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Home Depot Plans Four New Distribution Centers for Professional Customers

by Jeff Shaw

DETROIT, LOS ANGELES, SAN ANTONIO AND TORONTO — The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) has announced plans for four new distribution centers in Detroit, Los Angeles, San Antonio and Toronto. The new facilities are a key component of the company’s efforts to cater to professional customers such as developers, general contractors, remodelers and property managers. The new distribution centers will stock large, bulky merchandise such as lumber, insulation and roofing shingles. The new distribution centers are expected to open in the first half of this year. Home Depot has opened similar hubs across the U.S. and expects to have 17 facilities equipped with new capabilities for pros by the end of 2024. In addition to the new distribution centers, Home Depot plans to expand its offerings to professional customers with localized product assortment tailored to each market, digital tools to manage complex orders, and special credits and pricing for professional customers. “Over the last several years, we have been investing to deliver a faster, more convenient, differentiated experience for our pros,” says Chip Devine, senior vice president of outside sales for Home Depot. “Our distribution network is one piece of the comprehensive pro ecosystem we’re building to better meet the needs …

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Habitat Begins Pre-Leasing Efforts for 33-Story Cassidy on Canal Luxury Apartment Tower in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — Chicago-based Habitat has begun pre-leasing efforts for Cassidy on Canal, a 33-story luxury apartment tower in Chicago’s Fulton River District. The property at 350 N. Canal St. features 343 units in a variety of layouts ranging from studios to penthouses. Additional features of the project include 1,313 square feet of ground-floor retail space, parking for 123 vehicles and an outdoor dog run just northwest of the building. Amenities include a 10,000-square-foot outdoor deck off the building’s fifth floor with landscaped grounds, a pool, lounge seating, fire pits, grilling areas, heaters and dining areas. Inside, residents will have access to a fitness center with practice studios, a game room, clubrooms, a coworking center and a spa with sauna, steam and whirlpool rooms. The first resident move-ins are expected in May. Rents will range from $2,550 to $5,660 per month. Penthouse units will go for up to $10,810 per month. The project site was formerly home to the Cassidy Tire building. Architecture firm Solomon Cordwell Buenz designed the new glass tower. The joint venture partner on the project is Diversified Real Estate Capital LLC, with James McHugh Construction Co. serving as general contractor.

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BWE Arranges $150M Line of Credit for Nationwide Manufactured Housing Portfolio

by Kristin Harlow

CLEVELAND — Cleveland-based BWE has arranged $150 million in financing through a Freddie Mac transitional line of credit (TLOC) for a collection of over 2,500 manufactured housing community sites in the Midwest, Southeast and Rocky Mountain regions. MJ Vukovich, Ghazy Grijalva and Andrew Capra of BWE arranged the TLOC through Freddie Mac’s Optigo channel on behalf of a long-term client. The team also sourced a $14 million traditional bank loan for the borrower from a lender specializing in manufactured housing. The TLOC provides a convenient solution for manufactured housing communities that require more repairs and renovations before securing permanent financing terms or more flexibility in their hold period, according to BWE. By only initially using $100 million of the $150 million TLOC, the borrower has the ability to shape its portfolio more thoroughly by adding new properties in the future. BWE structured the TLOC as a floating-rate loan with interest-only payments for the full term. Additionally, the terms included interest rate caps to hedge against the risk of increasing rates, while also positioning the client to take advantage of a declining rate environment later this year and provide flexibility for asset exit.

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NAI Prime Commercial Joins NAI Global Network to Serve Evansville, Indiana

by Kristin Harlow

EVANSVILLE, IND. — NAI Prime Commercial has joined NAI Global as a new office under the name NAI Prime Commercial. The commercial real estate services and advisory company is based in Evansville. The firm offers services such as commercial sales, leasing, asset management, development and advisory services. The inception of NAI Prime Commercial in early 2024 followed founder Scott Edmond’s nine-year tenure with another large commercial real estate firm. Prior to that, he worked in the banking and finance industry for 21 years. Edmond works alongside his wife and business partner, Holly Edmond.

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Brown Commercial Group Brokers Sale of 31,379 SF Industrial Building in West Chicago

by Kristin Harlow

WEST CHICAGO, ILL. — Brown Commercial Group has brokered the sale of a 31,379-square-foot industrial building in West Chicago for an undisclosed price. Matt Hanson of Brown represented the buyer, Krishiv Foods, a distributor of Indian food products. The buyer is more than tripling its space and will be relocating from Elk Grove Village. Mike Antonelli of Brown represented the seller, Spare Tire Enterprises LLC, which purchased the building in 2018.

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Twin Cities Medical Office Landscape Evolves With Conversion Initiatives

by Kristin Harlow

By Louis Suarez, Misty Bowe and Brian Bruggeman, Colliers The Twin Cities medical real estate market has experienced many different phases over the last few years, reflecting the region’s journey toward post-pandemic recovery. Currently, this sector is experiencing a notable shift that is fueled by rising vacancy rates for on-campus hospital properties contrasted with a low vacancy rate of 4.9 percent for off-campus medical buildings.  This shift is significantly influenced by the push to outpatient surgery centers, ongoing financial pressures and consolidation trends. Additionally, experts in this region are predicting a scarcity of new medical building supply in 2024, which is expected to exert ongoing pressure on rental rates for existing medical office space, despite the stabilization of interest rates that is anticipated to come later this year.  As of the fourth quarter of 2023, the current construction pipeline consists of a mere 84,000 square feet, all of which is spoken for with no additional supply projected to come to market in the next year, which is a nearly 80 percent decrease year-over-year. The dramatic increase in interest rates, rising construction costs and capital constraints have pushed asking rents for new proposed projects to well above $30 per square foot …

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Flaherty & Collins Properties to Break Ground on $101M Apartment Project in Michigan City, Indiana

by Kristin Harlow

MICHIGAN CITY, IND. — Flaherty & Collins Properties is scheduled to break ground on The Franklin at 11th Street Station, a $101 million apartment project in northern Indiana’s Michigan City. A groundbreaking ceremony will take place Thursday, March 14. The luxury apartment tower will include 220 units and 5,600 square feet of commercial space. The 1.5-acre project site is located at 1010 Franklin St. Amenities will include a heated swim spa, outdoor movie space, coworking cafe, conference facilities, fitness center and sky lounge. Completion is slated for fall 2025. Flaherty & Collins currently manages 85 properties and more than 15,000 units in nine states.

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Douglas Capital Partners Acquires 385,000 SF Office, Industrial Portfolio in Metro Columbus for $25M

by Kristin Harlow

GROVE CITY AND DUBLIN, OHIO — Michigan-based real estate investment firm Douglas Capital Partners has acquired three Columbus-area properties from American National Insurance Co. and Brookfield for $25 million. The three-property portfolio totals 385,000 square feet and is comprised of SouthPark XX, a Class A industrial asset in Grove City, and two office buildings in Dublin. The office assets include the Emerald Professional Building and Upper Metro Place. The acquisitions mark the first investments outside of Michigan for Douglas Capital Partners.

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Greywolf Arranges $3.7M Sale of Industrial Building in New Holstein, Wisconsin

by Kristin Harlow

NEW HOLSTEIN, WIS. — Greywolf Brokerage LLC, a division of Greywolf Partners Inc., has arranged the $3.7 million sale of a 122,500-square-foot industrial building in New Holstein, about 43 miles south of Green Bay. The property sits on six acres at 2221 Calumet Drive. The fully leased building features 10 loading docks, five drive-in doors and a clear height of 20 feet. Buyer and seller information was not provided.

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