FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 60,141-square-foot industrial lease at 15000 Grand River Road in Fort Worth, directly south of Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport. Tom Walrich and Reed Parker of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, FRAPAG Riverpark DFW LLC, in the lease negotiations. Michael Swaldi and Craig Phelps of JLL represented the tenant, Pratt Corrugated Holdings Inc., an affiliate of packaging manufacturer Pratt Industries.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Metroplex Medical Centre will open a primary care medical facility within the Sundance Square retail and dining development in downtown Fort Worth. The healthcare provider will operate out of a 5,300-square-foot space at the corner of First and Commerce streets that will be outfitted over the next few months. The facility will be able to accommodate same-day appointments and walk-in emergencies, as well as conduct blood tests and X-Rays. The opening is slated for mid-year.
MOUNT VERNON, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Times Square Marketplace in Mount Vernon for $8.2 million. The 263,459-square-foot retail property is located at the southeast corner of Broadway and 42nd streets in southern Illinois. Originally developed in 1974, the property was expanded in 1998 and received $12 million in upgrades to the parking lots, façade and signage in 2013. The center is situated on a 24-acre lot and is surrounded by six anchors including Hobby Lobby, Ross Dress for Less, Big Lots, Peebles, J.C. Penney and Dunham Sports. The property was 92 percent occupied at the time of sale. Sean Sharko, Austin Weisenbeck, Scott Wiles, Craig Fuller and Erin Patton of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. The team also secured and represented the buyer, a private investor.
MCCOOK, ILL. — Holly Hunt Enterprises Inc. has signed a 210,315-square-foot industrial lease in McCook, a western suburb of Chicago. The designer and manufacturer of furniture, lighting products, textiles and leather products will occupy the space at 9450 Sergo Drive. Vern Schultz and Mike Senner of Colliers International represented Holly Hunt Enterprises in the lease transaction. Jason West, Sean Henrick and Larry Goldwasser of Cushman & Wakefield represented ownership, ML Realty Partners.
SHARONVILLE, OHIO — Cincinnati Commercial Contracting LLC has broken ground on a 27,995-square-foot build-to-suit for TNT Services and Arrow Truck Sales in Sharonville, about 17 miles north of Cincinnati. The office and retail property property, located at 11910 Mosteller Road, will include sales and administration offices, retail parts department, wash bays, degreasing, equipment and service areas for the two tenants. A groundbreaking ceremony took place on Wednesday, Feb. 14. The property is slated for completion this summer. TNT Services is a power washing company, while Arrow Truck Sales is a used truck dealer.
ST. LOUIS — McGrath & Associates has completed a renovation of the Missouri Baptist Medical Heart Center in St. Louis. The renovations totaled 16,000 square feet and included two physician office suites, a PET/CT imaging room and an outpatient testing area. An advanced nuclear imaging technique combines positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) into one machine. Christner served as the architect for the six-month project.
CHICAGO — SVN | Chicago Commercial has brokered the sale of a 4,200-square-foot retail building in Chicago’s Fulton Market for $1.7 million. The two-story property is located at 1039 W. Lake St. Scott Maesel and Drew Dillon of SVN | Chicago Commercial represented the seller, Sterling Bay Co. Lee French and Tim Rasmussen represented the undisclosed buyer.
Solid fundamentals in tandem with soaring population growth in the Triangle market continues to drive rents and occupancy to record highs. Raleigh is repeatedly recognized as one of the nation’s best places to live, work and start a business. As a result, the market has a projected population growth of over 73 percent through the year 2044, outpacing cities such as Boston, Atlanta, Nashville and San Francisco, creating a snowball effect of investment and interest. Investors are finding the greatest opportunities in the value-add space in Raleigh for B and C-class product. Significant shortage of single-family home availability in the Triangle region has forced young and new families to turn to multifamily properties as a housing solution. Due to the demand for mid-size accommodation within middle-class budgets, and very few neighborhoods in that criteria, Class B and C apartments have seen a surge in interest, and in turn, attraction of investor attention. Of the 84 multifamily properties sold through Dec. 1 in 2017, 75 were considered Class B or C and totaled over $1.3 billion, or 76 percent of total Raleigh-Durham multifamily market investment in that time frame. Developers have slightly overbuilt Class A property downtown, resulting in a softening …
ROCHESTER, MINN. — Industrial Realty Group LLC (IRG) has acquired IBM’s technology campus in Rochester, about 90 miles southeast of Minneapolis. The price was not disclosed. The campus opened in 1957 and currently spans 490 acres. Its 34 buildings comprise a total of 3.1 million square feet of office, manufacturing, warehouse, data center and lab space. IRG plans to lease back eight of the buildings to IBM and create a multi-tenant, mixed-use campus for the rest of the property. “We have already engaged potential tenants who are interested in locating their operations to this high-tech campus,” says John Mase, CEO of IRG. “We plan to create an environment that encompasses a variety of uses and creates as many jobs as possible.” Rochester’s daily newspaper, The Post Bulletin, reports that the campus housed about 3,200 employees in 2012, when the data was last made available, and that Olmsted County recently valued the property at just under $33 million. The paper also reports that 1 million square feet of space is currently available for lease. IRG is a Los Angeles-based developer and operator of more than 150 commercial developments across eight states. — Taylor Williams
WALLINGFORD, CONN. — Calare Properties has acquired an office and research-and-development complex located at 5 Research Parkway in Wallingford, for an undisclosed price. The undisclosed corporate seller and user will vacate the 915,000-square-foot property this year. Situated on 180 acres, the campus features an 830,000-square-foot main office and lab complex that is supported by outer buildings, including a materials handling facility, a central utility plant and a child development center. Jim Panczykowski of Binswanger Management Corp. represented the seller in the deal.