OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Starbucks is planning to open a new location in Overland Park late this year or early 2016. The coffeehouse chain signed a lease to occupy 2,186 square feet in a freestanding building located at 135th Street and Quivira Road. The building is situated at the main entrance to a Price Chopper grocery-anchored shopping center and across the street from The Fieldhouse of Kansas City indoor sports facility. Max Kosoglad of Block & Co. negotiated the purchase of the property on behalf of the undisclosed buyer and the subsequent long-term lease with Starbucks on behalf of the landlord.
CHICAGO — Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc. has signed Kraft Heinz Co. to a 170,000-square-foot lease at Aon Center, located at 200 E. Randolph St. in downtown Chicago. The new lease at the trophy tower extends through 2029. After recently completing the merger of Kraft Foods Group and H.J. Heinz Co., the global food and beverage giant will relocate its Chicago headquarters from Northfield, Ill., to five floors of the 83-story building. The company will be co-headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa. Ned Franke and Steve Holmberg of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the transaction. Steve Smith and Mark Georgas of JLL, along with Tom Prescott and Alex Valente of Piedmont, facilitated negotiations on behalf of the owner.
FISHERS, IND. — Flaherty & Collins Properties will host a grand opening Thursday, July 23, for The Depot at Nickel Plate, a luxury mixed-use development in Fishers, approximately 21 miles northeast of Indianapolis. Located at 8594 E. 116th St., the $42 million development features 242 market-rate luxury apartments and 17,045 square feet of streetfront retail. Retail tenants at The Depot include Dottie Couture boutique, Brixx Wood-Fired Pizza, Yogurtz, Flamme Burger and Salon Seven. Only 6,249 square feet of retail space is still available. The apartment sizes range from 703 square feet to 2,297 square feet, with rents ranging from $950 to $3,850 per month.
EVANSTON, ILL. — Baum Realty Group LLC brokered the sale of a multi-tenant retail strip center in Evanston for $2.3 million. The site is located at 3330 Central St. in Evanston, 14 miles north of Chicago. The 3,235-square-foot strip center is divided into three suites and was 100 percent occupied at the time of the purchase. Several tenants include Starbucks, Subway and Kenny the Kleeners. A private out-of-state investor purchased the property. Greg Dietz and Danny Spietz of Baum Realty represented the private seller.
SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MICH. — Mode Development has completed the construction and sale of a new 170,000-square-foot building in Shelby Township for The Paslin Company, which manufactures and markets industrial equipment and automation systems. Located at 52550 Shelby Parkway, this new state-of-the-art facility includes three stories of 40,000 square feet of office and engineering space. The manufacturing area consists of two 95-foot bays outfitted with several overhead cranes. Mode Development served as the general contractor for the project. Jason Capitani represented The Paslin Company in the sales transaction. Jason Capitani and Joe DePonio also represented Mode Development.
FENTON, MICH. — Gerdom Realty & Investment has brokered the sale of a 94,455-square-foot grocery-anchored shopping center north of downtown Fenton in Southeast Michigan. Located on Leroy Street, the property is anchored by VG’s Food Center. Other tenants on the 9.5-acre site include Rent-A-Center and BoRics. Gerdom Realty has been retained to lease the remaining two vacancies in the center, which is currently 83 percent occupied. Tjader Gerdom and Larry Siedell of Gerdom Realty & Investment represented the seller and procured the buyer, a private investment group.
MILWAUKEE, WIS. — Hammes Partners has closed on Hammes Partners II LP, a U.S. healthcare real estate private equity fund. Milwaukee-based Hammes Partners received $430 million in capital commitments, significantly over its original target of $300 million. The Hammes platform is focused exclusively on U.S. outpatient healthcare real estate, including investments in existing assets, entitled development projects and adaptive reuse opportunities. Institutional investors that committed capital to the fund include endowments, foundations, pension funds, insurance companies, fund of funds and family offices.
ST. PAUL, MINN — Oak Grove Capital has closed on 12 loans totaling $70.3 million since late May. The properties ranged from affordable and market-rate housing to senior living communities. The most significant closing for the St. Paul-based firm —an $18.2 million FHA loan modification for TowerLight Senior Living — occurred June 30. The 113-unit senior community complex is located in St. Louis Park, Minn. The loan modification was facilitated by Ken Dayton of Oak Grove Capital. Amenities at TowerLight include an intergenerational child and elderly care program, fitness center, beauty salon, library and game room, gourmet kitchen, reflection room, clubroom, theater and an arts and craft room.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — Cocke Finkelstein has acquired Ramblewood Apartments in Grand Rapids for $100.4 million. The 1,170-unit complex was built in phases from 1972 to 1985 and sits on two campuses that stretch across 188 tree-covered acres. The property offers wooded grounds and a pond, a community center with year-round indoor pool, a business office center, a 55,000-square-foot tennis and health club facility, and a number of other amenities. The property was 98 percent occupied upon acquisition. CFLane, the apartment management subsidiary of CFI, will manage the community. Berkadia arranged the transaction for the undisclosed seller.
BEVERLY HILLS, MO. — Kwame Building Group Inc. (KWAME) is serving as project manager for a new $5.7 million firehouse, located at 7100 Natural Bridge Road in Beverly Hills, a city in St. Louis County. The Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District (NEAFPD) has contracted with KWAME on the project. The architect is JEMA. The 27,500-square-foot, two-story brick and stone firehouse will include five vehicle bays and a two-story structure for the District headquarters office. The facility will also house training and community classroom space. Built to resist seismic and high-wind events, the facility will serve as a natural disaster relief center for local residents. An employee-owned company, St. Louis-based KWAME provides estimating, scheduling, project planning, value engineering and other project management services as an independent advocate for owners and developers.