INDIANAPOLIS — Baceline Investments LLC has sold Raceway Commons, a 33,000-square-foot retail center in Indianapolis, for $7.9 million. Baceline purchased the property in May 2012 for $4.3 million as part of its No Debt Fund III. Located at 55 S. Raceway Road and situated on 4.9 acres, Raceway Commons is one of five Indiana-based retail properties owned by Baceline. The center, consisting of retail and office space in two single-story buildings, was constructed in 2003. The property was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale.
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SUNSET HILLS, CHESTERFIELD AND CREVE COEUR, MO. — Wiegmann Associates has started construction of three The Sheridan Assisted Living properties in the St. Louis suburbs of Sunset Hills, Chesterfield and Creve Coeur. Wiegmann is the engineer of record and installing contractor for HVAC and building automation systems, and will provide on-site project management for the design/build project. Senior Lifestyle Corp., based in Chicago, is developing the projects, which have a combined value of $65 million. The $17 million, 84-unit The Sheridan at Laumeier Park in Sunset Hills and the $17 million, 53-unit The Sheridan at Creve Coeur are scheduled for completion in early 2017. The $31 million, 91-unit The Sheridan at Chesterfield is scheduled to open next summer. Brinkmann Constructors is the general contractor. The projects are a joint venture of Bob Brinkmann, founder of Brinkmann Constructors, and Senior Lifestyle Corp., an operator of seniors housing facilities.
LIVONIA, MICH. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has leased 7,206 square feet of retail space at Laurel Office Park III, located at 17197 N. Laurel Park Drive in Livonia, Mich. The landlord, LOP III Holding Co. LLC – FMC, leased the space to Blazent Inc. Blazent, a data quality management company currently located in Novi, will move its headquarters to the Laurel Office Park location next year. David Friedman and Amit Hingorani of Friedman represented the landlord in the transaction.
WHEELING, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $2.4 million sale of Pete Miller’s Steak House and 227,685 square feet of land in Wheeling, Ill. Richard Kozarits and Joseph Sigal of Marcus & Millichap’s Chicago Oak Brook office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. Kozarits also secured and represented the buyer, a private investor. Pete Miller’s Seafood and Prime Steak is located at 412 N. Milwaukee Ave. The property includes 150 dedicated parking spaces and 383 feet of frontage on Milwaukee Avenue.
CINCINNATI — The Global Operations Center has opened at The Banks mixed-use development in Cincinnati. More than 2,000 employees will work in the 12-story, 338,000-square-foot tower. The main entrance will be at the corner of Second and Rosa Parks streets. The new building is located in Phase II of The Banks, and includes 19,000 square feet of street-level retail space. Taste of Belgium and Pies & Pints are under construction and will open in the coming weeks. Next door, the Radius at The Banks apartment community is also now open. GE has signed a 15-year lease with Carter and Nicol Investment Co., co-owners of the building. PNC Financial Services led the construction financing for the project, and Brasfield & Gorrie oversaw construction along with Cincinnati-based Jostin Construction. RJTR is the architect and CBRE will manage the property.
PAUL, MINN. — Stahl Construction has completed construction of a Hyatt Place hotel located in St. Paul’s historic Custom House building. The rededication of the Custom House building and grand opening of the Hyatt Place was held Sept. 21. The Custom House served as a post office and federal customs port in the early 1900s. It also served as the main postal facility for St. Paul from 1934 through 2010. The riverfront building has been converted into a mixed-use property including a 149-room hotel, 202 apartments and space for a future restaurant. The $125 million renovation of the 748,000-square-foot building has been ongoing over the last 17 months.
SWANSEA, ILL. — Southwestern Illinois Development Authority (SWIDA), in partnership with Bywater Development Group and Bi-State Development (BSD), is developing a $10.5 million seniors housing project adjacent to the Swansea MetroLink station in Swansea, Ill. The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) in Chicago approved the transit-oriented development project on Sept. 16. The new development, Metro Landing of Swansea, will feature a three-story building with 62 one- and two-bedroom apartments for older adults. Located adjacent to the Swansea MetroLink Station, residents can reach restaurants, retail and entertainment via mass transit. Construction will begin next summer and is scheduled for completion in late summer 2018.
ROSEVILLE, MICH. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp.’s Investment Sales team has brokered the sale of the Macomb Mall Shops in Roseville, Mich. A private investor purchased the 8,074-square-foot center for $3.6 million. Macomb Mall Shops is located at the northwest corner of Gratiot Avenue and Masonic Boulevard in Roseville. The center’s tenant list includes Potbelly’s, AT&T and Chipotle. Mid-America’s Carly Gallagher, Ben Wineman and Richard Kerwin represented the seller, Bloomfield Hills-based Lormax Stern Development Co., in the transaction.
CANTON AND SAGINAW, MICH. — Tjader Gerdom and Larry Siedell of Gerdom Realty and Investment represented both the buyer and seller in the sale of two net leased restaurants, Hayden’s Grill and Bar in Canton and Harvey’s Grill and Bar in Saginaw. Both locations are freestanding casual dining restaurants spanning 7,000 square feet. A private investor from the Detroit area bought the restaurants as a package deal.
Retail development in the St. Louis metro area continues to gain momentum. Rental rates are strong, with triple-net asking rents averaging $12.30 per square foot, and are expected to trend upward as the retail market continues to grow. Absorption of existing product along with multiple new developments has created a positive forecast for the St. Louis retail market. In the second quarter of 2016, the St. Louis retail vacancy rate dropped to 5.9 percent from 6.1 percent the previous quarter with positive net absorption of 449,056 square feet. Leasing ramps up Contributing to the healthy retail market are several tenants moving into large blocks of space including two 41,921-square-foot Walmart Neighborhood Market stores now open in St. Peters. Among other store openings: • At Home has announced two 100,000-square-foot locations on the site of a former Walmart in Town & Country and a former K-Mart in O’Fallon, Mo. • Academy Sports will open two 62,000-square-foot locations in Manchester and O’Fallon, Ill. • Camping World will move into 34,710 square feet in Wentzville. • Stein Mart will occupy 31,000 square feet in Town & Country. • Bob’s Discount Furniture has signed a 28,035-square-foot lease in Manchester and a 30,000-square-foot lease at …