CHICAGO — Sedgwick Properties has completed the development of a 43,000-square-foot LA Fitness in Chicago’s Gage Park neighborhood. The building is located at 55th Street and Kedzie Avenue. Other retailers in the surrounding area include Walgreens, Wendy’s, Marquette Bank, Pete’s Fresh Market, T-Mobile, McDonald’s and a Bank of America branch. This LA Fitness facility features free weights, a cardio center, swimming pool, basketball court, fitness studios, indoor cycling, a childcare service and locker rooms with saunas and whirlpool spas. The project is located near the Chicago Transit Authority’s Orange Line and is the retailer’s 13th location in Chicago. Sedgwick served as the designer, developer and general contractor for the facility.
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HODGKINS, ILL. — Transwestern has brokered the acquisition of a 52,962-square-foot industrial building in Hodgkins, approximately 20 miles southwest of Chicago. Bear Real Estate LLC acquired the property, which is located at 7515 Santa Fe Drive, from Shamrock Real Estate LLC for an undisclosed amount. Event Equipment Sales, an affiliate of Bear Real Estate, will occupy the building. Built in 1998, the facility features 18-foot ceilings, four drive-in doors, two loading docks and parking for over 25 vehicles. Improvements to the facility are underway and include a new concrete floor, improved lighting system and updates to 8,100 square feet of office space. Jeff Locascio and Scott Mueller of Transwestern represented Bear Real Estate in the transaction.
DWIGHT, ILL. — The Boulder Group has arranged the $2.1 million sale of a building net leased to Shopko Hometown in Dwight, approximately 80 miles southwest of Chicago. A Midwest-based private investor sold the 26,254-square-foot property, located at 110 Watters Drive, to an individual based on the East Coast in a 1031 exchange. Shopko Hometown’s lease expires in May 2024 and features three five-year renewal options. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller in the transaction. Shopko Hometown offers housewares, apparel, toys and electronics
ANN ARBOR, MICH. — Brixmor Property Group has added three new anchor tenants to Maple Village shopping center in Ann Arbor. Stein Mart, Sierra Trading Post and HomeGoods are set to occupy 76,232 square feet of space previously occupied by Kmart. Stein Mart will open a 33,582-square-foot location; Sierra Trading Post will open a 22,250-square-foot location; and HomeGoods will open a 20,400-square-foot location. All stores are expected to open in the third quarter of this year.
NOVI, MICH. — Capital One has provided a $4.7 million fixed-rate Fannie Mae loan to refinance a 309-space manufactured housing community in Novi, approximately 30 miles northwest of Detroit. Country Cousin Manufactured Home Community was constructed in two phases. Phase I consisted of 212 sites built in 1966, and Phase II added 97 sites in 1996. The 10-year, fixed-rate loan has 9.5 years of yield maintenance and a 30-year amortization schedule. Damon Reed of Capital One originated the financing.
CHICAGO — Meridian Design Build has completed a 219,858-square-foot industrial property in Chicago. The automated package sortation and distribution center is located on 41.3 acres and boasts more than 3,000 feet of expressway frontage along the north side of I-55 at South Damen Avenue. The facility features 61 loading docks, 156 interior van loading positions, 8,153 square feet of office space, 452 auto parking spaces and 301 trailer stalls. Cornerstone Architects provided architectural services, and Spaceco Inc. was the civil engineer of record.
CHICAGO — Luxury Living Chicago Realty has opened Phase II of Madison Throop Place, a 72-unit luxury apartment building in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood. The four-story building, located at 1247-1249 W. Madison St., includes one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Units at Madison Throop Place range from 820 square feet to 1,290 square feet with monthly rents varying from $2,350 to $3,900. Residents can move into Phase II apartments starting in June. All units at the apartment building include bamboo hardwood floors, 10-foot ceilings, crown molding, stainless steel appliances, custom-designed closets, in-unit washers and dryers and a space in the building’s heated parking garage. Michigan Avenue Real Estate Group is the project developer, and Luxury Living Chicago Realty is providing leasing and brokerage services.
MILWAUKEE — The Dickman Company Inc./CORFAC International has brokered the sale of a 20,860-square-foot industrial building in Milwaukee for an undisclosed price. Dean Road Property LLC purchased the building from 8800 West Dean Road LLC. Samuel M. Dickman Jr. and Samuel D. Dickman of The Dickman Company were the sole brokers in the transaction. The property is located at 8800 West Dean Road.
WAUKESHA, WIS. — Siegel-Gallagher has arranged a 1,600-square-foot retail lease in Waukesha, approximately 20 miles west of Milwaukee. The Richards Group Inc., a branding agency, will occupy space at Meadowbrook Marketplace, located at 601-921 Meadowbrook Road. Meadowbrook Marketplace LLC is the landlord. Devin Tessmer of Siegel-Gallagher brokered the transaction.
ST. LOUIS, MO., BELLEVILLE, AND O’FALLON ILL. — Love Funding has arranged two loans totaling $7.4 million to refinance three apartment properties in Missouri and Illinois. In the first transaction, Kevin Kloster refinanced Mississippi Lofts, a 36-unit community in St. Louis. The apartment building is a fully rehabilitated former shoe factory. The second loan was used to refinance Bradford Place, a 68-unit garden-style complex in Belleville and Ansley Oaks a 69-unit garden-style community in O’Fallon. Fedcar LLP was the borrower. Harry Cheatham and Brian Robertson of Love Funding arranged the financing through HUD’s 223(f) program.