Illinois

CHICAGO — HSA PrimeCare has completed the development of a 30,000-square-foot business center at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox. The two-story administrative building is on the east side of campus located at 1900 Silver Cross Blvd. HSA Primecare has now developed three medical buildings on the Silver Cross campus totaling more than 100,000 square feet. Itasca, Ill.-based Premier Design + Build Group served as the general contractor for the project. Partners in Design Architects provided architectural design services.

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CHICAGO — Bernard Financial Group has arranged an $18.7 million CMBS loan to refinance a 23-story historic office building in Chicago’s Loop. The 198,698-square-foot property is located at 205 W. Randolph St. The sons of world-renowned architect Daniel H. Burnham designed the building. Dennis Bernard and Kevin Kovachevich of Bernard Financial Group originated the loan for the borrower, Randolph Acquisition LLC, through Deutsche Bank.

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CHICAGO — Essex Realty Group Inc. has arranged the $2.7 million sale of a 26,815-square-foot building in Chicago. The property is located at 932-40 W. Dakin St. and formerly served as a heavy timber warehouse building. The E.R. Moore Co., a manufacturer of caps and gowns used for graduation and choir ceremonies, built the building in 1914. The property spans three floors and features high ceilings and hardwood floors on the second and third floors. The space is ideal for a ground-up new residential development of loft-style apartments or condominiums. Essex Realty Group’s Jim Darrow and Jordan Gottlieb represented the undisclosed seller and Doug Fisher represented the undisclosed buyer.

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NORTHBROOK, ILL. — Leopardo Cos. Inc. has completed construction of The Evergreen, a new 113,000-square-foot independent living facility in Northbrook, a suburb of Chicago. The three-story seniors housing facility is part of the 55-acre Covenant Village of Northbrook campus, a Covenant Retirement Community. Serving as general contractor, Leopardo worked in collaboration with PFB Architects to complete the 56-unit residential complex. The Evergreen features one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. A 60-vehicle underground parking facility was also completed on the campus.

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OAK BROOK, ILL. — CenterPoint Properties has sold a 20,300-square-foot industrial truck/bus dispatch facility in South Holland, which is located approximately 23 miles south of Chicago. Greenix LLC purchased the property at 16951 State St. for an undisclosed sales price. The building is situated on nine acres and features a 2,300-square-foot office space, 17 drive-in doors and parking for 212 cars and 215 trailers. Kip Hennelly of Patrick Commercial Real Estate represented Greenix in the sale.

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CHICAGO — NelsonHill has arranged the $2.8 million sale of a 100,000-square-foot building in Chicago’s Jefferson Park neighborhood. The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) purchased the property located at 5353 W. Armstrong Ave. CTA will use the site to expand its area bus depot. The property features three interior docks, one exterior dock and one drive-in door. The building is situated on nearly four acres, is located in the Elston/Armstrong TIF Corridor, and is in close proximity to the I-90 and I-94 expressways. Mark Nelson and Michael Nelson of NelsonHill represented the seller, a New York-based cab company. Hugh Murphy of JLL represented the CTA.

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BELLEVILLE, ILL. — IMPACT Strategies will oversee the construction of a new $1.1 million addition to an existing manufacturing facility in Belleville. Chelar Tool & Die Inc. is expanding its headquarters with a 12,000-square-foot addition to its existing manufacturing shop. Construction began in mid-October and is scheduled for completion in February 2015. IMPACT Strategies is building a single-story, pre-engineered metal building with equipment used for making progressive and non-progressive metal stamping dies, metal stampings, specialty precision machinery and Blanchard grinding. Fairview Heights, Ill.-based EWR Associates Inc. is providing architectural services for the project.

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Gino's-East

CHICAGO — The Boulder Group has arranged the $7.1 million sale of a Gino’s East restaurant property in Chicago. The asset is located at 500 N. LaSalle St. in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. The three-story, 17,400-square-foot building is constructed of brick, wood and masonry. Gino’s East recently invested $1 million for tenant improvements to the building. The property is a relocation of the restaurant’s former flagship location in the area. There are nine years remaining on the Gino’s East lease, which expires in July 2023. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, Frontline Real Estate Partners. Matthew Berres of JLL represented the buyer, an affiliate of a Midwest-based real estate investment fund.

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CHICAGO — J.C. Anderson Inc. has completed an office expansion and renovation in Chicago for Mosaic, a sales and marketing agency. The property is located at 750 N. Orleans St. in Chicago. J.C. Anderson completed a 4,000-square-foot expansion and renovation at its office space in the River North neighborhood. The first phase of the project included expanding the sixth floor space into the adjacent office space. The second phase of the project included renovating the existing space to create an open floor plan with collaboration spaces, an exercise room and private offices. William Burfeind of J.C. Anderson was the project executive, Jason Hawkins was the senior project manager and Jose Verduzco was the superintendent for the project. IHL provided architectural services and CRESA was the project manager. Mosaic is headquartered in Dallas with offices in Chicago and Bentonville, Ark.

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CHICAGO — Reed Construction will complete a 35,500-square-foot office renovation for SVM at 3727 Ventura Drive in Arlington Heights. Founded in 1997, SVM handles the sales, marketing and distribution of gift cards for major gasoline companies. The firm is relocating its headquarters to Arlington Heights from 200 E. Howard Ave. in Des Plaines. The construction will consist of demolition, the addition of office space, a new secure vault as well as a mezzanine conference room including a steel structure suspended from existing crane rails. Reed Construction’s Bryan Krueger is the principal for the project and Dan Cohen is the project manager. Wefing Deegan Studios is providing the architectural services. The project is scheduled for completion in January 2015.

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