Illinois

Baum Realty Arranges $2.4M Sale of Mixed-Use Building Occupied by Taco Bell Cantina in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow November 2, 2016

CHICAGO — Baum Realty Group LLC has arranged the sale of a mixed-use building, located at 1439 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago’s Wicker Park/Bucktown neighborhood. The property’s ground-floor retail space is occupied by Taco Bell Cantina, which offers the brand’s traditional food menu in addition to beer, wine and frozen alcohol drinks. The three uppers floors contain five recently updated apartments ranging from one-bedroom layouts to a three-bedroom unit. The property sold for $2.4 million. Greg Dietz and Danny Spitz of Baum Realty Group represented the seller, a local investor. The buyer is a Chicago-based investment group.

November 2, 2016

Illinois Midwest Office

Transwestern, Darwin Realty Arrange 24,400 SF Office Lease in Chicago’s Northwest Suburbs

by Kristin Harlow November 2, 2016

DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. — Transwestern and Darwin Realty have brokered a 24,400-square-foot lease at Corridors I, a 149,896-square-foot office building located at 2651 Warrenville Road in Downers Grove. PLZ Aeroscience Corp., a specialty aerosol product manufacturer, plans to move its headquarters to Downers Grove in February from its current location in Addison. The Downers Grove office will house approximately 80 employees. Corridors I and II were acquired by Transwestern Investment Group in 2013. Transwestern was self-represented by Joe Stevens, Fred Ishler and Lindsay Borkan in the transaction. Adam Haefner of Darwin Realty represented the tenant.

November 2, 2016

Illinois Midwest Mixed-Use

Essex Realty Group Brokers Nearly $2M Sale of a 10-Unit Mixed-Use Building in Logan Square

by Kristin Harlow November 2, 2016

CHICAGO — Essex Realty Group Inc. has brokered the $1.98 million sale of 2843 N. Milwaukee Ave., a 10-unit mixed-use building located in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago. The property includes six apartments consisting of two one-bed units and four two-bed units, two street retail spaces and two flex spaces in the rear. The property is situated near the Logan Square CTA stop, which services the Blue Line to Chicago’s Loop and O’Hare International Airport. Jim Darrow and Jordan Gottlieb of Essex Realty Group were the brokers in the transaction.

November 2, 2016

Illinois Midwest Mixed-Use

CA Ventures, K Giles Start Construction on 26-Story Mixed-Use Tower in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow November 1, 2016

CHICAGO — CA Ventures, in conjunction with K Giles LLC, has started construction on a 320-unit mixed-use development at 1136 S. Wabash Ave. in Chicago’s South Loop. The transit-oriented project is located steps from the CTA Roosevelt station. Scheduled for completion in May 2018, the 26-story tower will include 320 luxury apartments, 5,000 square feet of street-level retail and parking for 141 vehicles. Floor plans will range in size from 389 to 1,027 square feet. Lendlease will oversee construction of the Solomon Cordwell Buenz-designed tower.

November 1, 2016

Illinois Midwest Retail

L3 Capital Purchases 30,000 SF W. Fulton Market for $14.5M

by Kristin Harlow November 1, 2016

CHICAGO — Real estate investment firm L3 Capital has purchased 914-26 W. Fulton Market, a 30,000-square-foot, two-story property from El Cubano Wholesale Meats. The purchase price was $14.5 million. El Cubano had used the property as a cold storage and office facility, but the property can easily be subdivided for multiple tenants. El Cubano will be moving its production and distribution operations to a 96,000-square-foot facility at 5275 S. Archer Ave. Keely Polczynski, CBRE senior vice president, represented El Cubano in the transaction.

November 1, 2016

Illinois Midwest Multifamily

Smithfield Properties Constructs Chicago’s First Ground-up Micro Apartments

by Kristin Harlow October 31, 2016

CHICAGO — Developer Smithfield Properties is nearing completion of SoNu Digs, Chicago’s first ground-up, micro-apartment building. SoNu is located at 1515 N. Fremont St. in the Lincoln Park/SoNo neighborhood. The apartments, which will be ready for occupancy in December, range in size from 336 square feet to 438 square feet. Monthly rental rates range from $1,300 to $1,655. SoNu is the final part of a planned SoNo complex built by Smithfield Properties, which includes the SoNo East apartments and SoNo West condominiums. Calibrate Management will lease and manage the property.

October 31, 2016

Illinois Industrial Midwest

Meridian Starts Construction on 421,403 SF Speculative Industrial Project in Bartlett, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow October 27, 2016

BARTLETT, ILL. — Meridian Design Build has started construction on a new 421,403-square-foot speculative industrial building for Exeter Property Group in Bartlett, a northwest suburb of Chicago. The new facility will be located on a 34-acre site within Brewster Creek Business Park. The multi-tenant building, which features a 32-foot clear height, is designed to accommodate up to four tenants, 117 loading docks, four drive-in doors, 449 auto parking stalls and 110 exterior trailer stalls. Harris Architects is providing architectural services, while V3 Cos. is completing civil engineering work.

October 27, 2016

Illinois Midwest Retail

EXP Realty Arranges $34M Sale of Building Leased to Mariano’s in Bronzeville, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow October 27, 2016

BRONZEVILLE, ILL. — EXP Realty Advisors, Inc. has arranged a $34 million sale of a building occupied by grocer Mariano’s in Bronzeville. The 74,000-square-foot building is located at 3857 S. Martin Luther King Drive, five miles south of Chicago. The building is triple net leased to Mariano’s, a division of Kroger. The buyer was a New York City-based real estate investor seeking a high-quality, well-positioned asset. Andrew Greenberg of EXP Realty Advisors represented the buyer.

October 27, 2016

Illinois Market Reports Midwest Midwest Market Reports Retail

Transit-Oriented Developments Are Transforming Chicago’s Urban Core

by Jeff Shaw October 27, 2016

Mixed-use projects are booming, and for good reason: the city as we know it is fundamentally changing. Millennials are flocking away from the suburbs and into the city center, driving development in walkable urban cores that incorporate everything consumers need to live, work and play. In Chicago, a dramatic increase in mixed-use development since the last recession has completely recast the way we think about how retail concepts fit into our unique urban landscape. Mixed-use buildings anchored by residential projects are well supported by the city’s political class because they increase density in a city that’s already bursting at the seams. Changes in the way the City of Chicago approaches zoning has led to an uptick in transit-oriented development, which allows for lower parking requirements in projects centered around mass transit hubs. The city’s transit-oriented development (TOD) ordinance, which was approved in 2013 and revised in 2015, has been the driver behind the massive influx of new mixed-use projects over the last four years. Mixed-use advantages From a purely economic standpoint, mixed-use projects boast a diverse tenant roster, which typically means less risk for investors. Land prices in Chicago have reached a point where in some cases standalone retail is …

October 27, 2016

Illinois Industrial Midwest

DFS Signs 62,598 SF Lease at Industrial Complex in Lockport, Illinois

by Katie Sloan October 26, 2016

LOCKPORT, ILL. — DFS Inc., a food and grains supplier, has signed a 62,598-square-foot lease at 355 Corporate Center building No. 2 in Lockport, Ill., about 35 miles southwest of Chicago. The new lease puts Panattoni Development Company’s 228,690-square-foot speculative building at 100 percent occupancy and marks the completion of Phase I, which consisted of two light industrial buildings. UPS leased the first building in its entirety immediately upon completion, and Illinois Industrial Tool took 166,092 square feet in the second building in August. Panattoni recently broke ground on Phase II of the project, a 300,158-square-foot building scheduled for completion in spring 2017. Mark Barbato and Adam Stokes of Nicolson, Porter & List represented Panattoni in the lease transaction with DFS.

October 26, 2016

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