BOURBONNAIS, ILL. — Performance Brokerage Services has negotiated the sale of the Phillips Hyundai of Bradley dealership in Bourbonnais, about 55 miles south of Chicago. Phillip Pascarella founded Phillips Auto Group in 1968. The company continues to own and operate Phillips Chevrolet locations in Bourbonnais, Frankfort and Lansing, Ill., and Phillips RV in Bourbonnais. Phillips Hyundai of Bradley opened in 2017. Paul Kechnie, Emily Bourne and Matt Willis of Performance Brokerage Services represented the seller. Patriot Motors was the buyer. Phillips Hyundai of Bradley will be renamed Patriot Hyundai of Bradley and will be relocated to William R Lathan Senior Drive.
Acquisitions
LAKE ZURICH, ILL. — The Boulder Group has brokered the $2.8 million sale of a restaurant property net leased to Chipotle in the Chicago suburb of Lake Zurich. The newly constructed building at 442 S. Rand Road features a drive-thru. Chipotle operates under a 15-year lease term with 10 percent rental escalations every five years and four five-year renewal options. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of Boulder represented the seller, a Chicago-area full-service commercial real estate company. A local individual was the buyer. There are 3,752 Chipotle locations worldwide as of 2025.
PITTSBURGH — A group of investors led by local investment firm Rugby Realty has purchased One Oxford Centre, a 45-story office tower located at 301 Grant St. in downtown Pittsburgh. The 1 million-square-foot building occupies two city blocks and was 65 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as PwC and law firms Clark Hill and Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti. Amenities include a full-service health/business club and a multi-level, 850-space parking garage. John Pelusi, Claudia Steeb, Nick Unkovic and Zach Barone of JLL arranged a three-year bridge loan of an undisclosed amount for the acquisition of the property through Dollar Bank.
WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. — JLL has brokered the $161.5 million sale of Avalon at Wesmont Station, a 406-unit apartment community located at 100 Rosie Square in Wood-Ridge, about 15 miles west of Manhattan. Avalon at Wesmont Station was built in 2012-2013 and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units with an average size of 959 square feet. Amenities include a pool, outdoor grilling and dining stations, resident clubroom with workstations and a fitness center. The property also houses 18,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space that is fully leased. Jose Cruz, Steve Simonelli, Michael Oliver, Elizabeth DeVesty and Austin Pierce of JLL represented the seller, Virginia-based REIT AvalonBay Communities Inc. (NYSE: AVB), in the transaction. The buyer was New York-based Cammeby’s International Group. Ryan Koehler of NewPoint Real Estate Capital originated a $112 million Freddie Mac acquisition loan, which carried a 10-year term and six years of interest-only payments, for the deal. “The sale of Avalon at Wesmont Station demonstrates the continued investor appetite for well-located, institutional-quality multi-housing assets in strong suburban markets near New York City,” says Cruz. “This property’s strategic location, coupled with its value-add potential through unit renovations, made it an attractive investment opportunity in today’s market.” The apartment …
NASHVILLE, TENN. — JLL Capital Markets has facilitated the $50 million sale of Edgehill Village, a 58,468-square-foot mixed-use property located in Nashville’s Music Row district. Originally built in 1920 and 1934 and renovated in 2016, the property comprises 2.4 acres of retail and office space. Tenants at the property include Van Leeuwen Ice Cream, Barcelona, Consider the Wldflwrs, Warby Parker and Vow’d. Brad Buchanan and Jim Hamilton of JLL’s Investment Sales and Advisory team represented the seller, Charlotte-based Asana Partners, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
HUNT VALLEY, MD. — Newmark has facilitated the sale of 40 Wight Avenue, a 132,207-square-foot office property located in Hunt Valley, roughly 18 miles north of Baltimore. Built in 2017, the five-story office tower is situated near Hunt Valley Towne Center and a light rail station. Amenities at the property include an outdoor patio area, ample natural lighting and dining and retail offerings. The office complex was 90 percent leased at the time of sale. Nicholas Signor, Cristopher Abramson and Ben McCarty of Newmark represented the seller, an undisclosed national REIT, in the transaction. The buyer was an affiliate of Minnesota-based Onward Investors. The sales price was not disclosed.
NORFOLK, VA. — Greysteel has brokered the sale of Sherwood Forest, a 173-unit apartment community located at 2803 Early St. in Norfolk. Otto Snell of Greysteel represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer, seller and sales price were not disclosed. Jack Whitman of Greysteel arranged a $16 million acquisition loan through an undisclosed credit union that was underwritten with a fixed interest rate, 80 percent loan-to-value ratio, two years of interest-only payments and no prepayment penalty. The loan includes funds for property improvements at Sherwood Forest, which was originally delivered in 1965.
SRS Arranges $6.8M Sale-Leaseback of Retail Property in Manassas, Virginia Leased to The Learning Experience
by John Nelson
MANASSAS, VA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale-leaseback of a single-tenant retail property located in Manassas, roughly 35 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., for $6.8 million. The Learning Experience, an early childhood education and childcare center, occupies the two-story, 11,150-square-foot property on a triple net lease basis. Originally built in 2023, the facility is operated by one of The Learning Experience’s largest franchisees. Situated at 10219 Dumfries Road, the property sits at the center of a retail corridor that includes a Walmart Supercenter, Harris Teeter, LA Fitness, Chick-fil-A, Raising Cane’s and Wawa convenience store. Andrew Fallon and Philip Wellde Jr. of SRS’ Washington, D.C. Capital Markets team represented the seller, an entity doing business as Ganges Manassas LLC, in the transaction. The 1031 exchange buyer was a Northern Virginia-based private investor. SRS has also listed a second site occupied by The Learning Experience in Northern Virginia for $7.6 million.
LUCAS, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm Younger Partners has arranged the sale of a 42-acre retail development site in Lucas, roughly 30 miles northeast of Dallas. The buyer, an affiliate of Dallas-based Malouf Interests, plans to develop a 130,000-square-foot grocery-anchored shopping center, a 25,000-square-foot restaurant village with 15 adjacent pad sites and a community park on the site. Michael Ytem and Tom Grunnah of Younger Partners represented both the buyer and the seller, JCBR Holdings, in the transaction. Construction is slated to begin in the fourth quarter, with completion anticipated for 2026.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a self-storage facility in the northern Dallas metro of Carrollton. Extra Space Storage operates the facility, which was built in 1996 and expanded in 2001. The facility totals 114,236 net rentable square feet of space across 143 climate-controlled units, 448 drive-up units, six office suites and 101 uncovered parking spaces. Brandon Karr of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and seller, both of which were locally based entities that requested anonymity, in the transaction.