INDIANAPOLIS — Prodigy Burger Bar and Big Bear Biscuits have signed long-term leases to share 10,000 square feet in the former Scotty’s Brewhouse space at 3905 E. 96th St. within Lakefront at Keystone, a Class A office park in Indianapolis. Both restaurants anticipate opening in early 2022. Prodigy Burger Bar, currently owned by O’Reilly’s Holdings LLC, opened its first location in 2017 and now maintains six eateries in Carmel, Geist, Greenwood, Indianapolis, Kokomo and West Carmel. Big Bear Biscuits, a partnership between Indianapolis restaurateur Keith Reilly and Indianapolis chef Dean Sample, is a new venture offering breakfast and lunch options with biscuits and a local coffee program. Both restaurants will offer indoor and outdoor dining, catering, delivery and carryout service. Scott Wise and Steve Delaney of CBRE represented ownership, Rubenstein Partners LP and Strategic Capital Partners LLC. Gary Perel of ALO Property Group represented the tenants.
SURPRISE, ARIZ. — Boros Investments has completed the disposition of Grand Village Center, a retail property located at 14273 and 14291 W. Grand Ave. in Surprise. LJ Mainstreet Holdings acquired the asset for $5 million. The 25,653-square-foot Grand Village Center is fully leased to eight tenants, including Church for the Nations, Zona Communications, D’Ambrosio, Full Service Salon and Master Taco Restaurant. The buyer also acquired two adjacent undeveloped land parcels from a different seller and plans to build additional retail buildings on the site. Steve Julius, Jesse Goldsmith and Chase Dorsett of Newmark represented the seller in the deal.
DALLAS — JLL has arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for Alexan on Ross, a 292-unit apartment community located in Dallas. Built in 2018, Alexan on Ross offers a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 877 square feet. Residences are furnished with stainless steel appliances, granite or quartz countertops and full-size washers and dryers. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, resident lounges and an outdoor skyline terrace. Mark Brandenburg and Chad Russell of JLL placed the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through Northwestern Mutual on behalf of the borrower, private investment firm Internacional.
MANSFIELD, TEXAS — A local developer doing business as Industrial Reserve LLC has acquired 14 acres in the southern Fort Worth suburb of Mansfield for a 104,440-square-foot industrial project. Mansfield Commerce Park will be a six-building development with single-story structures with ample outside storage space. Josh Meraz and Michael Spain of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Partners represented the seller, Trinity Forge Inc., which operates a machine and die shop at the site, in the sale of the land. Brant Landry of Landry Commercial represented the buyer/developer.
NEW YORK CITY — Charlotte, N.C.-based Grubb Properties will develop 8 Carlisle, a 50-story apartment building that will be located in Manhattan’s Financial District. Grubb Properties acquired the site from New York-based Pink Stone Capital Group, which purchased it in 2011 and helped assemble the air rights and construction permits as Grubb’s development service partner. In addition to 22,000 square feet of retail space, the property will feature 400 units that will be operated under Grubb’s Link brand, which provides housing geared to renters earning between 60 and 140 percent of area median income (AMI). A construction timeline has not yet been finalized.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Locally based developer Tulfra Real Estate has acquired land in Jersey City for the construction of a 2,422-unit self-storage project. The facility will be located at 300 Thomas McGovern Drive and will have a gross square footage of approximately 261,000 square feet, including an adjoining parking structure that will also be constructed as part of the project. Thomas Walsh of Walker & Dunlop brokered the land deal. A groundbreaking date will be announced in the coming days. According to Tulfra, there are approximately 159,000 housing units and 22,500 new apartments under development within a three-mile radius of the site.
RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Vango Development has received site plan approval from the planning board of the Borough of Rutherford, located in the northern part of the Garden State, for a new 60-unit multifamily project. The property, which will be located in the downtown area, represents the second phase of The Parker, a 52-unit complex completed by Vango in 2019. The new four-story building will house a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units, as well as 3,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Minno & Wasko Architects & Planners is designing the project, completion of which is slated for spring 2023.
SOMERVILLE, MASS. — JLL has negotiated the $35.5 million sale of a 58,156-square-foot office building in the Boston suburb of Somerville. The three-story building was originally constructed in 1870 and was fully leased to FormLabs, a manufacturer of 3-D printing products and technology, at the time of sale. Coleman Benedict and Scott Carpenter of JLL represented the seller, funds advised by a subsidiary of Columbia Property Trust, in the transaction. The duo also procured the buyer, a partnership between Synergy Investments and Independencia Asset Management.
RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — CBRE has arranged the $14.3 million sale of The Schoolhouse, a 31-unit apartment complex in the Northern New Jersey community of Ridgewood. The sales price equates to approximately $462,000 per unit. The property was built in stages between 1960 and 1980. Nat Gambuzza and Spencer Beriont of CBRE represented the seller, 158-174 Union Street LLC, in the transaction.
TORONTO AND MIAMI — Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE: BAM) and Elion Partners have announced a $1 billion strategic partnership. The venture will expand Toronto-based Brookfield’s logistics portfolio across core infill markets in the U.S. Through the investment, Brookfield recapitalized Elion Logistics Park 55, a master-planned industrial park in Wilmington, Illinois, approximately 60 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. Located adjacent to the BNSF railway, the property features five Class A, fully leased industrial buildings totaling 4 million square feet. The site offers the potential to develop up to 15 million square feet of additional industrial space. Park Madison Partners acted as advisor for the recapitalization. Brookfield has also committed $80 million to Elion’s latest affiliated value-add fund — Elion Real Estate Fund V — which held its final closing last month, achieving a capitalization of $500 million. A majority of the fund’s portfolio was pre-specified prior to Brookfield’s investment and includes 3.2 million square feet of logistics properties across infill coastal markets in the U.S. “Industrial logistics real estate continues to experience positive momentum and now is the logical time to seek long-term capital,” says Juan DeAngulo, managing partner at Miami-based Elion. “This partnership structure and Brookfield’s support will enable Elion …