First Industrial broke ground on a 390,000-sf facility in Covington Industrial Park near Scranton, PA and acquired a leasehold interest on a 230,000-sf warehouse/distribution property in Pittston, PA. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed.

A commercial construction company principal tells GlobeSt.com that hard construction costs for the Scranton facility are between $25 per sf and $26 per sf, for a total construction cost of from $9.75 million to $10.14 million. The asking rental rate for warehouse/distribution space in the Pittston area is between $3 per sf and $4 per sf, according to GlobeSt.com research.

Maytag is a global supplier of appliances, including the Maytag, Amana, Jenn-Air, Hoover and Magic Chef brands. Annual sales are $4.3 billion.

Want to continue reading?
Become a Free ALM Digital Reader.

Once you are an ALM Digital Member, you’ll receive:

  • Breaking commercial real estate news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical coverage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.