BUFFALO GROVE, ILL. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of Spoerlein Commons, a 41,455-square-foot retail center in the Chicago suburb of Buffalo Grove. The sales price was undisclosed. The property features a variety of medical, wellness, restaurant, retail and service tenants along with second-floor offices. Rick Drogosz, Emily Gadomski and George Ghattas of Mid-America represented the institutional seller. CRE Pro was the buyer.
CARY, ILL. — Dandelion Development LLC has acquired the newly constructed Haber Pointe Senior Luxury Apartments in Cary, about 44 miles northwest of Chicago. The purchase price was $4.5 million. The 24-unit property totals 24,177 square feet. Paul Proana of Coldwell Banker Commercial and Heather Schweitzer of Premier Commercial Realty brokered the transaction. Foxboro Group LLC was the seller.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Block & Co. Inc. Realtors has sold 2 E. 59th St. in Kansas City for an undisclosed price. Riley ABA & Autism Center purchased the 17,381-square-foot building with plans to occupy it. The building is set to undergo extensive renovations in the coming weeks. Riley ABA is planning for several new and interactive play areas, including a 1,000-square-foot play town to target play and social skills, a larger interior sensory gym for gross and fine motor development, and an outdoor, fenced-in playground. The facility will also feature ample parking, an employee break room with an outdoor patio, a large prep kitchen and several individual bathrooms. Riley ABA expects renovations to be completed by mid-summer 2024. David Block, Max Kosoglad and Carson St. Clair represented Block on an internal basis.
DE SOTO, KAN. — Flint Development is nearing completion of the first building at Flint Commerce Center, a $390 million industrial park in the western Kansas City suburb of De Soto. At full build-out, the multi-phased project will include up to six buildings on a 370-acre site. Development of the first building, a 1 million-square-foot distribution center, is slated for completion this summer. Located at 10200 Edgerton Road, the cross-dock distribution center is being constructed with tilt-up concrete panels and 40-foot clear heights. The first facility — which is called Building C — will offer 98 dock doors and four drive-through doors, with the capacity to expand to 168 dock doors. The parking lot can accommodate 515 cars and 251 trailers. In August 2023, Panasonic Energy announced plans to lease half of the facility to support a nearby lithium ion battery manufacturing facility, which is currently under construction. “There is a lot of excitement surrounding the Panasonic factory and we are happy to see the amount of prospect activity for Flint Commerce Center,” says Mark Long, CEO of Newmark Zimmer. Newmark Zimmer is representing Flint Development in lease negotiations for Flint Commerce Center. “Together, this lease and the additional land …
WHITESTOWN, IND. — CBRE has brokered the $28.4 million sale of Building 3 within Park 130 at Whitestown. The 319,336-square-foot industrial facility is located at 6040 Commerce Drive in the Indianapolis suburb of Whitestown. The Class A building is triple net leased to three national companies. The property features a clear height of 28 feet, 61 truck docks and four drive-in doors. Kevin Foley, Anthony DeLorenzo, Andrew Morris and Jeremy Woods of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller. The property sold to a high-net-worth buyer from California.
OAK BROOK, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $9.1 million sale of an 11,857-square-foot restaurant property occupied by Fogo de Chao in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook. Constructed in 2021 and located at 1204 W. 22nd St., the Brazilian steakhouse anchors the new Oak Brook Commons mixed-use development that is located on the former McDonald’s headquarters site. Oak Brook Commons currently features a 17-story apartment building, a medical office building and three freestanding restaurants. Future construction plans call for creative office space, condos and a hotel. Nicholas Kanich of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a Houston-based developer and property manager. Kanich also secured and represented the buyer, a Chicago-based developer and investor.
CHICAGO — Breneman Capital has acquired Adams Laflin Place, a 52-unit apartment building in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood. The purchase price was undisclosed. Built in 2020, the property is located at 128 S. Laflin St. There are seven one-bedroom units and 45 two-bedroom units. Dwelle Properties, a full-service property management firm founded in 2019 by Drew Breneman and Sam Meyer, will manage the property. Steve Horvath and Marc Bombicinio of CREW Advising brokered the sale. Brett Hill of Greystone originated acquisition financing. Breneman Capital now owns 171 units in the West Loop neighborhood.
CHICAGO — Joint development partners The Missner Group and CBRE Investment Management have completed a 169,838-square-foot speculative industrial building in Chicago. The Missner Group also served as general contractor for the property, which is located at 3900 S. Normal Ave. in the city’s Bridgeport neighborhood. The building features a 3,700-square-foot model office, 16 loading docks, two drive-in doors, 26 tractor-trailer positions and parking for 168 cars. The property also features an abstract mural designed by AMUSE 126, a local artist known for his graffiti-inspired illustrative and typographic art. Cornerstone Architects and engineer Spaceco Inc. made up the project team. Mitch Adams, Steven Livaditis and Nicole Mentone of CBRE are the leasing brokers. CBRE will also serve as property manager.
GRUNDY CENTER, IOWA — Lee & Associates has negotiated the $800,000 sale of a 75,000-square-foot industrial property in Grundy Center, a city in central Iowa. The building is located at 701 A Ave. Tom Condon of Lee & Associates represented the seller, Richelieu Foods. Matt Miehe of Fischels Commercial Group represented the buyer, Honary Enterprises, an environmental lubricant manufacturing company.
The term “adaptive reuse” in real estate circles typically conjures images of repurposing old, obsolete commercial buildings. Meanwhile, academic buildings, administrative offices and other properties on college campuses rarely come to mind. But NAI has noted a growing need among higher learning institutions with vacant or underused assets, particularly as a result of growing online learning options, says Larry Gautier, senior vice president of NAI Miami | Fort Lauderdale. As a result, the brokerage is focused on finding solutions for schools. “NAI hasn’t historically been involved with higher institutions of learning — we’ve typically focused on conventional real estate transactions,” Gautier acknowledges. “But a few years ago, when students weren’t going in to class, colleges and universities were facing a challenge: what do you do with facilities — that were built for thousands of students — in a remote-learning setting? For many schools, remote learning is here to stay.” Options include leasing buildings to commercial users or entering a joint venture with, for example, an aerospace or engineering company for educational programs, he adds. Colleges that suddenly have vast unused parking lots could also enter into long-term leases with multifamily, office or mixed-use developers. “Our position is to help these schools create …
