EVANSTON, ILL. — Essex Realty Group Inc. has brokered the sale of Churchview Apartments in Evanston for $6.4 million. The property is located at 1450-56 Oak Ave. near Northwestern University. The 28-unit building features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The Baird family of Chicago has owned the property for more than 50 years. Matt Welke, Doug Imber and Kate Varde of Essex represented the seller, while Doug Fisher represented the undisclosed buyer in the transaction. Additionally, the legal team of Austin Hirsch and Steve Miller of Reed Smith LLP represented the seller.
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CHICAGO — 29th Street Capital (29SC) has acquired Rand Park Apartments in Mount Prospect, about 22 miles northwest of Chicago. The purchase price was not disclosed. The 42-unit apartment community consists of one- and two-bedroom units. 29SC plans to invest $500,000 in capital improvements to the property, which was under family ownership. Interior upgrades will focus on kitchens and bathrooms. Exterior improvements will include structural repairs to the roof, installing energy-efficient lighting and refinishing the common areas. This is the fifth Chicagoland multifamily property acquisition for 29SC.
WEST DUNDEE, ILL. — The Opus Group has built two warehouse headquarters facilities for Renishaw Inc. and oelheld U.S. Inc. in the Oakview Corporate Park in West Dundee, a western suburb of Chicago. A new 134,000-square-foot facility will serve as the North American headquarters for Renishaw. The two-story building will allow the measurement and motion control company to consolidate and house all of its divisions in one location. The facility consists of approximately 69,000 square feet of office space, 38,000 square feet of warehouse space and 27,000 square feet of space designed for fabrication, demonstrations and trainings. The building also features custom areas for the company’s 3D metal printing. The new 23,400-square-foot headquarters for oelheld U.S., a machine-based lubricants and packaged oil products producer, consists of 7,600 square feet of office space and 15,800 square feet of warehouse space. Unique features of the building include a recessed warehouse floor and drainage barriers designed to contain spilled lubricants during the loading and unloading process in the warehouse. Opus Design Build was the design-builder and Opus AE Group was the architect and structural engineer of record, as well as the interior designer for both projects.
CHICAGO — CA Ventures has agreed to buy two State Street office buildings in Chicago and redevelop the properties into apartment units as part of a $141 million residential and retail project. Located at 202 and 220 S. State St. and currently owned by the federal government, the vacant buildings were made available through a request for proposals process. The plan calls for the 22-story Consumers Building, designed by Jenny, Mundie & Jensen and completed in 1913, to be rehabilitated as 270 micro-apartments. The 16-story Century Building, designed by Holabird & Roche and completed in 1915, would be rehabilitated and expanded as 159 studio and one-bedroom apartments. The current building at 212 S. State St. would be demolished, and a 15-story structure built in its place. CA Ventures’ proposal to acquire the buildings for $10.4 million involves a simultaneous, three-way transaction involving the General Services Administration (GSA) and the City of Chicago. The offer price and sale terms, expected to be finalized this summer, require review and approval by the GSA and Chicago City Council.
LOMBARD, ILL. — JRK Property Holdings has acquired the Clover Creek apartment complex in Lombard, a suburb of Chicago. The purchase price was not disclosed. The 504-unit community was built in 1986. Clover Creek features a variety of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans on a 34-acre site. Common area amenities include a swimming pool, playground, soccer field, volleyball court, bark park and clubhouse with Internet café, fitness center and business center. JRK MF Opportunities II LP fund was used to purchase the property. Sean Fogarty, Marty O’Connell and Amanda Friant of HFF represented both JRK and the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
CHICAGO — Snapsheet has signed a 52,000-square-foot office lease at 1 N. Dearborn St. in Chicago. The company provides auto insurance carriers with a virtual claims technology that streamlines the claims process for customers. Snapsheet will be moving from 55 W. Monroe St., where it currently occupies 21,000 square feet. Snapsheet will occupy the new facility starting in January 2018. Brad Serot, Paul Reaumond and Todd Lippman of CBRE represented Snapsheet in the lease transaction. Jack O’Brien and Caroline Colnon of Telos Group represented the landlord, Beacon Capital Partners.
CHICAGO — SVN | Chicago Commercial has arranged the sale of a multifamily portfolio totaling 312 affordable units in Chicago for $26.4 million. The two properties are located at 12141 S. Indiana Ave. and 10010 S. Sayre Ave. Cody Doran and Reid Bennett of SVN represented the sellers, Indian Trails Apartments LP & Ridge Garden Apartments LP. The buyer was not disclosed.
CHICAGO — Avison Young has brokered the sale of a 167,968-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility in Chicago’s New City neighborhood. The property, located at 4330 S. Racine Ave., features 20-foot clear heights and four interior truck docks. Edsal Sandusky, a Tennessee-based storage and container manufacturer, purchased the property. The company currently occupies 125,000 square feet within the building. International Laser Products, a re-manufacturer of laser printer toner cartridges, occupies the remaining 42,968 square feet. John Moysey of Avison Young represented the owner, 4330 South Racine LLC, in the sales transaction. Cushman & Wakefield represented Edsal Sandusky.
CHICAGO — Horizon Realty Services has arranged two retail leases for Kilwins in the Chicago area. The chocolate and ice cream store leased 1,409 square feet at the vintage Metropolitan Tower building located at 310 S. Michigan Ave. in Chicago’s South Loop. The store is slated to open this summer. In Naperville, Kilwins leased a former restaurant space totaling 1,864 square feet. Located at 36 W. Jefferson Ave., the store is slated to open in the first quarter of 2018. Kilwins maintains approximately 114 stores nationally, seven of which are in the Chicago market. Stuart Lenhoff and Jason Lenhoff of Horizon Realty brokered the lease transactions on behalf of Kilwins.
MONTGOMERY, ILL. — Kiser Group has brokered the sale of Victorian Apartments in Montgomery, a western suburb of Chicago, for $10.8 million. The 152-unit property, located at 800-834 Victoria Drive, was built in the 1970s. John Meyer of Kiser Group represented both parties in the sales transaction. A Chicago-based investor purchased the property from the private owner in a 1031 exchange.