PORTLAND, ORE. — Swagelok has leased 22,500 square feet at a commerce park in Portland. The park is located at 5224 NE 158th Ave. The fluid system seller and manufacturer was represented by Niall Travers of Cresa Partners. The landlord, CWOR Commerce Park 10 LLC, was represented by Steven Klein, Peter Stalick and Zach Francis of Kidder Mathews.
FORT WORTH — Norwood Land Services will relocate in mid-October to the Oncor Building in downtown Fort Worth from the city’s west side. Norwood has leased 7,920 square feet on the 13th floor of the 300,347-square-foot building, which is located at 115 W. 7th St. The lease brings the building’s occupancy to 94 percent. Casey Tounget of Coldwell Banker Commercial Alliance’s Dallas office represented the landlord, Benbrooke Electric Partners LLC. Bill Tinsley of Ellis & Tinsley Inc. represented the tenant. Norwood is moving from its current location at 6421 Camp Bowie Blvd.
MCALLEN, TEXAS — Conn’s Inc. has signed a new lease for a 353,602-square-foot distribution center located at 6900 International Parkway in McAllen. Bob Crenshaw, Chuck Berger, David Chew and Paul Douglass of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the owner, Worthington Property Investments LLC, in the negotiations. Billy Gold of CBRE’s Houston office represented the tenant. The facility is located near U.S. Expressway 83 and the Anzalduas International Trade Bridge. Conn’s is an electronics, home appliance and furniture retailer with 11 locations across Texas.
FORT WORTH — Three national retailers have moved into Alliance Town Center, a retail center in Fort Worth owned by Trademark Property Co. Designer Shoe Warehouse (DSW), Men’s Wearhouse and Sleep Experts have all opened at the 1 million-square-foot center. DSW is leasing 15,000 square feet, Men’s Wearhouse is leasing 5,500 square feet and Sleep Experts is leasing 4,500 square feet. Alliance Town Center includes a total of more than 130 retailers, restaurants and entertainment options. Anchor tenants include Belk, Dick’s Sporting Goods, JCPenny, Best Buy, Cinemark Theaters and Kroger Marketplace.
AUSTIN — Mesa West Capital has provided CapRidge Partners with $12.6 million in first mortgage debt to finance the acquisition and lease up of Canyon at Wild Basin, a 74,580-square-foot Class A office complex in Austin. Boston-based Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. was the seller. The three-story building was built in 1999 and is located at 115 Wild Basin Road with highway frontage along Loop 360. The building was 81 percent leased at the time of sale, with tenants including Cloud 8 Sixteen, Alliance Association Management Inc. and Powell & Leon. Andy Scott and Jim Curtin of HFF’s Dallas office arranged financing for the transaction.
EL PASO, TEXAS — AIC Ventures, a private real estate investment fund manager, has acquired a 115,000-square-foot industrial facility leased to Austin Foam Plastics in El Paso. The company designs, manufactures and supplies protective packaging for product manufacturers. Sonny Brown Associates LLC represented the seller. The name of the buyer was not released.
ITASCA, ILL. — Bradford Allen Realty Services has arranged the lease of a 42,435-square-foot office space for Epsilon in Itasca. The global marketing services firm is relocating to 1 Pierce Place from 1100 E. Woodfield Road in Schaumburg. The firm has 60 offices worldwide and more than 5,000 employees. With six offices in the Chicago area, the firm is consolidating its existing Schaumburg location with its office in West Chicago. Ben Azulay and Ryan Moen of Bradford Allen Realty Services represented Epsilon in the lease transaction. Azulay and Moen co-brokered the deal with John Boyle and Denise Orlando of Cassidy Turley’s Boston office. Scott Schroeder of Hamilton Partners represented building ownership.
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $26.8 million sale of Cedar Trace Apartments, a 372-unit property in Maryland Heights, a suburb of St. Louis. The sales price equates to $72,043 per unit. The property is located at 2000 McKelvey Hill Drive. Built in 1972, the property features 50 two- and three-story buildings. The average unit size is 1,158 square feet and the average monthly rent is $854. David Gaines and Alex Blagojevich of Marcus & Millichap, along with William Holman of the firm’s Missouri office, represented the seller, TGM Associates. Monarch purchased the property.
WILLOWBROOK, ILL. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $4.5 million refinancing loan for a 50,157-square-foot, flex industrial warehouse in Willowbrook. The property is located at 7100 Madison St. James Murphy of NorthMarq Capital’s Boston office structured the five-year loan with a 25-year amortization schedule for the borrower, a Boston-based equity fund. A life insurance company provided funding for the loan.
PLATTEVILLE, WIS. — ALTUS Commercial Real Estate Inc. has brokered the $885,000 sale of a 32-unit apartment building in Platteville. Pioneer Apartments is located at 1270 N. Second St. Dan Roseliep of ALTUS represented the buyer, Pioneer Real Estate Management LLC, and the seller, Pioneer Partnership LP.