WAYNE, MICH. — Bernard Financial Group has arranged a $2.2 million loan for Rush Investments 1 & 2 Portfolio in Wayne, located about 20 miles west of Detroit. The portfolio includes an owner-occupied truck terminal and four multi-tenant office buildings. Rush Investments 1 LLC and Rush Investments 2 LLC are the borrowers. StanCorp Mortgage Investors LLC, a servicing correspondent of Bernard Financial Group, was the lender. Bernard Financial Servicing Group, a mortgage banking firm representing several life insurance companies and conduits in Michigan, will provide partial servicing for this loan. David Dismondy of Bernard Financial Group originated the loan.
MINNEAPOLIS — Chicago-based Magellan Development Group is building a 36-story apartment tower in the Loring Park neighborhood of downtown Minneapolis. LPM Apartments will feature 354 rental apartments, including studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. More than 41,000 square feet of amenity space will feature a fitness center, lap pool, hot tub, sauna and steam rooms, media and game room, resident lounge, business center and bicycle storage. LPM Apartments will also feature a community deck that will include a splash pool, hot tub, fire pits, grills and lounge areas. According to the Star Tribune, rental prices at the property range from $2 to $3 per square foot. James McHugh Construction Co. is serving as the general contractor. Loewenberg Architects LLC is designing LPM Apartments.
NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Ryan Cos. US Inc. has worked on two continuing care retirement community renovation projects for Three Crowns Park in Evanston and Friendship Village of Schaumburg. The Minneapolis-based developer and builder has renovated half of the third floor of Three Crowns Park’s Landstrom Manor building. Though not in use, the 10,000-square-foot space had included a skilled nursing unit. A new kitchen and dining facility was added to the space, along with a state-of-the-art nurse call, 14 skilled nursing units and wandering security system. The project was completed in late July. At Friendship Village, Ryan Cos. will complete a series of interior and exterior projects over the course of the next five to six months. On the exterior, Ryan Cos. will rebuild various hardscape areas, including a decorative fountain and a tenant atrium that features a stone labyrinth that is part of the community’s memory care program. The primary interior project will be the renovation of the Briarwood Wing, a phase of the community that features approximately 80 living units. Ryan Cos. will renovate the common areas and tenant spaces and rebuild the existing physical and occupational therapy areas. The project is expected to be completed by early fall.
CHICAGO — J.C. Anderson Inc. has completed a 9,200-square-foot renovation project for the Child and Adolescent Health Associates Ltd. practice at 1030 N. Clark St. in Chicago. The project included the renovation of private doctor offices, exam rooms, waiting areas, a nursing station and laboratory. The project also included the addition of a sick patient waiting room. IA provided the architectural services for the renovation project. CRESA was the project manager for ownership. Child and Adolescent Health Associates was established in 1980 as a private practice in general pediatrics. Affiliated with Children’s Memorial Medical Center and Northwestern Memorial Medical Center, the practice’s physicians provide comprehensive healthcare for children up to 18 years old.
BOARDMAN, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $850,000 sale of DentalWorks, a 2,761-square-foot, net-leased property located in Boardman about 50 miles east of Akron. Brian Parmacek and Stephen Rachman, investment specialists in Marcus & Millichap’s Chicago O’Hare office, marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Parmacek and Rachman, also represented the buyer, a limited liability company in the transaction. DentalWorks is located at 930 Boardman Poland Road. This facility is one of 160 locations in 14 states and is now part of DentalOne Partners, one of the nation's largest privately owned dental services companies. Michael Glass, the Ohio broker of record, assisted in closing the transaction.
Like other markets throughout the region, Cincinnati’s retail market was slow to recover from the Great Recession. But it has now turned the corner and is in the midst of an upswing in both transaction velocity and leasing momentum. Overall, the recovering Cincinnati economy is drawing investors to the market and sales of retail assets will continue to gain traction. Single-tenant assets have never been more popular among private investors as evidenced by cap rates that have fallen to levels that would have amazed most industry watchers in 2007. Cap rates have compressed to the point that some long-term ground leases are trading in the mid-4 percent range, while best-of-class fee simple property yields begin 100 to 150 basis points higher. A number of investors are targeting single-tenant, net-leased assets with lower-credit tenants or leases that will expire in the near future with the potential to re-sign or re-tenant the property, trading at yields starting in the 6 percent range. In the multi-tenant segment, investors are scouring the market for grocery-anchored deals, though limited supply will hinder transactions. Value-add plays are popular with private buyers across the metro area, providing owners in low-profile submarkets the opportunity to cash out while …
DES MOINES, IOWA — Hubbell Realty Co. has broken ground on Phase I and Phase II of the $14.8 million Broadway Heights, a 155-unit mixed-income multifamily property in northern Des Moines. Phase I of the project includes 90 market-rate units within three buildings, as well as a clubhouse. Phase II of Broadway Heights includes 65 affordable housing units within two buildings. The apartment community is located at 4216 N.E. 50th St. near the intersection of US-65 and US-6/Hubbell Avenue. Community amenities will include a community room, fitness centers, dog park, business centers and playground area. Hubbell Construction Services is the builder. Apartment homes will be available in summer 2014.
OMAHA — Q10 | Daisley Ruff Financial has arranged $5 million in financing for Parkwood Terrace Apartments, a 126-unit apartment complex in Omaha. The 20-year loan includes a 4.25 percent fixed interest rate. Roger Porter of Q10 | Daisley Ruff Financial secured the financing. The borrower plans to use the funds to recapitalize on Parkwood Terrace Apartments. The apartment community is located at 1015 S. 78th St. and includes one- and two-bedroom floor plans.
CHICAGO — Children’s Learning Place has signed a 12,260-square-foot lease for first-floor space at 3532 N. Halsted St. in Chicago. The 15-year lease is valued at more than $4.8 million, according to Jameson Commercial LLC, which represented the landlord in the lease transaction. Children’s Learning Place provides early childhood and preschool education for families in its existing locations in Wicker Park, Logan Square and downtown Chicago. This new Lakeview facility, which is slated to open in mid-2014 after a planned remodeling project estimated at more than $1.5 million, will accommodate approximately 140 children. Noah O’Neill of RN Realty represented Children’s Learning Place. Chris Irwin, senior vice president of retail sales & leasing at Jameson Commercial represented the landlord.
CHICAGO — Water Tower Realty Management has secured four leases at two of its commercial properties in Chicago. Three of the four leases are for office space at 415 N. LaSalle St., a 68,000-square-foot loft building in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. Larry Cohn, senior broker, and Lindsay Guhl, broker at @properties Commercial arranged the leases for Water Tower Realty. 1060 Capital Management LLC, an investment management firm, signed a three-year lease for 1,475 square feet of space in the building. David Burkards, senior vice president for MB Real Estate, represented the tenant in the transaction. Bialow Real Estate LLC, a full-service real estate consulting firm, also signed a three-year lease for 1,475 square feet of space. Cohn was the sole broker in the transaction. Hartland Mortgage Centers, a mortgage company with locations throughout the U.S., opened its new Chicago office in the building after signing a three-year lease for 1,400 square feet of space. Cohn was also the sole broker in the transaction. Whitney Abrams Jewelry Inc. signed a three-year lease for 840 square feet of retail space at 1 E. Superior St., in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. The custom jewelry designer moved from its previous location at 9 E. …