MELROSE PARK, ILL. — Colliers International has arranged the sale-leaseback of a four-building industrial portfolio spanning 149,454 square feet in Melrose Park, a suburb of Chicago. Mike Senner and Tom Rodeno of Colliers represented the seller, Promus Equity Partners LLC, which recently led an investment in Caputo Cheese’s brand and business. The buildings are all located on the same street and are utilized for Caputo’s manufacturing, processing, distribution and storage. STORE Capital purchased the portfolio for an undisclosed price. Caputo signed a 20-year lease.
CHICAGO — SVN | Chicago Commercial has brokered the sale of a 29,500-square-foot office building in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood for $5.9 million. Located at 232 E. Ohio St., the four-story property served as the original home of the Playboy Organization. It is now home to CRC Recording Studio, which occupies more than half of the building. Wayne Caplan of SVN represented the undisclosed seller. An entity controlled by restauranteur Phil Chen was the buyer. SVN expects the new owner to renovate the property in the near term.
PARK RIDGE, ILL. — Trilogy Real Estate Group, a Chicago-based real estate investment, management and development firm, has acquired Park 205 in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge. Located at 205 Touhy Ave., the luxury apartment community features 115 units. Amenities include a fitness center, heated pool, firepit, grills and a parking garage. The property is situated adjacent to a Whole Foods Market. Trilogy Residential Management, Trilogy’s management company, will serve as property manager. The seller and sales price were undisclosed.
CHICAGO — Venture One Real Estate has acquired a 60,033-square-foot industrial building located at 6450 Cortland St. in Chicago for an undisclosed price. The property was vacant at the time of acquisition. Situated on nearly three acres, the building features seven docks, one drive-in door and parking for 63 cars. Venture One plans to undertake office renovations, add energy-efficient lighting, resurface the parking lot and build a new roof. Elise Couston and Jimena Sayavedra of Newmark represented the undisclosed seller and will be retained to market the property for lease. Venture One’s acquisition fund VK Industrial V LP is a partnership between Venture One and Kovitz Investment Group.
ORLAND PARK, ILL. — Adelphia Properties has arranged the sale of a 7,365-square-foot retail building in Orland Park, a suburb of Chicago. The sales price was undisclosed. Situated on one acre at 15845 S. Harlem Ave., the value-add property was 17 percent occupied at the time of sale. It was formerly home to Panera Bread. George Spirrison and Simeon Spirrison of Adelphia represented the seller, a Chicago-based private real estate investor. The buyer was also a local investor.
EVANSTON, ILL. — Spirit Investment Partners and The Bascom Group have acquired 415 Premier Apartments in Evanston for $49.1 million. Built in 2008, the 17-story property includes 221 luxury apartment units as well as a 245-space parking deck. Dan Cohen of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller. Peter Marino of CBRE arranged acquisition financing through Rialto Capital Management.
GRANITE CITY, ILL. — Contegra Construction Co. has completed the new 40,800-square-foot headquarters for icon Mechanical in Granite City, just north of St. Louis. icon Mechanical is a full-service mechanical contractor, engineering and construction firm specializing in the design, fabrication and installation of process piping, power piping, industrial ventilation and commercial HVAC. The company employs more than 150 people in addition to hundreds of trade workers on projects. The two-story property is located at 1616 Cleveland Blvd. and features an atrium, glass-walled offices, LED lighting, two stairways and open interior workspaces. Joining icon and Contegra on the project team were civil engineer Juneau Associates, architect Gray Design Group and structural engineer Alper Audi, all of which are St. Louis-area firms.
AURORA AND LOMBARD, ILL. — Old Second Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq: OSBC) and West Suburban Bancorp Inc. have signed a definitive merger agreement under which Aurora-based Old Second will acquire Lombard-based West Suburban in a cash and stock transaction valued at $297 million. Under the terms of the merger agreement, which was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, Old Second will pay 65 percent of the purchase price in stock and the remainder in cash. According to a news release, the merged company will have approximately $6.2 billion in assets with 70 branches and will create the largest community bank under $10 billion in assets in the Chicago market. The merger is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021.
BUFFALO GROVE, ILL. — Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria, famous for its Chicago deep-dish pizza, will consolidate several local properties and open a 125,000-square-foot headquarters in Buffalo Grove, a northern suburb of Chicago. The company will occupy space at 900-950 Busch Parkway in Lake County’s Corporate Grove Business Park. The property will serve as the company’s home office, e-commerce site, manufacturing plant and fulfillment center. Owned by The Missner Group, the building features 15,000 square feet of office space, eight docks and a clear height of 16 feet. Lou Malnati’s plans to occupy the space in spring 2022 following an extensive buildout. Ned Frank and Pat Hake of Colliers Chicago represented The Malnati Organization in the lease transaction. Brett Kroner of Cushman & Wakefield represented ownership.
DES PLAINES, ILL. — Bridge Industrial has acquired a 12-acre site with an existing industrial building in Des Plaines. The developer plans to build Bridge Point Des Plaines, a roughly 200,000-square-foot industrial project. The acquisition of the site was completed as part of a sale-leaseback transaction with Nu-Way Industries, a precision metal product design and fabrication company. Under terms of the transaction, Bridge will acquire an existing building from Nu-Way and retain the company as a tenant. Nu-Way will then conduct a search for a new facility. Once Nu-Way vacates the building, Bridge will demolish the facility and begin construction on a new industrial property. Plans call for a clear height of 36 feet, 36 exterior docks, two drive-in doors and parking for 264 cars. Rick Daly of Darwin Realty/CORFAC International brokered the sale.