EDINA, MINN. — Noble Investment Group and Simon Property Group have opened a Homewood Suites by Hilton hotel in Edina. The 146-room hotel is located within the Southdale Center mixed-use project. The property features a business center, fitness center, pool, lobby bar and outdoor courtyard. Southdale Center is also home to a luxury apartment development. Shake Shack is slated to open this fall followed by home furnishing retailer RH next year.
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NORTHBROOK, ILL. — TGM has acquired TGM NorthShore, a 347-unit, mid-rise apartment community in suburban Chicago. The purchase price was not disclosed. Constructed in 2016, the property features a mix of one- and two-bedroom units. Luxury amenities include a doorman and concierge service, golf simulator, landscaped courtyards, community room, catering kitchen, dog park and media center. John Jaeger and Dan Cohen of CBRE brokered the sale. The seller was not disclosed.
BOURBONNAIS, ILL. — The Boulder Group has negotiated the $12.3 million sale of a single-tenant property net leased to Jewel-Osco in Bourbonnais, about 50 miles south of Chicago. The 62,000-square-foot property is located at 655 Main St. Renovated in 2016, the property features a drive-thru pharmacy. The lease, guaranteed by parent company Albertsons, has 20 years remaining. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of Boulder represented both parties in the sale. A private real estate company based in the Southwest was the seller, while an Australia-based investor was the buyer.
ST. LOUIS — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors LLC has brokered the sale of a three-property dollar store portfolio in metro St. Louis for $3.2 million. The portfolio includes a Dollar General store at 7900 Olive St. in University City; a Dollar General store at 10 Fee Fee Road in Maryland Heights; and a Family Dollar store at 9474 Lackland Road in Overland. Zach Wright of Pinnacle’s Edwards | Ethington Team represented the buyer, a Colorado-based investor completing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange. A local real estate company was the seller.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Hunt Midwest has begun construction of the third building at Hunt Midwest Business Center in Kansas City. Slated to open in March 2019, HMBC Logistics III will span 217,783 square feet with a clear height of 32 feet. The developer has also secured the necessary permits for HMBC Logistics IV, which will span 425,000 square feet with a clear height of 36 feet. The first two buildings at the park are now fully leased to Vanguard Packaging, Great Plains Packaging, Online Labels, Wurth DMB and Voss Lighting.
SCHAUMBURG, ILL. — Triumph Higher Education Group has signed a 21,000-square-foot lease to move its headquarters to 150 N. Martingale Road in Schaumburg. The education provider, which owns Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts, plans to move from Hoffman Estates in October. Triumph will backfill some of the office space formerly occupied by The Nielsen Company, which moved its operations to downtown Chicago last year. Andy Strand, Mark Kolar and Adam Pines of JLL negotiated the lease transaction on behalf of Triumph.
CHICAGO — Dayton Street Partners has acquired a 42,000-square-foot industrial property in Chicago for $2.8 million. The vacant building is situated on 1.7 acres at 2501 West Fulton St. Constructed in the 1960s, the property features a clear height of 16 feet, two loading docks, one drive-in door, parking for 50 cars and 8,000 square feet of office space. Dayton Street plans to renovate the property with new LED lighting and parking lot improvements. Scott Duerkop and Dominic Carbonari of JLL represented the seller, Keystone.
ST. LOUIS — Knoebel Construction has completed construction of the new $2 million HopCat restaurant and craft beer bar in St. Louis’ Delmar Loop, which is an entertainment and dining district. The 8,580-square-foot restaurant features seating for 245 guests, a draft bar and outdoor beer garden. The project consisted of renovating the existing building while preserving as much of the original structure as possible, including wood beams and exposed brick. Knoebel rebuilt the entire roof structure, upgraded all utilities and removed windows on the second floor in order to install commercial kitchen equipment. BarFly Ventures was the project developer and Cuhaci & Peterson was the architect. HopCat now has 17 locations across the country.
WAUSAU, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $1.9 million sale of The Plaza hotel in Wausau. The 225-room hotel is located at 201 N. 17th Ave. The five-story property includes 23,000 square feet of banquet and conference space as well as a restaurant and lounge. Allan Miller, Chris Gomes, Ebrahim Valliani and Michael Klar of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. The team also procured the buyer, a partnership. Wausau is located in central Wisconsin.
Campus Apartments Opens Four Student Housing Communities in Tennessee, Michigan, Pennsylvania
by John Nelson
PHILADELPHIA — Campus Apartments, a student housing developer and operator based in Philadelphia, has opened four student housing developments totaling 1,643 beds. Development costs for the projects, which are within walking distance to University of Tennessee, University of Michigan and University of Pennsylvania, totaled over $220 million. “We’re excited to be providing students with high-quality housing in Knoxville, Ann Arbor, and our hometown, Philadelphia,” says Daniel Bernstein, president and chief investment officer of Campus Apartments. “We’ve been thrilled with the initial response to these four new developments, and we look forward to continuing to surpass our residents’ expectations.” The new properties include TENN, a 603-bed, mixed-use community located near the University of Tennessee in Knoxville; The Yard, a 590-bed, mixed-use community located near the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor; Six11, a 350-bed student housing community also located in Ann Arbor; and The Simon at Founders Row located near the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. TENN in Knoxville offers a mix of three-, four- and five-bedroom, fully furnished units. Shared amenities include a two-story clubhouse, fitness center, study lounge, putting green, resort-style swimming pool, fire pits and grill stations. The Yard in Ann Arbor offers studio, one-, two-, three-, four- …