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HIGH POINT, N.C. — Avison Young has brokered the sale of Eastchester Shopping Center, a 63,000-square-foot neighborhood retail center located at 274 Eastchester Drive in High Point. Grant Linderman and Gary Lyons of Avison Young’s investment sales team represented the seller, LSP Verris Eastchester LLC, in the transaction. Peters Development LLC purchased the shopping center for $9.5 million. Eastchester Shopping Center is situated on approximately 5.9 acres near NC Highway 68/Eastchester Drive. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Office Depot, Dollar Tree, Hooters, Dunkin’, H&R Block and Plato’s Closet.

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CHICAGO — Evergreen Real Estate Group and Structured Development have begun development of Schiller Place Apartments on Chicago’s Near North Side. The mixed-income housing community, located on West Schiller Street, will span three buildings with 48 units. The project is being built on land formerly occupied by the Isham YMCA. Schiller Place will feature eight market-rate units. The remaining 40 units will be set aside for households earning between 30 and 60 percent of the area median income (AMI). The development team secured project-based vouchers for 24 units through the Chicago Housing Authority. Additionally, five units will be set aside for veterans and an additional five units reserved for individuals sourced through the Statewide Referral Network, which works with households earning at or below 30 percent of AMI with a head of household who has a disability or illness. Completion is slated for early 2022. GMA Construction is the general contractor and Bailey Edward is the architecture firm. Funding for the project came from the Illinois Housing Development Authority, Hudson Housing Capital, CIBC Bank, IFF and Clocktower Tax Credits. Housing and Human Development Corp. will provide onsite social services to residents.

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MENOMONEE FALLS, WIS. — Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE: KSS) has reported that its comparable sales decreased 11 percent and total revenue declined 10 percent in the fourth quarter compared with the year prior. The fourth quarter for Kohl’s ended Jan. 30. However, this is the third consecutive quarter of sequential improvement, according to the Menomonee Falls-based retailer. The fourth-quarter performance exceeded expectations across all key metrics, according to CEO Michelle Gass. Additionally, digital sales grew by more than 20 percent, accounting for over 40 percent of net sales. This fall, Kohl’s will launch a strategic initiative with beauty retailer Sephora. The partnership will launch in 200 stores and online as part of a multi-year buildout that Kohl’s expects will drive significant growth. Kohl’s will share more on this initiative in its quarterly earnings conference call scheduled for March 2. The stock price for Kohl’s opened at $50.00 per share Friday, Feb. 5, up from $46.07 per share one year ago.

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TOLEDO, OHIO — NAI Hiffman has brokered the sale of a single-tenant industrial building in Toledo for $12.9 million. Located at 1411 Campbell St., the building serves as a production and distribution facility for Brenntag Great Lakes LLC, a chemical and ingredients distributor. The 227,028-square-foot property was renovated last year. The building features a clear height of 22 feet, 14 docks, one drive-in door and 10 rail doors. An adjacent 13.5-acre lot was also part of the sale and is currently utilized as a trailer lot and tank farm. Patrick Sullivan and Ryan Chambers of NAI Hiffman teamed up with Terry Coyne of Newmark to represent the seller, Phoenix Toledo Industrial Investors LLC, which is an affiliate of Milwaukee-based Phoenix Investors. New Jersey-based Four Springs Capital Trust was the buyer.

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OAKBROOK TERRACE, ILL. — J.C. Anderson has completed a 108,723-square-foot office buildout for Bosch at One Tower Lane in Oakbrook Terrace. The project scope included a 92,840-square-foot space on the top five floors of the office building as well as a 15,883-square-foot separate space known as “the annex,” which will serve as a testing and lab facility. Bosch is relocating approximately 350 employees from its Automotive Aftermarket Division at 2800 S. 25th Ave. in Broadview, Ill. The new space includes conference and training rooms, private offices and open seating areas. The top floor boasts a 360-degree view of the Chicago skyline. Whitney Architects provided architectural services and Cushman & Wakefield provided project management services. Bosch, a supplier of technology and services, operates in four different business sectors: mobility solutions; industrial technology; consumer goods; and energy and building technology.

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DUBLIN, OHIO — Shaner Hotels has opened a 145-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott hotel in Dublin’s Bridge Park. Shaner will operate the hotel in partnership with Crawford Hoying, a real estate developer headquartered in Central Ohio. The all-suite hotel features complimentary breakfast, a fitness center, lobby bar and 840 square feet of meeting space. Bridge Park is a 30-acre development along the Scioto River, about 18 miles northwest of Columbus, that features residential, retail, office and green space.

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DUPONT, WASH. — Duke Realty has completed the purchase of The Cubes at DuPont, a 1.6 million-square-foot industrial park in DuPont. CRG, the national real estate development and investment arm of Clayco, sold the asset for $221 million. The project was developed in 2018 as a joint venture partnership with U.S. Logistics Fund, the CRG’s national build-to-core industrial fund vehicle. The Cubes at DuPont features a 747,488-square-foot speculative warehouse that is fully leased to Kimberly-Clark, a redeveloped 340,000-square-foot building that underwent extensive capital improvements, and a 494,900-square-foot speculative warehouse available for immediate occupancy. The project is the redevelopment of the former Intel Campus at the DuPont Corporate Center. The transformation involved the demolition of 600,000 square feet of office space once Intel vacated the campus. The location offers immediate proximity to Interstate 5 and travel times of less than 20 minutes to the Port of Tacoma, Wash., one hour to Seattle and two hours to Portland, Ore, according to CRG. Brett Hartzell and Darla Long of CBRE National Partners brokered the sale. Wilma Warshak of Washington Real Estate Advisors was CRG’s listing agent on the site.

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HOUSTON — JLL has arranged a property swap between Weingarten Realty Investors (NYSE: WRI) and Fidelis, two Houston-based retail owners and developers. The properties included the Village Plaza at Bunker Hill in Houston, which is owned by an existing joint venture between WRI and Fidelis, and Overton Park Plaza in Fort Worth. Fidelis sold its ownership interest in the 491,686-square-foot Village Plaza at Bunker Hill to WRI and simultaneously purchased WRI’s 354,600-square-foot Overton Park Plaza. Grocers H-E-B and Sprouts Farmers Market respectively anchor the two shopping centers. Ryan West, Chris Gerard, Katherine Miller and Adam Roossien of JLL brokered the deal. Colby Mueck and Clint Coe of JLL arranged acquisition financing on behalf of Fidelis.

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SAN DIEGO — CIM Group has closed a $121.3 million bridge loan to refinance and provide future leasing capital to an affiliate of Westbrook Partners and The Casey Brown Co. The funds will be used toward AMP&RSAND, a 342,742-square-foot office complex in San Diego. Situated on 13 acres in the Mission Valley submarket, AMP&RSAND comprises two Class A creative office buildings with average floor plates of 37,852 square feet, 14-foot ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows. The property, which is the former San Diego Union Tribune headquarters, features an on-site café, fitness studio and 1,371 parking spaces. The recently renovated complex is currently leased to two full-floor tenants that use the space as regional and corporate headquarters. Rob Rubano of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the financing for the borrower.

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FRISCO, TEXAS — Developer Toll Brothers Inc. has completed Kilby, a 258-unit apartment community located within the Frisco Square mixed-use development on the northern outskirts of Dallas. Units come in one- and two-bedroom floor plans and feature quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances and wood-style flooring. Amenities include a pool, outdoor kitchen and bar, clubroom, fitness center and a pet spa. KWA Construction served as the general contractor for the project. Rents start at approximately $1,380 per month for a one-bedroom unit, according to Apartments.com.

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