BATAVIA, ILL. — FCL Builders has broken ground on a 150,838-square-foot speculative industrial building located at 1850 Fabyan Parkway in Batavia, a western suburb of Chicago. KRC Holdings LLC is the developer. Construction is expected to be completed before the second quarter of 2020. Kate Foxworth of Morken & Associates will market the property for lease.
GURNEE, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $10.8 million sale of a 15,577-square-foot retail center in Gurnee. Located at 6440 Grand Ave., about 40 miles north of downtown Chicago, the center was fully leased at the time of sale. Tenants include Panera Bread, Mission BBQ and Comcast. The property serves as an out parcel to Gurnee Mills Mall. Austin Weisenbeck and Sean Sharko Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Robert Bhat of Marcus & Millichap arranged $6.9 million in acquisition financing for the undisclosed buyer. The nonrecourse loan offers a 65 percent loan-to-value ratio with a fixed rate of 4.64 percent and 10 years of interest-only payments.
ADDISON, ILL. — Logistics Property Co. (LPC) has acquired a 15-acre infill site in Addison within DuPage County. LPC plans to develop two industrial facilities totaling 274,855 square feet. Known as Swift & Lake, the site is situated on the southeast corner of Swift Road and Lake Street. Construction will commence immediately with delivery slated for the second quarter of 2020. Doug Pilcher of Cushman & Wakefield will market the properties for lease.
CHICAGO — Meridian Design Build has broken ground on a 358,879-square-foot speculative industrial building on behalf of NorthPoint Development in Chicago. The new facility will be situated on a 31.1-acre site at 12144 S. Ave. O on the city’s southeast side. Plans call for a clear height of 36 feet, four drive-in doors, 257 auto parking stalls, 106 trailer parking stalls and up to 92 loading docks. The project will be the first building in NorthPoint’s 200-acre Avenue O Industrial Park, a 2.3 million-square-foot master-planned development. The site was previously home to the Republic Steel mill. The project team includes StudioNorth Architecture and Jacob & Hefner Associates.
WOODSTOCK, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 10,336-square-foot, newly constructed retail property in Woodstock in northern Illinois for $4.9 million. Starbucks and Aspen Dental anchor the building. All of the tenants operate on a net-lease basis. Austin Weisenbeck and Sean Sharko of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller. A local buyer completing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange purchased the asset.
CHICAGO — Podolsky Circle will merge with Colliers International in Chicago effective Sept. 1. Podolsky’s staff, totaling nine employees and seven independent contractors, will make the move to Colliers and operate under the Colliers brand. Podolsky’s team includes a four-person capital markets office team and a five-person industrial brokerage team. Colliers will fold Podolsky’s 32-building, 2.1 million-square-foot property management portfolio into its existing portfolio. Podolsky Circle was founded by the late Milton Podolsky in 1971 as a boutique commercial real estate firm comprised of brokerage, property management and investment advisory services. The firm was a founding member of CORFAC International in 1989.
DEERFIELD, ILL. — Walgreens plans to close approximately 200 stores across the U.S. starting this fall as part of a cost-management program. Specific store locations have not been disclosed, but the new closures represent less than 3 percent of Walgreens’ U.S. footprint. The announcement was made in a Walgreens Boots Alliance regulatory filing Tuesday. The Deerfield, Ill.-based company had previously unveiled plans to close 200 stores in the United Kingdom. Currently, Walgreens operates more than 18,500 stores in 11 countries.
AURORA, ILL. — Wholesale Interiors has signed a 551,200-square-foot industrial lease to fully occupy 2805 Duke Parkway in Aurora. The furniture supplier is subleasing the space from Follett Corp. on a three-year basis and will expand its operations from Bensenville. Owned by Duke Realty, the facility features a clear height of 32 feet, 74 dock doors, four drive-in doors, 73 trailer parking stalls and 153 car parking stalls. The property also includes 25,000 square feet of office space. Christopher Volkert and Brian Kling of Colliers International represented Follett Corp. in the lease transaction.
CHICAGO — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the sale of LUXE on Chicago, a 59-unit apartment building in Chicago’s West Town/Wicker Park neighborhood. The sales price was not disclosed, but it equates to approximately $525,000 per unit, according to the brokerage firm. Developed by Fifield Cos. in 2016, the Class A property also includes 13,979 square feet of first-floor retail space. The asset, which includes studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, was 92 percent occupied at the time of sale. Jason Stevens and Todd Stofflet of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Fifield Cos. A private, international investor purchased the property.
SCHAUMBURG, ILL. — Cavalry Logistics has signed a 25,253-square-foot industrial lease in Schaumburg. The company, a third-party freight brokerage provider, will occupy the entire building located at 895 American Lane. Cavalry’s dispatch and sales division will occupy the property, which includes 11,000 square feet of newly renovated office space. Cory Kay, Mike DeSerto and Dan Benassi of Entre Commercial Realty LLC represented the landlord, a private investor. Dane Peachee of Compass Real Estate Advisors represented the tenant.
