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.
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.
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.
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.