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Pulte Family Management Acquires The Inn at St. John’s in Plymouth, Michigan

by Kristin Harlow

PLYMOUTH, MICH. — Pulte Family Management SJ LLC, a wholly owned for-profit entity of the William J. Pulte Trust, has acquired The Inn at St. John’s in Plymouth, about 30 miles west of Detroit. The Archdiocese of Detroit sold the 118-room property for an undisclosed price. The hotel, conference rooms and reception centers will continue to serve and support business, civic and private events. The golf course will operate as usual, and the chapel will remain available for Catholic weddings. The Pulte family plans to announce property upgrades in the coming months. The late William Pulte was an active philanthropist and founder of home building giant PulteGroup Inc. He also served with a small group of local Catholic business leaders to help finance and transform the former St. John’s Seminary campus into the hotel, conference center and 27-hole golf course. St. John’s Provincial Seminary opened in 1948 and closed in 1988. The inn opened in the early 2000s.

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NorthMarq Arranges $10.3M Acquisition Loan for Industrial Property in Taylor, Michigan

by Kristin Harlow

TAYLOR, MICH. — NorthMarq has arranged a $10.3 million bridge loan for the acquisition of a 243,894-square-foot industrial property in Taylor, about 18 miles southwest of Detroit. The building is located on Trolley Industrial Drive. Reina Abboud of NorthMarq arranged the four-year loan, which features three years of interest-only payments. A bridge and mezzanine lender provided the loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.

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DT Midstream to Open National Headquarters in Downtown Detroit

by Kristin Harlow

DETROIT — DT Midstream Inc. (NYSE: DTM), a natural gas pipeline, storage and gathering provider, will open a new corporate headquarters within Bedrock’s Ally Detroit Center downtown. DTM is slated to occupy 26,000 square feet on the 29th floor beginning in November. The office space will accommodate up to 84 employees and will be home to the company’s executive leadership team. The Detroit headquarters will oversee assets in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, New York, Louisiana and Texas. DTM completed its spinoff from DTE Energy on July 1.

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Ford Selects Romulus, Michigan, as Location for $100M Battery Center

by Kristin Harlow

ROMULUS, MICH. — Ford Motor Co. has selected Romulus, a southwest suburb of Detroit and home of the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, as the location of its new global battery center named Ford Ion Park. The $100 million project will help accelerate research and development of battery and battery cell technology. Ford Ion Park is part of Ford’s $185 million investment in developing, testing and building vehicle battery cells and cell arrays. Ford will refurbish an existing 270,000-square-foot facility to house up to 200 engineers.

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Keystone Brokers Sale of 33,662 SF Office Building in Farmington Hills, Michigan

by Kristin Harlow

FARMINGTON HILLS, MICH. — Keystone Commercial Real Estate has brokered the sale of Federated Financial Center in Farmington Hills, a northwest suburb of Detroit. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 30955 Northwestern Highway, the 33,662-square-foot office building will serve as the corporate headquarters of Happy’s Pizza, which is the parent company of Savvy Sliders. Greg Newman of Keystone worked with Happy’s to identify the location for the new headquarters, which is slated for occupancy this fall. The three-story building was constructed in 1987, according to LoopNet. Federated Financial Center Inc. sold the property to Blackstone 13 LLC.

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Granger Construction Breaks Ground on $70M Justice Complex in Mason, Michigan

by Kristin Harlow

MASON, MICH. — Granger Construction has broken ground on a new $70 million justice complex in Mason, about 15 miles south of Lansing. BKV Group designed the 169,472-square-foot project, which will be situated at the intersection of Buhl and Cedar streets. Plans call for a new Ingham County sheriff’s office, correctional facility and district court facilities. The project is being built adjacent to the existing justice complex, which will remain in operation throughout construction. Completion is slated for early 2023. Michigan-based consultants on the project include Fleis & VandenBrink, which is providing site civil engineering, surveying and landscape architecture, and Matrix Consulting Engineers, which provided the building engineering concepts.

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Lutz Real Estate, Northern Equities Complete $70M Conversion of Detroit’s Albert Kahn Building into Apartments

by Kristin Harlow

DETROIT — Lutz Real Estate Investments and Northern Equities Group have completed the $70 million conversion of The Albert Kahn Building in Detroit into a multifamily property named The Kahn Apartments. The 11-story, 320,000-square-foot office building was constructed by The Fisher Brothers and designed by famed architect Albert Kahn. It first opened its doors in 1931 and later became listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building was home to Kahn’s architectural firm for 90 years and once housed Saks Fifth Avenue on the first floor.   The building now features 206 apartment units ranging in size from 530 to 1,317 square feet. The penthouse units include interior stairwells. Kraemer Design Group designed the interiors and paid homage to the building’s Art Deco architecture. Amenities include a workspace area and library as well as a media room with large screen TVs. There is also a pet spa, 3,000-square-foot fitness center and outdoor rooftop deck. Farmington Hills-based Beztak will serve as property manager. Monthly rents start at $1,535. The Fisher Brothers built carriage bodies for emerging automobile manufacturers in the early 1900s. General Motors purchased their company in 1926. The brothers resigned from GM in 1944 to devote their …

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Colliers Arranges Sale of Two Industrial Buildings in Detroit

by Kristin Harlow

DETROIT — Colliers International has arranged the sale of two industrial buildings in Detroit for an undisclosed price. The first property at 13901 Joy Road spans 456,156 square feet. The second building at 8211 Decatur Road totals 113,332 square feet. Peter E. Kepic and Peter J. Kepic of Colliers represented the buyer, Schostak Brothers & Co. Inc., as well as the seller, Joy Road Holdings LLC. Schostak has retained the duo to market the buildings for lease. Schostak says the purchase fits its strategy of buying and renovating well-located industrial properties.

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Bernard Financial Group Arranges $10M Loan for Refinancing of Michigan Multifamily Property

by Kristin Harlow

BROWNSTOWN, MICH. — Bernard Financial Group has arranged a $10 million loan for the refinancing of a 394-unit multifamily property in Brownstown Charter Township, about 20 miles southwest of Detroit. Dennis Bernard and Joshua Bernard of Bernard Financial arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Hamptons of Brownstown LP. Securian Life Insurance Co. provided the loan, terms of which were undisclosed.

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Veteran Services USA, Lockwood Buy Hotel Portfolio for $225M, Plan Mixed-Use Redevelopments

by Julia Sanders

MIAMI AND SOUTHFIELD, MICH. — Veteran Services USA and Southfield, Mich.-based Lockwood Asset Management have bought a 10-property hotel portfolio totaling more than 1.6 million square feet, for $225 million. The seller(s) was not disclosed. Veteran Services USA plans to redesign and convert existing buildings into mixed-use properties with Radisson Hotel accommodations. The properties will include separate studio and one-bedroom residential apartments for veterans age 55 and over who live on a fixed income. SarahCare, a Canton, Ohio- based brand that provides senior daytime care and activities, will lease space at several locations within the portfolio. In addition to the residential space and SarahCare facilities, the building’s large-scale, existing kitchen facilities will be available for lease for a ghost kitchen. The 10 properties include the following: • Crowne Plaza located at 6121 N. Interstate Highway 35 in Austin, Texas; • Crowne Plaza located at 33 E. Fifth St. in Dayton, Ohio; • Crowne Plaza located at 9090 Southwest Freeway in Houston, Texas; • Marriott located at 200 E. Amite St. in Jackson, Miss.; • Radisson located at 1775 Parkway Place in Marietta, Ga.; • Crowne Plaza located at 2625 Thousand Oaks St. in Memphis, Tenn.; • Clarion Inn located at …

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