LANSING, MICH. — Schelin Uldricks & Co. has arranged an $11.8 million senior loan to finance the acquisition of a 147,258-square-foot industrial building in Lansing. The property is leased to a national credit tenant. Schelin Uldricks & Co. arranged the CMBS loan on behalf of the borrower, a national real estate investment manager. Loan terms were not provided.
WARREN, MICH. — Liquidation sales retailer Big Discount Lot has signed an 8,000-square-foot retail lease at Pickwick Plaza in Warren, a northern suburb of Detroit. The shopping center is located at the southeast corner of 12 Mile and Schoenherr roads. Michael Murphy of Gerdom Realty & Investment represented the undisclosed landlord.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a multifamily portfolio in St. Paul for $2.2 million. The portfolio consists of twin 10-unit properties, both of which rise two stories and were constructed in 1949. Abe Roberts, Evan Miller and Chris Collins of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, neither of which were disclosed.
MARSHALL, MICH. — Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) has unveiled plans for BlueOval Battery Park Michigan, a $3.5 billion lithium iron phosphate (LFP) electric vehicle battery plant in Marshall, a small city of about 7,000 residents located approximately 100 miles west of Detroit. The development will be the first automaker-backed LFP battery plant in the U.S., according to Ford, and will initially employ 2,500 workers upon completion in 2026. The site offers opportunity for further development, despite the fact that 245 acres of land along the Kalamazoo River will be placed into a conservation easement and protected against future industrial development. The plant will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford in partnership with global battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL). Under terms of the arrangement, Ford will manufacture its LFP battery cells utilizing services and knowledge from CATL. The company’s current roster of electric vehicles run on nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) batteries. By offering a second, lower-cost battery chemistry, the company will be able to expand its offering of electric vehicles with a variety of affordable new models. “Ford’s electric vehicle (EV) lineup has generated huge demand,” says Jim Farley, the company’s president and CEO. “To …
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Arbor Report Finds Rental Housing Insulated from Economic Contraction, Risk Factors Endure
— By Ivan Kaufman, founder, chairman and CEO of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.; and Sam Chandan, a professor of finance and director of the Chen Institute for Global Real Estate Finance at the NYU Stern School of Business Rental housing is uniquely positioned to withstand tremendous economic headwinds. Although some observers point to the slowdown in apartment rent growth as a sign of growing weakness, this trend is a cyclical feature that is not reflective of any structural change in the profile of demand or supply. It is normal to expect a period of slowing rent growth while there is uncertainty in the economic outlook. In-depth findings on these trends, plus a thorough economic outlook for 2023 and a complete breakdown of risk factors, are detailed in Arbor Realty Trust Special Report Spring 2023: Navigating a Corrective Environment, from which this article is excerpted. While no asset class is immune from the challenges of higher interest rates, the presence of amortization, which spreads out a loan into a series of fixed payments over time, makes the multifamily sector less likely to see mounting distress. All Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-conforming multifamily loans are fully amortizing. Moreover, Fannie …
CHICAGO — Kiser Group has brokered a condo deconversion sale in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood for $18.3 million. The property at 3825 N. Pine Grove features 94 units and 54 parking spaces. Andy Friedman and Jake Parker of Kiser brokered the transaction. The seller was 3825 N. Pine Grove Condominium Association. According to Parker, 90 percent of the units were investor-owned rental units while 10 percent were owner-occupied. Under the Condominium Property Act in Illinois, condo unit owners can elect to sell a property if 75 percent or more are in agreement. The threshold is 85 percent for the City of Chicago. Sellers then have the option to either move out of their units or lease them back from the new owner.
CINCINNATI — Montecito Medical has acquired two orthopedic medical office buildings in Cincinnati for an undisclosed price. The properties, which total more than 130,000 square feet, are fully leased to Beacon Orthopedics. One of the buildings is in Cincinnati while the other is in the suburb of Sharonville. Each property includes an ambulatory surgery center. Steve Timmel, Travis Likes, Jeff Johnston, Will Roberts and Lee Asher of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller. Beacon Orthopedics, which operates more than 20 locations in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, provides a full range of services, including clinical orthopedics, orthopedic surgery, physical therapy and imaging.
FRANKLIN PARK, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $4.7 million sale of a 42,111-square-foot retail center in the Chicago suburb of Franklin Park. Just Tires anchors the property and has operated out of the location since 1975. Mitchell Kiven, James Ziegler and Keith Zelenika of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an investment fund with several partners based primarily in Chicago. Kiven also procured the buyer, Jupiter Texas Group, a real estate syndicator based in Frisco, Texas. Dean Giannakopoulos and Frank Montalto of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer. The seller had purchased the property in foreclosure and spent three years stabilizing the asset.
ANGOLA, IND. — Franklin Street has arranged the sale of a two-property self-storage portfolio totaling 109 units in Angola, a city in Northwest Indiana. The sales price was undisclosed. The facilities were built in 1986 and 1999. David Perlleshi and Frank DeSalvo of Franklin Street represented the seller, HZ Capital Partners LLC. NT Investments LLC was the buyer. The transaction marks the fourth asset that Perlleshi and DeSalvo have sold on behalf of HZ Capital Partners in the last nine months.
COLUMBUS, KAN. — Northmarq has brokered the sale-leaseback of a Sonic-occupied restaurant property in Columbus, a city in Southeast Kansas. The sales price was $1.2 million. The 1,127-square-foot building is located at 228 W. Maple St. Matt Lipson of Northmarq represented the Missouri-based seller. Hamman Real Estate represented the buyer, a California-based individual investor.