BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — In a sale-leaseback transaction, Clear Height Properties has acquired a 77,299-square-foot industrial building in the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook for an undisclosed price. DYWIDAG Systems International USA Inc., a construction and infrastructure technology firm, was the seller. The building at 320 Marmon Drive serves as the company’s North American headquarters. DYWIDAG has occupied the facility since the 1980s.
GENEVA, ILL. — Hillwood has broken ground on Fox Valley Commerce Center, a four-building industrial development totaling nearly 1.1 million square feet in Geneva, a western suburb of Chicago. The project will be built in phases. Phase I will include two speculative buildings spanning 266,760 square feet and 272,160 square feet. Phase II plans call for a build-to-suit of up to 500,000 square feet. Completion of Phase I is slated for late 2023. Harris Architects Inc. is the project architect and FCL Builders is the general contractor. Nick Eboli, Jeff Janda and Andrew Block of Lee & Associates will market the project for lease.
MINNEAPOLIS — Workbox, a flexible office operator, has signed a 27,748-square-foot lease at Deluxe Plaza in downtown Minneapolis. The firm will open its new space on Wednesday, Nov. 2. The lease represents the fifth location for Workbox and its first outside of Chicago. Deluxe Plaza has recently undergone renovations and offers amenities such as a tenant lounge, rooftop deck, fitness center and training center. Larissa Bodine, Ann Rinde and Mark McCary of CBRE represented ownership, Franklin Street Properties. Ryan Cos. is the property manager.
CHICAGO — Law firm Nisen & Elliott LLC is relocating its Chicago office from 200 W. Adams St. to a 15,417-square-foot space at 180 N. LaSalle St. The firm will take occupancy of the new space in November. The lease represents the firm’s first relocation in over 35 years. Eric Feinberg, John Goodman and Isabel Preskill of Savills represented Nisen & Elliott. The property rises 38 stories in the Loop. Building owner Ivanhoe Cambridge has recently made upgrades to the lobby and conferencing facilities.
TROY, MICH. — L. Mason Capitani CORFAC International has relocated its headquarters from 2301 W. Big Beaver Road to 1111 W. Long Lake Road in Troy. The new headquarters also houses sister company Liberty Property & Asset Management. The two-floor office features open meeting areas, conference rooms, workstations and ample natural light. The space also includes Liberty’s construction and design center, which provides property owners and tenants the opportunity to select and approve plans, specifications and finishes for projects.
KALAMAZOO, MICH. — Kalamazoo Child and Family Counseling PLLC is opening a second location in West Michigan at The Atriums Office Park in Kalamazoo. The property is located at 4341 S. Westnedge Ave. Kalamazoo Child and Family Counseling is a mental health clinic dedicated to serving children and teens that have anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, grief and loss or disruptive behaviors. The practice’s primary office is in Portage. The new location will provide all the same services as the Portage location and is slated to open in November. Kara Schroer of NAI Wisinski of West Michigan represented both the undisclosed landlord and the tenant in the lease.
By Arbor Realty Trust Inflationary environments set many investors’ minds to thinking about multifamily properties, which have tended to perform as well or better than other property types in the face of economic headwinds. Product type is no guarantee of success, however, and careful site selection is essential to ensure a project will have the renter demand and pricing power the owner needs to succeed. Arbor Realty Trust, in partnership with Chandan Economics, developed the opportunity matrix featured in Arbor’s Top Opportunities in Large Multifamily Investment Report 2022. The opportunity matrix helps clients navigate the nation’s apartment markets, enabling them to compare relative strengths from one metro to the next and identify those offering the greatest potential for development or investment. Its ranking system, which analyzes eight key categories, found the top three U.S. metro markets for large multifamily investment in 2022 are San Antonio, Kansas City and Las Vegas. “Reviewing what made these communities rise to the top of our 50-metro ranking will demonstrate how investors can use the matrix to compare the climates of opportunity in the markets in which they operate, or to suggest new fields of opportunity for their next venture,” said Matt Maison, vice president …
CHICAGO — Mansueto Office Inc. is reimagining the 100-year-old building at 2300 N. Lincoln Park West in Chicago into a luxury apartment community. Named the Belden-Stratford, the renovated 16-story property will be home to 209 units with floor plans that range from studios to three-bedroom penthouses. Pre-leasing is underway, with first move-ins anticipated in winter 2023. Amenities will include onsite restaurant Mon Ami Gabi, a rooftop deck, fitness center, yoga studio, pet spa, wine storage, resident lounge, Luxer package service and valet and concierge services. The building first opened in 1923 as a hotel. Solomon Cordwell Buenz is the project architect, Vinci Hamp Architects Inc. is the historic architect, Bulley & Andrews is the general contractor and Waterton is the property manager.
ROSEMONT, ILL. — Colliers has brokered the $13 million sale of Rosemont Corporate Center in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont. Jon Connor and Francis Prock of Colliers represented the seller, KORE Investments. The Village of Rosemont purchased the 121,000-square-foot office building with plans to renovate it before moving municipal employees to the property in 2023. KORE acquired the building in 2021 from the original developer, Ryan Cos., for $6.5 million. Mark Offit of Braden Real Estate represented the Village of Rosemont.
CHICAGO — CBRE has negotiated the sale of a 14,378-square-foot development site at 863 N. Orleans St. in Chicago’s River North neighborhood for $4.2 million. Tom Svoboda of CBRE represented the seller, BlitzLake. The buyer, Draper and Kramer Inc., plans to build a multifamily project at the transit-oriented development site.
