SOUTHFIELD, MICH. — Friedman Real Estate has brokered the sale of the former Northland Mall in Southfield, a northern suburb of Detroit. The sales price was $11.1 million, according to the Detroit Free Press. Friedman was hired in 2017 to act as the City of Southfield’s real estate consultant and broker to market the redevelopment site. Bloomfield Hills-based Contour Development was the buyer. Contour plans to build new residences, commercial space and amenities in a mixed-use project named Northland City Center. Contour’s plan includes an adaptive reuse of the former J.L. Hudson Co. department store building into Hudson City Market, a food, entertainment and home furnishings venue. Andrew Ledger of Friedman served as the primary point of contact for the assignment. The 1.4 million-square-foot mall opened in 1954 and closed in 2015. It was home to 100 stores. Friedman has also been retained by Contour to market Northland City Center for lease.
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WOODRIDGE, ILL. — Duke Realty has broken ground on a 370,973-square-foot speculative industrial project in Woodridge, a southwest suburb of Chicago. The development will sit on 21 acres at 1000 Woodward Ave. Plans call for a clear height of 36 feet, 37 dock doors, four drive-in doors, 44 trailer spaces and 343 car parking spaces. Completion is slated for January 2022. Jason West and Sean Henrick of Cushman & Wakefield will market the project for lease.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Industrial Logistics Properties Trust (ILPT) has acquired a 357,504-square-foot industrial building in Columbus for $31.5 million. The property is located at 7303 Rickenbacker Parkway West near the Rickenbacker intermodal terminal and airport. Synnex Corp. fully occupies the facility on a seven-year, net-lease basis. Steve Disse, Alex Cantu, Jeff Devine and Michael Linder of Colliers International brokered the sale, which includes excess land that can accommodate future expansion of more than 100,000 square feet. Seller information was undisclosed. ILPT, based in Newton, Mass., is managed by The RMR Group LLC.
ANKENY, IOWA — The Opus Group has begun construction of an industrial build-to-suit for Brown Warehouse Co. in Ankeny, a northern suburb of Des Moines. The 277,930-square-foot building will be located within Swanwood Logistics Center. The facility will feature 43 vehicle parking stalls, 24 dock doors and two drive-in doors. Brown, a leasing and third-party logistics company, will operate its warehousing business in the new building and relocate its workforce from its three previous locations. Completion of the new building is slated for April 2022. Opus is the developer, design-builder, interior designer, architect and structural engineer. Snyder is the civil engineer. Opus also owns 25 acres adjacent to the site and plans to build a speculative industrial building spanning 296,360 square feet. Marcus Pitts and Austin Hedstrom of JLL will market that building for lease.
MINNEAPOLIS AND BOSTON — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $157.3 million joint venture equity partnership for the development of three bulk distribution and life sciences projects in Minnesota and North Carolina. Colin Ryan, John Huguenard, David Berglund, Pete Pittroff and Patrick Nally of JLL arranged the equity investment with Rockpoint Group LLC, a Boston-based real estate private equity firm, on behalf of the Minneapolis-based developer, Oppidan Investment Co. Blake Hastings, Jay Moore and Tim Brent of Oppidan are leading the project development. “We are excited to embark on a programmatic relationship with Rockpoint and continue to grow the industrial and logistics vertical at Oppidan,” says Blake Hastings, president of Oppidan. “Our cultures are very well aligned, and we look forward to a long, deep relationship.” The portfolio will include nine buildings on three construction sites that total about 1.6 million square feet. Five buildings are expected to begin construction this year, and completion of all nine are anticipated by 2023. The Minnesota facilities are planned for industrial use while the North Carolina facilities will be for life sciences firms. Two of the nine buildings will be within Chaska Creek Industrial Park, which is 26.5 miles from Minneapolis in Chaska. …
CHICAGO — Oxford Capital Group LLC has acquired the 247-room, luxury lifestyle hotel known as Thompson Chicago in the city’s Gold Coast neighborhood. Oxford’s wholly owned affiliate, Oxford Hotels & Resorts LLC, assumes management of the property effective immediately. Thompson Chicago will remain affiliated with Hyatt’s luxury lifestyle hotel brand Thompson Hotels. The property originally opened in 2013. Oxford plans to revamp the hotel’s ground-floor restaurant, Nico Osteria. The hotel is also home to 12,000 square feet of meeting and event space, private suites and a fitness center. A joint venture between Walton Street Capital and AJ Capital Partners sold the hotel for around $70 million, according to Crain’s Chicago Business.
CLEVELAND — Berkadia has arranged a $72.9 million loan for the refinancing of The Beacon in Cleveland. Located at 515 Euclid Ave., the high-rise multifamily property features one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, rooftop sky lounge, dog park and onsite restaurants. Mark Vogel and Dan Geuther of Berkadia arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Ohio-based Stark Enterprises. Global investment firm KKR provided the seven-year loan, which features a 4 percent interest rate and a 65 percent loan-to-value ratio.
GREENFIELD, IND. — A fund sponsored by CBRE Global Investors has purchased a 505,872-square-foot warehouse in the eastern Indianapolis suburb of Greenfield for an undisclosed price. Completed this year, the property is known as Mount Comfort Logistics Center II and is fully leased. The building sits on a nearly 43-acre site at 4268 W. County Road. The property features a clear height of 36 feet, 50 dock doors, three drive-in doors, 50 trailer parking spaces and 155 auto parking spaces. The facility is expandable by more than 220,000 square feet. Seller information was not disclosed.
KENOSHA, WIS. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of Southport Plaza and Indian Trail Plaza in Kenosha for $43.5 million. A Florida-based private buyer purchased the two adjacent shopping centers, which total 407,367 square feet. Anchored by Kohl’s, Fresh Thyme and Hobby Lobby, the centers were 92 percent occupied at the time of sale. Southport Plaza was built in 1996 and Indian Trail Plaza was constructed in 2006. Both properties are located at the intersection of Green Bay Road and 75th Street. Craig Fuller, Scott Wiles, Erin Patton and Jared Shapiro of IPA represented the seller, a Chicago-based private equity firm. The team also represented the buyer, which secured permanent financing from a bank at a 76 percent loan-to-value ratio.
CHICAGO — Sterling Bay has acquired a land site at 345 N. Aberdeen St. in Chicago’s Fulton Market. The purchase price was roughly $21 million, according to Crain’s Chicago Business. The site, which includes a 20,000-square-foot building, is kitty corner to Google’s Midwest headquarters property. Mike Senner, Vern Schultz and Peter Bourke of Colliers International represented the seller, Cougle Commission Co., which is a family-based poultry processor. The company has been headquartered in the city since 1873. In April, Cougle moved its operations to a 37,680-square-foot food processing facility at 2801 S. Ashland Ave.