CHICAGO — Crafty, a company that assists workplaces in managing food, beverages and supplies, has signed a 12,000-square-foot office lease at 205 W. Wacker in Chicago. Headquartered in downtown Chicago, Crafty is expanding its footprint. The firm previously occupied 3,500 square feet in the West Loop neighborhood. Brian McDonnell and Bill Sheehy of CBRE represented Crafty in the lease transaction.
CLEVELAND — The Cooper Commercial Investment Group has brokered the sale of a single-tenant medical office building in Cleveland for nearly $1.8 million. Cleveland Clinic occupies the property. Dan Cooper of Cooper Group represented the seller, a Florida-based private investor. The California-based buyer purchased the property at the full asking price, which represents a cap rate of 6.5 percent.
Rising interest rates, inflation and general economic uncertainty altered the patterns and outlooks for the industrial, office, retail and multifamily sectors across the United States. As Lee & Associates’ recent Q2 2022 North America Market Report reveals, certain sectors like industrial and multifamily, that were white hot last year, have begun to cool slightly. Meanwhile, retail is making historic gains in the face of decreasing interest in ecommerce. The full Lee & Associates report is available (with further breakdowns of factors like vacancy rates, market rents, inventory square footage and cap rates by city) here. The analysis below provides an overview of four major commercial real estate sectors alongside economic factors impacting each. Industrial Overview: Record Low Supply, Rent Growth Demand for industrial space eased slightly from its record-setting growth of last year but remained strong through for the first half of 2022 as annualized rent growth moved into double digits and the overall vacancy rate fell to 3.9 percent, a record low. Net absorption through June totaled 192.2 million square feet. It was the second highest two-quarter total on record and more than the 170 million square feet of tenant growth for all of 2019. It was exceeded only by 297.8 …
EAGAN, MINN. AND FENTON AND ST. CHARLES, MO. — Three Walls Capital (TWC) has purchased a three-property hotel portfolio in Minnesota and Missouri for an undisclosed price. The hotels include the 89-room Staybridge Suites Eagan Airport in Eagan, the 94-room Extended Stay America St. Louis Fenton in Fenton, and the 94-room Candlewood Suites St. Louis St. Charles in St. Charles. Aimbridge Hospitality will manage the assets on behalf of TWC. Aimbridge manages more than 65 properties owned by TWC, which plans to acquire and develop 35 extended-stay hotels over the next 18 to 24 months.
MADISON, WIS. — Northland has purchased Preserve West, a 318-unit apartment community in Madison. The purchase price and seller were undisclosed. The garden-style property was formerly named ReNew 78 West. The community features 17 buildings across roughly 20 acres. Amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center, coworking space and communal kitchen. Northland owns and operates a multifamily portfolio that includes more than 26,000 units across the U.S.
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MINN. — Colliers Mortgage has provided an $11.2 million HUD 221(d)(4) loan for the construction of 42nd & Central in Columbia Heights, a northern suburb of Minneapolis. The project will consist of 62 affordable housing units, all of which will be restricted to residents who earn 60 percent or less of the area median income. Amenities will include a clubroom, fitness room, playground, bike station, dog run, storage lockers and package room. The loan features a 40-year term. Reuter Walton Development was the borrower.
INDIANAPOLIS — MDH Partners has acquired Park 100 Building 71, a 193,348-square-foot industrial building in Indianapolis. The purchase price was undisclosed. Constructed in 1988, the facility features a clear height of 24 feet, 26 exterior dock doors and 90 car parking spaces. The property is 87 percent leased to DB Schenker, Watkins & Shepard Trucking Inc. and MKM Distribution Service. Alex Cantu and Alex Davenport of Colliers represented the undisclosed seller. Houston Hawley served as the acquisition lead for MDH Partners, which now owns more than 1 million square feet in Indiana.
TERRE HAUTE, IND. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of South Pointe Crossing in Terre Haute for $10 million. The sale of the retail property was executed in two separate transactions. Dylan Mallory of Hanley, in association with ParaSell Inc., represented the seller, Thompson Thrift Commercial, a wholly owned company of Thompson Thrift. The first transaction consisted of a 2,212-square-foot single-tenant property occupied by Starbucks that sold for $1.8 million. The drive-thru building was constructed in 2007 and renovated in 2017. Drew Baldwin and Jake Duska of Baldwin Brothers Inc. represented the buyer, a Pennsylvania-based family office completing a 1031 exchange. The second transaction included a 41,633-square-foot retail center across four separate buildings. Built in 2002, the property was 97 percent occupied at the time of sale by tenants such as Sherwin-Williams, T-Mobile, Charles Schwab & Co., Papa John’s, Once Upon a Child, Plato’s Closet, Big Red Liquors and Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance. The sales price was $8.2 million. Scott Pollom and Jane Drew Pollom of F.C. Tucker Co. Inc. represented the buyer, an Indianapolis-based private partnership completing a 1031 exchange.
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WIS. AND NORTH CHICAGO, ILL. — EQT Exeter, a global industrial and residential investment firm, has purchased an eight-property industrial portfolio in Wisconsin and Illinois totaling 3.8 million square feet. CenterPoint Properties, a warehouse and distribution center investor and developer based in Oak Brook, Ill., and an unnamed investment partner sold the portfolio to EQT Exeter. John Huguenard and Kurt Sarbaugh of JLL represented CenterPoint in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed, but the Milwaukee Business Journal reports the assets traded for $290 million. The properties include seven facilities within the master-planned LakeView Corporate Park in Pleasant Prairie, which is situated near I-94 and provides users with connectivity to population centers in Milwaukee 40 miles north and Chicago 60 miles to the south. The lone Illinois asset was a facility located at 3200 Skokie Highway in North Chicago. The eight properties were fully leased at the time of sale to nine tenants. The facilities feature clear heights averaging 32 feet, ample loading options and fully circulating truck courts. “In these times of economic uncertainty, we are even more focused on selectively buying high-quality and well-located real estate like LakeView to serve our global tenant relationships,” says …
NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has negotiated the sale of an 81,760-square-foot retail center in Naperville for $32.7 million. The property, which was 96 percent leased at the time of sale, is home to Old Town Pour House, Maggiano’s Little Italy, White Chocolate Grill, Morton’s Steakhouse, Jason’s Deli, Naf Naf Grill, Bombay Wraps and Brick’s Wood Fire Pizza. Chad Firsel, Dan Waszak and Zack Hilgendorf of Quantum represented the seller, a Dallas-based institutional investment firm, and the buyer, a Philadelphia-based investment fund.
