Illinois

CHICAGO — Thor Equities Group has sold its two-level retail property at 36 S. State St. in Chicago for $26 million. Jenel Management Corp. purchased the asset. Verizon, T-Mobile and Blick Art Materials fully occupy the 18,800-square-foot property. Thor Equities purchased the entire 19-story building for $10.3 million in 2004, before selling the upper floors to a developer for conversion to residential condominiums.

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TAYLORVILLE, ILL. — Adelphia Properties has brokered the $4.4 million sale of a single-tenant property net leased to CVS Pharmacy in Taylorville, about 25 miles southeast of Springfield. The 13,255-square-foot building is located at 401 N. Webster St. George Spirrison and Simeon Spirrison of Adelphia represented the buyer, a private investor. CVS has more than 22 years remaining on its lease.

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MCCOOK, ILL. — Noel Transportation has signed a 42,141-square-foot industrial lease at 4800 S. Vernon Ave. in McCook. The third-party logistics company is more than doubling its square footage and will use the space as a regional distribution center for its Midwest operations. Chris Lydon and Chris Tecu of Avison Young represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord. The 189,216-square-foot building is now fully leased. Constructed in 2007, the building has a clear height of 32 feet.

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CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the sale of a 61-unit multifamily building in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood for $3.2 million. Located at 7131-7151 S. Bennett Ave., the property includes a mix of studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The buyer plans to make capital improvements to the units. At the time of sale, the units were 80 percent leased. Lucas Fryman of Interra represented both parties.

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CHICAGO — JLL Capital Markets has arranged construction financing for The Draper at 5050 N. Broadway, a mixed-use development in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. The project involves the conversion of a former 400,000-square-foot office building into 342 residential units. The developer, CEDARst Cos., raised $41 million of project equity. Urbanite Capital provided a $13 million structured loan and Bank of the Ozarks provided a $61 million construction loan. Chuck Johanns and Dave Hendrickson of JLL arranged the financing. The recent closing enables CEDARst to complete Phase I of a planned two-phase development. Total project costs for the development of Phase I are estimated at $115 million. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.

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CHICAGO — GlenStar Properties LLC and its joint venture Angelo Gordon & Co. LP have unveiled plans to complete a $20 million renovation of President’s Plaza in Chicago’s O’Hare submarket. The two-building, 830,479-square-foot office property is located at 8600 and 8700 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Plans call for a lobby refresh at both buildings, new tenant lounge with a coffee café, renovation of the fitness center, renovation of the deli, new technology for the conference center, new lobby stairwell, new passenger elevator interiors and corridor renovations. Completion is slated for the second quarter of 2019. Major tenants at the property include True Value, American Imaging Management and Lafarge North America. Occupancy stands at 94.4 percent.

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SAINT CHARLES, ILL. — Faris Lee Investments has brokered the sale of Main Street Commons in suburban Chicago for $16.7 million. The 171,564-square-foot shopping center is situated on 20 acres. At the time of the sale, the property was 85 percent leased to tenants such as Ross, TJ Maxx, Five Below, Ulta and Cost Plus. Rick Chichester, Donald MacLellan and Shaun Riley of Faris Lee represented the seller, Sabal Financial Group LP. The buyer was not disclosed.

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CHICAGO, CINCINNATI AND COLUMBUS, OHIO — Westmount Realty Capital LLC has acquired a 1.4 million-square-foot industrial portfolio in Chicago, Cincinnati and Columbus. The portfolio consists of 12 buildings constructed between 1970 and 1994 with clear heights ranging from 20 to 26 feet and an average office finish of 7 percent. Some of the larger tenants within the portfolio include Pactiv, Sonoco Products, Graham Packaging, SAF-Holland USA and FedEx. In the Chicago area, the portfolio consists of a 123,986-square-foot single asset in Alsip that is currently fully leased to four tenants. The Cincinnati portion of the portfolio includes a collection of seven assets. Five of the buildings are in the West Chester submarket on the north side of the Cincinnati metro area. The remaining two buildings are located off I-71 just east of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. The Columbus portion consists of three infill properties in the West submarket and one 289,491-square-foot asset located south in the Rickenbacker submarket. This portion of the portfolio is currently 78 percent leased. The seller was not disclosed.

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MONTGOMERY, ILL. — Jameson Commercial has brokered the $4.7 million sale of Season’s Ridge Plaza in Montgomery, a western suburb of Chicago. The retail center sits on 3.8 acres at 1779-1799 Douglas Road and includes a freestanding Walgreens and Pet Supplies Plus. Esther Berman and Mark Jones of Jameson represented the seller, a local retail developer. A California-based buyer purchased the asset.

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HARVARD, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Harvard Park Apartments in northern Illinois for $2.8 million. Built in 1975, the 40-unit apartment property is located at 108-124 W. Brink St. The five-building property features two-bedroom units with private patios. David Tarnoff of Marcus & Millichap brokered the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed parties.

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