DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. — Northmarq has arranged a $2.2 million loan for the refinancing of a 7,894-square-foot medical office building in the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove. Illinois Bone and Joint Institute occupies the property at 1034 Warren Ave. Erik Kunz of Northmarq arranged the loan through a life insurance company. The 10-year, fixed-rate loan features a 25-year amortization schedule.
HAMMOND, IND. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $1.9 million sale of a two-property retail portfolio in Hammond, about 30 miles southeast of Chicago. The properties are located at 2739 169th Street and 902 Roby Drive. The property on Roby Drive is home to three tenants and a drive-thru and is situated near the Horseshoe Hammond Casino. The property on 169th Street is located near the Purdue University Hammond Campus. Mitchell Kiven and Nicholas Kanich of Marcus & Millichap represented the Indiana-based seller, which was the original developer of both properties. The duo also procured the buyer, a private investor based in the Southwest Chicago suburbs.
CHICAGO — The Pizzuti Cos., a private real estate development and management firm based in Columbus, Ohio, has broken ground on Coppia, a 19-story high-rise apartment tower in Chicago. The 298-unit community will be located at 1101 Van Buren St., which is situated at the southern end of Aberdeen Street in the city’s West Loop district. Pizzuti expects to complete Coppia in 2024. The property will sit across from a Target store and next to Chicago Transit Authority’s Racine Avenue Blue Line Station, as well as three blocks west of I-90. Future residents will be near Chicago’s Fulton Market District, the Greektown neighborhood and Illinois Medical District. The name Coppia is Italian for “couple,” which Pizzuti says was inspired by the project having both a transit-oriented setting and the design of the façade, which features geometric figures split by contrasting glass patterns. The design-build team includes architect Goettsch Partners, general contractor Power Construction and property management firm Village Green. The community will feature studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units with floor-to-ceiling glass and high-end finishes. Coppia will also include penthouses on the top levels, as well as ground-level retail space and contemporary art installations. Coppia’s resort-style amenities will include a …
Sustained leasing velocity for industrial/warehouse space in the Northern Virginia market, combined with the nearly insatiable demand for data center product, is contributing to developers repurposing existing business communities with this asset class to support demand, as well as companies expanding their geographic footprints into suburban Maryland and Central Virginia to secure space. This trend could be pivoting slightly due to the recent slowdown in leasing activity both locally and nationally as it relates to rising interest rates, the prospects for a looming recession and the possible end of a prolonged real estate cycle. The vacancy rate for industrial/warehouse space in the region currently stands at just over 2 percent. In the last quarter, the Northern Virginia industrial market experienced the largest pipeline in its history with more than 1 million square feet of space delivered, with nearly 5 million square feet of space in the development pipeline. The largest projects are contained within Stafford County as land in Loudoun and Fairfax counties has become unaffordable, or simply unattainable. Triple-net asking rents reached another all-time high of $12.45 per square foot in the third quarter, aided in part by these new deliveries. New space remains scarce and commands a premium, …
By Colin Grayson, Lument If you consider multifamily real estate assets to be a good investment, you are in good company. At mid-year, asset managers and private equity firms alone held an estimated $325 billion of levered dry powder set aside for this purpose, enough cash to finance nearly every acquisition closed in the United States in 2021, the highest investment sales volume on record. Despite nearly unanimous support for the asset class, however, multifamily transaction volume in the third quarter slumped year-over-year for the first time since the peak of the pandemic. The mainspring was a sharp rise in mortgage financing costs triggered by high inflation and the Federal Reserve’s commitment to raising rates to bring it under control. Generic rates for 65 percent loan-to-value (LTV) first mortgage debt stood on 5.71 percent at the end of November, representing an increase of 248 basis points since the beginning of the year. Even as financing costs soared, asset pricing changed very little. Initial net cash flow yields of transactions closed in the third quarter of 2022 averaged only 4.6 percent, according to Real Capital Analytics, an increase of 10 basis points from second-quarter 2022 levels. At the same time, cap …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Seattle-based investment firm Security Properties has acquired Brightleaf at Lakeline, a 304-unit apartment complex in North Austin. Completed in 2022, Brightleaf at Lakeline consists of three buildings that house one- and two-bedroom units on a 12.3-acre site. Residences average 880 square feet and are furnished with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, clubhouse, business lounge, outdoor grilling and dining areas and a pet park. San Antonio-based multifamily owner-operator Embrey sold the property for an undisclosed price.
WACO, TEXAS — Greystone has arranged a $30 million loan for the refinancing of The Delaney at Waco, a 169-unit seniors housing property. The community offers independent living, assisted living and memory care services. Tyler Armstrong of Greystone originated the financing, which was structured with a floating interest rate, seven-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule. The borrower was Iowa-based owner-operator Life Care Services. An undisclosed bank provided the loan.
MAGNOLIA, TEXAS — Self-storage brokerage firm Versal has arranged the sale of Big League Storage, a 129-unit facility located about 45 miles northwest of Houston in Magnolia. The facility spans 22,800 net rentable square feet. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson, Logan Foster and Hugh Horne of Versal represented the seller, a Texas-based entity doing business as Big League Enterprises LLC, in the transaction. The team also procured a North Carolina-based limited liability company as the buyer.
HOUSTON — Callon Petroleum has signed a 107,171-square-foot office headquarters lease in Houston’s Memorial City District. The energy firm will occupy five floors at 9753 Katy Freeway, a 190,000-square-foot building, beginning in the second half of 2024. Brad MacDougall and Warren Alexander represented the landlord, MetroNational, in the lease negotiations on an internal basis. Joseph Peddie and Morgan Relyea Colt of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant.
NEW CANEY, TEXAS — Partners, the locally based investment and advisory firm formerly known as NAI Partners, has brokered the sale of a 36,240-square-foot industrial building in New Caney, a northeastern suburb of Houston. The facility sits on 9.3 acres at 22216 McCleskey Road. Zane Carman and Clay Pritchett of Partners represented the buyer, Quality Linings & Fabrication Inc., in the transaction. Pamela Morales of Keller Williams Commercial represented the undisclosed seller.
