DES PLAINES, ILL. — Associated Bank has provided a $15.8 million loan for the construction of Sherwin Industrial, a redevelopment project of a 7.8-acre industrial site in Des Plaines. Panattoni Development Co. is the borrower and developer. Panattoni plans to tear down two existing industrial buildings on the site and build a 162,000-square-foot speculative warehouse. Completion is slated for fall 2020. The project is situated in the O’Hare submarket. Krista Casper of Associated Bank handled the loan arrangements and closing.
AURORA, ILL. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has brokered the sale-leaseback of 1175 S. Frontenac St., a 120,000-square-foot industrial building in Aurora. The sales price was undisclosed. Elise Couston and Adam Marshall of NKF represented the seller, design studio Embossed Graphics Inc., which will lease back the property from Exeter Property Group. Located in the Meadow Lakes Corporate Park, the facility was constructed in 1999 as a build-to-suit for Embossed Graphics. The building features a clear height of 24 feet, 10,000 square feet of office space and parking for 135 vehicles.
CHICAGO — SVN Chicago Commercial has brokered the sale of an approximately 48,000-square-foot flex industrial building in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood for $3.5 million. The property is located at 1757 N. Kimball Ave., along the 606 Trail. Wayne Caplan of SVN represented the seller. Buyer and seller information was not disclosed.
DEER PARK, ILL. — Redwood Capital Group LLC has acquired Deer Park Crossing, a 236-unit luxury multifamily complex in Deer Park. The purchase price was undisclosed. Constructed in 2018 by REVA Development Partners, the property consists of seven two-story townhomes and three four-story apartment buildings. Units average 1,252 square feet. Amenities include a fitness center, pool, sundeck, dog park, media lounge and concierge services. REVA was the seller.
NILES, ILL. — Maverick Commercial has arranged a $13.5 million first mortgage loan for a 360,000-square-foot industrial property in Niles. A partnership between Harley Kahn of REA Commercial Real Estate and JDI Realty was the borrower. The partnership purchased the property in spring 2018. At that time, it was 70 percent occupied. The borrowers have since increased occupancy to 92 percent. A national lender provided the nonrecourse, fixed-rate loan which has a term of 10 years, an interest rate below 4 percent and one year of interest-only payments followed by a 29-year amortization schedule. Proceeds from the loan paid off the existing lender, covered closing costs, funded real estate tax and returned equity to the borrowing entity.
CHICAGO — Skender has begun interior construction of the new 85,000-square-foot headquarters for AbelsonTaylor in Chicago’s Old Post Office building. AbelsonTaylor, a health and wellness advertising agency, is relocating from its current offices at 33 W. Monroe St. The new space will accommodate private offices, workstations, an open collaboration area and break room. Skender is working in collaboration with HED, Syska Hennessy Group and Cushman & Wakefield to complete the project by March 2020. Skender is the contractor for nearly 500,000 square feet of office space at the Old Post Office project, including buildouts for Walgreens and PepsiCo. Owner and developer 601W Cos. is redeveloping the 2.8 million-square-foot former post office in an $800 million project.
PEKIN, ILL. — Mattress Liquidators has relocated to a former Bergner’s department store at East Court Village in Pekin within central Illinois. The mattress store, previously located at 3518 Court St. within the shopping center, has moved to the former Bergner’s space at 3536 Court St. Mattress Liquidators now occupies the entire 82,100-square-foot space and opened its doors on Thursday, Dec. 12. Mattress Liquidators offers name-brand mattresses at significant discounts by purchasing overstocks and year-end models. The East Court Village store will also sell furniture and major appliances. The store is open Thursday through Sunday each week. Cullinan Properties Ltd. owns and manages East Court Village.
CHICAGO — CIM Group has sold its interest in Marquee at Block 37, a 34-story, 691-unit multifamily tower in downtown Chicago, for $265 million. Morguard North American Residential REIT (TSX: MRG.UN), a subsidiary of Morguard Corp., acquired the 51 percent interest. The community offers a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans ranging from 650 to 2,100 square feet. Communal amenities include an outdoor pool, sundeck, fire pits, rooftop hot tub, dog run, dog washing station, fitness center, event room, business center and an outdoor terrace overlooking State Street. Ontario, Canada-based Morguard Corp. was CIM’s investment partner for Marquee at Block 37, and as such already owned a 49 percent stake in the development. Morgaurd Corp. and Morguard REIT now have an equal partnership in the property. CIM developed the community in 2016 above the four-story Block 37 shopping center at 25 W. Randolph St. The 275,000-square-foot retail property includes shopping, dining and entertainment options, including an 11-screen AMC Dine-In Theatre, to which residents of Marquee at Block 37 have private elevator access. The transit-oriented property is connected to the Loop, granting residents direct access to the red and blue CTA lines as well as the city’s pedway …
CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS, COLUMBUS AND MILWAUKEE — Starwood Real Estate Income Trust Inc., a non-traded real estate investment trust managed by Starwood Capital Group, has acquired a 33-property industrial portfolio totaling 4.1 million square feet in the Midwest for approximately $319.6 million, excluding closing costs. The properties are located in Chicago, Indianapolis, Columbus and Milwaukee. The portfolio is 98 percent leased to 50 tenants. It is largely comprised of light industrial buildings of less than 250,000 square feet. Kurt Sarbaugh, Robin Stolberg, Michael Joseph and Dominic Espinosa of JLL represented the seller, Becknell Industrial and a joint venture partner. Becknell will retain its position in the portfolio. Ken Martin, Alex Witt, Troy Shiley and Nelson Almond of JLL arranged a 10-year, $210 million fixed-rate CMBS loan with a global investment bank on behalf of new ownership.
CHICAGO — Krusinski Construction Co. has completed a 90,000-square-foot buildout for 86 Food Service at 1400 W. 43rd St. in Chicago. The distributor of wholesale food and supplier of fresh produce, meat, poultry and dry goods to restaurants and grocery stores occupies the space within an existing 167,000-square-foot, speculative warehouse previously built by Krusinski. The buildout for 86 Food Service included the installation of cold storage refrigeration, freezers and a retail component to serve its customer base. Additional features include 7,500 square feet of office space, 50 new car parking stalls, one drive-in door and a clear height of 32 feet. Prologis served as developer with Cornerstone Architects Ltd. as architect and Grivas-Krause Associates Ltd. as structural engineer.