BLUE SPRINGS, MO. — Comfort Dental has signed a 10-year lease at a building formerly occupied by Blockbuster in Blue Springs, 19 miles east of Kansas City. The 3,000-square-foot building is located at the intersection of Highway 7 and Highway 40. Marshal Blount and Phil Peck of Block & Co. Inc. Realtors represented the owner, MJP 40 Highway LLC. Mohammed Starks of Square State Realty represented Comfort Dental.
NEW YORK CITY — Global asset manager Investcorp, which is based in Bahrain and has its U.S. office in New York City, has acquired 11 multifamily properties totaling 2,615 units across the United States. The sales price was $370 million. The properties are located throughout six primary markets: Orlando, Tampa, Raleigh, Atlanta, Philadelphia and St. Louis. Madison Apartment Group, an affiliate of the seller, Philadelphia-based Equus Capital Partners, will continue to manage the communities after overseeing capital improvement programs at each property. The portfolio was approximately 95 percent leased at the time of sale with an average construction date of 1994 and an average unit size of 1,020 square feet. Equus acquired the properties between 2013 and 2015 and collectively spent about $20 million upgrading them. “The portfolio is positioned to deliver an attractive, stable and predictable cash flow for the new venture with Investcorp, while at the same time the markets continue to support further enhancement opportunities and ability to push rents higher,” says Christopher Locatell, senior vice president and director of dispositions for Equus. Investcorp executives noted that the deal marked the firm’s largest real estate acquisition in the United States in the last decade, and was appealing …
ST. CHARLES, ILL. — TLC Management Co. has acquired Prairie Winds of St. Charles, a 250-unit townhome community in suburban Chicago. The purchase price was not disclosed. Completed in 2018, the property includes a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom rental units averaging 1,254 square feet. Community amenities include nature trails, a pool, bark park, playground, clubhouse, billiards room and fitness center. Sean Fogarty, Marty O’Connell, Wick Kirby, Kevin Girard and Kyle Butler of HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Executive Capital Corp.
ELMHURST, ILL. — The Opus Group has completed construction of The Marke of Elmhurst, a 164-unit luxury apartment project in suburban Chicago. The six-story development includes one-, two- and three-bedroom units as well as 7,600 square feet of retail space. Previously an underutilized commercial site, the property is now home to amenities such as a fitness center, yoga room, pet spa and outdoor amenity deck. Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture and ESG Architects worked with Opus. The project was a joint venture with Principal Real Estate Investors. Greystar Property Management will manage the property.
CINCINNATI — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of Western Hills Marketplace in Cincinnati for $15.2 million. The 127,645-square-foot shopping center is anchored by Dick’s Sporting Goods, Best Buy and Aldi, which recently signed a 10-year lease. Six of the property’s eight tenants have been in place since 2002 or longer. Erin Patton, Scott Wiles and Craig Fuller of IPA represented the seller, an Ohio-based developer. The team also procured the buyer, a New York-based private real estate company.
PLANO, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Store More, a 395-unit self-storage facility in Plano, about 50 miles west of Chicago. The sales price was not disclosed. The 49,500-square-foot property is located at 3980 Turner Ave., along Route 34. The nine-building facility features 17 climate-controlled units and 280 drive-up units as well as 97 boat and recreational vehicle (RV) parking spaces. Jeffrey Herrmann and Sean Delaney of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller. The team also represented the buyer.
CARY, ILL. — Premier Commercial Realty has arranged the $4.3 million sale of an industrial and retail portfolio in Cary. The properties include a 32,000-square-foot, multi-tenant industrial building at 615 Industrial Drive; a 36,000-square-foot, multi-tenant industrial building at 700 Industrial Drive; and a 15,000-square-foot retail property at 395 Cary Algonquin Road. All of the properties were fully leased at the time of sale. Three individual investors purchased the assets. Bruce Kaplan and Kevin Kaplan of Premier represented the sellers on all three transactions.
OAK BROOK, ILL. — Entrepreneur John Paul DeJoria has purchased the former McDonald’s global headquarters campus in Oak Brook for an undisclosed price. The co-founder of the Paul Mitchell line of hair products will assume ownership of the 80-acre site, which includes the McDonald’s former office building, Hamburger University training facility and the Hyatt-branded and managed hotel, The Hyatt Lodge. McDonald’s relocated its global headquarters to downtown Chicago last summer. McDonald’s had been the sole occupant of the campus since its completion in 1988. Designed by architect Dirk Lohan, the campus is situated in a wooded setting with two lakes. The property includes a 331,630-square-foot office building and a 130,484-square-foot training facility, which is connected by a covered passageway to The Hyatt Lodge. The 218-room hotel will remain open. Scott Miller and Lindsey Fahey of JLL represented McDonald’s in the sale. Perry Higa of NAI Hiffman represented the buyer. Future plans for the site have not been disclosed.
FISHERS, IND. — Browning has broken ground on a new corporate headquarters for First Internet Bank in downtown Fishers. The bank’s existing office is located about two miles east of the new site. Plans call for a six-story, 168,000-square-foot building with ground-floor retail space. It is the first building to be constructed within a mixed-use development along 116th Street in the Nickel Plate District. Completion is slated for fall 2021. Envoy Cos. is serving as the owner’s representative.
DETROIT — Tiberina Group, an Italian automotive supplier, has purchased 10 acres of land at the former American Axle manufacturing site in Detroit with plans to build a manufacturing facility. The sellers, Industrial Commercial Properties LLC and Industrial Realty Group LLC, originally acquired the property in 2014 from American Axle, which leased back the buildings on a long-term basis. W. Emery Matthews of Real Estate Interests LLC represented Tiberina in the sale. The size of the plant or production plans have not been disclosed.
