CLAYTON, MO. — The Sansone Group has arranged an office lease renewal of 10,094 square feet of space in Clayton. The property is located at 120 S. Central Ave. The Sansone Group represented the landlord, Clayton Central Investors LLC. Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch LC is the tenant.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Pillar has originated an $11.7 million Fannie Mae DUS loan for the acquisition of Citation Club Apartments, a 240-unit multifamily property located at 600 Trinity March in Columbus. The property features two- and three-story garden-style buildings built in 2004. The 15-year, fixed-rate loan includes a 30-year amortization schedule. Adam Klingher, managing director, and Brooke Jackson, associate, of Pillar’s Chicago origination team arranged the loan. Citation Club Apartments is part of a portfolio of three multifamily properties located in Columbus. The property is the only one in the portfolio that required new financing. The sponsor is Brookview Realty Group, an owner/operator of multifamily properties across the country. The key principals at Brookview responsible for the Citation Club Apartments transaction are Barry Pessin and David Ostreicher. Brookview and its affiliates currently own and manage more than 1,300 rental units across the country.
CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO — Goodman Real Estate Services Group LLC has brokered the $10.5 million sale of the Shoppes at Chapel Hill, an 84,758-square-foot shopping center in Cuyahoga Falls. The property, built in 1992, is 98.5 percent leased to tenants such as Michaels, Staples, Panera Bread, Jimmy John’s, Aaron’s and Brick House Tavern + Tap. Target shadow-anchors the shopping center. Kyle Hartung of Goodman represented the undisclosed seller of the property and also procured the buyer, a Florida-based real estate investment and development company.
DAVENPORT, IOWA — Cronheim Mortgage has secured a $9.7 million bridge loan to fund the acquisition, renovation and lease-up of a 235,000-square-foot retail center in Davenport. JoAnn Fabric and Crafts Stores, Planet Fitness and Iowa Workforce Development anchor the center, which is 70 percent occupied. The property is located across the street from NorthPark Mall. The five-year bridge financing was structured to 80 percent of the project’s hard costs. David Turley and Janet Proscia of Cronheim Mortgage arranged the non-recourse loan. Cronheim’s private equity affiliate, Channel Funds, acquired the property in partnership with Madison, N.J.-based Capstone Group.
VALPARAISO, IND. — Millennium Properties R/E has brokered the $4.4 million sale of a 30,000-square-foot medical center in Valparaiso. The Glendale Medical Center is located between Valparaiso University and the Porter Regional Hospital, which was built in 2012. The medical center consists of two separate buildings: a 21,443-square-foot office, that was built in 1985 and an 8,630-square-foot expansion that was completed in 2007. Much of the original building has been updated and the property was 85 percent occupied at the time of sale. Millennium Properties represented the seller, a Chicago-based investor group. Strawberry Fields, a national healthcare REIT with assets located throughout the Midwest, purchased the property.
OAK CREEK, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $17 million sale of a 279,828-square-foot Staples distribution facility in Oak Creek. The sale equates to $61 per square foot. Situated on a 28-acre parcel at 120 W. Opus Drive, the building features 20,000 square feet of office space and 259,828 square feet of warehouse space with a clear span of 33.5 feet. The building can be expanded by an additional 51,748 square feet. The facility is part of two-property, single-tenant industrial portfolio. The other asset, a 63,740-square-foot FedEx freight terminal in Aurora, Ill. sold for $15.9 million in May. Opus Group developed the property. Nick Manganais and Matthew Fitzgerald of Marcus & Millichap arranged the transaction for the seller, an Illinois-based family trust.
ST. LOUIS — Hilliker Corp. has arranged a five-year lease of a 64,000-square-foot building for St. Louis Language Immersion Schools Inc. (SLLIS) in St. Louis. The federal non-profit organization, which operates a network of independent charter public schools, moved two of its schools into one building located at 3740 Marine Ave. The property, built in 1929, sits on more than an acre of land and previously served as the site of a Salvation Army. H. Meade Summers of Hilliker represented the tenant.
ROYAL OAK, MICH. — Howard Schwartz Commercial Real Estate LLC has arranged the lease of 9,144 square feet in Royal Oak. Buffalo Wild Wings will occupy space at the former Barnes & Noble bookstore located at 500 S. Main St. Diversified Restaurant Holdings Inc. leased the space and will complete $2.6 million in renovations for the restaurant. The new eatery is expected to open January 2015.
WARRENVILLE, ILL. — Reed Construction will build a new Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Center for Cadence Cancer Center in Warrenville, approximately 31 miles west of Chicago. The project will feature a two-story, ground-up addition to the existing facility to create a new, state-of-the-art advanced radiation treatment center for adults and children. The 11,268-square-foot build-out will include the addition of multiple offices, post/pre operation rooms, a nurses’ station and conference room. The property is located at 4405 Weaver Pkwy. Scott Pickands and Cy Rangel will lead Reed’s construction team, which includes Jack Sbertoli and Jim Blake. RTKL is providing architectural services. The project is scheduled for completion in March 2015.
HASTINGS, MINN. — Dougherty Funding LLC has closed $6 million in acquisition financing for Oak Ridge Assisted Living of Hastings. The 67-unit property is located in Hastings and sits on nearly three acres. The facility, built in 2001, is comprised of both assisted living and memory care units and was 96 percent leased as of August 2014. Dougherty Funding LLC serves as lead lender for the loan, which was arranged for the borrower, Hastings ACQ LLC.