CHICAGO — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) has provided $34.3 million in construction and permanent financing through the HUD 221(d)(4) Mortgage Insurance program for the rehabilitation of six affordable housing communities on Chicago’s South Shore. The 6900 Crandon Apartments provides 151 units for elderly and disabled residents subsidized under a project-based Section 8 contract. The remaining five properties provide 126 units for families. Evergreen Real Estate Group is the sponsor. The communities are owned by a Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) partnership created by the Housing and Human Development Corp. (HHDC), a nonprofit public housing facility in Chicago. The project also received LIHTC and tax-exempt bond allocations from the Illinois Housing Development Authority. KeyBanc Capital Markets served as the sole manager and underwriter for the $55.1 million bonds. Improvements will include new cabinets, countertops, flooring, energy-efficient appliances and fixtures for resident units as well as elevator modernization, upgrades to mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, replacement of roofs and exterior repairs. HHDC serves as the owner-operator and will provide onsite social service coordinators. Leslie Meyers and Robbie Lynn of KeyBank CDLI structured the HUD financing, and Sam Adams of KeyBanc Capital Markets marketed the bonds.
BRISTOL, WIS. — Haribo of America Inc. has signed a full-building industrial lease for 447,216 square feet at Bristol Highlands Commerce Center East in Bristol, a city in Southeast Wisconsin. Chicago-based HSA Commercial Real Estate owns the 68-acre industrial park. The lease marks the largest industrial lease executed in the Southeast Wisconsin submarket last quarter, according to HSA. Haribo, a global manufacturer of gummi products, currently occupies the 157,656-square-foot Building 1 at Bristol Highlands Commerce Center East. The warehousing and distribution operations will move from Building 1 to Building 3 upon completion of the interior build-out in the second quarter. Completed in 2022, Building 3 features a clear height of 36 feet, 73 truck docks and ample employee parking. Once Haribo moves into Building 3, the company’s former space in Building 1 will be available for lease. Haribo also maintains a North American production plant two miles away in Pleasant Prairie. Whit Heitman and Sam Badger of CBRE represented Haribo in the lease. Jeff Hoffman of Cushman & Wakefield | Boerke, Eric Fischer of Cushman & Wakefield and Tim Thompson of HSA represented ownership.
BATH, PA. — San Francisco-based Prologis has acquired a 449,500-square-foot speculative warehouse in Bath, located north of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley. The building is located within the 40-acre Cubes at Lehigh Valley development and features a clear height of 40 feet, 42 dock-high doors, four grade-level doors, an ESFR sprinkler system and parking for 111 trailers and 237 cars. CRG, a development and investment firm with eight offices around the country, developed and sold the building, which was fully leased to Smart Warehousing at the time of sale.
WHITESTOWN, IND. — CBRE has brokered the $24.5 million sale of Park 130 at Whitestown Building 2, a 356,900-square-foot industrial building in the Indianapolis suburb of Whitestown. The property at 5828 Commerce Drive is triple net leased to Maxxis Tires, a global manufacturer of high-quality tires. Completed in 2019, the building is situated on nearly 22 acres within the larger Park 130 at Whitestown. The property features a clear height of 32 feet, 42 insulated dock doors and two drive-in doors. Kevin Foley, Anthony DeLorenzo, Andrew Morris and Jeremy Woods of CBRE Investment Properties represented the private seller. A private, high-net-worth buyer purchased the asset at a cap rate of 5.6 percent.
BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — Bridge Industrial has acquired a 22-acre site in Bolingbrook within the I-55 submarket. The developer plans to build Bridge Point I-55 Commerce Center, a two-building speculative industrial project totaling 292,011 square feet. Bridge acquired the site from Chicagoland-based Orange Crush LLC, which previously used the facility as an asphalt crushing and transloading facility. Construction is scheduled to begin in the second quarter with completion slated for mid-2025. Dan Leahy of NAI Hiffman represented Bridge in the sale and will serve as the leasing agent for the development.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged a $33 million loan for the refinancing of 111 West 19th Street, an eight-story, 189,731-square-foot office and retail building in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. The building was originally constructed in 1901 and comprises eight suites, according to StreetEasy.com. Aaron Niedermayer of JLL arranged the financing through Citigroup Inc. on behalf of the borrower, locally based investment firm The Kaufman Organization.
NEW YORK CITY — Lee & Associates has negotiated the $18.2 million sale of the Clock Tower Building, a 20,000-square-foot historic bank hall located at 46 Lafayette St. in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. Peter Braus, Brad Schwarz and Cory Gahr of Lee & Associates represented the seller, locally based investment firm Elad Group, in the transaction. Anne-Brigitte Sirois from ART STATE LLC represented the buyer, Jack Shainman Gallery, which plans to new art exhibition venue at the property.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Biotechnology firm Eikon Therapeutics has signed a 36,284-square-foot office lease at 3 Second Street, an 18-story, 600,000-square-foot building in Jersey City. The building boasts a redesigned lobby with concierge services, tenant lounge and multiple onsite dining options. David DeMatteis, Robert Rudin, Mina Shehata and Dirk Hrobsky of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, funds managed by Ares Management, in the lease negotiations. Bill Hartman and James Gale of CBRE represented Eikon Therapeutics.
By Taylor Williams The Houston industrial market has generally performed quite well over the past few years, even as a global pandemic, record inflation and hard-hitting interest rate hikes have rocked the commercial real estate industry as a whole. Demand for industrial space has held firm due to rebounding energy prices and expansions in infrastructure and traffic at Port Houston, as well as organic population growth and economic diversification that has elevated the market’s role as a distribution hub. According to data from CBRE, the market has a 6 percent vacancy rate and posted 5.1 million square feet of positive net absorption through the first three quarters of 2023. The volume of new construction was on track to outpace absorption in 2023 when the report was released. But that was not the case in 2021 and 2022, years in which net absorption equaled and exceeded 7 million square feet, respectively. New deliveries totaled approximately 5.6 million and 5.4 million square feet in each of those years, driven not only by the aforementioned factors but also by a temporary uptick in demand for e-commerce services in the wake of the pandemic. In any market or asset class, when absorption exceeds supply …
SURPRISE, ARIZ. — A joint venture between GTIS Partners and Clyde Capital has released plans for Asante Trails, a $250 million mixed-use project in Surprise, a suburb of Phoenix. The development will feature a build-to-rent community, retail space and a medical facility, all of which will be built across 90 acres of land. In conjunction with the land acquisition, GTIS and Clyde sold 20 acres within the project site to HonorHealth, one of Arizona’s largest hospital systems, to develop the medical facility. Additionally, 45 acres will be allocated to a joint venture between Clyde and Simon CRE for the development of a multi-phase retail center. GTIS will retain the 25-acre balance of the site for build-to-rent homes. GTIS and Clyde initially pursued the property in April 2021 and took the project through a rezoning and site planning approval process as they secured entitlements. The site is 40 miles northwest of downtown Phoenix, located along North 163rd Avenue and bound by U.S. Highway 60 and Pat Tillman Boulevard. It is directly across from a 175,000-square-foot retail center and is about one mile from a Loop 303 interchange, providing convenient access to the 303 industrial corridor. “We are excited about delivering more …