CHALFONT, PA. — An affiliate of local owner-operator Equus Capital Partners has sold a 52,622-square-foot surgical center in Chalfont, about 30 miles north of Philadelphia, for $12 million. The facility is located within New Britain Corporate Center and was fully leased at the time of sale to four tenants with a weighted average remaining lease term of 8.7 years. Doug Rodio, Jerome Kranzel and Bruer Kershner of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was Pruthi Properties.
NEW YORK CITY — Taft has signed a 16,563-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The law firm will occupy the entire 24th floor of 1155 Avenue of the Americas, a 42-story building located between 44th and 45th streets. Sheena Gohil, Andrew Urban and Jack Senske of Colliers represented Taft in the lease negotiations. Tom Bow, Rocco Romeo and Nora Caliban internally represented the landlord, The Durst Organization.
CHICAGO — First move-ins are expected to begin later this month or early September for The Bellwether, an office-to-residential conversion of the building at 79 W. Monroe in Chicago’s Loop. RMK Management Corp. has been hired to oversee leasing and property management for the 14-story, 117-unit community, which is currently 57 percent leased. Originally built in 1905, the property underwent a major expansion in 1924, serving as office space and a bank headquarters over the years. In 2025, R2 Cos. began redevelopment of the structure. The project marks the first office-to-residential conversion to be completed as part of the city’s LaSalle Street revitalization initiative, which provides private funding and tax-increment financing assistance for mixed-income residential projects and other neighborhood-oriented amenities in the corridor. The Bellwether features studio, one- and two-bedroom units measuring 425 to 1,178 square feet, with rents ranging from $1,996 to $4,887 per month. The property includes 41 Affordable Requirements Ordinance units. Amenities include a variety of remote workspaces on the 14th floor, a bar area, fitness center, two sauna rooms, a game room, dog spa and rooftop deck.
SOUTHFIELD, MICH. AND NEW YORK CITY — Southfield-based REDICO has launched InfraMed Properties, a healthcare infrastructure investment and operating platform formed in partnership with New York City-based One Orchard, a newly established real assets investment firm. InfraMed is structured to acquire, develop, own, lease and manage medical outpatient properties across the United States. InfraMed launches with a 25-asset portfolio across 16 states that are anchored by credit-backed tenants affiliated with health systems and specialty care providers. The platform is targeting more than $1 billion of investments capitalized through a combination of programmatic equity and debt financing from Fifth Third Bank. “InfraMed reflects REDICO’s conviction that medical outpatient buildings are a fundamentally stable class of real estate — one whose value will continue to grow as America’s aging population drives escalating demand for care. It is an opportunity for us to extend our expertise as an investor and owner of seniors housing communities into a complementary healthcare sector,” says Dale Watchowski, president and CEO of REDICO.
LOMBARD, ILL. — LSC Development LLC has completed a new self-storage facility at 665 W. North Ave. in the Chicago suburb of Lombard. The project is located at the intersection of North Avenue and I-355 and is six miles southwest of the Chicago O’Hare International Airport. The development is the adaptive reuse of a former Staples office building, which has been transformed into a five-story, fully climate-controlled self-storage facility. The property features 69,375 rentable square feet of self-storage space, 14,960 rentable square feet of parking and a gated vehicle storage area with 64 spaces for RVs, boats and other vehicles. The facility features secure keypad entry and camera surveillance. Groundwork LTD designed the project, while G.A. Johnson & Son served as the general contractor. Byline Bank provided construction financing. Extra Space Storage is managing the facility.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Commerce Bank of Kansas City and FNBO have opened at The Shops on Blue Parkway in Kansas City. Community Builders of Kansas City (CBKC) developed the 25-acre, 150,000-square-foot property, which is now 98 percent leased. Commerce Bank opened a nearly 4,000-square-foot, full-service branch featuring personal and commercial banking, in-person teller services, private banking offices and a drive-up ATM. FNBO opened a 1,650-square-foot, full-service banking center focused on relationship banking. The branch offers personal and business checking and savings accounts, mortgages, consumer and small business loans, investment and wealth management referrals, financial education, digital banking support and teller services. Additionally, the Kansas City Election Board (KCEB) extended its lease at the property. The organization opened its 20,000-square-foot headquarters space in September 2023. The new lease runs through 2037. KCEB offers in-person absentee voting, voter registration, poll worker training and election operations. These groups join 19 other tenants at The Shops, including KC Sun Fresh, Hibbett, T-Mobile and Wingstop. The center opened in 2005. The Shops are situated on a campus of CBKC properties, including a 69,200-square-foot office building that opened in 2001 and is fully leased as well as The Rochester, a 64-unit multifamily development that opened …
GREENWICH, CONN. AND ANNAPOLIS, MD. — Realterm and Starwood Property Trust (NYSE: STWD) have provided a $672 million loan for an industrial outdoor storage (IOS) portfolio spanning 33 markets. The 78-property portfolio, which is owned by affiliates of Atlanta-based Stonemont and New York City-based Cerberus Capital Management, stretches 830 acres. Stonemont and Cerberus will continue to own and operate the properties. The proceeds will refinance an existing $486 million mortgage, return a portion of the money to primary investors and fund closing costs. Eastdil Secured Savills arranged the transaction. Additional details of the deal, including the portfolio’s tenant information, were not disclosed. Top markets in the portfolio include: The IOS sites support fleet parking, equipment storage and other logistics activities. According to the press release, the loan is recognized as the largest financing deal of its kind in the IOS sector. “This financing marks a significant milestone for our credit platform and underscores our ability to execute sophisticated solutions that drive industry-making deals,” says Paul Sisson, head of credit at Realterm. “Borrowers are continuing to seek lenders with a deep understanding of the industrial real estate and logistics sectors.” Realterm acquires, develops, finances and manages differentiated real estate and infrastructure assets …
— By Austin McElroy of Colliers — Portland’s retail market is performing better than the headlines suggest. With vacancy sitting at 4.6 percent and triple-net rents averaging $24.45 per square foot — a 10 percent increase over just two years — the market reflects a quiet resilience built on selectivity rather than volume. The concepts and submarkets gaining traction share a common thread: they actively engage visitors, drawing people in and consistently driving repeat visits. Meanwhile, structural forces are reshaping the playing field. A suspension of the ground-floor retail mandate, a proposed vacancy tax, and a dramatic split in performance between suburban and urban submarkets are defining a leasing environment where quality of space matters more than quantity of options. Experience Outpaces Transactions The clearest trend reshaping Portland retail is the primacy of experience over pure transaction. Concepts that draw repeat visits, create community and deliver something beyond a simple purchase are generating foot traffic that traditional transactional retail cannot match. Nowhere is this more evident than at Bridgeport Village in Tualatin where the opening of a LEGO store drove a 19 percent year-over-year surge in foot traffic — a striking result for a single tenant addition. LaVerne’s Restaurant and Bar …
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — Core Spaces has broken ground on Hub College Station, a 2,201-bed student housing project near the Texas A&M University campus in College Station’s Northgate District. The project will include two seven-story buildings that will house 570 units in various configurations upon completion, which is planned ahead of the 2028-2029 academic year. Shared amenities are set to include a rooftop pool and hot tub; 14,000-square-foot wellness center with indoor and outdoor training tracks, an indoor half-court basketball court, yoga studios, putt-putt course, golf simulator and dedicated spa; study lounges with private study spaces and collaboration rooms; and indoor and outdoor social spaces. The development team for the project includes Treehouse Construction and Antunovich Associates. Pacific Life provided construction financing.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — New York City-based Dwight Capital has provided two HUD-insured loans totaling $95.5 million for the refinancing of a pair of garden-style apartment complexes in Corpus Christi. In the first deal, Dwight originated a $48.2 million loan for La Joya by Azali, a waterfront property that consists of 336 units across 14 buildings. In the second transaction, Dwight funded a $47.3 million loan for Azali Heights, which features 312 units across 13 buildings. The properties, which were built in 2015 and 2024, respectively, both offer one-, two- and three-bedroom units with private patios and balconies and amenities such as pools, business centers, fitness centers, dog parks and playgrounds. Proceeds from both loans were used to retire existing debt, fund property enhancements, cover closing costs and establish replacement reserve accounts for future capital improvements. Andrew Tichy of Dwight originated both loans through HUD’s 223(f) program. The borrower was Azali Homes.