Midwest

MILWAUKEE — iBorrow has provided a $15.1 million loan for the refinancing of a 499,759-square-foot light industrial manufacturing property in Milwaukee. The property consists of five buildings that are occupied by eight tenants. Built in 1950 and renovated in 2020, the facility features nine dock-high doors, 25 grade doors and seven rail doors. iBorrow provided the original loan on the property in January 2021. The undisclosed borrower refinanced and sold a separate three-building vacant office parcel on the site.

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LOWELL, IND. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a two-tenant retail property occupied by Advance Auto Parts and Subway in Lowell, a city in Northwest Indiana. The sales price and seller were undisclosed. The 36,155-square-foot building is located at 1729 E. Commercial Ave. Joseph Van Vuren and Nicholas Kanich of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a local private investor. Josh Caruana of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the transaction as the broker of record in Indiana.

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FRANKLIN PARK, ILL. — Clear Height Properties has acquired an 18,800-square-foot industrial service facility (ISF) located at 9211 Gage Ave. in the Chicago suburb of Franklin Park. The sales price was undisclosed. ISFs are used to store, maintain or dispatch vehicles, equipment and materials. The property features a 30 percent building-to-land ratio, four drive-in doors and a fully gated and secured parking area for a fleet of field service vehicles. Ryan Widerberg of eXp Realty brokered the sale. Clear Height hired Jason Lev and Jimmy Kowalczyk of CBRE to market the property for lease.

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INDIANAPOLIS — A partnership between Milhaus, Gershman Partners and Citimark has begun development of Versa, a $70 million apartment complex in the Broad Ripple Village neighborhood of Indianapolis. The district is undergoing a $271 million improvement plan. Versa will feature 3,600 square feet of ground-floor retail space with an outdoor patio situated below the residential living space. The project will include 233 units and 245 parking spaces. Amenities will include a pool, pet spa, bark park, lounge, game room, fitness center, conference rooms and coworking space. Lake City Bank provided financing. The project team includes DKGr for architecture and interior design and Civil & Environmental Consultants for civil engineering. Completion is slated for 2024.

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ROMULUS, MICH. — The Opus Group has broken ground on Airport Corporate Center, a two-building speculative industrial development in Romulus, about 16 miles west of Detroit. The two buildings will total more than 270,000 square feet and are being marketed for warehouse and distribution tenants with space needs between 40,000 and 270,000 square feet. The project is situated less than a mile from I-94 and less than three miles north of Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Building A will total 100,456 square feet with a clear height of 32 feet, 12 dock doors, 91 auto parking spaces and 13 trailer parking stalls. Building B will total 170,088 square feet with a clear height of 32 feet, 22 dock doors, 115 auto parking spaces and 28 trailer parking stalls. Both buildings are slated for completion in October. Opus is the developer, design-builder, architect and structural engineer. Sean Cavanaugh and Dave MacDonald of JLL are marketing the project for lease. Associated Bank provided construction financing.

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INDIANAPOLIS — TWG has unveiled plans to develop 1827 Lofts, a 166-unit apartment community that will be located along the IndyGo Red Line rapid transit bus line in Indianapolis. The $45 million development is part of a master redevelopment project encompassing the city’s North Meridian Corridor. Located at 1827 N. Meridian St., the property will feature 32 studios, 81 one-bedroom units and 53 two-bedroom floor plans. Amenities will include a courtyard, pool, fitness room, dog park and rooftop lounge. The City of Indianapolis supported the project through a tax-increment financing (TIF) bond issued by the local government. The TIF requires 5 percent of the units to be reserved for individuals making up to 30 percent of the area median income. WesBanco Bank provided financing. Construction is scheduled to begin this month and be completed in May 2025.

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MINNEAPOLIS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2.4 million sale of 1709 and 1715 Lagoon Ave., a pair of contiguous parcels with 17 multifamily units in Minneapolis. Constructed in 1916, the two- and three-story buildings are situated in the city’s Uptown neighborhood. Abe Roberts and Michael Jacobs of Marcus & Millichap brokered the sale. Buyer and seller information was not released.

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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — Preusser Jewelers has opened an 1,897-square-foot store at 1200 E. Paris Ave. SE in Grand Rapids. Known for being Michigan’s oldest jeweler, the company moved to the new location after being in downtown Grand Rapids for 173 years. Bill Tyson of NAI Wisinski of West Michigan represented the tenant in the lease. The landlord was undisclosed. Additional tenants at the center include Bill and Paul’s Sporthaus and Groskopf’s.

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CHICAGO — Colliers has arranged the sale of seven retail properties and one industrial building in metro Chicago for $10.5 million. The sale represents the first part of a multi-phased transaction that encompasses 22 retail properties, three land sites and one industrial building. Peter Block and Rachel Patten of Colliers represented the seller, a family office. Indianapolis-based Arnold Meyer & Co. was the buyer. Block expects to close on the remaining properties in the portfolio this summer.

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CHESTERFIELD, MO. — Developer Mia Rose Holdings and general contractor Keystone Construction Co. have completed Chesterfield Sports Complex, a 97,000-square-foot indoor volleyball and basketball complex in the St. Louis suburb of Chesterfield. The complex will serve local, regional and premier basketball, volleyball and other sporting events. Nonprofit organization Chesterfield Sports Association owns and operates the facility, which is anticipated to attract 900,000 visitors each year with 1,000 youth athletes practicing each week and 2,500 athletes playing tournaments on the weekends. The facility features nine basketball courts that convert into 18 volleyball courts. There is also a fitness area, second-floor mezzanine for game viewing, courtside seating, lounge areas and multipurpose rooms for meetings and classes. MW Weber Architects served as the architect and Stock & Associates Consulting Engineers Inc. was the civil engineer. State Bank provided financing. Additionally, Keystone is currently constructing a 4,200-square-foot ACE Performance Lab on the first and second floors that will provide performance training and muscle recovery programs. Scheduled to open in May, this space will include Olympic lifting stations, a turf area and a recovery area. The complex’s medical provider, Mercy Sports Medicine, will use space in the performance lab to evaluate and treat athletes.

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