GROVE CITY, OHIO — RED Mortgage Capital LLC has provided a $2.3 million, FHA insured 221(d)(4) mortgage loan for the rehabilitation of Harrisburg Station Apartments in Grove City. RED Mortgage Capital provided the loan for Colonial American Development Corp. as part of a complex financing package. The package included 9 percent Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs) along with Flex and Housing Development Assistance Program (HDAP) loans provided by the Ohio Housing Financing Agency (OHFA). Harrisburg Station is a 60-unit, fully occupied Section-8 apartment complex that was originally built in 1972. More than $44,000 per unit will be spent on repairs and improvements. These improvements will include replacement of windows, doors, flooring, kitchen cabinets, countertops, vanities and appliances, as well as the installation of new Energy Star split-system heat pumps.
AKRON, OHIO — Homewood Suites by Hilton has opened its newest property, Homewood Suites by Hilton Akron Fairlawn. The four-story hotel is the 15th Homewood Suites property in Ohio and the first in the Akron area. TMI Hospitality owns the hotel, which is located at 210 Springside Drive just off I-77 near downtown Akron. Nearby attractions include the Akron Zoo, Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens and the Akron Art Museum.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Pillar has originated an $11.7 million Fannie Mae DUS loan for the acquisition of Citation Club Apartments, a 240-unit multifamily property located at 600 Trinity March in Columbus. The property features two- and three-story garden-style buildings built in 2004. The 15-year, fixed-rate loan includes a 30-year amortization schedule. Adam Klingher, managing director, and Brooke Jackson, associate, of Pillar’s Chicago origination team arranged the loan. Citation Club Apartments is part of a portfolio of three multifamily properties located in Columbus. The property is the only one in the portfolio that required new financing. The sponsor is Brookview Realty Group, an owner/operator of multifamily properties across the country. The key principals at Brookview responsible for the Citation Club Apartments transaction are Barry Pessin and David Ostreicher. Brookview and its affiliates currently own and manage more than 1,300 rental units across the country.
CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO — Goodman Real Estate Services Group LLC has brokered the $10.5 million sale of the Shoppes at Chapel Hill, an 84,758-square-foot shopping center in Cuyahoga Falls. The property, built in 1992, is 98.5 percent leased to tenants such as Michaels, Staples, Panera Bread, Jimmy John’s, Aaron’s and Brick House Tavern + Tap. Target shadow-anchors the shopping center. Kyle Hartung of Goodman represented the undisclosed seller of the property and also procured the buyer, a Florida-based real estate investment and development company.
CINCINNATI — Village Green has purchased 309 Vine St. in downtown Cincinnati and plans to redevelop the 300,000-square-foot building into a mixed-use property. The redeveloped building is set to open under a new name in 2016. Plans for the property include the addition of luxury apartments, penthouses, a market, restaurant and offices. The 1920s era, Beaux–Arts commercial building was originally an annex to the PNC Tower. In the 1800s it was the site of The Burnet Hotel, known for hosting President-elect Abraham Lincoln on his inaugural journey to Washington D.C.
MENTOR, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $8.7 million sale of Mentor City Shopping Center. The 140,918-square- foot retail property is located at 7845 Mentor Ave. in Mentor. Babies R Us, T.J. Maxx, Dollar Tree and Aldi anchor the shopping center, which was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. Seth Richard of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office and Laurie Ann Drinkwater of Marcus & Millichap’s Boston office, along with the firm’s retail team of Craig Fuller, Erin Patton and Scott Wiles, represented the New York-based seller. Wiles, Patton and Fuller also represented the undisclosed buyer.
CINCINNATI — Edge Real Estate Group has arranged two retail leases at Oakley Station in Cincinnati. Bar Louie has signed a lease for 6,300 square feet of space and Pet Supplies Plus has signed a lease for 9,750 square feet of space. Bar Louie will be located on Vandercar Way at Factory Colony Way, and Pet Supplies Plus will be located adjacent to Kroger Marketplace. Michael Halonen and Melissa Ruther of Edge represented the landlord, USS Realty, in both lease transactions. Oakley Station is a 74-acre, mixed-use development. Cincinnati Milacron, a manufacturing complex, formerly occupied the center.
COLUMBUS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $260,000 sale of an 11,750-square-foot office property in Columbus. The property is located at 5918 Sharon Woods Blvd. Justin Fenn and Dan Yozwiak of Marcus & Millichap’s Columbus office represented the seller, a partnership. The team also represented the buyer, a private investor who plans to convert the multi-tenant office building into a single-tenant church location.
COLUMBUS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Whispering Pines, a 376-unit apartment community in Columbus. Whispering Pines is located at E. Dublin-Granville Road between I-71 and I-270. The community features townhomes and one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities at the property include a clubhouse, community room, fitness center, laundry facility, swimming pool, tennis courts and picnic area. Michael Barron, Daniel Burkons and Joshua Wintermute of Marcus & Millichap’s Cleveland office, along with Richard Lattro and Jordan Marshall of the firm’s Columbus office, represented the seller, a Philadelphia-based limited liability company. Barron, Burkons and Wintermute also secured the buyer, an out-of-state private investment group.
GAHANNA, OHIO — Mark F. Taggart Co. and Fed One Dublin will develop an art office warehouse space at the Eastgate Industrial Park in Gahanna, a suburb northeast of Columbus. The 80,000-square-foot facility, located at 1801-1831 Deffenbaugh Court will feature insulated concrete tilt up panels, a 26-foot clear height, ESFR fire suppression, trailer parking and two story glass entrance features. The project broke ground on Oct. 1 and is scheduled for completion in January 2015. Mark F. Taggart Co. purchased the nearly seven-acre lot for an undisclosed sales price. Project financing was made possible through a construction/permanent loan.