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MENOMONEE FALLS, WIS. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $39.1 million in construction takeout financing for Tennessen Flats, a 173-unit apartment community in the Milwaukee suburb of Menomonee Falls. Phil Galligan, Brian Walsh, Christian Johnston and Merrick Evans of JLL secured a floating-rate loan through Argentic on behalf of the borrowers, Weas Development and Klein Development. The loan refinanced the property’s existing construction loan. Completed in 2025, Tennessen Flats consists of three four-story buildings and is complemented by two standalone retail buildings totaling 15,360 square feet. Amenities include a pool, rooftop terraces, a fitness center, yoga studio and resident lounge.

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MADISON, WIS. — CBRE has brokered the nearly $30 million sale of a two-property multifamily portfolio totaling 108 units in Madison. CBRE’s Gretchen Richards, Matson Holbrook and Sean Beuche represented the seller, Flad Development & Investments. Back Nine Acquisitions LLC was the buyer. The portfolio includes The Tradition at Smoky’s Club, a 59-unit property, and The Whitney Reserve, a 49-unit building. The assets include more than 2,400 square feet of ground-floor retail space and are located 1.4 miles apart. Both properties feature fitness centers, top-floor plazas with grills, community rooms, coworking and business areas, heated underground parking and electric vehicle charging stations.

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MOUNT COMFORT, IND. — Ambrose has sold Building III at Mount Comfort Logistics Center, a 10-building, 437-acre industrial park located in the East industrial submarket of Indianapolis. The 297,769-square-foot facility in Mount Comfort is fully leased to a third-party logistics firm that specializes in cold storage. The buyer was a locally based private investor. Developed on a build-to-suit basis in 2023 for PL Cold, an affiliate of Progressive Logistics, the facility features 223,000 square feet of freezer and cooler space and 40 docks. Alex Cantu and Alex Davenport of Colliers represented Ambrose in the transaction.

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MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, OHIO — AmTrust Financial Services Inc. has leased the entirety of a 102,065-square-foot office building at 6055 Parkland Blvd. in Mayfield Heights, an eastern suburb of Cleveland. Property owners Time Equities Inc. and Cleveland-based Legacy RHM Capital acquired the asset in June 2025. The building features direct visibility from I-271 and structured underground parking. AmTrust, a global specialty insurer, signed a 15-year lease.

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LINCOLNWOOD, ILL. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $212.5 million sale and financing of The Carrington at Lincolnwood, a 383-unit senior living community in Lincolnwood. JLL’s national seniors housing capital markets team represented the seller, a partnership of LAMB Properties, Harbert South Bay Partners and its capital partners. Senior Resource Group (SRG) and Nuveen Real Estate purchased the property. JLL arranged a five-year acquisition loan through a national bank on behalf of the buyers. The transaction represents one of the largest single-asset senior living sales nationally in 2026 and marks SRG’s entry into the Chicago market, according to JLL. SRG will assume management responsibilities from Momentum Senior Living. Built in 2018, The Carrington at Lincolnwood features two interconnected four-story buildings with 251 independent living units, 88 assisted living units and 44 secured memory care units. Amenities include an indoor pool, movie theater, wellness gym, sports bar, game room with billiards, a salon, café and bistro, libraries with computer stations, a creative arts studio, worship areas, indoor garage parking and a dog park.  

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SHEBOYGAN, WIS. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $44 million sale of The Corridor, a 240-unit multifamily property in Sheboygan, about 55 miles north of Milwaukee. Chicago-based Midloch Investment Partners sold the asset to Axiom Properties. The community was approximately 97 percent occupied at the time of sale. Brad Smith, Jack Maloney and Ralph Depasquale of Cushman & Wakefield’s multifamily advisory group represented the seller in the transaction, which attracted 25 offers from institutional, national, regional and private buyers. The sale also includes an in-place tax-increment financing agreement that reimburses 65 percent of the incremental property tax through 2028 and enhances cash flow for the owner. Completed in 2021 on 13.4 acres, The Corridor features one-, two- and three-bedroom residences across three buildings. Amenities include a fitness center, resident lounge, community room, dog park, outdoor gathering space, playground and parking. The apartments feature granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, luxury vinyl plank flooring, in-unit washers and dryers and select private balconies.

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COLUMBUS, OHIO — Law firm BakerHostetler has signed a five-year lease renewal for its 66,625-square-foot office space at 200 Civic Center Drive in downtown Columbus. The lease marks. The largest private sector office lease signed in the central business district since the start of the pandemic, according to JLL. Following the renewal, JLL is now marketing 15,559 square feet of top-floor space on the building’s 14th floor. Andy Dutcher and Joey Lamb of JLL represented the building owner, CC 13 LLC, an affiliate of Columbus-based Lawyers Development Corp. Phil Pelock of CBRE represented BakerHostetler. Located along the Scioto River, the office building features an attached 482-space parking garage, an updated lobby with an art gallery and café, a fitness center, shared conference space and onsite property management and security services. The building sits along the route of The Capital Line, a $100 million pedestrian and bicycle pathway currently under construction and expected to be completed in 2027.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $18.1 million sale of Directors Row Business Center, an eight-building office and flex industrial campus in Indianapolis. Gus Poulos and Forest Bender of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, South Carolina-based Ziff Real Estate Partners. Bender and Zach Rogers, also from The Bender Group out of the firm’s Indianapolis office, procured the Michigan-based buyer. Located at the entrance to Park Fletcher near Indianapolis International Airport, Directors Row Business Center comprises 214,200 square feet across six industrial buildings and two office buildings. The campus features 39 suites and is 91 percent occupied.

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By Matthew Wurtzebach, Draper and Kramer Inc. Investors who only read national headlines about Chicago are missing an important reality that local players know and national players have rediscovered: Downtown Chicago and its adjacent submarkets are one of the strongest growth stories in multifamily. Enduring strengths Chicago has long been known for its enduring, generational strengths. It is the nation’s transportation and logistics juggernaut, with six of the country’s seven Class I railroads, a convergence of interstate highways that provide truly national connectivity, and O’Hare International Airport, which World Business Chicago ranks as the nation’s No. 1 port by trade value, handling $423 billion in goods each year.  Chicago ranks second in the country for Fortune 500 headquarters (30), produces more than 150,000 college graduates annually, is home to world-class academic and research institutions, and boasts 21 Michelin-starred restaurants. Given all this, it should come as little to no surprise that Chicago has ranked No. 1 for corporate expansion and relocation for 13 consecutive years per Site Selection magazine and has been named Condé Nast Traveler’s best big city in the U.S. for a decade. Growth story These characteristics have continued to attract and retain educated, high-earning talent with a …

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SPRINGFIELD, MO. — BWE has arranged a $240 million recapitalization of a seniors housing portfolio located across three markets in the Midwest. BWE served as exclusive capital markets advisor to O’Reilly Development Co. LLC, a Springfield, Mo.-based developer and investor, in capitalizing the transaction. The portfolio comprises purpose-built independent living, assisted living and memory care communities developed by O’Reilly between 2019 and 2022. The communities are fully stabilized, operating at occupancy levels ranging from 96 to 99 percent. Arrow Senior Living, a St. Charles, Mo.-based regional operator, manages the portfolio. Arrow is co-invested alongside O’Reilly in the venture.

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