Mixed-Use

CHICAGO — Maverick Commercial Mortgage Inc. has arranged $75.5 million in first mortgage debt and mezzanine financing for a mixed-use project located at 1400-1460 North Halsted in Chicago. A limited liability company sponsored by Structured Development was the borrower. In 2007, Structured Development developed the project, which encompasses an entire city block in the Clybourn Corridor. The project includes educational, retail, medical office and parking uses within the development. The project is 94 percent occupied with a variety of tenants including British Schools of Chicago, Advocate Health Centers, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Diamond Headache Center, Town & Country Pediatrics, Pine Dental and REI. Deutsche Bank and Prime Finance provided the financing. The five-year, fixed-rate loan and additional capital allowed for Structured Development to refinance and recapitalize the project and buy out the former equity partner in the transaction. New York-based Kaye Scholer represented Deutsche Bank and Prime Finance in the transaction. Attorneys from Kaye Scholer included Aaron Lehrfield, Jeannie Bionda, Michael Dougherty and Christine O’Connell. Kathryn K. Arnold of Shefsky & Froelich represented the borrowers. Mid-America Real Estate Corp handles the leasing and management for Structured Development.

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CHICAGO — A limited liability company, sponsored by Structured Development, has secured a $75 million loan for a Chicago mixed-use property located at 1400-1460 N. Halsted St. Benjamin Kadish of Maverick Commercial Mortgage Inc. arranged the first mortgage debt and mezzanine financing through Deutsche Bank and Prime Finance. Structured Development completed the property in 2007, which includes educational, retail and medical office components. The property is 94 percent occupied and tenants include British Schools of Chicago, Advocate Health Centers and Diamond Headache Center. The five-year, fixed-rate loan and additional capital will allow the borrower to refinance and recapitalize the property, and buy out the former equity partner in the transaction.

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WEST HARTFORD, CONN. — Starwood Capital Group has acquired Blue Black Square in West Hartford for a reported $105 million, according to GlobeSt.com. The mixed-use property contains 460,000 square feet of office, medical, retail and apartment space, and is 96 percent leased. The retail component includes tenants such as Crate & Barrel, Cheesecake Factory and Branes & Noble. A partnership between Ronus Properties LLC, Street-Works LLC and JDA Development was the seller. The companies developed the center in 2008.

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BOSTON — Millennium Partners has selected Cushman & Wakefield to lease the retail section of the $630 million Millennium Tower/Burnham Building project in Boston, which is slated to break ground next month. Located in Boston's Downtown Crossing at the site of a former Filene's Basement store, the project consists of the 1912 Burnham Building and a mixed-use tower that will rise 625 feet. Cushman & Wakefield will serve as retail leasing agent for approximately 182,000 square feet of the 1.4 million-square-foot development. Gene Spiegelman, Kazuko Morgan and Emily Ou will lead the Cushman & Wakefield team representing Millennium Partners. Tenant occupancy in the Burnham Building, a retail and office building that Millennium will restore, is slated for September 2014. Occupancy is expected in June 2015 in Millennium Tower.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Construction is set to begin on the $26 million Chatham-Arch, a mixed-use development in Indianapolis this summer. Milhaus Development has received design approval and site rezoning from the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission to redevelop the former Mitchel & Scott Machine Co. site into the Chatham-Arch historic district. The development will include 236 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments in five buildings and office space. The apartments will include one parking space per unit and will rent between $900 and $2,000 per month. Apartments will become available in the spring of 2014. The project’s design was the result of a collaboration by Milhaus, Blackline Studio for Architecture, Anderson + Bohlander Landscape Architecture and CEC Engineering. Construction will be managed by Milhaus Construction LLC and leasing will be handled by The Gene B. Glick Co.

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NEW YORK CITY — Massey Knakal Realty Services has arranged the sale a development site located at 49 Bond St. in Brooklyn for $70 million. The property includes more than an acre of land at 49,942 square feet. The site is zoned for commercial, residential or community facility use and can potentially be home to a mixed-use development project that includes retail and residential space. TF Cornerstone purchased the property. Stephen Palmese and Robert Knakal brokered the sale.

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SAVANNAH, GA. — Choate Construction has been selected to build One West Victory, a 124,000-square-foot, $18 million mixed-use development in Savannah. The project will feature 114 apartments targeting students and a four-level parking deck. Crews will also reposition two historic buildings, formerly occupied by Savannah Ice Co., to include a restaurant with a rooftop space, a fitness center, leasing office, study hall and student lounge. Jamestown Properties is the project developer and Onsite Civil Group is the civil engineer. HKS Inc. will design the apartments; Tim Haahs will design the parking deck; and Gunn, Meyerhoff, Shay will design the renovation of the Savannah Ice buildings. Construction will begin in late May, with completion scheduled for summer 2014.

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TERRE HAUTE, IND. — Indiana State University (ISU) has announced plans to expand student housing options and create new retail space in downtown Terre Haute. Thompson Thrift Development will construct a multi-story building at 500 Wabash Ave., which will include three floors of student housing and ground-floor retail, and retain ownership of it. According to the Tribune-Star, the project is estimated to cost $17.5 million. Diann McKee, vice president for business affairs and finance for ISU, will present a 30-year lease agreement to Indiana State's board of trustees on May 3 that will give the university control over the student housing portion of the building, which will include an estimated 228 beds. The project is expected to be complete in fall 2015.

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NEW YORK CITY — Construction on the new $41 million Triangle Plaza, a mixed-use project in the Melrose neighborhood of the South Bronx, is underway. The project consists of two buildings totaling 187,000 square feet and will include space for restaurants, a grocery store, a charter school, a community health clinic, a plaza and a nonprofit office for Legal Services of NY. The development, which is located at the intersection of 149th Street and Third, Melrose and Willis avenues is expected to be complete by early 2014. Triangle Equities is the owner. KZA Realty Group is the broker for the 25,000 square feet of Class A Office space.

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LOMBARD, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 12,440-square-foot mixed-use property located in Lombard, about 20 miles west of Chicago, for $850,000. The buyer, a local property investor, was secured and represented by James Clough of Marcus & Millichap. Brian Kochendorfer of Sperry Van Ness represented the seller, a family partnership that developed the property. The asset is located at 145 S. Main St. and includes 23 units. The property consists of two buildings: the front building has four commercial units, eight studio apartments, and eight one-bedroom units; the rear building is a converted house with two one-bedroom units and one two-bedroom unit.

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