PARK RIDGE, ILL. — Essex Realty Group Inc. has brokered the sale of The Parker in Park Ridge for $15 million. The 46-unit apartment building features two-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include a fitness center, car washing area, pet run and grilling area. A joint venture between CA Residential and Orchard Development Group developed the property in 2016. Jim Darrow, Jordan Gottlieb and Jordan Multack of Essex represented the developers in the sale. Doug Imber, Kate Verde and Clay Maxfield of Essex represented the buyer, a private investor completing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange.
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BARTLETT, ILL. — Colliers International has arranged the sale of a 50,080-square-foot warehouse in Bartlett for an undisclosed price. Located in Brewster Creek Business Park, the property sits on 2.8 acres at 1291 Humbracht Circle. Built in 2003, the facility features a clear height of 24 feet and 66 car parking spaces. Bremskerl, a Germany-based producer of abrasives for industrial applications, occupies the facility for its North American headquarters. John D’Orazio of Colliers represented the private seller in the transaction. Cabot Properties purchased the property.
EAST CHICAGO, IND. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $3.6 million sale of a 9,109-square-foot property net leased to Fresenius Medical Care in East Chicago, about 23 miles southeast of the Windy City. Fresenius has signed a new 15-year lease at the building, which is located at 4016 Main St. Austin Weisenbeck and Sean Sharko of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller. An out-of-state buyer purchased the asset. Fresenius specializes in the production of medical supplies for dialysis.
KENOSHA, WIS. — Silgan Containers has inked a deal to lease 525,000 square feet at an industrial building in Kenosha. The facility, known as Zilber Industrial 1, is located within Kenosha Corporate Park and owned by Zilber Property Group. Silgan, a metal food packaging provider, is scheduled to begin operations at the facility this month. Scott Furmanski of CBRE represented Silgan in the lease transaction. Michael Kleber of Zilber, in partnership with Whit Heitman and Sam Badger of CBRE, represented Zilber.
ROSEMONT, ILL. — Syndicated Equities Group, in a joint venture with Nath Cos., has acquired the Hilton DoubleTree and Embassy Suites hotels in Rosemont for an undisclosed price. The separate hotels are located along River Road approximately one mile from Chicago O’Hare International Airport. The DoubleTree has 369 rooms while the Embassy Suites has 294 rooms. As part of the acquisition, new franchise agreements were secured with Hilton. Nath will serve as the manager.
CHICAGO — Essex Realty Group Inc. has brokered the sale of The Portage Park Theater Apartments in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood for $6.3 million. The property, located at 4044-4060 N. Milwaukee Ave., consists of 34 apartment units. It also features four fully leased commercial spaces totaling 5,460 square feet. All of the apartments and storefronts were fully renovated in 2017. Doug Imber, Kate Varde and Clay Maxfield of Essex brokered the transaction. The buyer and seller information was not disclosed.
DETROIT — Encore Real Estate Investment Services has arranged the sale of Redford Marketplace in Detroit for an undisclosed price. The two-building retail property serves as an outparcel to a Meijer store. The 12,046-square-foot center is home to eight tenants. Evan Lyons, Brandon Hanna and Deno Bistolarides of Encore represented the seller, development firm Lormax Stern. An East Coast-based private investor purchased the asset while completing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange.
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.