CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Nauset Construction is underway on a 38-unit multifamily project in Cambridge. The project is a three-story vertical addition to the Crimson Galeria building in Harvard Square. The owner of the building, Crimson Galeria LP, originally planned to construct office space atop the existing structure but pivoted to residential during the pandemic, receiving a special permit from the city in the process. NELSON Worldwide is the architect for the project, which will feature studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, with roughly 20 percent of the residences designated as affordable. Ownership recently added two new tenants to the roster of retailers, which includes Shake Shack, Maharaja, Veggie Grill, Menya Jiro and Core Power Yoga. Delivery is slated for late 2025.
KENILWORTH, N.J. — Sporting equipment retailer Pure Hockey has signed a retail lease to open an 11,340-square-foot store in the Central New Jersey community of Kenilworth. The tenant, which operates about 60 stores nationwide, has backfilled and converted a space formerly occupied by a laundromat/dry cleaner. Marc Palestina and Chuck Lanyard of The Goldstein Group represented the landlord, an entity doing business as Kenilworth 2480 Route 22 LLC, in the lease negotiations. Dean Tselepis of Newmark represented the tenant.
FRANKLIN, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has brokered the sale of a 4,232-square-foot office building in the Central New Jersey community of Franklin. The building at 195 N. Church Road houses four suites, basement storage space and onsite parking. Joseph Vindigni of NAI Hanson represented both the seller, LSC Properties LLC, and the buyer, an entity doing business as 195 N Church LLC, in the transaction.
SHAWNEE, KAN. — Standard Motor Products has leased Building II at Hunt Midwest’s Heartland Logistics Park in Shawnee. The global manufacturer and distributor of premium automotive parts will relocate from Edwardsville, Kan., to the 574,732-square-foot facility. The new space provides the tenant with 200,000 more square feet than its current footprint. The 113-acre Heartland Logistics Park will support more than 1 million square feet of industrial space. Plans call for a third building totaling 846,450 square feet and a fourth building spanning 187,200 square feet. The project team for Building II included Renaissance Infrastructure Consulting for civil engineering, Finkle + Williams Architecture for building design and Brinkmann Constructors as the general contractor. Louis Pascuzzi and Mark Long of Newmark Zimmer represented Standard Motor Products in the lease. Ed Elder and John Stafford of Colliers are handling leasing of the park.
PARK HILLS, MO. — An affiliate of Phoenix Investors has acquired a 515,913-square-foot industrial facility at 1000 Taylor Ave. in Park Hills, about 65 miles south of St. Louis. The property was constructed in 1976 and received additions and upgrades in 2018. The building features 18 docks, 16 overhead drive-in doors and clear heights up to 40 feet. The facility was formerly inhabited by PGP Glass USA Inc. (PGP) and owned by Piramal Glass, an Indian company owned by Blackstone Capital. Once the city’s largest employer, PGP closed in March 2022. The purchase price was undisclosed.
AURORA, ILL. — Meridian Design Build has completed construction of a 392,973-square-foot speculative industrial project on behalf of developer Logistics Property Co. in Aurora. The building features a clear height of 36 feet, 56 loading docks, two drive-in doors, 403 auto parking stalls and 26 exterior trailer parking stalls. An undisclosed tenant leased the entire building prior to completion. NAI Hiffman marketed the building for lease. The project team included Partners in Design Architects and civil engineer Webster McGrath & Ahlberg.
WAUKESHA, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $14.9 million sale of a 112,010-square-foot shopping center in Waukesha, a western suburb of Milwaukee. Sendek’s Grocery Store anchors the property, which is also home to Walgreens, McDonald’s and Cost Cutters. Austin Weisenbeck and Sean Sharko of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. The team also procured and represented the buyer, a Michigan-based limited liability company.
CHICAGO — Maverick Commercial Mortgage Inc. has arranged a first mortgage loan totaling $7.5 million for a multi-tenant industrial building located at 1120 E. 89th St. in Chicago. The property is fully leased to two tenants, Chicago Transit Authority and SCR Transportation. The borrower was 1788 Holdings LLC, a Maryland-based real estate investment firm specializing in purchasing and repositioning older light industrial properties and industrial outdoor storage properties. A regional bank provided the five-year loan, which will be swapped at closing to provide a competitive five-year, fixed-rate loan. A portion of the loan proceeds will be used for capital improvements to the property post-closing.
INGLEWOOD, CALIF. — Lee & Associates has arranged the sale of the Wingate by Wyndham Hotel located at 10300 La Cienega Blvd. in Inglewood, near Los Angeles International Airport. A family trust, which owned the hotel for 23 years, sold the asset to Irvine-based Greens Inc. for $23.7 million, or $159,932 per room. Although the number of rooms was not disclosed, the price per key equates to approximately 148 guest rooms. Matt Orville, Marshal Vogt and Jaimeson Hearne of Lee & Associates Orange, along with a referral from Vanessa Herzog of Lee & Associates Pacific Northwest, represented the seller in the deal.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — MCA Realty has completed the disposition of Northport Business Center, a six-building industrial park in North Las Vegas, to Rising Realty Partners for $23 million. MCA Realty originally acquired the business park in September 2021 and spend approximately $2 million in capital improvements, converting functionally obsolete office space to warehouse space. Located at 3825-2985 Cheyene Ave., Northport Business Center offers 127,132 square feet of industrial space. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to a variety of tenants. The industrial park was built in 2000. Dan Doherty, Jerry Doty and Chase Pavlov of Colliers represented MCA Realty and the buyer in the transaction. Northport Business Center is the fourth property sold within the MCA Realty Industrial Growth Fund.