CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of Courtesy Plaza in Chicago for $7.5 million. Built in 1987, the 42,346-square-foot retail center is located at 5160 S. Pulaski Road. It is fully leased. Adrian Mendoza, Austin Weisenbeck and Sean Sharko of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a developer. The team also procured the buyer, a private investor.
CHICAGO — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of St. Pauls House, a 171-bed skilled nursing community in Chicago. Lutheran Life Communities sold the facility to an Illinois-based operator for an undisclosed price. St. Pauls House was originally built in 1921, with the additions of the east wing in 1956 and the west wing in 1970. The 100,000-square-foot community is situated on 2.4 acres in Chicago’s Irving Park neighborhood, northwest of downtown. Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper of JLL led the transaction.
With Kansas City unemployment hovering at cyclical lows around 3.5 percent and the war for talent at an all-time high, companies must leverage their real estate to attract and retain top talent. At the height of the corporate office boom in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the average space per employee ranged from approximately 275 to more than 325 square feet. Today, that number has shrunk to 175 square feet per employee and some predictions see that number moving even closer to 100 square feet. These changes are driven by a recognition that companies are adopting better workplace strategies. These newer, more efficient spaces deliver a more engaging experience for employees and provide a stronger return on real estate costs for companies. There is no denying that these new spaces cost more on a per-square-foot basis. Cushman & Wakefield research reported that the weighted average asking rate for Class A space in the Kansas City market was $25.04 per square foot on a full-service basis in the third quarter of 2019. Yet the net asking rates for the buildings with this new class of product range anywhere from the high $20s to the high $30s. Occupancy costs for new …
CHICAGO — Three tenants have signed office leases at 150 North Michigan, a 41-story Class A office tower in Chicago’s East Loop. The German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest Inc. will take a full floor and Insight Global Tech will occupy 11,469 square feet on the 36th floor. Additionally, law firm Jackson Lewis renewed its lease for 29,793 square feet on the 24th and 25th floors. Combined, the three leases total 59,321 square feet. Sara Spicklemire, Kelsey Scheive and Seth Tuscher of CBRE represented ownership, CBRE Global Investors. The 654,508-square-foot property is currently 87 percent leased and recently underwent a $7 million renovation. The property is known for its diamond-shaped peak.
MADISON, WIS. — CG Schmidt, a Milwaukee-based construction management and general contracting firm, has purchased an office building located at 433 W. Washington Ave. in Madison. The building will serve as CG Schmidt’s Madison office, replacing the current office at 10 W. Mifflin St. Keller Real Estate Group sold the five-story, 34,255-square-foot building. CG Schmidt plans to remodel the building and update it for efficiency and sustainability. Kahler Slater Architects designed the modernization. Construction has begun with completion slated for this July. CG Schmidt will occupy three floors, with the two remaining floors available for commercial and retail lease.
COLUMBUS, IND. — Herman & Kittle Properties Inc. has opened Ashford Park Apartments, a 209-unit multifamily complex in Columbus, about 45 miles south of Indianapolis. The one-bedroom units measure 705 square feet, while two-bedroom residences span 1,020 square feet and three-bedroom apartments are 1,334 square feet. Amenities include two fitness centers, a library, business center, theater, game room, pet spa and car wash station.
MISHAWAKA, IND. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $3.8 million sale of a single-tenant property net leased to Aldi in northern Indiana’s Mishawaka. Originally built in 2007 and remodeled in 2019, the 20,000-square-foot building is located at 210 W. Douglas Road. Jeff Lefko, Bill Asher and Dylan Mallory of Hanley, in association with Midland Atlantic Properties Inc., represented the California-based 1031 exchange buyer. A Florida-based private investor sold the asset. The sales price represents a cap rate of 4.5 percent.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — Wingstop has leased 1,950 square feet in Grand Rapids for its second location in West Michigan. The chicken wing restaurant occupies space at 1633 28th St. Bill Tyson of NAI Wisinski of West Michigan assisted the tenant in the lease. Headquartered in Dallas, Wingstop operates and franchises more than 1,100 restaurants worldwide.
Gregg Gerken, head of U.S. Commercial Real Estate at TD Bank, appreciates what millennials have done for the nation’s multifamily market. Factors contributing to multifamily’s success in recent years include millennials’ desire to live close to where they work and play, their tendency to delay marriage and kids and their social preferences that often involve roommates or the sharing economy. However, millennials are growing up — and many are aging out of the rental market. For many, those delayed life milestones are upon them. Other generations are waiting in the wings, but will they be enough to sustain the current level of multifamily supply and demand? Gerken tackles all of this and more in the Q&A below. Finance Insight (FI): Multifamily has been a strong performer for a while now. Do you expect this to continue in 2020 and beyond, particularly as millennials start to enter their traditional marrying and childbearing years? Gerken: For 2020, multifamily will continue to be a strong performer. When you look at the long-term demographic trends, however, this activity will trail off a bit as the millennial generation starts to age out of the key renter cohort, which is between the ages of 25 and …
DETROIT — General Motors is investing $2.2 billion at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to produce a variety of all-electric trucks and SUVs. Production of GM’s first all-electric truck is scheduled to begin in late 2021. Detroit-Hamtramck will be GM’s first assembly plant fully dedicated to electric vehicles. When the plant is fully operational, the investment will create more than 2,200 manufacturing jobs. GM also plans to invest an additional $800 million in supplier tooling and other projects related to the launch of the new electric trucks. The plant’s paint and body shops and general assembly area will receive comprehensive upgrades, including new machines, conveyors, controls and tooling. Approximately 900 people are employed at the Detroit-Hamtramck plant, which currently builds the Cadillac CT6 and the Chevrolet Impala. The plant will be idled for several months beginning at the end of February once renovations begin.