ORLAND PARK, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Concordia Commons in Orland Park for $2.2 million. The 23,125-square-foot retail strip center is located on the corner of La Grange Road and 147th Street. US Bank anchors the property, which is home to service-oriented tenants. Mitchell Kiven, Michael Volini, James Ziegler and Keith Zelenika of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller.
CHICAGO — Lendlease Development and Magellan Development Group have broken ground on two adjacent residential towers totaling 866 units in Chicago’s Lakeshore East. Cirrus is a 47-story, 363-unit condominium tower while Cascade is a 37-story, 503-unit apartment rental tower. The developers also plan to build Cascade Park, a publicly accessible green space that will provide connection to the lakefront and Chicago Riverwalk. A groundbreaking ceremony took place Tuesday, Sept. 17. Units at Cirrus will range from 650 to 3,000 square feet and be priced from the mid-$400,000s to more than $4 million. The tower will include 48,000 square feet of amenity space. Residents of Cirrus will also have access to amenities available to residents of Cascade, including an indoor lap pool, children’s playroom, fitness center, game room, music room and indoor dog run. Designed by bKL Architecture, Cirrus and Cascade are the first of three towers that Lendlease and Magellan plan to develop at the northeast corner of Lakeshore East.
CHICAGO — Ready Capital has provided a $44.4 million loan for the acquisition and stabilization of a 473,000-square-foot Class B office building in Chicago’s East Loop. The nonrecourse, floating-rate loan will provide funds for the leasing costs associated with extending tenants long term and stabilizing the rent roll at market rents, according to Ready Capital. The loan features a 48-month term and a loan-to-cost ratio of 71 percent, with one extension option and flexible prepayment. The borrower was not disclosed.
CHICAGO — Tishman Speyer has released renderings for 320 N. Sangamon, a 13-story, 270,000-square-foot office project in Chicago’s Fulton Market District. Along with its co-developer Goodman & Associates, Tishman Speyer plans to break ground on the project on Thursday, Sept. 26. Completion is slated for the first quarter of 2021. The building will feature floor plates ranging from 25,000 to 28,000 square feet. Employees at the property will have access to ZO, Tishman Speyer’s offering of lifestyle services and amenities. Solomon Cordwell Buenz is the project architect. Ellen May and Joe Gordon of Tishman Speyer will market the property for lease.
CHICAGO — International coworking company Offix has opened its first U.S. office at Catalyst Lofts in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. Offix occupies 6,394 square feet at 917 W. 18th St. Besides flexible workspace and private offices, Offix members have access to meeting rooms, business lobbies, a fully equipped kitchen and event lounge. Chad Schroedl and Adam Thomas of SVN Chicago Commercial represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease transaction. Leibel Moscowitz of Vandon Forbes Real Estate represented the tenant.
CHICAGO — JLL has arranged a $140 million loan for the refinancing of Gallagher Way, a recently completed mixed-use development adjacent to Chicago’s Wrigley Field. The project includes more than 93,000 square feet of office space, 85,100 square feet of retail space, the 173-room Hotel Zachary and an 8,000-square-foot open-air entertainment plaza. Office tenants include American Airlines and the Chicago Cubs. Danny Kaufman, Christopher Knight, Jeff Bucaro and Nicole Aguiar of JLL arranged the 30-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, Hickory Street Capital, the real estate arm of the Ricketts family. Barings, an international investment management firm owned by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., provided the loan, proceeds of which will replace the construction financing arranged by the same capital markets team in 2016. The Ricketts family owns the Chicago Cubs baseball team.
BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has signed a 25,523-square-foot industrial lease in Bolingbrook. The car manufacturer will use the space as a training facility for its employees. The 112,049-square-foot building is located at 1325 Remington within Carlow Corporate Center. The property features a clear height of 28 feet, 242 car parking spaces, three drive-in doors and 11 loading docks. FCA will begin occupying the space in January. Jordan Decker and Chris Cobb of Cushman & Wakefield represented FCA in the lease transaction. Dominic DeRose, Vern Schultz and Charles Canale of Colliers International represented the owner and developer, Opus Group.
CHICAGO — Amazon has unveiled plans to expand its Chicago tech hub and create an additional 400 jobs in fields including cloud computing, advertising and business development. To accommodate the job creation, Amazon will expand its office in downtown Chicago by more than 70,000 square feet. This will double the company’s tech workforce within the city. Amazon’s Chicago tech hub is one of the company’s 18 North American tech hubs. Amazon employees in Chicago currently build and support products and services for Amazon Web Services, Amazon Advertising and the company’s transportation and operations units. Together with its customer fulfillment and retail facilities, Amazon has created more than 11,000 full-time jobs in Illinois and invested over $4.4 billion in the state since 2010.
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL. — Krusinski Construction Co. has broken ground on the new headquarters for Yamazen Inc. in Elk Grove Village. The 138,000-square-foot, two-story building will be located at 111 NW Point Blvd. Yamazen, which sells and distributes machine tool equipment and is a subsidiary of Japan-based Yamazen Corp., will relocate its current operations and staff from Schaumburg. Completion is slated for summer 2020. The facility will feature 50,000 square feet of offices, conference rooms and product demonstration areas. The distribution space will include two loading docks, two drive-in doors and 137 car parking spaces. The project team includes Cornerstone Architects Ltd., civil engineer V3 Companies Ltd. and owner representative Ketone Partners.
DES PLAINES, ILL. — The Opus Group has completed construction of Ellison Apartments, a 113-unit apartment complex in Des Plaines. The project, which includes 1,349 square feet of street-level retail space, was a joint venture with Berkshire Residential Investments. Amenities include a fitness center, clubroom, pet spa, game lounge and outdoor amenity deck. A grand opening event is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 26. Opus served as developer, design-builder and structural engineer. ESG Architects designed the property.
