SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, MICH. — Greystone has provided a $10.8 million HUD 223(f) loan for the refinancing of Lakeside Village Apartments in Saginaw Township within central Michigan. The 200-unit affordable housing community was constructed in 1980. Lisa Fischman of Greystone originated the 35-year loan, which features a fixed interest rate and a 35-year amortization schedule. The Altman Cos. was the borrower. The property qualifies for a lower annual mortgage insurance premium (MIP) of 0.25 percent because it is rent-restricted. In addition to the refinancing, loan proceeds will enable the borrower to continue with ongoing property improvements, according to Greystone.
INDIANAPOLIS — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Discovery Commons at College Park, a 148-unit independent living community in Indianapolis. A publicly traded REIT sold the asset to Elevation Financial Group, which plans to convert the community to active adult living. The sales price was not disclosed.
ELGIN, ILL. — Principle Construction Corp. is underway on a new 31,200-square-foot industrial building for Alvil Trucking at 2570 Millennium Drive in Elgin. The logistics company is relocating from Elk Grove Village. The project will include a 15,400-square-foot warehouse, 9,800-square-foot truck maintenance area and 6,000 square feet of office space. Additional building features include four dock doors, four drive-in doors and a clear height of 28 feet. Principle is also constructing a 972-square-foot mezzanine storage area and amenities for truckers, including showers and rest areas. More than 50 parking spaces will be available for both trucks and trailers. Harris Architects is the project architect. Principle expects to complete the project before the end of the year.
CHICAGO — Waterton has acquired Alta Roosevelt Apartments in Chicago’s South Loop. Atlanta-based Wood Partners sold the property for $170 million, according to Crain’s Chicago Business. Located at 801 S. Financial Place and built in 2017, Alta Roosevelt features 496 units. Amenities include 50,000 square feet of common area space, which features an outdoor pool and spa, outdoor lounge with grilling stations and TVs, a dog park, bike room, package room, game room with bowling lanes, fitness center, yoga studio and entertainment kitchen. The property also includes a four-story parking garage. Waterton plans to rebrand the asset as The Elle, a nod to both Eleanor Roosevelt and Chicago’s elevated train station known as the “L.” Waterton will also make upgrades to the amenities. Danny Kaufman, Trent Niederberger, Lucas Borges and Mike Halbach of JLL arranged $99.5 million in acquisition financing on behalf of Waterton. The Freddie Mac loan features a seven-year term and a fixed interest rate.
ROMULUS, MICH. — The Kroger Co. has opened its newest customer fulfillment center (CFC) in Romulus. Powered by the Ocado Group, the roughly 135,000-square-foot CFC will leverage advanced robotics technology and creative solutions for Kroger delivery services. Kroger utilizes temperature-controlled vans and machine-learning algorithms that optimize delivery routes for grocery deliveries. Machine-learning algorithms adjust themselves to perform better as they are exposed to more data. Orders are delivered to customers’ doorsteps by trained Kroger associates. The CFC in Romulus will reach customers up to 90 minutes from the site and will employ more than 700 associates. Kroger first announced its partnership with Ocado, a technology company that specializes in grocery e-commerce, in 2018. Kroger currently operates CFCs in Ohio, Florida, Georgia, Wisconsin, Texas and Michigan. Additional centers are slated for California, Maryland, Arizona, Ohio, North Carolina and Colorado as well as South Florida and the Northeast.
ROLLING MEADOWS, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $1.5 million sale of Carnegie Street Business Center in the Chicago suburb of Rolling Meadows. The industrial property, located at 1225 Carnegie St., spans 25,800 square feet, includes seven suites ranging in size from 1,800 to 6,200 square feet. Peter Doughty of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a local private investor. Neil Bresnahan of Marcus & Millichap secured and represented the buyer, also a local private investor.
PEORIA, ILL. — The Cooper Commercial Investment Group has brokered the sale of a single-tenant property occupied by Oak Street Health in Peoria for $1.5 million. Dan Cooper of Cooper Group represented the seller, a private investment fund. The property sold to an all-cash buyer based in California. The sales price represented a cap rate of 6.7 percent. The property sold for 97 percent of the list price. Oak Street Health operates roughly 125 medical centers across 20 states and maintains a joint venture partnership with Humana Inc. Oak Street Health executed a new 10-year lease for the Peoria property in 2021.
BELVIDERE, ILL. — Anytime Fitness has signed a 6,276-square-foot retail lease at Southtowne Shopping Center in Belvidere, a city in northern Illinois. The property is located at the corner of Highway 20 and Pearl Street. Rick Scardino of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Southtowne Ventures LLC, in the transaction. Jack Siragusa of CBRE represented the tenant.
GLENVIEW, ILL. — Dermody Properties has completed its acquisition of the 232-acre former corporate office campus of Allstate Corp. located on Sanders Road in Glenview, roughly 22 miles northwest of downtown Chicago. While the acquisition price was not disclosed, REBusinessOnline reported last year that the transaction would be valued at $232 million. Dermody plans to redevelop the property into a 10-building logistics park. The redevelopment, named The Logistics Campus, will span 3.2 million square feet upon completion, with flexibility to accommodate additional build-to-suit development. Construction on Phase I of the project is scheduled to begin immediately and will include five buildings totaling 1.2 million square feet. The initial phase of development is slated for completion in 2023. “This redevelopment project stands at the intersection of two significant and durable trends — work from home and e-commerce,” says Douglas Kiersey Jr., president of Dermody Properties. “The conversion of the office campus — with buildings dating back to the 1960s and 1970s — into modern logistics buildings offers many benefits to the community.” The site is located adjacent to Interstate 294 and southwest of the Willow Road interchange, which will allow for efficient access to O’Hare International Airport. The project benefits from …
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Shortage of Tax Credits, Higher Interest Rates Plague Affordable Housing
Forty-year-high inflation rates that are outpacing wage growth and eating away at personal income are exacerbating already outsized resident demand for affordable housing financed by the federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. But it seems that obstacles to supplying new units to meet that demand are only multiplying. Those range from a shortage of housing tax credits needed to fund new supply to resistance to multifamily development at the local level. Meanwhile, higher mortgage rates are making home buying more difficult and expensive. In turn, that is creating more apartment renters, thereby putting upward pressure on rental rates. In September, for example, the average monthly rent price nationwide hit $1,759, an increase of 7.8 percent from the prior year, according to Realtor.com’s monthly rental report. That’s also nearly 25 percent higher than September 2019, the organization reports. What’s more, from 2015 through 2020 — long before mortgage rates spiked — the U.S. lost 4.7 million apartment units with rents less than $1,000 per month, according to U.S. Apartment Demand Through 2035, a report by the National Multifamily Housing Council and National Apartment Association. “Demand for affordable units is only going to become more acute between now and the end of …