CHICAGO — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of 1003 N. Rush St., a luxury retail building in Chicago totaling 5,443 square feet. The sales price was undisclosed. The asset features a brand new Vuori store. Vuori is a high fashion brand known for its athletic and performance wear. Joe Girardi and Emily Gadomski of Mid-America represented the seller, an institutional investor. A private family was the buyer.
CHICAGO — Monarch Realty Partners has negotiated the sale of a 22-unit multifamily property in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood for $1.1 million. The asset is located at 1418 W. Marquette Road. Robert Berman and Rudy Hancock of Monarch represented the seller, a private investor. Further details were not provided.
CHICAGO — Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) has sold 909 N. Michigan Ave., a 5,860-square-foot retail property in Chicago, for $27.3 million. The asset is fully occupied by three tenants and is situated adjacent to Pebblebrook’s Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago hotel. The sales price reflected a cap rate of 7.7 percent. Proceeds from the sale will be used for general corporate purposes, which may include reducing the company’s outstanding debt and repurchasing the company’s common and preferred shares. A venture of Los Angeles-based Blatteis & Schnur was the buyer, according to Crain’s Chicago Business.
CHICAGO — Owner L3 Capital has secured retail leases with Ever/Body and Brilliant Earth for its development at 1020 W. Randolph St. in Chicago’s Fulton Market district. In January 2022, L3 Capital completed the redevelopment of a former bank and adjacent parking lot. The 35,000-square-foot project is now fully leased. Ever/Body is a New York-based cosmetic dermatology group and Brilliant Earth is a diamond retailer. Other tenants at the property include Lululemon, fine jeweler Mejuri, mini golf concept Puttery and luxury bedding brand Brooklinen.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based International Workplace Group (IWG) has added 34 new flexible workspaces in the Midwest region in the last six months. Including these new locations, IWG has added roughly 150 locations nationwide across the U.S. since October 2022. IWG intends to add 1,000 new locations globally. IWG’s new locations stretch across brands such as Spaces, Regus and HQ, and are situated in both urban and suburban areas across markets such as Chicago; Columbus, Ohio; Jeffersonville, Ind.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Lakeville, Minn.; and De Pere, Wis. The Midwest offices total more than 280,000 square feet. About 76 percent of the new workspaces are located in smaller towns and communities outside of metro areas. IWG is opening the vast majority of its new locations in partnership with commercial real estate owners, developers and franchisee investors.
CRYSTAL LAKE, ILL. — Cawley Chicago has brokered the sale of a multi-tenant industrial property in Crystal Lake, about 50 miles northwest of Chicago. The sales price was undisclosed. Built in 1960, the facility at 7510 Virginia Road features outdoor storage, ample parking and a warehouse showroom. David Conroy and Joe Shapiro of Cawley Chicago represented the seller, while Logan Krutsch of Fuhler Properties represented the buyer.
MARYVILLE, ILL. — BarberMurphy has arranged the sale of a 3,158-square-foot office building located at 17 Professional Park Drive in Maryville, about 20 miles northeast of St. Louis. The sales price was undisclosed. Fireside Financial LLC sold the property to Grand Property LLC. BarberMurphy represented both parties in the transaction.
BELLWOOD, ILL. — Evergreen Real Estate Group has topped off construction of Bellwood Senior Apartments in Bellwood, a western suburb of Chicago. The 80-unit affordable seniors housing property is slated for completion in August. The $30 million project replaces a former Walgreens property. Operated by Evergreen’s in-house management team, Bellwood Senior Apartments will be reserved for residents age 62 or older with incomes at or below 60 percent of the area median income. General contractor F.H. Paschen has completed the concrete block masonry and precast plank structure. The construction crew is currently installing mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection, which will be followed by drywall work, windows and façade finishes. Weese Langley Weese Architects Ltd. is the project architect. Amenities will include laundry rooms on each level, three community rooms, storage rooms and a fitness center. The Illinois Housing Development Authority served as the tax credit issuer and subordinate funds provider. The Village of Bellwood provided tax-increment financing incentives and a loan. Additionally, Bank of America is the investor and construction loan lender, Hudson Housing Capital syndicated the tax credits and Cook County provided HOME funds.
CHICAGO — Sterling Bay has topped out construction of 360 North Green, a 24-story office building in Chicago’s Fulton Market district. Boston Consulting Group will serve as the anchor tenant upon completion and has leased roughly 250,000 square feet. The firm plans to relocate nearly 1,000 employees from Chicago’s Loop. Totaling nearly 500,000 square feet, the development will include amenities such as private outdoor terraces. The project will also feature more than 5,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Gensler is the architect and Power Construction is the general contractor. Completion is slated for February 2024.
By Tyler Ziebel, Colliers Following one of the most active and aggressive periods in Chicago’s industrial capital markets history, 2022 ended as a year most market participants would rather forget. As the buying community returned to their desks and fastened their seatbelts for another year of fun in 2023, industrial sales brokers across the country are starting the year posed with a question from investors that hasn’t been asked in some time: “What are we going to be able to buy this year?” It’s easy to assume that investors will remain content to sit out of the turbulent market, but the answer to where we are, and aren’t, seeing liquidity requires a nuanced answer. In order to do that, we must take a quick look at 2022 and what set this uncertain market in motion. After several record-setting years for industrial leasing and sales in 2020 and 2021, accelerated by the COVID pandemic and a historically low interest rate environment, 2022 opened with the same frenzied pace and enthusiasm of 2021. But as the Federal Reserve pivoted its focus from keeping the economy stable to taming the resulting inflation, rapidly rising interest rates grounded institutional industrial transactions and development deals …
