MONTGOMERY, ILL. — Parceljet Information Technology LLC has signed a 239,190-square-foot industrial lease at 900 Knell Road in Montgomery. The cross-border logistics company is expanding from its coastal locations to grow its presence in the Midwest. The space is part of a 992,462-square-foot building constructed in 1960 and renovated in 2000. The facility features a clear height of 30 feet, 17 exterior docks and one drive-in door. Parking is available for 184 trailers and more than 600 cars. George Cibula and Rick Daly of DarwinPW Realty/CORFAC International represented the landlord, CenterPoint Properties. Danielle Radtke and Patrick Smith of CenterPoint were instrumental in getting Parceljet into the space in a short timeframe.
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EAST ALTON, ILL. — Contegra Construction Co. has completed a 76,000-square-foot expansion for West Star Aviation’s service facility and headquarters in East Alton, about 25 miles north of St. Louis. The company’s maintenance, repair and overhaul property now totals more than 500,000 square feet. The expansion is projected to create 60 to 80 jobs over the next two years. Located at 2 Airline Court, the three-building expansion project added 50,000 square feet of new hangar capacity, 13,000 square feet of additional back shop space and 13,000 square feet of additional storage space. It also includes 165 parking spaces.
NORTHBROOK, ILL. — Medline Industries LP has signed a long-term office lease for 214,560 square feet at 2375 Waterview Drive in the Chicago suburb of Northbrook. The privately held medical-surgical product manufacturer and supplier plans to move into its new space in mid-2025 and will occupy the north building of the campus. Kyle Robbins, Andrew Davidson and David Burkards of Transwestern Real Estate Services represented the owner of the 432,000-square-foot property. Of the two buildings at the campus, there is approximately 80,000 square feet of available space remaining inside the south building. Tenants have access to a cafeteria, 400-person multi-purpose meeting space, fitness center and outdoor terraces. A new tenant lounge is set to open next year. James Otto, Jon Milonas, Paul Diederich and Peter Livaditis of CBRE represented Medline.
CHICAGO — Greystone has provided an $18.2 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of Cornelia-Stratford in Chicago. Originally constructed in 1927, the 139-unit multifamily property features studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units. Amenities include bike storage, laundry facilities and a tenant lounge. Clint Darby and Andrew Remenschneider of Greystone originated the nonrecourse loan, which features a fixed interest rate, 15-year term and five years of interest-only payments. The borrower was undisclosed.
HIGHLAND PARK, ILL. — Colliers has arranged the $7.4 million sale of a 55,033-square-foot commercial building in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. Located at 1770 1st St., the property features 17 apartment units on the upper three floors and 36,000 square feet of medical office space home to Robb Orthodontics, Highland Park Maxillofacial & Implant Surgery and Pediatric Dentistry of the North Shore. The apartment units are fully leased, and the medical office portion is 61 percent leased. Constructed in 1988, the building sits atop a 447-space public parking garage and is across the street from the Highland Park Metra stop. Alissa Adler, John Homsher, Tyler Hague and Lauren Stoliar of Colliers represented the seller, Fulton Design + Build. QMR Partners was the buyer.
CHICAGO — Workbox, a national workspace operator founded in 2019, has moved its corporate headquarters to Chicago’s Fulton Market neighborhood. In less than three years, the company has grown from nine employees to over 35 nationwide and is relocating a majority of its Chicago-based team to 220 N. Green St. At over 60,000 square feet, Workbox Chicago – Fulton Market is the company’s sixth and largest workspace in Chicago. The Workbox team will share its new corporate space with its member base.
NAPERVILLE, ILL. — A joint venture between Capital Healthcare Properties and HSG Medical has entered the permitting phase of a project to create a specialized cardiovascular center in the Chicago suburb of Naperville. The outpatient ambulatory surgery treatment center (ASTC) will be built for a Chicago-area healthcare system. The ASTC will transform a former 43,000-square-foot fitness facility at 1836 Freedom Drive. The joint venture has been coordinating with consultants, the health system and the city for over a year. The original design and use of the building as a fitness center, including 25-foot ceiling heights and minimal columns, promotes an efficient and flexible floor plan to maximize the space for a complex healthcare build-out, according to the development team. The building, constructed in 2008, sits on a five-acre lot and offers more than 200 parking spaces. Construction is set to commence this quarter, with the first patients expected to be seen in the new facility in 2026. The project team includes architects Antunovich Associates and HDR, civil engineer V3 Cos., mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineer IMEG, landscape architect Hitchcock Design Group and general contractor Boldt. Brett Berlin of Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. brokered the $7.5 million sale of the …
CHICAGO — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale and acquisition financing of The Parker, a 29-story luxury apartment tower in Chicago’s Fulton Market district. The sales price was $93.3 million, according to Crain’s Chicago Business. Developed by Atlantic Residential, Shapack Partners and Focus Development in 2016, the 227-unit property features panoramic views of downtown Chicago. Units range from studios to three-bedroom layouts. Amenities include a fitness center, yoga studio, rooftop pool, clubroom, work-from-home space, outdoor dog run, indoor dog wash, private parking garage, package concierge system, dry-cleaning pickup lockers and bicycle storage. The property is located at 730 W. Couch Place, steps from the Randolph Street Restaurant Row. Kevin Girard, Mark Stern, Zach Kaufman, Jennifer Hull and Colleen Watson of JLL represented the seller, institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Atlantic Residential. Danny Kaufman, Matthew Schoenfeldt, Medina Spiodic, Mary Dooley, Rebecca Brielmaier and Yougsoo Yang of JLL arranged a fixed-rate, five-year acquisition loan through Northwestern Mutual Life on behalf of the buyer, JDL Development.
CHICAGO — Nassimi Realty, a New York-based real estate development company, has purchased Joffco Square, a 100,000-square-foot retail center in Chicago’s South Loop. The purchase price was $9.2 million. Located at 555 W. Roosevelt Road, Joffco Square is anchored by Best Buy and shadow anchored by Home Depot. The property features a two-story covered parking garage. The seller, Pine Tree, had purchased the asset for $27 million. Nassimi is working with national retailers to address vacancies at the center.
CHICAGO AND ELMWOOD PARK, ILL. — Byline Bancorp Inc. (NYSE: BY) and First Security Bancorp Inc., including its wholly owned subsidiary First Security Trust and Savings Bank, have entered into a definitive merger agreement for a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $41 million. According to a release, the transaction will solidify Chicago-based Byline’s position as Chicago’s largest community bank with assets under $10 billion, $7.3 billion in loans and $7.8 billion in deposits, with 45 branches across metro Chicago. Headquartered in Elmwood Park, First Security Bancorp maintains total assets of $354.8 million, total loans of $201.4 million and total deposits of $321.8 million as of June 30. First Security Trust and Savings Bank offers commercial and community banking services, with one branch location in Elmwood Park. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Byline will issue nearly 2.2 shares of its common stock for each outstanding share of First Security common stock, or approximately 1.5 million shares to First Security common stockholders. The transaction has been approved unanimously by each company’s board of directors and is expected to close during the second quarter of 2025, subject to regulatory approvals and the approval of First Security’s stockholders.