Midwest

INDIANAPOLIS — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a historic apartment building in downtown Indianapolis for an undisclosed price. Janus Lofts is a 35,640-square-foot, 23-unit building that was constructed in 1914. Silver Point Capital sold the five-story property, located at 240 S. Meridian St., to Buckingham Cos. The building, which contains an underground parking garage and three commercial spaces, was most recently redeveloped in 2003. The Fahnley & McCrea Millinery Co., which sold women’s hats, occupied a building at the location from the late 1800s until a fire burned it down in 1905. A building reconstructed on the same site in 1914 was where the millinery company operated until it closed.

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BURR RIDGE, Ill. — Anthem Memory Care has opened Harvester Place, a 66-unit memory care community in the Chicago suburb of Burr Ridge. Development costs were $13 million. Harvester Place is Oregon-based operator Anthem’s sixth memory care community, with three more under development in Colorado, California and Illinois. Harvester Place is designed in a figure-eight pattern to create a natural flow that lessens confusion among memory-impaired residents.

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MILWAUKEE — The Dickman Company Inc./CORFAC International has arranged the sale of a 7,757-square-foot retail building in Milwaukee. The Historic Third Ward Development LLC purchased the building from Jennaro Brothers LLC for an undisclosed price. Samuel M. Dickman Jr. and Samuel D. Dickman of The Dickman Company represented the seller in the transaction. Marianne Burish of Siegel-Gallagher represented the buyer.

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INDIANAPOLIS — HFF has secured a $70.6 million refinancing loan for Axis, a 435,894-square-foot mixed-use property in downtown Indianapolis. Flaherty & Collins Properties was the borrower. HFF placed the 10-year, fixed-rate loan with Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America through Allianz Real Estate of America LLC, a correspondent life company lender. Axis is a 336-unit luxury, mid-rise building that was completed in 2015. Units at Axis average 914 square feet, and the building contains 47,117 square feet of retail space, which features a 42,000-square-foot Marsh Supermarket. Community amenities include a saltwater swimming pool, aqua lounge with kitchenette, grilling stations, a pet wash and walk area, a Zen garden, Sky Bar, 24-hour club room, two-story fitness center with a yoga and Pilates studio, catering kitchen, gaming lounge, bike room, study lounges, conference room and library. Dave Keller of HFF arranged the financing for the development located at 401 N. Senate Ave.

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AURORA, ILL. — Principle Construction Corp. will construct a new 375,000-square-foot speculative industrial building in Aurora, approximately 40 miles west of Chicago. Seefried Industrial Properties is the project developer. The building, which will be located at 1600 Sequoia Drive, will be situated within the Prime Aurora Industrial Park. The new facility is being built on 19 acres and can cater to a single user or multiple tenants. Features will include 32-foot clear heights, 2400 amps and 480 volts of power, ESFR sprinklers, two drive-in doors, 36 dock positions and parking for 312 cars. Harris Architects will design the building, and Colliers International will market the property for sale or lease.

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CHICAGO — Aries Capital has arranged a $9.3 million permanent loan for a 23-unit apartment building in Chicago. Douglas Crocker II and partners was the borrower The newly constructed six-story building is located at 858 N. Franklin St. The apartment building consists of one-, two- and three-bedroom units and features a fitness center. The 10-year, fixed-rate, non-recourse loan with 30-year amortization was secured at 100 percent of the total cost basis. Eric Jones of Aries Capital arranged the financing. PNC provided the Fannie Mae loan.

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­CHICAGO —Transwestern has arranged eight leases totaling 88,900 square feet at a 45-story office tower in Chicago’s West Loop. The new deals bring the 928,040-square-foot building, located at 200 W. Madison St., to 92 percent occupancy. The transactions include: Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale P.C., renewed and expanded its lease to 22,897 square feet Premier Business Centers leased 15,204 square feet Philadelphia Insurance Cos. leased 11,446 square feet VacayStay Connect LLC leased 6,500 square feet Beacon Hill Financial Corp. leased 5,262 square feet Transwerstern has managed the property since 2011 and is spearheading a $5 million renovation, which will include an updated lobby, 30-foot green wall, new lounge areas, a clubroom, updated elevators and an expanded fitness center with yoga room. Michael Lirtzman, Courtney Baratz, Jeff Dowdell and Katie Steele of Transwestern brokered the leases on behalf of the building owner, MEPT.

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MILWAUKEE — Siegel-Gallagher has arranged the sale of a 3,026-square-foot mixed-use property in Milwaukee. Octane LLC purchased the building located at 4101 N. Port Washington Ave. from Pensco Trust Co. for an undisclosed price. Built in 1910, the two-story building consists of ground-level retail space and a two-bedroom/1.5-bathroom apartment. Devin Tessmer of Siegel-Gallagher.

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Metropolitan Milwaukee has experienced a robust industrial real estate market for the past several years. This strength should continue in 2016 and for the foreseeable future. Like many other metro areas, Milwaukee’s industrial sector experienced slow but steady economic growth as it emerged from the Great Recession. However, unlike many other metro areas, Milwaukee has not yet exhibited a strong uptick in new industrial development. Minimal speculative construction has occurred during the past few years. Consequently, while demand for industrial space has continued to increase, supply has remained fairly flat. This phenomenon of increased absorption without a corresponding increase in new product coming to market has driven down the overall vacancy rate to slightly under 5 percent, near a record low, according to Xceligent. Moreover, the new industrial development that has occurred has been primarily driven by users expanding, relocating or consolidating existing facilities, or by new build-to-suit or speculative developments undertaken by Milwaukee-based firms such as Zilber Property Group, Luterbach Properties, Briohn Building and Wangard Partners. Larger regional and national industrial developers such as Centerpoint Properties and First Industrial Realty Trust, which once drove industrial development in Milwaukee, ceased construction in Milwaukee during the Great Recession and have not …

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KANSAS CITY, MO. — Schottenstein Property Group Inc. has acquired a 142,600-square-foot retail center in Kansas City for $17.5 million. Retail Properties of America Inc. sold the asset, Stateline Station, which is 85 percent leased. The property, constructed in 2004, is anchored by Marshalls, Cost Plus World Market and a separately owned Super Target. Other retailers include Petco, Tuesday Morning, Mattress Firm, Pier 1 Imports and Dollar Tree. The shopping center is located at the intersection of Highway 150 and West 135th Street in an affluent area of Kansas City where the average household income in a three-mile radius of the center is $130,141. Amy Sands, Barry Brown and Clinton Mitchell of HFF represented the seller in the transaction.

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