MINNEAPOLIS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Brunsfield North Loop in Minneapolis for $14.6 million. The 47-unit apartment building is located at 915 Washington Ave. in the North Loop neighborhood. Built in 2012, the five-story property also includes three commercial spaces. Abe Roberts, Evan Miller and Chris Collins of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller and procured the buyer, neither of which were disclosed.
INDIANAPOLIS — CBIZ Inc. has signed a 53,000-square-foot office lease at Parkwood Crossing in north Indianapolis. The professional and financial services company will occupy space at Eight Parkwood, a 204,126-square-foot building within the eight-building, 1.2 million-square-foot office park. Rubenstein Partners LP and Strategic Capital Partners LLC acquired Parkwood Crossing in 2016. The companies have invested approximately $20 million in improvements at the property, including a 14,000-square-foot amenity building that opened in 2018. Traci Kapsalis, Adam Broderick and Brittany Shuler of JLL, along with Gibraltrar Real Estate Services, handled the lease transaction on behalf of building ownership. Matt Waggoner of JLL represented the tenant.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has negotiated the sale of a single-tenant property occupied by Michaels in Kansas City for $3.9 million. The 22,810-square-foot building is situated on 1.9 acres at 8551 Prairie View Blvd. Renovated in 2012, the property serves as a pad site to Zona Rosa, a 1 million-square-foot retail center. Jeff Lefko and Bill Asher of Hanley represented the seller, Texas-based N3 Real Estate. Steve Maynard of Maynard Group represented the buyer, a private partnership from Southern California and Missouri.
CHICAGO — Summit Design + Build has begun the redevelopment of 1900 W. Lawrence Ave. in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighborhood. The building was formerly home to a Sears department store, which opened in 1925 and was shuttered in 2016. The adaptive reuse project involves the conversion of the commercial building into residential space, including 59 apartment units ranging from one- to three-bedroom floor plans. The 105,000-square-foot, three-story building spans the length of an entire city block along Lawrence Avenue. Summit plans to add a fourth floor as well as two elevators and three staircases. Since the building does not have many windows, extensive work will be required to create new openings for the apartments. The project will also feature 30,000 square feet of retail space, of which DeVry University will occupy approximately 15,000 square feet. The third Chicago campus for the university will include 11 classrooms, technology labs, interview rooms, staff offices and an auxiliary lounge. Newmark Knight Frank represented DeVry in its lease. CA Ventures and Springbank Capital Advisors are the developers. Gillespie Design Group is the project architect. Completion is slated for fall 2020.
CHICAGO — NewMark Merrill Cos. Inc. has acquired Stony Island Plaza in Chicago for $17.3 million. The 159,785-square-foot shopping center is located in the South Deering neighborhood at the intersection of 95th Street and Stony Island Avenue. Jewel-Osco and DD’s Discounts anchor the center, built in 1999. It is currently 93 percent leased to several local and national brands, including Circle K, KFC, H&R Block, Foot Locker, GNC, Happy Nails and Seashell Restaurant. NewMark Merrill plans to improve signage, parking areas and landscaping. Rick Drogosz of Mid-America Real Estate Corp. represented the institutional seller. Sandy Sigal and Jim Patton of NewMark Merrill negotiated the purchase on behalf of NewMark Merrill. Kostas Kavayiotidis of Pacific Southwest Realty arranged acquisition financing with John Hancock Life Insurance. Jeffery Packard, Tom Treacy and Chris Bingham of John Hancock originated the financing.
NORTH AURORA, ILL. — JVM Realty Corp. has purchased Randall Highlands in North Aurora for an undisclosed price. JVM Management Inc. will manage the community. Built in 2013, the property is comprised of 146 rental townhome units. Amenities include a pool, clubhouse, business center, playground and fitness center. The seller was not disclosed. JVM owns and operates three other rental communities in the Chicago metro area and is set to close on the acquisition of a fifth property in the market later this year.
ILLINOIS, MICHIGAN AND MISSOURI — Metro Commercial Real Estate has brokered several leases on behalf of The Edge Fitness Clubs for new locations across the Midwest. The properties include: Windmill Plaza in in Sterling Heights, Mich.; West River Centre in Farmington Hills, Mich.; an unnamed center at Avon and Rochester roads in Westland, Mich.; Cave Springs in St. Peters, Mo.; Mackenzie Point in Shrewsbury, Mo.; and Westridge Court in Naperville, Ill. There are also three new locations in Pennsylvania. The fitness centers are all expected to open later this year or in 2020. Brandon Anapol and Scott Benson of Metro led the leasing team. With these new leases, Metro has brokered 16 locations totaling approximately 640,000 square feet for Connecticut-based Edge over the last 12 months. Edge currently operates 25 locations across Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
LENEXA, KAN. — DashNow has opened a 5,407-square-foot office at The District at City Center Lenexa in Kansas. The company has leased an entire floor of the office building known as Penn I. DashNow offers an app that enables restaurant customers to pay their bills at the table through their smartphones. The app improves efficiency for restaurants and servers. Todd Weltmer of Parkway Realty represented DashNow in the lease transaction. Ryan Biery of Copaken Brooks represented the landlord, Copaken Brooks. When fully developed, City Center Lenexa will span more than 2 million square feet with office, retail and residential space.
FLINT, MICH. — A new 101-room Hilton Garden Inn is set to open in downtown Flint in 2020. The building was formerly known as the Genesee County Savings Bank Building. The historic 11-story building was Flint’s second skyscraper when it opened in 1920. (The height of a skyscraper in those days was typically much lower than today.) Plans for the Hilton Garden Inn include a full-service restaurant, meeting and banquet center and rooftop deck. Crescent Hotels and Resorts will manage the hotel. Flint-based firms DW Lurvey Co. and Sorenson Gross are jointly managing construction of the project. Detroit-based Kraemer Design Group is serving as architect, interior designer and historic consultant. Developer Uptown Reinvestment Corp., Michigan Economic Development Corp., Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Skypoint Ventures and Local Initiatives Support Corp. are providing project financing, along with Huntington Bank and Old National Bank.
WOOD DALE, ILL. — Premier Design + Build Group has broken ground on a two-building industrial development in Wood Dale. Bridge Development Partners is the developer and the facility will be known as Bridge Point Wood Dale. The first building will serve as a 100,738-square-foot build-to-suit for Forward Space LLC, a provider of office furniture and workplace solutions. The second building will be a 241,888-square-foot speculative warehouse. Completion of both buildings is slated for spring 2020. Cornerstone Architects Ltd., Swift Structural Design LLC and Manhard Consulting make up the project team.
