Midwest

PLAINFIELD, IND. — Indiana-based First Internet Bank has provided a $59 million construction loan for Hobbs Station, a $300 million mixed-use project in the Indianapolis suburb of Plainfield. Phase I calls for 293 apartment units, 30,000 square feet of retail space and 400 parking spaces. Crossroads Realty Advisors arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Indianapolis-based New City Development. The project was first announced earlier this year.

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BROOKLYN PARK AND DAYTON, MINN. — Northmarq has arranged a $33.9 million loan for the construction of two industrial properties in suburban Minneapolis. In Brooklyn Park, 169 Logistics Center will include two buildings totaling 147,250 square feet. Dayton Logistics Center in Dayton will consist of a single building totaling 248,000 square feet. Completion of both properties is slated for spring 2023. Bill Mork of Northmarq arranged the four-year, fixed-rate loan. The borrower was a joint venture partnership between Capital Partners and Eagle Realty Group. The lender was undisclosed.

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SIOUX CITY, IOWA — Omaha-based Oracle Aviation has broken ground on a new aviation center at the Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City. The 40,000-square-foot facility will include hangar space, training classrooms and office space. The project received a $1 million grant from the Economic Development Administration as well as additional funding from the City of Sioux City, The Siouxland Initiative, Morningside University and Western Iowa Tech. Both Morningside University and Western Iowa Tech will now offer degrees in aviation fields. A timeline for construction was not provided.

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BRUNSWICK, OHIO — A joint venture between Remedy Medical Properties and Kayne Anderson Real Estate has acquired a 34,519-square-foot medical office building in the Cleveland suburb of Brunswick for $10.7 million. Named Atrium of Brunswick, the two-story property is located at 1299 Industrial Parkway North. The facility is fully occupied by two tenants. One GI is a gastroenterology group that recently acquired the building’s original tenant and seller, Digestive Disease Consultants (DDC). Shortly after One GI acquired DDC, it signed a new 12-year lease. The other tenant is MetroHealth, which operates four hospitals and other healthcare facilities throughout the Cleveland area. MetroHealth operates a primary care and pediatrics practice at the building with a lease that expires in 2025. Capital One provided acquisition financing.

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By Andy Gutman, Farbman Group This is a complicated and even confusing time for anyone trying to make sense of the commercial real estate market. Conflicting economic indicators and pervasive concerns about inflation — and even the potential for a recession — create a somewhat cloudy outlook, even as promising opportunities remain in some markets. In the Midwest, there are noticeable market-specific differences that give a sense of just how much variability there is across the region. Taking a closer look at the commercial real estate in a city like Detroit — where the commercial real estate investment activity remains high — and comparing it with other Midwest markets in terms of retail activity, receivership rates, commercial real estate taxes, crime rates and urban revitalization efforts, can start to give us a better sense of how and why some Midwest markets are currently viewed as more favorable than others. It can also give us a feel for what investors and commercial real estate decision-makers are likely to be evaluating when they look at how to spend their dollars in the months and years ahead. Detroit looking good What is it about Detroit that makes it an appealing commercial real estate …

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Industrial sector Lee Associates

Lee & Associates’ newly released 2022 Q3 North America Market Report examines third-quarter 2022 industrial, office, retail and multifamily outlooks throughout the United States. This sector-based review of commercial real estate trends for the third quarter of the year examines the difficulties facing each asset class and where opportunities in the commercial real estate landscape may be emerging. Lee & Associates has made the full market report available here (with further breakdowns of factors like vacancy rates, market rents, inventory square footage and cap rates by city), but the summaries below provide high-level considerations of the overall health and obstacles for the industrial, office, retail and multifamily sectors. Industrial Overview: High Rent, Low Vacancy Everywhere North American industrial space availability is tight everywhere while rent growth and property prices remain near or have moved beyond historic highs. Through the third quarter, the United States’ vacancy rate settled at 4 percent, up 10 basis points from second quarter 2022. Average rents increased 11.4 percent year over year with gains of 19 percent in Miami, 18.7 percent in Southern California’s Inland Empire, 16 percent in Phoenix and 14.6 percent in Atlanta. Since the COVID lockdown in March of 2020, developers of U.S. logistics space have been …

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AMHERST, OHIO — Kansas City-based healthcare real estate group Monument Healthcare Development, in partnership with University Hospitals (UH), has broken ground on a new health campus in Amherst, about 28 miles west of Cleveland. The project will include two buildings, including an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) that will house five operating rooms and one procedure room. There will also be six recovery-focused Stay Suites in the same building as the ASC, which will focus on orthopedic surgical procedures. The Stay Suites are part of the Muve program, a value-based surgical care program offered by ValueHealth. The facility will also provide general orthopedic, spine, ear, nose and throat and pain management services. In addition to the ASC, there will be a medical office building to house physicians and other providers across a variety of medical and surgical specialties. Completion is slated for the fourth quarter of 2023. The project team includes CTL Engineering, architect ESa and J.E. Dunn Construction Co. In 2020, UH unveiled that it had formed a joint venture to expand its ambulatory surgical network.

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SHAWNEE, KAN. — Block & Co. Inc. Realtors has sold the Merriam Grand Station redevelopment site in Shawnee for an undisclosed price. The buyer, Drake Development, plans to redevelop the former Kmart and Pegah’s sites into two apartment buildings with retail and restaurant space. Drake will keep the Merriam Grand Station name. Completion is slated for 2025. Block & Co. will retain the management and leasing of the front lots on both sides of the development, including the Freddy’s Frozen Custard and the Krispy Kreme as well as the Shell gas station and the Chipotle that is under construction. David Block, Max Kosoglad and Alex Block of Block & Co. and Matt Pennington of Drake represented the respective parties in the sale.

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ROMULUS, MICH. — Peak Construction Corp. is underway on construction of Building C at Romulus Corporate Park in Michigan. Scannell Properties is the developer. The speculative building will span 243,770 square feet with a clear height of 32 feet, 30 dock doors, two drive-in doors, 40 trailer parking spaces and 156 car parking spaces. The project team includes architect Ware Malcomb and civil engineer PEA Group. Completion is slated for April 2023.

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ROCHESTER, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Douglas Trail Townhomes in Rochester for $11.1 million. The 100-unit property is located at 5041 Weatherstone Circle NW. Built in 2001, the community features a playground, basketball court, laundry facilities and attached garages. Units range in size from 850 to 1,150 square feet. Chris Collins and Evan Miller of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company, and procured the buyer, also a limited liability company.

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