Midwest

LANSING, MICH. — Pillar Financial, a division of SunTrust Bank, has provided a $7.5 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of The Outfield Apartments in Lansing. The 84-unit apartment property overlooks the Cooley Law School Stadium, home of the Lansing Lugnuts, a Class A minor league baseball team affiliated with the Toronto Blue Jays. Residents can view baseball games from their living rooms and balconies. The fully leased property is a combined development agreement between Gillespie Group, the city of Lansing and Michigan Economic Development Corp. David Wilkins and Charles Krisfalusi of Pillar originated the 30-year loan, which will refinance Gillespie Group’s construction loan.

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MILWAUKEE — Grassroots Salad Co. has signed a 2,841-square-foot lease at Chase Tower in Milwaukee. The restaurant provides made-to-order salads, wraps and freshly pressed juices for people on the go. Slated to open in spring 2018, this will be the company’s second location. In addition to in-store dining for approximately 50 people, Grassroots will offer catering and delivery. Dedicated to offering locally grown ingredients including antibiotic- and hormone-free proteins, the company is a sustainable business, serving compostable bowls and biodegradable utensils. Chase Tower, owned by Southfield, Mich.-based Farbman Group, is located on the corner of East Wisconsin Avenue and North Water Street. The 22-story, 480,000-square-foot office building recently underwent renovations, including new lighting and painting of the parking garage, new carpet and fresh paint throughout the common areas and the addition of an amenity room.

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INDIANAPOLIS — A partnership between two investment firms, Indianapolis-based Strategic Capital Partners (SCP) and Philadelphia-based Rubenstein Partners LP, has acquired The Precedent Office Park, a 1.1 million-square-foot, Class A office complex in Indianapolis, for $132.7 million. Chicago-based LaSalle Investment Management was the seller. The property is situated on 184 acres at the intersection of Keystone Avenue and East 96th Street, just off Interstate 465 on the city’s north side. It consists of 19 buildings positioned around a 38-acre central lake. The campus is also located near a shopping and dining destination, The Fashion Mall at Keystone. Current amenities include a 6,000-square-foot fitness center, daycare center, bike-sharing program and micro-market vending options in select buildings. The buyers will implement a capital improvement program focused on enhancing the on-site amenities and upgrading the building systems. The improvements will aim to bolster the lake’s role in the amenity package by improving the landscaping and walking paths around it. Other amenity upgrades will include the renovation of the fitness center and the development of a new tenant lounge and cafeteria. “The Precedent’s location and proximity to the Fashion Mall at Keystone and other amenities is why many great local and national companies have chosen …

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Over the last five years, Kansas City has seen a flurry of activity in the industrial sector. Since 2012, we have seen approximately 22.7 million square feet of new Class A industrial space hit the market, with speculative development and build-to-suits. Considering that Kansas City had only about 14 million square feet of Class A industrial space prior to 2012, these additions have had a huge impact on our marketplace. Prior to big box speculative development in Kansas City, it was hard to land large users due to lack of available product. These users did not have the time to wait for build-to-suit projects to be completed, so if product wasn’t readily available, they would move on to a different market. As a result, developers began to introduce speculative buildings, meeting this demand for new Class A product. Kansas City has thus emerged as a major player competing for larger users and their requirements. This year alone we have seen record absorption numbers and are not showing any major signs of slowing down anytime soon. The two major drivers that are taking this space are e-commerce and logistics users. The new demand for larger spaces has increased the average size …

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CHICAGO — Draper and Kramer Inc. has broken ground on a boutique apartment building along Chicago’s lakefront. The eight-story rental property, which will be situated on the last undeveloped site on North Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast neighborhood and known as 61 Banks Street, will feature a mix of 58 two- and three-bedroom residences. Designed by Larry Booth of Booth Hansen, the building will be topped by a green roof with an outdoor terrace as well as an enclosed rooftop amenity space. Seven “maisonette” residences, which feature two-story units with street-level entrances and private terraces, will flank the ground floor of the property. Jacobs/Ryan Associates is designing the landscaped areas while Leopardo Cos. is serving as the project’s general contractor. Two-bedroom units will average 1,700 square feet while three-bedroom units will average 2,400 square feet. Monthly rents are expected to range from $5,500 to over $12,000. Residents will have access to a full-time concierge and 24-hour valet parking.

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ST. LOUIS — JNS and HDA Architects have been selected by real estate development company HomeBase to design an AC Hotel by Marriott in St. Louis. The 192-room hotel will feature 1,000 square feet of meeting space. The ground floor will include a common area with a bar, limited-menu restaurant and “European-style” breakfast for guests with French croissants, fruits, cheeses and egg tarts. AC Hotels are European-inspired hotels with several international locations.

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COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $16.7 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of River Park Apartments Phase III in Council Bluffs. The 190-unit apartment property features amenities such as a 24-hour fitness center, café, clubhouse, basketball court and two swimming pools. Jason Kinnison of NorthMarq arranged the loan for the undisclosed borrower.

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OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — CNL Healthcare Properties II has acquired a 38,496-square-foot medical office building in Overland Park for $14 million. Constructed in 2007, the building is located at 5525 W. 199th St. on the campus of HCA Menorah Medical Center. The two-story property is fully leased to five tenants, with an ambulatory surgical center anchoring the property. Evan Kovac, Ben Appel, Anthony Frogameni, Andrew Milne, Matt DiCesare and Sean Fogarty of HFF represented the undisclosed seller. The team also procured the buyer, which is a non-traded REIT sponsored by CNL Financial Group.

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CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 6,100-square-foot mixed-use building in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood for $3.4 million. The property, located at 3452 N. Southport Ave., features three apartment units and one retail tenant on the ground floor. Hanna Andersson, a children’s retailer, occupies the ground-floor space. Kyle Stengle of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a local developer. An international private investor purchased the asset.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Milhaus has sold a 1,803-unit multifamily portfolio that spans four states for $320.5 million. Four separate buyers acquired the assets. The nine properties included in Milhaus’s Urban Core Portfolio are the 354-unit Highland Row in Memphis, Tenn.; the 131-unit Gantry in Cincinnati; the 329-unit Lift in Oklahoma City; and the 258-unit Artistry, 54-unit Mosaic, 265-unit Circa, 65-unit Mozzo, 105-unit Maxwell, and 242-unit Mentor & Muse in Indianapolis. “The portfolio consists of small and large assets in four distinct metros, but the common theme … is that each of these markets have expanding employment bases of young talent with plenty of runway left in this cycle,” says Steve LaMotte Jr. who, along with CBRE’s Central Midwest Multifamily team, represented developer Milhaus in this disposition. “The rare opportunity to deploy a sizeable amount of capital in newly constructed, best-of-class, urban-walkable assets was duly noted by the market.” Indianapolis-based Milhaus developed, built and operates the majority of the portfolio. The firm focuses on Class A, urban multifamily buildings in growing secondary markets in the eastern half of the U.S. Indiana-based Gene B. Glick Co. was the seller of one of the assets, which Milhaus only operated. Five assets were recapitalized by …

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