CLEVELAND — KeyBank Real Estate Capital (KBREC) has provided a $50 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of The Lumen in downtown Cleveland. The luxury apartment building rises 34 stories with 318 units. Built in 2020, the property is the largest multifamily project completed in downtown Cleveland in 40 years, according to KBREC. Rob Garrison and Anthony Tavrell of KBREC structured the fixed-rate loan, which features five years of interest-only payments. The borrower, Playhouse Square, will use the loan to refinance the existing debt.
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NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based International Workplace Group (IWG) has added 34 new flexible workspaces in the Midwest region in the last six months. Including these new locations, IWG has added roughly 150 locations nationwide across the U.S. since October 2022. IWG intends to add 1,000 new locations globally. IWG’s new locations stretch across brands such as Spaces, Regus and HQ, and are situated in both urban and suburban areas across markets such as Chicago; Columbus, Ohio; Jeffersonville, Ind.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Lakeville, Minn.; and De Pere, Wis. The Midwest offices total more than 280,000 square feet. About 76 percent of the new workspaces are located in smaller towns and communities outside of metro areas. IWG is opening the vast majority of its new locations in partnership with commercial real estate owners, developers and franchisee investors.
OHIO AND VIRGINIA — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $7.4 million sale of a four-property retail portfolio occupied by Childtime Daycare in Ohio and Virginia. The net-leased properties are located in Fairborn, Centerville and Blue Ash, Ohio, as well as Midlothian, Va. Dominic Sulo of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller of the Ohio buildings, a Michigan-based limited liability company. Sulo and colleague Eric Luhrsen represented the seller of the Virginia property, a North Carolina-based limited liability company. Sulo and colleague Hank Wolfer secured the undisclosed buyers.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of The Gemma in the Olde Towne East neighborhood of Columbus for an undisclosed price. The newly constructed apartment building features 24 units. The transaction also included the neighboring Carriage House, a newly constructed, two-townhome building. Matt Snyder and Lisa Sickinger of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. The buyer was a partnership between Maitland Property Management and ARZ Realty Capital, both headquartered in Dallas. Maitland Property Management will serve as property manager for both assets. Ari Raskas of ARZ Realty Capital arranged acquisition financing.
N.R. Investments Starts Construction of $300M Rockwell District Mixed-Use Redevelopment in Whitehall, Ohio
by Katie Sloan
WHITEHALL, OHIO — N.R. Investments has started construction of a three-phase, $300 million mixed-use project located at the corner of East Broad Street and North Hamilton Road in the Columbus suburb of Whitehall. The development will be named Rockwell District, according to reports by Columbus Business First. The 50-acre project, which is being developed in partnership with the Central Ohio Community Improvement Corp. and the City of Whitehall, is set to include 1,000 residential units, 250,000 square feet of Class A office space and 75,000 square feet of retail and restaurants upon completion. The residential portion of the property will offer a mix of for-sale and for-rent units, 20 percent of which will be dedicated workforce housing. The redevelopment will be fully integrated with the adjacent Whitehall Community Park, an 80-acre nature park with access to Big Walnut Creek, walking paths and sport fields. N.R. Investments is the master developer for the project. Duany Plater-Zyberk, M + A Architects, Ruscilli Construction Co., EMH&T and additional community partners collaborated with N.R. Investments on the site plan for the development. Phase I is scheduled for completion in 2025. The Ohio Department of Development awarded a $4.2 million grant to the City of …
KENT, OHIO — The Cooper Commercial Investment Group has brokered the $1.9 million sale of a single-tenant, ground-leased property occupied by Taco Bell in Kent. Constructed in 2019, the net-leased building serves as an outparcel to Maplecrest, a shopping center anchored by Meijer and Menard’s. Dan Cooper of Cooper Group represented the seller, a private investment group based in Northeast Ohio. The undisclosed buyer purchased the asset at 99 percent of the list price, which represented a cap rate of 4.52 percent and $897 per square foot.
CINCINNATI — Nicol Investment Co. has sold the Riverfront Portfolio at The Banks, a mixed-use development in downtown Cincinnati, to Crawford Hoying. The sales price was not disclosed, but the Cincinnati Business Courier reports the assets traded for approximately $177 million. The project consists of two multifamily properties totaling 592 units, Current at the Banks and Radius at the Banks, in addition to approximately 100,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The properties are located in the city’s Central Business District, nestled between Great American Ballpark (home of the MLB’s Cincinnati Reds), Paycor Stadium (home of the NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals) and the Ohio River, which separates Ohio from Kentucky. The 300-unit Current at the Banks includes more than 77,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space leased to The Holy Grail, Jefferson Social, Fishbowl and Ruth’s Chris. Radius at the Banks features 292 units as well as 19,000 square feet of ground-floor retail, which includes E+O Kitchen and Taste of Belgium. “Crawford Hoying brings tremendous value to the high-profile project as a manager and operator of various commercial real estate projects throughout Ohio,” says Ron Johnson, chief financial officer at Nicol. “We’d like to thank the CBRE Riverfront Team, led by …
FRANKLIN, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a two-property self-storage portfolio in Franklin, which is located about midway between Dayton and Cincinnati. The sales price was undisclosed. The facilities, which are located within a mile of each other, feature a combined 273 non-climate-controlled units, 61 rentable parking spaces and two rentable office spaces. The portfolio is 78 percent occupied. Gabriel Coe, Brett Hatcher and Nathan Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. The portfolio sold to an out-of-state buyer as part of a multi-state portfolio sale.
WAUSEON, OHIO — Franklin Street has arranged the sale of a 100-unit self-storage facility in Wauseon, about 30 miles west of Toledo. The sales price was undisclosed. Built in phases between 1989 and 1994, the value-add property features 10 parking spaces and newly installed security cameras. The transaction includes 0.3 acres of developable land for potential expansion. David Perlleshi and Frank DeSalvo of Franklin Street represented the seller, HZ Capital Partners LLC. Missouri-based On Track Storage, which currently operates facilities in Missouri and Kansas, was the buyer.
CINCINNATI — Montecito Medical has acquired two orthopedic medical office buildings in Cincinnati for an undisclosed price. The properties, which total more than 130,000 square feet, are fully leased to Beacon Orthopedics. One of the buildings is in Cincinnati while the other is in the suburb of Sharonville. Each property includes an ambulatory surgery center. Steve Timmel, Travis Likes, Jeff Johnston, Will Roberts and Lee Asher of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller. Beacon Orthopedics, which operates more than 20 locations in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, provides a full range of services, including clinical orthopedics, orthopedic surgery, physical therapy and imaging.