JANESVILLE, WIS. — Zilber Property Group has unveiled plans to develop a 300,000-square-foot speculative industrial building in Janesville. Known as Zilber Industrial 1 at Janesville, the building will be situated on an 18-acre site at the corner of Beloit Avenue and Highway 11. The facility will feature a clear height of 32 feet, LED lighting, an ESFR sprinkler system, on-site trailer parking and expandable loading options. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.
HIGHLAND PARK, ILL. — Berger Asset Management has sold a 52,000-square-foot retail building known as the Tesla Building in Highland Park. The sales price was not disclosed. The two-story property is located at 1200 Old Skokie Valley Road. The anchor tenant, Tesla, occupies 32,000 square feet. Bystol Performance Center, a sports performance and personal training firm, occupies the remaining 20,000 square feet. In order to develop the property, Berger Asset Management first had to complete three different acquisitions from unrelated parties to form an assemblage that would ultimately create the existing asset and 140-space parking lot. The site originally consisted of a series of buildings with 10 parking spaces. Tesla signed on as a tenant at the building in 2014. At the location Tesla provides sales, service and charging stations for its north suburban Chicago and southeast Wisconsin clientele. Bystol Performance Center also signed its lease in 2014. Joshua Silverglade of The Equitable Group of Companies represented Berger in the transaction. The buyer, a Hawaii-based private investor, purchased the asset while completing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange.
NEW LENOX, ILL. — HSA PrimeCare, the national healthcare real estate division of HSA Commercial Real Estate, has begun development of a 40,000-square-foot medical office building on Silver Cross Hospital’s campus in New Lenox, immediately west of the I-355/I-80 interchange and about 40 miles southwest of Chicago. Scheduled for completion in December, the facility will house the hospital’s urgent care, occupational health and primary care clinics. Eppstein Uhen Architects is the architect. PREMIER Design + Build is the general contractor.
WHITELAND, IND. — Jones Development Co. has broken ground on a 2.4 million-square-foot industrial business park in Whiteland, south of Indianapolis. Known as Whiteland Exchange, the development will include speculative industrial buildings designed for logistics, advanced manufacturing and other uses. The project will be situated at the intersection of I-65 and Whiteland Road in Johnson County. The initial two speculative buildings, one spanning 436,800 square feet and the other 168,480 square feet, are slated for delivery in the first quarter of 2020. Sean McHale and Peter Seoane of Avison Young will market the park for lease.
TROY, MICH. — An affiliate of New York City-based real estate investment firm Group RMC has acquired Northfield Office Park, a two-building office portfolio located in Troy. The purchase price was not disclosed. The portfolio spans 234,687 square feet and was nearly 70 percent occupied at the time of sale. Anne Galbraith-Kohn of CBRE represented the seller, Hayman Co.
LIBERTYVILLE, ILL. — Principle Construction Corp. has broken ground on a new 126,611-square-foot warehouse and office building for Pharma Logistics Ltd. in Libertyville. The property will be situated at 1801 N. Butterfield Road. The build-to-suit will include eight docks, one drive-in door, 188 car parking spaces and a clear height of 30 feet. The warehouse portion will be 108,985 square feet, while the office portion will be 17,626 square feet. The pharmaceutical company is expanding from its current locations in Mundelein and Libertyville. Harris Architects provided design services for the project. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.
CINCINNATI — NorthMarq has arranged a $5 million loan for the refinancing of Lytle Tower, a 115-unit multifamily property in Cincinnati. The 12-story building, located at 405 Broadway St., features studios, one-bedroom units and one-bedroom penthouses. Amenities include a resident lounge, fitness center, on-site restaurant and in-unit laundry. Noah Juran of NorthMarq arranged the 20-year loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule. A life insurance company provided the loan.
GRAIN VALLEY, MO. — Bellomy & Co. has brokered the sale of Spare Garage Storage in Grain Valley, an eastern suburb of Kansas City. The sales price was not disclosed. The self-storage facility sits on 3.2 acres and includes 204 non-climate-controlled units. The property spans 39,700 square feet. Bill Bellomy and Michael Johnson of Bellomy & Co. represented the seller, Mid Central Title Inc. The team also procured the buyer, Kaup Properties LLC.
CHICAGO — Skender has completed construction of Chicago’s newest Hyatt House extended-stay hotel. The 14-story, 167,000-square-foot property is located in the heart of Chicago’s Fulton Market neighborhood at 105 N. May St. Amenities include an indoor pool, bar and lounge and green roof features. The hotel also includes a third-floor lobby and first-floor retail space. The pool, workout center and lounge are situated on the 14th floor. The 200 guest rooms are on floors four through 13. Sterling Bay developed the hotel. Eckenhoff Saunders Architects served as the project architect.
MONROE, OHIO — The Kroger Co. and Ocado, a dedicated online grocery retailer, have broken ground on their first customer fulfillment center. Cincinnati-based Kroger is investing $55 million to build the property, which will be situated in the southwest Ohio city of Monroe. The automated warehouse facility will have digital and robotic capabilities and will span 335,000 square feet. The model will be replicated in other locations, as Kroger plans to build 20 such facilities. To date, two additional sites have been selected in the central Florida and Mid-Atlantic regions. The Ohio facility is expected to generate more than 400 new jobs. Ryan Cos. US Inc. is designing and building the property. In May 2018, Kroger and UK-based Ocado announced their partnership in order to provide online ordering, automated fulfillment and home delivery capabilities.
