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Marcus & Millichap Brokers $4M Sale of Chicago Apartment Building

Kristin Harlow — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:41:52 +0000

CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4 million sale of 3060 W. Armitage Ave., a 13-unit apartment building in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood. Built in 2012, the property features a mix of one- and two-bedroom floor plans and one retail unit across 11,700 rentable square feet. Steve Rachman of Marcus & Millichap procured the buyer, a private investor, who plans to create value through light renovations and addressing deferred maintenance.

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Red Oak Capital Holdings Provides $10M Acquisition Loan for Metro Chicago Hotel

Kristin Harlow — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:50:21 +0000

SCHILLER PARK, ILL. — Red Oak Capital Holdings has provided a $10 million loan for the acquisition and refurbishment of the Four Points by Sheraton Chicago O’Hare Airport hotel. Structured under Red Oak’s Core-Plus Bridge Loan program, the nonrecourse loan features an 18-month initial term, interest-only payments and a loan-to-stabilized value of 54.5 percent. The loan proceeds will be used to fund a portion of the $13 million purchase price and support initial capital improvements. Stratos Athanassiades of Red Oak originated the financing, which was underwritten by Thomas Gorski and administered by James Myatt. The borrower was a seasoned hospitality investor with a portfolio of 20 assets worth in excess of $70 million in gross asset value, including 10 hospitality properties across the Midwest. Located at 10249 W. Irving Park Road in Schiller Park, the 295-room, 195,000-square-foot hotel sits on 7.5 acres adjacent to Chicago O’Hare International Airport. Originally built in 1985 and renovated in 2015, the full-service property includes an indoor pool, meeting space, restaurant, gift shop and fitness center. The borrower’s business plan includes a new Marriott franchise agreement, modest room upgrades in the first year and a larger, Marriott-approved property improvement plan (PIP) renovation thereafter. The buyer…

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Peak Construction to Build 119,408 SF Industrial Facility for Vista Trans in Huntley, Illinois

Kristin Harlow — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:01:14 +0000

HUNTLEY, ILL. — Peak Construction Corp. will build a 119,408-square-foot industrial facility and subdivision infrastructure for trucking company Vista Trans in Huntley. The building will feature a clear height of 32 feet, eight docks, one drive-in door, 89 car parking spaces, 23 trailer stalls and 13,450 square feet of office space. The project team includes Harris Architects Inc. and RWG Engineering LLC. Completion is slated for the third quarter of 2026.

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Lee & Associates of Illinois Launches New Healthcare Real Estate Division

Kristin Harlow — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:00:19 +0000

ROSEMONT, ILL. — Lee & Associates of Illinois has expanded its Chicago-area office brokerage group with the launch of a dedicated healthcare real estate division. The firm has welcomed three professionals — Principals Peter Cangialosi and Doug Pauly, and Associate Austin York — who bring more than 35 years of combined experience representing healthcare providers, investors and property owners across the Midwest. The team was most recently at Oak Brook, Ill.-based Joseph Rossi & Associates Inc. Lee & Associates of Illinois’ new healthcare division provides comprehensive brokerage and advisory services, including tenant and landlord representation, investment sales, site selection and acquisition support.

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CEDARst Purchases 132-Unit Chicago Apartment Community for $34.6M

Kristin Harlow — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:49:05 +0000

CHICAGO — CEDARst Cos. has purchased the Weyland, a seven-story, 132-unit apartment community in Chicago, for $34.6 million. Formerly known as A.M. 1980 Apartments, the property is located at 1980 N. Milwaukee Ave. at the gateway between the city’s Bucktown and Logan Square neighborhoods. Delivered in 2018, the asset features 6,245 square feet of ground-floor retail space and a mix of Class A amenities, including a fitness center, dog run and rooftop deck with views of Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline. The building was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. The Weyland marks CEDARst’s second Chicago acquisition of 2025, following the purchase of The Millie on Michigan in July. The company now owns and operates more than 5,000 units in Chicago.

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Interra Realty Arranges Sales of Two Chicago Multifamily Properties Totaling $6.5M

Kristin Harlow — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:11:16 +0000

CHICAGO — Interra Realty has arranged the sales of two vintage multifamily properties in Chicago. An eight-unit building at 10-12 W. Chestnut St. in the Gold Coast neighborhood sold for $3.4 million, and a two-building, 12-unit property at 1754-1756 W. 21st Place in the Pilsen neighborhood traded for $3.1 million. Jeremy Morton of Interra represented the confidential buyer of the Gold Coast building, while Steven Rapoport of Chicago Real Estate Resources Inc. represented the unnamed seller. Morton and colleague Harrison Pinkus brokered the Pilsen deal on behalf of the private seller, with Denise Reynes of HomeSmart Connect LLC representing the confidential buyer. All buildings were fully occupied at the time of sale and were constructed in the late 1800s.

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Mid-America Brokers Sale of Three-Property Retail Portfolio in Chicago’s Southport Corridor

Kristin Harlow — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:25:56 +0000

CHICAGO — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of the Southport Retail Collection, a portfolio of three trophy retail assets located in Chicago’s Southport Corridor. The fully leased, 20,242-square-foot portfolio sold to a private buyer. The assets are leased to Capital One Café, Tuco & Blondie and Indira Salon & Spa. Joe Girardi, Emily Gadomski and Patrick Corrigan of Mid-America represented the undisclosed seller.

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Brailsford & Dunlavey Merges with Chicago-Based Project Management Advisors

Kristin Harlow — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:24:37 +0000

CHICAGO AND WASHINGTON, D.C. — Brailsford & Dunlavey (B&D), a Bernhard Capital Partners portfolio company, and Project Management Advisors (PMA) have merged, bringing together two national companies in program management and real estate advisory services. Together, the firms offer a comprehensive suite of services spanning strategic planning and advisory, project leadership and delivery, owner’s representation and operations for consulting for social and institutional infrastructure clients and large asset owners. By merging their teams and capabilities, the firms expand their geographic reach and sector depth across higher education, healthcare, life sciences, technology, K-12 schools, civic and municipal projects, sports venues, hospitality, residential and energy infrastructure. The combined organization includes more than 450 professionals serving clients nationwide from offices in major markets, including Northern and Southern California, Austin, Chicago, Atlanta, Orlando, Tampa, Washington, D.C., and New York.

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LaTerra, Respark Agree to Acquire Suburban Chicago Apartment Portfolio from Aimco for $455M

John Nelson — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:55:00 +0000

CHICAGO — A partnership between LaTerra Capital Management and Respark Residential has agreed to acquire a portfolio of seven multifamily properties in suburban Chicago totaling 1,495 units. Multifamily owner-operator Aimco (NYSE: AIV) plans to sell the portfolio to the partnership for $455 million. The transaction is expected to close in first-quarter 2026, pending the assumption of the properties’ in-place mortgages. According to Crain’s Chicago Business, the portfolio comprises Evanston Place in Evanston; Hyde Park Tower in Chicago; Elm Creek and Eldridge Townhomes in Elmhurst; Yorktown Apartments and 220 Grace in Lombard; and Willow Bend in Rolling Meadows. Aimco recently concluded its year-long strategic review process and is moving forward with its “plan of sale and liquidation.” The Denver-based firm says that the buyers have completed due diligence and funded in part a $20 million nonrefundable deposit for the acquisition. Aimco says that the net proceeds from the sale will total $160 million. For LaTerra, the Aimco acquisition allows the Marina del Rey, Calif.-based company to increase its holdings in Chicago, which is currently the No. 1 market in the United States for rent growth, according to data from CoStar Group. The market saw 6,700 new units delivered in the past 12…

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Peakline, Lincoln Break Ground on 90-Unit Build-to-Rent Community in Metro Chicago

Kristin Harlow — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:39:22 +0000

NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Peakline Real Estate Funds (PREF) and Lincoln Property Co. have broken ground on The Claire, a 90-unit build-to-rent (BTR) community in the western Chicago suburb of Naperville. The project marks Naperville’s first BTR development, according to the developers. The Claire will offer 34 two-story townhomes and 56 three-story rowhomes with attached two-car garages, private outdoor space and resident amenities. The first residential deliveries are targeted for the second quarter of 2026. FNBO provided construction financing. The project team includes Kinzie Builders as general contractor, BSB as design architect and landscape architect, V3 Cos. as civil engineer and Eleni Designers as interior designer. RPM Living will oversee leasing and property management. The project is the second investment within PREF’s Build To Rent Fund I.

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EquiCap Commercial Negotiates Sales of Two Self-Storage Facilities in Suburban St. Louis

Kristin Harlow — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:37:43 +0000

EAST ALTON, ILL. AND FORISTELL, MO. — EquiCap Commercial has negotiated the sales of two self-storage facilities in metro St. Louis. All Inn Storage, located at 978 E. Airline Drive in East Alton, features 9,600 net rentable square feet with 87 units on 9.1 acres. Alex Erbs of EquiCap represented the seller and procured the buyer, an out-of-state private equity firm. Foristell Storage, located at 19100 Veterans Memorial Parkway in Foristell, consists of 21,173 net rentable square feet with 260 units on 7.3 acres. Marla Čolić of EquiCap procured the buyer, a local storage owner-operator completing a 1031 exchange.

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Greenstone Partners Brokers $2.8M Sale of Retail Redevelopment Site in Chicago

Kristin Harlow — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:37:00 +0000

CHICAGO — Greenstone Partners has brokered the sale of a retail redevelopment site located at 1419 W. Diversey Parkway in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. The existing two-story building totals 11,300 square feet across a 10,700-square-foot land site. Rosebud Restaurants’ headquarters office and commissary kitchen formerly occupied the property. Brewster Hague and Tom Galvin of Greenstone represented the buyer, a Michigan-based real estate development firm.

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D6 Inc. Signs 41,190 SF Industrial Lease in Northlake, Illinois

Kristin Harlow — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:36:16 +0000

NORTHLAKE, ILL. — D6 Inc., a sustainable packaging supplier, has signed a 41,190-square-foot industrial lease at 11720 W. Grand Ave. in Northlake. Ed Wabick and Marc Hale of DarwinPW Realty/CORFAC International represented the tenant, which is both expanding and relocating from its previous facility. The space is part of a larger 82,380-square-foot building with 1,717 square feet of office space, four docks, two drive-in doors and a clear height of 22 feet. Terry Herlihy of NAI Hiffman represented the landlord, Westmount Realty Capital. D6 took occupancy last month.

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JLL Brokers Sale of 314,000 SF FedEx Ground Distribution Facility in Niles, Illinois

Kristin Harlow — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:48:53 +0000

NILES, ILL. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of a 314,000-square-foot FedEx Ground distribution facility located at 5959 W. Howard St. in Niles. Constructed in 2015 as a build-to-suit for FedEx Ground Package Systems Inc., the distribution center features a clear height of 32 feet, 101 dock doors, six drive-in doors and a fully automated material handling system with six-dimensional package scanning and sorting capabilities. The property includes 291,511 square feet of warehouse space, 14,937 square feet of office space, a 5,180-square-foot maintenance facility and a 2,400-square-foot guard building. There are 562 car parking spaces and 546 trailer parking spaces across the site along with a fueling station. The property includes an additional 11.2 acres of land that FedEx currently utilizes for trailer and auto parking. FedEx has operated from the facility since June 2015.

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Maverick Secures $13.5M Construction Loan for Apartment Building in Evanston, Illinois

Kristin Harlow — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:48:09 +0000

EVANSTON, ILL. — Maverick Commercial Mortgage Inc. has arranged a $13.5 million stretch senior construction loan for a 30-unit apartment building in Evanston. A Midwest-based debt fund provided the loan. The borrower acquired the site, previously a parking lot, in 2024. The project site is located four blocks west of Northwestern University. Completion is slated for spring 2027.

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Inspired by Somerset Development Launches Leasing for West Side of Bell Works Chicagoland

Kristin Harlow — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:47:40 +0000

HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — Inspired by Somerset Development has launched leasing for the West Side of Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates. The project’s first phase has reached 98 percent occupancy. The former AT&T campus now features a mix of office, retail, dining, residences and hospitality. The redeveloped West Side will include more than 500,000 square feet of new space, including 430,000 square feet of traditional office space with approximately 35,000 square feet dedicated to 16 fully furnished “Ready-to-Wear” suites. These suites are available for flexible short- and long-term leases ranging from 1,000 to 4,000 square feet. A conference center with five conference rooms will accommodate up to 370 people. There will also be 70,000 square feet of retail space. Completion of the West Side is slated for the third quarter of 2026. The East Side now has only 10,000 square feet of space remaining, including an 1,800-square-foot “Ready-to-Wear” suite and two office spaces. Following recent leases from Arjo, Convergint and WT Group, a combined 785 additional employees are at the campus on a daily basis.

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LogiPropCo to Build 171,600 SF Industrial Development Near Chicago O’Hare Airport

Kristin Harlow — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:10:18 +0000

DES PLAINES, ILL. — Logistics Property Co. LLC (LogiPropCo) has purchased a 10-acre site at 424 Howard Ave. in Des Plaines with plans to build a 171,600-square-foot industrial development. Located less than a mile from the Chicago O’Hare International Airport’s north cargo gate, the site sits within two miles of an I-90 four-way interchange. Construction is expected to commence this month. The project will include 35 docks, 136 auto parking spaces and 53 trailer parking spaces. Aaron Martell and Ben Fish of LogiPropCo worked with Tom Rodeno and Mike Senner of Colliers on the land acquisition. The Colliers duo will also serve as the leasing agents. Heitman Architects is the project architect, Jacob & Heffner is the civil engineer and Meridian Design Build is the general contractor. Completion is slated for late summer 2026.

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Colliers Negotiates Sale of Two Retail Condos in Chicago’s Southport Corridor

Kristin Harlow — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:08:12 +0000

CHICAGO — Colliers has negotiated the sale of two net-leased retail condos in Chicago’s Southport Corridor. The property at 3541-43 Southport is a 2,400-square-foot storefront leased to Paper Source with a 900-square-foot basement. The other asset is leased to Third Love, a Leap Brand company, and totals 1,150 square feet with a 450-square-foot basement. Both are situated across the street from an Anthropologie store. Chris Irwin of Colliers represented the seller, MDN Development. Westin Kane of Mid-America represented the buyer, JB Realty.

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Chipotle Opens at Rock Run Collection in Joliet, Illinois

Kristin Harlow — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:07:36 +0000

JOLIET, ILL. — Chipotle Mexican Grill has opened at Rock Run Collection in Joliet. The new restaurant features a Chipotlane drive-thru pickup lane for digital orders. The location is expected to bring approximately 30 new jobs to the Joliet area. Chipotle joins the now-open Hollywood Casino Joliet and The View at Rock Run Collection, upscale apartments that are currently leasing. Future tenants will include Drury Hotel, Chick-fil-A and Ricky Rockets. Cullinan Properties is the developer of Rock Run Collection, a mixed-use project spanning more than 300 acres at the intersection of I-55 and I-80.

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McHugh Construction, Nacional Group Break Ground on $85M Wagner Community Center in Metro Chicago

Kristin Harlow — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:41:47 +0000

ELMHURST, ILL. — McHugh Construction and joint venture partner Nacional Group have broken ground on the new Joanne B. Wagner Community Center in the Chicago suburb of Elmhurst. The nearly $85 million project will replace the former 32,000-square-foot Wagner Community Center with a 127,250-square-foot, two-story facility at 615 N. West Ave. A grand opening is planned for fall 2027. The new center will be approximately four times larger than the former facility, enabling expanded programming and the elimination of longstanding waitlists for youth and adult activities. Designed by the Elmhurst office of Dewberry, the Wagner Community Center will feature an indoor artificial turf field, a full-size gymnasium capable of hosting multiple sports, a three-lane elevated walking track, dedicated early childhood and preschool classrooms with a separate entrance, expanded dance and gymnastics studios, an indoor play area, multipurpose community rooms and administrative offices.

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