Illinois

Mid-America Brokers Sale of 144,555 SF Shoppes at College Hills in Central Illinois

by Kristin Harlow January 27, 2026

NORMAL, ILL. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of Shoppes at College Hills, a 144,555-square-foot shopping center located at the southwest corner of Old Route 66 and East College Avenue in the central Illinois market of Bloomington-Normal. Anchored by Hobby Lobby, the property is 96 percent leased to tenants such as J.Crew Factory, Starbucks, JD Sports, Maurices, Buckle, Comcast, Dry Goods, Charles Schwab, Massage Envy, J. Jill, Bath & Body Works, Chico’s, Soma, WHBM and Crumbl Cookies. National brands comprise 90 percent of the center. Ben Wineman of Mid-America represented the seller, a joint venture between M&J Wilkow and ALTO Real Estate Funds. A private investment group was the buyer.

January 27, 2026

Development Illinois Industrial Midwest

DSI Completes 200,000 SF Warehouse Expansion for Frain Industries in Metro Chicago

by Kristin Harlow January 26, 2026

CAROL STREAM, ILL. — Development Solutions Inc. (DSI) has completed a 200,000-square-foot warehouse and showroom expansion for Frain Industries at 245 E. North Ave. in Carol Stream. The addition brings Carol Stream-based Frain’s facility to a total of approximately 530,000 square feet. The project enhances Frain’s capabilities in packaging and processing equipment solutions.

January 26, 2026

Illinois Loans Midwest Retail

NewMark Merrill Receives $36M Loan for Refinancing of Shopping Center in Melrose Park, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow January 26, 2026

MELROSE PARK, ILL. — NewMark Merrill has received a $36 million loan for the refinancing of Winston Plaza, a shopping center in Melrose Park. NewMark Merrill acquired the property in 2008 and completed an extensive remodeling and repositioning. Since the end of COVID, the center has received more than 100,000 square feet of new merchants, including a Cermak grocery store, Ross Dress for Less, Burlington, JD Sports, Sistar Beauty and an expanded Five Below store. Kostas Kavayiotidis of Pacific Southwest Realty and Bryan Gortikov of Gortikov Capital arranged the refinancing loan with Wells Fargo for long-term debt from Mutual of Omaha. Sandra Kist and Josh Ginsborg represented NewMark Merrill on an internal basis.

January 26, 2026

Illinois Loans Midwest Multifamily Seniors Housing

MONTICELLOAM Provides $60M in Bridge Financing for Illinois Skilled Nursing Portfolio

by Kristin Harlow January 23, 2026

ILLINOIS — MONTICELLOAM LLC, a specialized seniors housing and multifamily bridge lending platform, has provided $60 million in bridge financing for a five-property skilled nursing portfolio in Illinois. Karina Davydov of MONTICELLOAM originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, which operates more than a dozen skilled nursing facilities in Illinois. The borrower will use the loan proceeds to acquire the portfolio of more than 620 licensed beds.

January 23, 2026

Illinois Loans Midwest Multifamily

Lynd Group Receives $66M Refinancing for Multifamily Property in Willow Springs, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow January 22, 2026

WILLOW SPRINGS, ILL. — The Lynd Group has received $66 million in refinancing for Willow Glen, a 224-unit multifamily community in Willow Springs developed by Lynd Development in partnership with West Point Builders in 2023. The refinancing repays the project’s construction loan and replaces it with a new financing package consisting of a $58 million CMBS senior loan originated by Barclays and an $8 million mezzanine loan provided by Ghisallo Capital, which retired the project’s government-backed bonds and simplified the capital stack. Willow Glen consists of 188 apartment units and 36 three-story townhomes. Amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center, pool, courtyard terrace, fireside lounge, game room, pet park and outdoor gathering spaces.

January 22, 2026

Illinois Leasing Activity Midwest Office

CBRE Negotiates 44,457 SF Office Headquarters Lease for TransLoop in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow January 22, 2026

CHICAGO — CBRE has negotiated a 44,457-square-foot headquarters lease for logistics company TransLoop at 350 N. Orleans St. in Chicago. TransLoop outgrew its prior Chicago headquarters in just over three years, prompting the company to nearly triple its footprint. The new office, secured through a sublease from Gartner, will allow the company to add up to 200 new jobs in Chicago. CBRE’s Brian McDonnell and Bill Sheehy represented the tenant.

January 22, 2026

Acquisitions Illinois Midwest Retail

Greenstone Partners Arranges $2.6M Sale of Retail Property in New Lenox, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow January 22, 2026

NEW LENOX, ILL. — Greenstone Partners has arranged the $2.6 million sale of The Sherwin-Williams Center, a two-tenant retail property on Lincoln Highway in New Lenox, a southwest suburb of Chicago. The asset is home to Sherwin-Williams and Don Jose’s, a local Mexican restaurant. Jason St. John of Greenstone represented the seller, a Chicago-based developer, and procured the buyer, a Georgia-based investment group.

January 22, 2026

Acquisitions Illinois Industrial Midwest Wisconsin

Brennan Investment Group Buys 801,728 SF Industrial Portfolio in Metro Chicago, Milwaukee

by Kristin Harlow January 21, 2026

CHICAGO AND MILWAUKEE — Brennan Investment Group has acquired an 801,728-square-foot industrial portfolio located across the Chicagoland and Milwaukee markets. The portfolio is comprised of 13 shallow-bay industrial buildings with a diverse tenant mix and a weighted average lease term of more than four years. The Chicago submarkets include I-55, Lake County, Northern DuPage and Central Kane/I-88, while the Milwaukee properties are located within the Airport and Northwest submarkets. Brennan’s Midwest portfolio totals 28 million square feet.

January 21, 2026

Development Illinois Midwest Retail Top Stories

Amazon Plans to Open First-of-its-Kind Retail Store in Metro Chicago Totaling 230,000 SF

by Kristin Harlow January 21, 2026

ORLAND PARK, ILL. — Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has unveiled plans to open a first-of-its-kind retail store in the southern Chicago suburb of Orland Park. The planned brick-and-mortar store will occupy the long-vacant site of the former Petey’s II restaurant at the southwest corner of 159th Street and LaGrange Road. The Orland Park Village Board approved the project at its Jan. 19 meeting. Amazon’s plans call for a one-story building of approximately 230,000 square feet that will offer groceries, household essentials and general merchandise. The store would function similarly to a large-format retailer such as a Walmart Supercenter. The commercial retail store would be open to the public and is not a warehouse or distribution center. Both the Orland Park Plan Commission and the Board of Trustees have reviewed and approved the plan. The village is not providing any financial incentives to Amazon as part of this project. “When a global retailer of this scale considers investment in Orland Park, it sends a strong signal about the vitality of our community and the strategic importance of this corridor,” says Orland Park Mayor Jim Dodge. According to a release, Amazon’s proposed multimillion-dollar investment in Orland Park would generate millions in sales and …

January 21, 2026

Acquisitions Illinois Midwest Multifamily

SVN Chicago Brokers $4M Sale of Apartment Building in Bronzeville Neighborhood

by Kristin Harlow January 20, 2026

CHICAGO — SVN Chicago Commercial has brokered the sale of a 21-unit apartment building located at 4201 S. Michigan Ave. in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. The asset sold for $4 million through a debt assumption structure. Joe Connelly of SVN Chicago represented both parties in the sale. The property features 15 two-bedroom units and six three-bedroom residences.

January 20, 2026

Newer Posts

Older Posts