Midwest

SAN CLEMENTE, CALIF. — Pillar has arranged a $172 million, fixed-rate loan for the acquisition of 11 manufactured home communities. The portfolio consists of 10 properties located in Michigan and one property located in Alabama. The 10 Michigan-based communities include a total of 5,352 sites with varying amenities and occupancy rates. All of the Michigan properties feature clubhouses/leasing offices and many offer swimming pools and fitness centers. Eight of the Michigan-based properties are located within 30 to 60 miles of Detroit. Arthur Tuverson of San Clemente-based Pillar, along with Yale Capital Advisors, arranged the Fannie Mae financing, which features a 10-year term.

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MCCOOK AND HANOVER PARK, ILL. — Gramercy Property Trust has acquired two single-tenant industrial properties near Chicago for $60.2 million in separate transactions. In the first deal, Gramercy purchased a 147,923-square-foot, temperature-controlled facility in McCook, approximately 15 miles west of Chicago. The building, constructed in 2012, is leased to a global supplier for the food service industry. Gramercy also acquired a 238,423-square-foot distribution center in Hanover Park, approximately 35 miles west of Chicago. An international provider of information technology hardware, software and service solutions occupies the building, and the two tenants have a weighted average remaining lease term of 17.2 years. The sellers in the transactions were undisclosed.

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NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Prime Property Investors Ltd. has sold a 281-unit apartment complex in Naperville, approximately 30 miles southwest of Chicago, for $60 million, or $214,000 per unit. The Arbors of Brookdale is a Class A community and was fully occupied at the time of sale. The complex, situated on 26 acres, consists of 35 buildings, a clubhouse and 138 private garages. Amenities at the property include an indoor and outdoor pool, hot tub, sauna, fitness center, business center, tennis courts and a playground. Dan Cohen, John Jaeger and MJ Zaring of CBRE represented Prime Property Investors in the transaction. The buyer was undisclosed.

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KANSAS CITY, MO. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $5.7 million sale of a 207,421-square-foot office building in downtown Kansas City. Stencil Group sold the Executive Plaza Office Building, more commonly known as The Flashcube, to Worcester Investments. HOK designed the facility, which was built in 1974. The buyer plans to convert the building into a 181-unit residential property, a project expected to cost $43 million. The property is located at 710-720 Main St., and the sale included an adjacent surface parking lot.

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MINNETONKA, MINN. — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has closed a $32.5 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of a 252-unit apartment property in Minnetonka, approximately 23 miles southwest of Minneapolis. Woodlands of Minnetonka features amenities such as a clubhouse, media room, outdoor fireplace, swimming pool and grilling pavilion. The 12-year loan includes five years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. Heartland Minnetonka LLC was the borrower.

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LEE’S SUMMIT, MO. — A joint venture between BIG Shopping Centers USA and RED Development has acquired Summit Fair, a 516,268-square-foot shopping center, for an undisclosed price. Located 25 miles southeast of Kansas City in Lee’s Summit, Summit Fair is anchored by Macy’s and JCPenney. Other tenants in the open-air lifestyle center include Victoria’s Secret, Chico’s, Francesca’s and LOFT. Summit Fair boasts approximately 50 tenants. Along with the news of the acquisition, the joint venture also announced a 50,000-square-foot DICK’S Sporting Goods and a 20,000-square-foot H&M will open at Summit Fair in spring 2017. DICK’S Sporting Goods will relocate to Summit Fair from its existing store currently open at RED’s sister property, SummitWoods Crossing. An additional 5,000 square feet of space is available in the H&M building. “Summit Fair is already a dynamic, high-performing retail property serving a vibrant market, and the addition of DICK’S Sporting Goods, H&M and other top-drawing retail concepts sets the stage for continued success,” says Mike Ebert, managing partner at RED Development. The joint venture, known as BIG RED Portfolio LLC, has a portfolio consisting of 10 retail assets totaling over 3.5 million square feet in four states. Within the joint venture, BIG USA, acts primarily as a co-investment …

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VERNON HILLS, ILL. — Inland Private Capital Corp. has sold a Mariano’s Fresh Market in Vernon Hills, approximately 35 miles northwest of Chicago, for $36.4 million. The 71,248-square-foot grocery store, which is located on seven acres at 1820 N. Milwaukee Ave., was built in 2011. Inland completed the sale on behalf of one of its 1031 exchange investment programs. The buyer in the deal was undisclosed.

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MINNEAPOLIS — Doran Cos. has acquired a 90,000-square-foot retail property in Minneapolis for $24.9 million. Pfaff Calhoun LLC sold Calhoun Village Shopping Center, which is located at 3200 W. Lake St. The center is over 90 percent occupied and includes tenants such as Walgreens, Punch Pizza, Burger Jones and Barnes & Noble.

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MILWAUKEE — The Boulder Group has brokered the sale of a 110,636-square-foot office building net leased to US Bank for $14 million. The property, located a 615 E. Michigan St. in Milwaukee, is connected via a sky-walk to US Bank regional headquarters building. A Midwest-based partnership in a 1031 exchange purchased the facility from Oak Street Real Estate Capital. US Bank’s lease expires in December 2026. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented both parties in the transaction.

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SUNSET HILLS, MO. — Senior Lifestyle Corp. has broken ground on The Sheridan at Laumeier Park, a 69,000-square-foot seniors housing community in Sunset Hills, approximately 15 miles southwest of St. Louis. The project, expected to be complete in early 2017, will feature 43 assisted-living apartments plus 41 memory care residences. The Sheridan at Laumeier Park will be situated on 3.9 acres at 12470 Rott Road. Residents will have access to nearly 38,000 square feet of amenity space, which will include living rooms, a dining room, entertainment room, fitness center and art studio.

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