SIDNEY, OHIO — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $2 million acquisition loan for a 72-unit apartment property in Sidney, approximately 30 miles north of Dayton. Northwood Village Apartments, which is located at 2345 Collins Drive, was built in 1971. The financing features a 10-year term and 20-year amortization schedule. Noah Juran of NorthMarq Capital placed the loan with a regional bank.
MILWAUKEE — Siegel-Gallagher has arranged a 6,214-square-foot office lease in Milwaukee. kW Mission Critical Engineering will occupy space at the building located at 173 N. Broadway St. Marianne Burish of Siegel-Gallagher brokered the transaction. 173 Broadway LLC is the landlord.
CHICAGO — Sedgwick Properties, a Chicago-based developer, has broken ground on a 69-unit luxury apartment building in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood. The seven-story building, located at 301 W. North Ave., will offer a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, with individual units ranging from 601 to 1,300 square feet. Building amenities will include a rooftop terrace with a wading pool and cabanas, outdoor kitchen, fire pit and lounge seating. Other amenities include a fitness center, community room with a demonstration kitchen, bicycle storage, secure heated parking and package concierge system. The pet-friendly building also will include approximately 4,500 square feet of retail space. The building is slated for delivery by fall 2017.
DAYTON, OHIO — Pillar has originated a $15.4 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of a 256-unit apartment complex in Dayton. Chesapeake Landing, built in 1986, features 148 one-bedroom units and 108 two-bedroom units. The property is fully occupied. The fixed-rate loan features a 12-year term and 30-year amortization schedule. Joe Markech and Brooke Jackson of Pillar originated the financing. David Ross of Crossroads Realty Advisors was the broker of record.
CHICAGO — Baum Realty Group LLC has arranged the sale of a retail property in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood for $14.1 million. A local developer sold the ground-floor retail space at The Granville to a private east-coast investor. ALDI anchors the fully leased property, which includes four other tenants. The 31,920-square-foot asset also features 106 covered parking spaces. Danny Spitz and Patrick Forkin of Baum Realty represented the seller in the transaction.
DEFOREST, WIS. — Ryan Companies US Inc. has broken ground on a 130,000-square-foot office and processing facility for The Little Potato Company in DeForest, approximately 17 miles northeast of Madison. The new facility will be located along the western edge of US Hwy. 51 and east of Stevenson Street in the DeForest Business Park. The facility, situated on a 15.9-acre site, is scheduled to open in early 2017. The Little Potato Company, based in Edmonton, Alberta, is a grower and distributor of creamer potatoes.
TRENTON, MICH. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has brokered the sale of an 11,800-square-foot retail building in Trenton, approximately 20 miles southwest of Detroit. Land Holding LLC sold the building, named Animal Crackers, to Trinity Realty Group LLC for an undisclosed price. The property is located at 124 Elm St. Paul Feldman of Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions represented the seller in the transaction.
LIBERTY, MO. — Developers have broken ground on Norterre, a master-planned seniors housing community in the Kansas City suburb of Liberty. Development costs are estimated at $66 million for the first phase, which will include a health center, café, single-family homes for seniors and short-stay rehabilitation. Norterre will be built on a 17-acre site adjacent to Liberty Hospital. A 50,000-square-foot healthy living center will act as the center of the community. The seniors housing portions of the community will be based on the household model where up to 20 seniors share a set of amenities. When complete, the community will feature 60 assisted living units, 20 assisted living units and 60 skilled nursing beds. The first phase is expected to open in spring or summer 2017.
PARK FOREST AND UNIVERSITY PARK, ILL. — Cohen Financial has arranged three acquisition loans totaling $35.9 million for multifamily properties in the suburbs of Chicago. The Ferndale Realty Group LLC is the borrower. In the first deal, Dan Rosenberg of Cohen Financial secured a $4.7 million loan for Governors House Apartments, a 96-unit property in University Park. Rosenberg also arranged an $11.4 million loan for the 220-unit Central Park Apartments and a $19.8 million loan for Autumn Ridge Apartments, a 384-unit property. Both Central Park Apartments and Autumn Ridge Apartments are located in Park Forest. All three fixed-rate loans featured a 10-year term with 30-year amortization schedule and were financed through Morgan Stanley’s CMBS program.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. — Investor WNC has completed the conversion of a 106-year-old warehouse building to a 44-unit affordable housing community in Minneapolis. WNC provided nearly $4 million in low-income housing tax credit equity and historic tax credit equity to fund the adaptive reuse project. The Cameron Apartments, located at 756 N. Fourth St., features 23 studio units, 17 one-bedroom units and four two-bedroom units. The four-story building was originally constructed in 1910. Amenities at the apartment property include a fitness center, picnic and grilling area, laundry facility and bike storage. Unit amenities include appliances, secure intercom entry and a patio or balcony. SR Development LLC is the project developer.