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Graycor Completes Construction of 45,000 SF Wonderverse Entertainment Space in Suburban Chicago

by Kristin Harlow

OAK BROOK, ILL. — Graycor Construction Co. has completed Wonderverse, a 45,000-square-foot entertainment space at Oakbrook Center in suburban Chicago. The project features a hybrid of physical and multi-media experiences, interactive installations, attractions and experiences, allowing visitors to step into their favorite Sony Pictures stories. Sony is the project’s owner. The space includes escape rooms, virtual reality adventures, bumper cars, racing simulators, an arcade and speakeasy. The project team included Scenario as the owner’s representative and EXP as the architect of record.

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Interra Realty Arranges Sales of Three Apartment Buildings in River Grove, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

RIVER GROVE, ILL. — Interra Realty has arranged the sales of three apartment buildings in River Grove, a western suburb of Chicago. A two-property, 12-unit portfolio sold for $1.7 million, while an eight-unit building traded hands for $1.1 million. The properties in the portfolio were built in 1969, while the standalone building was completed in 1980. Patrick Kennelly, Paul Waterloo and Nathan Zito of Interra represented the seller of the portfolio, while Ralph Szypcio of Coldwell Banker represented the buyer. The same Interra brokerage team represented the buyer and seller of the standalone building. Both buyers are local operators who plan to self-manage the properties and improve them over a long-term ownership horizon. All of the buildings were fully occupied at the time of sale.

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Marcus & Millichap Negotiates Sale of 23-Unit Apartment Building in Elgin, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

ELGIN, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of a 23-unit apartment building in Elgin for an undisclosed price. Originally built in 1976, the property is located at 450 S. Belmont Ave. near Elgin Community College, the Highlands of Elgin Golf Club and Marcus Elgin Cinema. Ryan Engle and Andrean Angelov of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and seller, both of which were private investors.

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Mid-America Arranges Sale of 68,121 SF North & Clybourn Retail Property in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has arranged the sale of North & Clybourn, a 68,121-square-foot retail center in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, for an undisclosed price. North & Clybourn is anchored by Crate & Barrel and The Container Store, which have occupied the property for 25 years. Additional tenants include Potbelly, LensCrafters and Sweetgreen. Joe Girardi and Stan Nitzberg of Mid-America brokered the sale on behalf of the private seller. Hines U.S. Property Partners was the buyer.

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Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale of 11,772 SF Retail Building in Homewood, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

HOMEWOOD, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of an 11,772-square-foot retail building in the Chicago suburb of Homewood for an undisclosed price. U.S. Bank anchors the property, which is located at 18300 Dixie Highway. U.S. Bank contributes to 68 percent of the property’s income stream, and the branch has been operating continuously as a bank since 2005. Austin Weisenbeck, Sean Sharko and Adrian Mendoza of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. The trio also secured and represented the all-cash buyer, a limited liability company.  

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Joint Venture Opens 248-Unit Saint Grand Luxury Apartment Complex in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — A joint venture between Mavrek Development, Double Eagle Development, Luxury Living and GW Properties has opened The Saint Grand, a 248-unit luxury apartment complex in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood. In addition to the apartment units, the project includes 45,000 square feet of office space and 8,000 square feet of street-level retail space. The first residents began moving in last month. Amenities include a fitness center, coworking spaces, lounges and a rooftop pool deck that is scheduled to open in May. The project team included architecture firm NORR, general contractor Lendlease and interior designer Harken Interiors. Cushman & Wakefield is handling residential and commercial property management.

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Blueprint Arranges Sale of Three-Property Seniors Housing Portfolio in Metro Chicago

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of three value-add seniors housing properties in the western suburbs of Chicago for an undisclosed price. Opened between 1994 and 2000, the portfolio comprises approximately 290 assisted living and memory care units and roughly 40 Medicare-only skilled nursing units. According to Blueprint, the communities struggled post COVID and presented a meaningful value-add opportunity, despite some recent capital improvements. Ultimately, the seller elected to divest the properties to preserve liquidity. The buyer was a regional owner-operator looking to expand into Illinois. The seller was a national developer and investor. Ryan Kelly, Connor Doherty, Alex Florea, Lauren Nagle and Brooks Blackmon led the Blueprint team.

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CFG Provides $13.6M in HUD-Insured Financing for Two Skilled Nursing Facilities in Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

ILLINOIS — CFG, a subsidiary of CFG Bank, has provided two HUD loans totaling $13.6 million to refinance debt on two skilled nursing facilities in Illinois. The specific properties were not disclosed, but they total 173 beds. Tim Eberhardt and Ava Julio of CFG originated the loans.

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Kiser Group Negotiates $7.2M Condo Deconversion Sale in Chicago’s Lakeview Neighborhood

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — Kiser Group has negotiated a $7.2 million condo deconversion sale in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. Originally listed for sale in 2021 by the condominium association’s property manager, the 41-unit property went in and out of contract for two years. Andy Friedman and Jake Parker of Kiser represented the buyer, Langdon Partners, which plans to fully renovate the building. “Condominium buildings with a high percentage of investor-owned units, such as 505 Melrose, reach a point where owners are no longer able to properly maintain a building and a deconversion sale is an excellent solution,” says Friedman. Under the Condominium Property Act in Illinois, condo unit owners can elect to sell a property if 75 percent or more are in agreement. The threshold is 85 percent for the City of Chicago. Sellers then have the option to either move out of their units or lease them back from the new owner.

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Chicagoland Industrial Market Remains Resilient

by Kristin Harlow

By Noel Liston, Core Industrial Realty The 10 major submarkets that comprise the broader Chicagoland industrial market all performed at or above expectations in 2023. While absorption was not as robust as the pandemic boom that saw back-to-back record years, 2023 was a solid year for absorption and a strong year in rental growth throughout the broader market.  Significant deliveries of speculative developments were offset with solid absorption by manufacturing, assembly and food & beverage-related industries that picked up the slack left from a less enthusiastic e-commerce market. Broadly speaking, the greater Chicagoland industrial market started 2024 with a vacancy rate of ±7.3 percent. This vacancy rate is up from the low 5 percent range the market averaged for the second half of 2023.  Assuming equilibrium (a market that favors neither tenant nor landlord) for the market is historically a ±6 percent vacancy rate, the current vacancy rate can be deceiving. This is, in large part, due to the jump in vacancy as a result of the delivery of a significant amount of larger, speculative industrial developments in certain submarkets where land zoned for industrial with relatively good access to a major highway or interstate was still available.   Further, …

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