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KBS Sells 10-Building Park Place Village Office, Retail Property in Leawood, Kansas for $100M

by Kristin Harlow

LEAWOOD, KAN. — KBS has sold Park Place Village, a 10-building, 484,980-square-foot office and retail property in the Kansas City suburb of Leawood, for $100 million. DFW Land, a development company that specializes in the acquisition, development and sale of land in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area, was the buyer. Park Place Village was owned by KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III and purchased in 2015. Developed in phases between 2007 and 2013, the property features amenities such as boutique shops, upscale restaurants, a fitness center, bike storage, electric vehicle charging stations, onsite parking and a rooftop terrace. The surrounding area is home to shopping and entertainment venues, parking garages, the Aloft Hotel, 201 apartment units, 30 townhouses and 27 lofts. The asset was fully leased at the time of sale. Derek Fohl and Gary Carr of Newmark represented KBS in the sale with support from the brokerage firm’s Jim Postweiler, Peter Harwood, Jack Trager, Jake Paschen, Robert Hill, Chris Murphy and Austin Sheehan. Attorneys Bruce Fischer and Howard Chu along with paralegal Amanda Kennedy of Greenberg Traurig LLP represented KBS as legal counsel in the disposition. Ari Schwartzbard and Bill Weber of Newmark arranged a $62 million acquisition loan on …

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Opus Breaks Ground on 115,000 SF Spec Office Building in Edina, Minnesota

by Kristin Harlow

EDINA, MINN. — Opus has broken ground on Arcadia, a 115,000-square-foot speculative office building at 5100 Eden Ave. in the Minneapolis suburb of Edina. The building will also serve as the developer’s headquarters. Arcadia is located in Edina’s Grandview District on the site of the former Eden 100 building. The development will include a six-story, multi-tenant office building with amenities such as a lobby with fireplace, gathering spaces, conference rooms, an employee training room, private tenant clubroom, workout facility and outdoor terrace. Opus is the developer and design-builder and will occupy Arcadia’s top floor, taking approximately 28,000 square feet. Joe Conzemius, Larissa Bodine, Anne Rinde and Elle Westphal of CBRE are marketing the remaining space for lease. ESG Architecture & Design is the architect of record.

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Essex Realty Group Arranges $11.1M Sale of Chicago Apartment Building

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — Essex Realty Group LLC has arranged the $11.1 million sale of 2407 W. Eastwood Avenue, a 40-unit apartment building in Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood. Completed in 2017, the property features ground-floor retail space and studio and one-bedroom apartments. Amenities include garage parking, bike storage and shared laundry facilities. Jim Darrow and Jordan Gottlieb of Essex represented the undisclosed seller.

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Brown Commercial Group Negotiates 53,854 SF Industrial Lease in Hoffman Estates, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — Brown Commercial Group has negotiated a 53,854-square-foot industrial lease at 2685 N. Eagle Way in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates. The tenant, FCA Packaging, is expanding into an additional location in Chicagoland. Candace Scurto of Brown Commercial represented FCA Packaging, which provides customized packaging products and services for businesses in the warehouse and logistics sectors. The leased space is within the Ninety Logistics Center, which features I-90 tollway visibility and connectivity to the O’Hare submarket. Mike Sedjo and Ben Dickey of CBRE represented the landlord, Brennan Investment Group.

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Gilmore Bell Renews 18,000 SF Office Headquarters Lease in Kansas City

by Kristin Harlow

KANSAS CITY, MO. — Gilmore & Bell PC, a public finance law firm, has renewed its office headquarters lease for approximately 18,000 square feet within the 2405 Grand Boulevard Building at Crown Center in Kansas City. Michael VanBuskirk, Richard Chamberlain and Raegen Kersey of Newmark Zimmer provided real estate consulting services and represented Gilmore Bell in the lease negotiations. GastingerWalker& is providing architectural and interior design services for the remodel of the entire 11th floor. The 14-story office tower totals 245,000 square feet.

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OpenAI, Partners Announce Five New Data Centers as Part of $500B Stargate Project

by Hayden Spiess

SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI, along with Oracle Corp. (NYSE: ORCL) and SoftBank, has announced plans for the development of five new data centers in the United States. The new projects are part of the $500 billion Stargate initiative to expand American data center infrastructure, which was announced in January at the White House.  Together with the flagship site in Abilene, Texas, the new data centers will bring Stargate to more than $400 billion in investment and almost 7 gigawatts (GW) of planned capacity over the next three years.  OpenAI and Oracle will partner on three of the facilities — located in Shackelford County, Texas; Doña Ana County, New Mexico; and an additional site at an undisclosed location in the Midwest — which represent a $300 billion agreement between the companies.  According to OpenAI, these projects are expected to create more than 25,000 onsite jobs and thousands of additional jobs throughout the country. Together, the facilities will offer up to 4.5 GW of capacity.  A partnership between SoftBank and OpenAI will develop the other two data centers, which will have the capacity to scale to 1.5 GW over the next 18 months. One of the sites is located in Lordstown, Ohio, with …

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Red Mountain Group Sells 548,000 SF Shopping Center in Algonquin, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

ALGONQUIN, ILL. — Red Mountain Group Inc. has sold Algonquin Commons, a 548,000-square-foot retail power center in the Chicago suburb of Algonquin. Nuveen Real Estate was the buyer. Located along Randall Road, Algonquin Commons is home to tenants such as Trader Joe’s, The Fresh Market, Nordstrom Rack, Bob’s Furniture, Ulta Beauty, Old Navy, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Barnes & Noble. Red Mountain Group has focused on repositioning and restabilizing the center since its acquisition. Occupancy increased from 60 percent to more than 90 percent. Bill Bauman of Newmark represented Red Mountain Group in the sale.

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Hammes Breaks Ground on 80,000 SF Academic Building in Columbus, Ohio

by Kristin Harlow

COLUMBUS, OHIO — Hammes has broken ground on OhioHealth Hall, an 80,000-square-foot academic building for healthcare education at Columbus State Community College in Columbus. The facility will feature labs, simulation spaces, classrooms and student amenities. The project, announced in June 2023, is a partnership with OhioHealth. Hammes Healthcare will serve as Columbus State’s project manager and owner’s representative. The architect is Moody Nolan, and Elford is serving as the construction manager.

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Marcus & Millichap Brokers $4.8M Sale of Wawa-Occupied Retail Property in Noblesville, Indiana

by Kristin Harlow

NOBLESVILLE, IND. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4.8 million sale of a newly built retail property occupied by Wawa in the Indianapolis suburb of Noblesville. Located at 2701 Westfield Road, the 5,915-square-foot asset features a new 20-year absolute NNN ground lease corporately guaranteed by Wawa Inc. The store, which opened in May, is positioned at the entrance to Midland Pointe, a $72 million development with luxury apartments and more than 40,000 square feet of retail space. Don McMinn and Andrew Koriwchak of the Taylor McMinn Retail Group of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a Florida-based developer, in association with Josh Caruana, the firm’s broker of record in Indiana. The buyer was undisclosed.

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Premier Commercial Realty Arranges $2M Sale of Industrial Portfolio in Crystal Lake, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

CRYSTAL LAKE, ILL. — Premier Commercial Realty has arranged the $2 million sale of a six-building industrial portfolio in the Chicago suburb of Crystal Lake. Totaling nearly 40,000 square feet, the multi-tenant properties were built by John Yazel in the 1970s. Bruce Kaplan and Heather Schweitzer of Premier brokered the transaction. An Indiana-based investor purchased the portfolio with plans to make necessary improvements and lease up any vacant spaces.

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