MICHIGAN CITY, IND. — Flaherty & Collins Properties has formed a partnership with Michigan City and the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) for the development of an $80 million apartment project. Located in Northwest Indiana, Michigan City is situated on the south shore of Lake Michigan. With a placeholder name of 11th Street Central, the 12-story project will feature a new train station for the South Shore Line stop at 11th Street. It will also include 208 luxury apartment units, more than 10,000 square feet of commercial space and a 558-space parking garage. A $649 million double track improvements project is expected to shorten the commute from Michigan City to downtown Chicago to 67 minutes, according to Michael Noland, president of South Shore Line. “With the additional trains that will be added and the reduction in travel time to and from Chicago, we expect to more than triple our daily ridership out of Michigan City,” he says. A first for the greater Chicago metropolitan region, the project is a joint development as defined by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). An FTA joint development enables a private developer to undertake a public responsibility — in this case, the construction of …
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JEFFERSONVILLE, IND. — Mumford Co. has negotiated the sale of the Sheraton Louisville Riverside Hotel in Jeffersonville, just north of Louisville along the Ohio River. The 180-room hotel rises 10 stories. Affiliates of Sotherly Hotels Inc. sold the property to Riverside Hotel LLC, a partnership of two multi-unit hotel ownership groups with holdings across the eastern half of the U.S. The buyer plans to continue operating the hotel under the Sheraton brand and undertake a renovation program. Our Town Hospitality will be retained as property manager. David Mumford, Burton Brooks and George Arvanitis of Mumford Co. brokered the transaction.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — Swiss Re, a provider of reinsurance and insurance, has signed a 24,772-square-foot lease to occupy the second and third floors of The Riverfront at Promenade Park in Fort Wayne. The office property is still under development but is slated for completion by the end of the year. Swiss Re will relocate its regional office, which employs nearly 200 people, from 1670 Magnavox Way in Fort Wayne. Brad Sturges, Neal Bowman and Philip Hagee of Sturges Property Group represented the undisclosed developer.
ILLINOIS, INDIANA AND WISCONSIN — Ryan Cos. US Inc. has completed three new healthcare facilities in the Midwest. The properties include Edward-Elmhurst Health Center in Woodridge, Ill.; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Brownsburg, Ind.; and Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Community Hospital in Mequon, Wis. The Woodridge facility rises two stories and spans 36,100 square feet at the southwest corner of Route 53 and 75th Street. The property includes offices for primary care physicians and specialists. Additional services include a walk-in clinic, behavioral health, physical therapy, laboratory and diagnostic imaging. The Brownsburg facility is located just west of Indianapolis. The clinic provides primary care and specialty services such as mental health, orthopedics, podiatry, neurology, cardiopulmonary, women’s health, blood draw, optometry, audiology, radiology, prosthetics and physical therapy to veterans. The building also houses a pharmacy, meeting spaces for 175 staff members, food services, a chem lab, training classroom, locker rooms and police services. Lantz-Boggio Architects served as architect. The 17,000-square-foot hospital in Mequon is located across the street from the 89,300-square-foot Froedtert Mequon Health Center that Ryan developed in 2017. The suburban Milwaukee facility will house eight inpatient beds, a seven-bed emergency department, laboratory, pharmacy …
PLAINFIELD, IND. — A partnership led by Indianapolis-based New City Development has unveiled plans for Hobbs Station, a $300 million mixed-use project in Plainfield, about 19 miles southwest of Indianapolis. Hobbs Station will be located on a 125-acre site just off U.S. Highway 40. Phase I of the project will consist of 300 apartments with 30,000 square feet of street-level commercial space, 99 single-family homes and 500,000 square feet of logistics space. The industrial component will be known as Terminus at Hobbs Station. Phase I’s residential amenities will include a pool, fitness center, remote workspaces, a pet washing facility and various open green spaces. As part of the project, the development team is investing in local infrastructure, including a two-mile extension of the Vandalia Trail across the southern boundary of the site. The trail network will connect to a public park with pickleball courts, a playground and space for festivals and events. Additional planned infrastructure improvements include new sidewalks, landscaping, hardscaping, utilities, stormwater facilities roads and parking. Construction of Phase I is slated to begin this summer. At full build-out, Hobbs Station will feature 240 single-family homes, 650 multifamily units, 120 seniors housing residences, 70,000 square feet of retail and …
SEYMOUR, IND. — Developer TWG is underway on construction of Seymour Lofts, a $10.8 million affordable housing community in Seymour, about 50 miles north of Louisville, Ky. The property’s 50 units will be targeted for families who make an annual salary between $30,000 and $40,000. Project partners include Midwest Support Foundation, Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority, The Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis and the City of Seymour. Amenities will include a playground and clubhouse. Construction began in December, but a timeline for completion was not released.
CHICAGO, CINCINNATI AND INDIANAPOLIS — Taurus Investment Holdings LLC has purchased an 18-building industrial portfolio totaling 1.5 million square feet across metro Chicago, Cincinnati and Indianapolis. Prologis sold the portfolio for $145.3 million, according to Crain’s Chicago Business. The buildings are 94 percent leased to 40 national, regional and local tenants. Boston-based Taurus currently owns more than 15 million square feet of industrial product nationwide.
INDIANAPOLIS — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of North Meridian Professional Center in Indianapolis for $8.9 million. The medical office property consists of three buildings totaling 72,309 square feet. Two of the buildings were constructed in the 1980s while the third was built in 2002. The property is 80 percent leased to a variety of medical and dental tenants. Gino Lollio, Travis Ives, Jon Owens and Joshua Graham of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Florida-based Cantor Partners. Stablegate Investment Management was the buyer.
INDIANAPOLIS — Stos Partners and Cardinal Industrial have acquired a 1.1 million-square-foot light industrial portfolio in metro Indianapolis for an undisclosed price. The 34-property portfolio is 95 percent occupied by a variety of tenants. The California-based buyers plan to make improvements such as roof and parking lot upgrades and adding amenities. Alex Cantu and Alex Davenport of Colliers represented the seller, Indianapolis-based Mann Properties. Colliers will assume leasing and property management services for the portfolio. Jeremy Thornton, Andrew Gibson and Nicole Sayers of Colliers arranged $67.5 million in acquisition financing through Wells Fargo Bank.
NEW ALBANY, IND. — Rosewood Realty Group has arranged the $22.2 million sale of Stonecrest Apartments in New Albany, about five miles northwest of Louisville, Ky. The six-building, garden-style apartment community is located at 4719 Grant Line Road along the Ohio River and includes 144 units. The first building was completed in 2017 and the sixth building was constructed in 2021. Aaron Jungreis and David Wildes of Rosewood represented the seller, a local developer. The duo also represented the metro New York City-based buyer, which plans to add a new pool and clubhouse to the property.