CHICAGO — Brennan Investment Group LLC, in a joint venture with Goldman Sachs, has acquired a 23-building, 4.68 million-square-foot industrial portfolio for an undisclosed price. The properties, located throughout the Chicago metropolitan area, were purchased from Mirvac Industrial Trust, an Australian public REIT. CBRE and the Macquarie Group represented the seller in the transaction.
CHICAGO — Aries Capital has brokered a $2.4 million Fannie Mae loan for an apartment building in Chicago. The property is located at 854 W. Armitage St. in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. The building features five newly remodeled apartment units and ground level retail leased to a local business. Eric Jones of the firm’s Chicago office secured the 10-year, non-recourse loan for the borrowers, Douglas Crocker II and partners. The loan features a 4.23 percent interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule. The fixed-rate loan represented 115 percent of the total cost basis.
ST. LOUIS — Hawthorn Leadership School for Girls has purchased a 57,000-square-foot building in St. Louis for $1.75 million. The property, located at 1901 N. Kingshighway, will serve as a new charter school, which is Missouri’s first all-girls public school. The school plans to open this fall. Hawthorn is a college preparatory middle and high school with a focus on science, technology engineering and math. Peter Newton of Hilliker Corp. represented the seller, Imagine Schools. John Ross of Summit Development represented the buyer, Hawthorn School.
O’FALLON, MO. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. and St. Louis, Mo.-based Pace Properties have brokered the sale of O’Fallon Walk, a 157,779-square-foot community shopping center in O’Fallon, a St. Louis-suburb. Boca Raton, Fla.-based PEBB Enterprises purchased the property, which is located at the southwest corner of Highway K and Feise Road, for an undisclosed sales price. Gordmans, Justice, Kirkland’s, and Catherines anchor the center. Ben Wineman of Mid-America and Scott Seyfried of Pace Properties brokered the transaction on behalf of New York-based Special Servicer for a CMBS Trust.
DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. — J.C. Anderson Inc. has completed a 30,000-square-foot office renovation in Downers Grove. The firm completed a build-out at the Corridors II office building located at 2655 Warrenville Road. The facility will serve as the new headquarters for CompuSystems Inc., a registration service provider for the convention trade show industry. The firm, previously located at 2805 S. 25th Ave. in Broadview, was founded in 1976 and employs approximately 200 people. The renovation included the addition of private offices, conference rooms and workstations. Jason Hawkins, Greg Garland and Bill Dennison led the J.C. Anderson construction team. Dawn Newman of Newman Architecture provided architectural services and Syska Hennessy Group provided engineering.
WACONIA, MINN. — Upland Real Estate Group has arranged the $1.5 million sale of a Caribou Coffee retail property located in Waconia, approximately 32 miles west of Minneapolis. A local buyer purchased the property, which is a new construction. Caribou Coffee signed a 15-year lease at the building. Upland Real Estate Group represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
NOVI, MICH. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has arranged the sale of Premier Medical Office, a 44,833-square-foot medical/office building located at 44000 W. 12 Mile Road in Novi. Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III Holdings LP purchased the property for an undisclosed sales price. Built in 2006, the two-story building is occupied by a collection of physician practices. Barry Swatsenbarg and Richard Deptula of Friedman represented the seller and the buyer in the transaction.
ST. LOUIS, MO. — Gramercy Property Trust has purchased Alpha Packaging’s 211,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in St. Louis for $11 million. The property, located at 1555 Page Industrial Drive, is under a long-term triple-net lease to Alpha Plastics Co. until 2029. The facility serves as the headquarters for Alpha Packaging’s eight plants located throughout the country. Alpha Packaging handles production of plastic bottles and containers for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. The plant has been the home of Alpha Packaging since 1999. In 2002, the company spent more than $4 million to renovate the facility. Hilliker Corp. and affiliate company Westwood Net Lease Advisors, represented the seller, Big Sky Properties, and coordinated the sale with New York-based Gramercy Property Trust.
FINDLAY, OHIO — Mascia Development LLC has purchased Findlay Marketplace, a 30,100-square-foot retail center at 2023 Tiffin Ave. in Findlay. The shopping center is more than 90 percent occupied with tenants such as Armed Forces Career Center, AT&T, Penn Station Subs and Pet Supplies Plus. Mascia Development raised more than $1.5 million from crowdfunding, using the recently passed Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act regulations, for the purchase. The JOBS Act allows companies to raise capital more quickly and cost efficiently, according to Mark Mascia of president and CEO Mascia Development, who was involved in the transaction.
MINNETONKA, MINN. — NorthMarq Capital’s Minneapolis office has arranged $10.7 million in acquisition financing for the Williston Business Center, a 354,730-square-foot office property in Minnetonka. Patrick Minea and Dan Trebil of NorthMarq arranged financing for the undisclosed borrower through the firm’s correspondent relationship with a life insurance company.