ELKHART, IND. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of an 801,218-square-foot industrial facility in Elkhart for an undisclosed price. Completed in October, the build-to-suit is home to a recreational vehicle tenant. The property, which includes a showroom and office as well as warehouse and distribution space, features a clear height of 30 feet, 56 dock-high doors, a 194-foot truck court and seven drive-in overhead doors. Peter Bauman and Tivon Moffitt of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer, neither of which were disclosed.
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TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. — Woda Cooper Cos. Inc. has broken ground on Annika Place, a $14.7 million affordable housing community in Traverse City. The 53-unit development will be reserved for residents who earn 30 to 80 percent of the area median income. Rental rates are projected to range from $360 to $1,125 per month depending on the income restriction and size of the unit. The Traverse City Housing Commission is providing rental assistance vouchers for eight units. The four-story building will feature amenities such as a community room, computer center, fitness center and rooftop terrace. In honor of the many who serve in the U.S. Coast Guard and the Coast Guard Air Station in Traverse City, Annika Place will honor the memory of Coast Guardsman Douglas Munro by featuring a special lighted flagpole and his namesake for the property’s community room. Munro lost his life at the Guadalcanal in 1942 as a result of heroic measures with his boat that saved the lives of 500 marines. He is the only Coast Guard member to receive the Medal of Honor. Funding for Annika Place comes from Low-Income Housing Tax Credits allocated by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority. Affordable housing finance …
INDIANAPOLIS — Government Investment Partners (GIP) has purchased two adjacent office properties in Indianapolis for $8.2 million. The buildings are located at 4150 and 4160 N. Keystone Ave. just east of Fall Creek Parkway near the Indiana State Fairgrounds. MS Land Holdings LLC sold the 60,000-square-foot building at 4160 N. Keystone, which is fully leased to the State of Indiana on behalf of the Indiana Department of Child Services. LNR Partners sold the other building, which totals 95,157 square feet and is roughly 40 percent leased. It is also home to Department of Child Services offices as well as the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. GIP, which specializes in commercial properties leased to federal, state and local government agencies, now maintains a portfolio of more than 30 buildings in 18 states.
NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Halsted Street Deli & Bagel is opening a 1,500-square-foot location at Park Plaza, an office building in the Chicago suburb of Naperville. Accesso owns the building. Slated to open in January, the restaurant will be accessible to tenants of the property as well as the general public. Halsted Street Deli is known for its soups, salads, sandwiches and bagels. The Naperville location will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day.
CLEVELAND — A partnership between Detroit-based developer Bedrock and the City of Cleveland has unveiled plans for the Cuyahoga Riverfront, an initiative that will feature 3.5 million square feet of new development and adaptive reuse projects across 35 acres of publicly and privately owned waterfront land. According to multiple news outlets including The Plain Dealer and Spectrum News, the project is valued at $3.5 billion. Preliminary plans for the site call for the addition of approximately 2,000 residential units, 850,000 square feet of office space and 12 acres of open public space, as well as hospitality, retail and restaurant uses. The development team is targeting a 15- to 20-year timeline for full buildout and transformation of the site. In addition, Bedrock partnered with Sherwin-Williams Co. to acquire Landmark Office Towers and the Breen Technology Center. Specific plans regarding the future use of these buildings were not immediately disclosed. The development team — which includes master architect David Adjaye, local firm Osborn Engineering and urban planning firm MKSK — views the site as a natural connective bridge between the Cuyahoga River and downtown Cleveland. Adjaye spent the last several months in Cleveland cultivating a plan to make that vision a reality. …
CHICAGO — Metro Edge Development Partners has unveiled plans to build a $257 million data center within the Illinois Medical District (IMD) in Chicago. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2023 and be completed in 2024. Metro Edge secured a 75-year ground lease on a nearly two-acre parcel owned by IMD. The data center will rise five stories and span 184,720 square feet. The facility is 50 percent preleased. Corgan is the project architect. Clune Construction is overseeing all construction in partnership with Power Construction and Ujamaa Construction. T5 Data Centers is the project manager.
CHICAGO — NASCAR has opened an office at Two Prudential Plaza in downtown Chicago. Dubbed “One Two Pru,” the two-building office complex spans 2.3 million square feet and features amenities such as a rooftop terrace, lounge, conferencing facilities and health club with Peloton bikes. NASCAR recently announced that it would be hosting the Chicago Street Race in July. The 2.2-mile race will take place downtown and is expected to have an economic impact of $113.8 million. Clark Evans and Kevin Morgan of JLL represented NASCAR in the three-year lease for 4,250 rentable square feet. The landlord was undisclosed.
ZION, ILL. — Industrial Outdoor Ventures (IOV) has acquired two parcels totaling 56 acres in Zion, a city in northeast Illinois near the Wisconsin border. Named Trumpet Park Spec Development, the project will consist of a pair of industrial service facilities (ISFs). Project costs are estimated at $35 million. The development will feature up to 1,200 truck trailer parking spaces and more than 26,000 square feet of maintenance and service buildings. ISFs provide supply chain infrastructure solutions to industries such as transportation, bulk material distribution, last-mile logistics, heavy equipment and utilities. The project marks IOV’s first ground-up development in the Chicago market. The design team includes Spaceco, which will provide civil and surveying services, and Arete Design Studio, which will provide architecture, planning and design services. Construction is expected to begin in spring 2023 and be completed in the fourth quarter of 2023. Chris Volkert, Ned Frank and Jeff Devine of Colliers represented the institutional seller in the land sale. Volkert and Frank, along with colleague Pat Hake, will market the project for lease.
WESTMONT, ILL. — Cambridge Realty Capital Cos. has provided an $18.1 million HUD Lean loan for the refinancing of Bria of Westmont, a 215-bed skilled nursing facility in the Chicago suburb of Westmont. Bria of Westmont provides a range of skilled services and programs, including short-term rehabilitation, long-term care, orthopedic rehabilitation, cardio-pulmonary rehabilitation, onsite hemodialysis, wound care, cardiac care, ventilator therapy, aquatic therapy and behavioral healthcare. Andrew Erkes of Cambridge originated the 35-year loan, which features a 35-year amortization schedule. The borrower was an Illinois-based limited liability company.
SHEBOYGAN, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of the Champion Storage portfolio in Sheboygan, about 55 miles north of Milwaukee. The sales price was undisclosed. The portfolio totals five properties and 1,167 units. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 95 percent occupied. The facilities feature both climate-controlled and non-climate-controlled units as well as outdoor parking spaces and portable container units. Sean Delaney of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, JGSS LLC, and the buyer, Rogers Equity Group IV LLC.