MONEE, ILL. — DeBartolo Development LLC and Location Finders International have sold an 879,040-square-foot warehouse in Monee, a southern suburb of Chicago, for $50.3 million. Dallas-based Hillwood, a Perot company, was the buyer. Located on 61 acres within Bailly Ridge Corporate Center, the facility is named Bailly Ridge 4. It features a clear height of 36 feet, 100 dock doors, four drive-in doors, 346 trailer stalls and up to 406 car parking stalls. Principle Construction Group completed construction of the property in November 2019. Bailly Ridge Corporate Center spans 412 acres. Notable tenants include Amazon, XPO Logistics and Hancock Tires.
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DES MOINES, IOWA — First Hospitality has opened a 124-room Home2 Suites by Hilton hotel in Des Moines. The property is located at 2650 University Ave. on the Drake University campus. The hotel features two meeting spaces totaling more than 1,000 square feet, an indoor pool and an outdoor patio space with a firepit. Michael Weldon will serve as the hotel’s general manager. As a result of COVID-19, Hilton has created the Hilton CleanStay program in partnership with RB, maker of Lysol. This program includes increased cleaning schedules, changes to amenities and services and social distancing requirements. The project joins First Hospitality’s growing national portfolio of more than 7,000 hotel rooms.
BATAVIA, ILL. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the $2.5 million sale of a Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers ground lease in Batavia within suburban Chicago. The 3,343-square-foot, single-tenant retail building sits on one acre at 1998 McKee St. Construction of the building was completed this year. Alex Sharrin and Alex Geanakos of JLL represented the seller, Kensington Development Partners. A family trust was the buyer. Raising Cane’s has more than 520 restaurants in 28 states.
SYCAMORE AND SPRINGFIELD, ILL. — Knoebel Construction has completed two Jiffy Lube locations in Sycamore and Springfield. The automotive service centers each span 3,500 square feet and each cost $1.2 million to build. Knoebel has also been selected to build six additional Jiffy Lube locations in four Midwest states for Stonebriar Auto Services, a Jiffy Lube franchisee. Those projects are in Cape Girardeau and Nixa, Mo.; Lake Hallie and Manitowoc, Wis.; Jeffersonville, Ind.; and Machesney, Ill. Completion of those facilities is slated for early 2021.
SAN DIEGO — The Southern California division of Trammell Crow Residential (TCR) has started construction of Simone, a 36-story apartment project located at 1401 Union St. in San Diego’s Little Italy neighborhood. The project is a joint venture between TCR, Pacific Life Insurance and AAA Management. The high-rise will feature 358 market-rate apartments, five penthouses, 32 subsidized apartments for low-income residents, 32,000 square feet of resort-style amenity space and parking. Designed for LEED Gold certification, the 612,000-square-foot community is slated for completion in 2023. The 30-story residential tower will sit atop a six-story podium with three levels of underground parking and four levels of above-ground parking. Apartments will range from 577-square-foot studios to 1,097-square-foot two-bedroom units, as well as five 1,500-square-foot penthouses on the 35th and 36th floors. Interior unit amenities include gourmet kitchens, stainless steel appliances, hard-surface flooring, walk-in closets and all-tile bathrooms. Amenities will include a rooftop pool, spa and entertainment space; a Sky Club with panoramic city views, gourmet demonstration kitchen and indoor-outdoor lounges and dining spaces; a 4,000-square-foot indoor-outdoor fitness center; a 10,000-square-foot outdoor lounge with a movie project screen; dog park, pet lounge and spa; Amazon lockers; a bike repair shop with storage; and a …
WHITTIER AND SYLMAR, CALIF. — Rexford Industrial Realty has acquired two industrial assets in Southern California for a total consideration of $339.2 million. The acquisitions were funded using a combination of cash on hand, 1031 exchange proceeds from prior dispositions, assumption of existing debt and operating partnership units. The sellers in both cases were not disclosed. The company purchased Gateway Pointe Industrial Campus, a four-building complex located at 3963, 3931, 3735 and 3629 Workman Mill Road in Whittier for $296.6 million, or $300 per square foot. The 45.1-acre asset features four Class A industrial buildings totaling 989,195 square feet of space. The fully occupied complex features 32-foot clear heights at first bay, extensive dock-high loading, excess container parking and access to major transportation corridors. Additionally, Rexford acquired 13943-13955 Balboa Boulevard in Sylmar for $42.6 million, or $212 per square foot. Totaling 200,632 square feet, the property is fully occupied by three tenants.
Tower 16 Capital, Dune Real Estate Acquire 450-Unit Fairways at Lowry Apartments Near Denver
by Amy Works
AURORA, COLO. — Tower 16 Capital Partners, in partnership with Dune Real Estate Partners, has purchased Fairways at Lowry Apartments, a multifamily property located in Aurora. A private seller sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Located at 9913 W. First Ave., Fairways at Lowry features 450 apartments in a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts, a clubhouse, gym, swimming pool and playground. Tower 16 will oversee a $6.8 million improvement program that will modernize the apartments, create a new clubhouse and gym and update the pool area. Additionally, the buyers plan to add outdoor amenities, including barbecue areas, seating, outdoor gaming and a sports court. Terrance Hunt and Shane Ozment of Newmark represented the buyer and seller in the deal. Charlie Williams, also of Newmark, coordinated debt financing for the buyer.
FULLERTON, CALIF. — Calbay Development has completed the disposition of a single-tenant restaurant building located at 1101 S. Harbor Blvd. in Fullerton. A Los Angeles-based high-net-worth buyer acquired the property for $6.2 million, or $2,067 per square foot. Constructed in 2020, the 3,000-square-foot property has a fully entitled drive-thru. Starbucks Coffee occupies the building and recently signed a 20-year, absolute, triple-net ground lease with no termination rights for the asset. Adam Friedlander of JLL Retail Capital Markets represented the seller in the deal.
E-commerce Tech Company Expands to 350,528 SF Lease at Golden Triangle Logistics Center in North Las Vegas
by Amy Works
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Whitebox, a manufacturer and e-commerce marketplace and fulfillment partner for DTC brands, has expanded its lease at Golden Triangle Logistics Center in North Las Vegas. The company now occupies 350,528 square feet at the facility, located at 3049 E. Washburn Road. Baltimore-based Whitebox’s North Las Vegas facility consists of a freestanding building, which is part of Phase I of the Golden Triangle Logistics Center. Golden Triangle Industrial Park LLC is the developer of the project. Whitebox’s expansion in the Las Vegas area is reflective of the company’s growth in Southern Nevada. Revenue for Whitebox in first-quarter 2020 increased 40 percent compared to the same period in 2019 and its revenue increased another 78 percent from first-quarter 2020 to second-quarter 2020. Additionally, the company reports that its direct-to-consumer shipments soared to more than 300 percent over the first half of 2020 and had 141 percent growth year-over-year from 2018 to 2019. Golden Triangle Logistics Center is a 2.2 million-square-foot logistics/distribution project being developed on a speculative basis. Phase I will include two buildings comprising approximately 652,000 square feet with delivery slated for third-quarter 2020.
IQHQ Completes $1.7B Capital Raise to Fund 4.4 MSF Life Sciences Development Pipeline
by Katie Sloan
SAN DIEGO AND BOSTON — Life sciences real estate development firm IQHQ Inc. has completed a $1.7 billion equity raise. The company — which completed an initial equity raise of $770 million earlier this year — plans to use the combined funds to build 4.4 million square feet of projects that are currently in its development pipeline. The company has offices in San Diego and Boston, both hubs for life sciences companies. The demand for life sciences real estate continues to increase as the need for vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics intensifies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an October report by CBRE. Plymouth Meeting, Pa.-based CenterSquare Investment Management invested $158 million in IQHQ’s latest funding round, alongside a group of undisclosed new and existing strategic partners. Madison International Realty, a real estate private equity firm, invested $100 million with an option to invest an incremental $100 million in IQHQ. IQHQ’s current projects include sites in Boston, San Francisco and San Diego. The company announced plans to develop the San Diego Research and Development District (RaDD), a $1.5 billion life science campus located along San Diego’s waterfront, in September. The RaDD will span eight acres and three city blocks, making it …