BEACHWOOD, OHIO — ADR Signature has acquired the 216-room Embassy Suites by Hilton Cleveland Beachwood hotel for $10.2 million. The property is located at 3775 Park East Drive in Beachwood, a southeast suburb of Cleveland. Amenities include an indoor pool, business center, fitness center, meeting rooms, complimentary breakfast and an onsite restaurant. Starwood Capital Group was the seller.
NORTH JACKSON, OHIO — Newmark has negotiated a 211,443-square-foot industrial lease at 500 S. Bailey Road in North Jackson, about 60 miles southeast of Cleveland. A large solar manufacturing company signed a long-term lease to occupy the entire building. Terry Coyne of Newmark represented ownership, STAG Industrial Inc., which is renovating the building. The property features 201,476 square feet of manufacturing/warehouse space, 9,967 square feet of office space, a clear height of 35 feet, 19 loading docks, one drive-in door and a 245-car parking lot.
WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, OHIO — Industrial Commercial Properties (ICP) has acquired the research and development (R&D) campus of The Sherwin-Williams Co. in Warrensville Heights, an eastern suburb of Cleveland. The purchase price was undisclosed. The 105-acre property includes several buildings. Sherwin-Williams has entered into a short-term sale-leaseback agreement with ICP, which plans to repurpose some of the smaller commercial structures on the site while it finalizes redevelopment plans for the R&D building and adjacent acreage. The property will soon be vacated by Sherwin-Williams, which is building a new R&D center in Brecksville and a new headquarters in downtown Cleveland.
CLEVELAND — In a sale-leaseback transaction, MAG Capital Partners has acquired a 117,704-square-foot industrial facility in Cleveland. The purchase price was undisclosed. A global IT solutions and endpoint management company was the seller. Located at 4371 Pearl Road, the property was fully redeveloped in 2018. There are 38 drive-in doors and ceiling heights ranging from 14 to 21 feet. Blair Wood and Kevin Joseph of WWM Real Estate represented the seller.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Contegra Construction Co. is building a 179,000-square-foot freezer-cooler facility in Columbus. Crawford Hoying and BGO Cold Storage are developing the project and are seeking LEED certification for the development, completion of which is slated for the second quarter of 2024. Plans call for a 141,824-square-foot freezer zone with a clear height of 50 feet and a 32,346-square-foot cold dock storage with a clear height of 30 feet. The remaining square footage will include mechanical and finished office space. The project site encompasses 14 acres at 2865 Charter St.
LIBERTY, MO., AND STRONGSVILLE, OHIO — Trident Capital Group has acquired two Class A warehouses in Missouri and Ohio for an undisclosed price. In Liberty, Mo., Trident acquired Heartland Meadows Commerce Center, which totals 181,321 square feet. The asset was fully occupied by two tenants at the time of sale and marks Trident’s first investment in the Kansas City market. Separately, Trident expanded its presence in Ohio with the acquisition of a 185,210-square-foot building located within the Mills Business Park in Strongsville, a suburb of Cleveland. The facility was fully leased to three tenants at the time of sale. Trident worked with CBRE on the acquisitions. Sellers were not provided.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — A joint venture between Clear Height Properties and MLG Capital has completed the lease-up of a 290,573-square-foot industrial building in Columbus. A single tenant, a mechanical contracting services provider for large-scale construction projects, leased the building at 1675 Watkins Road that is part of the larger Watkins Road Industrial Park. Nick Tomasone, Joe Davis and Josh Weithman of JLL represented ownership, while Mike Semon of NAI Ohio Equities LLC represented the tenant.
OHIO, INDIANA AND TENNESSEE — Lument has provided four loans totaling $11.5 million on behalf of United Church Homes, a nonprofit that has developed more than 2,700 residential units and specializes in affordable and mixed-income apartment communities. Paul Weissman and Andy Nicoll of Lument originated the FHA Section 223(f) loans. The four loans include $1.8 million for Pickfair Square, a 33-unit property in Pickerington, Ohio; $4.8 million for Salem Manor, an 84-unit property in Fort Wayne, Ind.; $2.3 million for Fox Hollow, a 40-unit community in Covington, Tennessee; and $2.5 million for Canal Village, a 45-unit asset in Canal Winchester, Ohio. Loan proceeds enable the borrower to make significant repairs to the units.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Victoria’s Secret has opened its newly renovated store at Easton Town Center, a shopping destination in Columbus. The “store of the future” concept aims to create a more welcoming space for all shoppers with mannequins representing a range of sizes, inclusive product offerings and an easy-to-navigate layout. The store also features more efficient lighting and HVAC systems along with low-flow toilets. New fitting room technology, Crave, links each product with the store’s computer system through radio frequency identification tags. The technology enables customers to communicate with store associates from their fitting rooms.
HILLIARD, OHIO — Comunale Properties has acquired a 19,671-square-foot industrial building located on Parkway Lane in Hilliard, a northwest suburb of Columbus. The purchase price was undisclosed. The seller will lease back a portion of the property’s warehouse space on a short-term basis while relocating its operations. Immediately upon acquisition, Comunale leased the remainder of the building to a national mechanical, fire protection and HVAC services company that will eventually occupy the entire premises. Situated on three acres, the building features a clear height of 24 feet. Ray Boll and Jeff Boll of RJ Boll Realty represented the undisclosed seller.
