CLEVELAND — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has provided a $6.8 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Perry Payne Apartments in downtown Cleveland. The 148-unit apartment building includes amenities such as a rooftop deck, fitness center, self-storage suites and on-site laundry. The 10-year loan includes a 30-year amortization schedule. Perry Payne Ltd. was the borrower.
MCCOOK, ILL. — Noel Transportation has signed a 42,141-square-foot industrial lease at 4800 S. Vernon Ave. in McCook. The third-party logistics company is more than doubling its square footage and will use the space as a regional distribution center for its Midwest operations. Chris Lydon and Chris Tecu of Avison Young represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord. The 189,216-square-foot building is now fully leased. Constructed in 2007, the building has a clear height of 32 feet.
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the sale of a 61-unit multifamily building in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood for $3.2 million. Located at 7131-7151 S. Bennett Ave., the property includes a mix of studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The buyer plans to make capital improvements to the units. At the time of sale, the units were 80 percent leased. Lucas Fryman of Interra represented both parties.
CLEVELAND — Berkadia has arranged a $100 million refinancing of the Ernst & Young Office Tower, a 23-story property in downtown Cleveland.The Class A building is located at 950 Main Ave. and totals 465,000 square feet. Onsite amenities include garage parking, a dry cleaner, a fitness center and concierge services. According to LoopNet Inc., the property has a Walk Score of 85 (out of 100) due to its proximity to numerous downtown restaurants, a commuter rail and Cleveland’s waterfront district. Ernst & Young, a London-based accounting firm, moved into the building upon its completion in 2013, occupying the top six floors. The building was 95 percent leased at the time of the loan closing to other tenants such as law firm Tucker Ellis and Wells Fargo, which houses its regional Cleveland office in the building. Ernst & Young Tower also adjoins a 150-room Starwood Aloft Hotel. Mark Vogel and Eric Bevilacqua of Berkadia arranged the financing through J.P. Morgan with mezzanine debt from Axonic Capital LLC. The borrower was The Wolstein Group, an Ohio-based development and investment firm.The two-year permanent refinancing features an adjustable interest rate, three one-year extension options, an 80 percent loan-to-value ratio and interest-only payments. — Taylor …
DETROIT — Bedrock has broken ground on the 1.4 million-square-foot Monroe Blocks project on two city blocks at the corner of Monroe Street and Campus Martius in downtown Detroit. Slated for completion in 2022, the development is one of four transformational projects underway as part of a $2.1 billion investment in Detroit that Bedrock first announced in 2017. In total, Monroe Blocks will include 847,000 square feet of office space, 482 residential units and 117,000 square feet of retail space. Block A will include a 35-story office tower and Block B will be largely residential. A stretch of Farmer Street will be converted to pedestrian-only space and connect the two blocks. Bedrock worked with Danish architecture firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen to design the project alongside Detroit-based firm Neumann/Smith Architecture. Turner Construction Co. is the general contractor. The two blocks along Monroe Street that make up the development were known historically as Detroit’s first theater district. The site was razed in 1990 with the exception of the National Theatre, which has sat vacant. Bedrock plans to retain the façade of the National Theatre and incorporate it into a terracotta archway within the development. The other three projects within Bedrock’s $2.1 billion …
CHICAGO — JLL Capital Markets has arranged construction financing for The Draper at 5050 N. Broadway, a mixed-use development in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. The project involves the conversion of a former 400,000-square-foot office building into 342 residential units. The developer, CEDARst Cos., raised $41 million of project equity. Urbanite Capital provided a $13 million structured loan and Bank of the Ozarks provided a $61 million construction loan. Chuck Johanns and Dave Hendrickson of JLL arranged the financing. The recent closing enables CEDARst to complete Phase I of a planned two-phase development. Total project costs for the development of Phase I are estimated at $115 million. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.
CHICAGO — GlenStar Properties LLC and its joint venture Angelo Gordon & Co. LP have unveiled plans to complete a $20 million renovation of President’s Plaza in Chicago’s O’Hare submarket. The two-building, 830,479-square-foot office property is located at 8600 and 8700 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Plans call for a lobby refresh at both buildings, new tenant lounge with a coffee café, renovation of the fitness center, renovation of the deli, new technology for the conference center, new lobby stairwell, new passenger elevator interiors and corridor renovations. Completion is slated for the second quarter of 2019. Major tenants at the property include True Value, American Imaging Management and Lafarge North America. Occupancy stands at 94.4 percent.
SAINT CHARLES, ILL. — Faris Lee Investments has brokered the sale of Main Street Commons in suburban Chicago for $16.7 million. The 171,564-square-foot shopping center is situated on 20 acres. At the time of the sale, the property was 85 percent leased to tenants such as Ross, TJ Maxx, Five Below, Ulta and Cost Plus. Rick Chichester, Donald MacLellan and Shaun Riley of Faris Lee represented the seller, Sabal Financial Group LP. The buyer was not disclosed.
ANN ARBOR, MICH. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $15.7 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Manchester Flats Apartment Homes in Ann Arbor. The 173-unit multifamily property is comprised of nine buildings on six acres of land. The property was built in 1957 and renovated in 2013. Todd Linehan of KeyBank arranged the nonrecourse, fixed-rate loan with a 15-year term and 30-year amortization schedule.
CHICAGO, CINCINNATI AND COLUMBUS, OHIO — Westmount Realty Capital LLC has acquired a 1.4 million-square-foot industrial portfolio in Chicago, Cincinnati and Columbus. The portfolio consists of 12 buildings constructed between 1970 and 1994 with clear heights ranging from 20 to 26 feet and an average office finish of 7 percent. Some of the larger tenants within the portfolio include Pactiv, Sonoco Products, Graham Packaging, SAF-Holland USA and FedEx. In the Chicago area, the portfolio consists of a 123,986-square-foot single asset in Alsip that is currently fully leased to four tenants. The Cincinnati portion of the portfolio includes a collection of seven assets. Five of the buildings are in the West Chester submarket on the north side of the Cincinnati metro area. The remaining two buildings are located off I-71 just east of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. The Columbus portion consists of three infill properties in the West submarket and one 289,491-square-foot asset located south in the Rickenbacker submarket. This portion of the portfolio is currently 78 percent leased. The seller was not disclosed.
