RIVER FOREST, ILL. —Mid-America Asset Management Inc. has arranged three retail leases at River Forest Town Center in River Forest, Ill., a western suburb of Chicago. Massage Envy, Accelerated Rehabilitation and Native Foods signed leases at the property located at the corner of Lake Street and Harlem Avenue. Massage Envy signed a lease for 3,946 square feet; Accelerated Rehabilitation signed a lease for 3,077 square feet; and Native Foods signed a lease for 2,500 square. All three tenants are set to open this fall. Anchors at the 145,133-square-foot retail center include Whole Foods Market, Ulta, Petco, Walgreens and DSW. Liz Krebs of Mid-America represented the landlord in the transactions. Peter Scannell of Mid-America Real Estate Corp. represented Massage Envy. Jack Siragusa of Cushman & Wakefield represented Native Foods. Accelerated Rehabilitation represented itself in the transaction.
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LEBANON, IND. — NorthPoint Development and GDI Construction will build a 741,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility in Lebanon, a northwest suburb of Indianapolis. The 67-acre site is located at I-65 and State Road 32. The facility, which will be expandable to 1 million square feet, will include 36-foot clear heights. Site grading and infrastructure work has already begun. The building is expected to be ready for occupancy in the fourth quarter of 2014. Bob Gude is the project executive for the development. Mark Writt and Tom Cooler of CBRE Inc. will be the leasing agents for the building.
ROYAL OAK, MICH. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has arranged the sale of a 3,900-square-foot office building in Royal Oak, a northern suburb of Detroit. The property is located at 116 East 7th St. ?The office building is less than a mile from Oakland Community College – Royal Oak Campus. The seller, Kayser Street Enterprises LLC, sold the space to Rabbi Eli Mayfield. The new owner plans to remove the current building and replace it with a community center for young adults. Rob Hibbert of Friedman represented the seller.
CINCINNATI — Hyde Park Commercial Group, a Cincinnati-based advisory firm, has arranged a $1.8 million refinance loan for a 60-room Quality Inn hotel in Illinois. Refinancing for the limited-service hotel was arranged through a regional bank. The hotel was facing a loan maturity. The owners wanted to improve the terms of existing financing. Hyde Park CG underwrote, packaged and shopped the loan to multiple community, regional and national banks.
LANSING, MICH. — Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Commercial Property Advisors has brokered the sale of Woodland Lakes Apartments, a 344-unit, Class A apartment community located in Lansing. Mount Auburn Capital Group, a California-based multifamily investment and management firm, purchased the property for more than $30 million. The deal marks Mount Auburn’s expansion into Michigan. Built in 2003, Woodland Lakes is situated on 60 acres. The property, which is currently 97 percent occupied, sold at a high 6 percent cap rate based on the 2013 year-end financials. Cary Belovicz of Commercial Property Advisors represented the seller, Woodland Lakes Investment Group LLC, an institutionally managed fund. K. Conly Chi of Mount Auburn says the transaction closed in less than 30 days from contract.
LAKE BLUFF, ILL. — The Boulder Group has brokered the $3.2 million sale of a two-tenant, net-leased property in Lake Bluff, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. The 7,902-square-foot retail center, originally built in 1985, is located at 305 S. Waukegan Road. Panera Bread and Noodles & Co. are tenants in the building. The property is an outparcel to a Heinen’s grocery-anchored center. Heinen’s, an upscale grocery store chain, replaced the vacant Dominick’s property. Panera has more than four years remaining on its lease that expires Aug. 31, 2018. The lease features two five-year renewal options with 10 percent rental escalations. Noodles & Co. has more than 10 years remaining on its lease, which expires Oct. 31, 2024. The lease features a 6.7 percent rental escalation in the primary term. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the buyer, a foreign investor from Spain, in the transaction.
RACINE, WIS. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp.’s investment sales team has arranged the $9 million sale of Racine Centre in Racine, approximately 29 miles southeast of Milwaukee. A private buyer purchased the 135,827-square-foot Piggly Wiggly grocery-anchored center. Racine Centre is located at the southeast corner of Green Bay Road and Washington Ave. Tenants include Xperience Fitness, Party City, Dollar Tree and Get it Now! Joe Girardi of Mid-America Real Estate Corp. in cooperation with Dan Rosenfeld of Mid-America Real Estate – Wisconsin LLC represented the seller, Jacksonville, Fla.-based Regency Centers.
CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $1.9 million sale of a 29-unit apartment property in Chicago The property is located at 4815 N. Springfield Ave. Built in 1927, the building has been upgraded within the past 10 years. Kyle Stengle, an investment specialist in Marcus & Millichap’s Chicago downtown office, represented the seller, a partnership. Stengle also represented the buyer, Windy City RE LLC.
NILES, ILL. — Holladay Properties has arranged the lease of a new 4,000-square-foot medical office building in Niles, a suburb northwest of Chicago. North Suburban Physicians Group will occupy space at The Park at Golf Mill, a senior independent living community located at 8975 West Golf Road. North Suburban Physicians Group is expanding its practice in Niles to meet the needs of its growing patient base in the northwest suburban areas of Chicago. Liza Passarelli of Tenant Advisors Inc. represented the tenant in the transaction. Michael O’Connor of Holladay Properties represented the owner.
CHICAGO — Sonnenblick-Eichner Co. has arranged a $265 million first mortgage loan for the refinancing of the 610-room JW Marriott Chicago hotel. The property is located at 151 W. Adams St.The hotel is part of a 1.1 million square-foot mixed-use property, which occupies a full city block in the financial district of downtown Chicago. A Wall Street investment bank provided a non-recourse, LIBOR-based floating-rate loan. The hotel occupies the lower floors of an iconic Daniel Burnham designed building, originally completed in 1914. The building is designated as a historic landmark and on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, the lower 12 floors were fully renovated and converted into the 610-room JW Marriott Chicago. Marriott International operates the hotel.