ATHENS, GA. — The Elrod Group, a division of Coldwell Banker Commercial Upchurch Realty, has brokered the $2.9 million sale of Franklin House, a 21,000-square-foot mixed-use building located at 480 E. Broad St. in Athens. Built in 1845, the Franklin House encompasses 3,100 square feet of retail space, 5,700 square feet of office space and seven apartment residences. Brian Elrod and Daniel Bennett of The Elrod Group represented both the seller and the buyer in the transaction.
COON RAPIDS, MINN. — Fairbridge Properties has unveiled plans for the development of an 86,764-square-foot build-to-suite office and industrial building located at 8840 Evergreen Blvd. NW in Coon Rapids, approximately 15 miles north of Minneapolis. The project costs were undisclosed. The project will take place on the same property that is occupied by a 261,805-square-foot building that is 100 percent leased and owned by Fairbridge. Honeywell Aerospace and Boston Scientific are tenants of the existing property. The space is used for research, development and light manufacturing. The new building will be equipped with several 9-by-10-foot insulated loading dock doors and manual dock levelers and dock seals. Construction is scheduled to begin late this year. Dan Friedner and Jay Chmieleski of Colliers International’s Minneapolis-St. Paul office were retained to market the building to prospective tenants.
DEARBORN, MICH. — KJ Commercial Real Estate Advisors represented Real Estate 1000 LLC in the acquisition of a 13,433-square-foot mixed-use building located at 22085-22091 Michigan Ave. in Dearborn, a western suburb of Detroit. The seller was undisclosed. The property sold for $950,000 and was 100 percent occupied at the time of purchase. Tenants include Bailey’s Sports Grille, Salon West Dearborn, and a Don Yeyo Cigar Factory. Kevin Jappaya of KJ Commercial represented the buyer in the transaction.
WOODSTOCK, GA. — Franklin Street Real Estate Services has brokered the $5.9 million sale of a mixed-use asset in downtown Woodstock, a northern suburb of Atlanta. Built in 2014, the Class A property features 23 apartment residences and 8,624 square feet of retail space. Jake Reid and Ricky Jones of Franklin Street represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a mixed-use property located at 23 E. 17th St. in Manhattan’s Ladies’ Mile Historic District. The 10,998-square-foot property sold for $13.2 million, or $1,205 per square foot. Built in 1902, the six-story property consists of two ground-floor retail spaces, one second-floor commercial space and apartment units on the upper floors. Thomas Gammino Jr., John Ciraulo and Craig Waggner of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the transaction. The names of the buyer and seller were not released.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Trammell Crow Co. (TCC), in partnership with Clarion Partners, has broken ground on a 432,640-square-foot distribution center on a speculative basis at the KCI Intermodal Business Centre. LogisticsCentre IV will consist of light manufacturing, warehouse and distribution space situated on approximately 26 acres. According to Trammell Crow, demand for industrial space in the Kansas City metro area continues to be driven by a strong automotive manufacturing commitment from General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co., plus significant investments in rail intermodal facilities. The total cost of the development is projected to exceed $216 million. The project, which is slated for completion in March 2016, is located at the crossroads of I-29 and I-435.
NORTHBROOK, ILL. — Co-developers Morningside Group and Crossroads Development Partners have planned the pre-leasing of the luxury rental residences at NorthShore 770 for Aug. 1. The 347-unit luxury apartment community and 101,435-square-foot retail center features a Mariano’s grocery store at 770 Skokie Blvd. in Northbrook, 25 miles south of downtown Chicago. Other retailers and restaurants featured are Fuddruckers, Panera Bread, Kriser’s pet food, PNC Bank, and Chipotle. Renters at NorthShore 770 can choose from one-bedroom, one-bedroom plus study, two-bedroom and two-bedroom plus study plans measuring from 667 to 1,341 square feet. The building will also include 595 parking spaces for residents and their guests in a heated garage with a car wash and tire-fill station.
HAZELWOOD, MO. — Wiegmann Associates has begun construction of an $800,000 tenant build-out at Aviator Business Park in Hazelwood, 17 miles northwest of St. Louis. Project details include installing a mechanical system infrastructure for the 535,000-square-foot space at Lot #7 that will house Silgan Plastics’ St. Louis production facility, a Weekends Only storage warehouse, and a shell warehouse. Wiegmann is also installing the HVAC system for a 75,000 square-foot shell warehouse at Lot #3. Construction is scheduled for completion in December 2015. The general contractor is Kadean Construction Company. Aviator Business Park is a 155-acre development located one mile north of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on the site of the former Ford Hazelwood Assembly Plant. The business park houses commercial, industrial and warehousing tenants.
WEST DUNDEE, ILL. — The Opus Group has completed the expansion of a 44,000- square-foot industrial and office facility for King Shan LLC in West Dundee, approximately 45 miles northwest of Chicago. The project was an expansion of King Shan’s existing 35,000-square-foot facility, which Opus constructed in 2010. The expansion more than doubles the company’s industrial space with an additional 42,500 square feet of warehouse space and 1,500 square feet of office space. Other features of the building include a 24-foot clear height, three dock doors and a large conference area. Construction on the building began fall 2014. King Shan manufactures steel wire and metal fabrication products. The company employs about 700 people worldwide.
CHICAGO — Alter Asset Management (AAM) has been contracted to manage One11 West Illinois, a 99 percent leased Class A mixed-use office and retail building in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. The new owner, GLL Real Estate Partners GmbH, a Munich-based real estate fund management group, selected AAM as part of its acquisition of the property. One11 West Illinois is a 227,604-square-foot 10-story building anchored by the regional headquarters of salesforce.com, the global cloud-computing firm, which leases 77 percent of the leasable space. WeWork, a New York-based company that provides shared office space, is the second largest tenant. AAM is headquartered in Lombard, Ill., and maintains fully staffed offices in Chicago, Phoenix, and Atlanta.
