CHICAGO — Law firm Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella PC has renewed its 47,000-square-foot office lease across the 21st and 22nd floors of AMA Plaza in Chicago. The firm plans to renovate its space with an interconnected staircase between the two floors as well as new technology, conferencing space and a café. Joe Learner of Savills negotiated the firm’s initial lease at AMA Plaza more than 25 years ago. Rich Dale and Laura Schueren of Savills will oversee project management of the office renovation, which is slated for completion in 2024. AMA Plaza is the last and largest building in the U.S. designed by renowned architect Mies van der Rohe.
CINCINNATI — Rubenstein Partners LP has unveiled a new sky lounge and outdoor rooftop deck on the 14th floor of 312 Elm Street, a 378,000-square-foot office building in downtown Cincinnati. The space features a tenant lounge area, training room and alternative workspace. It is also available for events. Rising 26 stories, 312 Elm Street offers views of the city skyline. Additional amenities at the property include a recently renovated lobby and a large fitness center. Rubenstein purchased 312 Elm Street and the neighboring 312 Plum Street in 2015 and embarked on a renovation plan for both buildings with a focus on common areas, streetscapes and amenities.
SOUTHFIELD, MICH. — Guardian Alarm has sold its 66,000-square-foot office headquarters in Southfield. The company has signed a new lease for 37,111 square feet at 26711 Northwestern Highway in Southfield. The new office will include a state-of-the-art alarm monitoring command center, updated training facilities and an expanded customer care center. The move also enables Guardian Alarm to consolidate its administrative offices, which are currently located in two separate buildings. The company expects to complete the move by late summer. Dan Verderbar of Friedman Real Estate represented Guardian Alarm in the sale and the new lease.
CHICAGO — Kiser Group has arranged the sale of an 85-unit multifamily portfolio in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood for $8.5 million. The portfolio includes five buildings that are all situated within a two-block radius. John George and Joe Bianchi of Kiser brokered the deal. The seller, the Rubino Family, had owned the properties for about 25 years. Each property was owned by a different family member, making the escrow process longer and more complicated than usual. An entity doing business as Beverly Holdings LLC was the buyer.
CHICAGO — SVN Chicago Commercial has brokered the sale-leaseback of a 9,500-square-foot building located on North Clark Street in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood for an undisclosed price. The property features roughly 6,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space that is occupied by Reza’s Restaurant. The restaurant plans to downsize its space, enabling future development opportunities for the buyer, a partnership between Chicago-based GW Properties and Howard Natinsky. Reza’s Restaurant will continue to lease back space from the new owner. Wayne Caplan of SVN Chicago Commercial brokered the sale.
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. — A partnership between locally based owner-operator Ridgecut Road and Boston-based investment group Marcus Partners has acquired an industrial building in the Northern New Jersey community of South Plainfield. According to LoopNet Inc., the 11,500-square-foot property at 456 Hollywood Ave. was built on 3.9 acres in 1984. The building was been owned and occupied by a crane rental and equipment business for the last 50 years. The sales price was not disclosed.
HUDSON, MASS. — SVN | Parsons Commercial Group | Boston has arranged the $2 million sale of a 10,750-square-foot industrial property in Hudson, about 40 miles west of Boston. The property comprises two buildings totaling 8,750 and 2,000 square feet on a 1.7-acre site at 561 Main St. Alex Wood of SVN | Parsons Commercial represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were limited liability companies that requested anonymity, in the transaction.
PEORIA, ARIZ. — Greystar has broken ground on Peoria Place, a $500 million, mixed-use, master-planned project in Peoria. The first phase is a three-building, Class A industrial park that will be known as Caliber by Greystar. At build-out, Caliber will total 411,918 square feet of Class A product broken down as a 114,446-square-foot Building A, 122,863-square-foot Building B and 174,609-square-foot Building C. Buildings A and B will offer divisibility to serve a diversity of uses and tenant sizes. Peoria Place will eventually include luxury apartments, build-to-rent single-family homes, residential over retail, 20 acres of open space and the Caliber light industrial park, which is slated for completion in the second quarter of 2024. JLL serves as the project’s exclusive leasing broker.
PORTLAND, ORE. — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) has provided $67 million for the acquisition and rehabilitation of the Grace Peck Terrace Apartments, an affordable seniors housing property in Portland. Grace Peck Terrace features 95 one-bedroom units for residents age 62 and older or disabled persons earning no more than 60 percent of the area median income (AMI). The borrower, Home Forward, is a developer, owner and operator of more than 9,500 affordable units in Portland and its surrounding counties. KeyBank’s CDLI group arranged a $27.2 million construction loan, a $21.3 million private placement permanent loan and Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity of $18.7 million. The project received local support and engagement through the Oregon State Affordable Housing Tax Credits and Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA). Kortney Brown and Brett Sheehan of KeyBank CDLI structured the financing.
HILLSBORO, ORE. — Evergreen Hospitality Development and Fine Hotel Group have received $11.5 million in construction financing for the 115-key Cambria Hotel Hillsboro. The hotel will be located at 5523 NE Huffman Street in Hillsboro. The fixed-rate loan carries a term of 24 months. The 22,000-square-foot upscale hotel will be constructed on land that is owned by Majestic Realty Co. A joint venture between Palladius Capital Management and Marquee Funding Group originated the loan.