Midwest

WEST ALLIS, WIS. — CBRE has negotiated the sale of Lincoln Center II and III in suburban Milwaukee for $8 million. The two office buildings total 121,388 square feet. Lincoln Center II is located on a three-acre site at 2514 S. 102nd St., while Lincoln Center III is located at 10150 W. National Ave. The buildings were more than 87 percent occupied at the time of sale with tenants including Verizon, Acuity, Cognex and Eye Care Specialists. Eric Rapp and Patrick Gallagher of CBRE represented the seller, Somerset Properties. Sara Investment Real Estate LLC purchased the properties.

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CHICAGO — Baum Realty Group has arranged the sale of a Chase Bank ground lease in Chicago for $4.5 million. The 4,195-square-foot retail property is located at 7180 W. Grand Ave. and includes four drive-thru lanes. Patrick Forkin and Brad Teitelbaum of Baum brokered the sale on behalf of the seller, a private West Coast investor. An institutional buyer purchased the property.

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CHESTERLAND, OHIO — The Cooper Commercial Investment Group has brokered the sale of a single-tenant property net leased to AutoZone in Chesterland, about 30 miles east of Cleveland, for $1.4 million. The lease has approximately 10 years remaining. Dan Cooper of Cooper Group represented the buyer, a private investor based in Ohio. The seller was a Louisiana-based private investment group.

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EDGERTON, KAN. — Copaken Brooks has begun development of Midwest Gateway, a 500,000-square-foot industrial property near the BNSF intermodal facility in Edgerton. The property will include two speculative buildings of 301,603 square feet and 186,107 square feet. The project is designed to meet the needs of warehouse, distribution and manufacturing users of smaller footprints. The buildings will feature 32-foot clear heights, motion sensor lighting, docks, truck parking and trailer storage. Construction is slated for completion in February 2018. Midwest Gateway is the closest development site to the BNSF intermodal, according to a press release. Bucky Brooks of Copaken Brooks, along with Nathan Anderson and Russel Pearson of NAI Heartland, are marketing the property for lease. Project team members include GMA Architects, ARCO National Construction, Shafer, Kline & Warren, Krudwig & Associates and Metro Air.

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SOUTHFIELD, MICH. — Dembs Development has acquired the former Federal-Mogul Corp. headquarters in Southfield, a northern suburb of Detroit. The purchase price was not disclosed. The 360,000-square-foot office building, located on Northwestern Highway, has been vacant for over a year. The property was built in the early 1970s. Amenities include an underground parking garage, collaborative workspaces, auditorium, restaurant and outdoor seating. The property most recently sold for $12.7 million in July 2004, according to CoStar Group. Dembs Development purchased the property in a joint venture with Pitt Investments.

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ST. PETERS, MO. — Knoebel Construction Inc. has nearly completed shell construction of The Shoppes at Mid Rivers in St. Peters. The interior build-out is scheduled to begin in June. The 270,000-square-foot shopping center is the largest mall to be built in St. Charles County since 2008. The property includes 14 buildings on 28 acres. The $54 million project is slated to open this fall. Confirmed tenants include Academy Sports + Outdoor, Burlington, Ross Dress for Less, Marshalls, Home Goods, Ulta Beauty, Five Below and Famous Footwear. Aspen Dental will be located on one of the four outparcels. GBT Realty Corp. is developing the center.

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PORT HURON, MICH. — HP Pelzer Automotive Systems has signed a 90,000-square-foot industrial lease in Port Huron, about 60 miles north of Detroit. The manufacturer of acoustic and thermal components for the automotive sector will occupy the entire building located at 2336-2356 Beard St. HP Pelzer maintains additional facilities in Port Huron. Jason Capitani and Joe DePonio of L. Mason Capitani CORFAC International brokered the lease transaction.

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MATTESON, ILL. — Namdar Realty Group has acquired Matteson Town Center in Matteson, approximately 35 miles south of Chicago. The purchase price was in excess of $1 million, but the exact price was not disclosed. Developed in 1982 and expanded in 1990, the 181,169-square-foot shopping center is located at 104 Town Center Road. OfficeMax and Chuck E. Cheese’s anchor the center. Other tenants include FootLocker, GameStop, Check ‘n Go, Cricket Wireless, Hibachi Grill & Buffet and Subway. At the time of sale, 91,143 square feet of the center was vacant. Joel J. Gorjian of Namdar completed the acquisition on the company’s behalf. Derrick Almassy of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller.

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DEARBORN, MICH. — Ford Land Development Corp., the real estate arm of Ford Motor Co., has begun transformation of the Dearborn campus with the groundbreaking of Wagner Place, a development featuring office and retail space. The $60 million Ford investment will provide Ford employees and nearby residents with new retail and restaurant options, complemented by green space, outdoor seating and enhanced walkability. Ford is transforming about two blocks of largely vacant buildings into the 150,000-square-foot development. Wagner Place will feature two floors of workspace and a rooftop patio in addition to first-floor retail and restaurant space. Approximately 600 Ford global data insights and analytics employees will occupy the property. The development is part of the 10-year transformation of the company’s more than 60-year-old Dearborn facilities, which will relocate 30,000 employees from 70 buildings into primarily two sites: a product campus and a world headquarters campus. Wagner Place is scheduled for completion in mid-2018. With $3 million in support from the Michigan Strategic Fund, the city of Dearborn will construct a 373-spot public parking structure near the development at West Village Drive and Monroe Street for consumer and Ford employee parking. Dearborn is overseeing an $18 million investment for the west downtown area …

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CHESTERFIELD, MO. — McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. has completed construction of a new 106,000-square-foot outpatient services building on the west campus of St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield. The $40 million St. Luke’s Outpatient Center Building B adjoins the hospital’s Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. Desloge Jr. Outpatient Center. The five-story structure provides additional space for new physician offices as well as the expansion of St. Luke’s physical therapy and cardiac rehabilitation services. Other St. Luke’s services that have relocated to the building include EEG/EMG; the nutrition wellness and diabetes center; the anticoagulation clinic; and wound care and hyperbaric medicine. BSA LifeStructures Inc. designed the building.

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