COLUMBUS, IND. — Namdar Realty Group has acquired the State and Mapleton Plaza shopping center located at 2150 State St. in Columbus. The seller was a private investor. The 19,425-square-foot property is 100 percent occupied. CVS/Pharmacy and Dollar General serve as anchor tenants. The acquisition was an all-cash, off-market transaction. Joel Gorjian, vice president of acquisitions and dispositions at Namdar, completed the transaction.
GROSSE ILE, MICH. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has arranged the sale of Elbamar Apartments, a 24-unit multifamily building located at 10033-45 Groh Road in Grosse Ile, Mich., a suburb of Detroit. I & L Properties LLC acquired the property from seller Phillip Byers. Greg Hornby of Friedman represented both the seller and the purchaser in the transaction.
CHARLES, MO. — Orangetheory Fitness has opened at Streets of St. Charles in St. Charles. The 3,000-square-foot studio on Beale Street is owned and operated by St. Charles Studio LLC and is the fourth location in the St. Louis metropolitan area for the fitness franchise. Other tenants at Streets of St. Charles include Firebirds Wood Fired Grill, Think Pink Nail Salon, PF Chang’s and Sole & Blues.
CHICAGO — The University of Chicago Medicine has broken ground on a $43 million emergency department on Chicago’s South Side. Expected to open in early 2018, the new department will house four trauma bays, according to the Chicago Tribune. The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board unanimously approved UChicago Medicine’s plans for the project in May. The new emergency department is part of a $269 million program to provide the South Side with access to emergency, adult trauma and specialty care. The expansion will add 188 inpatient beds and create more than 1,000 permanent jobs.
CLEVELAND — Forest City Realty Trust Inc. has closed on the sale of Terminal Tower, a nearly 600,000-square-foot office building in downtown Cleveland. After owning the building for more than 30 years, Forest City sold the asset to an affiliate of K&D Group for $38.5 million. Cleveland-based Forest City has housed its corporate offices at Terminal Tower since 1997, and the company is currently undergoing site selection for its new headquarters. Opened in 1930 as the Cleveland Union Terminal, the tower was the tallest building outside of New York until 1964. The office tower is now the centerpiece of the Tower City Center mixed-use development. Rico Pietro of Cushman & Wakefield | CRESCO Real Estate represented the buyer in the transaction.
ZIONSVILLE, IND. — Inland Private Capital Corp. (IPCC) has sold a FedEx Ground facility located at 10301 Bennett Parkway in Zionsville, a suburban town located approximately 17 miles northwest of downtown Indianapolis, for $37.1 million. Situated on two land parcels totaling more than 49 acres, the approximately 303,000-square-foot building solely serves as the FedEx distribution center. IPCC purchased the asset in September 2014, a few months after completion. IPCC sold the property on behalf of one of its 1031 investment programs through its subsidiary, which serves as asset manager.
JACKSON, MISS. — Newk’s Eatery, the Jackson-based fast casual restaurant chain, has signed a development agreement with Indy Eatery LLC to open 15 locations in metro Indianapolis and southern Indiana over the next several years. Co-owned by Stephen Mabe and Mitas Garrett Investments LLC, Indy Eatery is the fourth multi-unit franchisee to sign a development agreement with Newk’s Eatery this year. Combined, the new franchisees will open almost 40 new restaurants in the next five years, consistent with Newk’s goal to reach 200 locations by 2019. Indy Eatery plans to open Indiana’s first Newk’s restaurant in 2017.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. — Bluffstone Student Housing has opened The Villas Downtown Springfield, a 79-unit student housing development located near the University of Illinois at Springfield campus in Springfield. The development features 4,000 square feet of retail space. The residential portion of the community offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units with bed-to-bath parity. Common amenities at The Villas include a 24-hour recreational area, laundry facilities, community meeting areas, responsive concierge and a TV lounge. Town and Country Bank financed the $8.8 million development, which opened for occupancy on August 13.
CHICAGO — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the $150 million sale of a five-property retail portfolio in Chicago known as the Smithfield Chicago Urban Portfolio. Chicago-based Acadia Realty Trust purchased the properties from Chicago-based Smithfield Properties. The assets included State & Washington Shops, with a tenant roster that includes Nordstrom Rack and H&M; 151 N. State St., a flagship Walgreens store at the corner of State and Randolph streets; North & Kingsbury Center, which is leased to Old Navy, Pier 1, Blick Art Materials and Modani Furniture; California & Armitage Shops, leased to PNC Bank, 7-Eleven, The UPS Store, Sally Beauty Supplies and Athletico; and Milwaukee & Concord Shops, leased to 7-Eleven, The UPS Store and Kriser’s. Joe Girardi and Stan Nitzberg of Mid-America Real Estate represented Smithfield Properties in the transaction.
DETROIT — Shinola, a wristwatch and bicycle manufacturer, has teamed up with Bedrock Real Estate Services LLC to develop the Shinola Hotel, a 130-room hotel located at 1400 Woodward Ave. in downtown Detroit. The new hotel is set to open in the fall of 2018. Detroit-based Kraemer Design Group is the architect of record for the Shinola Hotel, and New York-based NoHo Hospitality Group will handle the hotel’s food and beverage program. The hotel will feature Detroit-inspired design from Gachot Studios. Detroit-based Bedrock is a full-service commercial real estate firm owned by Dan Gilbert, founder of Quicken Loans and owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Bedrock owns over 90 properties totaling more than 15 million square feet.
