinois-based manufacturer of electrical distribution products and a subsidiary of French multinational firm Schneider Electric SE, has signed an industrial lease in El Paso. The company will occupy 112,721 square feet at 1701 Northwestern Drive, located on the city’s north side. Anthony Mash of CBRE represented the landlord, Boston-based STAG Industrial, in the lease negotiations. Adin Brown of Sonny Brown Associates represented the tenant.
DALLAS — Adolfson & Peterson Construction (A&P) has completed a 109-unit seniors housing community located at 8130 Meadow Road in Dallas. The property consists of 80 skilled nursing units and 29 assisted living suites. Amenities include a bistro for coffee and retail, a restaurant-style dining room, health and wellness therapy gym and a full-service salon and spa. National architecture firm Page designed the property. Corsair Ventures is the developer and U.S. Freedom Capital provided project financing. Construction began in February 2016.
ORLANDO, FLA. — CBRE has secured $46 million loan for the refinancing of 20 North Orange, an office tower in downtown Orlando. The borrower is an investment fund managed by Apollo Global Management and Steelbridge Capital. Situated within Main & Main, the 16-story building features 278,713 square feet of office space, 24-hour security, an on-site café and a parking structure at a ratio of up to 4/1,000 square feet via two covered sky bridges. At the time of financing, the property was occupied by 20 tenants. Amy Julian, Christian Lee and José Lobón of CBRE’s Miami office arranged the financing for the borrower.
Koll Co., Seera International Bank Sell 1 MSF Buckeye Logistics Center in Phoenix for $98.3M
by Amy Works
PHOENIX — The Koll Co. and Seera International Bank have completed the sale of Buckeye Logistics Center, a distribution center located at 6835 W. Buckeye Road in Phoenix. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $98.3 million. Amazon occupies the 1 million-square-foot warehouse/distribution facility. Originally built as a 604,678-square-foot facility in 2007, Amazon has expanded the property to accommodate its growing clothing and soft goods inventory. The Koll Co. acquired the property in 2016 for $74.7 million and worked with Amazon to convert the property to meet its needs, including the acquisition of an adjacent parcel for additional truck trailer storage. The Koll Co., along with Mark Detmer and Bo Mills of JLL, also renegotiated the tenant’s lease, extending Amazon’s term to more than 10 years.