Midwest

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals and The Cordish Cos. have broken ground on the $260 million second phase of Ballpark Village. The 700,000-square-foot mixed-use expansion project will complete a full build-out of Clark Street. New buildings will be constructed on both the east and west sides of the existing Phase I development. A new street, running from 8th to Broadway streets, will be called Cardinal Way. On the east end of Cardinal Way will be a 29-story luxury residential tower called One Cardinal Way. On the west end will be a Class A office building, anchored by PricewaterhouseCoopers, and a convention hotel, Live! by Loews-St. Louis. In addition, a three-story retail pavilion just north of the existing Busch II Infield and event plaza will connect everything together. This glass pavilion will be anchored by a 31,000-square-foot Onelife Fitness. Designed by Hord Coplan Macht, the 29-story One Cardinal Way will feature 297 apartment units and 10,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space on the first floor. The building will also feature 25,000 square feet of amenity space, including an infinity edge pool, demonstration kitchen, club room, entertainment room, fitness center and conference room. Designed jointly by HKS Architects, HCM and Tao & …

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WICHITA, KAN. — Choice Hotels International Inc. (NYSE: CHH) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the brand and franchise business of WoodSpring Suites from WoodSpring Hotels Holdings LLC, a portfolio company of Lindsay Goldberg, for approximately $231 million. The acquisition will add nearly 240 extended-stay hotels in 35 states to the Choice Hotels portfolio, creating an extended-stay portfolio of more than 350 properties with existing brands MainStay Suites and Suburban Extended Stay. Wichita, Kansas-based WoodSpring Hotels is an extended-stay hotel company, with nearly 240 properties in 35 states nationwide. Over the past few years, the company has executed a brand relaunch and repositioning, resulting in WoodSpring Suites unit growth of more than 25 percent and franchise fee revenue growth of 45 percent in the last three years, according to Choice Hotels. More than 25 Woodspring hotels are expected to open in 2018. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2018. Moelis & Co. LLC is serving as financial advisor to Choice Hotels on the transaction, while Willkie Farr & Gallagher is serving as legal advisor. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is serving as financial advisor to WoodSpring, while Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is serving as legal advisor. Lindsay …

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ST. PETERS, MO. — Knoebel Construction has completed The Shoppes at Mid Rivers in St. Peters, a suburb of St. Louis. The project is the largest mall to be built in St. Charles County since 2008. The 270,000-square-foot shopping center includes 14 buildings on 28 acres just north of I-70. Academy Sports + Outdoor, Burlington, Marshalls, Home Goods, Ulta Beauty, OshKosh B’gosh, Five Below, Famous Footwear and Aspen Dental have opened at the property. Ross Dress for Less, Sleep Number, Sprint and World Financial are slated to open in early 2018. Approximately 50 subcontractor companies worked on the project. The shopping center will employ 750 full- and part-time employees, according to developer GBT Realty Corp.

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LIVONIA, MICH. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has arranged the sale of Millennium Park shopping center, a 273,029-square-foot retail center in Livonia, a suburb of Detroit. Grand Sakwa Properties acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. Ben Wineman of Mid-America arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust. Millennium Park shopping center is home to tenants including The Home Depot, Marshalls, Michaels, PetSmart and Ulta Beauty. Costco and Meijer anchor the center.

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MAPLEWOOD, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of English Manor for $3 million. The 37-unit apartment building is located on English Street in Maplewood, about 20 miles east of Minneapolis. The property features 21 one-bedroom units and 16 two-bedroom units. Evan Miller, Mox Gunderson, Dan Linnell and Josh Talberg of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller and procured the buyer. Both were private investors.

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MINNEAPOLIS — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Riverwalk Townhomes and Flats in the North Loop neighborhood of Minneapolis for $19.2 million. The property features 96 residential units and 10,000 square feet of office condo space. The unit mix includes 40 rental townhomes and 56 apartments. Lance Steiger and Robert Dulin of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, James Stanton Estate. Seattle-based Goodman Real Estate purchased the property.

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OAK PARK, MICH. — Pillar Financial, a division of SunTrust Bank, has originated a $10.3 million HUD 223(f) loan for the refinancing of Oaks on Lincoln in Oak Park, a suburb of Detroit. The 120-unit apartment property features two- and three-bedroom units up to 1,460 square feet. David Wilkins of Pillar originated the fully amortizing 35-year loan. The borrower, Kaftan Communities, will use the loan to renovate the kitchen in each unit and to make other significant improvements to the property in 2018. The improvements will enable the property to remain at market-rate rents, according to Pillar.

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GREENVILLE, ILL. — CareTrust REIT (NASDAQ: CTRE) has acquired Helia Healthcare of Greenville, a 90-bed skilled nursing facility in Greenville, about 50 miles east of St. Louis. The purchase price was not disclosed. The property, located at 400 E. Hillview Ave., is the only nursing home within a 20-mile radius that offers skilled nursing services, including neuromuscular disorders care, amputation care, cardiac care, nutritional support, advanced wound care and enteral nutrition, according to HFF. David Fasano, Ryan Maconachy, Chad Lavender and Sarah Anderson of HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Palladian Healthcare.

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CRESTWOOD, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 4,800-square-foot retail property in Crestwood, about 25 miles southwest of Chicago, for $2.4 million. The building, located at 13430 South Cicero Ave., is 100 percent leased to T-Mobile, Jersey Mike’s and Sport Clips. Sean R. Sharko and Austin Weisenbeck of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a developer. Brendan Lee of Marcus & Millichap secured and represented the buyer, a limited liability company.

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KOKOMO, IND. — Lamb Net Lease LLC has negotiated the sale of a 14,592-square-foot building net leased to Gerber Collision & Glass in Kokomo, 60 miles north of Indianapolis. The sales price was not disclosed. Gerber Collision & Glass is a wholly owned subsidiary of Boyd Group Income Fund. A Midwest-based REIT purchased the property, which is located at 418 Kentucky Drive. Mike Lamb of Lamb Net Lease negotiated the transaction between both parties. David Bickell of SVN represented the private equity seller.

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