Midwest

Quantum Real Estate Advisors Brokers $1.08M Sale of 10,650 SF Retail Building in North Aurora, Ill.

by Jonathan Mehall August 7, 2015

NORTH AURORA, ILL. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors has brokered the $1.08 million sale of a 10,650-square-foot retail building located at 451-459 Randall Crossings Lane in North Aurora, about 40 miles west of Chicago. The multi-tenant building is 74 percent occupied by regional tenants Bulldog Ale House and Lover’s Lane. Chad Firsel of Quantum Real Estate Advisors brokered the transaction on behalf of the seller, a pension fund from Dallas, and the buyer, a private real estate investor based in Chicago.

August 7, 2015

Midwest Mixed-Use Ohio

Fairmount Properties, Lennar Commercial Make $17M Investment in Mixed-Use Project Near Cleveland

by Jonathan Mehall August 6, 2015

ORANGE VILLAGE, OHIO — Fairmount Properties, lead developer on the $225 million mixed-use Pinecrest development in affluent Orange Village southeast of Cleveland, has teamed up with Lennar Commercial to make an initial $17 million investment in the project. The investment is being made through an advance to the partnership by Lennar Commercial’s sister company, Rialto Capital. The 58-acre development will feature 400,000 square feet of retail and restaurants, including a gourmet grocer; 150,000 square feet of office space linked to a 120-room hotel and parking garage; and 90 new apartments. Retailers that have committed to the project include REI, Pinstripes, Old Town Pourhouse and Silverspot Cinema. Pinecrest is set to open in 2017.

August 6, 2015

Loans Midwest Mixed-Use Ohio

Love Funding Secures $15.3M Loan to Turn Historic Cleveland Block into Apartments

by Jonathan Mehall August 6, 2015

CLEVELAND — Love Funding has closed on a $15.3 million loan to renovate a large, historic city block in downtown Cleveland into a loft apartment community. West 25th Street Lofts will offer 83 market-rate loft apartments in four adjacent buildings in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood, including one that was originally constructed in 1866 to house the Jacob Beahr Brewery. In short, the apartments will replace a vacant group of buildings on West 25th Street. The developers of the $27.4 million project are Rick Foran of Foran Group Development LLC and Chris Smythe of Smythe Property Advisors LLC. Love Funding Midwest Regional Director Bruce Gerhart secured the financing through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 221(d)(4) loan insurance program. The HUD program provided the development team with low-rate, non-recourse financing for the duration of construction and for a subsequent 40-year term. The loan was originally slated to be finalized in 2014, but the closing of a charter school in one of the newer buildings enabled the development team to add another 22 units to the project, according to Love Funding. Since then, the immediate area has benefited from further development, leadingUSA Today to name the area one of the 10 “up and coming” neighborhoods in the United States. …

August 6, 2015

Industrial Midwest Ohio

Duke Realty Breaks Ground on 421,000 SF Build-to-Suit Warehouse in Columbus, Ohio

by Jonathan Mehall August 6, 2015

COLUMBUS, OHIO — Duke Realty Corp. has broken ground on a 421,000-square-foot bulk warehouse for BASF Corp. The build-to-suit facility is being constructed on a 33-acre site in Rickenbacker Global Logistics Park, a 1,576-acre, multi-modal industrial site being developed through a partnership between Duke Realty, the Columbus Regional Airport Authority and Capitol Square Ltd. The facility will be adjacent to Rickenbacker Parkway and in close proximity to Norfolk Southern’s intermodal terminal and Rickenbacker International Airport. The cross-docked building will feature 32-foot clear ceiling heights; 28 dock doors with levelers, bumpers, seals and lights, staging for 50 trailers next to the building and a 135-foot truck court. Completion of the warehouse is set for 2016.

August 6, 2015

Illinois Midwest Mixed-Use

Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale of 20,000 SF Mixed-Use Building in Chicago

by Jonathan Mehall August 6, 2015

CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 20,000-square-foot mixed-use building for $1.9 million at 3801 N. Bernard St. in Chicago. The property is located in Chicago’s Irving Park neighborhood. The area offers convenient access to the Chicago Transit Authority’s Blue Line train. The Abbey Pub & Grill is the major tenant of the building. Jacob Korman and Kyle Stengle of Marcus & Millichap’s Chicago office represented the seller, a private investor. Stengle and Korman also secured the buyer, a limited liability company.

August 6, 2015

Midwest Retail Wisconsin

Baum Realty Group Brokers $1.5M Sale of a Dollar Tree in Baraboo, Wis.

by Jonathan Mehall August 6, 2015

BARABOO, WIS. — Baum Realty Group has brokered the sale of a single-tenant, net leased Dollar Tree property located at 905 U.S. Highway 12 in Baraboo, approximately 47 miles northwest of Madison. The property sold for $1.5 million, which represents one of the lowest cap rates for a Dollar Tree property outside of California, with less than 10 years remaining on the lease term. Dollar Tree signed a new seven-year lease with no early termination clause. The new build-to-suit development is situated across the street from Walmart and Menards. Patrick Forkin and Brad Teitelbaum of Baum Realty Group represented the seller, a private developer, in the transaction. The buyer was a private investor from Minnesota.

August 6, 2015

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Proposed New Arena for Milwaukee Bucks Could Lead to Development Run

by Jeff Shaw August 6, 2015

An article highlighting the fortunes of the Milwaukee Bucks that appeared July 6 on CBSSports.com couldn’t be more accurate. “There’s something powerful and sustainable growing in Milwaukee, rising out of the weeds of small-market irrelevance and into a team you’re going to want to watch next season,” wrote Matt Moore who covers the NBA. Since New York hedge fund investors Wes Edens and Marc Lasry purchased the Bucks last year for $550 million, the team has been on the rise. Founded as an expansion team in 1968, the Bucks went from being the worst team in the league during the 2013-14 season to the sixth seed in the 2014-2015 playoffs. The new owners, along with former owner Herb Kohl, have committed $250 million for the construction of a new $500 million arena as a replacement for the team’s current home, BMO Harris Bradley Center, which opened in 1988. But if the new arena is not built by the 2017 season, Milwaukee could be left without an NBA team. Once complete, the entire development, which would sit on approximately 30 acres in the Park East corridor, could include up to 3 million square feet of office, entertainment, retail, residential and hotel …

August 6, 2015

Illinois Midwest Office

Reed Construction Completes Renovation of The Franklin in Chicago’s West Loop

by Jonathan Mehall August 5, 2015

CHICAGO — Reed Construction has completed the renovation of both towers that comprise The Franklin, an office complex in the West Loop neighborhood of downtown Chicago. The 60-story skyscraper is owned and managed by Tishman Speyer and consists of two separate towers: one at 222 W. Adams St. and the other at 227 W. Monroe St. The renovation work occurred on the fourth, 21st and 24th floors at 222 W. Adams, as well as the fifth floor at 227 W. Madison. A total of nine speculative suites, 10 breakrooms and four public corridors with men’s and women’s restrooms were renovated. A complete washroom was also relocated to the 21st floor of 222 W. Adams. Construction on each floor was completed simultaneously with staggered phasing to minimize disruptions for existing tenants. Jon Zawiski led the team for Reed Construction as the project manager, Jason Gunderson was the project executive, and Jay Crane was the superintendent. Harley Ellis Devereaux provided architectural services.

August 5, 2015

Illinois Midwest Office

Prudential Real Estate Investors acquires Roosevelt Collection in Chicago’s South Loop

by Jonathan Mehall August 5, 2015

CHICAGO — Prudential Real Estate Investors has acquired the Roosevelt Collection, a Class A mixed-use property in the South Loop of Chicago. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located at 150 Roosevelt Road, the LEED-certified, mixed-use property includes two eight-story buildings with 326,098 square feet of retail space, 342 loft-style apartment units, and a three-level parking garage. (LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a standard developed by the U.S. Green Building Council.) The acquisition also includes an adjacent land lot that is part of a planned 400-unit, 43-story high-rise multifamily project. Retail components of the Roosevelt Collection feature a 16-screen Kerasotes ShowPlace ICON Movie Theatre, Container Store, lululemon and Banana Republic.

August 5, 2015

Illinois Midwest Multifamily

IMPACT Strategies Completes $4M Green Development in Granite City, Ill.

by Jonathan Mehall August 5, 2015

GRANITE CITY, ILL. — IMPACT Strategies has completed construction of the second phase of the federally funded Granite City Green Communities in Granite City, about 10 miles northeast of St. Louis. IMPACT Strategies constructed 20 new units within six buildings for a total of 63 units at the development. Granite City Green’s design and construction are focused on sustainable and energy-efficient criteria. The project incorporates the use of solar panel and bioretention rain gardens in an effort to maximize the development’s environmental impact and performance. The Granite City Housing Authority hired Impact Strategies to lead construction of the project, which began last August and wrapped up at the end of July The first phase of Granite City Green was developed in 2012. Farr Associates, a sustainable architecture and urban planning firm in Chicago, designed the project.

August 5, 2015

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