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.
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the sale of a three-property portfolio located in Chicago’s Jefferson Park neighborhood for a total of $3.5 million. The properties include a mixed-use asset at 5802 W. Catalpa Ave. that sold for $2.1 million, and two multifamily properties located at 5402 W. Windsor Ave. and 4518 N. Long Ave. The multifamily properties sold for $657,500 and $702,500, respectively. The portfolio included a total of 32 apartment units and eight commercial spaces. Joe Smazal of Interra Realty represented both undisclosed parties in the transaction.
WOODRIDGE, ILL. — Cohen Financial has arranged a $25 million bridge loan for the acquisition and renovation of a 304-unit apartment property in Woodridge, approximately 30 miles southwest of Chicago. Timber Creek Apartments, located at 3421 Foxboro Drive, is a Class B complex that was built in 1974. The property was 88 percent occupied at the time of sale. The borrower, SSIL Woodridge LLC, plans to renovate Timber Creek Apartments by upgrading unit interiors, roofs, the clubhouse and exterior amenities. Michael Hart and Don Trossman of Cohen Financial arranged the non-recourse financing with The Private Bank.
CHICAGO — Summit Design + Build LLC has completed a 120,000-square-foot renovation for Economy Packing, Chicago’s largest direct receiver of meat and seafood that was founded in 1932. The facility, located at 4501 W. Ann Lurie Place within the Crawford Industrial Park in Chicago, is Economy Packing’s new warehouse and distribution facility after the company sold four buildings in the Fulton Market meatpacking district last year. The building includes roughly 10,000 square feet of office space, 95,000 square feet of warehouse space and 15,000 square feet of completely upgraded freezer space. The renovation also included the addition of 20 refrigerated loading docks. Alan R. Schneider Architects provided architectural services for the project.
CHICAGO — Novak Construction has finished work on a 30,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market at the City Hyde Park development. The store, located at 5118 S. Lake Park Ave., features a secret society theme and pays homage to the University of Chicago. The store features a dark blue and brass color scheme and other décor related to the university. The project also included installing a mechanical system and an underground parking garage. Jeanne Gang designed the City Hyde Park project.
DEERFIELD, ILL. — Fulcrum Assets Advisors has acquired three office buildings in Deerfield, approximately 27 miles northwest of Chicago, for an undisclosed price. The facilities are located within the Parkway North complex, a six-building complex that was constructed between 1988 and 2000. The Class A, 1 million-square-foot property is located between the Lake Cook Road and Deerfield Road interchanges at I-94. The John Buck Company sold the three buildings, which total 484,328 square feet. Tenants at Parkway North include Mondelez International, CF Industries, GCG Financial, Walgreens, Lundbeck and Essendent. Fulcrum plans to upgrade the buildings. Colliers International is overseeing leasing for the property.