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Newmark Arranges $147.5M Loan for Refinancing of Chicago Office Complex

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — Newmark has arranged a $147.5 million loan for the refinancing of President’s Plaza in Chicago. The Class A office complex spans 830,789 square feet and is located on West Bryn Mawr Avenue. The property recently underwent a $20 million renovation. Amenities include a lounge with a bar, pool tables and TVs, as well as a café, outdoor terrace and a fitness center operated by Midtown Fitness. Jordan Roeschlaub, Dustin Stolly, Chris Kramer, Nick Scribani, Eden Abraham and Ben Kroll of Newmark arranged the loan with Bank of America. Angelo Gordon Real Estate and Glenstar Properties were the borrowers.

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Target, Ulta Beauty Reveal Brands and Locations Ahead of August Launch

by Kristin Harlow

MINNEAPOLIS AND BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) and Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA) have revealed further details about the Ulta Beauty at Target launch, which is slated to begin rolling out in more than 100 Target stores nationwide and online this August. Most of the initial locations will be concentrated in California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, New York and Texas. The “shop-in-shop” retail concept will include 50 specially curated brands. The two companies are planning to roll out the concept at 800 Target stores in the coming years. Each shop-in-shop will be placed near the existing Target beauty section. Minneapolis-based Target operates more than 1,900 stores. Beauty retailer Ulta is based in Bolingbrook.

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Alliance Ground International Signs 253,000 SF Industrial Lease in Elk Grove Village

by Kristin Harlow

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL. — Alliance Ground International LLC has signed a 253,000-square-foot industrial lease at 1717 Busse Road in the Chicago suburb of Elk Grove Village near O’Hare. The airline cargo handling service will occupy the entire building, which features a clear height of 32 feet, 57 exterior docks, two drive-in doors, 25,000 square feet of office space and parking for 34 trailers and 186 cars. Jeffrey Provenza and Todd Hendricks of Darwin Realty/CORFAC International represented Alliance Ground in the lease transaction. Britt Casey and Al Caruana of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Duke Realty.

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Bronzeville Lakefront
IllinoisMidwestMixed-UseTop Stories

City of Chicago Approves $3.8B Mixed-Use Project at Former Michael Reese Hospital Site

by Katie Sloan

CHICAGO — The Chicago City Council has given approval for the development of Bronzeville Lakefront, a $3.8 billion mixed-use project located in Bronzeville, a South Side neighborhood. Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, which closed in 2008, formerly occupied the 48-acre development site. The City of Chicago acquired the property in 2009 and cleared most of the land over the ensuing months.  A team of local developers known as GRIT was selected to purchase the site for $96.9 million through a redevelopment agreement. GRIT comprises Farpoint Development, Loop Capital Management, McLaurin Development Partners, Draper & Kramer, Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives and the Bronzeville Community Development Partnership. Upon completion, Bronzeville Lakefront will offer 7 million square feet of commercial and institutional space, as well as mixed-income housing, and will create up to 20,000 temporary and permanent jobs. The development team will break ground on the $600 million first phase of the project in late 2021 or early 2022. The site is bounded by 31st Street, 26th Street, Vernon Avenue and Lake Shore Drive. Phase I will include a 500,000-square-foot Chicago Arc Innovation Building; retail space; a community center; a mixed-income seniors housing building; a new park; and the reuse of an existing building named …

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The Community Builders Plans $102M Affordable Housing Project in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — The Community Builders has unveiled plans to develop a $102 million, 20-story affordable housing project in Chicago’s Loop. The high-rise development has been selected as the winner of the City of Chicago’s C40 Reinventing Cities competition, which encourages carbon neutral and sustainable development. The 207 rental units will range from studio to two-bedroom and are restricted to tenants earning between 30 to 80 percent of area median income (AMI). Slated to occupy city-owned land at the corner of Van Buren Street and Plymouth Court, the project was selected via a request for proposals process, which was issued last year through the international C40 Reinventing Cities competition. Designed by Studio Gang along with DesignBridge and JAQ Corp, the “Assemble Chicago” project was selected over three other net-zero proposals due to its superior design, commitment to affordability, family-sized units, development team experience, proposed purchase price and community feedback, according to the city. The site is currently occupied by a vacant parking garage and vacant land. Located at the nexus of multiple transit lines, the building will include a two-level podium with a food hall for minority-owned restaurants, a produce grocer and wellness clinic. Plans also call for approximately $2 million in improvements for …

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Valenti Builders Breaks Ground on $25.7M Performing Arts Center at Loyola Academy in Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

WILMETTE, ILL. — Valenti Builders has broken ground on a new performing arts center at Loyola Academy, a private Jesuit college preparatory school in Wilmette, about 14 miles north of downtown Chicago. Designed by Chicago-based Krueck Sexton Partners, the $25.7 million project will span 29,000 square feet. An outdoor plaza will function as an open-air performance stage as well as a gathering space for the school community. Inside, a lobby and gallery space will lead to the Lemputte Family Theater, a 565-seat theater with a balcony, orchestra pit, fly tower and lighting and production technologies. Adjacent to the theater is an offstage rehearsal and staging area, a scene shop, green room, makeup and dressing rooms and student lounge. The student chapter of Loyola’s American Institute of Architecture played an active role in the planning and design process of the center. The all-electric building will further reduce carbon emissions as the Chicagoland grid continues its transition to all-renewable fuel sources by 2035, according to a news release. High-efficiency building systems will be installed in anticipation of a future rooftop-mounted photovoltaic array that accommodates the building’s entire energy load. Completion is slated for sometime next year. The project team includes landscape architect …

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Interra Realty Arranges $11.4M Sale of Seven-Building Multifamily Community in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — Interra Realty has arranged the sale of a seven-building, 39-unit multifamily rental community in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood for $11.4 million. The sales price equates to $293,590 per unit. Located on West Montrose Avenue, the property was built in 2013. The community features 26 two-bedroom units and 13 three-bedroom duplexes. Joe Smazal of Interra represented the seller, a private East Coast-based investor, as well as the buyer, Chicago-based HP Ventures Group.

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Kite Realty, RPAI Enter Into $7.5B Merger Agreement to Create New Shopping Center REIT

by Taylor Williams

INDIANAPOLIS AND CHICAGO — Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE: KRG) and Retail Properties of America (NYSE: RPAI) have entered into a merger agreement valued at $7.5 billion that will create a new shopping center REIT with a portfolio of 185 assets totaling approximately 32 million gross leasable square feet. Under the terms of the deal, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter, a subsidiary of Indianapolis-based KRG will acquire Chicago-based RPAI in an all-stock transaction. The $7.5 billion valuation puts the newly formed company in the top five of shopping center REITs in terms of total enterprise valuation, according to company officials. Specifically, each share of RPAI common stock will be converted to 0.623 shares of KRG common stock. This rate represents a premium of 13 percent over RPAI’s closing share price of $20.83 per share on July 16, 2021. The new company will trade under the KRG ticker symbol and remain headquartered in Indianapolis. In terms of leadership, KRG’s board will be expanded to 13 trustees via the addition of four new members from the existing RPAI Board. Following the closing of the deal, KRG shareholders are expected to own approximately 40 percent of the combined company’s …

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Colliers Mortgage Provides $7.9M Loan for Refinancing of Apartment Complex in Aurora, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

AURORA, ILL. — Colliers Mortgage has provided a $7.9 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Marywood Apartments in Aurora. The 116-unit apartment complex, constructed from 1967 to 1971, includes 10 garden-style buildings. Amenities include onsite laundry facilities and a playground. The 10-year loan is fully amortizing. Marywood Housing LLC was the borrower.

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Ravenswood Senior Living
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Evergreen, Synergy, Chicago Housing Authority Complete $81M Affordable Seniors Housing Community

by Julia Sanders

CHICAGO — Evergreen Real Estate Group, Synergy Construction Group and the Chicago Housing Authority have completed construction of Ravenswood Senior Living, a 193-unit affordable seniors housing community in the Ravenswood neighborhood on the north side of Chicago. The property was previously the Ravenswood Hospital, which was built in 1974 and fell vacant in 2002. The redevelopment project cost $81 million and took a year-and-a-half to complete. Located between Damen and Ravenswood avenues, Ravenswood Senior Living is a 10-story building that is situated close to public transit, including the Damen and Montrose Brown Line stations and the Ravenswood Metra stop. The seniors housing property has 74 one-bedroom independent living apartments for Chicago Housing Authority residents, as well as 119 units for participants in the Illinois Supportive Living Program, an alternative to nursing home care that is administered by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services. While the two communities are in the same building, the facilities have separate entrances and operate independently from each other. Evergreen is managing the independent living community, located at 4515 N. Winchester Ave., while Asbury Healthcare will operate the supportive living community, located at 1922 W. Sunnyside Ave. The independent living portion of the property …

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