KENOSHA, WIS. — Trifinity Specialized Distribution, a logistics firm that serves major big-box stores and drug retailers, has signed a 250,000-square-foot industrial lease in Kenosha. Trifinity will occupy space at Zilber Industrial III, located at 5312 104th Ave. The recently constructed facility features 24 dock doors, three drive-in doors and convenient access to I-94. Trifinity will move into the facility by the end of this month. Founded a quarter century ago in Waukegan, Illinois, Trifinity currently employs approximately 50 workers, all of whom will relocate to the new facility. Thomas Boyle of Lee & Associates represented Trifinity in the lease transaction. Sergio Chapa and Michael Prost of Newmark Knight Frank, along with Michael Kleber of Zilber Property Group, represented the owner, Zilber Property Group.
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SYLVANIA, OHIO — Reichle Klein Group has brokered the $7.6 million sale of a 48,928-square-foot medical office building in Sylvania, a northeastern suburb of Toledo. The property is located at 5520 Monroe St. ProMedica is one of the tenants. Marty Gallagher of Reichle Klein represented both the buyer and seller. PMA Investors LLC sold the asset to CD Property of Sylvania LLC.
JUNCTION CITY, KAN. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale-leaseback of a 35,000-square-foot property occupied by Orscheln Farm & Home in Junction City in central Kansas. The sales price was $4.4 million. The newly constructed property is located at 121 E. Chestnut St. John Nuzman brokered the sale-leaseback and represented both parties. A New York-based limited liability company purchased the asset. Orscheln operates farm and ranch supply stores with over 170 locations across the Midwest.
PALATINE, ILL. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of a newly constructed, two-tenant retail building in Palatine for $3.1 million. Aspen Dental and T-Mobile occupy the 5,250-square-foot property, which is located on East Dundee Road about 30 miles northwest of Chicago. Completed in 2019, the building is situated near other retailers such as Walmart, Home Depot and Target. Jeff Lefko and Bill Asher of Hanley, along with Greg Dietz and Danny Spitz of Greenstone Partners, represented the seller, a Chicago-based real estate investment and development firm. RML Management represented the buyer, a California-based private investor.
The greater St. Louis metropolitan statistical area (MSA) includes the city of St. Louis, St. Louis County, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Warren and St. Charles County, as well as various counties in Illinois collectively known as the Metro East. The MSA ranks as the 21st largest in the country with a population of approximately 2.8 million residents and features many Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies. St. Louis has a very diverse economy with the largest categories of employment base in transportation, utilities, education, healthcare, defense and professional/business services. The per capita income for approximately 1.5 million workers in the MSA is approximately $60,000 per year. With an unemployment rate of 3.6 percent, the MSA has had almost 11 quarters of sub-4 percent unemployment. In 2019 alone, payrolls across the MSA expanded 1.7 percent with a net gain of 23,100 jobs created. Of these, 1,500 jobs alone were created with the 2019 completion of Amazon’s first Missouri fulfillment center in St. Peters, which is a western suburb of St. Louis. Other major job creators include the 295-acre redevelopment project called Fenton Logistics Park in Fenton, which is at the forefront of transforming the logistics and manufacturing industries with 2.5 million square …
NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has secured a $61 million Freddie Mac loan for the acquisition of Railway Plaza in Naperville. Built in 2000, the transit-oriented multifamily property is adjacent to the Route 59 Metra station. Bill Weber, Henry Stimler and Daniel Sarsfield of NKF arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the buyers, BH Equities and Cantor Fitzgerald. Railway Plaza comprises 13 three-story buildings with 417 units. Amenities include a clubroom, fitness center, lounge, pool and fire pit.
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — NXT Capital has provided a $51.3 million loan for the refinancing of Promontory Apartments in Overland Park. The 291-unit, Class A apartment community is located on Metcalf Avenue. Amenities include a clubroom, rooftop terrace, coffee lounge, sundeck, pool, fitness center and pet care station. The property also features 21,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Noah Laredo of BMC Capital arranged the loan. The borrower and loan terms were undisclosed.
CHICAGO — Temporary staffing firm TrueBlue has signed an 83,000-square-foot office lease at Chicago’s Old Post Office. The Tacoma, Wash.-based company currently maintains a local office at 860 W. Evergreen Ave. near Goose Island. TrueBlue is expected to move into the new office in early 2021. Jack Keenan of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Cushman & Wakefield will also handle project management for the new space. 601W Cos. is redeveloping the Old Post Office project. Other tenants who have signed leases at the property include Walgreens, Uber and Ferrara Candy.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Brad Kitchen of Alterra Real Estate Advisors has acquired a five-story, 86,524-square-foot office building known as 3 Easton Oval in Columbus for $6.5 million. M/I Homes sold the property and had owned and operated it since 1995. M/I plans to vacate the building this spring. Alterra plans to undertake a renovation of the property that will include an update of the lobby and tenant spaces. Kevin Serna of Liberty National Bank originated acquisition financing.
GRAIN VALLEY, MO. — Newmark Grubb Zimmer has arranged the sale of a 36-unit multifamily property in Grain Valley, an eastern suburb of Kansas City. The sales price was undisclosed. The property, located on Barr Road, was fully occupied at the time of sale. Chris Robertson and Trenton Wahl of Newmark Grubb Zimmer brokered the transaction. T&T Real Estate LLC sold the asset to a Utah-based investor.