Midwest

ITASCA, ILL. — Lee & Associates of Illinois has arranged the sale of a 101,577-square-foot industrial building located at 701 Rohlwing Road in Itasca. The sales price was undisclosed, but the transaction marks the largest user sale in the O’Hare submarket this year by both sales price and square feet, according to Lee & Associates. Jeffrey Janda and Jeff Galante of Lee & Associates represented the seller, a private owner. Chris Nelson and Calvin Gunn of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, TR Property Management.  

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CHICAGO — Interra Realty has negotiated the sales of three multifamily properties in Chicago for a combined $6.8 million. Joe Smazal of Interra represented the three private sellers and the three local buyers. Located in the Avondale neighborhood, 3748-54 W. School St. sold for $2.8 million. The 12-unit building features two-bedroom, three-bedroom and four-bedroom layouts. Recent renovations include plumbing and electrical system replacements as well as new steel porches. In the Jefferson Park neighborhood, 5045-49 N. Northwest Highway is a 12-unit building that sold for $2.7 million. Constructed in 2008, the property features two-bedroom layouts. A 12-unit property at 5057-59 W. Altgeld St. in the Belmont Craigin neighborhood sold for $1.2 million. The building features studio, one-, two and three-bedroom layouts. It received a new roof in 2023.

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WHITEWATER, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $3.6 million sale of Whitewater Plaza, a 24,211-square-foot retail strip center in Whitewater, about 50 miles southwest of Milwaukee. Located at 1139 W. Main St., the property is 94 percent occupied by tenants such as Jimmy Johns, Anytime Fitness, Cozumel Mexican Restaurant and Beijing Buffet. Dominic Sulo and Sam Malato of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller. The buyer was also undisclosed. Todd Lindblom, broker of record in Wisconsin, assisted in closing the transaction.

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FENTON, MO. — Midas Construction is rebranding to Midas Building Group (MBG). The firm builds hospitality, multifamily and senior living projects throughout the Midwest with active projects in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. MBG is also settling into a new and larger headquarters on the Maritz Corporate Campus at 1400 S. Highway Drive in Fenton, a suburb of St. Louis. The company previously occupied 5,226 square feet in Clayton. MBG’s new 12,005-square-foot office in Fenton features a 5,076-square-foot warehouse space. Campus amenities include a fitness center, multiple auditoriums and conference facilities, a full-service cafeteria and walking trails. The MBG family of companies includes American Cabinet Factory and Collaborative Carpentry. The firm also maintains a regional office in Indianapolis.

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By George Pofok, Cushman & Wakefield | CRESCO Real Estate The Northeast Ohio market has consistently been a stable industrial hub, and over the last couple years, has been attracting the interest of investors and developers from other regions. Spanning approximately 527 million square feet, this market stretches from Cleveland down I-77 to include Akron-Canton.  In the second quarter of 2024, the overall vacancy rate decreased to 2.8 percent, driven by 1.1 million square feet of positive direct absorption, a strong recovery from the negative absorption in the first quarter. Over the past few years, the vacancy rate has remained between 2.4 and 3 percent.  Leasing activity kicked off the year robustly, with 4 million square feet of leases in the first quarter. However, it normalized in the second quarter, with 1.6 million square feet leased, which was slightly below the usual pace. The market is expected to remain stagnant due to limited inventory and a lack of new speculative construction starts, which continue to hinder demand from local and regional tenants seeking to expand and backfill spaces.  Leasing deals are trending longer, between five to 10 years, with annual rental rate increases averaging 3 to 4 percent. Meanwhile, the …

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CHICAGO — Habitat and Cabrera Capital Partners have received the approval of a $27 million capital loan from the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) for the first phase of multifamily redevelopment of LeClaire Courts on the city’s Southwest Side. The 32-acre site was previously home to the LeClaire Courts public housing community, which was completed in the 1950s and demolished in 2011. Under Habitat’s multi-phase plan, the site will be redeveloped into as many as 700 residential units, most of which will be affordable; nearly 440,000 square feet of commercial space; and publicly accessible open areas. The first phase will consist of two six-story buildings located on the west side of Cicero Avenue between 44th and 45th streets. Collectively, they will offer 183 apartment units in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans as well as a 14,000-square-foot early childhood center and 2,200 square feet of first-floor retail space. Ninety percent of the units will be designated as affordable through income and rent restrictions accompanying the development’s various sources of public financial support, including the CHA, the Chicago Department of Housing and the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA). The remainder will be available as market-rate units. Residents in …

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WOODRIDGE, ILL. — Colliers has arranged the sale of Woodridge Commerce Center, a three-building industrial complex in the southwest Chicago suburb of Woodridge. The sales price was undisclosed. Built in 2006, the buildings are situated on 12 acres in the center of International Centre Business Park. They feature clear heights ranging from 18 to 20 feet, a mix of private and shared loading and parking for 447 cars. Woodridge Commerce Center is 96 percent leased to 22 tenants. The weighted average lease term is nearly three years with in-place rents that average 15 to 20 percent below current market rates. Jeff Devine, Steve Disse and Tyler Ziebel of Colliers represented the seller, Unilev Capital and an affiliate of Palladius Capital Management. The buyer was a Chicago-area limited liability company. Colliers also arranged the property’s sale to Unilev in 2021.

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GLEN CARBON, ILL. — Mia Rose Holdings has begun development of its first multifamily development in Illinois. Known as The Meridian, the luxury community will consist of 144 units at the intersection of Highway 157 and North Meridian Road. Completion is slated for spring 2025. The project will consist of 110,000 square feet across four three-story buildings and a one-story clubhouse. Amenities will include a resort-style pool, fitness center, dog park, garages and walking paths. Midas Construction is the general contractor, and Rosemann & Associates is the architect. The project team also includes civil engineer TWM Inc., mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineer Engenuity and property manager 2B Residential.

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SOUTHFIELD, MICH. — Crescent College and Career Preparatory Academy, a charter school network, has leased a 66,000-square-foot office building at 26200 Lahser Road in Southfield. The three-story property is known as Lahser Center II. According to a release, the move will enable Crescent to expand and modernize its middle and high school programs. Jake Cinti, Stephen Powers and Lindsay Ornstein of OPEN Impact Real Estate, along with Charles Howard of Transwestern, represented the tenant. Matthew Schiffman of PA Commercial represented the landlord, Lahser Southfield LLC, doing business as Foster Financial Co. Inc. The tenant will relocate from its current location at 26555 Franklin Road in Southfield, where it has been leasing space from the Christian Tabernacle Church since 2017.

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LANSING, ILL. — The Boulder Group has arranged the $2.3 million sale of a single-tenant property net leased to Chipotle in Lansing, a southern suburb of Chicago. Chipotle maintains a 15-year lease with 10 percent rental escalations every five years and four five-year renewal options at the newly constructed building, which is located at 2302 Thornton Lansing Road. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of Boulder represented the 1031 exchange buyer and the seller, a Midwest-based developer.  

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