CHICAGO — SPINS, a data provider and advocate for the health and wellness industry, has preleased 47,883 square feet of space at 311 W. Huron, a new office development in Chicago’s River North. The developer, North Wells Capital, plans to break ground in April. SPINS will serve as the anchor tenant of the 15-story building upon completion in late 2023. The 153,611-square-foot building will be part of Verso, a three-phase development. Jeffrey Skender, Ari Klein, Scott Shelbourne and Marcus Berglund of Cushman & Wakefield represented SPINS. Melissa Rubenstein, Annie Nicolau and Anna Panici of JLL represented ownership. SPINS currently occupies space at 222 W. Hubbard, which is also owned by North Wells Capital.
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SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco-based Sansome Pacific has acquired a value-add portfolio of 10 retail and hospitality properties in California, Oregon, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine and New Hampshire for $20.6 million. The portfolio offers a total of 204,000 square feet. A majority of the properties feature below-market rents and short-term leases. The properties were acquired from a debt fund that buys loans encumbering underperforming mall properties. The two hotel assets, located in California, are 60-key properties. The retail assets include both single-tenant and multi-tenant buildings with lease terms ranging from one to six years along with freestanding pad buildings located near shopping malls. The larger mall assets are in various phase of renovation and will be upgraded in the coming years. Skyline Pacific Properties provided financing for the portfolio.
CHICAGO, CINCINNATI AND INDIANAPOLIS — Taurus Investment Holdings LLC has purchased an 18-building industrial portfolio totaling 1.5 million square feet across metro Chicago, Cincinnati and Indianapolis. Prologis sold the portfolio for $145.3 million, according to Crain’s Chicago Business. The buildings are 94 percent leased to 40 national, regional and local tenants. Boston-based Taurus currently owns more than 15 million square feet of industrial product nationwide.
ADDISON, ILL. — A joint venture between Illinois-based real estate investor Clear Height Properties and Harbert US Real Estate, an investment strategy sponsored by Harbert Management Corp., has acquired an 83,745-square-foot industrial portfolio in Addison, a western suburb of Chicago. The purchase price was not provided. The four buildings are situated along Cortland Court. The portfolio is just over 90 percent leased to a variety of tenants. Erik Foster, Mike Wilson, Adam Haefner, Zeke Rowan and Martin Mikaitis of Avison Young represented the undisclosed seller.
WOODRIDGE, ILL. — Eaton, a provider of power management technologies and services, has preleased a 370,973-square-foot industrial development in Woodridge, a southwest suburb of Chicago. The developer, Duke Realty Corp., began construction of the speculative project in August. Completion is slated for this July. The 21-acre site at 10000 Woodward Ave. was previously home to a vacant movie theater. The project will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 37 dock doors, four drive-in doors, 44 trailer spaces and 343 parking spaces. Jason Lev of CBRE represented Eaton, while Jason West and Sean Henrick of Cushman & Wakefield represented Duke.
GLENDALE HEIGHTS, ILL. — Turner Impact Capital has acquired Ellyn Crossing Apartments, a 1,155-unit workforce housing property in Glendale Heights, a western suburb of Chicago. The sales price of $137 million, as reported by Crain’s Chicago Business, and the number of units mark the biggest suburban Chicago apartment deal ever, according to research firm Real Capital Analytics. With this acquisition, Turner Impact Capital’s housing portfolio now includes nearly 2,800 units in the Chicagoland area and over 11,200 units of workforce housing in metropolitan areas across the nation. These properties serve more than 18,600 low- and moderate-income residents such as teachers, police officers and healthcare workers. These employees often earn too much to qualify for subsidized housing but too little to afford higher-cost housing near their workplaces, according to Turner Impact Capital. “As Americans face double-digit rent increases in markets nationwide, along with limited housing supply and uncertainty surrounding the pandemic, our need for housing solutions is more urgent than ever,” says Bobby Turner, CEO of Turner Impact Capital. “Our scalable investment model has uplifted communities far and wide by putting affordable, quality housing within reach for thousands of families while generating strong risk-adjusted returns for investors. The model proves that …
ORLAND PARK, ILL. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has arranged the sale of a single-tenant retail building occupied by REI in Orland Park, a southern suburb of Chicago. The sales price was undisclosed. The property was fully renovated in 2021 and leased to REI on a new, long-term net lease. Chad Firsel of Quantum represented the seller, a Chicago-based development group. George Pino of Commercial Brokers International represented the buyer, a California-based private investor.
WHEATON, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Shops of Wheaton for $7.3 million. The 79,151-square-foot retail center is located at 1101 Butterfield Road in Wheaton, about 25 miles west of Chicago. The property is 91 percent occupied, and anchor tenants include Anytime Fitness and Fox Bowl. Adrian Mendoza, Austin Weisenbeck and Sean Sharko of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a local private investor. Weisenbeck, Sharko and colleague Kevin Wiersema secured and represented the buyer, a New Jersey-based limited liability company.
CHICAGO AND MILWAUKEE — Westmount Realty Capital is partnering with a fund managed by the real estate group of Ares Management Corp. to recapitalize a 51-asset industrial portfolio totaling 6.1 million square feet in the Chicago and Milwaukee metro areas. Westmount and Ares acquired the portfolio of logistics, bulk distribution and last-mile properties from a Partners Group-Westmount joint venture. The portfolio is nearly 99 percent leased to a roster of 123 tenants. Michael Caprile of CBRE and Josh McArtor of Eastdil Secured represented the seller.
SOUTH BARRINGTON, ILL. — Star Cinema Grill has signed a 15-year lease to open a 38,000-square-foot location at The Arboretum of South Barrington in the northwest Chicago suburb of South Barrington. Star Cinema Grill is opening in space previously occupied by IPIC Theaters. Slated to open this spring, the movie theater will offer an extensive menu and full-service bar. Mike Zucker, managing partner of Peak Properties LLC, was named receiver of the 480,000-square-foot shopping center in late 2020. Madeline Wheeler of JLL represented Peak, while Kristen Barker of Wulfe & Co. represented Star Cinema Grill. Cory Born of JLL serves as the general manager of the shopping center.