WEST DUNDEE, ILL. — Elgin Recycling has signed a 63,800-square-foot industrial lease at 1101 Wesemann Drive in West Dundee, a far northwest suburb of Chicago. The newly built facility is located less than two miles from Elgin Recycling’s headquarters at 46 East End Drive in Gilberts. The new property will be utilized for the company’s electronics division, which disassembles and recycles a wide variety of computer equipment. Dan Brown and Collin Tyrrell of Brown Commercial Group represented the tenant in the lease. The landlord was not disclosed.
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EAST PEORIA, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Community Plaza in East Peoria for $4.9 million. The 46,257-square-foot retail center is located at 210-250 S. Main St. National tenants occupy more than 80 percent of the gross leasable area. Dominic Sulo of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a partnership. Richard Kozarits and Peter Spear of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a Chicago-based 1031 exchange investor. Dean Giannakopoulos and Frank Montalto of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. secured acquisition financing.
OAK BROOK, ILL. — Oak Brook-based Inland Private Capital Corp. (IPC) has sold 29 properties occupied by CVS and Walgreens across the country for $172.3 million. The separate transactions were completed over the course of five months. The sales included six CVS properties and 23 Walgreens assets totaling 398,040 square feet. IPC, through its subsidiary that serves as asset manager, facilitated the sales on behalf of nine IPC 1031 investment programs.
CHICAGO — American Street Capital (ASC) has arranged a $3.9 million loan for the refinancing of a 32-unit apartment building in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood. The majority of the units at the property, built in 1926, are one-bedroom layouts. The building was fully leased at the time of the loan closing. Igor Zhizhin of ASC arranged the 20-year loan, which features a 10-year fixed rate, 10-year floating rate and a 30-year amortization schedule. An agency lender provided the loan for the borrower, a seasoned owner-operator.
BELLWOOD, ILL. — Evergreen Real Estate Group has broken ground on Bellwood Senior Apartments, an 80-unit affordable seniors housing community in the western Chicago suburb of Bellwood. The $30 million project will replace a former Walgreens with a four-story, 73,228-square-foot residential building. Operated by Evergreen’s in-house management team, Bellwood Senior Apartments will offer 76 one-bedroom and four two-bedroom independent living apartments for seniors age 62 or older, with incomes at or below 60 percent of the area median income. Evergreen will begin accepting applications for the apartments in spring 2023, with completion scheduled for mid-2023. Weese Langley Weese Architects designed the project, which is located near a Metra station, shops, restaurants and other businesses. FH Paschen is the general contractor. Financial partners for Bellwood Senior Apartments include the Illinois Housing Development Authority as the tax credit issuer (both low-income housing tax credits and Illinois affordable housing tax credits) and subordinate funds provider; the Village of Bellwood, which provided incentives and a loan; Bank of America, which is the investor and construction loan lender; Hudson Housing Capital, which syndicated the tax credits; and Cook County, which is providing HOME funds.
MUNDELEIN, ILL. — Venture One Real Estate has acquired a two-building industrial portfolio totaling 144,705 square feet in Mundelein for an undisclosed price. The portfolio is fully leased to one tenant. The first building, located at 845 High St., spans 116,892 square feet. The facility was constructed in 1996 and expanded in 2010. The facility features a clear height of 27 feet, 11 exterior docks, two drive-in doors and 4,826 square feet of office space. The second building at 262 Shaddle Ave. totals 27,813 square feet and was constructed in 2002. It features three exterior docks, one drive-in door and 1,395 square feet of office space. Brian Bocci of Entre Commercial Realty LLC represented the undisclosed seller. Venture One utilized its acquisition fund VK Industrial VI LP, which is a partnership between Venture One and Kovitz Investment Group, to execute this transaction.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. — Northmarq has negotiated the sale of the Koke Mill Portfolio in Springfield for $29 million. The 308-unit multifamily portfolio consists of the following properties: West Koke Mill Village, Boysenberry Village and Smythberry Village. Parker Stewart of Northmarq represented both the undisclosed buyer and seller. David Garfinkel of Northmarq originated a $19.5 million Fannie Mae acquisition loan on behalf of the borrower.
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has arranged the sale of a pair of adjacent multifamily buildings totaling 42 units in Chicago’s Budlong Woods neighborhood for $6.7 million. All the units feature two bedrooms and one bath. Craig Martin of Interra represented the seller, Chicago-based Realty Resources, and the buyer, Chicago-based The Manderly Group. The new owner plans to upgrade units with new kitchens and baths to bring rents in line with the market.
CHICAGO — NAI Hiffman has brokered the sale of the Chicago Strategic Logistics Portfolio for an undisclosed price. The seven-building portfolio totals 1.4 million square feet. The assets are located throughout metro Chicago and are fully leased by 12 tenants. Patrick Sullivan and Ryan Chambers of NAI Hiffman represented the undisclosed seller. The buyer was Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust, a member of CapitaLand Investments, which is headquartered in Singapore.
CAROL STREAM, ILL. — Partners Supply Chain Solutions (PSCS) has signed a 50,007-square-foot industrial lease at 189 Easy St. in the Chicago suburb of Carol Stream. The lease represents a 25 percent increase in space from the company’s current location at 171 Gary St. in Carol Stream. PSCS expects to take occupancy of its new space in August. Built in 1996, the property spans 75,538 square feet and features 10 docks. Jay Cook of Cresa represented PSCS, which operates bulk and rail operations in more than 1 million square feet in Elmwood. The Carol Stream facility will serve as its specialized operations center, housing food and pharmaceuticals and high-value inventory. Philadelphia-based EQT Exeter owns the building.