PONTIAC, ILL. — Cambridge Realty Capital has provided a $6.5 million HUD Section 241(a) loan to finance the new construction of a 20-bed memory care addition to The Pointe at Pontiac, an existing 60-bed supportive living facility in Pontiac. Supportive living is the Illinois version of Medicaid Waiver Assisted Living, whereby the state provides Medicaid funding to seniors 65 and older who would otherwise not have the financial resources necessary to reside in an assisted living facility. Loan proceeds will be used to fund the new construction addition and to complete improvements and repairs to the existing building. Zach Scardina of Cambridge originated the nonrecourse loan, which features a fixed interest rate and interest-only payments and converts upon construction completion to a fixed-rate, 35-year, fully amortizing permanent loan. The borrower was an Illinois-based limited liability company.
AUBURN HILLS, MICH. — Bernard Financial Group (BFG) has arranged a $3 million permanent loan for a 64,000-square-foot flex industrial property in Auburn Hills. David Ruff of BFG arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, K-S Group LLC. A life insurance company provided the loan.
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MICH. — Powerhouse Gym has opened its largest location totaling 120,000 square feet at The Mall at Partridge Creek, an open-air regional shopping center in Michigan’s Macomb County. The space was formerly home to Carson’s. The gym offers a lap pool, dry sauna, women’s-only space, spa services, a kid’s zone, spin room with nightclub-style lighting, yoga, cycling, a turf, track, massage chairs, a basketball court, personal trainers and fitness classes. The gym also features Italian-imported Panatta equipment and is adding a Detroit Medical Center physical therapy area and Pure Green juice bar in the first quarter. The new Powerhouse Gym location opened this week after the most successful membership pre-sale in the company’s history, according to a release. Spinoso Real Estate Group handles leasing and management of The Mall at Partridge Creek.
BENSENVILLE, ILL. — Lee & Associates of Illinois has brokered the $3.3 million sale of a 32,120-square-foot industrial building located at 1029-1033 Bryn Mawr Ave. in Bensenville. Michael Plumb, Bradley Simousek and Colin Sons of Lee & Associates represented the private owner. Dustin Albers of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, Doctor Rooter 911. The commercial plumbing company maintains two other locations in Bensenville.
GROSSE POINTE, MICH. — NAI Farbman, the brokerage arm of Farbman Group, has negotiated a 4,500-square-foot restaurant lease for Culver’s at 18845 Mack Ave. in Grosse Pointe, about 12 miles northeast of Detroit. The lease marks the first Culver’s location in the market. Originally constructed as a bank in 1949, the property was transformed into a dining destination. The locally owned and operated restaurant, which opened Dec. 15, features menu items such as ButterBurgers and frozen custard offerings. Harrison Yaldoo represented Culver’s and the landlord in the lease. Culver’s was founded in Wisconsin in 1984.
INDIANAPOLIS — Red Oak Capital Holdings LLC has provided a $2.8 million bridge loan to support the acquisition and repositioning of Linn Apartments, a 43-unit multifamily property on the Near South Side of Indianapolis. The interest-only loan, structured under Red Oak’s Opportunistic Bridge Loan Program, features an 18-month initial term and a loan-to-stabilized value of 55.7 percent. Stratos Athanassiades of Red Oak originated the loan, with underwriting led by Thomas Gorski and administration by James Myatt. The repeat borrower is an experienced investor in the Indianapolis market. Through its affiliated company, Midwest Living Management, the borrower oversees more than 7725 units and commercial assets throughout metro Indianapolis. Linn Apartments contains 43 units across three two-story buildings. Built in 1963, the Class C property was approximately 65 percent occupied at the time of the loan closing. The buyer plans to begin renovations immediately upon acquisition. Upon stabilization, the buyer plans to refinance into agency debt.
DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. — Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has begun plans to develop a low-acuity pediatric hospital in Downers Grove, a western suburb of Chicago. The proposed hospital will include a pediatric emergency department, surgery sites, inpatient beds and pediatric subspecialties such as oncology, cardiology, gastroenterology and orthopedics. The new facility would be Lurie Children’s first inpatient hospital outside its main location in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood. Lurie Children’s says the Downers Grove hospital represents a key component of its strategic growth initiatives, reflecting the organization’s evolution from a single hospital into an integrated pediatric healthcare system. The announcement comes on the heels of Lurie Children’s opening a new outpatient center in Schaumburg in 2025. In addition to its flagship hospital in Chicago, Lurie Children’s offers care through more than 20 outpatient centers and 10 partner hospitals across Chicagoland. A design-build team led by Clayco will also include healthcare design and construction expertise from Skender, ZGF and LJC. The project is subject to regulatory approvals.
KANKAKEE, ILL. — An affiliate of Phoenix Investors has acquired a 670,000-square-foot, heavy power industrial facility in Kankakee. The rail-served property is positioned near I-57. Formerly home to the Heinz Pet Food manufacturing and distribution facility, the property features approximately 43 megawatts of power, clear heights up to 87 feet, 41 dock doors, seven drive-in doors and an active Norfolk Southern rail spur. The fully fenced site includes a guard shack, extensive trailer and automobile parking and the ability to be demised to accommodate multiple users or a single large-format tenant. Phoenix plans to undertake a series of capital improvements to reposition the property and enhance its functionality for modern industrial users. Planned improvements include white-boxing select areas, general site and exterior upgrades, the installation of high-efficiency LED lighting and the addition of new dock doors to further improve loading capacity and operational flow.
ROUND LAKE BEACH, ILL. AND MICHIGAN CITY, IND. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sales of two former Transformco retail properties in Round Lake Beach and Michgian City. The asset at 400 E. Rollins Road in Round Lake Beach, formerly a Super Kmart totaling 190,174 square feet, sold to Target Stores. A former Sears and Sears Auto Center complex that was part of Marquette Mall in Michigan City totaling 92,905 square feet and 12,365 square feet, respectively, sold to Tonn and Blank Construction LLC. Andy Bulson, Mike Phillips, Dick Spinell and Mike Fitzgerald of Mid-America represented Transformco in both transactions.
LAKE GENEVA, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $4.9 million sale of a 30,162-square-foot retail building net leased to Best Buy in Lake Geneva, about 50 miles southwest of Milwaukee. Best Buy has occupied the property, which is part of a retail strip center shadow anchored by Target, since it was built in 2008. Jeff Rowlett and Eric Wagner of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, BB Geneva LLC, and procured the buyer, Agree Central LLC.