Midwest

PEORIA, ILL. — Avison Young has negotiated the sale of a 98,000-square-foot, five-story medical office building in Peoria for an undisclosed price. Known as the Illinois Medical Center, the building is located at 1001 Main St. on the campus of the University of Illinois College of Medicine. The fully leased, Class A property serves as an outpatient center for multiple hospital-aligned physician groups. OSF Healthcare, a 13-hospital healthcare system serving Illinois and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, is the anchor tenant. Mike Wilson and Erik Foster of Avison Young represented the seller, a mix of physician groups within the facility. The duo worked in conjunction with Avison Young’s Pat Wilson and Jim Kornick. Remedy Medical Properties was the buyer.

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BROOKFIELD, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $6.5 million sale of a Pick ’n Save-anchored retail center in Brookfield, a suburb of Milwaukee. The 70,235-square-foot property, located at 17295 W. Capitol Drive, was fully leased at the time of sale. Other tenants include Club Pilates, Domino’s, CBD Store, Choice Dry Cleaning and Sola Salons. Jeff Rowlett of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a developer. The Rowlett Group procured the buyer, a California-based limited liability company.

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ST. LOUIS — Midwest Retail Properties has rebranded as MRP Capital Group. The St. Louis-based company, founded in 2013, is no longer solely focused on the Midwest region. The private equity real estate firm owns and manages Walmart-anchored shopping centers in secondary and tertiary locations nationwide. MRP’s current portfolio is comprised of more than 1 million square feet of retail space across 15 states.

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CHICAGO — Macy’s will close its longtime department store at Water Tower Place in Chicago, according to several media reports. The downtown mall is situated on the Magnificent Mile. Macy’s will begin a clearance sale this month at the 170,000-square-foot store. The retailer will continue to operate nearby stores in Skokie, Oak Brook, Schaumburg and Orland Park. Even before the pandemic began in early 2020, Macy’s announced that it would close 125 stores nationwide over a three-year period in effort to right-size its store fleet. This week, Macy’s unveiled plans to shutter an additional 45 more locations as part of that three-year plan. A full list of the store closures can be found here. Located on Michigan Avenue, Water Tower Place rises eight stories and is home to more than 100 stores. Brookfield Property Partners owns the mall. Earlier this week, Brookfield Asset Management submitted a proposal to take Brookfield Property Partners private for $5.9 billion. The retail vacancy rate for the Magnificent Mile was 10.5 percent in late 2020, up from 7.4 percent in 2019 and 6.5 percent in 2018, according to CBRE. In addition to Macy’s, Gap recently unveiled plans to close its flagship store on Michigan Avenue.

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ST. PAUL, MINN. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $44.05 million in construction financing for University & Raymond, a 220-unit apartment project in the Saint Anthony Park neighborhood of St. Paul. The development will be situated on a 1.2-acre site at the corner of University and Raymond avenues. Amenities will include a fitness center, outdoor courtyard, pool, clubroom and rooftop patio. Russ Kappenman, Josh Talberg, Dan Linnell, Mox Gunderson and Ken Dayton of JLL represented the borrower, UniRay LLC. The team secured the loan through Principal Real Estate Investors. Kraus-Anderson is building the project, completion of which is slated for summer 2022.

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LINCOLN, NEB. — NorthMarq has provided a $36.2 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of a three-property multifamily portfolio in Lincoln. The properties, totaling 443 units, include Chateau Terrace, Alena Court and Sherman Village. Bob Chalupa of NorthMarq originated the fixed-rate loan, which features a 10-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule. The borrower was undisclosed.

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INDIANAPOLIS AND FRANKLIN, IND. — Montecito Medical Real Estate has acquired two recently constructed medical office buildings in central Indiana. The two properties, located in Indianapolis and Franklin, are nearly identical in size and represent a combined total of 47,000 square feet. Both buildings were constructed on a build-to-suit basis and are now fully leased. Providers at both facilities offer a range of medical services, including primary care, family medicine and imaging. Physicians at the Indianapolis location also provide care in the specialties of pediatrics, women’s health and oncology, while those at the Franklin location serve patients in the specialties of orthopedics, pain management, neurology, sleep management and podiatry. The Indianapolis property is located at 7255 Marsh Road on the city’s northwest side, near the junction of I-65 and I-465. The Franklin building is located at 990 State Route 44, on the south side of the Indianapolis metro area. Seller information was not disclosed.

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WILLOWBROOK, ILL. — SVN Commercial Chicago has brokered the $7.1 million sale of a 142,000-square-foot industrial property in Willowbrook, a southwest suburb of Chicago. The building sits on 12 acres at 7409 S. Quincy St. The sale also included a 4.9-acre site for future development or expansion. The building’s tenant vacated prior to the end of 2020. Paul Cawthon and Angelo Labriola of SVN’s Cawthon-Labriola Group represented the seller. The buyer and seller information was not disclosed.

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MENOMONEE FALLS, WIS. — California-based Bascom Group and London-based Capital Trust Group have acquired a two-building headquarters property located in Woodland Prime Corporate Park in Menomonee Falls, a northwest suburb of Milwaukee. The purchase price was $100.2 million. The buildings, located on Flint Drive, are home to the naval division of Leonardo DRS. The portfolio includes a recently completed, 372,856-square-foot research and development facility as well as an adjacent 118,620-square-foot office building, which serves as the corporate headquarters for the division. Leonardo DRS is a defense technology company. Workers at the Menomonee Falls facility design, test and produce equipment for the U.S. Navy as well as commercial and international customers. Andy Hess, Bob Flood and Kemp Collings of Founders 3 Real Estate Services represented entities controlled by Weas Development in the disposition of the portfolio. Claudio Sgobba and Christopher Knight of JLL arranged the joint venture partnership and secured a $63.7 million CMBS loan through Citigroup for the acquisition.

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PONTOON BEACH, ILL. — Contegra Construction Co. has completed the second warehouse at NorthPoint Development’s Gateway Tradeport in Pontoon Beach near St. Louis. Contegra built the 544,000-square-foot property six months after completing the first warehouse at the 600-acre industrial park. The new building features a clear height of 40 feet, 56 dock doors and parking for 157 trailers. JLL is handling the lease-up. Contegra also made a series of infrastructure improvements to facilitate future development at the site.

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