Midwest

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FRANKFORT, ILL. — Inland Real Estate Corp. has acquired Prairie Crossings in Frankfort, an affluent southwest suburb of Chicago, for $24.7 million. Inland purchased the property in cash, excluding closing costs and adjustments from the seller, Beachwood, Ohio-based Chase Properties. The Prairie Crossings acquisition consists of approximately 109,000 square feet of gross leasable area, including more than 83,000 square feet of inline retail space, plus two multi-tenant outlot buildings. The power center is currently 99 percent leased. Bed Bath & Beyond, Sports Authority and Office Depot anchor the shopping center, which is shadow-anchored by Kohl’s. Other tenants include Famous Footwear, Panera Bread, Chipotle, Red Mango, Game Stop, Sleepy’s, Massage Envy and Spa and Hair Cuttery, among others.

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TheFreshMarketCenter

GLEN ELLYN, ILL. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of The Fresh Market Center in Glen Ellyn, a suburb in metro Chicago. New York-based American Realty Capital Properties Inc. purchased the 30,877-square-foot center for an undisclosed sales price. The Fresh Market Center is located at the southwest quadrant of Roosevelt and Lambert roads. The Fresh Market anchors the shopping center. Tenants include Firehouse Subs, Great Clips, Tide Dry Cleaners and European Wax Center. Joe Girardi and Rick Drogosz of Mid-America represented the seller, Minnetonka, Minn.-based Opus Development Company LLC.

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CANTON, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $5.2 million acquisition loan for a single-tenant data center in Canton. The center is leased to a non-investment-grade tenant. Dean Giannakopoulos of MMCC’s Chicago downtown office arranged financing for the undisclosed borrower. The 25-year loan is fixed at 3.97 percent. The loan-to-value ratio is 70 percent.

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COLUMBUS, OHIO — Cassidy Turley has arranged the lease of 12,765 square feet of office space in Columbus. New York-based CT Corp. has renewed its lease with Equity Office Properties at 4400 Easton Commons, Suite 125. Built in 2005, the office building in northeast Columbus has easy access to Interstate 71, Interstate 270 and Interstate 670. The property is less than a mile from Port Columbus International Airport. Randy Stephens and Brian Douglas represented CT Corp. in the transaction. Tyler Owens and Mark Friedman of Colliers International represented Chicago-based Equity Office Properties.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Huff, Niehaus & Associates has arranged the sale of an extended-stay hotel portfolio with properties in Indiana and Kentucky for $37 million. The portfolio of five hotels includes 583 rooms consisting of three Candlewood Suites and two Suburban Extended Stay hotels. A Chicago-based investment firm purchased the portfolio from C&L Hospitality LLC. Funding was secured through Arbor Commercial Mortgage LLC. The properties include: Candlewood Suites Indianapolis N.E., located at 8111 Bash St.; Candlewood Suites Indianapolis Airport, located at 5250 W. Bradbury Ave.; Suburban Extended Stay Indianapolis N.E., located at 8055 Bash St.; Suburban Extended Stay in Clarksville, Ind., located at 1620 Leisure Way; and Candlewood Suites Louisville Airport, located at 1367 Gardiner Lane. H. Brandt Niehaus of Huff, Niehaus & Associates represented the seller.

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ST. LOUIS — National Asset Services (NAS) has arranged a $45 million loan to refinance a 315,000-square-foot office property in St. Louis. NAS led a group of tenant-in-common co-owners in a multi-tiered process, which resulted in a new property ownership structure and favorable refinancing terms. The process involved reorganizing and consolidating the group of 31 tenant-in-common co-owners and an additional 77 investors into a new limited liability company. The newly created company then became the borrower under a new loan provided by an undisclosed lender. The Class A property is located at 8555 University Place. The three-story, single-tenant office building serves as the company headquarters for Express Scripts, a manager of pharmacy benefit plans.

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GrandBridgeApartments

HOPKINS, MINN. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged a $5.7 million first mortgage loan to refinance an 83-unit apartment complex in Hopkins. The fully occupied property features remodeled unit interiors. Tony Carlson of Grandbridge originated the fixed-rate, 15-year loan, through a life insurance company for the undisclosed borrower. The loan required no personal guaranty and closed with an interest rate in the low 4 percent range.

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RetailCenter

FARMINGTON HILLS, MICH. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has arranged the sale of a 17,873-square-foot retail strip center in Farmington Hills. Courtyard Shopping Center is located at 32500 – 32522 Northwestern Highway. The property was built in 1989 on nearly two acres. Courtyard Shopping Center was 92 percent occupied at the time of sale. Barry Swatsenbarg and Rich Deptula of Friedman represented both the undisclosed buyer and seller in the transaction.

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Today’s Kansas City apartment fundamentals resemble the height of the 2007 market as jobs, deliveries, building permits, occupancy and rents are up. The availability of financing for developers and investors, along with the temperate economic recovery, portends further operational strength and investment activity in the near term. Job growth in the metro area this year has been positive. The end of the first quarter saw a full rebound of the job losses that occurred in late 2013. Through the first half of 2014, total payroll employment expanded by 5,200 jobs, an increase of 0.5 percent compared with the end of 2013. The local unemployment rate at the end of the second quarter of 2014 was 6.3 percent. Some 4,200 additional new jobs are projected for the second half of 2014, which would bring the area nonfarm job count to only 1,800 under its 2007 high of 1,018,300. Supply and Demand Apartment developers are expected to deliver new product in time to meet the demand created by the new jobs. By year’s end, construction is scheduled to be completed on 3,750 new apartments for multifamily properties of 100 or more units. New construction has been ramping up since the first quarter …

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LISLE, ILL. — Ryan Cos. and Providence Life Services will develop an 80-unit, senior apartment community in Lisle, a western suburb of Chicago. Arbor Place of Lisle, an affordable, age-restricted community will be situated on an approximately 3.3-acre site at the northeast corner of Karns Road and Ogden Avenue. The development will comprise 60 one-bedroom, one-bathroom and 20 two-bedroom, one-bathroom units. The $20.6 million development was designed and is being constructed according to Enterprise Green Communities specifications. Construction is set for completion in summer 2015. Arbor Place of Lisle is the second project for the Ryan-Providence partnership. Arbor Place of Lisle is being financed under the Section 42 affordable housing program administered by the Illinois Housing Development Authority.

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