MOUNT PLEASANT, WIS. — The Opus Group will break ground on a new 155,844-square-foot industrial project later this month. The speculative building located in Mount Pleasant, a southern Milwaukee suburb, will be the first building in the Mount Pleasant Business Park. The facility will feature 32-foot clear heights, 16 dock doors, three drive-in doors and parking stalls for 151 vehicles. The development will be able to accommodate single or multi-tenant occupancy, and completion is slated for summer of 2016. The building will be owned by a joint venture partnership between Opus Development Co. LLC and Founders Properties LLC. Opus Development will be the developer. Opus Design Build LLC will be the designer and builder, and Opus AE Group LLC will be the architect and structural engineer. Barry Chavin and Curt Pitzen of NAI MLG Commercial will market the property for lease.
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LAKE GENEVA, WIS. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has brokered the $1.3 million sale of a 14,091-square-foot retail center in Lake Geneva. The property, located at 800 N. Edwards Blvd., was 70 percent leased at the time of sale. Tenants include Maurice’s, Sally Beauty Supply and Mattress Firm. The undisclosed seller is a Minnesota-based owner, and the undisclosed buyer is a New York-based fund. Chad Firsel and Daniel Waszak of Quantum were the sole brokers in the transaction.
RACINE AND OCONOMOWOC, WIS. — Brokerage firm Siegel-Gallagher has completed two lease renewals in separate transactions in Wisconsin. In the first transaction, Check Into Cash of Wisconsin LLC renewed its 1,200-square-foot retail lease at 5201-5409 Washington Ave. in Racine. The property is owned by Racine Shopping Centre LLC. Devin Tessmer of Siegel-Gallagher arranged the transaction. In the second deal, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital renewed its 5,837-square-foot office lease in Oconomowoc. Ohio National Life Insurance is the landlord of the property located at 1230 Corporate Center Drive. Shaun Dempsey of Siegel-Gallagher brokered the deal.
WEST ALLIS, WIS. — The Dickman Company Inc./CORFAC International has brokered the sale of a 20,718-square-foot industrial building in West Allis, a western Milwaukee suburb, for an undisclosed price. The property is located at 6309 W. Greenfield Ave. WFF I LLC purchased the building from Horizon Enterprises LLC. Cale Berg of The Dickman Co. represented the buyer. Nicholas Flemma of CBRE represented the seller.
MILWAUKEE, WIS. — U.S. Bank has provided $7.2 million in equity for the development of a 100,000-square-foot mixed-use project on eight acres in Milwaukee. Freshwater Plaza will be located in Walker’s Point at the corner of South First Street and East Greenfield Avenue. The construction cost of the initial phase is $28.8 million. The $7.2 million in equity was raised through the federal New Markets Tax Credit Program, which is designed to spur revitalization efforts of low-income and impoverished communities across the country. The development will feature 76 apartments, including 20 percent to be set aside for lower-income residents; a Cermak Fresh Market grocery store; and other as yet unnamed retailers. The City of Milwaukee is providing tax-increment financing, and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. provided a brownfield grant. The property is slated to open by the end of 2016. Endeavour Corp., Wangard Partners Inc. and Freshwater Plaza Corp. are the project developers. Catalyst Construction LLC is the general contractor.
Milwaukee is in the midst of a new construction boom in the retail sector, with three major projects currently underway and a fourth that was delivered in 2014 for a total of more than 1.1 million square feet of new space in the market. The majority of this space is being delivered fully leased. In many cases, these retailers are brand new tenants to the Milwaukee area. In the second quarter, overall vacancy ticked up 10 basis points to 10.2 percent. However, this was mainly due to store closures and consolidation in the Milwaukee market by retailers such as Office Depot, OfficeMax, Pick ’n Save, Sears and Kmart. But don’t be rattled by the uptick in vacancies. In reality, the market is incredibly active with new tenants entering the region and several expanding. Retailers recognize that there is ample room to compete for market share in Milwaukee and the surrounding area. Many of these new retailers will come on line in large ground-up projects now underway. Here are some of the notable projects: • In Menomonee Falls, a new Costco will open this fall and anchor a 300,000-square-foot development known as White Stone Station from Cobalt Partners LLC. • The …
WAUNAKEE, WIS. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has brokered the $1.8 million sale of a 24,960-square-foot truck terminal located at 900 Uniek Drive in Waunakee, approximately 12 miles north of Madison. The terminal is within the Waunakee Business Park. Saia Motor Freight Line occupies the single-tenant industrial building. The buyer and seller in the transaction were undisclosed. Chad Firsel of Quantum was the sole broker.
WAUKESHA AND WAUWATOSA WIS. — Siegel-Gallagher has arranged two leases totaling 8,078 square feet in Southeast Wisconsin. Flexible Finance of Wisconsin LLC has leased 1,500 square feet of retail space from Garni Properties WI LLC. Sunset Retail Center is located at 530 W. Sunset Drive in Waukesha, approximately 20 miles west of Milwaukee. Devin Tessmer and Shaun Dempsey of Siegel-Gallagher arranged the transaction. In a separate leasing deal, Saint A Inc. will occupy 6,578 square feet of office space at the Forum, located at 3333 N. Mayfair Road in Wauwatosa, a western suburb of Milwaukee. Mayfair LLC is the landlord. Dan Walsh and John Dulmes of Siegel-Gallagher arranged the transaction.
WAUKESHA, WIS. — The Dickman Company Inc. / CORFAC International has brokered the sale of a 74,600-square-foot industrial property for an undisclosed price. The building is located at 809 Philip Drive in Waukesha, approximately 20 miles west of Milwaukee. JDS Leasing LLC sold the building to GRE-Milwaukee LLC for an undisclosed price. Samuel Dickman, Samuel Dickman Jr. and Zach Noble of The Dickman Co. represented the buyer. Roger Siegel of JLL represented the seller.
EDGERTON, WIS. — Love Funding has closed a $25.9 million HUD refinancing loan for Edgerton Hospital and Health Services in Edgerton, approximately 30 miles outside of Madison. Steven Hunt of Love Funding secured the loan through HUD’s 242/223(a)(7) loan insurance program. The facility was built in 2011 with a FHA-insured loan. The new loan, which is non-recourse for a term of 21 years, is expected to generate $244,000 a year in debt-service savings, or more than $5 million over the life of the loan. The hospital includes inpatient care, swing bed care, emergency and urgent care, diagnostic services, rehabilitation and same-day surgery. The hospital is affiliated with SSM Health Care of Wisconsin.