CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 31,120-square-foot office building occupied by the State of Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) for $4.2 million. The property is located at 915 E. 63rd St. in Chicago. IDHS has operated at the location for 27 years. Adrian Mendoza, Austin Weisenbeck and Sean Sharko of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a fund manager. The team also secured the buyer, a private investor.
CALUMET CITY, ILL. — Cannabis Facility Construction (CFC) has begun the buildout of a Mission Dispensaries-branded cannabis dispensary at 1330 Torrence Ave. in Calumet City, about 20 miles south of Chicago. The 3,000-square-foot facility will feature retail space, back office space for processing, a secure vault for inventory storage and an advanced security system. Completion is slated for mid-December. The developer, 4Front Ventures Corp., has utilized CFC for other dispensary projects in Ann Arbor and Chicago’s South Side.
HOUSTON — Houston-based energy firm Max Midstream has acquired land and infrastructure in southeast Texas to develop a pipeline that will connect the Port of Calhoun to both the Eagle Ford and Permian Basin areas, a project that is valued at more than $1 billion. The project is also expected to create nearly 500 new direct jobs and another 600 construction-related jobs over the next 10 years. Max Midstream has entered into a public-private partnership with the Port of Calhoun, located roughly midway between the Ports of Galveston and Corpus Christi, in which Max Midstream will invest $360 million in the widening and deepening of the port’s channels. Exports will begin with completion of the first phase in late 2020. The second phase of the project is expected to be complete by 2023.
BIG SPRING, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of AAA Mini Storage, a 365-unit self-storage facility in Big Spring, located outside of Midland in West Texas. The property is situated on 6.2 acres and spans 73,116 square feet. Sean Delaney, Brandon Karr and Danny Cunningham of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a Chicago-based private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was a fund manager that owns self-storage properties in 12 states.
DALLAS — Colliers International has arranged the sale of Bonita Gardens, a 138-unit apartment community located at 3410 Fordham Road on the south side of Dallas. The garden-style community was built on 3.7 acres in 1976 and renovated in 2011. Units range in size from 661 to 762 square feet. Mark Allen and Courtland Charles of Colliers represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. A Dallas-based buyer acquired the asset in an all-cash transaction.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Chicago-based Walz Capital has acquired an 11,792-square-foot medical office building in the northern Dallas suburb of Lewisville. The property is located two blocks from Medical City Lewisville and was fully occupied at the time of sale. Walz Capital acquired the property in a sale-leaseback transaction. Robert Chavez of Alta Vista Realty represented the tenant and seller, North Texas OBGYN & Associates, in the deal.
DALLAS — WorkSuites, a provider of coworking and flexible office spaces, has debuted its new brand WorkTank with a 4,000-square-foot space at 6060 N. Central Expressway in North Dallas. The WorkTank brand will offer a more private and professional office-using experience, with spaces located on ground floors as opposed to upper floors of office buildings, as is the case with the traditional WorkSuites brand. The new space will offer coffee and snacks, printers and patio workstations.
NORWALK, CONN. — JLL has provided a $107.2 million Freddie Mac acquisition loan for The Waypointe, a 464-unit apartment community in Norwalk that also houses 56,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Units come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include a fitness center, game room, saltwater pool and two parking garages totaling 1,027 spaces. Scott Aiese, Peter Rotchford, Alex Staikos and Brendan Collins of JLL arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Invictus Real Estate Partners. The Waypointe was 93 percent occupied at the time of the loan closing.
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a 168,144-square-foot office building located at 325 Columbia Turnpike in Florham Park, about 30 miles west of New York City. The three-story building is situated on 15 acres and offers amenities such as a recently renovated cafeteria and onsite tenant storage units. The property was 85 percent leased at the time of sale. Andy Merin, David Bernhaut, Gary Gabriel, Frank DiTommaso and Seth Zudiema represented the seller, Mack-Cali, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Connecticut-based investment firm The Birch Group.
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. — Locally based investment firm Botanic Properties has acquired a 97,047-square-foot flex building located at 24-02 Queens Plaza in the Long Island City area of Queens. Apex Technical School has occupied the entirety of the three-story building since 2012. Christopher Peck, Steve Klein and Thomas Pryor of JLL arranged a $24 million fixed-rate acquisition loan through MSD Partners on behalf of the borrower. The seller was not disclosed.