HUNTLEY, ILL. — Geis Cos. has begun development of a 65,720-square-foot service and sales facility for Rush Truck Centers in the Chicago suburb of Huntley. The development marks the 15th Rush Truck Centers project for Geis. Rush purchased 12 acres next to its existing facility for the new project. Geis will demolish an existing 32,000-square-foot building on the property. Completion is slated for the first quarter of 2026, and the project will be done in three phases.
MILWAUKEE — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 25,154-square-foot retail property occupied by grocer Sentry Foods in Milwaukee for an undisclosed price. The asset was built in 1960, and Sentry has occupied the space since 2008. There are 4.5 years remaining on the lease. Ben Kohl and Mitchell Kiven of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a local family. The property sold at 95 percent of the list price and a cap rate of 7.94 percent. Todd Lindblom, broker of record in Wisconsin, assisted in closing the transaction.
MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN — NAI Pfefferle has negotiated the sale of a five-property self-storage portfolio in Michigan and Wisconsin. The assets total 355 units across 73,358 square feet. The sales price was undisclosed, but the asking price was $3.9 million. Jonathan Glassco of NAI Pfefferle brokered the sale. Buyer and seller information was not provided.
CHANNAHON, ILL. — Industrial Outdoor Ventures (IOV) has acquired a 10-acre industrial service facility in Channahon near Joliet for an undisclosed price. Located on Riverside Drive, the asset consists of four grade-level equipment maintenance facilities, each approximately 15,000 square feet. The yard area can accommodate 128 trailer parking stalls. The property, leased to six tenants on a short-term basis, is situated near the BNSF and UP intermodals as well as I-55 and I-80. Josh Hearne, Andrew Bobak and Reiner Pranger of Cawley Chicago have been named the leasing agents for the property. Patrick Stanton of Patrick Commercial represented the undisclosed seller.
PONTIAC, ILL. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has brokered the $1.4 million sale of a 5,246-square-foot retail building in Pontiac, about 100 miles southwest of Chicago. The fully leased property is home to Jimmy John’s, T-Mobile, SmokeZone and Great Clips. Dan Waszak, Zack Hilgendorf and Nick Hilgendorf of Quantum represented the seller, a Midwest-based developer, which constructed the building in 2019. The asset sold to a Southeast-based investor completing a 1031 exchange.
SOUTH BEND, IND. — Toll Brothers Campus Living has completed The 87, an 810-bed student housing community located near the University of Notre Dame campus in South Bend. Centier Bank provided $91 million in construction financing for the project, which broke ground in September 2022. The community also serves students attending Holy Cross College and St. Mary’s College. The development offers 335 fully furnished units with bed-to-bath parity in studio through four-bedroom configurations, alongside townhomes. Shared amenities include study lounges with private seating options; a social lounge and coffee bar; content creation studio; golf and sports simulator; fitness center; lounge with four large-screen televisions; and multiple courtyards with grills, fire pits, yard games and hammocks. KTGY designed the property.
PLYMOUTH, MINN. — Davis has acquired WestHealth, a three-building outpatient medical center totaling nearly 201,000 square feet in Plymouth, a western suburb of Minneapolis. The purchase price was $72 million. The campus comprises two outpatient medical buildings, an ambulatory surgical center and an emergency/urgent care facility. The buildings were 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. The anchor tenant is Allina Health, which occupies roughly 73 percent or 146,000 square feet within the property. Originally purpose-built by Allina Health and acquired by the current ownership in 2013 through a long-term ground lease, the asset has undergone expansions to meet the increasing demand for outpatient services. Eric Gundersen of Alerus Financial and Healthpeak arranged acquisition financing. Brian Bruggeman of Colliers represented Allina Health. Chris Bodnar, Brannan Knott, Zack Holderman, Cole Reethof, Trent Jemmett, Jesse Greshin and Ryan Watts of CBRE partnered with Steve Brown of Forte Real Estate Partners as the seller’s advisors.
CROWN POINT, IND. — Saxum Real Estate has begun development of a 322,600-square-foot cold storage project for Arcadia Cold in Crown Point, a city in northwest Indiana. FCL Builders is the general contractor. The project will feature a clear height of 50 feet, ample dock space and dock doors to expedite distribution and container handling services, and convertible rooms with temperature capabilities between minus 10 and 38 degrees Fahrenheit. Completion is slated for the second quarter of 2026. Arcadia Cold specializes in providing third-party handling, storage, distribution and value-add services to the food industry and is the seventh-largest cold storage operator in the U.S., according to a release.
DICKINSON, N.D. — Bernard Financial Group (BFG) has arranged an $11.5 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of West River at Dickinson, a 234-unit multifamily property in Dickinson. Joshua Bernard and Adam Ferguson of BFG arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, West River Owner LLC. Built in 2011, the property at 2540 4th St. W features one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging from 778 to 1,179 square feet.
FARMINGTON HILLS, MICH. — Farbman Group has opened its new 40,000-square-foot shared headquarters for the broader Farbman family-owned enterprises at 31700 Middlebelt Road in Farmington Hills. The move re-unifies Farbman with its family-owned enterprises for the first time in nearly 10 years. The enterprises include Farbman Group, NAI Farbman, Huntington Construction, Apex Mechanical Solutions, Huntington Maintenance, Campusville, Carbon TV and Healthrise. Farbman purchased the Yamasaki-designed building.
