WESTMONT, ILL. — First National Realty Partners has acquired a 23,164-square-foot Tesla sales and service center located at 50 W. Ogden Ave. in Westmont, about 18 miles west of Chicago. The purchase price and seller were undisclosed. The location is one of five Tesla service centers in the state of Illinois. It is situated near other car dealerships such as Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Lamborghini.
OMAHA, NEB. — Columbia Pacific Advisors Bridge Lending, a platform within Columbia Pacific Advisors, has provided a $28.4 million loan for the refinancing of Legacy Crossing in Omaha. The borrower, Vukota Capital Management, will use the funds to refinance existing debt as well as renovate a number of units and common areas. Legacy Crossing consists of 408 units across 17 garden-style apartment buildings. The community offers a number of amenities such as a fitness center, tennis court, pool, playground and business center. Avantic Residential is the property manager. Jason Kahn of Meridian Capital Group arranged the loan, terms of which were undisclosed.
EDWARDSVILLE, ILL. — Contegra Construction Co. has completed a 17,000-square-foot medical office building in Edwardsville near St. Louis. Romano Co. was the developer. HSHS Medical Group has leased 13,500 square feet of the single-story facility. The space for HSHS includes 21 exam rooms, three treatment rooms, radiology services, an outpatient physical therapy gym, a conference room, staff break room, doctor’s offices and nurse workstations. An additional 3,500 square feet remains available for lease.
LANSING, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $2.5 million sale of a 45,000-square-foot industrial building located at 2200 Bernice Road in Lansing, a southern suburb of Chicago. National Express Transit occupies the property on a net-lease basis. The company operates and repairs buses for southern Cook County locally. It also operates public transportation services in North America, Europe and Africa. Peter Doughty of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. He also secured and represented the buyer, a private investor.
GLENDALE HEIGHTS, ILL. — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has originated an $80.1 million refinancing of Ellyn Crossing, a garden-style multifamily community located about 30 miles west of Chicago in Glendale Heights. Ellyn Crossing was built from 1973 to 1978, and Rockwell Partners acquired the property in phases from 2014 to 2020. Since acquiring the property, the company has invested $4.5 million in unit upgrades and $1.5 million in common area upgrades. The loan provides an additional $1 million for ongoing renovations, which are scheduled for completion in six to nine months from the loan closing. Pat Dempsey of Walker & Dunlop secured the loan through Freddie Mac’s floating-rate program. “Rockwell is one of the leaders in the value-add investing space and they did a masterful job of assembling a complicated broken condo project and renovating it into a quality, garden-style apartment community,” says Dempsey. The 1,155-unit, 30-building community offers shared amenities including a resident clubhouse, business center, activity room, fitness center, pool, sundeck, tennis court, sand volleyball court, playground and picnic areas. Walker & Dunlop is one of the largest commercial real estate finance companies in the U.S. Chicago-based Rockwell Partners is a real estate investment firm with a portfolio of properties …
ST. LOUIS — Brinkmann Constructors has broken ground on Expo at Forest Park, a $90 million luxury apartment project in the Skinker-DeValiviere neighborhood of St. Louis. The development will include 287 market-rate apartment units and 30,000 square feet of retail space within walking distance of the Forest Park-DeBaliviere Transit Center. It will also include garage parking for Metro Transit commuters and access to the St. Louis region’s MetroBus network and MetroLink light-rail system. The developer, Tegethoff Development, plans to update existing transit infrastructure, including security and amenities. Expo at Forest Park will consist of two separate multifamily buildings. Completion is slated for late spring 2022.
CHICAGO — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a Walmart Neighborhood Market-anchored shopping center located at 4720 S. Cottage Grove Ave. in Chicago. A private investor purchased the fully leased center for an undisclosed price. Other tenants include Burger King, Subway, Associated Bank and Snipes. Built in 2014, the 54,932-square-foot center is part of a larger development that includes a three-story, 72-unit apartment asset. Alex Perez, Chris Garavaglia and Chris Irwin of Colliers represented the seller, Skilken Gold Real Estate Development. The team also procured the buyer.
INDEPENDENCE, MO. — NorthMarq has arranged the sale of a three-property, 426-unit multifamily portfolio in Independence, a suburb of Kansas City, for $21.2 million. The properties include Hudson, a 253-unit asset at 1401 S. Cunningham Ave.; Meadowbrook, a 113-unit property at 2141 S. Swope Drive; and Winner Place, a 60-unit community at 9528 Winner Road. Urban Southwest Capital sold the portfolio to FTW Investments. Jeff Lamott and Gabe Tovar of NorthMarq brokered the sale. Kyle Tucker and John Duvall of NorthMarq arranged acquisition financing through Freddie Mac for the Hudson property.
FARGO, N.D. — Amazon.com Inc. has unveiled plans to open its first fulfillment center in the state of North Dakota in Fargo. Amazon expects to break ground next year and create 500 full-time jobs upon completion of the 1 million-square-foot facility. Employees will pack and ship large customer purchases such as sports equipment, patio furniture, fishing rods, pet food, kayaks, bicycles and other household goods. Ryan Cos. will develop the facility. Since 2010, Amazon has invested more than $239 million in North Dakota, including infrastructure and compensation to employees in the state.
WENTZVILLE, MO. — Cambridge Air Solutions has signed a 68,605-square-foot industrial lease at 1290 Interstate Drive in Wentzville within metro St. Louis. Houston-based SparrowHawk LLC owns the 420,000-square-foot building in a joint venture with American National Insurance Co. Cambridge is a manufacturer and distributor of HVAC systems. This is the second location in the St. Louis area for Cambridge. Its headquarters is located at 760 Long Road Crossing Drive in Chesterfield. Christopher Schmidt of JLL represented Cambridge in the new lease. David Branding and Patrick Reilly of JLL represented ownership. Domash Designsource is the architect for Cambridge’s new space. G.S.&S. Construction will complete the buildout.
