CINCINNATI — Neyer Properties has hired Cushman & Wakefield to manage a portfolio of office properties totaling 1.9 million square feet throughout greater Cincinnati. The portfolio includes buildings such as 36 E. 7th Street, Centennial Plaza III, Baldwin 200, Keystone Parke I and Fountain Pointe I and II. Marnie Castleberry of Cushman & Wakefield will serve as account manager for the portfolio. Cincinnati-based Neyer is one of the largest property owners in greater Cincinnati.
O’FALLON, MO. — StorCo Storage has purchased the O’Fallon Square Shopping Center from O’Fallon Square Properties LLC for $4.4 million. The self-storage provider plans to construct a 100,000-square-foot, indoor self-storage facility within the strip center. The two-story, climate-controlled facility will include space formerly occupied by Altitude Trampoline Park and Shop ‘n Save. Other tenants at the shopping center, including At Home Superstore, Vantage Credit Union and Fantastic Sam’s, will remain in place. StorCo will move its headquarters, including a call center and corporate offices, to the new facility. American Bank of Missouri is providing $7.5 million in acquisition and construction financing for the project. Tim McFarland of Sansone Group and Patrick Wittenbrink of Carmody MacDonald PC represented StorCo in the transaction. Scott Seyfried of Pace Properties represented the seller.
CHICAGO — Kiser Group has brokered the sale of a three-property apartment portfolio in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood for $18.4 million. The transaction was the largest by dollar amount in the submarket in the last 15 years, according to CoStar Group. The portfolio includes the 130-unit 7500 S. Shore built in 1950; the 53-unit S. Clyde built in 1928; and the 25-unit 7038 S. Chappel constructed in 1926. Monthly rental rates range from $525 to $1,515. Noah Birk and Aaron Sklar of Kiser represented the seller, DAX Real Estate. An undisclosed buyer purchased the portfolio.
KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Block & Co. Inc. Realtors has arranged the sale of a 55,250-square-foot warehouse in Kansas City for an undisclosed price. Spicin Foods fully occupies the facility for its bottling and distribution operations. The property sits on nearly 2.5 acres at 111 Southwest Blvd. and includes a factory retail store. Spicin Foods, formerly known as Original Juan, is a specialty foods manufacturer that creates specialty sauces, salsas, snacks and dips. David Block and Max Kosoglad of Block brokered the sale. A local investment group purchased the building from an undisclosed seller.
The Kansas City industrial real estate market recorded very healthy maturation in 2019. When surveying the strength of our market, we typically consider how many new tenants or users entered the market with major investments and how many development deals were announced. Diving into the analytics, it is exciting to see some disciplined characteristics of a solid industrial market, including a slight slowdown in the pace of market expansion, a diverse group of business types demanding space, and the swift adjustment to appropriately balance supply and demand. Users entering the market The highlight reel of industrial deals in 2019 was impressive. Notable transactions include a new 420,000-square-foot water bottling plant for Niagara in South Kansas City, a 2 million-square-foot logistics hub expansion for Kubota Tractor Corp., and a 765,000-square-foot food distribution center for Hostess Brands. Additionally, Walmart just announced plans for a 1.8 million-square-foot distribution center to add to its existing three distribution centers in the area. A variety of new auto suppliers have absorbed over 1 million square feet of space to serve the Ford and General Motors automotive plants. I’m often asked what industries are moving to Kansas City and my response is all of them. The type …
ST. LOUIS — ElmTree Funds has sold a majority position in a portfolio of predominantly industrial and office properties to Guggenheim Investments. The gross asset value of the 18-property portfolio is approximately $900 million. St. Louis-based ElmTree began acquiring and developing the properties in 2016. The build-to-suit, net-leased assets are located in fast-growing metropolitan areas across the United States. ElmTree will manage the assets for Guggenheim and maintain a small equity portion. Notable properties in the portfolio include a 1.5 million-square-foot industrial facility in Dallas net leased to a confectionary manufacturer and a 500,000-square-foot industrial building in St. Louis net leased to a courier delivery services company.
ST. LOUIS — McCarthy Building Cos. has completed construction of the St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station. The 120,000-square-foot, two-story attraction is situated inside a nearly 500,000-square-foot, 19th-century train shed designated as a national landmark. Featuring 1.3 million gallons of water and thousands of aquatic animals, the aquarium is the centerpiece of a $160 million family entertainment complex developed for Union Station by Lodging Hospitality Management. PGAV Destinations designed the project. ZoOceanarium Group will operate and manage the aquarium.
MILWAUKEE — Draper and Kramer’s Commercial Finance Group has arranged a $60 million refinancing for an eight-property, 1.6 million-square-foot industrial portfolio located in metro Milwaukee. Dallas-based Westmount Realty Capital LLC owns the portfolio. All of the properties are situated near major regional highways and the General Mitchell International Airport. Westmount acquired the portfolio in 2015 and implemented a capital improvement program, helping push occupancy to nearly 100 percent. Mark Perkowski and Matthew Wurtzebach of Draper and Kramer arranged the nonrecourse loan with a national bank.
WHEELING, ILL. — Foxboro Apartments in Wheeling has traded hands for $54.2 million. The 402-unit apartment property is located at 470 Foxboro Drive. Built in two phases in the late 1970s, Foxboro Apartments is a five-building complex offering one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities include a coffee bar, resident lounge, business center, pool, picnic area, sand volleyball court and three-acre lake. Sean Connelly of 33 Realty represented the buyer, Marquette Cos. Tara Mathew, a Chicago-based independent broker, assisted Connelly in the transaction. Partnership Concepts was the seller.
CHICAGO — American Street Capital (ASC) has arranged a $7 million bridge loan for the acquisition of a 45-unit multifamily property in Chicago’s Logan Square. Originally built in 1928, the asset was recently renovated. Floor plans range from one- to three-bedroom units. Amenities include a bike storage room, Wi-Fi and common laundry area. Igor Zhizhin of ASC arranged the 12-month loan with Freddie Mac. The loan was later converted to a 10-year, fixed-rate loan with a 30-year amortization schedule. The borrower was undisclosed.
