ST. LOUIS — Draper and Kramer Inc. has broken ground on Moda at The Hill, a 225-unit apartment building in The Hill neighborhood of St. Louis. The four-story project is part of a larger 11-acre master-planned community led by Draper and Kramer that also includes single-family homes and a condominium building. Moda at The Hill will offer a mix of one- and two-bedroom units measuring from 600 to 1,200 square feet. Amenities will include a fitness center, yoga studio, pool courtyard, parking garage, community lounges, pet care facilities and coworking spaces. Holland Construction, Humphreys & Partners Architects and HPA Design Group make up the project team. Gershman Mortgage provided construction financing. Completion is slated for late spring 2022.
Midwest
WHITESTOWN, IND. — Green Rabbit has leased 187,941 square feet of cold storage space in Whitestown near Indianapolis. The newly constructed facility is located along I-65. Tony Hupp of Colliers International represented Green Rabbit, which is a Massachusetts-based supplier of cold storage transportation. Becknell Industrial owns the property.
PLAINFIELD, IND. AND MOUNT PLEASANT, WIS. — Two new tenants have signed leases at industrial properties owned by HSA Commercial Real Estate in Indiana and Wisconsin. In the first transaction, Sedgwick leased 68,486 square feet at Gateway V, a facility within the 55-acre Gateway Business Park in Plainfield. The 262,758-square-foot property, which HSA developed in 2019, is now fully leased. Sedgwick is a provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions. In the second transaction, Ryder Last Mile Inc. moved into 75,290 square feet at 1570 International Drive in Mount Pleasant. The 116,600-square-foot building is one of three developed by HSA within the 184-acre Park 94. Ryder is a provider of last-mile logistics solutions for retail brands. Ned Frank, Pat Hake and Steve Sewart of Colliers International represented ownership in the Ryder lease, while Scott Furmanski and Karl Wiedenman of CBRE represented the tenant. Terry Busch and Jared Scaringe of CBRE represented ownership in the Sedgwick lease, while J.D. Graves of CBRE represented the tenant.
INDIANAPOLIS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of North Meridian Shops in Indianapolis for $2.9 million. The 17,000-square-foot retail strip center is located at 3787 N. Meridian St. Many of the property’s tenants, including T-Mobile, have operated at the location in excess of 10 years. Jordan Klink of Marcus & Millichap’s The Klink Group represented the seller, J&R Enterprises of Indianapolis II LLC. An agent out of Marcus & Millichap’s Philadelphia office represented the buyer, BA Properties I LLC, which is a Pennsylvania-based limited liability company.
MISSOURI AND OHIO — Box Equities has acquired two distribution centers in Missouri and Ohio. The first property is a 900,000-square-foot center anchored by Home Depot in Missouri. The second asset is a 150,000-square-foot Pepsi distribution center in Ohio. Seller information and sales prices were undisclosed. New York-based Box Equities, which launched only eight months ago, now owns and manages more than 1.8 million square feet of industrial real estate.
INDEPENDENCE, MO. — Investors Realty Inc. has brokered the $20.3 million sale of Marketplace Shopping Center in Independence, just east of Kansas City. The 253,000-square-foot shopping center is 91 percent leased. Anchor tenant Price Chopper has occupied the property for 34 years. Other tenants include Petco, Big Lots, Viva Fashion and FedEx. Ember Grummons of Investors Realty represented the seller, a partnership between Walton Street Capital and NewQuest Epic. Grummons also procured the buyer, Wichita-based HJH Investments.
MILWAUKEE — A joint venture partnership between Becovic and Next Realty has acquired a 14-building, 232-unit apartment portfolio within a one-mile radius of Marquette University in Milwaukee. The purchase price was $16.1 million. Units range from studios to four-bedroom floor plans. The portfolio was 95 percent leased at the time of sale. Taylor Grant of Park Equities represented the seller, Wiegand Enterprises LLC, which had owned the portfolio for roughly 20 years. Marquette University is home to nearly 12,000 students.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — A seven-building multifamily portfolio totaling 174 units has traded hands in St. Paul for an undisclosed price. Live Green Apartments sold the brownstone buildings to a private investor. The properties range in size from 12 units to 44 units and were built from 1911 to the 1920s. Ted Abramson, Drew Rafshol, Keith Collins and Abe Appert of CBRE Minneapolis Multifamily represented the seller, which invested significant capital over the last several years to update roofs, windows, boilers, common areas and landscaping. Additionally, units and laundry areas received new flooring.
HIAWATHA, IOWA — BDC Group Inc. has moved into its newly constructed headquarters at 1525 Ketelsen Drive in Hiawatha, a northern suburb of Cedar Rapids. The 25,000-square-foot facility features a mix of office, warehouse and flex space. The property will enable BDC to consolidate its Iowa operations teams from multiple facilities in Cedar Rapids. Erica Seelman of GLD Commercial represented BDC throughout the site selection process and lease negotiations. BDC, otherwise known as Building Diverse Communications, is a solutions-based provider that specializes in outside plant construction, telecommunications site development, network infrastructure and maintenance.
SPARTA, WIS. — Kraus-Anderson has begun construction of Rolling Hills, a $20 million senior living and rehabilitation center located at 14400 County Highway B in the western Wisconsin community of Sparta. Designed by Community Living Solutions LLC, the 80,000-square-foot property will feature 50 skilled nursing beds, 24 CBRF assisted living units and 24 RCAC assisted living apartments. CBRF refers to community-based residential facility, which is a place where five or more unrelated people live together in a community setting and receive up to three hours of care per week. RCAC refers to residential care apartment complex, whereby residents have independent apartments with their own entrances, kitchens and bathrooms. Nursing, medical visits, therapy and short-term rehab services will be available onsite. Residents will have access to a beauty and barber shop, bistro, outdoor spaces and a variety of activities directed by Therapeutic Recreation Specialists. Completion of the project is slated for summer 2022.