CHICAGO — Sonnenblick-Eichner Co. has arranged a $47.5 million loan to refinance the office and retail component of a 21-story building at 208 S. LaSalle St. in Chicago. The 1.1 million-square-foot, mixed-use building is located in the financial district. Michael Reschke of The Prime Group Inc. is the property owner. The loan is secured by five floors (13-17) of office space totaling 207,953 square feet and 11,379 square feet of street-level retail space, which is collectively 94 percent leased. The first 12 floors are occupied by a 610-room JW Marriott hotel. Neither the hotel nor the top four office floors were part of the collateral. The seven-year, non-recourse financing was funded by an affiliate of Guggenheim Commercial Real Estate Finance. The loan refinanced a $35 million mortgage that was a part of a $321 million facility Sonnenblick-Eichner Co. arranged for the ownership two years ago. The deal was comprised of four different loans and included first mortgage debt and mezzanine financing. The property, built in 1914 as the headquarters for the Continental and Commercial National Bank, was designed by Daniel Burnham and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
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NORTHFIELD, ILL. — Reed Construction will complete a 545,000-square-foot renovation and build-out for Medline Industries Inc. in Northfield, approximately 20 miles northwest of Chicago. Medline, a global medical supply manufacturer and distributer, will relocate its headquarters to the facility, which was the former headquarters for Kraft Foods. Medline’s current headquarters in Mundelein, Ill., will stay open for the next several years. The renovation will include interior demolition and a rebuild of the existing space, followed by construction of new offices, meeting rooms, break areas and more. The construction is slated for completion this November. Partners by Design is providing architectural services, and MB Real Estate is representing the owner.
NORTH RIVERSIDE, ILL. — The Illinois St. Andrew Society has completed construction of The Caledonian House, a 20-unit memory care building in the Chicago suburb of North Riverside. The St. Andrew Society is the nonprofit operator of The Scottish Home assisted living and skilled nursing community. The Caledonian House is located on the community’s five-acre campus and will offer the first memory care services at the community.
CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a seven-unit apartment building in downtown Chicago for $1.6 million. A private owner sold the asset, which is located at 1953 N. Cleveland Ave., to Laramar Group. The property features hardwood floors, French doors, porches and a new water heater and boiler. Kyle Stengle and Joseph Bergman of Marcus & Millichap listed the property on behalf of the seller and procured the buyer.
NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a 25,170-square-foot lease for DuPage Montessori School in Naperville, approximately 35 miles southwest of Chicago. Calamos Investments owns a vacant office building that will be redeveloped into a Pre-K – 8th grade school complete with an outdoor playground and a turf sports field. Construction will start this summer and is slated for completion by the 2017-2018 school year. The building, located at 111 E. Warrenville Road, is situated on 1.9 acres. The school will occupy the first two floors of the 38,425-square-foot, three-story building, which was the former headquarters for Calamos Investments. Over 220 students are expected to enroll in the private, non-profit school next year. Adam McCostlin and Brian Duffy of Cushman & Wakefield represented the DuPage Montessori School in the transaction.
CHICAGO AND CINCINNATI — New York Life Real Estate Investors has provided a $120 million mortgage loan secured by a 15-property industrial portfolio. The Class A buildings, which total 3.3 million square feet, are located in the Chicago, Cincinnati and Memphis metro areas. An affiliate of Industrial Property Trust Inc. is the borrower that received the eight-year, fixed-rate loan.
ELGIN, ILL. — In a sale-leaseback deal, The Packaging Wholesalers has sold its 443,103-square-foot industrial headquarters building in Elgin, approximately 40 miles northwest of Chicago, to Brennan Investment Group LLC for an undisclosed price. The property is located at 1717 Gifford Road. Adam Marshall and Mark Deady of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented Brennan Investment Group in the transaction. Brennan Investment Group is a private real estate investment firm that acquires, develops, and operates industrial facilities throughout the United States.
CHICAGO — Thor Equities has acquired a 16,000-square-foot industrial building in Chicago’s Fulton Market neighborhood for $5.9 million. Columbus Meats, the seller, will occupy the building for the next three months, after which it will be converted to a retail and office building. Located at 942 W. Fulton Market, the four-level property is situated across the street for Google’s new Midwest headquarters and directly in front of a new ACE Hotel.
CHICAGO — American Realty Advisors has acquired 1K Fulton, a Class A office property in Chicago, for $257 million. The complex consists of a 10-story building, formerly a cold storage facility that was built in 1923, and a six-story building that was added in 2015. Sterling Bay was the seller of the 550,000-square-foot property, which is currently 97 percent leased. Hartshorne Plunkard Architects designed the complex. Google’s Midwest headquarters currently occupies roughly two-thirds of the office space. “We were attracted to this asset because it has long-term leases with quality tenants, such as Google,” says Martha Shelley, senior portfolio manager for American Realty Advisors. “We anticipate that this property will remain a key driver of the continued growth of the River West Fulton Marketplace over time given the abundance of street level amenities, immediate proximity of public transportation, new hotels and housing adjacent to this asset.” Floor plates at 1K Fulton range from 38,500 square feet to 71,000 square feet. Amenities at the property include indoor parking, a rooftop deck, shuttle service, Pressbox dry cleaning, ZipCar, bicycle detailing and repair station, a fitness center and ground-floor retail and restaurants. “This acquisition fulfills all of our criteria: superior location, great tenants, …
CHICAGO — U.S. Bank has invested $5.9 million in low-income housing tax credits equity and provided a $6.8 million construction loan for a 30-unit apartment project in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood. Southwest Organizing Project and Brinshore Development are heading up the project that will turn nine vacant buildings into apartments that are below the market rate. The nine buildings will provide two one-bedroom, 16 two-bedroom, 10 three-bedroom and two four-bedroom units. Four of the units will be fully disabled-accessible. Tenants will earn between 30 percent and 60 percent of the area median income, and rents will range from $270 to $1,005 per month. Construction on the buildings, which cover a six-block area, is expected to be complete next June.