WICHITA, KAN. — Equity Bancshares Inc., the Wichita-based holding company of Equity Bank, has completed its acquisition of KansasLand Bancshares Inc., the parent company of KansasLand Bank. With the acquisition, Equity has added to its existing presence in Quinter, Kan., and expanded into Americus, Kan. KansasLand locations opened as Equity Bank on July 2. The company expects to consolidate the core and digital banking systems late in the third quarter. Equity first announced the merger in April. Equity has approximately $5.3 billion in proforma consolidated assets and operates 74 locations in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Equity’s Kansas franchise now includes 37 banks.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson has begun an extensive renovation project for St. Paul Public Schools at Hidden River Middle School and Wilson School, which will serve as a temporary location for the school community while Hidden River is remodeled. The combined construction cost of both projects is $40.2 million. Designed by DLR Group, the 98,491-square-foot project will feature a full interior remodel for Hidden River, including new mechanical and electrical systems. A 3,600-square-foot addition will create a new main entrance at the northeast corner of the building, and a 7,200-square-foot addition will expand the kitchen, loading dock and mechanical room. Completion is slated for fall 2025.
BROWNSBURG, IND. — Flaherty & Collins Properties has opened Phase II of The Arbuckle Apartments in Brownsburg, a western suburb of Indianapolis. The first phase of the property was built in 2018 and provides 310 units ranging in size from studios to two-bedroom townhomes. The property is located at 7240 Arbuckle Commons. According to Flaherty & Collins, Brownsburg’s population has increased by nearly 20 percent in the last five years.
MOUNT CLEMENS, MICH. — Friedman Real Estate has negotiated the $3 million sale of a 42,385-square-foot industrial property in Mount Clemens, about 25 miles north of Detroit. The facility is located at 200 Elizabeth St. Zach Cummings of Friedman represented the seller, which completed a liquidation of its assets. The buyer was a local fabrication company, which will be relocating its operations.
VALPARAISO, IND. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $1.7 million sale of a three-tenant retail property that serves as an outlot to the Cumberland Crossing retail center in Valparaiso near Chicago. Built in 2008, the 7,541-square-foot building is leased to Salon Lofts, Venus Nails and Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Agency. Mitchell Kiven and Nicholas Kanich of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an Indiana-based retail developer and manager, and procured the buyer, an Illinois-based real estate development and management company. Josh Caruana assisted in closing the transaction as the broker of record in Indiana. The property, located at 3029 Calumet Drive, closed at 97.5 percent of the list price.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — DWG Capital Partners has acquired a 75,906-square-foot industrial facility in Columbus for an undisclosed price in a sale-leaseback transaction with Buckeye Shapeform. The property at 555 Marion Road features three dock doors and clear heights ranging from 12 to 25 feet. Phil DiGennaro and Dorothy Lee of Stream Capital Partners represented Buckeye Shapeform, a manufacturer whose specialties include custom fabrication of metal and plastic instrument enclosures, instrumentation and novelty cans as well as precision deep draw metal.
ST. LOUIS — Midas Construction is underway on a 128-room Hampton Inn hotel near the St. Louis Lambert International Airport. Lodging Hospitality Management is the developer for the project, which is connected to the existing Hilton St. Louis Airport Hotel. Completion is slated for December. Located at 10300 Natural Bridge Road, the property will rise six stories. Joining St. Louis-based Midas on the project team are American Electric and Data, CE Jarrell Contracting, Finch Plumbing Co. Inc. and United Fire Protection.
OMAHA, NEB. — Investors Realty has brokered the sale of the Candlewood Hills retail center in Omaha for $4.7 million. Located at 12424 W. Dodge Road, the property totals 11,700 square feet and is situated near a Costco store. Ember Grummons of Investors Realty represented the seller, Royce Candlewood WR LLC. Tim Kerrigan and Grant Kobes of Investors Realty represented the local buyer.
CAROL STREAM, ILL. — SVN Chicago Commercial has arranged the $1.4 million sale of a 34,536-square-foot office building in the Chicago suburb of Carol Stream. The Class C, multi-tenant property is located at 455 Kehoe Blvd. Jennifer Hopkins, Olivia Czyzynski and Caitlin Crawford of SVN represented the buyer, an out-of-state investment group that plans to lease the suites out as office and flex spaces.
BIRMINGHAM, MICH. — Mid-States Advisors Inc. has signed a five-year lease to open an office at 260 E. Brown St. in downtown Birmingham. Detroit-based Broder Sachse Real Estate owns the property. The tenant is a family-owned boutique financial and business advisory firm specializing in assisting middle-market businesses with mergers and acquisitions, debt placement and fractional CFO services.