CHICAGO — Men’s luxury apparel retailer Peter Millar has opened its first Chicago storefront at 877 N. Rush St. in the Gold Coast neighborhood. At 3,000 square feet, the location will serve as the retailer’s flagship store. Matt Ramsey and Anthony Genovese of JLL represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Founded in 2001, Peter Millar produces a wide range of casual sportswear, outerwear, tailored dress apparel and performance golf attire.
ROSELLE, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Promenade Pointe of Roselle, a 15,626-square-foot mixed-use building located 30 miles northwest of Chicago, for $3.2 million. The property, completed in 2017, includes three retail spaces on the first floor, eight apartment units on the second floor and one office space on the second floor. At the time of sale, the retail spaces were fully occupied. Andrean Angelov and Ryan Engle of Marcus & Millichap brokered the transaction. Timothy Stephenson Jr. of Marcus & Millichap assisted in representing the undisclosed buyer.
LISLE, ILL. — Briar Meads Capital LLC has purchased a 300,000-square-foot office property located at 2441 and 2443 Warrenville Road in Lisle. The purchase price was not disclosed. Briar Meads plans to rebrand the property as The Westwood and work with Wright Heerema Architects to update amenities. Plans call for upgrades and expansions to the café, fitness center, conference center, lounges and outdoor areas in addition to renovations of the lobby and common area spaces. The asset consists of two office towers built in 1991 and 1997. Currently, 157,426 square feet of space is available for lease. Dan Svachula, Michael Simpson, Adam Showalter and Allyson Yates of Cushman & Wakefield will market the property for lease. NAI Hiffman will manage the property.
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL. — Lions Logistics has signed a 25,054-square-foot industrial lease in Elk Grove Village. The 50,117-square-foot building, located at 1260 Lunt Ave., is now fully leased. Chris Lydon and Chris Tecu of Avison Young represented the landlord, CenterPoint Properties. Main Street Real Estate Group represented Lions Logistics, a third-party logistics company. The building includes 2,929 square feet of newly constructed office space as well as two interior docks and one drive-in door.
CHICAGO — Cushman & Wakefield has established a new Sports & Entertainment Advisory Group to provide solutions for designing, building, financing, operating and maximizing revenue streams for athletic and entertainment venues. The new S&E Advisory Group includes partnerships with industry leaders such as Chicago-based sports and entertainment marketing firm W Partners. The group will serve sports franchise owners, local governments and municipalities, private owners of entertainment venues and public and private universities. It will also provide advisory services for arenas, stadiums, adjacent retail and entertainment complexes, amphitheaters, convention centers, motorsports tracks and other event venues. Craig Cassell and Michael Sessa will lead the group in client services, which include sponsorship, branding and naming rights consulting; venue programming and phasing advisory; food and beverage consulting; public-private sponsorship structuring; revenue cost-model analysis; and other commercial real estate services.
CHICAGO — Meridian Design Build has broken ground on an 84,000-square-foot USDA meat processing plant for Amylu Foods in Chicago’s Stockyards Industrial Park. The new sausage processing facility will include 56,000 square feet of production and cold-storage space and a freezer. The property will also include 16,500 square feet of corporate office space, including separate raw and cooked facilities, test kitchens and a laboratory. An expandable ammonia refrigeration plant will accommodate plant cooling and production loads. Harris Architects and Kimley-Horn make up the project team.
GRAYSLAKE, ILL. — The Woodmont Company has unveiled plans to develop a 15,000-square-foot retail center in Grayslake, about 50 miles north of downtown Chicago. Known as Washington & Barron Commons, the four-building property will be situated at the corner of Washington Street and Barron Boulevard. Construction on Phase I is expected to begin this summer. Phase I will include a 9,000-square-foot building for Kiddie Academy and a 4,500-square-foot single-tenant building. Phase II will include an 8,000-square-foot multi-tenant building as well as a 3,000-square-foot single-tenant building. Grant Gary and Robert Snider of Woodmont will market the property for lease.
DES PLAINES, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $1.9 million sale of a Fifth Third Bank ground lease in Des Plaines. The 4,224-square-foot building is located at 510 Metropolitan Way. Austin Weisenbeck and Sean Sharko marketed the property on behalf of the seller. An outside broker represented the out-of-state, 1031 exchange buyer.
BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — Old World Industries has signed a 354,400-square-foot industrial lease to fully occupy Crossroads Parkway 605 in Bolingbrook. Duke Realty owns the building, which is located at 605 West Crossroads Parkway. Old World Industries is an automotive and chemical company. Britt Casey of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Jeff Fischer and John Whitehead of NAI Hiffman represented Duke.
CHICAGO — Farpoint Development, Clayco and CRG have launched Decennial Group, a national Opportunity Zones (OZ) real estate and energy investment and development fund based in Chicago. The joint venture is targeting investment of $1 billion in development projects and is designed to leverage the OZ tax incentives created through the 2017 tax reform legislation. A formal fundraising campaign will be announced soon. The OZ marketplace is generating interest around the country for its potential to positively transform economically distressed communities. Decennial Group derived its name from its 10-year approach to investment and development, which positions neighborhoods for transformative, long-term and inclusive growth. The platform focuses on commercial, industrial, multifamily and energy projects located in OZs throughout America’s heartland. A differentiator from other OZ funds is Decennial’s renewable energy strategy, led by David Pavlik of 11 Million Acres, which has structured over $2 billion in renewable energy and infrastructure projects. Decennial includes Scott Goodman of Farpoint, Bob Clark of Clayco and Shawn Clark of CRG, Clayco’s real estate development and investment company. Steve Glickman of Develop LLC will serve as senior advisor to the management team. Decennial’s team also includes Dan Gilman, a private equity veteran who heads investments for …