ALSIP, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $5.1 million sale of a 4,000-square-foot property occupied by 7-Eleven in Alsip, a southern suburb of Chicago. The build-to-suit property is located on 127th Street. The tenant has a 15-year lease. Austin Weisenbeck and Sean Sharko of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a local developer. The duo also secured and represented the buyer, an out-of-state investor completing a 1031 exchange.
CHICAGO — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $30 million sale-leaseback of a Crash Champions property portfolio in metro Chicago. Crash Champions is an auto body collision and paint repair company based in Chicago with additional operations in California and Ohio. Jack Chang of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller and procured the undisclosed buyer. The sale includes multiple Crash Champions shops.
CHICAGO — Oxford Hotels & Resorts LLC, the Chicago-based hotel management affiliate of Oxford Capital Group LLC, has opened Hotel Audrey at 166 E. Superior St. within Chicago’s Magnificent Mile shopping district. Oxford worked with Fillmore Capital Partners to reposition the 29-story hotel, which was originally developed as The Barclay Hotel. Each of the 216 guestrooms and suites includes an executive desk, ergonomic chair, 55-inch flatscreen TV, coffeemaker and complimentary Wi-Fi. The suites include a separate living area with a sleeper sofa. Rooms start at $159 per night. The fitness center is equipped with ellipticals, treadmills and other workout machines. Due to COVID-19, all areas of the hotel are sanitized at an increased frequency with approved disinfecting products. The rooftop bar, café and meeting spaces will not open until 2021.
CHICAGO — McShane Construction Co. and UJAMAA Construction have completed 4400 Grove, an 84-unit apartment complex in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. Brinshore Development and the Michaels Organization are the developers for the four-story project, which features commercial space on the ground floor. Of the property’s 84 units, 21 are reserved for Chicago Housing Authority residents, 38 are affordable at 60 percent of the area median income and 25 are market rate. Amenities include a lounge, bike room, fitness center, mailroom and conference rooms. Pappageorge Haymes Partners was the architect.
BATAVIA, ILL. — Second City Prints has signed an 86,251-square-foot industrial lease at 1020 Olympic Drive in Batavia. Midwest Industrial Funds purchased the 121,321-square-foot building in 2019 and renovated it to create more efficient space for multiple tenants. There is currently 35,000 square feet of space available for lease. Tom Curtis, John Moysey and Fort Richardson of Avison Young represented Midwest Industrial Funds in the lease transaction with Second City Prints. Brendan Sheahan of Darwin Realty represented the tenant. Second City Prints, which is moving from another Batavia facility, provides merchandise printing, webstore management and tour merchandise fulfillment services for the music industry. The company produced concert merchandise prior to COVID-19 but now supports the concert, entertainment and gaming industries through e-commerce.
CHICAGO — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of a single-tenant Amazon Hub Locker+ in Chicago for an undisclosed price. The 2,800-square-foot Amazon package pickup space is situated directly across from DePaul University. It is located on the ground floor of a four-story condominium building, which was constructed in 2010. Kevin Fryman, Bill Asher and Jeff Lefko of Hanley represented the seller, Los Angeles-based Westwood Financial. John Oks of Banco Santander International represented the buyer, a Mexico-based private investor. Amazon has locker locations in over 900 cities.
CHICAGO — Lee & Associates of Illinois has brokered the sale of an 80,000-square-foot, loft-style industrial building located at 325 N. Ashland Ave. in Chicago’s Fulton Market for an undisclosed price. The two-story property will undergo renovations, including a new roof, LED lighting, remodeled office space and a new 45-space car parking lot. It was originally built in 1950. Tom Condon and Sean Austin of Lee & Associates brokered the sale. Rickard Binding sold the asset to Tradelane Properties, which has retained Lee & Associates to market the building for lease.
HANOVER PARK, ILL. — Chicago Electric has signed a 46,559-square-foot industrial lease at Turnberry Lakes Business Center in Hanover Park. The company, which offers products, systems and machine solutions for automation in industries with an emphasis on corrugated containers, plastic processing and building materials, is expanding from a 14,000-square-foot location in Carol Stream. The new building, located at 865 Muirfield Drive, features an office and showroom. Michael Marconi, Joe Karmin and Justin Lerner of Transwestern Real Estate Services represented Chicago Electric.
OAK BROOK, ILL. — MedProperties has received approval from the Oak Brook Village Board of Trustees to build a 78,000-square-foot medical office building within Oak Brook Commons, the $500 million redevelopment of the former McDonald’s campus in suburban Chicago’s Oak Brook. The seven-story outpatient facility will be known as Oak Brook Commons Medical. Plans call for a lobby area, immediate care clinic, comprehensive imaging suite and 281 covered parking spaces. Medical specialties will be determined at a later date to meet the needs of the community. The larger Oak Brook Commons development will be built in three phases, encompassing retail, restaurants, office, 72 condominium units, 250 apartment units, a 252-room hotel and a park. The medical office building will be part of Phase I with a completion date expected in 2022. Antunovich Associates is the project architect.
NORTH AURORA, ILL. — Cooper Commercial Investment Group has arranged the sale of Clock Tower Plaza in North Aurora for $3.3 million. The 38,336-square-foot retail center is 60 percent occupied by tenants such as State Farm, Eddie’s Pizza & Pub and H&R Block. Bob Havasi and Dan Cooper of Cooper represented the buyer, an East Coast-based private investor completing a 1031 exchange. The seller was undisclosed.