RICHMOND, IND. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $1.7 million sale of a 9,785-square-foot retail center in Richmond, a city in eastern Indiana. UPS and Hoppe Jewelers are tenants at the property, which is located at 3643 National Road East. The building was constructed in 2003 and renovated in 2019 and 2020. Damien Yoder and Madison Harman of Marcus & Millichap’s The Yoder-Harman Group represented the seller, a private investor. During negotiations, a tenant vacated, so the duo helped the seller create a new three-year master lease for the vacancy. They also advised the seller on how to maximize the property’s value by structuring a new five-year lease for Hoppe Jewelers to commence at the close of the sale. Buyer information was not provided.
With high operating costs eroding profitability at many urban stores, major retailers are concentrating development and store renovations in suburban locations with layouts geared to the latest consumer preferences. As more retailers follow suit, early adopters provide object lessons in best practices to better serve an evolving customer base and reveal pitfalls to avoid along the way. “Retailers are more sensitive to the pressures of high costs and loss prevention in urban markets, and as a result, they are backing off in those areas,” says Cornelius Brown, a principal and regional manager in the Philadelphia office of Bohler. “Retailers looking to grow, in our experience, are shifting to the suburbs and using retail program methods to cut costs.” Bohler is a land development design and consulting firm that helps developers move their projects forward quickly. Recently, those clients have been keen to avoid risk in both site selection and design features, Brown says. Streamlining Retail Development Retail programs allow developers to use pre-existing retail layout prototypes to determine optimal site arrangements. This approach uses checklists to assign one of several pre-made layouts to a development based on factors such as road location, grading and elevation, parking needs, drive-through layout, loading …
OAK BROOK, ILL. — Daniel Goodwin, founder, chairman and CEO of The Inland Real Estate Group of Cos. Inc., has passed away at the age of 80. A native Chicagoan, Goodwin earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Illinois public universities. Upon graduation, he worked as a science teacher on the city’s West Side for five years before embarking on his real estate career. Since Oak Brook-based Inland’s inception in 1968, the company grew under Goodwin’s leadership into one of the nation’s largest commercial real estate, investment and finance groups. Collectively, Inland entities have raised over $26 billion in capital, conducted over $80 billion in commercial real estate transactions, sponsored over 800 investment programs and founded six Inland entities that either listed on or merged with a public company on the New York Stock Exchange. Goodwin has received hundreds of local and national business, civic and philanthropic awards. Consistent with Inland’s long-term succession plan, the board of directors has appointed current Inland CFO Anthony Chereso as Inland’s CEO, effective immediately. Chereso has more than 30 years of experience in finance, commercial real estate, capital markets and the alternative investment industry.
DETROIT AND MILWAUKEE — Walker & Dunlop has arranged the sales of four Section 8 affordable housing communities in Detroit and Milwaukee. Sales prices were not provided. The Detroit properties total 81 units and include Aaron Apartments, Field Place Apartments and West Boston Apartments. All three communities underwent significant rehabilitation in 2007 facilitated by 9 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs). In Milwaukee, Boulevard Apartments features 235 units. The property boasts a 100 percent LIHTC allocation and is further supported by 15 percent Section 811 Project Rental Assistance. Aaron Hargrove and Eric Taylor of Walker & Dunlop represented the undisclosed buyers and sellers in all four deals.
GREENWOOD, IND. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Yorktowne Farms Apartments, a 264-unit multifamily property in the Indianapolis suburb of Greenwood. Built in 1982, the community features amenities such as a pool, playground, laundry facilities, and basketball and tennis courts. Aaron Kuroiwa and Tony Rogers of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, ICONIC Property Partners. The seller and sales price were undisclosed.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has negotiated the sale of a CVS-occupied retail property in Kansas City for $2.2 million. CVS has nine years remaining on its lease. Nick Hilgendorf of Quantum represented the seller, a Midwest-based investor, and the buyer, a Southeast-based investment firm completing a 1031 exchange. Quantum also assisted the seller throughout its loan defeasance process.
CHICAGO — Farbman Group has opened “The LookOut,” an amenity space within its 100 N. LaSalle office building in Chicago. The space was formerly a 26th-floor penthouse suite. Key features of The LookOut include a lounge and dining space, views of downtown Chicago, a workout facility and artwork. Farbman partnered with Michigan-based Soul Studio, an art program and gallery by nonprofit Friendship Circle that provides adults with special needs a safe space to create and connect through art. Farbman commissioned a piece entitled “Rhythmic Grid Space” by Aislinn Wendrow as a mural for the amenity space.
HUDSON, WIS. — Transwestern Real Estate Services has brokered the $72 million sale of Hudson Medical Center in Hudson, about 18 miles east of St. Paul. Completed in 2023, the 160,000-square-foot building serves as a multi-specialty medical office building and ambulatory surgery center. Frank Richie, Mike Salmen, Erik Coglianese and John Huff of Transwestern represented the seller, Hudson Medical LLC, which developed the facility. Hammes Partners, a private investment platform focused exclusively on healthcare real estate, was the buyer. The property’s tenant mix includes primary care, imaging, orthopedics, ophthalmology, oncology and dermatology.
DETROIT — Bernard Financial Group (BFG) has arranged a $24.3 million CMBS loan for the refinancing of the Element Hotel at the Metropolitan in downtown Detroit. Located at 33 John R St., the hotel features 110 rooms. Dennis Bernard, Joshua Bernard and Dan Duggan of BFG arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Metropolitan Building SPE LLC.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Interstate Batteries has formed a joint venture partnership with Neyer Properties to build a new fulfillment center in Columbus. The project will be the first building in The Hub @70/270 development, which can accommodate up to 400,000 square feet of industrial and distribution space. Situated at the front of the site, the Interstate Batteries regional fulfillment center will have direct frontage along I-70 and I-270. The 151,000-square-foot facility will mark one of eight regional fulfilment centers nationwide for Interstate Batteries. Construction is scheduled to begin this month and to be completed this fall. The new property will service battery distributors in Ohio and surrounding states. The project team includes Byers, Minton & Associates, Red Architecture, Kimley-Horn and Brocon Construction.