CINCINNATI — Grandin Properties has renovated The Strietmann Center in Cincinnati’s Over the Rhine district. Located at 231 W. 12th St., the building includes 77,434 square feet of Class A office space and 13,848 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Originally built in 1899, the property is now LEED Gold certified and includes the first solar panels installed in Cincinnati’s urban core. Tenants can now enjoy a rooftop terrace, bike storage, showers and access to a newly renovated YMCA adjacent to the property. Michelle Klingenbert of JLL is leading leasing efforts for the office portion.
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TOLEDO, OHIO — Reichle Klein Group has brokered the sale of a 20,824-square-foot office building in Toledo for $1.7 million. The property is located at 4352 W. Sylvania Ave. near Franklin Park Mall. The renovated, freestanding building sits on 1.5 acres. Ryan Miller of Reichle Klein represented the buyer, Ohio-based SBB Rouge LLC. Jason Westendorf of Reichle Klein represented the seller, Michigan-based 4352 WSA LLC.
SOLON, OHIO — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has arranged the $10.1 million sale of Uptown Solon Shopping Center in Solon, about 20 miles southeast of Cleveland. The 182,334-square-foot property is home to Bed Bath & Beyond, Old Navy, Ulta, Petco, Lumber Liquidators and Orange Theory Fitness. Ben Snyder and Zack Bates of Matthews brokered the sale. The seller was a subsidiary of Retail Value Inc. The buyer, United Growth, is a development and investment company that targets value-add properties.
BEAVERCREEK, OHIO — Washington Prime Group Inc. (NYSE: WPG) and Synergy & Mills Development have unveiled plans to redevelop a former department store building at The Mall at Fairfield Commons in Beavercreek into office space. The store spans two stories and 150,000 square feet in suburban Dayton. The project will be called The Meridian at Fairfield Commons. Synergy plans to begin construction to redevelop the existing building into office, laboratory and research and development space starting in late 2021. The project is an example of WPG’s efforts to diversify its tenancy and transform its assets into town centers with a mix of retail, dining, entertainment and mixed-use space.
CINCINNATI — Stan Johnson Co. has arranged the sale of a 70,876-square-foot, Class A office building in Cincinnati for an undisclosed price. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. occupies the building, which is located at 1876 Waycross Road within the Carillon Business Park. The building was originally completed in 2015, and tenant improvements were added earlier this year when Liberty Mutual relocated to the building from nearby Fairfield. Brad Pepin of Stan Johnson represented the seller, Nebraska-based Ameritas. NRED, a Kansas-based operating and investment firm, was the buyer.
CINCINNATI — Lument has provided a $17.4 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Ivy Hills Apartments in Cincinnati. Originally built in 1996, the multifamily property includes 164 units across 31 buildings. The occupancy rate was 92.3 percent as of March 2021. Steven Cox of Lument originated the 12-year loan, which features a fixed interest rate, five years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. The undisclosed borrower acquired the asset in early 2020 and has since invested approximately $1.8 million to renovate 60 units. The borrower plans to spend an additional $1.7 million throughout 2021 to renovate 50 more units.
Holiday Retirement Sells Operations Business to Atria, 86 Communities to Welltower for $1.6B in Megadeal
by John Nelson
LOUISVILLE, KY., WINTER PARK, FLA., AND TOLDEO, OHIO — In a massive blockbuster deal for seniors housing, the seventh-largest operator of seniors housing in the United States (Atria Senior Living) will acquire the third-largest (Holiday Retirement), with the largest owner in the country (Welltower) buying up a large portfolio of the affected assets. Atria, a privately held seniors housing operator based in Louisville, has agreed to buy the operations business of Winter Park-based Holiday Retirement. Meanwhile, Toledo-based REIT Welltower (NYSE: WELL) will buy the 86 properties that Holiday owns and self-manages for slightly less than $1.6 billion. Holiday currently manages 240 communities in 43 states, largely in the independent living sector. The combined company will employ more than 19,000 staffers to serve over 45,000 residents. The new firm will manage 447 communities across 45 states and seven Canadian provinces. The newly combined entity will be the second-largest seniors housing operator in the country, behind only Brookdale Senior Living. After the transaction, Atria will manage more than 250 “nearly identical” communities and higher end properties such as the recently opened Atria Newport Beach in Southern California, as well as luxury urban properties that Atria is co-developing in a joint venture with …
CINCINNATI — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $65.5 million loan for the acquisition of the Bon Secours Mercy Health headquarters building located at 1701 Mercy Place in Cincinnati’s Bond Hill neighborhood. The Class A office building spans 368,500 square feet. Completed in 2016, the property is fully leased to Mercy Health with 14 years remaining on the lease term. The facility serves as the administrative and executive headquarters for Mercy Health, which is Ohio’s largest healthcare delivery system and fourth-largest employer. Amenities at the building include a fitness center, outdoor dining area, food market, walking trail, ergonomic workstations and treadmill desks. The five-story property also features parking for more than 1,400 vehicles. Keith Largay and Lucas Borges of JLL represented the borrowers, 90 North Real Estate Partners and Kuwait-based Rasameel Investment Co. PNC Bank provided the five-year loan, which features a fixed interest rate below 2.5 percent.
BOWLING GREEN, OHIO — Binkelman Corp. has leased a 59,960-square-foot industrial facility in Bowling Green. The property sits on nearly 20 acres at 828 Van Camp Road. Ron Jurgenson of Reichle Klein Group represented both the tenant and the owner, P&J Thayer Family LP. Brinkelman, which is an industrial equipment supplier currently based in Toledo, will utilize the building for its new headquarters.
By Harlan Reichle, Reichle Klein Group As the Toledo, Ohio, area’s retail market proved to be stable and solid in the second half of 2020 and the industrial market continued a remarkable stretch of high performance since the Great Recession, 2020 was a tough year for the office market. However, all three property types have yet to register any negative COVID impact in our latest survey results. Retail Toledo’s retail market proved to be quite stable and solid during the second half of 2020. Given the fraught last year along with the headlines and travails of retail stores, gyms and restaurants, the general public might find this result surprising, but it was clear to our retail leasing brokers since mid-summer 2020 that transaction activity was snapping back fairly quickly after the initial shock of the spring 2020 lockdowns. Our year-end 2020 market survey found overall market vacancy down from both the end of 2019 and mid-year 2020. The decline in anchor vacancy more than offset a small increase among inline spaces as the market absorbed 39,183 square feet of space in the last six months of the year. It is a nearly exact repeat of the market’s performance in the …