CHICAGO — A 981-unit, 65,000-square-foot self-storage facility is opening at 6000 W. Touhy Ave. in Chicago. CubeSmart Self Storage will manage the climate-controlled facility, which is expected to open in April. The property, owned by SPM Advisors LLC, was formerly home to a Frozen Ropes facility. Athletico Physical Therapy will remain a tenant at the property.
CHICAGO — PGIM Real Estate Finance and the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System (NYSTRS) have provided $1.1 billion in financing for the acquisition of a 146-property industrial portfolio. Each entity provided $550 million. The portfolio comprises more than 21.7 million square feet with the largest concentrations of properties in Chicago, Dallas, Baltimore-Washington, D.C. and southern California. The properties are home to 327 tenants, including Amazon, FedEx, The Home Depot and Coca-Cola. On average, the buildings are 20 years old and have a clear height of 27 feet.
NEW YORK CITY — ReadyCap Commercial has hired new team members in Chicago and New York to expand its bridge lending team. Fernando Mendez has been hired as associate director and Joram Coxworth has been hired as a production analyst for the New York City office. Mark Blaha has been hired as director of originations for the Chicago and Midwest regions. Blaha has more than seven years of commercial real estate lending and finance experience in the Chicago and Midwest markets. Coxworth previously served as a credit analyst with M&T Bank and was added to the New York City office to support originations. The bridge lending team is headquartered at the Sutherland Asset Management offices located in New York City.
MIAMISBURG, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $9 million sale of PNC Bank Office Building in Miamisburg, about 45 miles north of Cincinnati. The 68,000-square-foot office building, located at 3385 Newmark Drive, serves as offices for PNC’s mortgage division. PNC has occupied the property since 2004. Craig Fuller, Scott Wiles and Erin Patton of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. A New York-based private investor was the buyer.
OAK CREEK, WIS. — SRS Real Estate Partners has negotiated the $5.2 million sale of The Shoppes at Drexel in Oak Creek, about 12 miles south of Milwaukee. Five tenants, including Mod Pizza, Men’s Hair House, Five Guys, Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt and Potbelly Sandwich Shop, occupy the 10,351-square-foot retail center. Patrick Luther and Matthew Mousavi of SRS represented the seller, a Chicago-based merchant developer. A New York-based private investor was the buyer.
DES MOINES, IOWA — CBRE | Hubbell Commercial has brokered the sale of two apartment properties in Des Moines for $5.1 million. Properties in the 108-unit portfolio include Rosewood Apartments at 221 E. McKinley Ave. and Kenwood Apartments at 530 E. Kenyon Ave. Rick Krause and Cy Fox of CBRE | Hubbell represented the buyer, a California-based private investor. North Dakota-based Kenwood-Rosewood Apartments LLP was the seller.
BRANSON, MO. — American Street Capital (ASC) has arranged a $3 million CMBS loan for the refinancing of a self-storage portfolio in Branson. The portfolio includes five facilities and 694 units spanning 127,449 square feet. The portfolio was over 95 percent occupied at the time of the loan closing. Igor Zhizhin of ASC arranged the 10-year loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule.
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO — Brookfield Property Partners (NASDAQ: BPY) has agreed to acquire all remaining shares of GGP Inc. (NYSE: GGP), a Chicago-based mall owner. BPY, a global real estate company based in New York City, and its affiliates already hold a 34 percent stake in GGP. The deal struck between the two parties is for GGP shareholders to receive $23.50 per share in cash, a total cash consideration of $9.25 billion. Alternately, shareholders may elect to receive stock in either BPY or a new REIT that BPY plans to list on one of the major U.S. exchanges. “This is a compelling transaction that enables GGP shareholders to receive premium value for their shares and gives them the ability to participate in the long-term upside of their investment,” says Brian Kingston, CEO of BPY. The newly agreed-upon deal comprises a cash-to-equity ratio of 61/39, which is more cash-centric than BPY’s original 50/50 cash-to-equity offer to acquire the remainder of GGP last November. Shares in the new REIT will be equivalent to that of a BPY unit. BPY’s parent company, Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE: BAM), has guaranteed the exchange of the shares between the two stocks (totaling 254 million units) …
CHICAGO — HFF has arranged a $159.2 million recapitalization of an 11-property industrial portfolio totaling 2.8 million square feet in Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. HFF represented the seller, a joint venture between Brennan Investment Group, Arch Street Capital Advisors LLC and Gatehouse Financial Group Limited, as well as the buyer, a new joint venture between Brennan Investment Group and Sidra Capital. Goldman Sachs provided a 10-year loan on behalf of the new owner. The fully leased portfolio, known as USIPA, is triple-net leased to nine tenants and features single-tenant buildings ranging from 90,000 to 578,000 square feet. Clear heights range from 17 feet to 34 feet. Claudio Sgobba, Christopher Carroll, Robin Stolberg, Kurt Sarbaugh, Matthew Schoenfeldt and Jules Sherwood of HFF made up the debt and equity placement team.
WHITE BEAR LAKE AND LAKE ELMO, MINN. — US Storage Centers, in partnership with Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC, has acquired two self-storage facilities in Minnesota for an undisclosed price. Both properties, which feature climate-controlled units, will be rebranded as US Storage Centers. One of the facilities, a 922-unit, 83,264-square-foot property, is located in White Bear Lake, about 20 miles northeast of Minneapolis. The other is a 790-unit facility with 69,038 square feet of self-storage space in Lake Elmo, about 24 miles east of Minneapolis. US Storage Centers currently manages approximately 8 million square feet of self-storage space nationwide.