CHICAGO — Capstone Development Partners LLC and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC are developing an on-campus student housing and dining community at the University of Chicago. Capstone On-Campus Management will manage the property in shared governance with the university. Known as Woodlawn Residential Commons, the development will house approximately 1,200 undergraduate students and resident staff. The project will also include a dining commons that will be operated by the university and its dining services provider. Elkus Manfredi Architects is the project architect and Turner Construction Co. is the contractor. The development is slated to open in time for the 2020-2021 school year.
CHICAGO — SVN | Chicago Commercial has brokered the sale of two multifamily buildings in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood for $9.5 million. The properties, which total 110 units, are located at 10206-30 S. Walden Parkway and 10500 S. Walden Parkway. Frank Micklin of SVN brokered the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed parties. The buyer completed a tax-deferred 1031 exchange.
EVANSTON, ILL. — Jameson Commercial has arranged the sale of a 12,050-square-foot medical office building in Evanston for $5.3 million. Access Community Health Network occupies the property. John Scuras of Jameson brokered the transaction. Neither the buyer nor the seller was disclosed.
FARMINGTON HILLS, MICH. — Encore Real Estate Investment Services has arranged the sale of a 5,000-square-foot retail property net leased to Sherwin Williams in Farmington Hills. The sales price was not disclosed. Sherwin Williams has 6.5 years left on its lease. Matt Weber, Deno Bistolarides, Brandon Hanna and Ryan Vinco of Encore represented the seller, a California-based limited liability company. A California-based private investor purchased the asset.
WINFIELD, ILL. — Conor Commercial Real Estate has broken ground on North Avenue Commerce Center, a 265,550-square-foot speculative industrial building in Winfield, about 30 miles west of Chicago. The Class A facility will be situated on 17 acres at the southwest corner of North Avenue and Morton Road. The building can be subdivided into separate spaces of 60,000 square feet. Property features include a clear height of 32 feet, an ESFR sprinkler system, 56 exterior docks, four drive-in doors, 12 trailer parking stalls, and 228 car parking spaces. McShane Construction Co. is the general contractor for the project and Ware Malcomb is the architect. Completion is slated for the fourth quarter of this year.
CHICAGO — SunTrust Banks Inc. has provided a $10.6 million bridge loan for the acquisition and deconversion of Cambridge Commons in Chicago. Built in 1970, the property was renovated in 2000. After the closing on July 23, all of the units became apartment rentals. Manny Brown and John Gordon of SunTrust originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, a private equity firm. Areas such as Chicago are seeing more condo deconversions because it is difficult to find land for new developments to meet the rising demand for multifamily properties, according to Gordon. Under the Condominium Property Act in Illinois, condo unit owners can elect to sell a condo property if 75 percent or more are in agreement.
DELAWARE COUNTY, OHIO — Blue Horseshoe Ventures has unveiled plans to build a $10 million stadium dedicated to e-sports at its Planet Oasis project in Delaware County. The 30,000-square-foot, multi-level arena will be designed to host every form of competitive gaming and will feature a competition stage; 50-foot LED video wall; VIP lounges; a broadcast center and production studio; gamer-inspired menu; e-sports exhibition show matches; and a vintage video game cocktail bar. The new facility will be one element of the $2 billion Planet Oasis project, which Blue Horseshoe first announced in July. At full build-out, Planet Oasis will span 350 acres and will feature attractions such as indoor skydiving, electric go-karts, virtual golf, bowling, laser tag, indoor waterpark, at least 15 hotels, more than 75 restaurants, a health and wellness resort and a conference center. Blue Horseshoe expects to break ground on the project in December, with a planned opening date of December 2019 for the first 45 percent of the development, according to David Glimcher, CEO and principal of Blue Horseshoe.
STICKNEY, ILL. — Wool Finance Partners has arranged a $4.5 million loan for the refinancing of Pershing Terminal in Stickney, about 10 miles southwest of Chicago. The fully leased property includes a 25,000-square-foot cross dock facility and a 13,000-square-foot maintenance facility on a 10-acre site. A West Coast-based life insurance company provided the loan. The undisclosed borrower obtained a lender environmental insurance policy, which insures the lender for any remediation costs in the event of a borrower default. The loan is fully amortized over 25 years and includes a fixed interest rate of 5.1 percent for the first seven years.
DEARBORN, MICH. — NAI Farbman has arranged the sale of a 35,800-square-foot office building in Dearborn for $1.5 million. The property, originally built in 1972 and formerly the United Airlines building, spans two stories on a 4.5-acre site at 17501 Michigan Ave. Ali Haidar of Farbman represented the buyer, 17501 Michigan Ave. Acquisitions LLC. UA Investment Group LLC was the seller. Farbman will handle management and leasing for the property, which will be rebranded as Dearborn Office Centre.
The industrial real estate market in Cleveland has a long and storied history. The region’s market powered much of the overall growth in the early 20th century and, at that time, propelled Cleveland to the nation’s sixth largest city. The market transitioned to automotive production, which reached its peak in the 1960 and 1970s. Nearly half a million people were employed in the automotive sector during these decades, in plants operated by Ford, Chrysler and Chevrolet, or at the thousands of third-party companies that supplied everything from wire harnesses to pumps and steel. Over the next half century, the market has again transitioned and while domestic automotive production is still a critical component, advances in technology coupled with a gradual but consistent decrease in the number of vehicles actually being built has resulted in considerably fewer people being employed in the auto industry. Current estimates are around 120,000 jobs. A terrific example of this transition is the former Chrysler stamping plant in the Cleveland suburb of Twinsburg. It opened in 1956 and quickly became a critical part of the auto giant’s production cycle, processing and stamping over 25,000 tons of steel annually. At its peak, the plant employed over 5,000, …