SCHAUMBURG, ILL. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $10 million in refinancing for Beech Pointe Apartments, a multifamily property located in Schaumburg. The property features 192 residential units. Sue Blumberg of NorthMarq Capital secured the 10-year loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule, through NorthMarq’s seller-servicer relationship with Freddie Mac.
EAST VILLAGE, ILL. — @properties Commercial has brokered the sale of a mixed-use property located at 1656 W. Chicago Ave. in East Village. Sedgwick Investments acquired the property for $2.3 million from BP Building. The buyer plans to lease the five residential units and the ground-floor retail space. Lizzie Kaplan of Sedgwick Investments provided in-house representation for the buyer, while Michael Weber and Ian Feinerman of @properties Commercial represented the seller in the transaction.
SWANSEA, ILL. — BARBERMurphy Group has arranged the sale of a retail and office property, located at 1704 N. Belt West in Swansea, located about 17 miles southeast of St. Louis, Mo. Welzbacher Land Trust sold the 6,012-square-foot property to JHK LLC for an undisclosed price. BARBERMurphy Group represented the seller in the transaction.
CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a retail property located at 6422 W. Archer Ave. in Chicago. The 8,100-square-foot property sold for $7.5 million. The property is net leased to MB Financial Bank. Sean Sharko and Austin Weisenbeck of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an individual/personal trust, while Steven Siegel, also of Marcus & Millichap, represented the buyer, a limited liability company.
ADDISON, ILL. — Sitex Group has acquired a warehouse/distribution facility located at 350 S. Church St. in Addison for an undisclosed price. Built in 1995, the 87,219-square-foot property features an image precast exterior, 13 exterior docks, 27-foot clear ceiling heights and T-5 lighting. Additionally, the property features 1-2,000 amp/480 volt service and 1-1,200 amp/480 volt electrical service. Kelly Disser and Dan Leahy of NAI Hiffman represented the seller, Standfast Group, in the transaction.
JOLIET, ILL. — Cohen Financial has arranged $12.5 million in refinancing for Hillcrest Shopping Center, a 246,000-square-foot grocery-anchored retail center in Joliet. A 65,000-square-foot Food4Less anchors the center. Other tenants include Dollar Tree, Payless Shoes, Harbor Freight Tools, T-Mobile and Subway. Don C. Trossman of Cohen arranged the fixed-rate, 10-year loan on a 25-year amortization schedule with a correspondent life insurance company. Joliet-Hillcrest LLC was the borrower in the transaction.
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL. — Midwest Industrial Funds has acquired a 59,000-square-foot industrial space located on over four acres of land at 700 Chase in Elk Grove Village, about 25 miles northwest of Chicago. The property was purchased from a private investor and is fully leased to Acme Industries. Midwest was represented in-house by Sergio Chapa and Michael Prost. Rick Delisle of RD Strategic represented the seller in the transaction.
ANTIOCH, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 7,000-square-foot retail property located in Antioch for $2.6 million. The property, located at 515 East II Route 173, is occupied by Sherwin Williams and Sleepy’s, and is situated as an outlot to a Walmart Supercenter. Sean Sharko and Austin Weisenstock of Marcus & Millichap worked on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. The buyer of the property was undisclosed.
COUNTRY CLUB HILLS, ILL. — Tucker Development has arranged three new leases for Country Club Plaza, a retail property in Country Club Hills, located about 29 miles south of Chicago. MetroPCS signed a five-year lease for approximately 1,100 square feet. Kenny’s Ribs and Chicken signed a 10-year lease for 2,800 square feet, and Cooking Canvas inked a four-year lease for approximately 1,000 square feet. Tucker Development was represented in-house by Andrew White in all three transactions. A Walmart Supercenter and an AMC Theater anchor the property. Other tenants include McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, Subway, GNC, Foot Locker and Payless Shoes.
Chicago’s 1.2 billion-square-foot industrial market has weathered the Great Recession and is now showing strong growth through expansion of the region’s traditional boundaries and by way of redevelopment in land-locked areas. At the center of this trend is O’Hare International Airport — sixth in the nation and 17th in the world in air cargo tonnage. All totaled, the O’Hare industrial submarket contains 103 million square foot of product. Since the vacancy rate peaked at approximately 13 percent in 2010, the O’Hare industrial submarket has rebounded in a big way. In fact, the submarket has recorded positive absorption every year since 2011. The vacancy rate fell to 7 percent in 2014 due to an improving economy and the aggressive deal making of the larger industrial owners such as Prologis, KTR and Hamilton Partners. Development Ramps Up Shrinking vacancy rates and a lack of available Class A logistics facilities led to the delivery of multiple speculative developments in 2014. These projects were the first built since 2007. Panattoni completed 208,000 square feet at 1925 Busse Road in Elk Grove Village and leased the entire facility to CEVA Logistics. The project was subsequently sold to AEW Capital Management at a record-setting cap rate …
