Property Type

Vermilion Development to Build 18-Story Office Tower in Evanston, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow May 1, 2020

EVANSTON, ILL. — Vermilion Development has received approval from Evanston’s City Council to build a 210,000-square-foot, 18-story office tower located at 605 Davis St. in Evanston. The Class A property will be the first high-rise office building in Evanston in 20 years, according to Vermilion. Solomon Cordwell Buenz is the architect for the project, which is slated for completion as early as 2022. John Clark and Bill Rolander of Newmark Knight Frank will market the property for lease. Plans call for 15 floors of office space with conference and fitness facilities, a tenant lounge and an outdoor terrace. The building’s ground floor will house two retail suites as well as a lobby and bike room. The top two floors will feature private balcony access.

May 1, 2020

Development Healthcare Illinois Midwest

Clark Construction Completes Transformation of Shuttered Chicago Hospital into Alternate Care Facility

by Kristin Harlow May 1, 2020

BLUE ISLAND, ILL. — Clark Construction Group, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has completed the transformation of the MetroSouth Medical Center, a shuttered hospital just south of Chicago, into an alternate care facility to treat COVID-19 patients. Located in Blue Island, the facility now features 585 beds, including 265 high-acuity beds for critically ill patients. Clark completed the project in 22 days. The project team also included architect Perkins and Will, engineer Salas O’Brien, Hill Mechanical, Titan Electric, RG Construction and Consolidated Flooring. The MetroSouth Medical Center closed in late 2019.

May 1, 2020

Acquisitions Illinois Midwest Multifamily

Berkadia Negotiates $8.7M Sale of Multifamily Property in Milan, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow May 1, 2020

MILAN, ILL. — Berkadia has negotiated the $8.7 million sale of Village Woods in Milan near the Quad Cities. The 96-unit, garden-style multifamily property was built in 1998. Amenities include a pool, fitness center and new leasing center. Ralph DePasquale, Parker Stewart and Alex Blagojevich of Berkadia represented the seller, Minnesota-based Dominium Inc. Pete Benedetto of Berkadia secured acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, Colorado-based Monarch Investment and Management Group.

May 1, 2020

Loans Midwest Multifamily Wisconsin

Prescient Capital Provides $1.7M Bridge Loan for 132-Unit Multifamily Portfolio in Milwaukee

by Kristin Harlow May 1, 2020

MILWAUKEE — Prescient Capital has provided a $1.7 million bridge loan for a 132-unit multifamily portfolio in Milwaukee. The three properties include 2848 W. Wells St., 2904 W. Wisconsin Ave. and 2625-2635 W. Juneau Ave. The debt yield was 15 percent and the loan-to-value ratio was 37 percent. The borrower was undisclosed.

May 1, 2020

District of Columbia Loans Multifamily Southeast Top Stories Walker & Dunlop

Walker & Dunlop Provides $2.4B Fannie Mae Refinancing for Multifamily Portfolio in Metro D.C., Largest Loan in Company’s History

by Alex Patton May 1, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has provided a $2.4 billion Fannie Mae loan to refinance a 67-property multifamily portfolio in the Washington, D.C., metro area. The borrower is Virginia-based multifamily owner and manager Southern Management Corp. (SMC). The portfolio includes 22,439 units in total, more than 60 percent of which qualify as affordable housing. The loan package features staggered maturities across a mix of fixed- and floating-rate, full-term, interest-only financing. “This $2.4 billion Southern Management transaction gave us the opportunity to partner with one of our top DUS lenders, Walker & Dunlop, using the credit facility, one of our most flexible financing products, to structure a winning solution for the borrower while delivering affordability to the Washington, D.C.,” says Jeffery Hayward, executive vice president of multifamily at Fannie Mae. The loan represents the largest transaction in Walker & Dunlop’s history, according to a statement from the company. “Walker & Dunlop’s creativity, tenacity and market knowledge resulted in a superior execution for this large and complex transaction amidst the uncertainty of a rapidly unfolding financial and health crisis,” says Suzanne Hillman, president and CEO of SMC. Brendan Coleman, Chris Forte and Connor Locke led a Walker & Dunlop team …

May 1, 2020

Development Florida Loans Multifamily Southeast

Madison Realty Provides $102M Construction Loan for Two Multifamily Communities in South Florida

by Alex Tostado April 30, 2020

POMPANO BEACH AND PLANTATION, FLA. — Madison Realty Capital has provided a $102 million construction loan to Invesca Development Group for two planned multifamily projects in South Florida’s Broward County. Invesca will use some of the loan to complete a 214-unit property at 452 E. Atlantic Blvd. in Pompano Beach. Construction is 98 percent complete, and Invesca expects to start lease-up in the next two months. The yet-to-be-named property will also include 12,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The asset will feature two buildings connected by a sky bridge and will offer studio to three-bedroom floor plans. Invesca will use the other portion of the loan to begin construction on a 330-unit project at 4350 W. Sunrise Plantation Blvd. in Plantation. The planned development includes an additional 30,000-square-foot commercial building, office space and 10 townhomes with 37 townhome lots on a 12-acre site. The property will comprise eight nine-story buildings offering studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. The two communities are situated 11 miles from each other. Josh Zegan of Madison Realty Capital originated the loan.

April 30, 2020

Acquisitions North Carolina Retail Southeast

SRS Arranges $23.9M Sale of Hobby Lobby-Anchored Shopping Center Near Charlotte

by Alex Tostado April 30, 2020

MATTHEWS, N.C. — SRS investment Properties Group has arranged the $23.9 million sale of Matthews Corner Shopping Center, a 191,664-square-foot property in Matthews. The asset was fully leased at the time of sale to eight tenants, including Hobby Lobby, Marshalls, Academy Sports + Outdoors and Ollie’s Bargain Outlet. Matthews Corner is situated on 19 acres at 2332 Matthews Township Parkway, 12 miles southeast of downtown Charlotte. Kyle Stonis and Pierce Mayson of SRS represented the seller, Viking Partners, in the transaction. The buyer, Big V Property Group, was self-represented in the transaction.

April 30, 2020

Company News Development Mixed-Use Office Southeast Virginia

Amazon Executive Says Company is ‘Beginning to Scale’ at HQ2 Campus in Northern Virginia

by John Nelson April 30, 2020

ARLINGTON, VA. — Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) is “beginning to scale” at its HQ2 campus underway in Arlington, according to Jay Carney, the company’s senior vice president of global corporate affairs. During a weekly webinar series conducted by Walker & Dunlop, Carney said the corporate campus, dubbed Met Park, is under construction and that the company is hiring in earnest, though he said it will “take some time” to reach the previously announced 25,000 goal. Carney, who was the former White House press secretary during President Barack Obama’s administration, led Amazon’s national HQ2 search in 2017 and 2018 to find a second home for the company outside of Seattle. The e-commerce giant ultimately chose both Northern Virginia and Long Island City in the Queens borough of New York City in late 2018, in addition to a 1 million-square-foot outpost in Nashville, Tenn. Amazon pulled out of its planned New York City location in early 2019. Clark Construction is the general contractor for the HQ2 campus, and JBG Smith is Amazon’s development partner, as well as its landlord for office space that Amazon is using in the rebranded National Landing district in Arlington’s Crystal City submarket. Carney said the company is not …

April 30, 2020

Retail Texas

Houston Retail Market Posts Strong First Quarter, But COVID-19 Impacts Loom, Says Colliers

by Taylor Williams April 30, 2020

HOUSTON — Although vacancy ticked up slightly and asking rents fell marginally relative to the fourth quarter of 2019, Houston’s retail market emerged from the first quarter of 2020 with a high occupancy rate (94.6 percent), positive net absorption (400,000 square feet) and positive year-over-year rent growth (6.5 percent triple-net), according to a new report from Colliers International. The market also had 1.7 million square feet of new retail space under construction at the end of the first quarter, which the report cites as one of the lower quarterly figures for this cycle. However, negative impacts due to the COVID-19 outbreak will inevitably hit the market during the second and third quarters, the report projected. The Colliers research team found that Houston restaurants that have traditionally favored dine-in service have reported revenue declines as high as 90 percent in some cases. With many retailers not expected to reopen after the pandemic subsides, the report found that Houston’s vacancy rate could spike to 12 or higher by year’s end, putting downward pressure on rents.

April 30, 2020

Retail Texas

Sprouts Farmers Market Expands Grocery Pickup, Delivery Service to 30 Texas Stores

by Taylor Williams April 30, 2020

PHOENIX — Sprouts Farmers Market has expanded its grocery pickup and delivery platform to 30 of its store in Texas as the Phoenix-based grocer faces heightened demand amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Customers may choose between same-day pickup and ordering several days in advance. Sprouts has partnered with Instacart to roll out its delivery service and plans to have it available at its 340 nationwide stores by early May. Sprouts currently operates about 45 stores in Texas, with two more slated to open in the coming months in Houston and Tyler.

April 30, 2020

Newer Posts

Older Posts