ALSIP, ILL. — Entre Commercial Realty LLC has brokered the sale of a 9,586-square-foot industrial building in Alsip, a southern suburb of Chicago. The sales price was not disclosed. The property is located at 5901 W. 115th St. AA Restoration, a masonry restoration services company, purchased the facility and will relocate from a smaller building in Alsip. Jeffrey Locascio of Entre represented both the buyer and the seller, Granite Place.
CHICAGO — McShane Construction Co. has completed the O’Hare Office Building in Chicago on behalf of developer GlenStar Properties. The 150,000-square-foot building sits on a 3.5-acre site near the Chicago O’Hare International Airport. The first three floors and part of the fourth encompass structured parking. Floors five through eight feature open-office areas. The total parking count is 628 spaces. Wright Heerema Architects designed the property.
BARTLETT, ILL. — Associated Bank has provided a $19.1 million loan to developer Logistics Property Co. LLC for the construction of additional facilities at Brewster Creek Logistics Park in Bartlett. Plans call for the development of two Class A distribution facilities totaling 414,000 square feet. The properties will be located on the northeast corner of Stearns and Munger roads at the entrance to the 670-acre park. Formerly a gravel quarry, the village of Bartlett worked with Elmhurst-Chicago Stone Co. in 1999 to redevelop the site into a business park. Andy Roberts of Associated Bank handled the loan arrangements and closing.
BATAVIA, ILL. — FCL Builders has broken ground on a 150,838-square-foot speculative industrial building located at 1850 Fabyan Parkway in Batavia, a western suburb of Chicago. KRC Holdings LLC is the developer. Construction is expected to be completed before the second quarter of 2020. Kate Foxworth of Morken & Associates will market the property for lease.
GURNEE, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $10.8 million sale of a 15,577-square-foot retail center in Gurnee. Located at 6440 Grand Ave., about 40 miles north of downtown Chicago, the center was fully leased at the time of sale. Tenants include Panera Bread, Mission BBQ and Comcast. The property serves as an out parcel to Gurnee Mills Mall. Austin Weisenbeck and Sean Sharko Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Robert Bhat of Marcus & Millichap arranged $6.9 million in acquisition financing for the undisclosed buyer. The nonrecourse loan offers a 65 percent loan-to-value ratio with a fixed rate of 4.64 percent and 10 years of interest-only payments.
ADDISON, ILL. — Logistics Property Co. (LPC) has acquired a 15-acre infill site in Addison within DuPage County. LPC plans to develop two industrial facilities totaling 274,855 square feet. Known as Swift & Lake, the site is situated on the southeast corner of Swift Road and Lake Street. Construction will commence immediately with delivery slated for the second quarter of 2020. Doug Pilcher of Cushman & Wakefield will market the properties for lease.
CHICAGO — Meridian Design Build has broken ground on a 358,879-square-foot speculative industrial building on behalf of NorthPoint Development in Chicago. The new facility will be situated on a 31.1-acre site at 12144 S. Ave. O on the city’s southeast side. Plans call for a clear height of 36 feet, four drive-in doors, 257 auto parking stalls, 106 trailer parking stalls and up to 92 loading docks. The project will be the first building in NorthPoint’s 200-acre Avenue O Industrial Park, a 2.3 million-square-foot master-planned development. The site was previously home to the Republic Steel mill. The project team includes StudioNorth Architecture and Jacob & Hefner Associates.
WOODSTOCK, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 10,336-square-foot, newly constructed retail property in Woodstock in northern Illinois for $4.9 million. Starbucks and Aspen Dental anchor the building. All of the tenants operate on a net-lease basis. Austin Weisenbeck and Sean Sharko of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller. A local buyer completing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange purchased the asset.
CHICAGO — Podolsky Circle will merge with Colliers International in Chicago effective Sept. 1. Podolsky’s staff, totaling nine employees and seven independent contractors, will make the move to Colliers and operate under the Colliers brand. Podolsky’s team includes a four-person capital markets office team and a five-person industrial brokerage team. Colliers will fold Podolsky’s 32-building, 2.1 million-square-foot property management portfolio into its existing portfolio. Podolsky Circle was founded by the late Milton Podolsky in 1971 as a boutique commercial real estate firm comprised of brokerage, property management and investment advisory services. The firm was a founding member of CORFAC International in 1989.
DEERFIELD, ILL. — Walgreens plans to close approximately 200 stores across the U.S. starting this fall as part of a cost-management program. Specific store locations have not been disclosed, but the new closures represent less than 3 percent of Walgreens’ U.S. footprint. The announcement was made in a Walgreens Boots Alliance regulatory filing Tuesday. The Deerfield, Ill.-based company had previously unveiled plans to close 200 stores in the United Kingdom. Currently, Walgreens operates more than 18,500 stores in 11 countries.
