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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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.
