TOPEKA, KAN. — Hoefer Welker has designed The Hutch, a 192-unit apartment project slated to break ground in October in Topeka. Plans call for 2,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 5,500 square feet of resident amenities, including a rooftop viewing deck overlooking the State Capitol, a courtyard pool, fitness center, speakeasy lounge, dog park and mini-park. The four-story, 400,000-square-foot development will be situated adjacent to a newly renovated public parking structure.
By Scott Olson As I look back over the last 12 months since my August 2025 Cedar Rapids update, the resilience of this city to adapt despite high interest rates, tariffs and a Middle East conflict is second to none. Our city council priorities have remained unchanged: • Housing options and affordability • Strengthen and stabilize neighborhoods • Clean and safe city • Recreational and cultural amenities • Homelessness • Flood control system The economic growth highlighted in this report is matched by city efforts in all the priority areas. Our current national rankings reflect these successes: • No. 3 Best Place to Live in the Midwest (SpaceWise, 2026) • No. 3 City with the Most Affordable Rent (WalletHub, 2026) • No. 5 Midwest City for a Peaceful Retirement (lnvestopedia, 2026) • No. 11 Most Affordable Small City to Buy a Home (WalletHub, 2026) • No. 16 Best City to Buy a House in America (Niche.com, 2026) • No. 19 Safest City in Americas (WalletHub, 2026) — ranked across key dimensions, including home and community safety and natural disaster risk and financial safety • No. 22 Best Run City in the U.S. (WalletHub, 2025) • No. 30 City with the …
DEER PARK AND BATAVIA, ILL. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $112 million in acquisition financing through a regional bank for a two-property seniors housing portfolio totaling 330 units in metro Chicago. Sam Dylag of JLL represented the borrower, an affiliate of The Inland Real Estate Group LLC. The properties include Deer Park Village, a 188-unit community in Deer Park that opened in 2016, and The Landings, a 142-unit asset in Batavia constructed in 2021. Both offer a continuum of care from independent living, assisted living and memory care. Dial Senior Living will retain management of the properties. Mark Cosenza and Brett Smith represented Inland on an internal basis. With the transaction, Inland has surpassed more than $1 billion in senior living acquisitions.
ROMULUS, MICH. — Amazon has moved into Building 4 at Romulus Trade Center in Michigan. Contegra Construction completed the 312,474-square-foot industrial building on behalf of NorthPoint Development. The property was completed in June after a seven-month construction process and joins five other buildings in the industrial park, which is located on the other side of I-94 from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Built on a speculative basis, the property features rear-loading and cross-docked options, LED lighting and 45,000-pound dock levelers. Prior to completing Building 4, Contegra began construction on Building 6 in the same development. The 282,909-square-foot, single-load building is slated for completion in November. Romulus Trade Center is slated to total nearly 2 million square feet across six buildings. The development will also include a 27-acre retail corridor, including Michigan’s first Sheetz convenience store and a Tesla Supercharger station. Contegra worked with subcontractors D&R Earth Moving, B&B Concrete Placement, Southern Roots Steel Erectors and Daniel’s Glass.
ROCHESTER, MINN. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $7.3 million sale of Cascade Apartments, a 44-unit property in Rochester. Chris Collins, Lance Steiger, Evan Miller and Erin Salway of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Patina Management. The buyer was Black Swan Living. Completed in 2016, the property features a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 839 square feet. At the time of sale, the asset was fully leased. The property recently underwent capital improvements, including a new roof in 2023.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, OHIO — Stone Bridge Investment Group has acquired a two-building industrial portfolio at 7774 and 7810 Whipple Ave. NW in Jackson Township, south of Akron. The properties total 135,303 square feet. Landon Williams and Ryan Thomas of Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Advisors and George Pofok, Eliiot Kijewski and Cole Sorenson of Cushman & Wakefield CRESCO Real Estate represented the seller, Industrial Commercial Properties. Christopher Tichio of Alexander Summer represented the buyer.
INDIANAPOLIS — Colliers has arranged the sale of the Indianapolis West Infill Industrial Portfolio, a 1.5 million-square-foot, 29-building light industrial portfolio located within the Park 100 and Park Fletcher industrial parks in Indianapolis. The portfolio spans the city’s Northwest and Southwest submarkets. Alex Cantu, Alex Davenport, Jeff Devine, Steve Disse, Tyler Ziebel, Tyler Wilson, Jason Speckman and Sydney Gabriel of Colliers represented the undisclosed seller. MLG Capital, on behalf of MLG Legacy Fund and 1031 exchange investors, purchased the portfolio, which is 94 percent leased to 158 tenants. The properties feature an average clear height of 15 feet with a total of 194 dock doors and 155 drive-in doors. The buildings range in size from 16,000 to 157,000 square feet.
KALAMAZOO, MICH. — Industrial Commercial Properties LLC (ICP) has acquired 1 Financial Parkway, a three-building, 426,788-square-foot corporate campus situated on 55 acres in Kalamazoo. The property’s I-1 zoning allows for a variety of office and industrial uses, giving ICP flexibility to reposition the campus for a broad range of users. ICP plans to market the campus to companies seeking office, industrial, technology, corporate headquarters and other flexible business environments.
CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $15.2 million sale of a 30-unit apartment building located at 3905 N. Western Ave. in Chicago’s North Center neighborhood. The property also features four retail suites. Built in 2009, the asset totals 57,000 square feet and features a mix of two- and three-bedroom units. Kyle Stengle and Steve Rachman of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller.
DETROIT — Bernard Financial Group (BFG) has arranged a $5 million loan for the refinancing of a 114-unit multifamily property in Detroit. Joshua Bernard of BFG arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Orleans Owner LLC. A life insurance company provided the loan.