WAUWATOSA, WIS. — Best Buy has signed a 10,921-square-foot retail lease at 2545 N. Mayfair Road in Wauwatosa, a western suburb of Milwaukee. Scott Satula and Emily Smits of Mid-America Real Estate represented the landlord, an entity doing business as GP Wisconsin LLC.
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Higher Interest Rates Cause Affordable Housing Values to Return to Old Norms
Rising interest rates dinging commercial real estate and multifamily assets have plunged low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) properties back into reality, especially those coming to the end of their 15-year compliance periods. “There were some huge profits made in the affordable housing space over the last two or three years,” says Cliff McDaniel, a managing director with Lument, which is representing Harmony Housing in the $1.4 billion sale of its affordable housing portfolio to the Michaels Organization. “We sold a lot of properties for $60,000 a unit or even $120,000 a unit, and the debt was $40,000 a unit. But the mania over that type of profitability is over, and values are going back to where they were before.” Up until about five years ago, the phrase “huge profits” and “affordable housing” would rarely if ever have occurred in the same sentence. Or even in the same story. Prior to that, affordable housing properties typically had very little value at the end of their initial 15-year compliance periods, and limited partners who provided equity to the project by buying tax credits routinely agreed to sell their interest to the general partner for a nominal fee. At that point, the …
ELKHART, IND. — In a sale-leaseback transaction, MAG Capital Partners LLC has acquired a 105,548-square-foot industrial property in Elkhart for an undisclosed price. The facility at 1511 W. Lusher Ave. is situated near I-80, I-90 and I-94. Jonathan Wolfe, Daniel Macks and Jeff Lizzo of STREAM Capital Partners represented the seller, Colbert Packaging Corp., a producer of sustainable paper-based packaging serving the pharmaceutical, healthcare and consumer goods industries. Colbert also maintains a facility in Kenosha, Wis. Based in Dallas, MAG Capital Partners is an industrial real estate investment firm founded by Dax Mitchell and Andrew Gi.
CHICAGO — Antares Capital has signed an 87,586-square-foot office lease for floors 41 through 43 at 320 South Canal in Chicago. Riverside Investment and Development and Convexity Properties co-developed the new 52-story office tower, which was completed in December 2022. Antares is a provider of financing to private equity-backed borrowers and a credit manager with more than $60 billion of capital under management. The firm is relocating from 500 West Monroe where it occupies 69,646 square feet. Designed by Goettsch Partners, 320 South Canal is situated immediately south of Union Station and is now 68 percent leased. Additional tenants include BMO, Skadden Arps, National Futures Association and Ullico. The Green, a 1.5-acre, privately owned outdoor park, sits on the west side of the building. Michael Sessa, Dan Maslauski and Jack Deroche of Cushman & Wakefield represented Antares in the lease. Christy Domin and Drew Neiman represented Riverside on an internal basis.
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — SomeraRoad Inc. has welcomed the second tenant at Summit52, the recently renovated 300,000-square-foot office building in Overland Park that formerly served as the headquarters of Swiss Re. Blue Chair LLC and its affiliated companies will occupy 21,000 square feet on the third floor of the south building. Blue Chair, a management and holding company for Gragg Advertising, Lever 1 and IntegriShield, plans to move into its new space in the second quarter. Existing tenant IAC signed a lease for 60,000 square feet last year. Evan Warwick of Colliers represented Blue Chair in the lease. Ross Simpson and RC Jensen of Colliers represented SomeraRoad, which acquired the property in summer 2020.
MORTON GROVE, ILL. — Echo Real Estate Capital has acquired a 7,550-square-foot medical office building located at 6131 W. Dempster St. in the Chicago suburb of Morton Grove. The purchase price and seller were undisclosed. The single-tenant property is leased to Advocate Health Care. The facility is staffed by a mix of primary care physicians and one cardiologist that have operated out of the building for more than 20 years.
HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP, MICH. — Devoted Dental Group has signed a new five-year lease for 5,500 square feet at 2287 S. Milford Road in Highland Township, a northwest suburb of Detroit. James Mitchell of Dominion Real Estate Advisors LLC represented both the tenant and the undisclosed landlord in the lease.
WOODSTOCK, ILL. — Cawley Chicago has negotiated the sale of a 129,800-square-foot industrial facility at 1005 Courtaulds Drive in Woodstock, about 45 miles northwest of Chicago. The sales price was undisclosed. Built in 1995, the property features rail access and has undergone production and manufacturing improvements. David Conroy, Joe Shapiro and Tim Gallagher of Cawley Chicago represented the buyer, while Kenneth Franzese and John Cassidy of Lee & Associates represented the seller. Further terms of the transaction were not provided.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — AesthetiCare Med Spa has opened its new headquarters at 9225 Ward Parkway in Kansas City. The new space totals roughly 20,000 square feet and combines three of the company’s offerings into one location. AesthetiCare also owns MINT Aesthetics, a national training center for Botox, dermal fillers, laser treatments and general aesthetics. Jeff Winters of Colliers represented AesthetiCare in its site selection, acquisition and tenant build-out. AesthetiCare employs a staff of 22 registered nurses and aestheticians, making it the largest med spa in metro Kansas City.
HUTCHINSON, KAN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $6.5 million sale of an 87,119-square-foot retail property in Hutchinson, about 50 miles northwest of Wichita. The building at 1500 E. 11th St. is home to Hobby Lobby and Bomgaars. Mark Ruble and Chris Lind of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. Buyer information was not provided.