CHICAGO — J.C. Anderson will construct a 20,000-square-foot office expansion and renovation of a property in Chicago. West Monroe Partners occupies space at The Franklin, a two-building office property in Chicago’s West Loop. The business and technology consulting firm is set to move into the new space once it is completed this June. The Franklin, located at 222 W. Adams St. and 227 W. Monroe St., was designed by Skidmore, Owing & Merrill. The office building that houses West Monroe Partners, 227 W. Monroe St., was constructed in 1989 and is 60 stories. The building has 2.5 million square feet of rentable space. Amenities at The Franklin include an atrium lounge and a 10,000-square-foot fitness center. Garnett is providing architectural services for the expansion and renovation.
HIGHLAND PARK, ILL. — Adelphia Properties has arranged a 6,900-square-foot retail lease in Highland Park, approximately 26 miles northwest of Chicago. Summer Classics Home Furniture, a premier luxury home gallery, will occupy space at Renaissance Place, which is located at 1850 2nd St. Simeon Spirrison of Adelphia Properties represented the tenant in the transaction. Steven Baer of Metro Commercial Real Estate represented the landlord, a private Seattle-based group.
VILLAGE OF HUNTLEY, ILL. — Duke Realty will develop an 80,000-square-foot medical office building in the Village of Huntley, approximately 50 miles northwest of Chicago. The four-story building will be located on the Centegra Health campus. The facility is slated for completion in February 2017 and will connect to the 360,000-square-foot Centegra Hospital-Huntley, which has a completion date of August 2016. The medical office building will also connect to an existing 56,000-square-foot ambulatory care center. Tenants that have already signed leases at the building include Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, which will occupy 30,000 square feet and Northern Illinois Medical Center, which will occupy 20,000 square feet. Chicago-based Power Construction is the general contractor for the project, and Kahler Slater is the architect. St. Charles, Ill.-based O’Donnell Commercial Real Estate is managing leasing for the facility.
CHICAGO — A joint venture organized by Alex Brown Realty Inc. and Ameritus LLC has acquired a 150,815-square-foot office building in the medical district of Chicago for an undisclosed price. The Hasting Center was constructed in 1942 and is currently 90 percent occupied. The building is the office component of a larger industrial facility. The four-story building features loft office elements such as 15-foot ceilings, exposed ductwork, open floor plates and 10-foot windows. The joint venture plans to renovate the entrance, lobby and parking ratio.
TROY, OHIO — Midland Atlantic Properties has acquired Troy Towne Center, a 144,000-square-foot retail center in Troy, approximately 20 miles north of Dayton, for an undisclosed price. The shopping center is anchored by Kohl’s, Petco and Dollar Tree. Troy Towne Center is shadow anchored by a Walmart Supercenter and is surrounded by numerous retail outparcels. Other tenants at the retail center include Shoe Carnival, Sleep Outfitters and Verizon Wireless. The center, built in 1990, is 96 percent occupied. The seller in the transaction was undisclosed.
GLENVIEW, ILL. — Urban Innovations will construct a new brewery and taproom for Ten Ninety Beer Co. in Glenview, approximately 19 miles northwest of Chicago. The 11,000-square-foot building, located at 1025 Waukegan Road, will consist of an 89-seat taproom, patio and production space for 5,000 barrels. Glenview-based Lindsay Associates Architects will provide design services.
LAPEER, MICH. — Colliers International has arranged the lease of 6,000 square feet of restaurant space in Lapeer, approximately 60 miles north of Detroit. New China Buffet will occupy the space at 797 E. St. Lapeer Associates LLC is the landlord. Paul Lichtenberg and Morry Levin of Colliers International represented the landlord in the transaction.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — Dougherty Funding LLC has provided an $18.2 million loan for an 11-story, 155,511-square-foot mixed-use building. Lowery Building LLC will use the loan proceeds to refinance and renovate the building. Lowery Square Building was constructed in 1926. The building previously operated as the Lowery Hotel and currently contains 135 apartment units, three floors of office space leased to the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office and to-be-built first-floor and rooftop restaurants. The building is connected to the downtown St. Paul skyway system and is located in the St. Paul central business district.
BARTLETT, ILL. — Ridge Development, the industrial development arm of Transwestern Development Co., has unveiled plans to develop a 271,200-square-foot speculative warehouse building in the Brewster Creek Business Park in Bartlett, approximately 35 miles northwest of Chicago. The 14-acre project, called Ridge Brewster Creek, will be owned by a joint venture between Ridge Development and Diamond Realty Investments Inc., the real estate investment arm of Mitsubishi Corp. Groundbreaking for the building is scheduled for March 2016 with delivery expected in September 2016. Located at 1331 – 1337 Schiferl Road, Ridge Brewster Creek will feature 32-foot clear heights, 36 exterior docks, four drive-in doors and ample automobile parking. Brewster Creek Business Park, a mixed-use business park on 670 acres, is located at the intersection of County Road 29 and Munger Road. Triumph Construction Services Corp. will serve as the project’s general contractor, and Harris Architects Inc. will provide architectural services. Eriksson Engineering Associate Ltd. will provide civil engineering services.
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the $3.5 million sale of a 52-unit multifamily property in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. The apartment building, located at 7255-71 South Shore Drive, sold for more than 94 percent of list price with a per-unit cost of $68,269. A local investor purchased the asset from an undisclosed buyer. Dan Byrne of Interra Realty represented both parties in the transaction.