MISSION HILLS, CALF. — San Diego-based Location Matters has negotiated the $3.2 million sale of a single-tenant restaurant property located in the San Diego neighborhood of Mission Hills. Situated at 902 W. Washington St., the 2,505-square-foot building is occupied by contemporary American restaurant Harley Gray Kitchen & Bar, which has operated at the site for 12 years. Mike Spilky of Location Matters represented both the seller and the buyer in the transaction. The buyer plans to reposition the space with a new restaurant concept.
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IOWA, MINNESOTA AND NEBRASKA — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $41.6 million sale of the Yellow Brick Road Portfolio, a collection of 18 triple-net-leased early childhood development centers in Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska. Spencer Berkley, Mark Ruble, Chris Lind, Zack House, Jon Ruzicka and Adam Lewis of Marcus & Millichap represented the sellers, Ben Ditzer and Bob Carlson of Triple Net Capital, and procured the buyer, a Florida-based real estate investment trust. The portfolio included a range of lease structures and ownership entities. Two additional assets were sold separately to private buyers prior to the sale of the remaining 18 properties.
LOCKPORT, ILL. — RJW Logistics Group has signed a 512,265-square-foot industrial lease renewal at 14908 S. Gougar Road in Lockport. ML Realty Partners owns the property. Woodridge, Ill.-based RJW provides retail logistics solutions.
PONTIAC, ILL. — Cambridge Realty Capital has provided a $6.5 million HUD Section 241(a) loan to finance the new construction of a 20-bed memory care addition to The Pointe at Pontiac, an existing 60-bed supportive living facility in Pontiac. Supportive living is the Illinois version of Medicaid Waiver Assisted Living, whereby the state provides Medicaid funding to seniors 65 and older who would otherwise not have the financial resources necessary to reside in an assisted living facility. Loan proceeds will be used to fund the new construction addition and to complete improvements and repairs to the existing building. Zach Scardina of Cambridge originated the nonrecourse loan, which features a fixed interest rate and interest-only payments and converts upon construction completion to a fixed-rate, 35-year, fully amortizing permanent loan. The borrower was an Illinois-based limited liability company.
AUBURN HILLS, MICH. — Bernard Financial Group (BFG) has arranged a $3 million permanent loan for a 64,000-square-foot flex industrial property in Auburn Hills. David Ruff of BFG arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, K-S Group LLC. A life insurance company provided the loan.
PHILADELPHIA — Cronheim Hotel Capital, a division of New Jersey-based intermediary Cronheim Mortgage, has arranged a $28.5 million loan for the refinancing of the Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown hotel. The number of rooms was not disclosed. The hotel’s amenities include business and fitness centers, as well as meeting/event space and two onsite restaurants. The loan was structured with interest-only payments and a fixed interest rate. The direct lender and borrower were also not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Mandelbaum Barrett PC has renewed and expanded its office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The law firm now occupies 11,330 square feet across the entire 21st floor at 570 Lexington Avenue, a 450,622-square-foot building that was constructed in 1932. The landlord, The Feil Organization, was self-represented in the lease negotiations. The tenant representative was not disclosed.
UPPER MACUNGIE, PA. — Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) will open a $3.5 billion manufacturing facility in the Lehigh Valley community of Upper Macungie. The development will span about 925,000 square feet across multiple buildings and is expected to bring about 850 new jobs to the region. A construction timeline was not announced. Lilly is acquiring the property at 9802 Main St. in Upper Macungie from Jaindl Land Development for the project. According to local news outlet WFMZ, this property is known as Fogelsville Corporate Center and is undeveloped agricultural land. In addition to the 850 permanent jobs, development of the new facility is expected to create about 2,000 construction jobs. According to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, the state committed more than $100 million in incentives to land the project, including $50 million in tax credits. Lehigh Carbon Community College will receive additional state funding and feed Lilly’s talent pipeline by creating and expanding academic and workforce training programs in life sciences. “Lilly’s commitment to the Lehigh Valley and to Pennsylvania will bring billions of dollars of investment and hundreds of good-paying jobs, solidifying our position as a leader in the growing life sciences industry,” Shapiro said …
Raleigh-Durham’s Multifamily Market Is Normalizing Following Several Quarters of Softness
by John Nelson
The Raleigh-Durham region continues to be one of the premier pockets of growth in the Southeast, thanks to robust employment opportunities and a steady pipeline of renters graduating from area schools including Duke University, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University. Multifamily developers have been more than eager to help satiate the demand for housing in the area in recent years. According to Yardi Matrix, the Raleigh-Durham region had nearly 14,500 apartments deliver in 2024. The research platform also reported that approximately 8,600 more units came on line in the first three quarters of 2025, which represents a 4.2 percent growth rate compared to the market’s existing inventory. Like many of its peer markets in the Sun Belt, the Raleigh-Durham region is working its way through the excess supply, which is extending the lease-up period for newer properties. “For projects delivered in late 2023 into early 2024, absorption has slowed compared to historical norms,” says Lisa Narducci-Nix, director of business and property development at Drucker + Falk. Southeast Real Estate Business recently caught up with Narducci-Nix to discuss the health of the Raleigh-Durham apartment market, as well as larger operational trends. The following is an edited interview: …
LA PORTE, TEXAS — JLL has negotiated the sale of a 511-unit self-storage facility located in the southeastern Houston suburb of La Porte. Spencer Mini Storage comprises 11 single-story buildings that were built in the late 1990s. About 190 (37 percent) of the units are climate-controlled, and the property also offers 79 boat or RV surface parking spaces. Adam Roossien, Matthew Wheeler, Steve Mellon and Brian Somoza of JLL represented the seller, ExchangeRight, in the transaction. The buyer was a partnership between MyPlace Self-Storage and Nuveen Real Estate.