ST. LOUIS — NISA Investment Advisors LLC, an independent and employee-owned firm, has opened a new headquarters office in St. Louis. The 95,000-square-foot office is located at 7676 Forsyth Blvd. and represents an approximate 20 percent increase in square footage over the firm’s prior location. NISA, which was founded in St. Louis 30 years ago, currently has more than 390 employees and manages $526 billion in assets.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — United Church Homes Management (UCHM) will manage two seniors housing properties in Columbus. Alongside its current management of Wexner Heritage Village, UCHM will now provide management services for Bexley Heritage Apartments and Village Shalom Apartments. UCHM, an affiliate of United Church Homes, is headquartered in Marion, Ohio, and operates more than 90 senior living communities.
SOUTH LYON, MICH. — World Custom Alterations is relocating its shop from Northville to downtown South Lyon, about 16 miles northeast of Ann Arbor. The tenant has leased a 1,500-square-foot space on West Lake Street. Michael Murphy of Gerdom Realty & Investment represented the undisclosed landlord.
MAPLE GROVE, MINN. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Avery Park, a 124-unit build-to-rent community in the Minneapolis suburb of Maple Grove. The sales price was undisclosed. The property consists of 42 detached homes averaging 2,262 square feet and 82 townhomes averaging 1,687 square feet. Avery Park was completed in 2023. Ted Abramson, Keith Collins and Abe Appert of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller. Curtis Capital Group was the buyer.
DETROIT — Brinkmann Constructors has completed Detroit Commerce Center, a 794,000-square-foot office and industrial development in Detroit. NorthPoint Development was the developer. Located on the site of the former American Motors Corp. headquarters, the project included eight office build-outs for an automotive parts supplier. studioNorth Architecture served as the project architect.
WEST CHESTER, OHIO — Stag Industrial Holdings LLC has acquired a 697,500-square-foot facility located on Le Saint Drive in West Chester, a city in eastern Ohio. The purchase price was $49.7 million. Brookfield Property Group sold the asset.
ANN ARBOR, MICH. — Edge Autonomy Energy Systems has signed a lease for an 85,000-square-foot industrial building located at 5775 Interface Drive in Ann Arbor. A producer of solid oxide fuel cells and ruggedized power solutions, Edge Autonomy Energy Systems and its legacy companies have operated in Ann Arbor for 20 years. The property on Interface Drive was originally a high-bay office building and will be converted to meet the tenant’s needs. Kyle Passage, Craig Herschel and Steve Langton of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant, while Matt Buslepp of Avison Young represented the landlord, Mansour Cos.
WATHENA, KAN. — The Boulder Group has arranged the $1.8 million sale of a 10,566-square-foot property occupied by Dollar General in Wathena, a city in northeast Kansas. The net-leased building is located on South Park Street, a main thoroughfare in the city. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of Boulder represented the seller, a Dollar General developer. The buyer was an individual completing a 1031 exchange.
CHICAGO — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of three value-add seniors housing properties in the western suburbs of Chicago for an undisclosed price. Opened between 1994 and 2000, the portfolio comprises approximately 290 assisted living and memory care units and roughly 40 Medicare-only skilled nursing units. According to Blueprint, the communities struggled post COVID and presented a meaningful value-add opportunity, despite some recent capital improvements. Ultimately, the seller elected to divest the properties to preserve liquidity. The buyer was a regional owner-operator looking to expand into Illinois. The seller was a national developer and investor. Ryan Kelly, Connor Doherty, Alex Florea, Lauren Nagle and Brooks Blackmon led the Blueprint team.
ST. LOUIS — Brinkmann Constructors has completed 11th and Spruce, a 148-unit apartment complex in downtown St. Louis. San Francisco-based Balboa Real Estate Partners was the developer. Located three blocks from Busch Stadium, the project features 3,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space as well as amenities such as a fitness center, clubroom, courtyard, pet spa, dog run and rentable work-from-home space. TR,i Architects was the project architect.