MILWAUKEE — Hines has completed an 11-year lease for James Beard-nominated Chef Kyle Knall’s newest restaurant, Cassis, to be located on the ground floor of Hines’ newly built luxury apartment community in Milwaukee. The riverfront French bistro, slated to open late this year, will span 5,175 square feet with an additional 1,100 square feet of outdoor patio space at 333 Water Street. The property, which marks the first luxury apartment tower to be located in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward, features amenities such as a sports lounge with golf simulator and resort-style pool and deck area.
WAUWATOSA, WIS. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Tosa Health Center, a 100,977-square-foot Class A medical office building in the Milwaukee suburb of Wauwatosa, for an undisclosed price. The three-story facility at 1155 N. Mayfair Road is fully leased to the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). Originally constructed as a build-to-suit for MCW, the facility was later expanded to accommodate MCW’s growth. A wide range of services are offered from the building, including primary care, urgent care, internal medicine, OB-GYN, mental health services, family medicine, spine care, imaging, laboratory, pharmacy, physical therapy, occupational medicine, plastic surgery and a vein center. Chris Bodnar, Brannan Knott, Mindy Berman, Zack Holderman, Cole Reethof, Trent Jemmett, Jesse Greshin and Devin Tessmer of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller. Hammes Partners was the buyer.
MILWAUKEE — Crow Holdings has broken ground on a new air cargo facility at the Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE). The project will transform a significant portion of the former 440th Airlift Wing, now known as the MKE Regional Business Park, into a 337,000-square-foot air cargo facility featuring a dedicated air cargo building, a new Milwaukee County highway maintenance facility to support both county and state transportation needs and enhancements to adjacent taxiways to improve accessibility for wide-body cargo aircraft. The facility will have the capacity to accommodate five B747-400 aircraft at the same time and is expected to generate over $1.3 million in annual aircraft landing fees as well as over $1 million in annual ground lease rents and fees. The former 440th campus was turned over to the airport in 2008. Since that time, the underutilized property has been marketed to developers. Some of the buildings are currently used by the airport while others have been leased to a variety of short-term tenants. According to a news release, the public-private project will create new jobs at the airport and has the potential to attract new passenger airlines and destinations, as well as air cargo services, by lowering the …
STEVENS POINT, WIS. — CBRE has brokered the $3.2 million sale of Whiting Place Apartments in the central Wisconsin city of Stevens Point. Originally developed in 1923 as The Whiting Hotel, the 21-unit property was designed by Milwaukee-based architect Alfred Clas. The building was converted in 1988 into a mixed-use community with ground-floor retail, apartments, professional offices and heated underground parking. The five-story asset is classified as a Historic Place by the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places. Sean Beuche, Patrick Gallagher, Matson Holbrook and Gretchen Richards of CBRE represented the sellers, Lokre Cos. and Stehr Construction. Heidi Mancheski, a Stevens Point-based investor, was the buyer.
GREEN BAY, TWO RIVERS AND MADISON, WIS. — Starbucks has signed three new retail leases in Wisconsin. The tenant leased 2,460 square feet at 1555 W. Mason St. in Green Bay, 2,262 square feet at 1509 Washington St. in Two Rivers and 2,665 square feet at 1609 S. Park St. in Madison. Tony Colvin of Mid-America Real Estate represented Starbucks in all of the leases. The landlords included Military Avenue Partners, DCOLE TR LLC and 1609 S Park St LLC.
MARYSVILLE, MICH. AND MILWAUKEE — An affiliate of Phoenix Investors has acquired two industrial properties totaling roughly 2.3 million square feet and 145 acres in Michigan and Wisconsin for an undisclosed price. The facilities are located at 840 Huron Blvd. in Marysville, Mich., and 3280 S. Clement Ave. in Milwaukee. Both were previously owned by FCA US LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of global automaker Stellantis, which leases both buildings. Phoenix’s portfolio now exceeds 80 million square feet nationwide. Tony Avendt and Jeff Hoffman of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the sale.
WAUWATOSA, WIS. — Steve Rolfe of Midland Commercial Development Corp., William Wirth of Luft Consulting Inc. and Jordan Nelson of Nelson Development have purchased a development site at 5151 W. State St. with plans to build Wauwatosa Self Storage. The temperature-controlled self-storage facility will total 63,500 net rentable square feet divided across 444 units in over two dozen configurations. There will be 23 units in the main drive-thru aisle specifically laid out to accommodate automobile storage. The property will be attended by an onsite manager and will incorporate high-resolution cameras throughout. Brett Deter and Scott Revolinski of Founders 3 Real Estate Services represented the buyers. The project is slated for completion late this summer.
BELOIT, WIS. — Zilber Property Group has acquired a 363,000-square-foot industrial building in southern Wisconsin’s Beloit for an undisclosed price. Located at 1405 Gateway Blvd. in the Gateway Business Park, the property is home to Pratt Industries’ Beloit Corrugating operations. Pratt manufactures recycled containerboard, corrugated sheets and related packaging containers, and maintains facilities throughout the U.S. The Beloit facility, which was constructed in 2016, is situated at the intersection of I-90 and I-43 near the Wisconsin-Illinois state line. It supplies Pratt’s customers throughout the Great Lakes and Upper Midwest regions. Peter Loehrer, Mark Kolsrud, Tom Shepherd and Jennifer Huber-Bullock of Colliers represented the undisclosed seller. Zilber currently owns and manages 15 industrial properties totaling roughly 3.8 million square feet in Wisconsin’s Rock County.
WEST MILWAUKEE, WIS. — An affiliate of Phoenix Investors has purchased a 56-acre industrial campus totaling approximately 750,000 square feet in West Milwaukee. The property, located at 4701 W. Greenfield Ave., was previously owned by industrial giant Regal Rexnord. The campus, which is available for lease, features numerous dock doors, clear heights up to 47 feet, heavy power infrastructure and ample trailer and car parking. The nine buildings were constructed between 1920 and 1973. The site also has surplus land available for new residential and commercial development. Jeff Cartwright of First Financial Bank originated senior financing.
DELAVAN, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $9.7 million sale of Delavan Crossings, a 41,898-square-foot retail strip center in Delavan, about 45 miles southwest of Milwaukee. The 25-suite property, built in 2003, is comprised of three buildings. Some of the tenants include Starbucks, Domino’s, Jersey Mike’s, AT&T, Verizon and Great Clips. Jeff Rowlett of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, New York-based Ten Patels Realty. Adrian Mendoza, Sean Sharko and Austin Weisenbeck of Marcus & Millichap procured the buyer, a private investor. The trio also secured financing from a credit union lender.