HOLLAND, MICH. AND BRYAN, OHIO — Industrial Commercial Properties LLC (ICP) has acquired two industrial properties totaling 470,000 square feet in Holland, Mich. and Bryan, Ohio. ICP purchased the buildings from Adient, an automotive seat manufacturer. Both properties are fully leased to Yanfeng Automotive Interiors, a global supplier of interior equipment for the automotive industry headquartered in Shanghai, China. The Holland facility is 148,000 square feet while the Bryan facility is 320,500 square feet.
CINCINNATI — NorthMarq has arranged a $5 million loan for the refinancing of Lytle Tower, a 115-unit multifamily property in Cincinnati. The 12-story building, located at 405 Broadway St., features studios, one-bedroom units and one-bedroom penthouses. Amenities include a resident lounge, fitness center, on-site restaurant and in-unit laundry. Noah Juran of NorthMarq arranged the 20-year loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule. A life insurance company provided the loan.
MONROE, OHIO — The Kroger Co. and Ocado, a dedicated online grocery retailer, have broken ground on their first customer fulfillment center. Cincinnati-based Kroger is investing $55 million to build the property, which will be situated in the southwest Ohio city of Monroe. The automated warehouse facility will have digital and robotic capabilities and will span 335,000 square feet. The model will be replicated in other locations, as Kroger plans to build 20 such facilities. To date, two additional sites have been selected in the central Florida and Mid-Atlantic regions. The Ohio facility is expected to generate more than 400 new jobs. Ryan Cos. US Inc. is designing and building the property. In May 2018, Kroger and UK-based Ocado announced their partnership in order to provide online ordering, automated fulfillment and home delivery capabilities.
FRANKLIN, OHIO — Modula, an Italian company that manufactures automated storage systems, has purchased the former Dayton Daily News building in Franklin along I-75. An affiliate of Capital Environmental Risk Transfer Alliance sold the property for nearly $13.2 million, according to the Cincinnati Business Courier. Cox Media Group Ohio previously owned and occupied the 252,000-square-foot building. The company used the facility for the printing of all of its local newspapers. Cox Media Group Ohio announced in July 2017 that company newspapers would be printed at an Indianapolis production facility under an agreement with Gannett Publishing Services. Modula received a Job Creation Tax Credit from the state of Ohio totaling 1.52 percent for seven years. Modula plans to create 100 new jobs at the facility. In partnership with the European American Chamber of Commerce, the project represents ongoing efforts by REDI Cincinnati to attract foreign investment to the greater Cincinnati region. Modula’s investment in southwest Ohio will be its second location in the United States. Chuck Ackerman, Bill Keefer and Todd Cochran of Colliers International brokered the transaction.
CINCINNATI — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of Western Hills Marketplace in Cincinnati for $15.2 million. The 127,645-square-foot shopping center is anchored by Dick’s Sporting Goods, Best Buy and Aldi, which recently signed a 10-year lease. Six of the property’s eight tenants have been in place since 2002 or longer. Erin Patton, Scott Wiles and Craig Fuller of IPA represented the seller, an Ohio-based developer. The team also procured the buyer, a New York-based private real estate company.
DAYTON, OHIO — Reichle Klein Group has arranged the sale of an 86,640-square-foot industrial building in Dayton for $1 million. The property is located at 535 E. Third St. Ryan Miller of Reichle Klein represented the buyer, Northbrook, Ill.-based Platform III-Third LLC. The seller, 535 Dayton LLC, was not actively marketing the building and was self-represented in the transaction.
GAHANNA, OHIO — Montecito Medical Real Estate has acquired a 38,000-square-foot medical office building and surgery center in Gahanna, a suburb of Columbus, for an undisclosed price. The two-story facility was constructed on a build-to-suit basis for Central Ohio Urology in 2013. The ambulatory surgery center is 27 percent of the rentable area and consists of four procedure rooms and two operating rooms. The remainder of the building consists of clinical areas, imaging, lab and administrative space.
WARREN, OHIO — Industrial Commercial Properties LLC (ICP) has acquired a 1.4 million-square-foot former Kmart distribution center in Warren in northeastern Ohio. The purchase price was not disclosed. The property is located at 541 Perkins Jones Road. ICP is working with three tenants to take occupancy of a portion of the building, according to Chris Salata, COO. This is ICP’s fifth acquisition of a Sears or Kmart facility. The company most recently acquired a former Sears distribution center in Groveport, Ohio.
CINCINNATI — Viking Partners Fund IV LLC, in conjunction with a fund managed by DRA Advisors LLC, has acquired Towers of Kenwood in Cincinnati. Ajoint venture of Hines and a subsidiary of a real estate fund managed by Oaktree Capital Management LP sold the office property for$80.6 million, according to the Cincinnati Business Courier. Towers of Kenwood is a 404,425-square-foot, seven-story office building located at the intersection of I-71 and Montgomery Road. The property was 97 percent leased at the time of acquisition. Tenants include iHeart Media, Sibcy Cline, UBS Financial Services and JPMorgan Chase Bank. Viking and DRA plan to make some capital improvements to the asset, including upgrades to the restrooms, corridors and lobbies.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Casto is underway on construction of the first retail phase of Hamilton Quarter in Columbus. This phase includes a 250,000-square-foot shopping center anchored by Target and Hobby Lobby. Both the 125,000-square-foot Target and the 55,000-square-foot Hobby Lobby are slated to open in October. Other planned tenants include Five Below, Aqua Tots Swim School, Beerhead Bar & Eatery, The Nail Boutique, Clean Juice, Sprint and Great Clips. The 40-acre retail site is immediately adjacent to The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s planned medical campus. Hamilton Quarter is a 200-acre mixed-use development slated to include 600,000 square feet of office and hotel space and 1 million square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment space.