CHICAGO — Care Capital Properties Inc. (NYSE: CCP) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire six behavioral health hospitals in a sale-leaseback transaction for $400 million. The six-property portfolio contains a total of 712 beds in California, Arizona and Illinois. The hospitals primarily provide acute inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care, addiction services, geriatric psychiatric care and child and adolescent psychiatric care. Signature Healthcare Services LLC, one of the largest privately owned behavioral healthcare providers in the United States, currently owns the properties. As part of the transaction, CCP has agreed to fund up to $50 million in expansion and improvements within the portfolio. CCP will also have an option, exercisable beginning in the fourth quarter of 2018, to purchase one additional building for an amount that is expected to be approximately $20 million. Acquired properties include Aurora Charter Oak Hospital in Covina, Calif.; Aurora Vista del Mar Hospital in Ventura, Calif.; Aurora San Diego Hospital in San Diego; Aurora Arizona West in Glendale, Ariz.; Aurora Arizona East in Tempe, Ariz.; and Aurora Chicago Lakeshore Hospital in Chicago. Upon completion of the transaction, which is slated for the second quarter of 2017, CCP will lease the properties to affiliates of …
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CHICAGO — Federal Realty Investment Trust has acquired Riverpoint Center in Chicago’s Lincoln Park for $107 million. The 211,000-square-foot grocery anchored shopping center sits on 17 acres at the corner of West Fullerton and North Clybourn avenues. Riverpoint Center is currently 97 percent occupied and is anchored by Jewel-Osco, Marshalls and Old Navy. Federal Realty anticipates increasing the value of the property over time through the re-leasing of space currently leased at below market rents and the potential to increase density at the infill site, according to a news release.
JOLIET, ILL. — The Opus Group has unveiled plans to construct a 1.2 million-square-foot industrial warehouse in Joliet within the I-80 submarket of Chicago. The 75-acre site is located near the intersection of U.S. Route 6 and Hollywood Road. Opus, which purchased the land from Ketone Partners, will develop the project in a joint venture with AEW Capital Management LP on behalf of one of its institutional separate account clients. The building will feature 36-foot clear heights, more than 200 loading docks, up to 450 trailer positions, parking for 225 cars and an ESFR sprinkler system. Construction of the speculative building will begin this spring with completion slated for summer 2018. Opus Development Co. will serve as developer, Opus Design Build will serve as design-builder and Opus AE Group will provide architectural and structural engineer services. Eric Tresslar and Steve Connolly of NAI Hiffman will market the property for lease.
The Chicagoland industrial market has started 2017 with a full head of steam and doesn’t appear ready to cool down anytime soon. With historically low vacancy rates, high net absorption and strong tenant demand, the outlook is positive for new construction in the pipeline, even with the recent uptick in interest rates. Net absorption of industrial space topped 19.3 million square feet in 2016, outpacing the 18.2 million square feet of new product delivered, according to CoStar Group. The metro Chicago vacancy rate at the end of the year was 6.5 percent, a drop of about 50 basis points over the previous 12 months. As for 2017, we see increasing competition for well-located land sites, especially from speculative developers who see opportunity in the rising demand for state-of-the-art facilities equipped for today’s sophisticated users. The jungle effect We have seen strong activity from tenants ranging from global logistics providers to regional distributors. However, a large share of the total net absorption in 2016 came from one well-known and much sought-after tenant — Amazon. The retailing giant has been leasing warehouse/distribution space at a rapid pace, and it seems as though every other week we are reading about a new distribution method, business …
EAST MOLINE, ILL. — Hall Structured Finance (HSF) has provided a $23.2 million loan for the construction of a Hyatt House and Hyatt Place hotel in East Moline, part of the Quad Cities region. This will be Hyatt’s first development of a blended, dual-flagged hotel, with a shared front desk and lobby amenities, and will serve as the company’s prototype for future dual-flagged developments. The nine-story, 233-room hotel will feature 134 upscale Hyatt Place rooms and 99 suite-style, extended-stay Hyatt House rooms. Olympia Hotel Management will operate the hotel. Great River LLC, in conjunction with the City of East Moline, plans to develop the 132-acre site of the former Case/International Harvester plant, where the hotel will be located, into a mixed-use development in two phases. The first phase consists of 42 acres and will include the new hotel, 324 multifamily units and a public park. Construction starts immediately and will be complete by summer 2018. In addition, two restaurants and four retail sites are expected to soon be under development.
PEORIA, ILL. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has arranged the sale of Sheridan Village in Peoria for $13 million. The 310,094-square-foot shopping center is located at the intersection of Sheridan Road and Lake Avenue. The grocery-anchored center includes Hy-Vee, Bergner’s and Planet Fitness. Toronto, Canada-based Northbridge Investment Management purchased the center. Joe Girardi of Mid-America brokered the transaction on behalf of the seller, Cincinnati-based Viking Partners.
BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — S&S Activewear has signed a 28,746-square-foot office lease at 220 Remington in Bolingbrook. The imprintable clothing, accessory and uniform wholesaler will be moving its office staff to the new location while maintaining industrial operations at 581 Territorial Drive in Bolingbrook. Indevor Development purchased 220 Remington in the summer of 2016, and made renovations to the 81,000-square-foot property including a new parking lot, roof, HVAC system, lobby and elevators. John Millner and Ryan Moen of Bradford Allen negotiated the lease transaction on behalf of Indevor Development. Britt Casey and Ned Franke of Cushman & Wakefield represented S&S Activewear.
MORTON GROVE, ILL. — Celtic Chicago Inc. has moved from Niles, Ill., to an 8,200-square-foot office in Morton Grove, a suburb of Chicago. The marketing agency now occupies the office location at 8120 Lehigh Ave. Jason Hall of Charlie Green Studio designed the interior of the one-story office. The layout, a combination of large and small meeting areas, encourages employee collaboration.
CHICAGO — The Park at Wrigley is set to open next week in Chicago. Hickory Street Capital, a real estate development company owned by the Ricketts family, designed and built the Park at Wrigley as well as the office and retail building adjacent to Wrigley Field to provide a year-round, family-friendly gathering place for neighbors, Cubs fans and visitors. Slated as Wrigleyville’s true town square, the area will play host to community festivals, farmers markets, music and dining throughout the year. Several retail tenants will anchor the Park at Wrigley development, including a Starbucks store with a Reserve coffee bar, a two-story tavern-style restaurant, a new flagship Cubs Store, a Jostens retail jewelry concept and a viewing area presented by Motorola for the Chicago Cubs’ 2016 World Championship Trophy. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place on Monday, April 10. The Ricketts family owns the Chicago Cubs.
UNIVERSITY PARK, ILL. — Associated Bank has provided a $13.6 million loan for the acquisition of a 455,870-square-foot distribution center in University Park. The building, developed by Dermody Properties, is located at 425 University Crossing Drive. Edward Notz of Associated Bank managed the loan for the borrower, DPIF IL 3 University Park LLC.