GREENWOOD, IND. AND COLUMBIA, MO. — StorageMart has acquired two facilities in Indiana and Missouri totaling 550 units. The Columbia, Mo., property is located at 1500 Creekwood Parkway and includes 312 units across 42,200 square feet. The Greenwood, Ind., facility is located at 994 S. State Road 135 and comprises 238 units across 37,475 square feet. The properties will undergo enhancements to align with StorageMart standards.
MOUNT PROSPECT, ILL. — Entre Commercial Realty has brokered the sale of a 112,290-square-foot industrial building in the Chicago suburb of Mount Pleasant for an undisclosed price. The property, which features a clear height of 24 feet, is located at 1450 Feehanville Drive within the Kensington Business Center. Dan Jones and Sam Deihs of Entre represented the buyer, a joint venture between Nicholas & Associates and Parenti & Raffaelli. The buyers intend to occupy a portion of the facility and lease the remainder. Nicholas & Associates is a full-service construction management and development company specializing in public projects, private sector work and multifamily developments in Illinois, Wisconsin and Florida. Parenti & Raffaelli is a custom woodworking company specializing in custom finished millwork. Planned renovations for the property include a new entrance façade, office area, truck docks, landscaping, lighting and parking improvements. Mike Sedjo and Jack Brennan of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller.
PLAINFIELD, ILL. — Principle Construction has completed several facility renovations for Veolia Water Technologies HPD Plainfield Offices. Veolia, which is a water and wastewater treatment company, maintains its 42,000-square-foot office at 23561 W. Main St. Principle originally designed and built the property in 2001 for Avgeris and Associates, which leased the building to Veolia. Principle completed interior and exterior renovations to both the headquarters office building and the research and development building. Archideas Inc. was the architect.
CINCINNATI AND BOISE, IDAHO — Cincinnati-based The Kroger Co. and Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons Cos. Inc. have announced plans to sell an additional 166 grocery stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers in a divestiture package. This marks an amendment to an existing agreement with the buyer, which will now acquire a total of 579 stores in a $2.9 billion deal. The original divestiture package was announced in September of last year, in connection with a proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons. In February, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued to block Kroger’s $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons (which was originally announced October 2022), citing anticompetition concerns. The FTC alleged in a press release that a merger between the companies would create a “monopoly” as well as “lead to lower quality products and services” and threaten “the ability of employees to secure higher wages, better benefits and improved working conditions.” The deal would mark the largest supermarket merger in U.S. history, with Kroger and Albertsons operating thousands of stores nationally. Colorado and Washington also filed measures at the state level to block the merger. The companies hope to assuage the concerns of federal and state antitrust regulators with the enhanced divestiture package. According to …
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — U-Haul has broken ground on a 1,400-unit self-storage facility located at 3500 Powder House Road in Sioux Falls. Named U-Haul Moving & Storage of Veterans Parkway, the development is slated for completion in early 2025. The eight-acre property will include two three-story buildings with 700 units each. Customers will have 24-hour access, and units will include high-end security features. Plans call for a separate warehouse to hold 1,250 mobile storage containers. Customers will also have access to moving trucks, trailers, boxes and packing supplies, professional hitch installation and towing equipment.
MINNEAPOLIS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 29-unit apartment building in Minneapolis for $3.8 million. Located at 3116 Girard Ave., the property features 20 covered parking stalls and five surface parking stalls. More than half of the units have been renovated. Abe Roberts and Michael Jacobs of Marcus & Millichap procured the buyer. Seller information was not provided.
MADISON, WIS. — Planet Fitness has signed a 37,121-square-foot retail lease at West Towne Mall in Madison. Tony Colvin and Adam Dreier of Mid-America Real Estate-Wisconsin LLC represented the tenant. The landlord was an entity doing business as Madison/West Towne LLC.
FLINT, MICH. — Dominion Real Estate Advisors and Lee & Associates have arranged the sale of an 11,892-square-foot medical office building in Flint for an undisclosed price. The property is located at 1321 S. Linden Road within the Cornerstone Office Complex. James Mitchell of Dominion and Michele Rosenblum of Lee & Associates represented the seller, LSPV Cornerstone Owner LLC, otherwise known as Versa Development. The buyer will occupy the building for its medical practice, Mid-Michigan Home and Health Hospice.
WOODBURY, MINN. — KW Commercial Premier has negotiated the sales of two office condos in the Twin Cities suburb of Woodbury. The properties, built in 2004, sold for $1.4 million each. The first property, 3060 Woodbury Drive, was previously a dental office and sold to a dentist. The second asset, 3020 Woodbury Drive, consisted of office space leased to several small companies. Scott Miller and Mike Olson of KW Commercial Premier represented the sellers, while Kevin Salmen of Transwestern represented the buyers.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Fashion retailer Express Inc. (OTCMKTS: EXPR) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and announced plans to close 107 of its 602 stores. The Columbus-based company’s portfolio includes apparel brands such as Bonobos, Express and UpWest Express. As part of the proceedings, 95 stores under the company’s Express banner will be shuttered alongside all 12 of its UpWest Express locations. Express has been battling with soft consumer demand due to slowing spending patterns and increased price sensitivity in discretionary categories, according to Reuters. Further details on the specific locations set for closure were not provided, but closing sales at the impacted locations are anticipated to begin tomorrow, April 23. Business at all other brick-and-mortar locations and online is expected to continue as usual. Express concurrently announced that it has received a non-binding letter of intent from a consortium of investors led by WHP Global to acquire a substantial majority of the company’s retail stores and operations. The investment group includes an indirect subsidiary of Simon Property Group and Brookfield Properties. WHP Global, which purchased a controlling stake in the parent company of Toys ‘R’ Us in 2021, has held 7.4 percent ownership in Express Inc. since January 2023. …
