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Rhaeos Relocates Headquarters to 7,344 SF Space at Fulton Labs in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — Rhaeos has relocated and expanded its headquarters and laboratory to a 7,344-square-foot space at Fulton Labs in Chicago. Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) owns the life sciences campus. Rhaeos, a clinical-stage medical device technology company, occupies space within a lab-ready graduation suite on the fifth floor of 400 North Aberdeen. The company’s previous headquarters was in Evanston, Ill. Born out of the Rogers Research Group at Northwestern University, Rhaeos is developing noninvasive wearable flow sensors for various chronic medical conditions for hospital and home use, starting with hydrocephalus. Dan Lyne of CBRE represented TCC, while Andria Winters and James Otto of CBRE represented Rhaeos. Additional tenants at 400 North Aberdeen include Portal Innovations, Mattiq, the Chan-Zuckerberg BioHub, the Chicagoland Climate Investment Alliance and the Illinois Institute of Technology.  

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SVN Core 3 Brokers $1.1M Sale of Office Property in Bloomington, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

BLOOMINGTON, ILL. — SVN Core 3 has brokered the sale of a fully leased office property at 205 N. Williamsburg Drive in Bloomington for $1.1 million. The asset features five units totaling 11,311 square feet along with a dedicated parking lot. Carrie Tinucci-Troll of SVN Core 3 represented both the buyer, Good Cos. Properties LLC, and the seller, Core-Williamsburg LLC. Both entities are based in Bloomington.

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QIP, Melrose Ascension Capital Begin Leasing Efforts for Straits Row Apartment Tower in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — Q Investment Partners (QIP) and Melrose Ascension Capital have begun leasing efforts for Straits Row, an 18-story rental tower combining traditional apartment units with co-living units in Chicago’s South Loop. Located at 633 S. LaSalle St. within the Printers Row neighborhood, the 132-unit building will offer 358 private, fully furnished residential spaces. Rents at Straits Row are expected to average 20 percent less than competing Class A rental towers, according to the development team. Floor plans will range from studios to four-bedroom units. In the co-living units, residents will share a kitchen and living area but have their own private bedroom and bathroom. All residences come fully furnished. Residents at Straits Row can enjoy 15,000 square feet of amenity space, including a lobby-level “Printers Room” coworking space that nods to the history of Printers Row and features three private study rooms, a printer center, coffee station with cold brew on tap, lounge seating and adjacent outdoor patio. The tower’s 17th-floor amenity level features a resident lounge, fitness center, multiple clubrooms and a private dining room. Outside, there is a panoramic pool deck, grilling stations and outdoor dining areas. Straits Row serves as QIP’s flagship residential development in the …

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Peak Construction Underway on 25,170 SF Entertainment Development in Rosemont, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

ROSEMONT, ILL. — Peak Construction Corp. is underway on EXP, a 25,170-square-foot entertainment development in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont. The venue will feature a rotating program of virtual, augmented and mixed reality immersive entertainment experiences with producer partner PHI Studio. Located in the city’s Pearl District, the project is slated for completion in the third quarter. The project team includes Gravity Architecture & Design LLC, Christopher B. Burke Engineering and Mackie Consultants.

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Executive Construction, LJC Deliver 80,000 SF Office Headquarters Build-out in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — Executive Construction Inc. and architect Lamar Johnson Collaborative (LJC) have completed an office headquarters build-out for ofi (Olam Food Ingredients) in Chicago. The 80,000-square-foot project spans the entire 10th floor of 24 E. Washington St., a recent adaptive reuse redevelopment of the upper levels of the former Marshall Field and Co. Building into creative office space. The office features 13 dedicated labs and specialized kitchens. Flexible multipurpose meeting and dining spaces are flanked by a pair of demonstration kitchens. A sensory work room and separate sensory experience room allow tastings. The new headquarters brings ofi teams from previously fragmented locations into a unified space. The team is targeting LEED Silver and WELL Gold certifications.

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Skender Completes Construction of Fifth City Commons Affordable Housing Complex in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — Skender has completed construction of Fifth City Commons, a 43-unit affordable housing complex in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood. The units are reserved for residents with incomes ranging between 30 and 80 percent of the area median income. Additionally, all units were built to Passive House standards of sustainable energy use. The project site was vacant land for decades. As a part of the global C40 Reinventing Competition for Cities, which encourages municipalities around the world to use vacant land for sustainable, net-zero redevelopment, the City of Chicago selected the site for redevelopment in 2019. Sitting at the gateway to a part of Garfield Park called Fifth City, the 1.5-acre development was named after this geography to honor the community development organization of the same name that was active in the neighborhood throughout the 1960s. Construction on the property began in July 2023. The new three-story facility includes community rooms, a resident terrace, fitness room, laundry facilities and onsite management offices. Skender and joint venture partner Ashlaur Construction collaborated with Nia Architects and Perkins&Will, and engineering firms dbHMS, Rubinos & Mesia Engineers, Omni Ecosystems and TERRA Engineering. Tandem Ventures managed regulatory compliance and maximized community engagement to create …

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Brown Commercial Group Negotiates Sale of 50,632 SF Industrial Building in Suburban Chicago

by Kristin Harlow

CAROL STREAM, ILL. — Brown Commercial Group has negotiated the sale of a 50,632-square-foot industrial building in the Chicago suburb of Carol Stream for an undisclosed price. IP Automation Inc. purchased the facility at 400 E. Fullerton Ave. for its new headquarters. The company plans to relocate from its existing location in Downers Grove this year. Mike Antonelli of Brown represented the buyer as part of a two-year site selection and market analysis that included evaluating existing buildings as well as new construction opportunities throughout the Chicago market. Savills represented the undisclosed seller.

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NAI Hiffman Arranges $4.2M Sale of Industrial Outdoor Storage Property in West Chicago

by Kristin Harlow

WEST CHICAGO, ILL. — NAI Hiffman has arranged the $4.2 million sale of a 4-acre industrial outdoor storage property at 2351 Powis Road in West Chicago. The asset includes 11,000 square feet of shop/fabrication space in two buildings, a concrete yard, mobile office trailer and truck scale. Kelly Disser, Michael Freitag, Bill Byrne and TJ Feeney of NAI Hiffman represented the seller, a private investor group. The Disser/Freitag team also brokered the September 2023 sale, when the property traded for $2.4 million. Constructed in 1993, 2351 Powis Road is zoned for office, research and light industrial uses with a planned unit development overlaid that permitted certain outdoor storage uses. The buyer is relocating from Villa Park, Ill.   

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Glenstar, Private Investor Acquire 200 South Wacker Office Tower in Chicago, Plan $30M Renovation

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — Glenstar and a high-net-worth private investor have acquired 200 South Wacker, a 40-story office tower in Chicago’s West Loop. According to Crain’s Chicago Business, the duo bought a non-performing $151 million loan backed by the property from lender Bank of China and simultaneously took control of the building from Toronto-based owner Manulife Financial via a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure. The news outlet also reports that the purchase price was close to $68 million. Designed by Harry Weese Associates and constructed in 1981, the building totals 761,775 square feet. Glenstar has taken over as the building’s asset and property manager, and The Telos Group will serve as the leasing agent. Glenstar and its equity partner are allocating approximately $30 million to build fully furnished move-in ready spec suites, modernize common areas, enhance amenities and fund other capital improvements. Current amenities include a rooftop deck, tenant lounge, conference center, fitness facility and a Mojo Coffee shop in the lobby.

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Colliers Negotiates 35,000 SF Headquarters Lease for Arjo at Bell Works Chicagoland

by Kristin Harlow

HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — Colliers has negotiated a 35,000-square-foot headquarters lease for Arjo North America, a supplier of medical devices, at Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates. Arjo will relocate from 62,000 square feet at 2349 W. Lake St. in Addison when it moves in the fourth quarter. David Burden, Tom Beraducci and Andy Gooliak of Colliers represented the tenant, while Darryl Silverman and Steve Kling of Colliers represented ownership. Bell Works Chicagoland is the redevelopment of the former AT&T headquarters property, which totals 1.6 million square feet and was built in 1990. AT&T vacated the asset in 2016.

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