NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 3,163-square-foot restaurant lease at Riverwalk Plaza in downtown Naperville, a suburb of Chicago. U Sushi Club Rotary Sushi Bar leased the second-floor space. Michael Petrik and Rick Scardino of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Naper LP. The building offers onsite parking and is located adjacent to the Naperville Public Library and near the Naperville Riverwalk.
ANN ARBOR, MICH. — LV Collective has partnered with Harrison Street to build Rambler, a 1,009-bed luxury student housing development across the street from the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor. The 484,587-square-foot project will feature 273 units across a variety of floor plans ranging from studios to six-bedroom residences. The ground floor of Rambler Ann Arbor will include a lobby with an integrated café named Daydreamer. The study mezzanine will offer spaces for coworking and private study rooms. Residents will also enjoy outdoor terraces, a clubroom and gameday lounge, rooftop pool, hot tub, fitness facility, yoga studio, flex studio, red light sauna and resident lounge. Site work began in October, and completion is slated for fall 2027. The project is pursuing LEED Gold certification and will also include a payment of $7.2 million to the city’s affordable housing fund. Kennedy Wilson and Forum Investment Group provided construction financing. “With the University of Michigan’s rising enrollment and Ann Arbor’s status as a premier college town, creating high-quality living spaces that match this growth and enhance students’ overall experience is essential,” says Thomas Whitesell, head of the debt investment group at Kennedy Wilson. The development team includes Turner Construction Co., …
DE SOTO, KAN. — Contegra Construction Co. has completed a 1 million-square-foot distribution center at Flint Commerce Center in De Soto, a southwest suburb of Kansas City. Flint Development is the developer for the 370-acre industrial park. Panasonic has leased half of the building to support a nearby battery manufacturing facility under construction. Located at 10200 Edgerton Road, the cross-dock distribution center features a clear height of 40 feet. There are 98 dock doors with four drive-through doors, and parking is available for 515 cars and 251 trailers. The project team included Davidson Architecture and Engineering, BHC Civil Engineering & Surveying, PKMR Engineers, Wallace Engineering and CFS Engineers.
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Berkadia has arranged the sale of The Highlands, a 448-unit multifamily property in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park. The community features one-, two- and three-bedroom units with two saltwater pools, a fitness center, renovated clubhouse and business center. Jason Parr, Scott MacDonald, John Hansen, Michael Spero and Niko Vrentas of Berkadia represented the seller, California-based St. Regis Properties LLC, and the buyer group, which acquired the property through San Francisco-based sponsor Hamilton Zanze & Co. Clay Akiwenzie of Berkadia arranged $53.3 million in permanent acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer. Fannie Mae provided the 10-year loan.
ETNA, OHIO — Omega Morgan has signed a full-building industrial lease totaling 250,020 square feet at The Cubes at Etna – Building D in Etna, about 20 miles east of Columbus. CRG completed development of the speculative facility in January. Located at 10300 Schuster Way, the building is part of The Cubes at Etna, a 305-acre master-planned industrial park. Building D was developed in partnership with an affiliate of LXP Industrial Trust. Omega Morgan works in specialized transportation, heavy rigging and machinery moving services. The company plans to utilize the building for distribution services to the Ohio Valley region. Building D features a rear-load design with a clear height of 36 feet, 32 fully equipped dock positions expandable to 50, 62 trailer stalls and a 60-foot speed bay. The building is supported by a 15-year, 100 percent tax abatement. The facility is located adjacent to the I-70 interchange at State Route 310. Joe Kimener of CBRE represented CRG, while Nick Tomasone of JLL represented the tenant. Contegra Construction served as the general contractor, and Lamar Johnson Collaborative was the architect. The Cubes at Etna has three remaining pad-ready sites that can accommodate build-to-suit users ranging from 250,000 to 800,000 square …
ANOKA AND CRYSTAL, MINN. — Colliers has brokered the sale of two multifamily properties in Minnesota for $15.9 million. Meadowview totals 60 units and is located in Anoka, a northern suburb of Minneapolis. Valley Place Apartments totals 71 units and is located in Crystal, about five miles north of downtown Minneapolis. Devon Dvorak, Mox Gunderson, Dan Linnell and Adam Haydon of Colliers represented the seller, Bader Management Inc. Los Angeles-based Coast View Strategies was the buyer. Since 2015, ownership has invested more than $2 million renovating most of the units. At the time of sale, both properties were more than 95 percent leased.
LA VISTA, NEB. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $6.4 million sale of Val Verde Place Shopping Center in La Vista, a southern suburb of Omaha. Located at 9631 Giles Road and built in 2000, the property totals 48,712 square feet. Chris Garavaglia, Alex Perez and Austin Sweet of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private equity group based on the East Coast, and procured the buyer, a Midwest-based 1031 exchange investor. The asset closed at 99 percent of the list price.
KOKOMO, IND. — StarPlus Energy LLC, a joint venture between global automobile manufacturer Stellantis N.V. and South Korean battery maker Samsung SDI Co. Ltd., has secured a conditional commitment for federal funding to finance two new lithium-ion battery cell and module manufacturing plants underway in Kokomo. The plants were announced by the manufacturers in 2022 and 2023. As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s “Investing in America” agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced a conditional commitment for a loan of up to $7.5 billion ($6.8 billion in principal and $688 million in capitalized interest) to StarPlus Energy. The company must satisfy certain technical, legal, environmental and financial conditions before the DOE funds the loan. If finalized, the loan would be offered through LPO’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) program, which provides loans to support U.S. manufacturing of advanced technology vehicles, qualifying components and materials that improve fuel economy. The output from the Kokomo facilities will be sold to Stellantis for use in electric vehicle (EV) models that will be sold in North America. One goal of the federal funding is to help “ensure the United States can meet domestic demand and remain a global leader …
Some commercial real estate developers work primarily with architects and engineers to establish a project’s scope and expected cost, leaving the selection of a general contractor or project manager until they are nearly ready to break ground. And by following this traditional approach, they may be leaving money on the table. A better practice is to engage contractors during project planning, industry experts advise. That’s because experienced contractors can provide practical insight into pricing and availability of materials and labor, informing critical planning decisions. Those same builders can be a sounding board for site civil engineers mapping out site preparation, utility installation, access and sequencing for the various tradespeople working on a project. “Involving a general contractor early is particularly beneficial for large-scale or phased construction projects,” says Daniel Hines, a principal in Bohler’s Charlotte office. “It enables us to approach the design more strategically, reduce costs and deliver more accurate timelines.” “The overall goal of getting a general contractor and an engineer working together is to maintain your schedule and your budget,” agrees Jeff Mitchell, director in the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Duffey Southeast Construction Inc. “Engineers are the experts at designing projects, but ultimately it is the …
CROWN POINT, IND. — Venture One Real Estate has unveiled plans to build VenturePark65, a 135-acre logistics campus in Crown Point, a city in northwest Indiana. The development, located at the southeast corner of 101st Avenue and I-65, will encompass up to 2 million square feet of modern industrial space. Flexible building designs will accommodate large-scale users, with spaces ranging from 500,000 to 2 million square feet. Brian Vanosky and Michael O’Leary of Lee & Associates will market the property for lease.
