NORWOOD, OHIO — CBRE has arranged a 172,000-square-foot, long-term lease for CDK Global, the largest global provider of information technology and digital marketing solutions for the automotive retail industry. CDK Global will operate a national customer service center at Central Parke I & III in Norwood, approximately 10 miles northeast of Cincinnati. CDK Global will bring 1,000 full-time jobs to Norwood. Travis Likes and John Eckert from CBRE’s Cincinnati office, in addition to David Saad from the Chicago office, represented CDK Global in the deal.
COLUMBUS — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the sale of a retail property net leased to Champps Americana Restaurant in Columbus for an undisclosed price. The 10,582-square-foot restaurant is situated on two acres at 3993 Morse Crossing. Pickerington Square LP purchased the property, which is an outparcel to a power center. Kyle Stonis, Pierce Mayson, John Topping Jr. and Brad Gibbs of SRS Real Estate Partners represented the sellers, a group of tenant-in-common co-owners, in the transaction. The buyer was self represented.
CLEVELAND — Detroit-based Bedrock Real Estate Services has acquired The Avenue Shops at Tower City Center, a three-story, 366,000-square-foot retail center located in downtown Cleveland, from Forest City Realty Trust Inc. The sale price was $56.5 million, including contractual parking rights to approximately 3,300 associated parking spaces in attached decks and adjacent surface lots. The Avenue Shops at Tower City Center opened in 1990 after Forest City converted the historic Cleveland Union Terminal into the shopping mall. The center is currently comprised of more than 100 retailers and restaurants as well as an 11-screen movie theater. The Avenue Shops are connected to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Skylight Office Tower and Terminal Tower, and via indoor walkways to Quicken Loans Arena and JACK Cleveland Casino. Bedrock Real Estate Services is the real estate arm of Quicken Loans Inc. founder and chairman Dan Gilbert.
CINCINNATI — Cincinnati-based Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT II Inc. and TPG Real Estate have formed a partnership to acquire value-add, grocery-anchored shopping centers throughout the United States. The partnership will invest up to $250 million of equity and plans to leverage this capital to achieve a $750 million acquisition target. The partnership plans to acquire six grocery-anchored shopping centers and will focus on growing the platform through additional acquisitions located in fundamentally strong markets that present attractive return potential through operational and capital improvements.
CINCINNATI — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Scarlet Oaks, a 183-unit continuing care retirement community in Cincinnati. Continuing care retirement communities are comprised of various operational models that include independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing. An East Coast-based private owner/operator purchased the 75-year-old property from a national owner/operator for $4.5 million, or $25,000 per unit. The names of the parties were not disclosed. Mark Myers, senior vice president of investments, and Joshua Jandris, vice president of investments, along with associates Ryan Fleming, Peyton Stanforth and Charles Hilding, all from Marcus & Millichap’s Chicago office, handled the sale.
ATHENS, OHIO — Construction is currently underway on River Gate, a 232-bed student housing property located near the Ohio University campus in Athens, located in the southeastern part of the state. The complex, developed by Columbus Pacific Properties and Homestead U, will offer fully furnished two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments. Community amenities include a resident life center featuring a bistro with gourmet coffee and a cyber lounge, a resort-style pool, private study rooms, a 24-hour fitness center, gaming room and an underground parking garage.
IRONTON, OHIO — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Sunset Nursing Center, a 60-bed skilled nursing facility in Ironton, in the southeast corner of Ohio near the Kentucky and West Virginia borders. A joint venture between a regional operator and a value-add investor bought the facility from an undisclosed seller. The purchase price equates to $35,000 per bed. Jacob Gehl and Connor Doherty were the lead advisors on the transaction.
COLUMBUS AND REYNOLDSBURG, OHIO — Lancaster Pollard has closed two refinancing loans totaling $5.5 million for multifamily properties in Ohio. Both properties were participating in the federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program and have recently exited their initial 15-year credit period. Homeport Inc. was the borrower for both loans. In the first deal, Lancaster Pollard originated and underwrote a $3.5 million fixed-rate FHA loan for Pheasant Run Apartments, a 136-unit property located in Reynoldsburg. The FHA loan, which features a 35-year term, paid off existing debt and provided $1 million for repairs and renovations. In the second transaction, Lancaster Pollard originated and underwrote a $2 million fixed-rate Fannie Mae loan for Emerald Glen Apartments, a 130-unit complex in Columbus. The nine-year term financing paid off current debt and provided $350,000 for repairs and renovations. Both loans were paired with additional financing from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency.
BUCYRUS, OHIO — Regency Properties has acquired East Pointe Plaza, a 70,882-square-foot shopping center located in Bucyrus, approximately 65 miles north of Columbus, for an undisclosed price. The property is Regency’s first acquisition in Ohio. The center is currently 96 percent leased to tenants including Peebles, Dollar Tree and Hibbett Sports. The acquisition also includes two out-lots with road frontage available for future development.
CINCINNATI — TriHealth and Duke Realty have expanded Bethesda Butler Hospital to include 32 new inpatient rooms, six new intensive care rooms and a full kitchen and dining room. In addition to the 53,512-sqaure-foot expansion, the project also involved remodeling 7,569 square feet of the existing hospital space and adding 883 parking spaces. The building was also fortified for a possible third-floor expansion. Bethesda Butler Hospital now totals 90,788 square feet. Duke Realty owns the hospital, which is 100 percent leased to Bethesda Hospital. The facility is part of a larger campus that includes a cancer institute, infusion services, heart institute, digestive institute, sleep center and physical therapy institute. Duke Realty provided contracting services, and PFB Architects Inc. provided architectural services.