PORT WASHINGTON, WIS. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has brokered the sale of a 67,215-square-foot retail center in Port Washington, approximately 30 miles north of Milwaukee, for an undisclosed price. PJR Properties, an affiliate of Piggly Wiggly Midwest LLC, purchased the property from CSFB 2002-CKP1 Seven Hills LLC – LNR. North Port Shopping Center, located at 101 W. Seven Hills Road, is situated on a 6.5-acre site and features tenants such as Sentry Foods, Cost Cutters, Subway, H&R Block and Arby’s. The property was sold at auction through Ten-X.com.
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PEWAUKEE, WIS. — Siegel-Gallagher has arranged a 3,430-square-foot office lease in Pewaukee, approximately 20 miles west of Milwaukee. Pewaukee School District will occupy space at the building. Paul Road Properties is the landlord. Shaun Dempsey of Siegel-Gallagher brokered the transaction.
CEDAR FALLS, IOWA, AND BIG RAPIDS, MICH. — Triad Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of two student housing properties located in Iowa and Michigan. Dispositions included Venlo Place, a 264-bed student housing community located near Ferris State University in Big Rapids; and University Mills, a 481-bed student housing property located near the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. A Grand Rapids-based development company sold Venlo Place to Vision Real Estate Investment for $9.7 million. An undisclosed owner of student housing properties sold University Mills to a Minnesota-based private investment group for $16.4 million.
SCHILLER PARK, ILL. — A joint venture between Bridge Development Partners LLC and Akard Street Partners has acquired a 10-acre parcel in Schiller Park, approximately 20 miles northwest of Chicago, for the future development of two industrial buildings. The site, located at the intersection of Rose Street and Soreng Avenue, currently features approximately 200,000 square feet of functionally obsolete manufacturing space. Bridge will demolish the buildings and develop the Bridge Point Schiller Park on the site, which will consist of an 84,700-square-foot building and a 72,825-square-foot building. The project is slated for completion by the third quarter of 2017. The buildings will feature 32-foot clear ceiling heights, ESFR sprinklers, 125-foot truck courts, one loading dock for every 3,000 square feet, above-standard car parking ratios and office space to suit. Geoff Dowling and Daniel Tobin of CTK Chicago Partners represented the seller, Hostess Brands, in the transaction. Tom Rodeno and Patrick Turner of Colliers International represented Bridge. Rodeno and Turner will market the property for lease. Hunt Realty Investments will manage the joint venture.
GREENWOOD, IND. — Four Springs Capital Trust has acquired a single tenant medical building in Greenwood, approximately 10 miles south of Indianapolis, for $8 million. BioLife Plasma Services operates the 16,694-square-foot building as a plasma collection facility. The seller in the transaction was undisclosed.
FINNEYTOWN, OHIO — The Cooper Commercial Investment Group has brokered the $3.2 million sale of Winton & Galbraith, a 26,488-square-foot retail center in Finneytown, approximately 15 miles north of Cincinnati. Dollar Tree anchors the center, which is 100 percent occupied by other tenants including Graeter’s Ice Cream, LaRosa’s Pizza, Subway and J. Gumbo’s. An Ohio-based private investment group sold the property to a California buyer. Dan Cooper of Cooper Commercial represented the seller in the transaction.
MADISON, WIS. — BMC Capital has arranged a $1.7 million acquisition loan for a building occupied by Valvoline and Enterprise Rent-a-Car in Madison. The 2,368-square-foot building was constructed in 1987. The 10-year loan features a 4.8 percent fixed rate for five years and a 25-year amortization schedule. Jada Jordan of BMC Capital arranged the loan through one of the company’s correspondent banking relationships.
The historic flood of June 2008 is becoming a distant memory as the city of Cedar Rapids prepares for the dedication of the new Northwest Recreation Center, the last public facility to be completed as part of the flood recovery project. The dedication ceremony is slated for Thursday, Aug. 25. The recovery has led to a revitalization of many flood-impacted areas in the city, ranging from residential neighborhoods to the downtown business district. Now the momentum is turning toward several new projects: • This month, tenants will begin moving into the 11-story CRST tower downtown, which features 300 feet of the new flood protection system. • A 28-story, mixed-use tower is being proposed on city-owned property downtown. The development may contain retail, office, hotel and residential space led by Allen Development, an Iowa City developer. • Over 10 downtown housing projects are under construction that will create almost 400 new condo and apartment units, which will bring our core closer to a live-work-play environment. These projects are also putting vacant retail and office buildings to new uses. • The Czech Village-New Bohemia neighborhood continues to grow with historic buildings being renovated and repurposed while augmenting exciting new construction featuring retail, …
LINO LAKES, MINN. — United Properties has broken ground on a 402,000-square-foot industrial facility for Distribution Alternatives Inc., a third-party logistics firm. The build-to-suit project is located on a 30-acre site in Lino Lakes, approximately 20 miles northeast of Minneapolis. Distribution Alternative plans to occupy the facility in the fall of 2017. The building will feature a cross-dock layout, 32-foot clear heights and outside trailer storage. R.J. Ryan will serve as the general contractor for the project, and Lampert Architects will provide design services.
CLEVELAND — The Cooper Commercial Investment Group has brokered the sale of a 13,095-square-foot, multi-tenant medical office building near Cleveland. An Ohio-based private investor sold the building to an undisclosed Ohio-based buyer for $2.4 million. Bob Havasi and Dan Cooper of the Cooper Commercial Investment Group represented the seller in the transaction.