COON RAPIDS, MINN. — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has arranged a $2.1 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of a 72-unit seniors housing property in Coon Rapids. Margaret Place is an assisted living facility located within a wooded residential setting and offers an urgent response system, 24-hour security system and twice daily wellness checks, as well as daily home-cooked meals and numerous scheduled activities. The 18-year loan includes a 25-year amortization schedule. Dougherty’s Minneapolis office secured the loan for the borrower, Margaret Place LP.
SPRINGFIELD, MO. — Byrne & Jones Sports has completed $24 million in new construction of several new athletic and recreation facilities at Missouri State University. The St. Louis-based company relocated the school’s track and built a new artificial turf football field closer to the west bleachers. A new NCAA-regulation, eight-lane track was also built as part of the new synthetic turf soccer field. The new track incudes steeple chase, long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault and a warm up running area. Byrne & Jones also installed a shock pad to improve safety, play and the durability for a new field hockey surface installed by SportsTurf. Springfield, Mo.-based general contractor DeWitt and Associates Inc. managed the overall improvements. Hastings + Chivetta Architects Inc. was the architect for the project.
CHICAGO — The Telos Group LLC has arranged a 49,464-square-foot lease for Cision at One Prudential Plaza in Chicago. Cision, a provider of public relations software and services, will occupy the entire seventh floor of One Prudential Plaza. The building’s ownership, Berkley Properties and 601W Cos., have committed nearly $85 million of improvements, which include the lobby and plaza areas as well as new and upgraded amenities. Jesse Van Dyke of JLL represented Cision in the transaction. Matt Pistorio and Bill Truszkowski of Telos represented building ownership.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $7.4 million refinancing for Forest Park Apartments in Kansas City. The 198-unit multifamily property is located at 4623 N.E. Winn Road. Greg Duvall and Brent Blake of NorthMarq structured the 10-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule. NorthMarq arranged financing for the undisclosed borrower through its seller-servicer relationship with Freddie Mac.
ANN ARBOR, MICH. — Gerdom Realty & Investment has arranged the lease of a 2,600-square-foot space in Ann Arbor. Coralville, Iowa-based Pancheros Mexican Grill will occupy space within Pittsfield Place, a new shopping center located at Ann Arbor-Saline Road. Versa Cos. developed the property. Tjader Gerdom and Larry Siedell of Gerdom Realty & Investment represented Pancheros in the transaction. This will be the second Pancheros in Ann Arbor. The new location is expected to open in the first quarter of 2015.
INDIANAPOLIS — Milhaus Construction LLC has opened Phase I of Circa, a new Chatham-Arch historic district apartment development in Indianapolis. The $31 million project was built on the site of the former Mitchel & Scott Machine Co. at 617 N. College Ave. Circa includes 265 units, which consist of a mix of studios, one-, two- and three- bedroom units in five new apartment buildings. Three of the buildings are four stories high with private tuck-under parking garages. The other two buildings are five stories and include first floor open-air parking garages. Rents range from $900 to $2,500 per month. Construction on Phase II began earlier this summer on a half-acre site just north of Phase I. The four-story building will feature 29 apartments and 1,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space. Construction is expected to be complete by early summer of 2015. Milhaus Management LLC will manage the property. Milhaus Construction built the project. Milhaus, Blackline Studio for Architecture, Anderson + Bohlander Landscape Architecture and CEC Engineering collaborated on the design. Regions Bank provided the construction loan.
MAPLE GROVE, MINN. — Shingobee Builders Inc. has begun construction of a Paradise Car Wash and Detail Center in Maple Grove. The facility will be located at the former Champp’s restaurant site on Elm Creek Boulevard. The 15,600-square-foot building will provide a tunnel wash, three detail bays, customer lounge and support areas. Construction started in mid-August and is scheduled for completion early in 2015. The site is visible from I-94 and is located near the Maple Grove shopping area. Loretto, Minn.-based Shingobee Builders is a national commercial construction and development company that provides general contracting, project management and real estate services.
BRIDGETON, MO. — Hilliker Corp. has arranged the $890,000 sale of a 37,000-square-foot industrial building located in Bridgeton. Merged companies Tri-State Equipment Co. and Ergonomic Partners will move to the property located at 4000 Fee Fee Road. Powell Kalish of Hilliker Corp. represented the buyer, Tri-State Equipment. Andy Port and Pat Reilly of Gateway Commercial Real Estate represented the seller, Justus Holdings LLC. The combined company, which supplies lifting devices, currently has 19 employees. Tri-State Equipment plans to add three to five employees within the upcoming six months due to the new building’s increased production capacity.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — Meritex has brokered the sale of a 282,565-square-foot office building in St. Paul to an undisclosed buyer. The property, located at 444 Lafayette Road, is fully leased to the State of Minnesota-Department of Human Services. The marketing and sale of the property was part of a 677,500-square-foot, four-building portfolio sale coordinated between owners Meritex and NGP Lafayette Portfolio Owners Corp. The sellers cooperated in the joint marketing, contract negotiations, due diligence coordination and final closing for the entire portfolio. Steven Buss, Tom Holtz, Ryan Watts and Judd Welliver of CBRE represented Meritex and NGP. Meritex has been retained by the buyer as property manager for the entire portfolio. Fred Koehler, asset manager for Meritex, will be responsible for park management.
OMAHA, NEB. — Haley Real Estate Group, an Omaha, Neb.-based real estate investment firm, has acquired five apartment communities for $64.3 million. The properties include Meadow Walk Apartments in Arkansas City, Kan.; Woodscape Apartments and Forest Lake Apartments in Newport News, Va.; Fox Run Apartments in Broken Arrow, Okla.; and Pryor Creek Apartments in Pryor, Okla. The company plans to invest an additional $3.4 million for capital improvements to the communities, which feature a combined total of 1,028 apartment homes. The addition of the properties increases Haley Real Estate Group’s portfolio to 46 communities representing 11,380 units in 13 states.