HARTFORD, CONN. — Lument has provided a $26 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of a 591-unit workforce housing portfolio in Hartford. All units are restricted to renters earning 60 percent or less of the area median income (AMI). Josh Messier of Lument originated the financing, which carried a 10-year term that includes five years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. The borrower was not disclosed. The portfolio was approximately 98 percent occupied at the time of sale.
CHICAGO — Newmark has arranged a $147.5 million loan for the refinancing of President’s Plaza in Chicago. The Class A office complex spans 830,789 square feet and is located on West Bryn Mawr Avenue. The property recently underwent a $20 million renovation. Amenities include a lounge with a bar, pool tables and TVs, as well as a café, outdoor terrace and a fitness center operated by Midtown Fitness. Jordan Roeschlaub, Dustin Stolly, Chris Kramer, Nick Scribani, Eden Abraham and Ben Kroll of Newmark arranged the loan with Bank of America. Angelo Gordon Real Estate and Glenstar Properties were the borrowers.
MINNEAPOLIS AND BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) and Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA) have revealed further details about the Ulta Beauty at Target launch, which is slated to begin rolling out in more than 100 Target stores nationwide and online this August. Most of the initial locations will be concentrated in California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, New York and Texas. The “shop-in-shop” retail concept will include 50 specially curated brands. The two companies are planning to roll out the concept at 800 Target stores in the coming years. Each shop-in-shop will be placed near the existing Target beauty section. Minneapolis-based Target operates more than 1,900 stores. Beauty retailer Ulta is based in Bolingbrook.
DETROIT — Lutz Real Estate Investments and Northern Equities Group have completed the $70 million conversion of The Albert Kahn Building in Detroit into a multifamily property named The Kahn Apartments. The 11-story, 320,000-square-foot office building was constructed by The Fisher Brothers and designed by famed architect Albert Kahn. It first opened its doors in 1931 and later became listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building was home to Kahn’s architectural firm for 90 years and once housed Saks Fifth Avenue on the first floor. The building now features 206 apartment units ranging in size from 530 to 1,317 square feet. The penthouse units include interior stairwells. Kraemer Design Group designed the interiors and paid homage to the building’s Art Deco architecture. Amenities include a workspace area and library as well as a media room with large screen TVs. There is also a pet spa, 3,000-square-foot fitness center and outdoor rooftop deck. Farmington Hills-based Beztak will serve as property manager. Monthly rents start at $1,535. The Fisher Brothers built carriage bodies for emerging automobile manufacturers in the early 1900s. General Motors purchased their company in 1926. The brothers resigned from GM in 1944 to devote their …
WAUWATOSA, WIS. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of a 69,749-square-foot shopping center anchored by Pick ’n Save in Wauwatosa near Milwaukee for $19 million. The fully leased property was built in phases in 2008 and 2012. Other tenants include Mattress Firm, Firehouse Subs and Bubon Orthodontics. Clinton Mitchell, Amy Sands, Michael Nieder and Jaime Fink of JLL represented the seller, a partnership between Newport Capital Partners and Artemis. JRW Realty represented the buyer, ExchangeRight.
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL. — Alliance Ground International LLC has signed a 253,000-square-foot industrial lease at 1717 Busse Road in the Chicago suburb of Elk Grove Village near O’Hare. The airline cargo handling service will occupy the entire building, which features a clear height of 32 feet, 57 exterior docks, two drive-in doors, 25,000 square feet of office space and parking for 34 trailers and 186 cars. Jeffrey Provenza and Todd Hendricks of Darwin Realty/CORFAC International represented Alliance Ground in the lease transaction. Britt Casey and Al Caruana of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Duke Realty.
TAMPA, FLA. — Plaza Advisors has arranged the sale of Horizon Park, a 215,713-square-foot shopping center located at 3904 W Hillsborough Ave. in Tampa. An entity doing business as CRP II – Horizon Park LLC sold the property for $21.9 million. The buyer was not disclosed. Jim Michalak and Keith Nurre of Plaza Advisors represented the seller and were the only brokers involved in the transaction. Built in 1971, Horizon Park was renovated in 1980 and 1988 and was 86 percent leased at the time of sale. In 2011, Plaza Advisors arranged the sale of the center to the seller for $18.9 million. The shopping center’s anchor tenants include dd’s Discount, Conn’s Home Plus, Northern Tool + Equipment and Guitar Center. Additional tenants include Dollar General, Pizza Hut, Metro PCS, Amscot and Sally Beauty, as well as two outparcels occupied by Wells Fargo, Optical Outlets and Applebee’s.
NEW YORK CITY — Berenberg Capital Markets LLC has signed deals to renew and expand its office headquarters space at 1251 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. The company has renewed its 31,700-square-foot lease for the entire 53rd floor and will expand by 30,700 square feet to occupy the entire 52nd floor. Mitchell Konsker, Alexander Chudnoff and Benjamin Bass of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. David Falk and Peter Shimkin of Newmark represented the landlord, Mitsui Fudosan America. The 2.4 million-square-foot building was originally constructed in 1971.
ASHLAND, VA. — The Palomar Group has brokered the sale of Ashland Junction, a 141,701-square-foot retail property located in Ashland. The buyer, Peck Properties, was based out of Richmond and the seller, Phillips Edison & Co., was based out of Cincinnati. The sales price was $8.1 million. Ryan McArdle, Steve Collins and David Rivers of Palomar brokered the sale. Located at 167 Junction Drive, Ashland Junction is approximately 19.4 miles north of Richmond. The property, which was built in 1989, was 92 percent occupied at the time of sale to tenants including Roses, Anytime Fitness, CVS/pharmacy and Food Lion.
DENVER — Manulife Investment Management, on behalf of a third-party managed account, has purchased TriVista on Speer, a multifamily property located at 1350 Speer Blvd. in Denver’s Golden Triangle neighborhood. An undisclosed seller sold the community for $144.5 million. Completed in 2019, the seven-story TriVista on Speer features 322 apartments with an average unit size of 985 square feet. All units include designer kitchens with granite and quartz countertops, in-home washers/dryers, high ceilings and oversized windows with mountain and city views. Community amenities include a rooftop pool and spa; two courtyards with firepits and bocce ball courts; a chef’s kitchen; a two-story fitness center with a yoga/spin studio; and a pet spa/grooming station. Brady O’Donnell and Jill Haug of CBRE arranged an acquisition loan through MetLife for the buyer.