MISSION, KAN. — Block & Co. Inc. Realtors has completed the lease-up of Mission West Shopping Center in Mission. Recent deals with Atlas Autism Health, Levant Bakery and a golf simulation lounge completed the final phase of leasing at the property, which had more than 20,000 square feet of vacant space. Other tenants at the center include Planet Fitness, Dollar Tree, Rally House and Slim Chickens. The leasing team included Block & Co.’s Grant Summers, Paul Massali, Max Kosoglad and David Block.
CHICAGO — The Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation hosted its 16th Annual Real Estate Challenge on Saturday, April 11. Roosevelt University took first place in the graduate division, while Marquette University won first place in the undergraduate division. The Roosevelt team included Lissette Zarco, Theresa Jurgus, Kenya Hunter, Brittany Pointer and Eliseo Elizarraraz. The Marquette team consisted of Matt Waters, Charlie Pfefferle, Maeve Kelly, Charlie Clark and Mickey Simi. Overall, 27 university teams competed in the event. The Eisenberg Foundation selected The 78 Chicago as the featured development site for this year’s event. Student teams from across the nation presented their redevelopment plans for an 8-acre section, incorporating the 22,000-seat, open-air stadium and hospitality offerings that the Chicago Fire FC’s new stadium will bring to The 78. Related Midwest is the developer for The 78, which will transform 62 acres of undeveloped riverfront land on the Near South Side into what will be “The 78th” neighborhood in Chicago. The Eisenberg Foundation has two primary focuses: to raise awareness and funds to support gastrointestinal research and to continually inform and educate the next generation of real estate industry professionals.
By Jesse Tollison, Transwestern When analyzing the Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) metro area, urbanicity plays a deep role in understanding the opportunities for making a significant impact and profit in the commercial real estate markets. This is not a story unique to Minnesota’s largest metropolitan area, where roughly half of the state’s inhabitants live, but MSP serves as an illuminating case study as to how widely opportunity can vary between urban and suburban markets. Indeed, many areas across the country exhibit stark differences between their urban and suburban commercial real estate markets, but those differences cannot be uniformly applied to each metro. The qualitative and quantitative analysis of local minutiae lends tremendous insight when evaluating opportunities. Developers, investors, tenants, brokers and every other player in the commercial real estate world are paying close attention to the diverging urban and suburban trends as they assess the market for opportunities. In such a fragmented market, decision-makers are using more data than ever to inform their strategies. High-level views aren’t enough to benchmark a property’s performance, and it’s important to understand the localized trends when evaluating an opportunity. Industrial history As the historical industrial hub of Minnesota, the Twin Cities’ urban core has many …
LIBERTY, MO. — Metrobloks, a developer of AI-ready, low-latency data center infrastructure in major metropolitan markets, has formed a joint venture with Lincoln Property Co., a full-service real estate firm with an established data center platform. The partnership will focus on the co-development of a high-performance data center campus in Liberty within metro Kansas City. The newly acquired site totals 30 acres and is already zoned and powered for data center use. It sits within 10 miles of the GPC Missouri Internet Exchange Point. Plans call for a multi-phase, 568,000-square-foot campus designed to support hyperscale, AI and enterprise data center workloads, with flexibility to scale over time beyond the initial 150MW total utility power.
MINNEAPOLIS — Colliers has arranged the $9 million sale of Anderson Plaza Apartments, a 100-unit multifamily community in Minneapolis. The transaction marks the first time the asset has changed ownership. The property was developed in 1963 on a former quarry site and family-owned since its inception. Mox Gunderson, Dan Linnell, Adam Haydon, Devon Dvorak and Drew Jackson of Colliers represented the seller. The buyer, Quarry Apartments LLC, plans to make targeted renovations and operational enhancements. The property was 86 percent occupied at the time of sale.
OTSEGO, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $6.3 million sale of a childcare facility net leased to Everbrook Academy in Otsego, about 33 miles northwest of downtown Minneapolis. Built in 2025, the 11,758-square-foot property features a 15-year lease backed by Learning Care Group. Spencer Berkley, Mark Ruble, Chris Lind, Zack House and Jon Ruzicka of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a Minnesota-based limited liability company, and procured the buyer, a Delaware-based limited liability company.
CHICAGO — Chicago-based construction firm Bulley & Andrews (B&A) has acquired Interior Construction Group (ICG), a Chicago-based general contractor specializing in interior construction. ICG will now operate as Bulley & Andrews Interior Construction Group and will continue to serve clients from its current downtown Chicago office. ICG founders Steve Zuwala and Mike Lynk will continue to lead the business. The acquisition marks the fifth in B&A’s history and comes as the company celebrates its 135th year in business.
WENTZVILLE, MO. — Missouri-based cannabis brand VIBE Cannabis is developing a flagship dispensary, VIBE City, at the final retail outlot at Grand Central at The Junction in Wentzville, a western suburb of St. Louis. Mia Rose Holdings is the developer for the Grand Central at The Junction mixed-use development. The project includes 180 luxury apartment units with a mix of retail, fitness and dining tenants, including Sugarfire and F45 Training, along with a Holiday Inn Express hotel. Additional retail space, formerly occupied by Brett Hull’s Junction House, is currently available for lease. The Wentzville location for VIBE will total 6,500 square feet and represent an estimated $7.5 million investment. The space will feature a drive-thru pickup window. The project team includes Layne Co. Construction, SE/Coady Architects, Premier Design Group, Crockett Engineering Consultants and Engenuity. Triad Bank provided financing. Construction is underway, with a target opening slated for September.
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the $7.3 million sale of 1755 N. Damen Ave., a 13-unit apartment and retail building adjacent to The 606 trail in Chicago’s Bucktown neighborhood. The deal marks the highest sales price of any multifamily or mixed-use asset in the submarket in over two years, per CoStar data. Joe Smazal and Mark Dykstra of Interra represented the buyer, Stocking Urban LLC, led by Nicholas Stocking. Smazal and Dykstra also represented the confidential seller in the off-market deal. All residential units were fully occupied at the time of sale. The property features three two-bedroom units, five three-bedroom units and two four-bedroom layouts. In addition to the residential units, the building includes three commercial spaces, two of which were occupied at the time of sale to a bridal shop and a health and wellness center. Stocking Urban plans to make light cosmetic updates to the commercial spaces and lease the vacant storefront.
CENTERVILLE, OHIO — Oberer Cos. has completed the final retail strip center within The Cornerstone of Centerville North, Shoppes at Cornerstone IV, officially marking the full build-out of the mixed-use development in the Dayton suburb of Centerville. The center, totaling 10,098 square feet, represents the final phase of a multi-year development transforming the Wilmington Pike and Feedwire Road corridor. The strip center is fully leased to tenants such as Chicken Salad Chick, Body Par Pilates and Mi Cozumel. Construction began on The Cornerstone of Centerville North in 2014. Oberer expects to break ground this summer on The Cornerstone of Centerville South, a 72-acre mixed-use development located on the south side of I-675.
