DOWNERS GROVE AND MOKENA, ILL. — Northmarq has arranged two loans totaling $15.7 million for the refinancing of two industrial properties in suburban Chicago. The buildings total 275,254 square feet and are located in Downers Grove and Mokena. Jeff Frankel of Northmarq arranged the loans through a life insurance company. Both loans feature five-year terms, 30-year amortization schedules and fixed interest rates.
MOUNT VERNON, ILL. — Barber Murphy has brokered the sale of a 16,800-square-foot warehouse with office space in Mount Vernon, a city in southern Illinois, for an undisclosed price. The property is located at 5111 Lake Terrace. Clear Sky Commercial purchased the building from Nealy Glenn Revocable Trust. Barber Murphy represented both parties in the transaction.
By Peter Hauser, Principal, Avison Young The Orange County multifamily sector is extremely strong. Rents continue on a positive upward trend and occupancies remain very high, hovering around 97 percent. It is unquestionably a landlord’s market. Many years of supply constrained NIMBY-ism that created the lack of new construction is coming to an end, however. The California governor has mandated that cities approve quality residential developments with the goal of increasing density and combatting the significant housing shortage. There are currently 6,800 new multifamily units in the process of being delivered. While there are projects in the majority of cities, Irvine, Anaheim, Orange and Santa Ana are seeing the most development activity. Some very active Orange County developers include Trammel Crow Residential, Alliance, the Irvine Company, Western National Group, JPI, Wermers Companies, Avalon, Fairfield, Shopoff Realty and Garden Communities. Alliance Residential is nearly complete on its 1,221-unit Park & Paseo in Santa Ana, near the border of the master-planned Tustin Legacy community. Wermers Companies is also in the process of finishing the 603-unit Elan, located less than a mile from downtown Santa Ana near the intersection of the 55 and 5 freeways. The 653-unit Avalon Brea Place is starting to …
The I-40/I-85 Corridor is an emerging distribution area with a remarkably strong tenant mix between national manufacturers and distribution users, making it one of the most fundamentally sound corridors in the Sun Belt. The I-40/I-85 Corridor, squarely centered between the Triad (Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point) and the Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill), is home to companies such as Walmart, Lidl, Ford, Kidde, Amazon, Chick-Fil-A, UPS, Lenovo, FedEx, Coca-Cola, among others. This corridor is seeing rapid expansion and is poised to be an epicenter of industrial activity in the region as the logistical significance of the area is attracting larger users and a growing amount of institutional capital. Recently, this submarket has seen significant demand from larger users leading speculative developers to plan large, Class A industrial parks. Historically, the market has been dominated by older manufacturing buildings. The newer development in the area is making these properties more obsolete due to their lower efficiencies, a phenomenon marking a larger shift in the composition of the emerging submarket. The industrial inventory’s makeup is continuing to evolve over time, marking the transition from smaller manufacturing properties to distribution and significantly larger manufacturing operations. Buildings currently under construction are average a footprint …
COLLEGEVILLE, PA. — JLL has arranged the $162 million sale of Providence Town Center, a 759,945-square-foot retail center located in the Philadelphia suburb of Collegeville. Regional grocer Wegmans has been the anchor store for Providence Town Center since the property was developed in 2009. Brandolini Cos. sold the asset to a partnership between Maryland-based Finmarc Management Inc. and New York City-based KPR Centers. The property is the fourth-most-visited open-air retail center in the state, according to the brokerage team that handled the sale. Nearly 65,000 vehicles drive by Providence Town Center via State Route 422 on a daily basis, and an additional 20,000 vehicles pass the site on U.S. Highway 29 each day. At the time of sale, Providence Town Center was 92 percent leased to Wegmans, Old Navy, Dick’s Sporting Goods, HomeGoods, Michaels, LA Fitness and Movie Tavern. The brokerage team also notes that the acquisition of Providence Town Center marks the largest open-air retail transaction in the Philadelphia area since the trade of East Gate Square in 2015. The property drew interest from private and institutional investors alike. James Galbally, Christopher Munley, Colin Behr and Chris Angelone of JLL represented the seller and procured the buyer in the …
CHICAGO — Chicago-based Brauvin Real Estate has sold a portfolio of 59 net-leased retail properties for $185 million. The properties are located in 18 states across the country and are leased to 16 tenants. John Morse and Andrew Hahn of Patzik, Frank and Samotny represented Brauvin in the transaction. The buyer was undisclosed. The sale completes the investment cycle of Brauvin’s 17th investment fund. The company now plans to acquire another $200 million in assets for its 18th fund.
HOUSTON — High Street Residential has topped out Parkside Residences at Discovery Green, a 43-story apartment tower located at 808 Crawford St. in downtown Houston. The location puts the 309-unit building adjacent to the 12-acre Discovery Park. Units will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and will be furnished with quartz countertops and custom cabinetry. Amenities will include a rooftop pool and lounge, fitness center, coworking spaces, a catering kitchen and two guest suites. Ziegler Cooper designed the project, and Andres Construction is serving as the general contractor. Construction began in summer 2020. Preleasing will begin this spring, and the first move-ins are scheduled to start over the summer.
MELISSA, TEXAS — Construction services firm Harrison, Walker & Harper LLC (HWH) and architecture and engineering firm Parkhill have completed a 134,200-square-foot athletic facility for the Melissa Independent School in Collin County. The center houses an indoor practice facility that can accommodate multiple practices simultaneously. Other features include locker rooms, a weight room, treatment area, training rooms, theater classrooms for lectures and film review, an indoor turf field and an eight-lane competition track and football/soccer field. The project carried a price tag of $21.3 million.
ATLANTA — The Radco Cos. has acquired Skyhouse Midtown, a 320-unit, 23-story high-rise multifamily building in Midtown Atlanta, for $131 million. The Atlanta-based investor has rebranded the property The M by Radius. The seller was not disclosed. Jason Nettles and Megan Thompson of Northmarq brokered the transaction. Built in 2013, The M offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Community amenities include a rooftop pool and lounge, fitness center and grills all with views overlooking Atlanta’s skyline. The M also includes 8,658 square feet of retail space on the ground floor. Located at the corner of West Peachtree and 12th Street, the property is situated close to the Interstate 75/85 connector. The property also is situated directly across from 1105 West Peachtree, a fully-leased, newly constructed office building that is the new regional headquarters for Google. In addition, the property is across the street from the Epicurean Hotel, Northside Hospital’s in-town campus, SCAD and Georgia Tech. Skyhouse was first created by the developer, Novare Group. Last summer, Equity Residential purchased the adjacent Skyhouse South from the developers.
PLANO, TEXAS — Canadian investment firm Western Wealth Capital has acquired Bel Air K Station Apartment Homes, a 245-unit community in Plano that was built in 2001. According to Apartments.com, the pet-friendly property features studio, one- and two-bedroom units that range in size from 466 to 1,230 square feet and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, picnic area and a resident clubhouse. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
