LIVONIA, MICH. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has arranged the sale of a 34,965-square-foot retail center in Livonia, approximately 20 miles northwest of Detroit, for an undisclosed price. CRE REO LLC – Gearing Capital Partners sold L.A. Plaza, to Cantor Real Estate Income and Opportunity Fund II LLC through Auction.com. The single-story, L-shaped building is located at 36083-36175 Plymouth Road. The shopping center includes tenants such as Lily Nails, The Hair Doctor, Cozy Corner Café, Quizno’s Subs, The Jewelry Factory, KDI and The Bike Tri Shop. The center is 60 percent occupied and is situated on 4.4 acres. Rich Deptula and Josh Miller Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions represented both parties in the transaction.
CLEVELAND — Detroit-based Bedrock Real Estate Services has acquired The Avenue Shops at Tower City Center, a three-story, 366,000-square-foot retail center located in downtown Cleveland, from Forest City Realty Trust Inc. The sale price was $56.5 million, including contractual parking rights to approximately 3,300 associated parking spaces in attached decks and adjacent surface lots. The Avenue Shops at Tower City Center opened in 1990 after Forest City converted the historic Cleveland Union Terminal into the shopping mall. The center is currently comprised of more than 100 retailers and restaurants as well as an 11-screen movie theater. The Avenue Shops are connected to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Skylight Office Tower and Terminal Tower, and via indoor walkways to Quicken Loans Arena and JACK Cleveland Casino. Bedrock Real Estate Services is the real estate arm of Quicken Loans Inc. founder and chairman Dan Gilbert.
FENTON, ILL. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has arranged the $15 million sale of Fenton Commons, an 82,242-square-foot shopping center located in the St. Louis suburb of Fenton. Best Buy, Old Navy and Barnes & Noble anchor the center, which also features Chili’s and Bank of America outlots. Ben Wineman of Mid-America and Scott Seyfried of Pace Properties worked on behalf of the seller, a private St. Louis-based partnership. A group represented by Greenwood Village, Colo.-based GDA Real Estate acquired the property.
LIVONIA, MICH. — Schostak Brothers & Co. has formed a joint venture with Schoolcraft College to develop a 91,220-square-foot corporate headquarters for Masco Corp., which is relocating its operations to Livonia from Taylor, Mich. The building is slated for completion in the spring of 2017. The facility will be located between Six Mile Road and Seven Mile Road on the Schoolcraft College campus. Masco is a designer, manufacturer and distributer of branded home improvement and building products.
WEST DUNDEE, ILL. — The Opus Group will develop a 23,400-square-foot warehouse and office facility in West Dundee, approximately 45 miles northwest of Chicago, for oelheld U.S. Inc., a German manufacturer of cooling and lubricating fluids for the tool-making industry. The space, which will be located inside the Oakview Corporate Park, will serve as the company’s U.S. headquarters and manufacturing site. The building will include 7,600 square feet of office space and 15,800 square feet of warehouse space with the ability to accommodate future expansion up to 16,000 square feet. The new facility will include both an interior and exterior spill containment system to ensure that any spilled fluids can be controlled for cleanup, and a new laboratory will allow oelheld to conduct the needed research to meet the demands of their clients. The project is slated for completion this December. Opus Design Build will be the design-builder, and Opus AE Group will be the architect and structural engineer of record. Noel Liston of Darwin Realty represented Opus Development Company, and Ed Lowenbaum and Jason Talanian of Lowenbaum Real Estate Partners represented oelheld in the transaction.
CINCINNATI — Cincinnati-based Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT II Inc. and TPG Real Estate have formed a partnership to acquire value-add, grocery-anchored shopping centers throughout the United States. The partnership will invest up to $250 million of equity and plans to leverage this capital to achieve a $750 million acquisition target. The partnership plans to acquire six grocery-anchored shopping centers and will focus on growing the platform through additional acquisitions located in fundamentally strong markets that present attractive return potential through operational and capital improvements.
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, ILL. — Greenbrier Senior Living has broken ground on Greenbrier of Prospect Heights, a 101-unit assisted living and memory care community in the northwest Chicago suburb of Prospect Heights. Greenbrier, a division of Evergreen Real Estate Group that specializes in the development and management of senior living communities, estimates development costs at $30 million. Located on five acres, Greenbrier of Prospect Heights will include a three-story, 69-unit assisted living facility, as well as a one-story, 32-unit building for memory care. Chicago-based Pathway Senior Living will operate the community once it’s complete.
ST. CHARLES, MO. — Cullinan Properties will construct a 180-room Drury Inn and Suites hotel, which will be part of the Streets of St. Charles, a 27-acre mixed-use community. In addition to the seven-story hotel, a second parking deck will be added to the development providing over 300 additional spaces. Construction of the parking deck is already underway, and work on the hotel is expected to start in April. Both projects are slated for completion by the summer of 2017. The Drury Inn and Suites at Streets of St. Charles will feature king and queen suites and deluxe two-room suites. The hotel will offer meeting space, an indoor/outdoor pool, Wi-Fi and hot breakfast. Drury Inn and Suites is the latest of several new tenants to be announced at Streets of St. Charles including Orangetheory Fitness, PF Changs, Firebirds Wood Fired Grill and Noodles & Co. which are all currently under construction and scheduled to open this summer.
MILWAUKEE — Home2 Suites by Hilton has opened a new 110-room hotel in Milwaukee. Raymond Management Co. will own and manage the Home2 Suites by Hilton Milwaukee Airport. The pet-friendly hotel will feature fully equipped kitchens, modular furniture, Internet access, a combined laundry and fitness area, complimentary breakfast, indoor pool and outdoor grill area. The hotel also provides a 24-hour shuttle to and from the General Mitchell International Airport, which is one mile away. The hotel is located at 5880 S. Howell Ave.
BATAVIA, ILL. — Transwestern has arranged the lease of a 107,800-square-foot distribution center in Batavia, approximately 45 miles west of Chicago. PDS, a transportation and logistics provider, will consolidate its existing locations at the new headquarters facility, which will be located at the building at 1070 Swanson Drive. PDS expects to move into the building this May. Liberty Property Trust owns the property, which was built in 1999 and is located in the Batavia Industrial Center. The asset features 30-foot clear heights, 10 exterior docks, one drive-in door, 69 auto parking spaces and 17 trailer spaces. Michael Marconi of Transwestern represented the tenant in the transaction. Marconi, along with Joe Karmin of Transwestern, also represented the landlord.