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Seefried Preleases 190,606 SF Spec Distribution Facility in Mount Prospect, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

MOUNT PROSPECT, ILL. — Seefried Industrial Properties has preleased O’Hare Logistics Center 16, a 190,606-square-foot speculative distribution facility located at 1305 E. Algonquin Road in Mount Prospect. Accelerated Global Solutions, an air cargo and freight forwarding services company, is expanding its operations into the new property upon completion. Situated on a 13-acre site, O’Hare Logistics Center 16 is located six miles north of the Chicago O’Hare International Airport and features immediate access to I-90 and I-294. Jonathan Kohn and John D’Orazio of Colliers represented the tenant, while Jason Lev, John Suerth and Jimmy Kowalczyk of CBRE represented Seefried. FCL Builders is the general contractor, Kimley-Horn is the civil engineer and Harris Architects is the architect of record.

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Skender Breaks Ground on 48-Unit Supportive Housing Development in Northbrook, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

NORTHBROOK, ILL. — Skender has broken ground on Poupard Place, a 48-unit supportive housing development in the Chicago suburb of Northbrook. Developed by nonprofit Housing Opportunity Development Corp. and designed by Cordogan, Clark & Associates, the project marks the city’s first affordable housing community and is slated for completion in summer 2026. The 1.5-acre project site was donated by the Village of Northbrook. Poupard Place will offer affordable homes for individuals and families where at least one household member is living with a disability. The development is named for Tom Poupard, the retired director of Northbrook’s Development and Planning Services. The four-story building will include a mix of one-, two and three-bedroom apartment units. Plans also call for a children’s play area.

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Venture One Purchases 145,500 SF Industrial Building in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — Venture One Real Estate, through its acquisition fund VK Industrial VII LP, has purchased a 145,500-square-foot industrial building located at 11264 Corliss Ave. in Chicago. The single-tenant property was fully leased at the time of sale. Situated in the Pullman Industrial Park, the facility offers direct access to I-94 via 111th Street. Constructed in 1977, the asset features a clear height of 22 feet, 10 docks, two drive-in doors and parking for more than 129 cars. Mike Wilson, Erik Foster and Brian Colson of Avison Young represented the undisclosed seller. VK Industrial VII is co-sponsored by Venture One and Kovitz Investment Group.

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Kayne Anderson, CEDARst Acquire 47-Story Millie on Michigan Luxury Apartment Tower in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — A joint venture between Kayne Anderson Real Estate and CEDARst Cos. has acquired Millie on Michigan, a newly built luxury apartment tower in Chicago’s Loop. Completed in 2022 and located at 300 N. Michigan Ave., the property rises 47 stories with 289 apartment units and 25,000 square feet of retail space. Amenities include a rooftop pool and lounge, coworking spaces, a fitness center, dog run and integrated smart home features. The asset was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. CEDARst, which owns and operates more than 5,000 apartment units in Chicago, utilized its Opportunistic Fund I, which launched in February.

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McCarthy Breaks Ground on 740,520 SF Equipment Operations Hub in Metro St. Louis

by Kristin Harlow

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO. — McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. has broken ground on a 17-acre equipment and warehouse distribution facility in the St. Louis suburb of Maryland Heights. The McCarthy Equipment Operations Hub will span nearly 740,520 square feet and is designed to support the general contractor’s self-perform capabilities. Located in the new 141 Logistics Center, the project will include a 9.5-acre equipment yard and a 66,400-square-foot building that will include a 32,000-square-foot warehouse, 10,000-square-foot equipment maintenance shop and two-story, 24,400-square-foot office space. Completion is scheduled for 2026. The facility is also designed to support workforce development and training. St. Louis-based McCarthy says it has outgrown its current leased property in Ladue, Mo., which has been in use since the mid-1960s.

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Cushman & Wakefield Brokers Sale of 702,371 SF Manufacturing Facility in Eau Claire, Wisconsin

by Kristin Harlow

EAU CLAIRE, WIS. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a 702,371-square-foot manufacturing facility in Eau Claire, a city in western Wisconsin. Jordan Dick, Todd Hanson and Jason Sell of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Hutchinson Technology, which previously operated the property for its production of disk drive products. TTM Technologies was the buyer. The facility at 2435 Alpine Road features infrastructure that positions it to support advanced technology printed circuit board manufacturing.

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Davis Purchases Two-Building Healthcare Portfolio in Iowa, Minnesota for $34.1M

by Kristin Harlow

CORALVILLE, IOWA, AND MAPLEWOOD, MINN. — Davis Healthcare, on behalf of its Davis Medical Investment Fund, has acquired a two-building healthcare real estate portfolio known as CoralBirch for $34.1 million. The assets are located in Coralville, Iowa, and Maplewood, Minn. More than 70 percent of the space in the buildings is leased to high-credit hospital systems. With this acquisition, the fund owns 17 off-campus ambulatory care buildings totaling more than 750,000 square feet. The Coralville West Medical Building at 2769 Heartland Ave. rises three stories and totals 60,351 square feet. It is situated near the University of Iowa campus. Davis acquired the property for $24.2 million, or roughly $400 per square foot. At closing, the building was 97 percent leased with more than 65 percent of the space occupied by University of Iowa Healthcare, which offers primary care and internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, neurology, imaging and rehab and dermatology services. Additional tenants of the building are medical practices focused on obstetrics, radiology and rehab. Constructed in 2010, the building’s common areas and restrooms were renovated in 2022. Birch Run Medical Building at 1747 Beam Ave. totals 27,944 square feet. Davis purchased the single-story property for $9.9 million, or roughly …

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Interra Realty Arranges Sales of Three Chicago Multifamily Properties Totaling $12.4M

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — Interra Realty has arranged the sales of three multifamily buildings on the North Side of Chicago for a combined $12.4 million. The properties included 931 W. Leland Ave., a 22-unit building in Uptown that sold for $5 million; 1909-13 W. Larchmont Ave., a 16-unit building in North Center that sold for $3.6 million; and 7240 W. Devon Ave., a 13-unit asset in Edison Park that traded hands for $3.8 million. Joe Smazal of Interra represented the buyer and seller of the Leland property. For the Larchmont deal, Smazal represented the seller and Interra’s Joe Braun represented the buyer. Smazal and colleague Colin O’Malley represented the buyer and seller of the Devon property. Sold in an off-market deal, 931 W. Leland features 17 one-bedroom and five two-bedroom units, all of which were recently remodeled. The Larchmont property includes 16 one-bedroom units and sold at more than 97 percent of the list price. Capital improvements were recently made to upgrade the building systems and envelope. The Devon building includes four one-bedroom and six two-bedroom apartments as well as three ground-floor retail units that are fully leased to a Dunkin’ location, private offices for the franchisee and a residential real estate …

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Innovative Design Can Promote Positive Outcomes for Continuum of Care Residents

by Sarah Daniels

As the demand for senior living communities continues to rise, so does the complexity of designing environments that meet the evolving needs of residents across the entire continuum of care. Facilities that seek to cater to independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing and rehabilitation needs must strike a balance: fulfilling stringent functional and regulatory requirements while remaining inviting, promoting connection to nature and others and offering comfort for people of all ages and abilities. The biggest challenge, according to designers and seniors housing experts alike, is “seamlessly weaving protective elements, like perimeter security or grade changes, into a design that feels warm and inclusive, not institutional,” explains Adam Alexander, director of planning, landscape architecture and design at Bohler, a land development design and consulting firm. “Features like fences or bollards don’t need to be emphasized as one-note safety features. They should be invisible contributors to a resident’s experience of comfort and care.” An overall trend toward smaller sites for seniors housing means that continuum of care communities are innovators in inclusive and multi-purpose space use. They may also serve to address increasing calls for solutions to the loneliness epidemic ongoing in the lives of many adults. While less square …

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Power Construction, Ware Malcomb Complete New Corporate Office for Medline Industries in Metro Chicago

by Kristin Harlow

NORTHBROOK, ILL. — Power Construction and architect Ware Malcomb have completed the new corporate office for Medline Industries LP in Northbrook within metro Chicago. Ware Malcomb’s Oak Brook office provided full interior architecture and design, furniture management and building measurement services for the seven-story, 214,560-square-foot project, which involved the repositioning of an existing office building. Medline provides medical-surgical products and supply chain solutions. Located four miles west of the company’s global headquarters in Northfield, the new Northbrook office brings together Medline’s operations, information services, quality and inventory management teams into a centralized location. There are individual workspaces as well as meeting, amenity and support spaces on each level. The upper floors include open collaboration areas. There are pantry spaces on each level, and additional elements include numerous focus rooms, flexible training rooms, conference rooms and huddle space for teams. Ware Malcomb worked with Medline to utilize existing furniture from other Medline locations where possible. The project team included RTM Engineering and owner’s representative Transwestern.

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