ITASCA, ILL. — The RDI Group, a manufacturer of engineered systems for the roofing, construction, power, metal coil processing and medical industries, has leased a 25,141-square-foot industrial building at 1070 W. Ardmore Ave. in Itasca. Jeff Janda and Chris Nelson of Lee & Associates of Illinois represented the owner, Town & Country Distributors, as well as the tenant. The facility will serve as a satellite warehouse for RDI Group’s primary location at 1025 W. Thorndale Ave. in Itasca.
BERKELEY, MO. — BridgeCore Capital Inc. has provided a $1.8 million loan for the refinancing of a 44-unit, two-story multifamily property in Berkeley, a northwest suburb of St. Louis. The asset was built in 1957. The borrower was experiencing multiple technical defaults resulting from complexities with the existing agency lender. BridgeCore coordinated directly with the mortgage advisory team and title company to close the transaction within the expedited timeframe. BridgeCore also solved a number of unexpected ancillary issues that arose during the due diligence and closing process, including removal of one of the guarantors, adjusting the insurance coverage period at loan commencement and restructuring an entity certification into a written consent.
When Stealers Wheel lamented being “stuck in the middle with you” in their 1972 song of the same name, they were assuredly not intending to sing from the perspective of a senior searching for a place of residence. Nevertheless, the lyric could today very aptly be applied to the predicament that many potential seniors housing residents face. According to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC), the number of middle-income seniors in the United States is projected to almost double by 2029, totaling roughly 14 million seniors. NIC also purports that more than half of these individuals will not have the financial means to pay for seniors housing out of pocket. NIC defines middle-income seniors as those with $25,001 to $74,298 in annual income and assets in its executive summary on the topic of the “forgotten middle,” which was published in 2019. At the same time, many of these same seniors do not qualify for residence in affordable housing units. “These are older adults — lots of older adults — who don’t qualify for affordable housing but also can’t afford the cost of many private-pay options,” explains John Cochrane, president and CEO of HumanGood, a nonprofit …
By Taylor Williams Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) is a multifamily powerhouse, and after nearly three years of elevated interest rates, massive volumes of new deliveries and stagnated trading activity, the metroplex’s investment sales market may soon be showcasing that alpha status once again. Of course, that sentiment was prevalent at the very beginning of the year too. Optimism for lower interest rates and pro-growth policies understandably accompanied the arrival of the second Trump administration. Local factors, such as the peaking of the wave of new supply and the ever-steady flow of jobs and people into the metroplex, augmented that sentiment such that many multifamily lenders and investors entered 2025 with considerably more ebullience following a couple of rough years in 2023 and 2024. “Coming out of the gates, things felt pretty good, but a lot of this year’s volatility was based on [interest] rate movement, which was primarily based on geopolitical issues,” says Drew Kile, executive managing director of investments at Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap. “Had rates come down methodically more like the last two months, there would have been less of an impact. It’s hard for buyers to make decisions when rates are whipsawing …
ANNAPOLIS, MD. — Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT) has completed the acquisition of the retail center situated within Annapolis Town Center in Anne Arundel County, roughly 30 miles outside Washington, D.C. Federal Realty, a REIT based in North Bethesda, Md., purchased the property for $187 million. According to local reporting by the Capital Gazette, PGIM Real Estate was the seller. Anchored by Whole Foods Market, Annapolis Town Center totals 480,000 square feet. Other tenants at the property include a Life Time fitness club, Anthropologie, Sephora, RH (formerly Restoration Hardware), True Food Kitchen and Williams Sonoma. Target shadow-anchors the acquired portion of Annapolis Town Center. Greenberg Gibbons Commercial developed the mixed-use Annapolis Town Center property in 2008, with development costs estimated at $500 million. In addition to the retail component, the development features office space, luxury condominiums and apartments. The Capital Gazette reports that PGIM acquired the property from Greenberg Gibbons in 2018 for an undisclosed price. This acquisition marks the continuation of Federal Realty’s growth of its retail portfolio; the firm also acquired Town Center Plaza and Town Center Crossing in Kansas earlier this year. Federal Realty owns 102 properties that comprise approximately 3,500 tenants across 27 million commercial square feet, as well as approximately …
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — Locally based developer SWBC Real Estate has broken ground on The Royalton at Mercer, a 500-unit multifamily project that will be located in the northern Dallas metro of Farmers Branch. The site is adjacent to a 15-acre private lake, and the project will be developed in two phases that will feature 262 and 238 units, respectively. Residences will come in one- and two-bedroom floor plans and will feature quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances and walk-in closets. Amenities will include a pool, biergarten, outdoor gaming areas, a business lounge, fitness center and walking and biking trails. Cross Architects is designing the project. John R. McAdams Co. is the civil engineer, and Carleton Cos. is the general contractor. Completion of Phase I is slated for late 2027.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Trademark Property Co. has begun leasing The Vickery, a 321-unit multifamily project in downtown Fort Worth. Designed by GFF and developed in partnership with SCOA Real Estate Partners, The Vickery consists of 307 apartments, 14 townhomes and a 5,300-square-foot restaurant with a second-story lounge, as well as an amenitized green space. Residential amenities include a pool, rooftop lounge and coworking space. Construction began in February 2024 and topped out in January 2025. Rents start at roughly $1,500 per month for a studio apartment.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services has arranged the sale of a 68,080-square-foot, vacant industrial building in North Fort Worth. The building was constructed in 1981 on a 3.9-acre site at 2500-2536 N.E. Loop 820 and can accommodate a single or multiple users. Todd Lambeth and Richard Hitz of Bradford represented the seller, an entity doing business as Direct Investment Ltd., in the transaction. The buyer, Dallas-based CanTex Capital, has also retained Bradford as the leasing agent.
GRANBURY, TEXAS — Locally based investment firm Skywalker Property Partners has purchased a 60,000-square-foot industrial facility in Granbury, located southwest of Fort Worth. Old Granbury Industrial Park consists of 11 buildings on a 9.3-acre site that were fully leased at the time of sale. Trevor Short of Trinity Real Estate Investment Services represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Jack Mock represented Skywalker on an internal basis.
CELINA, TEXAS — CBRE has brokered the sale of Bobcat Crossing, a 29,309-square-foot retail center located in the North Texas city of Celina. The center is located within the Carter Ranch master-planned development and is home to 13 tenants, including Sherwin-Williams and Subway. Michael Austry and Jared Aubrey of CBRE represented the seller, Standridge Cos., in the transaction. The buyer was Houston-based investment firm Stablewood.
