NEW YORK CITY — The IDEAL School of Manhattan, a K-12 independent learning institution, has signed a 63,000-square-foot lease at 5 Hanover Square in the borough’s Financial District. The IDEAL School will occupy floors two through five, as well as a portion of the ground floor, of the 25-story building. Eliza Gordon, John Wheeler and Mitch Konsker of JLL represented the landlord, Los Angeles-based CIM Group, in the lease negotiations. Brent Ozarowski and Leslie Harwood of Newmark represented the tenant, which plans to relocate to 5 Hanover Square from the Upper West Side in summer 2023.
Monument Healthcare Development Breaks Ground on University Hospitals Health Campus in Amherst, Ohio
AMHERST, OHIO — Kansas City-based healthcare real estate group Monument Healthcare Development, in partnership with University Hospitals (UH), has broken ground on a new health campus in Amherst, about 28 miles west of Cleveland. The project will include two buildings, including an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) that will house five operating rooms and one procedure room. There will also be six recovery-focused Stay Suites in the same building as the ASC, which will focus on orthopedic surgical procedures. The Stay Suites are part of the Muve program, a value-based surgical care program offered by ValueHealth. The facility will also provide general orthopedic, spine, ear, nose and throat and pain management services. In addition to the ASC, there will be a medical office building to house physicians and other providers across a variety of medical and surgical specialties. Completion is slated for the fourth quarter of 2023. The project team includes CTL Engineering, architect ESa and J.E. Dunn Construction Co. In 2020, UH unveiled that it had formed a joint venture to expand its ambulatory surgical network.
SHAWNEE, KAN. — Block & Co. Inc. Realtors has sold the Merriam Grand Station redevelopment site in Shawnee for an undisclosed price. The buyer, Drake Development, plans to redevelop the former Kmart and Pegah’s sites into two apartment buildings with retail and restaurant space. Drake will keep the Merriam Grand Station name. Completion is slated for 2025. Block & Co. will retain the management and leasing of the front lots on both sides of the development, including the Freddy’s Frozen Custard and the Krispy Kreme as well as the Shell gas station and the Chipotle that is under construction. David Block, Max Kosoglad and Alex Block of Block & Co. and Matt Pennington of Drake represented the respective parties in the sale.
ROMULUS, MICH. — Peak Construction Corp. is underway on construction of Building C at Romulus Corporate Park in Michigan. Scannell Properties is the developer. The speculative building will span 243,770 square feet with a clear height of 32 feet, 30 dock doors, two drive-in doors, 40 trailer parking spaces and 156 car parking spaces. The project team includes architect Ware Malcomb and civil engineer PEA Group. Completion is slated for April 2023.
ROCHESTER, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Douglas Trail Townhomes in Rochester for $11.1 million. The 100-unit property is located at 5041 Weatherstone Circle NW. Built in 2001, the community features a playground, basketball court, laundry facilities and attached garages. Units range in size from 850 to 1,150 square feet. Chris Collins and Evan Miller of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company, and procured the buyer, also a limited liability company.
BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — In a sale-leaseback transaction, Clear Height Properties has acquired a 77,299-square-foot industrial building in the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook for an undisclosed price. DYWIDAG Systems International USA Inc., a construction and infrastructure technology firm, was the seller. The building at 320 Marmon Drive serves as the company’s North American headquarters. DYWIDAG has occupied the facility since the 1980s.
PHILADELPHIA — Post Brothers has sold Presidential City, a 1,015-unit luxury apartment community in Philadelphia. KKR and Mack Real Estate Group (MREG) purchased the high-rise property for approximately $357 million. The deal represents the most expensive apartment property sale in the city’s history, according to The Wall Street Journal. Presidential City was originally built in 1950. Post Brothers acquired the asset in 2012 and extensively renovated it to Class A standards. The property comprises four apartment buildings as well as the 41,000-square-foot Sora Pool Club and Spa amenity center and an office building. The residential units consist of studio to three-bedroom floor plans up to 2,920 square feet. Mack Property Management LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of MREG, will handle property operations. Mark Thomson, Carl Fiebig, Fran Coyne, Jose Cruz and Tyler Margraf of JLL represented the seller in the transaction. Although details on the office building were not disclosed, the brokerage referred to it as “well leased.” “Post Brothers continues to be at the forefront of game-changing multi-housing projects in Philadelphia with notable projects, including Piazza Alta in Northern Liberties and their project at Broad and Washington, where they will be delivering a combined 2,500 units,” notes Coyne. New …
PHOENIX AND CHANDLER, ARIZ. — San Francisco-based Berkeley Partners has acquired a three-building industrial portfolio located in Phoenix and Chandler for $25.5 million. The seller was a joint venture between Bird Dog Industrial, HPI and Long Wharf Capital. Will Strong, Greer Oliver and Connor Nebeker-Hay of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Industrial Advisory Group represented the seller in the transaction. Ken McQueen, Chris McClurg and Blake Peters of Lee & Associates provided market advisory. Totaling 156,112 square feet, the portfolio was 100 percent leased to four tenants at the time of sale. The portfolio includes 235 E. Pima St. in Phoenix and 5740 W. Oakland St. and 481 N. Dean Ave. in Chandler.
PHOENIX — Orion Investment Real Estate has brokered the sale of Montana on Butler, a multifamily property located on Butler Drive in Phoenix. Artisan Prime, a joint venture between Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Artisan Capital and Newport Beach, Calif.-based Prime Capital Investments, acquired the asset for $24 million, or $160,000 per unit, in an off-market transaction. Previously known as Cedar Ridge Apartments, the property features 150 apartments. Linda Fritz-Salazar and Angelessa Ritchie of Orion represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
FORT COLLINS, COLO. — Walker & Dunlop has arranged the sale of Trails at Timberline, an apartment community located in Fort Collins. Terms of the transaction were not released. Trails at Timberline features 314 apartments, with an average unit size of 897 square feet. Dan Woodward, Dave Potarf, Matt Barnett and Jake Young of Walker & Dunlop represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Mark Grace and Trevor Fase of Walker & Dunlop structured the debt financing on behalf of the undisclosed buyer.