WYOMING, MICH. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $3.3 million sale of Gardentown Apartments in Wyoming near Grand Rapids. The 40-unit multifamily property, built between 1966 and 1968, consists of four buildings. The asset was 90 percent occupied at the time of sale. Chase Gilewski and Chris Futo of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller. Steve Chaben, broker of record in Michigan, assisted in closing the transaction. The buyer is planning to invest significant capital on both interior and exterior renovations. Both the buyer and seller completed 1031 exchanges.
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DES PLAINES, ILL. — First Western Properties has negotiated the sale of a restaurant building located at 1440 Rand Road in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines. The sales price and seller were undisclosed. The property, located at the corner of Rand and River roads, sold to a restaurant operator with multiple locations.
CINCINNATI — Skanska will build a $164 million office building for Medpace, a clinical research company, in Cincinnati. The project involves a 562,000-square-foot, nine-story building featuring a six-story office tower atop a three-floor parking garage and conference center. The building will be constructed on the existing Medpace campus. Completion is slated for March 2027.
NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Brixmor Property Group (NYSE: BRX) has begun a $53 million redevelopment and reconfiguration of Westridge Court shopping center in the Chicago suburb of Naperville. Plans call for a new restaurant and entertainment district to be branded Block 59 at the corner of Route 59 and Aurora Avenue. The 91,000-square-foot project will include the construction of multiple outparcels for brands such as The Cheesecake Factory, Yard House, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Piccolo Buco by Cooper’s Hawk, Shake Shack, Stan’s Donuts, First Watch, Fresh Fin, Crisp & Green and Velvet Taco. The dining lineup will join currently open Lazy Dog Restaurant and furniture retailer Walter E. Smithe. Plans call for an open-air central plaza that will serve as a public gathering space and host community events year-round surrounded by new outdoor restaurant patios. The project will also include a new valet area, wayfinding signage, landscaping, energy-efficient lighting and improved pedestrian and vehicular circulation. Westridge Court is anchored by The Fresh Market, Ulta Beauty, Hollywood Palms Cinema and the newly announced Wayfair Outlet. Construction began with the demolition of an underutilized two-story building in July. New restaurants are slated to start opening in spring 2025. Businesses will remain open during …
MISSION, KAN. — MLG Capital has acquired Silverwood Apartments in Mission, a southwest suburb of Kansas City. The purchase price was undisclosed. Located at 5100 Foxridge Drive and built in 1986, the 280-unit multifamily property features amenities such as a pool, fitness center, clubhouse and picnic area. Approximately 80 percent of the units have been recently renovated, and MLG plans to renovate and modernize the remaining units. The firm plans to install in-unit washers and dryers in all units. MLG is partnering with Parkwest Real Estate on the execution of its business plan at the property. Silverwood marks MLG’s third acquisition in metro Kansas City and brings the firm’s total number of units owned in Kansas to 913. Michael Spero and Niko Vrentas of Berkadia represented the seller, California-based Canyon View Capital.
CHICAGO — Chicago-based Byline Bank’s Commercial Real Estate Group has provided $19.1 million in acquisition financing for six industrial properties in the metro Chicago and New Jersey markets. The borrower was VK Industrial Holdings VI LLC, an acquisition fund formed through a partnership between Venture One Real Estate and Kovitz Investment Group. The transaction marks the third deal Venture One has completed with Byline Bank. The specific properties were not provided.
IOWA CITY, IOWA — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Oak Crest Storage, a 261-unit self-storage facility in Iowa City. The sales price was undisclosed. Built in 1999 and located at 4942 Oak Crest Hill Road SE, the property features 27 climate-controlled units, 101 non-climate-controlled units, 22 enclosed parking spaces, 109 uncovered parking spaces and two leasable offices. Overall, the asset totals 34,397 rentable square feet. George Kondracke, Brian Kelly, Gabriel Coe, Nathan Coe and Brett Hatcher of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer, Streamlined Storage, which now maintains four locations in Iowa. Jon Ruzicka, broker of record in Iowa, assisted in the transaction.
CHICAGO — Kiser Group has brokered the $17.2 million sale of Ravenswood Gardens, a multifamily portfolio consisting of 151 units across seven buildings in the Sheridan Park Historic District of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Katie LeGrand, Lee Kiser and Jacob Price of Kiser brokered the transaction. Initially marketed in summer 2023, the portfolio went under contract but did not close due to market volatility. The seller, continuing its strategic exit from Chicago, revisited the sale in 2024. The buyer plans to reposition the units and rebrand them as Sheridan Park. The buyer assumed the seller’s existing loan, which features an interest rate below 4 percent for the next five years. The buyer now owns more than 400 units in the Uptown neighborhood.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Hunt Midwest has sold a portion of its industrial outdoor storage portfolio at Hunt Midwest Business Center in Kansas City to national industrial outdoor storage firm Alterra IOS. The Philadelphia-based firm purchased 58 acres at three locations along Parvin Road and Arlington Avenue. The facilities include staging lots leased by Adrian Steel, a manufacturer for commercial van and truck equipment, and Ford Motor Co.’s North American Vehicle Logistics Outbound Shipping Center, the waystation for nearly every Ford Transit built in North America. Austin Baier of CBRE represented Hunt Midwest, while Joe Orscheln of CBRE represented Alterra IOS, which now owns more than 250 properties across 30 states.
NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Bucksbaum Properties LLC has acquired River District, a retail and office property in downtown Naperville. Built in 1988, the asset sits on 2.7 acres at the southeast corner of Washington Street and Chicago Avenue. The property totals nearly 59,000 square feet of retail space with tenants such as Rosebud, Fat Rosie’s Taco & Tequila Bar, Chipotle and Five Guys, as well as 12,000 square feet of second-floor office space. The seller and sales price were not provided.