PLAINFIELD, IND. — HSA Commercial Real Estate has arranged a long-term lease renewal for Banning Engineering within the Gateway Industrial Business Park in Plainfield. The property is located at 853 Columbia Road. Banning, a civil engineering and surveying firm, occupies 16,000 square feet in the first distribution facility to be constructed at the 13-acre business park and was the original tenant at the park in 2004. HSA Commercial owns and manages the park, which has since expanded to include a 121,000-square-foot multi-tenant second phase that was built in 2006, a 34,880-square-foot facility occupied by the Federal Aviation Administration, and a 220,000-square-foot speculative warehouse that HSA built in partnership with Great Point Investors LLC in 2014.
GREENWOOD, IND. — Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. has acquired a new 671,354-square-foot industrial building in Greenwood for $37.4 million from an undisclosed seller. The property is situated on a little more than 43 acres located at 482 Chaney Ave. and is net leased for 10.25 years to beauty retailer ULTA Inc., a subsidiary of Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. The new Omni-channel fulfillment center will serve both business-to-business and direct-to-consumer e-commerce sales.
GARY, IND. — Paine/Wetzel TCN Worldwide has arranged the sale of a 196,000-square-foot industrial building situated on 14 acres located at 4000 E. 7th Ave. in Gary. T&B Tube Co. purchased the property for an undisclosed sales price. The company provides cut-to-length steel tubing for manufacturers and fabricators and is expanding and relocating from another location in South Holland, Ill. Ed Wabick of Paine/Wetzel represented T&B Tube Co. Walter Murphy of Lee & Associates represented the seller, Sterling Lumber Co.
CARMEL, IND. — Mainstreet and Trilogy Health Services have completed construction on a transitional care facility in Carmel. Wellbrooke of Carmel is located at 12315 Pennsylvania St. The new facility will provide transitional care (short-stay rehabilitation and therapy) and assisted living. Construction on Wellbrooke of Carmel started in April 2014. The 68,590-square-foot property includes 94 beds. Amenities include a therapy gym, an outdoor rehabilitation courtyard, a movie theatre, a game room, a spa and an on-site chef. The project, which represents a total investment of $15 million in the community, created 374 construction jobs and 120 permanent jobs. A community open house for Wellbrooke of Carmel will take place on May 3.
BLUFFTON, IND. — Stan Johnson Co. has arranged the $20.5 million sale-leaseback of an industrial facility in Bluffton. The property, which is leased to Alexin LLC, is located at 1390 South Adams St. Ken Hedrick, Jerry Hopkins, D. Andrew Ragsdale and Scott Briggs of Stan Johnson Co. represented the seller and the buyer in the corporate sale-leaseback transaction. The 90,108-square-foot facility was built in 2009. The location currently serves as Alexin’s headquarters and aluminum casting facility.
INDIANAPOLIS — Hilton Worldwide has signed a franchise license agreement with PK Partners to develop the 125-room Hampton Inn & Suites Indianapolis/Keystone. The five-story hotel will be located at 8980 River Crossing Blvd. in Indianapolis. PK Partners will own the property and Schahet Hotels Inc. will operate the hotel. Located in the heart of Keystone at the Crossing, adjacent to the River North at Keystone, Hampton Inn & Suites Indianapolis/Keystone will be part of a mixed-use development and within walking distance to the Fashion Mall at Keystone. The new hotel is set for completion in late 2016.
SOUTH BEND, IND. — Tikijian Associates has brokered the sale of Castle Point Apartments in South Bend. The property is located at 18011 Cleveland Road and is less than two miles away from Notre Dame University’s campus. The property includes 740 units and is known for its castle-like architecture. Tikijian Associates represented the seller, Zidan Management Group. Metonic Real Estate Services, an Omaha-based real estate investment management company, purchased the property for an undislosed sales price. Metonic plans to complete a renovation at Castle Point to include a comprehensive clubhouse rehab, exterior updates such as a new paint scheme, interior unit upgrades, additional landscaping and more. Omaha, Neb.-based Seldin Co. will serve as property manager.
FISHERS AND SPEEDWAY, IND., AND AURORA, ILL. — Steadfast Apartment REIT has acquired three apartment communities totaling 643 units for $80.8 million. Two of the acquired properties are located in greater Indianapolis. The REIT purchased Reveal on Cumberland for $29.5 million, a 220-unit apartment community in Fishers, 16 miles northeast of downtown Indianapolis. Steadfast Apartment REIT also acquired the 277-unit Eagle Lake Landing Apartments in Speedway, less than six miles outside of the Indianapolis central business district, for $19.2 million. In the third transaction, the REIT purchased Randall Highlands Apartments in North Aurora, Ill., for $32.1 million. The property is located 30 miles west of Chicago and includes 146 units.
CROWN POINT, IND. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of Summit Crossing, an 11,859-square-foot shopping center Crown Point. A California-based private investor purchased the shopping center for $3.2 million. Summit Crossing is located at the southeast corner of Route 55 and East Summit Street. Tenants at the fully leased center include ATI Physical Therapy, Advance Auto Parts, Supercuts and Starbucks. Carly Gallagher and Ben Wineman of Mid-America Real Estate Corp. brokered the transaction on behalf of the seller, Chicago-based Origin Capital Partners.
SOUTH BEND, IND. — Metonic Real Estate Solutions has purchased Castle Point Apartments, a 740-unit apartment complex in South Bend, for an undisclosed sales price. Originally built in three phases between 1974 and 1980, Castle Point Apartments includes one- and two-bedroom apartments ranging in size between 737 and 1,340 square feet. The 20,000-square-foot clubhouse offers residents premier amenities including indoor basketball and tennis courts along with a yoga/aerobics room, tanning room and game room. The property is located within two miles of the University of Notre Dame, St. Mary’s College and Holy Cross College. Metonic plans to make renovations at the property which will include the addition of new appliances and washers and dryers, upgraded kitchen cabinets and counter tops, and new parking garages. The clubhouse will also be renovated with additional amenities for residents. Omaha-based Seldin Co. was selected as the property manager.