Michigan

LANSING, MICH. — Greystone has provided a $48 million Fannie Mae green loan for the acquisition of Club Meridian in Okemos, an eastern suburb of Lansing. Constructed in 1989, the 406-unit apartment community consists of 17 garden-style buildings. Richard Kourbage of Greystone originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Gray Capital and LRE Management. The nonrecourse loan features a 10-year term. The financing enables the borrower to make renovations to the property as well as complete the acquisition.

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SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MICH. — Five Iron Golf, an indoor golf and entertainment experience, is scheduled to open in August in Shelby Township, about 30 miles north of Detroit. The 6,000-square-foot location at 70773 Corporate Drive will offer six TrackMan golf simulators, custom club fitting by The Fitting Lab, a putting green, full-service bar, widescreen TVs and shuffleboard. Five Iron Golf also plans to open a Detroit location later this year.

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ADA, MICH. — Syndicated Equities has sold Stone Falls of Ada, a 210-unit luxury apartment complex in Ada, about 10 miles east of Grand Rapids. The sales price was $71.5 million. Syndicated acquired the property with Highgate Capital Group LLC in 2018 for $45.8 million. Built in 2008, the property at 330 Stone Falls Drive is comprised of 21 two-story buildings. Syndicated and Highgate invested $1.5 million in renovations, including upgrades to the unit interiors and clubhouse amenities. Village Green was the property manager. The seller was undisclosed.

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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — Trinity Chiropractic has opened a 1,450-square-foot practice at 448 Leonard St. NW in Grand Rapids. Wesley Emert and Tina Emert of CityWide Real Estate Services assisted the holistic chiropractor in securing the space, which features two exam rooms, a waiting area and a kid’s area. The office is situated within a mixed-use building that CityWide acquired in August 2020. Other commercial tenants at the property include FURN on Leonard and Captain Bizzaro’s Treasure World.

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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICH. — Monarch Behavioral Health PLLC has signed a 3,707-square-foot lease to open a new office in Bloomfield Hills. James Mitchell of Dominion Real Estate Advisors and Michele Rosenbloom of Lee & Associates represented the undisclosed landlord in the 63-month lease. Angela Thomas of Signature Associates represented the tenant. The property is located at 74 W. Long Lake Road.

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MUSSEY TOWNSHIP, MICH. — Axiom Engineered Systems has signed a lease for a 123,000-square-foot flex industrial building at 14898 Koehn Road in Mussey Township, about 55 miles north of Detroit. The location will serve as the company’s first in the U.S. The automotive company was founded in Canada in 1987. Matthew Buslepp, Jacob Zammit and Jim Becker of Avison Young represented the tenant. Lee & Associates represented the landlord, an entity doing business as 14898 Koehler Capac LLC.

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WIXOM, MICH. — Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) has signed a 6,000-square-foot office lease at 38000 Assembly Park Drive in Wixom, a western suburb of Detroit. FDIC will vacate offices in Livonia and Grand Rapids. The 36,000-square-foot office building is one of two office locations within Assembly Park, a mixed-use development. Construction of FDIC’s tenant buildout is expected to begin this month, with completion slated for the fall. Kelly Fisher and Neal Warling of JLL represented the landlord, General RV.

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DETROIT — Diversified Synergies LLC has signed a 200,000-square-foot industrial lease at 201 Waterman St. in Detroit’s Delray neighborhood. The Bedrock-owned Fort Street Industrial Campus, formerly named the Sakthi Industrial Campus, is slated to open as early as July. Diversified Synergies packages and distributes products for pharmaceutical, food and consumer goods for Fortune 500 companies. The Highland Park, Mich.-based company is a joint venture between Staffing Synergies Inc. and Diversified Chemical Technology Inc. Bedrock acquired the former Sakthi Industrial Campus in September 2020. The property features roughly 529,000 square feet of industrial space, 89,000 square feet of flex office space and more than 10 acres of developable land. Bedrock is the full-service real estate arm of billionaire businessman Dan Gilbert.

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EAST LANSING, MICH. — Newmark has arranged the sale of three student housing assets totaling 496 beds that serve Michigan State University in East Lansing. The sales price was undisclosed. The properties include: The Gates, a 139-bed property built in 2014; The Manor, a 56-bed building constructed in 2015; and The Tower, a 301-bed property. Amenities include controlled access, resident events, onsite parking, laundry facilities and a pedestrian bridge to campus. Ryan Lang, Jack Brett, Ben Harkrider and Debbie Corson of Newmark represented the seller, MJW Investments. Blue Vista Capital Management was the buyer.

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ANN ARBOR, MICH. — Sartorius, a life sciences research and biopharmaceutical company, has broken ground on its new 130,000-square-foot research center at Ann Arbor Research Park. Sartorius currently employs about 140 people in the Ann Arbor area and expects to increase that number to about 300 employees over the next three years. The jobs will include product development, operations and other support functions. Employees at the facility will focus on providing advanced solutions to help customers develop drugs that cure, prevent and halt the progression of diseases. Sartorius expects to open the facility by the end of 2023. Hobbs+ Black Architects is the project architect and J.S. Vig Construction Co. is the general contractor.

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