MIAMI — CBRE has arranged the sale of Sunshine State Industrial, a 211,471-square-foot, multi-tenant warehouse located at 1400 N.W. 159th St. in Miami. Corebridge Real Estate Investors purchased the property for $43.5 million. José Lobón, Trey Barry, Frank Fallon, Royce Rose, George Fallon, Gabriel Braun and Daniel Sarmiento of CBRE represented the seller, Boston-based Longpoint Partners, in the transaction. Originally built in 1969 on the city’s north side, the cross-dock warehouse features fluorescent and metal halide lighting, LED exterior lighting, 24-foot clear heights, 151 parking spaces, 49 loading positions and truck court depths of 95 feet to 150 feet, as well as a 335-foot building depth. The property is situated within the 5 million-square-foot Sunshine State Industrial Park, immediately adjacent to the Golden Glades Interchange project and the Miami and Fort Lauderdale airports.
DANVILLE, VA. — Legacy Realty Group Advisors has brokered the sale of Cain Creek Shopping Center, a 59,410-square-foot retail property located at 1461 S. Boston Road in Danville, a city near the Virginia-North Carolina border. Food Lion anchors the center. Additional tenants at the property feature a mix of stores, restaurants and businesses, including Family Dollar, Danville Dental, Fabulous Beauty Supply and Isabel’s Pizza Pasta & Subs. Jacob Baruch of Legacy Realty Group Advisors represented both the buyer and seller, an affiliate of Fayetteville, Ark.-based Core Equity Partners, in the off-market transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — A fund backed by New York City-based Clarion Partners has provided an undisclosed amount of financing for a national portfolio of eight industrial outdoor storage (IOS) properties totaling 2.3 million square feet. Eastdil Secured arranged the debt and acted as an advisor on the deal. The debt is a first mortgage loan for the refinancing of the national portfolio, and the borrower is a partnership between Outour Storage Investments and affiliates of Cerberus Capital Management. The portfolio encompasses properties in Chicago, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Houston, California’s Inland Empire, Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta with an aggregate size in excess of 50 acres. The Clarion fund also acquired a 7.6-acre IOS facility at 15550 Export Plaza Drive in Houston. The Houston property was recently upgraded, includes a 24,000-square-foot structure and was fully leased at the time of sale to a waste management services company. “This portfolio is a relatively rare assembly of IOS properties with best-in-class specifications, terrific market locations and a strong roster of national and regional credit tenants,” says Brent Jenkins, portfolio manager at Clarion Partners. “This financing provides an ideal opportunity to expose our investors to this high-demand subsector within the larger industrial and logistics …
The Birmingham industrial market is poised for an increase in absorption as the apex of higher interest rates seem to be settling down, not to mention the post-election certainty that now favors business expansion. Corporate America is waking up and the clouds are clearing. For the past 24 months, the competitive set of investor-controlled warehouse space has been sitting on about 2 million square feet of inventory. About 550,000 square feet of that is still unleased speculative space in three different projects delivered at the back-end of the post-COVID development wave that did see about 700,000 square feet of absorption of new spec space before the music metaphorically stopped. Then came the 2023/2024 wave of the “new spec space,” a byproduct of the mentioned interest rates and COVID over-correction. Several second-generation spaces are now being marketed as companies vacated or downsized for various reasons. For example, discount retailer Dollar General is vacating an entire 307,000-square-foot warehouse. Broader, there have been two major announcements in Central Alabama for the closure of distribution centers, both as a result of retailers’ bankruptcies. JoAnn Fabric’s 700,000-square-foot distribution facility in Opelika at I-85 is now on the market as is the 1.2 million-square-foot former …
Rockefeller Group, Falcon Commercial Break Ground on 557,339 SF Industrial Project in Baytown, Texas
BAYTOWN, TEXAS — A partnership between New York City-based Rockefeller Group and Falcon Commercial Development has broken ground on East Bay Trade Center, a 557,339-square-foot industrial project in the eastern Houston suburb of Baytown. The development will consist of two cross-dock buildings totaling 307,595 square feet and 249,744 square feet on a 39-acre site. Building features will include 36-foot clear heights and a combined 121 dock doors, eight grade-level ramps and parking for 303 cars and 166 trailers. Munson & Associates designed the project, and FCL Builders is serving as the general contractor. Waneck Civil Engineering and Colliers are also part of the project team. Construction is slated for a fourth-quarter completion.
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — BWE, a Cleveland-based commercial financial services firm, has arranged a $23.5 million acquisition loan for The Edge, a 553-bed student housing property that serves students at Texas State University in San Marcos. The Edge is located less than a mile from campus and offers one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom floor plans across 173 units. Amenities include a fitness center, clubhouse, study areas and a basketball court. Chris Carroll and Max Miller of BWE arranged the financing through Chicago-based Byline Bank. The borrower, Campus Realty Advisors, plans to use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements.
HOUSTON — Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP has signed a 52,000-square-foot office lease at Texas Tower, a 47-story skyscraper in downtown Houston. The global law firm will occupy space on two floors beginning in April 2026. Michael Anderson with Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, a partnership between Hines and Ivanhoe Cambridge, in the lease negotiations. Mark O’Donnell of Savills represented the tenant. The deal brings the 1.2 million-square-foot building to 99 percent occupancy.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Edge Capital Markets has brokered the sale of Colonnade of The Woodlands, a 42,030-square-foot retail center located about 30 miles north of Houston. The center is home to tenants such as Gringo’s Mexican Kitchen, School of Rock, F-45 Training, Zoo Health Club and Bear Branch Animal Hospital. Micha van Marcke and Chace Henke of Edge represented the seller, a private limited partnership, in the transaction. John Fenoglio and Brock Hudson of CBRE arranged acquisition financing for the deal on behalf of the buyer, a limited liability company sponsored by The J. Beard Real Estate Co.
HOUSTON — Stream Realty Partners has negotiated a 32,238-square-foot industrial lease in southeast Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 8300 Telephone Road was constructed in 1981 and totals 107,025 square feet. Tyler Maner and William Carpenter of Stream represented the landlord, Birtcher Anderson Davis, in the lease negotiations. Amy Patterson with Clay & Co. represented the tenant, First Choice Fasteners.
CARNEYS POINT, N.J. — CBRE has arranged the sale of a 707,400-square-foot industrial development site in Carneys Point, located along the Delaware River in Southern New Jersey. Known as Salem Commerce Park, the site is fully approved for the development of three buildings on three separate parcels, and the sale included a 10-acre tract that houses a 78,000-square-foot vacant office building. An affiliate of local developer D2 Organization sold the property to another local entity, EQT Exeter, for an undisclosed price. Brian Fiumara and Brad Ruppel of CBRE brokered the deal.