ELMHURST, ILL. — Related Products, a packaging company, has signed a 4,800-square-foot industrial lease at 736-778 Industrial Drive in the Chicago suburb of Elmhurst. Dustin Albers of Lee & Associates represented the tenant. The property owner, Value Industrial Partners LLC, was self-represented.
DEARBORN, MICH. — Ford Motor Co. has unveiled plans to open a new Ford World Headquarters at its Dearborn product development campus, the new Henry Ford II World Center. The 2.1 million-square-foot property will house thousands of engineering, design and technology team members together in one collaborative space that is twice the size of the company’s current headquarters and built to accommodate double the employees. Construction is underway, and hundreds of employees are working in the building already. The majority of the facility will be complete this year, but work will continue through 2027 on a final section of the site. Upon completion, up to 4,000 people can work from the headquarters with a total of 14,000 employees within a 15-minute walk of the new World Headquarters building. Once Ford has vacated the former headquarters, dubbed the Glass House, the facility will be demolished over the course of 18 months. Ford plans to “repurpose the site as an asset to its teams and community.” Ford is working with the City of Dearborn on a plan for how the site can best serve employees and neighbors. Glass House, which totals 950,000 square feet, has housed Ford’s headquarters since 1956. Ford will …
FOREST PARK, ILL. — Eastham Capital has sold Central Park Apartments in Park Forest, a southern suburb of Chicago, for $23.2 million. Eastham acquired the 220-unit property for the portfolio of Eastham Capital Fund V LP in partnership with Bender Cos. in September 2019. At the time, Central Park Apartments marked the second collaboration between Eastham and Bender. To date, the companies have co-invested in 10 properties. Over the six-year hold period, ownership completed exterior renovations to Central Park Apartments, including parking lot resurfacing, sidewalk repairs and patio concrete upgrades. The property averaged more than 97 percent occupancy during the ownership period. The community at 11 Fir St. features a mix of one-bedroom units as well as two- and three-bedroom townhomes ranging from 724 to 1,326 square feet.
MOUNT VERNON, ILL. — Contegra Construction has completed a 100,000-square-foot manufacturing facility for PVC-maker Manner Polymers in Mount Vernon. The solar-powered facility is located on a 30-acre site at 401 Fountain Place Drive near I-57 and I-64. McKinney, Texas-based Manner Polymers installed and integrated its advanced manufacturing equipment and systems for producing flexible PVC compounds. Once fully operational, the plant is expected to increase the company’s production capacity by 100 million pounds. Powered by a roof-mounted solar array and a 15-acre solar field, the project is anticipated to create more than 60 new jobs. The facility features 11 dock doors, three drive-in doors and 5,000 square feet of office space. Contegra led the design-build team that included architect Gray Design Group and structural engineer Alper Audi. The design-build subcontractor team included Jarrell Mechanical, Haier Plumbing, Bi-State Fire Protection and Clinton Electric.
GREENWOOD, IND. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $3.8 million sale of an auto repair center occupied by Caliber Collision in Greenwood. The property totals 33,511 square feet and is located at 155 Melody Ave. Caliber Collision occupies the asset under a double-net lease with more than three years remaining on the lease. Mitch Grant, Nicholas Kanich and Josh Caruana of Marcus & Millichap represented the Indiana-based seller. Dominic Sulo, Ryan Engle and Andrean Angelov of Marcus & Millichap procured the Illinois-based buyer.
ALTOONA, IOWA — Planet Fitness has opened a 15,496-square-foot location at the Outlets of Des Moines in Altoona. Founded in 1992 in Dover, N.H., Planet Fitness is one of the largest franchisors and operators of fitness centers in the world. As of June 30, there were 2,762 clubs worldwide. Outlets of Des Moines is an open-air lifestyle center home to stores such as Coach Outlet, Polo Ralph Lauren, Kate Spade Outlet, Ann Taylor Factory Store and Nike Factory Store.
CHICAGO — Waterton has acquired The Mason, a 263-unit, 14-story apartment building located at 180 N. Ada St. in Chicago’s Fulton Market district. The purchase price was nearly $90 million, according to CoStar. Units come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Waterton plans to implement a light value-add program, including in-unit flooring upgrades and enhancements to common areas and amenity spaces. The Mason’s amenities include a rooftop deck, pool deck, fitness center, remote work space, a dog wash and dog run.
JOLIET, ILL. — Mapletree Investments has acquired a 29.4-acre site at 1035 W. Laraway Road in Joliet with plans to develop a logistics facility totaling 418,880 square feet. The transaction marks the company’s second acquisition in Joliet this year, following the May purchase of an 18.1-acre site at 3600 Houbolt Road where it will build a 276,000-square-foot warehouse. Both sites provide direct connectivity to the Joliet Intermodal Center — North America’s largest inland port — home to both the Union Pacific and BNSF Joliet Intermodal Terminals. The Laraway Road project will feature a clear height of 40 feet, 80 dock doors, 100 trailer stalls and 172 car parking spaces. Matthew Stauber and Steve Ostrowski of Colliers represented the seller and worked directly with Mapletree to secure the transaction. Mapletree currently owns and manages more than 10 million square feet of industrial assets in the Chicago market.
MINNEAPOLIS — Accesso has secured a one-year extension on the loan associated with the IDS Center, a 57-story office tower in Minneapolis. Ownership has also secured 110,000 square feet in new leases signed since the beginning of the year. Some of the recent activity includes a 25,513-square-foot, full-floor lease for Associated Bank NA, a 23,796-square-foot renewal for Husch Blackwell LLP, a 15,179-square-foot renewal for Zimmerman Reed LLP and a 13,515-square-foot renewal and expansion for architecture and design firm Perkins&Will. Spanning 1.4 million square feet, IDS Center features a public plaza and retail storefronts in addition to office space.
MADISON, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Whitney Point Apartments in Madison for an undisclosed price. The property features 48 multifamily units and three retail suites. Located at 5414 Mineral Point Road on the city’s west side, the asset was built in 2020 as Phase I of a larger redevelopment plan. The site allows for a proposed Phase II that would add approximately 100 residential units and 8,250 square feet of retail space. Matthew Whiteside, Paul Rider and Don Schmidt of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Whitney Point Properties LLC, and procured the buyer, Whitney Point LLC.
