NORTH AURORA, ILL. — The Opus Group and AEW Capital Management have broken ground on a 452,000-square-foot speculative industrial warehouse in North Aurora, approximately 40 miles west of Chicago. The facility will be situated on 25 acres at 1100 Orchard Gateway Blvd. The property features 36-foot clear heights, 48 docks, four drive-in doors, 79 trailer parking spaces and 263 car parking spaces. The facility can accommodate up to two tenants with distribution and light manufacturing needs that are looking to occupy 200,000 square feet of space or more. Completion of the project is slated for July 2016. Opus Development Co. is the developer, Opus Design Build is the design-builder and Opus AE Group is the architect and structural engineer of record. Brendan Kelly and Todd Heine of Avison Young will market the property for lease.
Midwest
CLAWSON, MICH. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has arranged the sale of Clawson Center, a 130,424-square-foot grocery-anchored shopping center located in the northern Detroit suburb of Clawson, for an undisclosed price. Tenants at the center include Aldi, Dollar Tree, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Rite Aid and Staples. The shopping center was 80 percent occupied at the time of sale. Ben Wineman and Daniel Stern of Mid-America represented the seller, Kimco Realty, in the transaction. Viking Partners was the buyer.
INDIANAPOLIS — RESOURCE Commercial Real Estate has arranged the sale of Eastgate Terrace Apartments, a 77-unit multifamily property in Indianapolis. Renero LLC purchased the asset from Madison Elizabeth Investments LLC for an undisclosed price. Built in 1961, Eastgate Terrace Apartments consists of seven buildings totaling 55,528 rentable square feet in a mixture of one- and two-bedroom units. The buildings sit on 3.6 acres and feature a picnic area, courtyard, laundry facility and covered parking. Michael Wernke of RESOURCE Commercial Real Estate brokered the deal.
MOKENA, ILL. — MedProperties Holdings LLC has acquired a 28,334-square-foot surgery center in Mokena, approximately 40 miles southwest of Chicago, for an undisclosed price. The Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery (CMIS) is situated on 3.5 acres at 19110 Darvin Drive. Surgical Care Affiliates Inc. was the seller. The facility consists of a 14,000-square-foot surgery center with four operating rooms, a 5,350-square-foot recovery center with five overnight stay rooms and medical office space. The building was constructed in 2002 and the recovery center and office space was added in 2008. Erik Tellefson of Capital One, arranged debt financing for the acquisition.
CHICAGO — A joint venture between M&R Development and Bucksbaum Retail Properties LLC has acquired a 2.3-acre site in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood for the future development of an apartment building. Addison & Clark, slated for completion in 2018, will contain 148 luxury units and 150,000 square feet of retail space across from Wrigley Field. Demolition of existing structures will take place over the next two months. The retail component, which will be located on the first three floors, will contain a multi-screen theater, health and fitness club and several dining options. The units at Addison & Clark will consist of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments. The transit-oriented building will be located a block west of the Chicago Transit Authority’s Red Line and will also feature a 405-space parking garage. Solomon Cordwell Buenz will design the LEED-certified building, and Power Construction will serve as the general contractor.
BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — The Opus Group has unveiled plans for a 112,000-square-foot speculative warehouse and office building in Bolingbrook, approximately 30 miles southwest of Chicago. The project, known as 1325 Remington, will be located on nine acres within the Carlow Corporate Center along the I-55 corridor. The building will feature 28-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, three drive-in doors, 11 loading docks and parking for 242 cars. The development will be able to accommodate single or multi-tenant occupancy and is slated for completion this October. Opus Development Co. will be the developer, Opus Design Build will be the design-builder and Opus AE Group will be the architect and structural engineer of record. Dominic Derose and Vern Schultz of Colliers International will market the property for lease.
LAKE BLUFF, ILL. — Avison Young has negotiated a long-term, 190,925-square-foot industrial lease in Lake Bluff, approximately 35 miles northwest of Chicago. Homewerks Worldwide, a global supplier of home and commercial plumbing and HVAC products, will move its headquarters into the 256,300-square-foot building at 45-85 Albrecht Drive. Globe Corp. is the landlord. The facility, built in 1995, is situated on 19 acres and features 28-foot clear heights, 20 dock doors and parking for 410 cars. Keith Puritz, Brett Kroner and Eric Fischer of Avison Young represented the landlord in the transaction.
NORWOOD, OHIO — CBRE has arranged a 172,000-square-foot, long-term lease for CDK Global, the largest global provider of information technology and digital marketing solutions for the automotive retail industry. CDK Global will operate a national customer service center at Central Parke I & III in Norwood, approximately 10 miles northeast of Cincinnati. CDK Global will bring 1,000 full-time jobs to Norwood. Travis Likes and John Eckert from CBRE’s Cincinnati office, in addition to David Saad from the Chicago office, represented CDK Global in the deal.
COLUMBUS — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the sale of a retail property net leased to Champps Americana Restaurant in Columbus for an undisclosed price. The 10,582-square-foot restaurant is situated on two acres at 3993 Morse Crossing. Pickerington Square LP purchased the property, which is an outparcel to a power center. Kyle Stonis, Pierce Mayson, John Topping Jr. and Brad Gibbs of SRS Real Estate Partners represented the sellers, a group of tenant-in-common co-owners, in the transaction. The buyer was self represented.
DEKALB, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 365-bedroom off-campus student housing complex in DeKalb, approximately 70 miles west of Chicago, for $11.6 million, or $64,444 per unit. Ridgebrook Court Apartments is a three-building, 180-unit property that is located at 832 Ridge Drive, 808 Ridge Drive and 835 Edgebrook Drive. The apartments are less than a mile from Northern Illinois University and 7.5 miles from Kishwaukee College. The property has undergone recent renovations including new plumbing, electrical, HVAC, drywall, doors, frames, lighting and security systems. The complex also features updated wood floors, laundry room, kitchens and bathrooms. A private developer sold the asset to a private investor. Eric Bell of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction and procured the buyer.