WAYLAND, MICH. — Integra Real Estate Capital has secured a $5.6 million acquisition loan for Chambers Corners, a neighborhood shopping center located at Reno Drive off Highway 131 in Wayland, approximately 21 miles south of Grand Rapids. Meyer Perlman of Integra Real Estate Capital negotiated the 10-year, non-recourse loan provided by an undisclosed lender. Built in 2000, the 99,600-square-foot Chambers Corners is anchored by Harding’s Market and Family Dollar.
DEARBORN, MICH. — KJ Commercial Real Estate Advisors represented Real Estate 1000 LLC in the acquisition of a 13,433-square-foot mixed-use building located at 22085-22091 Michigan Ave. in Dearborn, a western suburb of Detroit. The seller was undisclosed. The property sold for $950,000 and was 100 percent occupied at the time of purchase. Tenants include Bailey’s Sports Grille, Salon West Dearborn, and a Don Yeyo Cigar Factory. Kevin Jappaya of KJ Commercial represented the buyer in the transaction.
NOVI, MICH. — The two-story Grand Offices office building located at 44725 Grand River Ave., between Novi and Taft roads, filled its last three vacancies in the second quarter of 2015. Novi is located 30 miles northwest of Detroit. The most recent tenants to join the office are a regional office for O.C. Tanner and Desco Properties, a relocation of a local property management company. Tjader Gerdom and Larry Siedell of Gerdom Realty and Investment represented the landlord in these transactions. It took Grand Offices less than three years to go from 0 percent occupancy to 100 percent occupancy.
DETROIT — REDICO and its development partners have closed on the $12.2 million acquisition of the Fisher and Albert Kahn buildings in downtown Detroit. The buildings were acquired at auction in June. REDICO, in partnership with local developers Peter Cummings, John Rhea, RHEAL Capital Management LLC, and New York-based HFZ Capital Group, plan significant improvements for both buildings. A residential component is expected to be a key part of renovations for the Kahn building. The 30-story Fisher Building was constructed in 1928 and has served office and retail tenants. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989, the building also includes the 2,089-seat Fisher Theatre, one of Detroit’s oldest live theater venues. The Albert Kahn Building, formerly known as the New Center Building, was completed in 1931 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Standing 10 stories tall, it currently serves as an office building.
TROY, MICH. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has completed the sale of Somerset Park Apartments, a 2,226-unit, garden-style apartment community, for an undisclosed price. The apartment complex is located at 1911 Golfview Drive in Troy and is adjacent to Somerset Collection, a 1.4 million million-square-foot mall with more than 180 specialty stores. Major employers in the area include Bank of America, Delphi Corp., and ThyssenKrupp. All the apartments feature spacious kitchens with frost-free refrigerators and dishwashers, ceramic-tiled baths, large closets, window treatments, private patios/balconies, air-conditioning and individual alarm systems. Steve Witten and Victor Nolletti of IPA Northeast and Florida, along with Paul Davis and Andrew Daitch of Marcus & Millichap’s Detroit office, represented the seller and procured the buyer.
SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MICH. — Mode Development has completed the construction and sale of a new 170,000-square-foot building in Shelby Township for The Paslin Company, which manufactures and markets industrial equipment and automation systems. Located at 52550 Shelby Parkway, this new state-of-the-art facility includes three stories of 40,000 square feet of office and engineering space. The manufacturing area consists of two 95-foot bays outfitted with several overhead cranes. Mode Development served as the general contractor for the project. Jason Capitani represented The Paslin Company in the sales transaction. Jason Capitani and Joe DePonio also represented Mode Development.
FENTON, MICH. — Gerdom Realty & Investment has brokered the sale of a 94,455-square-foot grocery-anchored shopping center north of downtown Fenton in Southeast Michigan. Located on Leroy Street, the property is anchored by VG’s Food Center. Other tenants on the 9.5-acre site include Rent-A-Center and BoRics. Gerdom Realty has been retained to lease the remaining two vacancies in the center, which is currently 83 percent occupied. Tjader Gerdom and Larry Siedell of Gerdom Realty & Investment represented the seller and procured the buyer, a private investment group.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — Cocke Finkelstein has acquired Ramblewood Apartments in Grand Rapids for $100.4 million. The 1,170-unit complex was built in phases from 1972 to 1985 and sits on two campuses that stretch across 188 tree-covered acres. The property offers wooded grounds and a pond, a community center with year-round indoor pool, a business office center, a 55,000-square-foot tennis and health club facility, and a number of other amenities. The property was 98 percent occupied upon acquisition. CFLane, the apartment management subsidiary of CFI, will manage the community. Berkadia arranged the transaction for the undisclosed seller.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — Third Coast Development has broken ground on a two-building mixed-use project in downtown Grand Rapids that will offer a total of 26 apartments, plus two commercial spaces. The project is taking shape near the site of a Hampton Inn & Suites currently under construction in downtown Grand Rapids. The two buildings are located at 555 Michigan St. and 601 Michigan St. Third Coast Purple at 555 Michigan St. will be a three-story, 12,000-square-foot building featuring eight total apartments and one commercial space on the first floor. Third Coast Orange at 601 Michigan St. will be a four-story, 25,000-square-foot building that will include 18 total apartments and one commercial space on the main floor. The total cost for the two buildings is estimated at $7.4 million, and the project is expected to create at least 15 permanent retail jobs. Last December, the Michigan Community Revitalization Program awarded the project a $1 million grant. The City of Grand Rapids’ Brownfield Redevelopment Authority also provided $475,000 in local property tax breaks.
ANN ARBOR, MICH. — The University of Michigan’s Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business has received a pledge of $60 million from the Zell Family Foundation. The funds will provide endowed support to the institute for the continued delivery and development of entrepreneurship programs for students and alumni. This includes $10 million dedicated to a new fund that will invest in new student business ventures. “Our goal is to accelerate the learning curve and the opportunities for budding entrepreneurs, as well as to build a powerful alumni network,” says Sam Zell, chairman of Equity Group Investments and a University of Michigan alumnus who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1963 and a law degree in 1966 from the Big Ten school. “Entrepreneurs have always been a primary driver of growth for this country. I believe that fostering entrepreneurial education is an investment in the future.” The Zell Lurie Institute is consistently ranked among the top graduate programs in entrepreneurship education by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine, and has remained in the top three national programs for three consecutive years. According to Forbes magazine, Zell had an estimated …
