CINCINNATI — Chicago-based fitness franchise The Barre Code is set to open a new location at 615 Main St. in downtown Cincinnati early next year. The new 2,250-square-foot location will include a studio room and changing rooms with fully stocked vanity areas. Megan Fair of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease transaction. CBRE’s project management team is also facilitating a buildout at the location.
CINCINNATI — Development firm City Club Apartments LLC has broken ground on a luxury apartment project in Cincinnati. City Club Apartments will consist of 294 units and 45,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and office space. Construction on the building is slated for completion by the end of next year. The historic 11-story, 300,000-square-foot building was originally built in 1928 as an annex to the PNC Tower. Amenities at City Club Apartments will include a rooftop dog park, concierge, demonstration kitchen, indoor/outdoor pool with hot tub, grilling stations, a Zen garden, fire pit, fitness center, conference and business center, bike storage and 330 valet parking spaces. Unit amenities will include granite countertops, island kitchens, custom closets, hardwood and ceramic floors, and 10- to 18-foot ceilings. The building will offer over 50 distinct floor plans with units ranging from 400 to 1,500 square feet. Unit configurations include studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, three-bedroom, two-level and penthouse apartments. Brinkmann Constructors is the general contractor for the project, and Village Green will manage the property. US Bank provided financing for the development.
WESTLAKE, OHIO — New York Life Real Estate Investors has provided a $48 million refinancing loan for The Promenade at Crocker Park in Westlake, approximately 15 miles southwest of Cleveland. The Promenade at Crocker Park is a 276,000-square-foot, Class A retail property. The shopping center features over 95 tenants including Apple, Trader Joe’s, DSW Shoe Warehouse and Dick’s Sporting Goods. The borrower, Stark Enterprises, is the original developer and has owned and managed the property since 1993. The fixed-rate loan features a 15-year term.
COLUMBUS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 16-unit apartment property in Columbus for $1.2 million. Moreland Drive Apartments, located at 4831-4873 W. Moreland Drive, is comprised entirely of two-bedroom/1.5-bathroom townhomes. Units feature private patios, eat-in kitchens, full basements and washer and dryer connections. Both the buyer and the seller in the transaction were undisclosed limited liability companies. Jordan Marshall, Richard Lattro, Michael Barron, Dan Burkons and Josh Wintermute of Marcus & Millichap listed the property on behalf of the seller and procured the buyer.
CHICAGO AND CINCINNATI — New York Life Real Estate Investors has provided a $120 million mortgage loan secured by a 15-property industrial portfolio. The Class A buildings, which total 3.3 million square feet, are located in the Chicago, Cincinnati and Memphis metro areas. An affiliate of Industrial Property Trust Inc. is the borrower that received the eight-year, fixed-rate loan.
STOW, OHIO — The Cooper Commercial Investment Group has negotiated the sale of a 53,191-square-foot retail property in Stow, approximately 35 miles south of Cleveland, for $4 million. Oregon Trails is shadow anchored by Discount DrugMart and was roughly 70 percent occupied at the time of sale. Tenants at the property, which was built in 1988, include Fifth Third Bank, Wing Warehouse, H&R Block, Subway, Edward Jones, Hallmark, Kirbie’s Meats, All About Dance, Sweet Frog Frozen Yogurt and Great Harvest Bread Co. The seller was a California-based private investor, and the undisclosed buyer was also California based. Bob Havasi and Dan Cooper of Cooper Commercial represented the seller in the transaction.
SYLVANIA, OHIO — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has arranged the sale of Timberstone Center, a 35,347-square-foot retail property in Sylvania, approximately 15 miles west of Toledo, for an undisclosed price. CSFB 2004-C5 Sylvania Avenue LLC sold the center through Ten-X.com to Parviz Benhuri. Timberstone Center, situated on 6.8 acres at 7561-7633 W. Sylvania Ave., is shadow-anchored by Kroger. Other tenants include Hallmark, Pizza Hut, Subway and Weight Watchers. Rich Deptula of Friedman represented both parties in the transaction.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Lancaster Pollard has arranged both the sale of, and acquisition financing for, Columbus West Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, a 100-bed skilled nursing facility in Columbus’ Westgate neighborhood. In the sale transaction, Chad Elliott and Steve Kennedy represented the seller, a family that has owned the property since 1992. The MacIntosh Company purchased the facility for an undisclosed price, expanding the company’s Central Ohio seniors housing portfolio to six communities. Columbus West Park was built in 1984, and the sale included excess land for potential future expansion. In the financing transaction, Chris Mauger and Brendan Healy arranged a balance-sheet loan to fund the acquisition. The financing was structured as a bridge-to-HUD loan.
CINCINNATI — CBRE Group Inc. has arranged an office lease renewal and expansion for Blue & Co., an independent accounting and advisory firm. The company, which will continue to occupy space on the first floor of the Sawyer Point Building, signed a lease for 5,359 additional square feet on the second floor, doubling its space. The Sawyer Point Building is a four-story, 185,000-square-foot office building located at 720 E. Pete Rose Way. Chuck Male of CBRE represented the tenant in the transaction. John Eckert and Travis Likes of CBRE represented the landlord.
DAYTON, OHIO — Industrial Realty Group has purchased a 224,400-square-foot industrial building in Dayton for an undisclosed price. The facility is located on 15.4 acres at 678 Yellow Spring Fairfield Road. Industrial Realty Group will manage the property and oversee the lease of the remaining space in the multi-tenant building. Doug Whitten and Matthew Arnovitz of CBRE represented the seller, Transcontinental Ohio Inc. in the transaction.
