CHICAGO — Boston Capital will invest in the rehabilitation of Senior Suites of Norwood Park, an 84-unit development for seniors located in Chicago. The development will be rehabilitated with tax credit equity from the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program. Chicago-based Senior Lifestyle Corp. is the developer. Senior Suites of Norwood Park will include the preservation and adaptive reuse of the Passionist Monastery. The multifamily community will feature a three-story building, which will include 10 studio units, 63 one-bedroom units and 11 two-bedroom units. Amenities include a central community room with scheduled events and activities, lounges on each floor, a fitness room, library/reading room, health/wellness office and a landscaped patio. Senior Suites of Norwood Park will be available to seniors earning 60 percent or less of the area median income.
Midwest
DES PLAINES, ILL. — Gramercy Property Trust Inc. has purchased an approximately 115,500-square-foot industrial facility in Des Plaines for $6.3 million. The building is fully leased through October 2025 to an automotive parts manufacturing company. Year one net operating income is approximately $479,000 with annual rent escalations throughout the lease term. The purchase includes the assumption of an approximately $2.7 million first mortgage loan with a fixed interest rate of 5.25 percent.
SOUTH BEND, IND. — Triad Real Estate Partners has brokered the $5.3 million sale of Darby Row and The Belfry, a two-property, 71-bed student housing portfolio serving University of Notre Dame students. Triad represented the seller, Holladay Properties, which developed the communities in 2012 and 2013. The properties were sold to a Southern California-based student housing company that Triad says is a relative newcomer to student housing. The unnamed company is looking to expand its Midwest footprint, according to Triad. The sales price equates to a 7.74 percent cap rate based on pro forma for 2014-15. Both properties are within walking distance to campus and were 100 percent leased for the 2013-14 school year.
ANOKA, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2.6 million sale of Fairway Flats, a 36-unit apartment property located in Anoka, a northern suburb of Minneapolis. Brian Klancke and Sean Doyle in Marcus & Millichap’s Minneapolis office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a partnership. Josh Talberg and Mox Gunderson, also in Marcus & Millichap’s Minneapolis office, secured the buyer, a private investor. Fairway Flats is located at 500 Greenhaven Road and is within close proximity of the North Star Rail Line.
CHICAGO — Method has selected Summit Design + Build as the general contractor for its first U.S. manufacturing facility on a 22-acre site located at 720 E. 111th St. in downtown Chicago. The new 150,000-square-foot manufacturing facility is slated to be the nation’s first LEED Platinum certified manufacturing plant in the consumer packaged goods industry. Founded in 2000, Method is a manufacturer of plant-friendly and design-driven home, fabric and personal care products. The facility will feature 84,000 square feet of manufacturing space, 66,000 square feet of distribution space and 7,083 square feet of office. Heitman Architects is providing architectural services for the project. William McDonough + Partners is the project designer. Norris Design is the landscape architect. Spaceco Inc. is the civil engineer, and KJWW Engineering Consultants is the MEP (mechanical, electrical and plumbing) engineer for the project.
GLEN ELLYN, ILL. — The Opus Group has completed the construction of a new grocery-anchored development, The Fresh Market Center, in Glen Ellyn, a western suburb of Chicago. The Fresh Market, a 23,790-square-foot grocery store, anchors the development. Firehouse Subs will occupy 2,230 square feet of space and other tenants include Great Clips and Tide Dry Cleaners, occupying 1,050 and 2,800 square feet, respectively. Located on East Roosevelt Road between South Lorraine and South Lambert roads, the new retail center includes patio seating and 186 customer parking spaces. Mid-America represented Opus in the lease transaction with Firehouse Subs. Firehouse Subs represented itself in the deal. Opus Development Co. LLC was the developer, Opus Design Build LLC served as the general contractor for the project, Opus AE Group LLC was the architect of record, and OKW Architects was the design architect.
KENT, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2.9 million sale of Discount Drug Mart Center, a 31,762-square-foot retail property located in Kent, about 15 miles northeast of Akron, Ohio. Erin Patton, Scott Wiles and Craig Fuller of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller and represented the buyer, both limited liability companies, in the transaction. Discount Drug Mart Center is located at 1763 East Main St. and was fully occupied at the time of sale.
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MO. — The Cooper Commercial Investment Group has arranged the $1.8 million sale of a Burger King property located in Excelsior Springs, located approximately 30 miles northeast of Kansas City. Bob Havasi of the Cooper Commercial Investment Group represented the owner, a private investor from Tennessee, in the transaction. The buyer was a private investor based in Missouri. The sales price equates to a 6.2 percent capitalization rate.
ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND MANKATO, MINN. — Oak Grove Capital has originated $17.9 million in FHA financing for the National Foundation for Affordable Housing Solutions. The loans will be used for the acquisition and rehabilitation of three affordable housing complexes in Minnesota: Seward Square Apartments in Minneapolis, Lewis Park Apartments in St. Paul and Eastport Apartments in Mankato. Each loan included the use of tax-exempt bonds and Low Income Housing Tax Credits. The fixed-rate HUD 221(d)(4) loans carry a 12-month construction period, plus a 40-year term. The 81-unit Seward Square development received $6.5 million in financing. The 103-unit Lewis Park complex received $7.8 million. The remaining $3.6 million went to the 78-unit Eastport Apartments community. The financing will be used to renovate and preserve the three long-term affordable housing projects originally constructed in the late 1970s.
FOREST PARK, OHIO — Atlanta-headquartered ARA has arranged the $10.3 million sale of Mills Run, a 212-unit multifamily community located in northwest suburban Cincinnati. Debbie Corson of ARA represented the seller, Deerfield, Ill.-based Oak Residential Partners LLC, in the transaction. Pepper Pike, Ohio-based Apollo Management purchased the property. Constructed in 1988, Mills Run is a multifamily community located in Forest Park. Previous ownership invested more than $550,000 in capital improvements including extensive landscaping upgrades, replacement of all entry doors and renovation of common areas.