FOREST PARK, OHIO — Brennan Investment Group has sold a 149,760-square-foot industrial facility in Forest Park, a suburb of Cincinnati. The Class A industrial facility is fully leased to National Bedding Co. (NBC) under a long-term net lease. The property, located at 1680 Carillon Blvd., was built for NBC in 2004. NBC uses the facility to assemble and distribute Serta mattresses. The acquisition also included additional land for future expansion of the building. Ted Staszak and Mike Caprile, of CBRE, represented Brennan in the transaction.
AKRON, OHIO — Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT II Inc. has acquired a 75,866 square foot grocery-anchored shopping center in Akron for $8 million. The REIT purchased the property from Garrison Central Harvest Plaza LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. Harvest Plaza is located at the intersection of Akron-Canton Road and E. Waterloo Road in the Ellet neighborhood on the southeast side of Akron. A Giant Eagle grocery store anchors the shopping center. Other tenants include Papa John’s, Subway and Super Cuts. The shopping center was fully occupied at the time of sale.
CLEVELAND — Westcore Proprieties has sold a historic, Class C office building in downtown Cleveland for $6 million to Millennia Cos., an apartment developer and property manager. The 11-story, 160,000-square-foot Garfield Building, a masonry and steel-frame building, is located at 1965 E. Sixth St., on the corner of Euclid Avenue and East Sixth Street. Originally built in 1893, the building is the former home of National City/ PNC Bank. Westcore Properties purchased the property in 2008. Millennia Cos. plans to develop the building into multifamily rental housing. Eliot Kijewski and Rico Pietro with CRESCO Real Estate, a member of the Cushman & Wakefield Alliance, represented Westcore Proprieties in the transaction. Allegro Reality represented Millennia Cos.
WESTERVILLE, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $10.75 million sale of a 99,380-square-foot Kohl’s department store in Westerville. The triple-net-leased asset is located off I-270 in a shopping plaza with an Office Max, a Marc’s discount drugstore and a grocery store. Other nearby retailers include Walmart, Kroger and Tuesday Morning. SPMC Urban Properties purchased the property in a 1031-tax-deferred exchange. Dean Zang of Marcus & Millichap’s Washington D.C. office and Craig Fuller of the firm’s Cleveland office represented the buyer. Zang, Fuller and Scott Wiles, of the firm’s Cleveland office, along with Erin Patton of the firm’s Columbus office, represented the seller, Garrison Central II LLC.
COLUMBUS — IKEA plans to open a 354,000-square-foot store in Columbus in the summer of 2017. The proposed store and its 1,200 parking spaces would be built on 33 acres at the Polaris Centers of Commerce development, approximately 15 miles north of downtown Columbus. The property is located at the northeastern corner of I-71 and Gemini Place. IKEA Columbus will feature nearly 10,000 exclusively designed items, 50 inspirational room-settings, three model home interiors, a supervised children’s play area and a 450-seat restaurant. During the construction phase, more than 500 jobs will be created and approximately 300 employees are expected to work at the new store once it opens.
TWINSBURG, OHIO — Developer Scannell Properties has selected Meridian Design Build to provide design-build construction services for a 303,888-square-foot package and sortation distribution center in Twinsburg. The new facility will be located at CornerStone Business Park, with access to I-480 and I-271. The building will include 99 loading docks, 236 interior van-loading positions, 509 exterior trailer stalls and 15,434 square feet of office/administrative space. Additional construction will include a freestanding 5,180-square-foot maintenance garage as well as a 3,135-square-foot gateway building, which will serve as a secure entry point into the facility. The architect is Precept Design LLC. Weber Engineering Services will serve as the civil engineer for the project.
PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP, OHIO — Equity Inc. will build a new 8,000-square-foot, freestanding medical office building in Prairie Township for Liberty Dialysis, an affiliate of Fresenius Medical Care. Construction on the new facility, located at 4500 W. Broad St., is scheduled to begin in April. Liberty Dialysis is an affiliated company of Fresenius Medical Care, developing, owning and operating dialysis clinics throughout the U.S. Fresenius Medical Care produces dialysis equipment and operates a network of more than 2,150 dialysis facilities in North America.
HILLIARD, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2.1 million sale of George’s Corner IV, a 4,749-square-foot retail property in Hilliard, approximately 13 miles northwest of Columbus. George’s Corner IV is located at 1840 Hilliard Rome Road. The two-tenant center features Visionworks, an eyewear retailer, and Tom + Chee, a Cincinnati-based specialty grilled-cheese restaurant. The center is a renovated former restaurant located on an outparcel to a Target center. A Memphis, Tenn.-based limited liability company purchased the property. John Reehil and Arthur Kaplan of Marcus & Millichap’s Columbus office represented the seller, a limited liability company.
URBANCREST, OHIO — Value Place, an extended-stay hotel brand, has opened a newly constructed hotel in Urbancrest, Ohio. Value Place partnered with VP Columbus LLC to open the new hotel. The hotel is located at 3205 Centerpoint Drive and is within 10 miles of Columbus. The four-story, 124-room hotel features laundry facilities, high-speed wireless Internet and modified kitchens. The opening of this hotel brings the brand’s hotel count in Ohio to 13, with locations in Dayton, Cincinnati and Cleveland.
CHICAGO — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged a $334.4 million Fannie Mae credit facility for Enlivant, a Chicago-based owner and operator of senior care facilities across the United States. The loan was arranged for 54 assisted living properties in 12 states including Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin. The new loan structure provides Enlivant with access to growth capital at attractive rates during the 10-year term. Key’s Healthcare Mortgage Banking Team was led by Carolyn Nazdin and Charlie Shoop and worked in conjunction with Fannie Mae to originate and close the loan in less than 60 days.