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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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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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CHICAGO — SVN Chicago Commercial has brokered the sale of an eight-unit apartment building in the city’s Avondale neighborhood for $2.2 million. The property is located at 3110 W. Belmont Ave. and features units that average 2,000 square feet each. Paul Cawthon and Angelo Labriola of SVN represented the undisclosed seller. The buyer was based in New York.

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FAIRMONT CITY, ILL. — HE Equipment has purchased a 16,867-square-foot truck repair facility in Fairmont City, just east of St. Louis. The purchase price was undisclosed. The property is located at 1087 State Route 3. Brokerage firm Barber Murphy represented both the buyer and the seller, Blackhawk Express.

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BLOOMINGTON AND NORMAL, ILL. — Churchill Living has selected RMK Management Corp. to manage Elm Point Apartments in Bloomington and Oak Point Apartments in Normal. Elm Point features 104 units ranging from 900 to 1,165 square feet. Monthly rents range from $1,190 to $3,800 per month. Oak Point includes 144 units ranging from 696 to 1,560 square feet. Monthly rents range from $1,050 to $2,150. Chicago-based RMK manages more than 8,800 apartment units across 38 properties in Chicago, Indiana, Wisconsin and Minnesota.

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ORLAND PARK, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $2.1 million sale of a 14,000-square-foot retail building anchored by AutoZone in the Chicago suburb of Orland Park. AutoZone occupies about 60 percent of the property, which is located at 9310 W. 159th St. adjacent to a Jewel-Osco grocery store. Mitchell Kiven of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, and the buyer, a local investor based in suburban Cook County.

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CHICAGO — Skender has completed construction of The Leo, a 21-story luxury apartment tower located at 741 N. Wells St. in Chicago’s River North. VISTA Property is the developer. Designed by Antunovich Associates, the building features 168 units, including 50 studios, 101 one bedrooms and 17 two bedrooms. The project also includes 3,877 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities include an in-gym yoga studio, outdoor pool, rooftop deck, kitchen café, group fitness terrace, private events room, dog run and bike room. Luxury Chicago Realty is handling leasing. Huntington Bank provided a first mortgage loan for the project. Monthly rents start at $2,250, according to the property’s website.

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ELGIN, ILL. — Lee & Associates has negotiated a full-building industrial lease totaling 53,000 square feet on behalf of Bullfrog International in Elgin. The property at 1320 Gateway Drive features a clear height of 24 feet, two interior docks, two drive-in doors and an existing three-ton bridge crane. Bullfrog International is a designer and manufacturer of high-end hot tubs that has expanded its Chicago-area presence with industrial and retail space. Rick Scardino, Michael Petrik and Sean Bishop of Lee & Associates represented the tenant. Jeff Matella of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Bix Box Property Owner C LLC.

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CHICAGO — Colliers Mortgage has originated a $7.8 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Southeast Englewood and South Wabash in Chicago. The 72-unit, scattered site affordable housing property consists of six three-story buildings with garden-level basements. The buildings are situated on six parcels, three of which are non-contiguous. All of the units are restricted to low-income tenants by a HUD Section 8 HAP contract. Les Hardin of Colliers Mortgage structured the loan, which features a 10-year term. LSG Lending Advisors arranged the loan.

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OAK FOREST, ILL. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of Oak Forest Commons, a 115,754-square-foot shopping center in the Chicago suburb of Oak Forest. The sales price was undisclosed. The value-add property presents the opportunity for ownership to lease up grocer space formerly occupied by Food 4 Less. Rick Drogosz, Ben Wineman and Joe Girardi of Mid-America represented the seller, IRC Retail Centers/DRA Advisors. The asset sold to First Tek. The property was managed by Pine Tree.

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