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Colliers Arranges Sale of Former Experian Headquarters Building in Schaumburg, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

SCHAUMBURG, ILL. — Colliers has arranged the sale of a 178,000-square-foot office building in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg for an undisclosed price. The vacant building at 955 American Lane formerly served as Experian’s regional headquarters. Experian vacated the property in August of this year. Built in 1999, the four-story property features a shared parking deck, conference center, training room, cafeteria, fitness center, outdoor volleyball court and walking path around Woodfield Lake. The building is situated just west of Woodfield Mall and is divisible for up to seven tenants. Alissa Adler and John Homsher of Colliers represented the seller, Orion Schaumburg LLC. A private investor purchased the asset. Jon Connor and Steve Kling of Colliers also assisted with the transaction.

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Insurance Provider Argo Group Signs New Office Lease at Marshall Field Building in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — Specialty insurance provider Argo Group has signed a new long-term lease at 24 E. Washington St., also known as the Marshall Field & Co. building, in Chicago. Argo’s lease is for roughly 20,500 square feet on the ninth floor. The company plans to begin operating out of its new office in early 2024. In 2021, owner Brookfield Properties completed a major restoration of the historic building, which has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978. Built in the early 1900s, the building served as the flagship location of the Marshall Field department store. The property rises seven stories and totals 636,000 square feet. This year, Ferraro North America, Olam International and Spot Logistics also signed leases at the property. Jeff Miller and Corey Siegrist of JLL represented Argo in its lease, while Jack O’Brien and JD Parcheta of The Telos Group represented Brookfield.

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Thinnes Transport Renews 91,267 SF Industrial Lease in Crystal Lake, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

CRYSTAL LAKE, ILL. — Thinnes Transport Inc. has renewed its 91,267-square-foot industrial lease at 450 Congress Parkway in the Chicago suburb of Crystal Lake. John Joyce, Kenneth Franzese and John Cassidy of Lee & Associates represented the tenant, which is a family-owned freight transportation and logistics company. Dan Jones of Entre Commercial Realty represented the landlord, STAG Industrial Holdings.

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Venture One Acquires Three-Building Industrial Portfolio in Bensenville, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

BENSENVILLE, ILL. — Venture One Real Estate, through its acquisition fund VK Industrial VI LP, has acquired a three-building industrial portfolio totaling 88,741 square feet in the Chicago suburb of Bensenville. The purchase price was undisclosed. The properties, all located on County Line Road, were constructed in 1991. The buildings are demised into 10 units, each of which is equipped with a dock, drive-in door and office space. Eric Fischer and Jackson Elder of Cushman & Wakefield represented Venture One. Seller information was not provided. VK Industrial VI is co-sponsored by Venture One and Kovitz Investment Group.

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Ariel Property Advisors Negotiates $5.2M Sale of Bronx Warehouse

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has negotiated the $5.2 million sale of a 27,000-square-foot warehouse located in the Mount Eden area of The Bronx that was originally built in 1920, according to propertyshark.com. The site at 1419 Inwood Ave. can support up to 87,000 square feet of development. Jason Gold and Daniel Mahfar of Ariel represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was also not disclosed.

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Enjoy Pure Food + Drink to Open at Lenexa City Center in Kansas

by Kristin Harlow

LENEXA, KAN. — Enjoy Pure Food + Drink has signed a lease to open at Restaurant Row in Lenexa City Center. The 4,000-square-foot space will serve as the restaurant’s second location and is slated to open in fall 2024. Enjoy Pure Food + Drink is a health-forward restaurant offering breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as organic cold-pressed juices, smoothies, clean cocktails and a gluten-free and vegan bakery. John Nolan of Crossroads Real Estate Group represented the tenant, while Erin Johnston of Copaken Brooks represented ownership on an internal basis. Future phases of Restaurant Row call for an additional 10,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and 50,000 square feet of office space.

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Blackbird Doughnuts, Chip City Open Stores at Arsenal Yards in Metro Boston

by Taylor Williams

WATERTOWN, MASS. — A pair of confectionaries, Blackbird Doughnuts and cookie maker Chip City, have opened stores at Arsenal Yards, a mixed-use development located in the western Boston suburb of Watertown. Grand opening celebrations for both stores took place last weekend. A partnership between Wilder Cos. and Boylston Properties owns Arsenal Yards.

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Thrive Living to Transform Industrial Site in Los Angeles into 376-Unit Mixed-Income Apartment Community

by Jeff Shaw

LOS ANGELES — Thrive Living, with the financial support of JPMorgan Chase, has announced plans to redevelop a former industrial storage facility into an affordable and workforce housing community at 1457 N. Main St. north of downtown Los Angeles. Completion is slated for December 2024. The six-story multifamily complex will feature 376 apartments for low- and moderate-income residents earning up to 80 percent of the area median income and individuals utilizing the Housing Choice Voucher program.  On-site community amenities will include a landscaped roof deck, barbecue and dining area with seating, a gym, recreation room, package delivery room and business center. The property is located near public transportation and will offer parking below the building with electric vehicle charging stations. JPMorgan Chase, through its Workforce Housing Solutions group (formerly Capital Solutions), is providing a $68.5 million construction loan to Thrive Living for the project. This is JPMorgan Chase’s first construction loan to a 100 percent rent- and income-restricted multifamily community. Thrive already secured entitlements for the site. The project aligns with Thrive’s mission to acquire and redevelop strategically located sites in urban markets that are experiencing significant housing affordability gaps. Like other Thrive communities, the project is privately financed without the …

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Building Sustainable Communities: Three Models for Equitable Development

by Kristin Harlow

By J. Byron Brazier Equitable development is a knotty concept. In theory, development equity sounds easy and essential. In practice, it’s not clearly defined and not easily sustainable — economically, socially or politically.  Equitable development is generally seen as an approach that revitalizes and empowers disinvested communities by meeting residents’ wants and needs, diminishing disparities and spurring economic growth, ensuring residents benefit from such growth and creating conditions for people to live healthy and happy lives. That definition is accurate but incomplete. Equitable development has multiple meanings, some less intuitive than others.  Chicago lawyer Danielle Meltzer Cassel says there are three ways to define development equity. The first is the one above, which is the direct model of equitable development. This model rectifies inequality through what development directly produces, such as affordable housing in areas where there’s little or no such housing, good jobs for people who are unemployed or underemployed, greater access to quality healthcare and education, and other resources that allow communities to thrive. There are two other definitions, the indirect model and what Cassel calls the procedural model of equitable development. The indirect model involves real estate developments that do not directly benefit disinvested communities, such as …

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Capital Markets Warm to C-PACE Financing Amid Growing Stress

by Sarah Daniels

The spike in interest rates and the consequent disruption throughout real estate capital markets over the last 18 months is generating newfound interest in commercial property assessed clean energy (C-PACE) financing. The program, which emerged more than a decade ago, pays for building upgrades to improve energy and water efficiency as well as seismic resilience in new construction and rehabs. In cases where cost overruns, stabilization delays and declining values threaten the ability to refinance construction loans, developers are tapping C-PACE retroactively for a much-needed slug of so-called “rescue capital,” says Rafi Golberstein, CEO of the PACE Loan Group, a direct lender of C-PACE based in Minneapolis, Minn. Typically, developers are using the proceeds to pay down debt and fund reserves to secure loan extensions or modifications. “We are seeing a ton of opportunities right now in deals that were built over the past three years, and C-PACE can provide a liquidity infusion to get many folks through a maturity logjam,” he declares. “When confronted with other options, they’re going to prefer C-PACE all day long.” Cost-Effective Debt Indeed, the cost of those other options, such as mezzanine financing or preferred equity, can be upwards of 500 basis points higher …

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