2014 was an exceptional year for sales and leasing activity for the Raleigh-Durham industrial market. Velocity in investment sales boomed in 2014 — the strongest year since 2006, and second strongest in history. Developers are actively seeking land to build new parks as demand for Class A industrial space outweighs supply and rental rates begin to rise. Although, the Raleigh-Durham MSA is a smaller industrial market in the region, it’s been ranked No. 1 by Forbes as the Best Place for Business and No. 2 for the Fastest Growing Large U.S. City from 2010-2030 by the United Nations Population Division. Companies continue to announce corporate relocations and expansions and unemployment is lower than the national average at 4.5 percent in October. EDM America relocated its $150 million headquarters operation to Raleigh from Pennsylvania. Argos Therapeutics announced an expansion project in Durham — a $57 million bio-manufacturing plant. The area has also seen an influx of third-party logistics companies, moving companies and suppliers for the home building industry opening new locations and consolidating to larger blocks of space. As user demand continues, there is a strong desire by investors to become a part of our market or expand their current footprint. …
MINNEAPOLIS — Oak Grove Capital has originated a $27 million fixed-rate Fannie Mae loan for Oak Residential Partners LLC, for the acquisition of Stratford Woods Apartments, a 297-unit, market-rate multifamily property in Minneapolis. The fixed-rate loan has a 10-year term with four years of interest-only payments and seven years of yield maintenance. The garden-style Stratford Woods Apartments community is comprised of 10 buildings, each containing four floors.
URBANCREST, OHIO — Value Place, an extended-stay hotel brand, has opened a newly constructed hotel in Urbancrest, Ohio. Value Place partnered with VP Columbus LLC to open the new hotel. The hotel is located at 3205 Centerpoint Drive and is within 10 miles of Columbus. The four-story, 124-room hotel features laundry facilities, high-speed wireless Internet and modified kitchens. The opening of this hotel brings the brand’s hotel count in Ohio to 13, with locations in Dayton, Cincinnati and Cleveland.
COON RAPIDS, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $4.1 million sale of Crest Oak Apartments, a 60-unit apartment property located in Coon Rapids. The property is located at 9930 Bluebird St. Northwest. The 1970s Class C apartment property includes a mix of 26 one-bedroom apartments and 33 two-bedroom apartments. Dan Linnell and Mox Gunderson of Marcus & Millichap’s Minneapolis office represented both the undisclosed seller and the buyer in the transaction.
LOGANSPORT, IND. — The Cooper Commercial Investment Group has arranged the $2.9 million sale of an 18,600-square-foot retail property in Logansport, approximately 30 miles northeast of Lafayette. Cass County Commons is located at the corner of Mall Road and Lexington Road. Wal-Mart shadow anchors the property. Tenants include Buffalo Wild Wings, Maurice’s, Great Clips, Petsense and Arnold’s Jewelry. Dan Cooper of Cooper Commercial’s Cleveland office represented the seller, an Indiana-based private investor. A Connecticut-based private investment group purchased the property.
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO. — The Sansone Group/CORFAC International has arranged the lease of a 29,231-square-foot industrial space for JW Logistics LLC in Maryland Heights, a suburb of St. Louis. The property is located at 11401-11445 Moog Dr. The industrial space is near I-270 and Page Avenue. JW Logistics will use the warehouse space as a packaging and staging area to serve one of its main corporate clients. Vince Bajardi of The Sansone Group/CORFAC International represented JW Logistics in the lease.
PARIS, TEXAS — Construction will begin this summer on a new addition to the campus of Paris Regional Medical Center (PRMC). The groundbreaking for the Paris Regional Medical Pavilion, a 40,000-square-foot medical office building, is slated for this summer. The new facility, which will connect to the main hospital, is designed to expand the range of services and improve accessibility for patients of northeast Texas and southeast Oklahoma. PRMC plans to occupy 60 percent of the new facility. Once complete, patients will have access to primary care, specialty care, laboratory and other services. Rendina Healthcare Real Estate will develop the project. Construction is expected to last approximately 10 months. The first phase of construction will coincide with the demolition of two vacant hospital buildings, which is a part of PRMC’s overall goal to enhance the campus environment and free up space for future expansion.
MIDLAND, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Chick-fil-A, a 3,500-square-foot net-leased property in the west Texas city of Midland. Geoff Ficke and Neal Waldman of Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. Alvin Mansour of the firm’s San Diego office procured the buyer, a private investor. Chick-fil-A is located at the northwest corner of Village Circle and South Garfield Street at 25 Village Circle. The property was built in 2012 and sits on more than one acre. The asset is within walking distance to Midland Memorial Hospital and is less than one mile south of Midland High School. At the time of listing, 13 years remained on the original 15-year corporately guaranteed ground lease.
SAN JACINTO, TEXAS – Coldwell Banker Commercial United has arranged the sale of a 5,136-square-foot gas station/convenience store and Village Pizza in San Jacinto, 58 miles north of Houston. The property is located at 11037 Market St. Daniel Bekele of Coldwell Banker represented the seller, a bank. The buyer was unnamed.
FORT WORTH AND CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Ascension Properties LP has purchased two properties located in Fort Worth and Carrollton. The purchase is the result of a 1031 tax-deferred exchange from the sale of Ascension Point Condominiums in August 2014. The first property is an office building built in north Fort Worth in 2004. Ascend Alliance LP sold the 20,100-square-foot building. Marty Rader with DFW Realty Partners LLC represented the seller in the transaction. Steve Fithian with Sperry Van Ness/Visions Commercial represented Ascension in the transaction. The other property is an industrial building located at 2420 Tarpley Road in Carrollton. Beltwood I & II Ltd., and Belmeade Tarpley Ltd., were the sellers. The property spans 58,700 square feet and was built in 1983. David Cook with Sperry Van Ness/David Cook Co. represented the seller. Fithian represented Ascension in the sale.