URBANA, ILL. — The Bainbridge Cos. is developing Campus Circle Urbana, a 524-bed student housing community located directly across the street from the University of Illinois in Urbana. The property, located at 1008 W. University Ave., will include 181 rental apartments. Campus Circle Urbana will feature a design inspired by the retro “speakeasy” feel of Chicago’s popular restaurants and clubs. The project is scheduled to deliver starting in December.
STERLING HEIGHTS, MICH. — NorthMarq Capital has secured $34.6 million in refinancing for Lakeside Terrace Apartments, a 438-unit multifamily property located in Sterling Heights. The 10-year loan includes a 30-year amortization schedule. NorthMarq Capital’s Charlotte office arranged financing for the undisclosed borrower through its seller/servicer relationship with Freddie Mac.
LYONS, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $735,000 sale of a 24-unit apartment property in Lyons. The building is located at 3905-3913 Haas Avenue. The property includes one-bedroom units measuring approximately 500 square feet each. The complex also features off-street parking and an on-site laundry facility. Ryan Engle and Andrean Angelov of Marcus & Millichap’s Chicago Oak Brook office represented the seller, a private investor and the buyer, a limited liability company.
LATHRUP VILLAGE, MICH. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has brokered the sale of Southfield 12 Plaza, a 24,112-square-foot office building in Lathrup Village, a suburb of Southfield. The property is located at 28600 – 28690 Southfield Road. Lathrup Properties Inc. sold the building. David Cohen of Friedman represented the undisclosed buyer in the transaction.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, WIS. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has arranged the sale of Chippewa Commons in Chippewa Falls. An Eau Claire, Wis.-based private investment group purchased the 169,631-square-foot, multi-tenant shopping center. Chippewa Commons is located at the southeast corner of U.S. Highway 124 and Woodward Avenue. Dollar Tree, GNC, H&R Block and Check ‘n Go are tenants at the center. Ben Wineman of Mid-America and Mark Robinson of Mid-America Real Estate – Minnesota LLC brokered the transaction on behalf of a public traded real estate investment trust.
ORLAND PARK, ILL. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has brokered the $5.4 million sale of a 57,499-square-foot shopping center. Marley Creek Square is located at 18000-18092 Wolf Road in Orland Park. The center consists of three buildings — a 27,550-square-foot building inline with Jewel-Osco and anchored by Chase Bank; a 24,461-square-foot building anchored by Barraco’s restaurant; and a 5,488-square-foot outlot building anchored by Starbucks and Jimmy Johns. A local real estate operator sold the property to a Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based private real estate investor. Chad Firsel and Conor Bossy of Quantum represented the seller in the transaction.
ST. LOUIS — The Opus Group, in partnership with AIG GlobalReal Estate, has begun construction on a 12-story luxury apartment building in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis. The building will include 217 apartment units featuring alcove, one-, two-bedroom and penthouse floor plans. Amenities will include a fitness center, a pool terrace with an outdoor grilling space and fire pits, bar and club rooms, a dog wash and underground parking. Opus Development Co. LLC is the developer and Opus Design Build LLC is the design-builder. Opus AE Group LLC is the architect and structural engineer of record. Minneapolis-based ESG Architects provided conceptual design services. Completion of the project is slated for fall 2016.
ST. LOUIS — PPM/Keller Plaza LLC has acquired a retail center in St. Louis for $3.7 million. Keller Plaza includes a 52,842-square-foot shopping center and 11,034 square feet of ground leases. The property is located at 4500 Lemay Ferry Road. PPM acquired the property from Phillips Edison & Co. Jack in the Box, Firestone, Jiffy Lube and the Keller Plaza Cine 8 theaters anchor the property. There is a total of 1,020 square feet of in-line vacancy.
WAYZATA, MINN. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged the $18.4 million refinancing of Marquee Place, a 72,000-square-foot retail/office property Wayzata, a suburb 11 miles west of Minneapolis. The property is located at 641-681 Lake St. E. The mixed-use property features unobstructed lake views. The 12-year loan incudes a 25-year amortization schedule. NorthMarq arranged financing for the undisclosed borrower through its correspondent relationship with a life insurance company.
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA — T.W. Sather Co. Inc. has broken ground on the $9.7 million Kingston Village Apartments in downtown Cedar Rapids. The apartment complex located at 200 Diagonal Drive includes 64 units and features a mix of one-, two- and four-bedroom apartments. Amenities at the four-story property include management offices, a fitness center, a business center and community room. The project involved Section 42 financing from the Iowa Finance Authority (IFA), Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA), the city of Cedar Rapids and Bank Mutual. The project is part of major redevelopment efforts following the Iowa flood of 2008, a hydrological event that involved most of the rivers in eastern Iowa.
