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Peak Breaks Ground on Phase II of DuPage Business Center in West Chicago

by Kristin Harlow

WEST CHICAGO, ILL. — Peak Construction Corp. has broken ground on the second phase of DuPage Business Center in West Chicago. Scannell Properties is the developer for the 250,100-square-foot speculative warehouse, which will feature a clear height of 32 feet, 30 dock positions, four drive-in doors and parking for 208 cars and 95 trailers. The facility is designed to accommodate up to four tenants. Completion is slated for the third quarter of 2022. The project team includes SpaceCo, Ware Malcomb and IMEG. Cory Ramey and Shamus Conneely of John Greene Industrial will market the project for lease.

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Marcus & Millichap Arranges $9.2M Loan for Refinancing of Iowa Apartment Community

by Kristin Harlow

CEDAR FALLS, IOWA — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $9.2 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Arabella Apartments in Cedar Falls, just north of Waterloo. The property consists of 50 units and 6,800 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities include a rooftop patio, dog park and community garden. Robert Bhat of MMCC arranged the 10-year loan, which features a fixed interest rate of 3.75 percent, a 30-year amortization schedule and a 75 percent loan-to-value ratio.

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Lee & Associates Negotiates Sale of Multifamily Development Site in Wheeling, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

WHEELING, ILL. — Lee & Associates has negotiated the sale of a nearly four-acre site at 231 Wheeling Road in Wheeling, a northwest suburb of Chicago. The sales price was undisclosed. The buyer, General Capital, plans to build Union Apartments, a four-story multifamily property. Rick Scardino of Lee & Associates represented the seller, Palumbo Bros. David Erickson of CBRE represented the buyer.

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Edie’s All Day Café & Bar to Open Second Location in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — Edie’s All Day Café & Bar has signed a lease for approximately 4,000 square feet of ground-floor space at Kingsbury Center in Chicago. Scheduled to open in spring 2022, the new location is Edie’s second in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. Edie’s will offer a café, restaurant, workspace and wine bar. Kingsbury Center is a six-story, 90,689-square-foot office building owned by an affiliate of Next Realty LLC and The Habitat Co. David Goldberg and Allan Perales of Goldstreet Partners represented Edie’s in the lease transaction.

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$1.5B Airport Terminal Under Construction in Kansas City to Feature Touchless Kiosks, Biometric Verification

by Kristin Harlow

KANSAS CITY, MO. — Construction is underway on a new $1.5 billion terminal at Kansas City International Airport. Henderson Engineers is serving as the lead engineer and designed the technological infrastructure, which includes touchless kiosks and video walls. This infrastructure will also support a biometric verification system that will enable travelers to use their faces as boarding passes. Using three-dimensional building information modeling software, Henderson determined placement for security cameras throughout the 1 million-square-foot terminal. Siemens is assisting with innovative technology efforts. Completion of the project is slated for early 2023. The airport will transition from its current three-terminal layout to the new single terminal. Since airport operations will need to remain functional during the transition, air transport communications company SITA is designing an IT network that will prevent interruptions to security and other vital systems during the changeover. In addition to technology, Henderson’s array of building systems design services for the new terminal includes acoustics, audio-video, electrical, fire alarm, mechanical and plumbing. Skidmore Owings & Merrill is the lead architect for the project and Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate is the developer.

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Colliers Arranges Sale of Mixed-Use Development in St. Charles, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

ST. CHARLES, ILL. — Colliers Chicago has arranged the sale of 1st Street Development, a mixed-use development in the heart of St. Charles, about 40 miles west of Chicago. The sales price was undisclosed. The five-building asset consists of retail, office and residential space. The properties include: The Plaza, a two-story retail and office building; Ale Building, a four-story office and retail asset; River Loft, a five-story office, retail and condo property; Sterling Building, a five-story office and condo building; and Building 7A, a three-story retail and residential asset. Notable tenants include Kilwin’s, Gia Mia, Alter Brewing, XSport Fitness, Coldwell Banker, Ohio Farmers Insurance and Regus. The property is 97 percent leased. Peter Block, Tyler Hague and Lauren Stoliar of Colliers represented the seller, First Street Development LLC. Tabani Group LLC was the buyer.

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NRP Group Opens 100-Unit Affordable Housing Community in Evansville, Indiana

by Kristin Harlow

EVANSVILLE, IND. — The NRP Group has opened Homes of Evansville II, a 100-unit affordable housing community in the southwest Indiana town of Evansville. The project consists of 20 single-family homes, five duplexes and a 30-unit apartment building. The units are reserved for residents earning between 30 and 80 percent of the area median income. Twelve of the units are permanent supportive housing with services provided by ECHO Housing. HOPE of Evansville served as the joint venture partner. Additional project partners included the City of Evansville, which contributed HOME funds; Boston Financial, which provided the tax credit equity; BMO Financial Group, which provided the construction and permanent loans; and the Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority, which provided a development fund loan. Phase I of the project, completed in 2013, consisted of 40 single-family homes.

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Marcus & Millichap Brokers $8M Sale of Property Net Leased to Valli Produce in Hoffman Estates, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 61,047-square-foot retail property net leased to grocer Valli Produce in Hoffman Estates for $8 million. The building is located about 30 miles northwest of Chicago at 850 N. Roselle Road. Adrian Mendoza, Sean Sharko and Austin Weisenbeck of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a local private investor. The Florida-based buyer completed a 1031 exchange. Brian Stulak of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer. Valli Produce recently signed a 10-year lease to remain at the property through 2031.

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Quantum Negotiates $4.3M Sale of Retail Center in Champaign, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

CHAMPAIGN, ILL. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has negotiated the sale of a 24,454-square-foot retail center in Champaign for $4.3 million. Located at 2012-2032 N. Prospect Ave., the property is home to David’s Bridal, America’s Best Eyewear, Little Caesar’s Pizza, Sally Beauty and a few local tenants. Chad Firsel and Jason Lenhoff of Quantum represented the seller, Chicago-based Core Acquisitions LLC. A Milwaukee-based private real estate investor was the buyer.

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Six Factors Helping to Power Interest in Multifamily Markets

by Sarah Daniels

When the pandemic engulfed the world last year, few analysts predicted that the multifamily sector would flourish and thrive so well. Most suspected that the sector would be on life support. Yet, despite a year-long national eviction moratorium, there hasn’t been a better time to be a big apartment-building landlord. Multifamily-property values have increased 13 percent since before the pandemic and more money is being invested now in apartment buildings than in any other type of commercial real estate. How did this happen and what explains this? Lee & Associates’ research will delve into why the multifamily sector, contrary to past predictions and present-day misperceptions, is flourishing as never before. 1. Measured on an annual basis, national asking rents rose 10.3 percent in August. That marked the first double-digit increase in the more than 20 years the data of 13 million professionally managed apartments has been collected, and in several cities, the rent increases were much more significant than the national figure.[1] August rents rose more than 20 percent year-over-year in Phoenix, Las Vegas and Tampa. Similarly, monthly rents were up more than 20 percent in comparable markets such as Boise, Idaho and Naples, Florida. 2. Multiple factors explain this …

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