ELGIN, ILL. — Morgan/Harbour Construction will build a 257,344-square-foot distribution facility in Elgin, approximately 40 miles northwest of Chicago. The speculative development will be located on a 16.8-acre site at 2650 Automall Drive. Morgan/Harbour is expected to break ground on the project this May and complete the facility by the end of the year. Features will include 32-foot clear heights, an ESFR sprinkler system, 24 exterior docks, four drive-in doors and parking. Zilber Property Group is the developer, and Cornerstone Architects Ltd. will provide the architectural services. Pinnacle Engineering Group LLC will provide civil design services.
CHICAGO — Banana Republic has signed a 6,078-square-foot lease to occupy a two-story retail building under construction in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. Centrum Partners is the developer of the project, located at 2720 N. Clark St., which is slated for completion in October. The 22,000-square-foot building will replace The Edge Bar and Grill. Alt School has preleased 13,199 square feet of space and will occupy the entire second floor. Meredith Oliver and Brendan Reedy of Cushman & Wakefield represented Banana Republic in the lease transaction.
PEORIA, ILL. — Locally owned boutique Blue has preleased 1,600 square feet of retail space at Plaza at Grand Prairie. Cullinan Properties is developing the 7,200-square-foot shopping center that is located at the intersection of War Memorial Drive and American Prairie Road in Peoria. Blue, along with retailers Massage Envy and Great Clips, will open this summer. This location will be Blue’s second store. Plaza at Grand Prairie is part of Grand Prairie Developments, a 200-acre mixed-use project. Components of Grand Prairie Developments include Plaza at Grand Prairie, Shoppes at Grand Prairie, Plaza West, Prairie Place, Shoppes West, Apartments at Grand Prairie and a Carmike Cinemas. Plaza at Grand Prairie is co-anchored by Hy-Vee and Gordmans. Other tenants include Longhorn Steakhouse, Famous Dave’s BBQ, Steak ‘n Shake and Starbucks.
OAK BROOK, ILL. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of a 103,836-square-foot retail property in Oak Brook, approximately 20 miles west of Chicago, for $19.9 million. Oak Brook Court is located at the intersection of Kingery Highway and 16th Street. Binny’s Beverage Depot, Office Max and The Great Escape anchor the shopping center. Rick Drogosz and Ben Wineman of Mid-America were the sole brokers in the transaction and represented the seller, an institutional advisor.
CHICAGO — A joint venture between Westmount Realty Capital LLC and Partners Group has acquired an industrial portfolio in the greater Chicago area for an undisclosed amount. The portfolio consists of 19 multi-tenant, light industrial facilities totaling approximately 1.5 million square feet. The portfolio is 86 percent occupied. The seller in the transaction was a large, institutional owner of industrial real estate. Within the portfolio, 14 properties are located near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. The other five assets are located in Romeoville, Gurnee and Wheeling. Westmount will provide property management services, and Cawley Chicago will provide the leasing services.
WEST CHICAGO, ILL. — Owen Wagner & Co. has sold a 19,400-square-foot industrial property in West Chicago. Contract Flooring Service of Glendale Heights purchased the suburban property, located at 1185 Atlanta Drive about 35 miles west of Chicago, for an undisclosed price. Contract Flooring Service plans to use the freestanding building as the site of its new headquarters. Andrea Hauger of Owen Wagener & Co. represented the company in the disposition.
CHICAGO — CIM Group, a Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm, has agreed to acquire Four40, a 39-story, 1 million-square-foot office tower located at 440 S. LaSalle St. in Chicago’s financial district. Dallas-based TIER REIT Inc. (NYSE: TIER) is reportedly selling the asset for $200 million, according to Crain’s Chicago. Sources say the deal has not closed, however, and CIM Group declined to comment. Crain’s also reports that between 2013-2014 the REIT sold the other three Chicago assets that it purchased in a four-property portfolio transaction in 2007. According to its 2015 financial results, TIER REIT’s goal for 2016 includes selling $200 million to $400 million of “non-strategic properties.” Built in 1984 and renovated in 2014, the office tower features a 40,000-square-foot amenity floor for tenants, 45,000-square-foot landscaped plaza, café, underground parking, 150-seat conference room, 24-hour staffed security and bay windows that offer 180-degree views. The tower also houses the Chicago Stock Exchange, the Arciel bar and lounge, The Everest Room and The Buckingham Club and Hotel. The Chicago Stock Exchange Inc. (CHX) signed a long-term lease renewal in May 2014 for 33,000 square feet within Four40, a consolidation of its original footprint. In addition to the office tower, new …
CHICAGO — Leopardo Companies Inc. has broken ground on a 290,000-square-foot office building in Chicago’s Fulton Market neighborhood. Fulton West, which will be located at 1330 W. Fulton St., will be a nine-story building. The property will include balconies, a private roof deck, 610 onsite parking spaces and an adjacent 20,000-square-foot mini-park. Sterling Bay is the project developer, and Gensler is the architect of record. The speculative building is slated for completion in spring 2017.
CARLINVILLE, ILL. — Developer Irgens has completed a new medical office building for Carlinville Area Hospital in Carlinville, approximately 60 miles northwest of St. Louis, Mo. The 28,730-square-foot building is located at 20613 N. Broad St. Carlinville Area Hospital is utilizing the medical office building to consolidate and expand existing clinics, allowing it to add services to the campus and free up strategic space within the hospital. Services include primary care, a sleep lab, physical/occupational therapy, senior behavioral health and a multi-purpose community room. The Korte Company was the general contractor for the project, and HGA was the architect.
CHICAGO — Reed Construction will build a 52,000-square-foot mixed-use building in Chicago’s Fulton Market Building. MAB Capital Management is developing the five-story building located at 450 N. Morgan St. The project will feature a mix of office and retail space, as well as 50 parking spots. Construction is slated to start in the second quarter and commence in early 2017. Pappageorge Haymes Partners is providing the architectural services.