FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Holt Lunsford Commercial has negotiated a 25,400-square-foot industrial lease renewal in Fort Worth. The tenant, The Rios Group, which provides utilities engineering and consulting services, will remain a tenant at the 32-building, 1.4 million-square-foot Riverbend Business Park. Grayson Fleitz and George Jennings of Holt Lunsford represented the landlord, Riverbend Properties, in the lease negotiations. The tenant was self-represented.
MANSFIELD, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm STRIVE has arranged the sale of Village at Broad II, a 17,112-square-foot retail strip center in Mansfield, a southern suburb of Fort Worth. The center was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as The Mill breakfast restaurant, TeaLatte Bar, SugaringNYC and fitness concept F45 Training. Hudson Lambert of STRIVE represented the locally based seller and procured the Nebraska-based buyer in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity.
HOPEWELL, N.J. — BeiGene, a global biotech firm that develops cancer medicines, has opened a 400,000-square-foot life sciences facility in Hopewell, a suburb of Trenton. The manufacturing and research facility is situated on a 42-acre site within the Princeton West Innovation Campus that was previously home to pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb. Lincoln Equities Group owns Princeton West Innovation Campus. Philadelphia-based architecture firm Meyer designed the project, and other partners included Integrated Project Services, Mainstay Engineering Group, Van Note-Harvey Associates and DPR Construction. The project was announced in late 2021, and construction topped out in spring 2023.
WICHITA, KAN. — General contractor partners JE Dunn and Hutton have broken ground on the Wichita Biomedical Campus (WBC), a $172.5 million project rising eight stories and totaling 350,000 square feet in Wichita. The development marks a partnership among Wichita State University (WSU), The University of Kansas (KU) and WSU Tech. The consortium of schools enlisted the design team of Kansas City-based Helix Architecture + Design and Los Angeles-based CO Architects for the interdisciplinary healthcare education destination that will combine several programs into one location. WSU’s College of Health Professions and Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, WSU Tech’s nursing and surgical tech programs and the Wichita campuses of KU School of Medicine and KU School of Pharmacy will collocate at the new campus. Completion of the WBC is slated for 2026. A street-facing, three-story pavilion will house three 80-seat classrooms and will easily convert into an events venue. A portion of the pavilion’s roof will be an outdoor terrace. Inside, shared learning spaces will include advanced laboratories and simulation rooms for hands-on training. The building is designed to accommodate approximately 3,000 students and 200 faculty and staff. The project team also includes mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineer Henderson Engineers, structural engineer KPFF, civil …
ST. LOUIS PARK, MINN. — Thorofare Capital, an affiliate of asset management platform Callodine Group LLC, has provided a $42.9 million bridge loan to refinance Risor of St. Louis Park, a 170-unit active adult community in the Minneapolis suburb of St. Louis Park. The borrower, Roers Cos., will use the financing primarily to retire an existing construction loan on the Class A property at 3510 Beltline Blvd. Completed in November 2023, the community is 78 percent leased. The six-story building features an interior courtyard and 4,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities include a coffee bar, golf simulator, pet wash, fitness center, movie theater, library lounge, clubroom, pool, spa and pickleball court. Scott Loving, William Hintz, Scott Streiff and Gary Marchiori of JLL arranged the loan.
CHICAGO — Westmount Realty Capital has acquired a nine-building industrial portfolio in metro Chicago for an undisclosed price. Called the Chicago Shallow-Bay portfolio, the buildings total 390,781 square feet and are located in four submarkets. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 91 percent leased to 37 tenants spanning 28 industries, including office, medical and automotive suppliers, and home restoration. Kurt Sarbaugh and Sean Devaney of JLL represented the seller, Unilev Capital and its partner, a Palladius Capital Management affiliate, Mandalay Industrial. Jeff Sause and Brian Walsh of JLL supported financing for the transaction.
ROSEMONT, ILL. — Nicholas & Associates is nearing completion of its new $34.5 million indoor ice arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont. With precast concrete up and joists and roof decking installed, the building’s shell is 95 percent finished. Construction is on track for an August 2025 opening. Located on 3 acres north of Allstate Arena, the 103,000-square-foot arena will offer ice time for youth hockey groups and figure skating, evening ice time for adult hockey leagues and exclusive daytime use by the Chicago Wolves professional hockey team, which currently practices in Hoffman Estates and plays games at Allstate Arena. Designed by architectural firm ARCON Associates Inc., the project will feature a family-friendly mezzanine-level restaurant, bar with viewing area overlooking both rinks, grab-and-go concept and a physical therapy clinic and gym. The arena will be operated by the Nicholas Family of Cos.’ Spectate Group, which also manages Nicholas Sportsplex, an indoor-outdoor sports complex in Mount Prospect. Spectate Group will pay the Village of Rosemont an annual licensing fee to operate and manage the year-round facility. Under the agreement, both parties will be able to sell naming rights and sponsorships inside and outside the building.
COON RAPIDS, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $7.3 million sale of Crest Oak Apartments in Coon Rapids, a northern suburb of Minneapolis. The 60-unit multifamily property, built in 1972, features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans across 47,150 rentable square feet. Abe Roberts and Michael Jacobs of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, which was disposing of a four-building portfolio. The asset sold to a 1031 exchange buyer.
BREWSTER, N.Y. — Lesser Evil, a Connecticut-based provider of healthy snacks, has signed a 303,100-square-foot industrial lease in Brewster, about 60 miles northeast of New York City. The space is located within Lincoln Logistics 84×684 Crossings, a 921,000-square-foot development that features a clear height of 40 feet, 56 dock doors and parking for 252 cars and 19 trailers. Adam Petrillo, Art Ross, Bradley Soules and Jack Chatwin of Newmark represented the landlord, Lincoln Equities Group, in the lease negotiations.
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has brokered the $33.5 million sale of an 8.8-acre industrial outdoor storage (IOS) site in South Plainfield, about 35 miles southwest of New York City. The site at 115 St. Nicholas Ave./115 Skyline Drive is located just off Exit 5 on I-287. Scott Perkins, Christopher Todd and William Ericksen of NAI Hanson represented the buyer, a partnership between Boston-based investment firm Oliver Street Capital and Bain Capital Real Estate, in the transaction. The seller was Trans American Trucking Services. Jon Mikula, Jim Cadranell, John Cumming and Christian Badalamenti of JLL arranged $22.3 million in acquisition financing for the deal through Byline Bank.