EDGERTON, KAN. — Kubota Tractor Corp. will open a 450,000-square-foot parts distribution center in Edgerton, 37 miles southwest of Kansas City. The company has entered into a five-year lease agreement with ELHC XI LLC., a Kansas limited liability company. Kubota plans to have the facility operational during the third quarter of 2015. The center will primarily service the Midwest and will employ approximately 75 people after the first year. Kubota’s current divisional parts operations in Suwanee, Ga., Fort Worth, Texas, Columbus, Ohio and Lodi, Calif., will continue to provide regional support to local Kubota dealers.
MADISON HEIGHTS, MICH. – Biggby Coffee has signed a 2,071-square-foot retail lease for a second Madison Heights location. The property is located at 11 Mile Road between I-75 and John R Road. Tjader Gerdom and Mike Vaughn of Gerdom Realty & Investment arranged the transaction. The new Biggby location will have a drive-thru and is expected to open in spring 2015.
CHICAGO — Golub & Co., in a partnership with Boston-based Alcion Ventures, has acquired Oak Brook Executive Plaza, a 389,000-square-foot office in Oak Brook, a Chicago suburb. Bank of America provided financing for the transaction. The purchase price was undisclosed, but according to Crain’s Chicago the joint venture agreed to pay about $57 million, or $150 per square foot, for the property. The office complex is located on West 22nd St. across from Oak Brook Center Mall and is visible from I-88. Chicago-based Golub and Alcion plan to reposition the property as high-quality office space for corporate and creative firms. The redevelopment plans include enhanced curb appeal, updated office interiors and common areas and new tenant amenities.
HOBART, IND. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $11.3 million sale of Hampshire Park Apartments, a 186-unit apartment community in Hobart, approximately 45 minutes southeast of the Chicago Loop. Built in 1972 on less than 20 acres, the property is located at 400 N. Lake Park Ave. and includes a mix of one- and two-bedroom units. The apartment community is adjacent to open prairie and near parks, lakes and outdoor recreational areas. The historic Hobart lakefront district, located in downtown Hobart on Lake George, is less than one mile from the property. Scott Harris of Marcus & Millichap’s Oak Brook office in suburban Chicago represented the seller, a private investment company in Merrillville, Ind. The buyer is Chicago-based Tricap Residential Group.
CHICAGO — Brennan Investment Group LLC has acquired the Cumberland Metro Office Park, a portfolio of 12 multi-tenant, single-story office/flex buildings totaling approximately 164,448 square feet in Chicago’s O’Hare submarket. The purchase price and seller were undisclosed. The office park is located on nearly 15 acres, less than two miles from O’Hare International Airport. The O’Hare submarket has demonstrated strong real estate fundamentals, evidenced by 12 consecutive quarters of positive net absorption, according to Kevin Brennan, vice president of acquisitions at Rosemont, Ill.-based Brennan Investment Group. The private real estate firm, which acquires, develops and operates industrial properties nationally, currently owns and manages nearly 20 million square feet of industrial properties in 22 states.
ELGIN, ILL. — Lee & Associates of Illinois has arranged the lease of a 69,175-square-foot warehouse/distribution space for Communication Test Design Inc. in Elgin. The property is located at 2380 Galvin Drive. John Sharpe and Steve Bass of Lee & Associates of Illinois represented the landlord, Stockbridge. David Mackey of Jackson Cross Partners represented the tenant in the transaction.
MADISON HEIGHTS, MICH. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has brokered the sale of 32333 Mally Lane, a 25,377-square-foot industrial building in Madison Heights, a Detroit suburb. The property is located at 32333 Mally Lane. The seller, Mally Corp., sold the building to Michigan Motorz, which provides marine engines and marine engine parts. Ryan Cavanagh of Friedman represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction.
BELLEVILLE, ILL. —IMPACT Strategies has begun construction on a senior living community in Belleville. The $6 million Cottages at Cathedral Square will include 32 units across five buildings totaling more than 31,000 square feet. EWR Associates of Fairview Heights designed the community and Cottages Limited Partnership of Chicago is the developer. Construction on the Cottages at Cathedral Square is expected to be complete by September 2015. The project is one of several multi-housing and senior living projects built by IMPACT Strategies throughout the St. Louis Metropolitan area.
ALTON, ILL. — Cassidy Turley has arranged a retail lease in Alton, 15 miles north of St. Louis. Ross Dress for Less has leased 28,000 square feet at Alton Square Mall. The store will open in the first half of 2015 and will serve as one of the anchors for the 639,172-square-foot regional mall, which currently includes JC Penney, Macy’s and Illinois Wholesale Furniture. More than 85,000 square feet has been leased within the mall in the last year. Chase Young and Nick Cascella of Cassidy Turley represented the mall owner, Bloomington, Minn.-based NorthMarq Capital, in the transaction.
CHICAGO — Millennium Properties R/E has brokered the $3.4 million sale of five former Dominick’s Finer Foods outlots throughout the suburbs of Chicago. The five outlots were sold as a portfolio to GMX Real Estate Group, a regional retail developer and real estate service company. Three of the properties – located in Fox Lake, Oswego and Shorewood – were developed as gas stations with small convenience stores. The stations have been decommissioned and are ready for redevelopment. Two outlots, in Aurora and Frankfort, are both zoned for retail or future gas station development. Chicago-based Millennium Properties is working with Safeway on the sale and lease assignment of several former Dominick’s properties throughout Chicagoland.