Midwest

LEE’S SUMMIT, MO. — Avanti Residential has acquired the 308-unit Summit Square apartment community in the Kansas City suburb of Lee’s Summit for $80 million. Avanti now owns eight apartment properties in the greater Kansas City market. Built in 2018, Summit Square is located at 789 NW Donovan Road. Mac Crowther and Whittaker Potts of Newmark represented the seller, NorthPoint Development. Avanti owns and operates more than 8,000 apartment units in Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Florida and metro Kansas City.

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AURORA, ILL. — Seefried Industrial Properties and Endeavour’s Edged Energy division have broken ground on a three-building data center campus in Aurora. Located on a four-way interchange at I-88 and Eola Road, the 65-acre project will be constructed in phases. The first building is slated for completion in June 2024. The project will feature sustainable initiatives such as advanced waterless cooling technology, electric vehicle charging and onsite solar panels. ComEd, the electrical company serving northern Illinois, is providing the infrastructure needed to power the new campus from its nearby regional substation. Seefried and Edged Energy also intend to add a new substation on site to support future phases of development. FCL Builders is the general contractor, Ware Malcomb is the architect and Kimley-Horn is the civil engineer. Paul Roeser and Ryan O’Leary of KBC Advisors represented Edged Energy on the transaction, while Jim DeRose and Michele Keller of DuPage Property Venture represented the land seller.

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NORMANDY, MO. — McCarthy Building Cos. has broken ground on the new home of the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service Midwestern Laboratory in Normandy, a northwest suburb of St. Louis. The state-of-the-art, 83,000-square-foot facility will support science and technology to address present and future public health challenges. The project will consist of two loading docks for shipping and receiving, a large warehouse for field operations storage, a processing center, microbiology labs, chemistry labs and administrative offices. The General Services Administration signed a lease with US Federal Properties for a term of 20 years and a total contract value of $115.5 million. Site and civil work are expected to be completed in the fall, with building construction occurring in 2024 and 2025. Hoefer Welker is the designer. The Food Safety and Inspection Service’s roughly 60 employees at its St. Louis-based laboratory are expected to move to the new facility in mid-2025.

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HIGHWOOD, ILL. — Interra Realty has brokered the $16.9 million sale of Station440 in Highwood, a North Shore suburb of Chicago. The 48-unit luxury apartment complex is located at 440 Green Bay Road. Constructed in 2022, the community features amenities such as covered parking, a fitness center, community room, lounge and roof deck. Craig Martin of Interra represented the seller, Benchmark Developers, and the buyer, Chicago-based HP Ventures Group.

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DEERFIELD, ILL. — Bradford Allen has negotiated two leases totaling 35,000 square feet at 570 Lake Cook Road, a five-story office building in the northern Chicago suburb of Deerfield. The 138,000-square-foot office building was renovated last year. Venture X signed a 19,000-square-foot lease to open a new coworking location. Expected to open later this year, the location will be the company’s second within Chicagoland. Joel Berger of Bradford Allen represented ownership, while Vic Sanmiguel of Bespoke Commercial Real Estate represented the tenant. Planning and design consulting firm Kimley-Horn signed a long-term extension and expanded its footprint to 16,000 square feet. Berger represented ownership, while Hayden Rasmussen and Jon Azulay of Savills represented the tenant.

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KANSAS CITY, MO. — The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has renewed its office lease at Eleven Eleven Main in Kansas City. The tenant plans to renovate its space, which totals about 109,000 rentable square feet across the fourth floor and floors eight through 11. Owner Copaken Brooks is involved in the property and construction management for the renovation project. Ryan Biery of Copaken Brooks represented ownership alongside CBRE’s Rollie Fors and Brice Shamberger. Sven Sykes, Tom Volini and Bryan Johnson of Colliers represented NAIC.

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LE SUEUR, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson has broken ground on a new $40.4 million elementary school for Le Sueur-Henderson Public Schools. In August 2022, voters approved a $39.9 million referendum to fund the new school. The project will be built adjacent to the high school and will be located at 901 Ferry St. in Le Sueur, about 57 miles southwest of Minneapolis. Designed by ATS&R Planners, Architects and Engineers, the two-story, 113,090-square-foot school will serve grades K-5. Plans call for classrooms, labs, a music room, kid’s club, cafeteria, administrative offices, nurse’s area, 30,000-square-foot field house, three-court gymnasium and 6,000-square-foot storm shelter. There will also be secure entry, a parking lot, bus drop-off and two playgrounds. Completion is slated for August 2024.

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BURNSVILLE, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $8.6 million sale of the Best Western Premier Nicollet Inn, a 131-room hotel in the Minneapolis suburb of Burnsville. Located at 14201 Nicollet Ave., the property features a full-service restaurant. With an occupancy rate of 42.3 percent and an average daily rate of $119.62, the hotel’s revenue per available room was $50.60 as of year-end 2022. Jake Erickson, Joseph Ferguson, Jared Plamann and Jon Ruzicka of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. The team also secured and represented the buyer, a fund manager.

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MAPLE GROVE, MINN. — Davis has opened Maple Grove Specialty Center, a 44,000-square-foot medical office building in the Minneapolis suburb of Maple Grove. MNGI Digestive is the anchor tenant and occupies the 22,000-square-foot second floor. The property will also be home to Minnesota Oncology, which leased the entire first floor. In addition to serving as developer, Davis owns the building and provides property management and leasing services. The project team included Minneapolis-based Synergy Architecture Studio and Plymouth, Minn.-based Timco Construction Inc.

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KANSAS CITY, MO. — Locally based IAS Partners has begun development of a 15,000-square-foot, multi-tenant retail and restaurant building at Metro North Crossing, a mixed-use project in Kansas City. The facility is located along Highway 169 adjacent to the newly opened Hawaiian Bros Island Grill and Whataburger. Construction of the shell building is slated for December, with tenants expected to open in spring 2024. The building is located alongside Woodstone, a $60 million luxury apartment complex with 249 apartment and townhome-style units that opened in fall 2022. Metro North Crossing is also home to T-Shotz, a 52,000-square-foot golf entertainment venue.

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