ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILL. — Bradford Allen Development Co. and Moceri+Roszak have broken ground on a 301-unit apartment complex in Arlington Heights, a northwest suburb of Chicago. The project is part of a larger master-planned community that includes ArlingtonMed, a 150,000-square-foot medical office complex that previously housed the Daily Herald newspaper. Designed by Thomas Roszak Architecture, the eight-story multifamily building will include 26,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities will include an outdoor pool, fitness center, media rooms, coworking space, dog walk, golf simulator and grill stations. The exterior of the building will feature green vertical accents that pay homage to the nearby Ned Brown Preserve. Clark Construction is the general contractor. Completion is slated for 2026. The multifamily building and ArlingtonMed represent the first two of up to four buildings in the master plan.
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MUNDELEIN, ILL. — Colliers has arranged the sale of a 195,375-square-foot industrial building in Mundelein, a northern suburb of Chicago. The sales price was undisclosed. Known as Route 60 Logistics Center, the property is located at 1300 Allanson Road just west of a four-way interchange at I-94 and Route 60. Completed in 2021, the facility is fully leased to two tenants. Jeff Devine, Steve Disse and Tyler Ziebel of Colliers represented the sellers, Affinius Capital and Venture One Real Estate. An institutional real estate investor purchased the asset.
LIBERTYVILLE, ILL. — Summit Design + Build has completed Farm Foundation’s Innovation and Education Center in the Chicago suburb of Libertyville. The 14-acre project is situated on the Casey family farm. The development includes a 4,000-square-foot educational barn with a media room, demonstration kitchen and office space. Farm Foundation will offer various educational programs on agriculture and food systems. Kahler Slater served as the project architect, and JLL was the property manager.
SCHAUMBURG, ILL. — Bayshore Properties has received $61.6 million for the refinancing of 21 Kristen Apartments in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg. The 357-unit multifamily property is a condo deconversion that Bayshore acquired in 2022 and has since invested over $2.5 million in capital expenditures. Of the total units, 30 percent are reserved for residents who earn 30 to 80 percent of the area median income. Amenities include a pool, fitness center and library/meeting room. Greystone provided a $55.6 million Freddie Mac loan with a five-year term, and 7Acres provided $6 million in preferred equity funds. Eric Rosenstock and Dan Sacks of Greystone structured the financing.
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL. — Transportation company Midwest Express has signed a 40,320-square-foot, full-building industrial lease at 1850 Arthur Ave. in the Chicago suburb of Elk Grove Village. The property features 24 exterior docks and 29 trailer spots. Chris Nelson of Lee & Associates represented the owner, RREEF America. Calvin Gunn of Lee & Associates represented the tenant, which is relocating from Mount Prospect.
CHICAGO — SVN Chicago Commercial has brokered the sale of a historic building totaling 16,400 square feet in the city’s Wicker Park neighborhood for an undisclosed price. The property, built in 1907, is located at 1934 W. North Ave. near The Robey Hotel. Tim Rasmussen, Adam Napp and Chad Schroedl of SVN represented the undisclosed seller. The buyer, Envoi Partners LLC, plans to renovate the building and add nine rental units on the second and third floors. The property served as the filming location for MTV’s “The Real World Chicago” in 2001, and was later home to Cheetah Gym and Verge Gym.
AURORA, ILL. — CyrusOne has broken ground on a two-building data center totaling 446,000 square feet in Aurora. The campus marks CyrusOne’s second in the city, the first of which is a three-building campus that opened in 2016. The new data center is part of the company’s broader investment strategy, selecting Illinois to expand its portfolio, with total capital investments in the state exceeding $1 billion.
SOUTH ELGIN, ILL. — Continental Properties has begun development of Authentix South Elgin, a garden-style apartment community with 336 units in South Elgin. Located at the northwest corner of Lancaster Road and McLean Boulevard, the property will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities will include a pool, clubhouse, outdoor grill area, fitness center and dog park. Pre-leasing will begin in spring 2025, with move-ins expected in late summer 2025. Authentix Apartments, owned and operated by Continental Properties, is a national brand of residential communities offering garden-style apartments.
CHICAGO — Greenstone Partners has brokered the sale of a retail property located at 4066-4080 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood for $6.9 million. The two-building asset is home to medical-related tenants, including Athletico Physical Therapy, DentalWorks, America’s Best Contacts and Eyeglasses and Midwest Express Clinic. The center features 16,063 square feet of gross leasable area on 35,185 square feet of land and includes 41 off-street surface parking spaces. The property was fully leased at the time of sale. Danny Spitz and Brewster Hague of Greenstone represented the seller, a private investment fund, and procured the buyer, a private partnership based in Illinois.
NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Hernandez Development and XSITE Real Estate have received the site plan approval from the Planning and Zoning Department of DuPage County for a Class A self-storage facility in the Chicago suburb of Naperville. Plans for the 120,300-square-foot project include a three-story, climate-controlled self-storage facility with 882 units as well as a one-story Little Sunshine Playhouse & Playschool and a drive-thru-only Scooter’s Coffee. CubeSmart will manage the self-storage portion. According to the development team, the Naperville area currently offers 6.07 square feet of self-storage per person, while the average utilization rate as an indicator of equilibrium is 8.44 square feet. A timeline for construction was not provided.