HOMEWOOD, ILL. — The Boulder Group has arranged the $2.9 million sale of a single-tenant property net leased to Walgreens in Homewood, a southern suburb of Chicago. The 13,905-square-foot retail property is located at 820 183rd St. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a Southeast-based real estate investment firm. A West Coast-based real estate investment firm purchased the asset. Walgreens has over 12 years remaining on its lease.
Office developers in Chicago are thinking outside the box — and outside the central business district — in order to cater to tenants in search of creative office space. While there will always be companies that want the cachet that a business address in the Loop offers, others realize the strategic advantages of urban, non-CBD locations as a recruiting tool. Live/work/play neighborhoods like River North and the West Loop are growing because high-profile employers want to attract a younger workforce that is drawn to the loft-style offices these neighborhoods can provide. This can be achieved either through ground-up development projects like McDonald’s soon-to-open headquarters at 1035 W. Randolph St., or adaptive reuse projects such as 1K Fulton, a former cold-storage facility that now counts Google among its tenants. Yet as rents in these submarkets continue to climb, office users are starting to ask whether they can get the same space for less money in equally desirable locations. For many, the answer is a resounding “yes.” New opportunities While neighborhoods near the CBD such as River West and Pilsen have benefitted from this office “ripple effect,” Chicago’s recently rezoned North Branch Industrial Corridor is perhaps the most alluring and uncharted territory …
ROMEOVILLE, ILL. — CT has begun development of Interchange 55 Logistics Park in the Chicago suburb of Romeoville. The $125 million, 1.3 million-square-foot logistics park is slated for completion by the end of this year. The project will consist of two distribution facilities, each with clear heights of 32 feet, 560-foot building depths and 185-foot truck courts. Building A will feature 657,000 square feet with 60 dock doors, 157 trailer parking spaces and 241 car parking spaces. Building B will feature 684,000 square feet with 68 dock doors, 175 trailer parking spaces and 465 car parking spaces. The design will allow for future expansion of parking and dock doors. Adam Roth, Dan Leahy and Packy Doyle of NAI Hiffman represented CT in the acquisition of the 112-acre land site.
COUNTRYSIDE, ILL. — Colliers International | Chicago has brokered the $6.3 million sale of a 161,591-square-foot warehouse in Countryside, about 20 miles southwest of Chicago. The property is located at 5300 Dansher Road. The warehouse features 19 docks, two drive-in doors and 8,200 square feet of office space. Fred Regnery and Jack Rosenberg of Colliers represented the seller, Value Industrial Partners LLC, in the sales transaction. Combined Warehouse purchased the asset. Colliers also arranged a 50,000-square-foot lease for Veepak, a distributor of health and beauty products, at the property.
WARRENVILLE, ILL. — Brown Commercial Group has arranged the sale of a 39,375-square-foot industrial building located on Youghal Road in Warrenville, about 30 miles west of Chicago. The sales price was not disclosed. The D/C Group purchased the property to use as an ancillary location to better serve its customers. The warehouse and distribution company is headquartered in Elk Grove Village, Ill. Mike Antonelli of Brown Commercial represented the buyer in the sales transaction. Mike Magliano of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a private investor.
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the $13.7 million sale of 3264-70 N. Clark St. in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. The buyer, North Park Ventures, plans to convert the property’s 30 condominium units into apartments, as well as develop a new 22-unit apartment building on an adjacent surface lot. Located at the intersection of School and Clark streets near Wrigley Field, the existing building includes six ground-floor retail spaces comprising 7,600 square feet. The upper residential floors include a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Residents also have access to a shared dog run, courtyard, bike room and storage lockers. David Goss, Jon Morgan and Joe Smazal of Interra represented both parties in the sales transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
BARTLETT, ILL. — Ridge, the industrial arm of Transwestern Development Co., has completed construction of a 186,000-square-foot speculative industrial building within Brewster Creek Business Park. Located at 1365 Brewster Creek Blvd. in Bartlett, Ridge Brewster Creek II features a clear height of 32 feet, 35 loading docks, two drive-in doors and 212 car parking spaces. Darcie Fankhauser of Ridge led the project team, which also included Triumph Construction Services Corp., Harris Architects Inc. and Eriksson Engineering Associates Ltd. Brewster Creek Business Park is a 670-acre, mixed-use business park about 40 miles west of Chicago.
WHEELING, ILL. — Starbucks Coffee and Inland Bank have signed leases at Wheeling Town Center in the Chicago suburb of Wheeling. The mixed-use property is scheduled to open later this year. Starbucks will include a drive-thru and outdoor patio on a 2,100-square-foot plot. Inland Bank will span 2,000 square feet and also include a drive-thru. Previously unveiled tenants at the property include CMX Cinemas and City Works Eatery & Pour House. The project, a joint venture between WTC LLC and the Lynmark Group, will also include a 300-unit luxury apartment building.
CHICAGO — Golub & Co. and USAA Real Estate have formed a joint venture to acquire Century Tower in the heart of Chicago’s Loop for an undisclosed price. The 292-unit luxury condominium tower is located at 182 W. Lake St. Built in 1930, the building was converted from office to multifamily units in 2001, and then condominiums in 2006. The buyer plans to renovate the residential units and convert them back to rental apartments. Upgrades will also be made to the amenity spaces, including a fitness center, co-working space, game and lounge room and roof deck. Collin McKenna of Golub led transaction negotiations on behalf of the joint venture. The seller was not disclosed.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $29.2 million sale of a 400-bed student housing community in Champaign. The property is located at 512 S. Third St., just west of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The four-story building features 140 units, in-unit washers and dryers and balconies. Built in 2001, the property includes three shared courtyards and underground parking for 246 vehicles. The community is currently 95 percent preleased for the 2018-2019 school year. Scott Harris and Bryan Kunze of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a local private developer. The team also procured the buyer, a Denver-based limited liability company.
