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Driven by Multifamily Construction Boom, Cleveland Is No Longer a Secondary Market

by Kristin Harlow August 10, 2023

By Jamie Dunford, CBRE Outside of office product, Cleveland and Northeast Ohio haven’t historically been of interest for most out-of-town multifamily developers and investors. They viewed the region as a tertiary or secondary market with a declining population and a lackluster economy. Until recently, urban living in the central business district (CBD) and surrounding neighborhoods was rare — Cleveland was a commuter city with a strong office market from the 90s until the Great Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2008. At one point in time, Northeast Ohio boasted one of the highest concentrations of Fortune 500 companies with headquarters or other office space in the region, and the CBD had the largest job hub in the state of Ohio. Most office buildings in the CBD were owned by institutional capital or national developers. However, the GFC vastly altered this landscape as unemployment rose, companies left or downsized, and many office assets went back to the lender. This left an oversupply of office product in the market, and the older buildings suffered the most. However, this created a market opportunity that Cleveland developers seized, and the city eventually became a national leader in converting historic office assets to multifamily while taking advantage …

August 10, 2023

Development Midwest Multifamily Ohio

City Club Apartments Tops Off Construction of Union Central Redevelopment Project in Downtown Cincinnati

by Kristin Harlow August 7, 2023

CINCINNATI — City Club Apartments (CCA) has topped off construction of its Union Central development in downtown Cincinnati. The project will combine both the Union Central building and the Annex building, currently CCA CBD Cincinnati, to become City Club Apartments Union Central, an apartment and penthouse community. There will be a total of more than 575 units. First move-ins are slated for November. Residents will have access to amenities located across the two buildings and connected by a sky bridge. Union Central will have a 19th-floor sky park with a pool overlooking the Ohio River, outdoor kitchen, sky club, lobby lounge library and penthouse clubroom. The Annex will have an indoor-outdoor pool, sky park, sky club and lobby lounge library that is directly connected to the Shires Café. Union Central will also have a restaurant, salon, health club, dry cleaner and pet store. The Annex will feature a rooftop restaurant named the Views at Shires Garden, along with a daycare, market and pet spa. CCA coworking amenities include conference rooms, two business centers, communal tables and high-speed WiFi throughout the common areas.

August 7, 2023

Acquisitions Midwest Ohio Retail

Friedman Brokers Sale of Prestige Plaza Retail Center in Miamisburg, Ohio

by Kristin Harlow August 7, 2023

MIAMISBURG, OHIO — Friedman Real Estate has brokered the sale of Prestige Plaza in Miamisburg, a southern suburb of Dayton. The sales price was undisclosed. The retail center, which totals 22,661 square feet, is home to tenants such as Leslie’s Pool Supplies. Rich Deptula of Friedman represented the undisclosed buyer and seller. Ten-X was the auction partner.

August 7, 2023

Acquisitions Midwest Multifamily Ohio Seniors Housing

Ziegler Negotiates Sale of 246-Unit Senior Living Community in Garfield Heights, Ohio

by Kristin Harlow August 1, 2023

GARFIELD HEIGHTS, OHIO — Ziegler has negotiated the sale of The Village at Marymount, a 246-unit senior living and skilled nursing retirement community in Garfield Heights, a suburb of Cleveland. The sales price was undisclosed. Built in 1952, the property is a faith-based, nonprofit continuing care retirement community established by the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis. Ziegler represented the undisclosed seller. The buyer, a privately held owner and operator based in Lakewood, N.J., assumed approximately $16 million of HUD debt as part of the transaction.

August 1, 2023

Acquisitions Midwest Multifamily Ohio

Reynolds Asset Management Acquires 125-Unit Multifamily Property in Suburban Cleveland

by Kristin Harlow July 25, 2023

BROOK PARK, OHIO — Reynolds Asset Management has acquired Park Place Apartments in Brook Park, a southwest suburb of Cleveland. The purchase price and seller were undisclosed. Northwest Bank provided acquisition financing. Renovations at the property are slated to begin in the next 90 days and are expected to be completed by next summer. Park Place Apartments was originally built in 1955 and more than half of its units were renovated in 2016.

July 25, 2023

Development Industrial Midwest Ohio

Maddox Industrial Transformer Opens 45,000 SF Production Facility in Batavia, Ohio

by Kristin Harlow July 21, 2023

BATAVIA, OHIO — Maddox Industrial Transformer, a provider of electrical transformers, has opened a 45,000-square-foot production facility in Batavia, an eastern suburb of Cincinnati. Located in an old Ford transmission plant at 4330 Batavia Road, the development features a 40,000-square-foot shop and 5,000 square feet of office space as well as a four-acre storage yard. Once fully staffed, the facility will create 65 new jobs in the area. Maddox now maintains four major production facilities in addition to sales and support offices across the country.

July 21, 2023

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KeyBank Structures $9.9M in LIHTC Equity for Affordable Seniors Housing Project in Cleveland Heights

by Kristin Harlow July 20, 2023

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment has structured $9.9 million in Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity to finance the conversion of the Margaret Wagner Senior Apartments in Cleveland Heights into 80 low-income seniors housing units. The project will create 20 new units through the adaptive reuse of the first floor of Margaret Wagner House and preserve 60 units on the upper floors. Built in 1960 as a nursing home by the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging, the facility features a HUD 202 Project Rental Assistance Contract subsidy for all of its units. In addition to creating 20 new units, the project will also renovate existing units with updated kitchens and bathrooms, improved accessibility, central air conditioning, elevator modernization, new roofing and site improvements. The project’s total cost is $18.7 million. Additional funding comes from a HUD 202 Capital Advance, Cuyahoga County HOME and Affordable Housing Gap funding, Affordable Housing Program Grant funding through the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston and seller financing. CHN Housing Partners and Benjamin Rose, both of which are Cleveland-based organizations, are co-developing the project. Derek Reed of KeyBank structured the LIHTC tax credit equity investment and Tara Miller served …

July 20, 2023

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Cincinnati Office-to-Multifamily Conversions Are on the Rise

by Kristin Harlow July 13, 2023

By Anthony Armbruster, Colliers Although converting former office buildings to multifamily properties is by no means a new practice, conversions have been on the rise in recent years due to the changing work environment and office landscape. While the COVID-19 pandemic has started to fade away in many peoples’ minds, several of the changes in the work environment during that time have not. Many formerly in-office employees continue to work from home or have hybrid schedules post-pandemic. Additionally, tenants who are moving into new office spaces have shown a preference for smaller, more efficiently laid out, amenity-rich and suburban Class A office spaces. These changing consumer preferences have resulted in higher vacancies and fewer new tenants for older downtown office buildings than before the pandemic. Consequently, many of these older buildings are being converted into residential spaces, exemplifying the trend. An office building may be considered for a residential conversion when it is no longer economically feasible to continue running the building as such. However, not every office building at the end of its economically useful life is a suitable candidate for a residential conversion. Factors such as a building’s layout, location, age and cost of conversion play the most …

July 13, 2023

Acquisitions Industrial Michigan Midwest Ohio

Marcus & Millichap Brokers $10M Sale-Leaseback of Industrial Portfolio in Ohio, Michigan

by Kristin Harlow June 29, 2023

OHIO AND MICHIGAN — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $10 million sale-leaseback of a three-property industrial portfolio in Ohio and Michigan. The tenant is WW Williams, a truck and diesel engine maintenance and repair company. The properties are located in Cleveland and Brunswick, Ohio, as well as Dearborn, Mich. Alex Frankel, Chris Lind and Mark Ruble of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, a limited liability company.

June 29, 2023

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Red Oak Capital Provides $5.5M Bridge Loan for Acquisition, Conversion of Former Kmart Store in Ohio

by Kristin Harlow June 29, 2023

ENGLEWOOD, OHIO — Red Oak Capital Holdings LLC has provided a $5.5 million bridge loan for the acquisition and conversion of a former Kmart store in Englewood, a northwest suburb of Dayton. The borrower, United Storage 360 LLC, plans to convert the property into an Extra Space Storage-branded facility. The site includes an 85,000-square-foot building that was constructed in 1975. Redevelopment plans call for a 60,000-square-foot self-storage facility with 546 units. The borrower plans to exit Red Oak’s bridge loan with permanent financing or a sale following completion of renovations, which are scheduled for later this year.

June 29, 2023

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