ST. LOUIS PARK, MINN. — Davis has unveiled plans to develop the 78,000-square-foot Xchange Medical building in St. Louis Park, a western suburb of Minneapolis. Ear Nose & Throat Specialty Care and Surgical Care Affiliates will anchor the three-story, Class A medical office building. The two tenants will occupy 60 percent of the project, which will include a covered patient drop-off area, a healing garden and a total of 324 parking spaces. Xchange Medical will be built on a 4.6-acre site that Davis assembled from four separate parcels that currently house vacant office and warehouse buildings, an auto repair shop and a parking lot. Davis has owned the parcels since 2015. The buildings will be demolished to make way for the project, which the St. Louis Park City Council unanimously approved in August. Davis expects to break ground in October with completion slated for late 2021.
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CHICAGO — Lee & Associates of Illinois has brokered the sale of an 80,000-square-foot, loft-style industrial building located at 325 N. Ashland Ave. in Chicago’s Fulton Market for an undisclosed price. The two-story property will undergo renovations, including a new roof, LED lighting, remodeled office space and a new 45-space car parking lot. It was originally built in 1950. Tom Condon and Sean Austin of Lee & Associates brokered the sale. Rickard Binding sold the asset to Tradelane Properties, which has retained Lee & Associates to market the building for lease.
HANOVER PARK, ILL. — Chicago Electric has signed a 46,559-square-foot industrial lease at Turnberry Lakes Business Center in Hanover Park. The company, which offers products, systems and machine solutions for automation in industries with an emphasis on corrugated containers, plastic processing and building materials, is expanding from a 14,000-square-foot location in Carol Stream. The new building, located at 865 Muirfield Drive, features an office and showroom. Michael Marconi, Joe Karmin and Justin Lerner of Transwestern Real Estate Services represented Chicago Electric.
ROCHESTER, MINN. — Colliers Mortgage has provided a $5.9 million HUD 223(a)(7) loan for the refinancing of Fairway Ridge Cooperative, a 52-unit seniors housing property in Southeast Minnesota’s Rochester. All units at the property, built in 2003, are restricted to households where the head of household is 62 years of age or older. The refinance will enable the borrower to reduce the interest rate on the loan.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Gelt Financial has provided a $3 million first mortgage loan for Crown Pointe Apartments in Columbus. The multifamily community, built in 1989, features 152 units. Loan proceeds of the two-year bridge loan will be used for property improvements. South Florida-based Gelt says it plans to close an additional $15 million in non-stabilized property loans by the end of the year.
Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $37.1M Refinancing Loan for New Seniors Housing Community in Charleston
by Alex Tostado
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $37.1 million refinancing loan for Wellmore of Daniel Island, an assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing community in Charleston. Wellmore of Daniel Island is a 186-unit, 198-bed community that opened in 2018. It is located within the Daniel Island area, near downtown Charleston and overlooking the Daniel Island Club Beresford Creek golf course. Truist Financial provided the loan to the borrower and owner, an affiliate of Maxwell Group. The Cushman & Wakefield Senior Housing Capital Markets team involved in the transaction included Richard Swartz, Tim Hosmer and Chris Remeika.
ORLANDO, FLA. — TSCG has arranged the sale of The Shoppes at South Semoran, a 101,611-square-foot shopping center in Orlando. The property was originally built in 1986 and renovated in 2013, when anchor Walmart Neighborhood Market opened. At the time of sale, the property was 97 percent leased to tenants including Walmart, Chase Bank, Dollar Tree and Wendy’s. The asset is situated at 4520 S. Semoran Blvd., seven miles southeast of downtown Orlando. Anthony Blanco, Lenard Williams, Mallory Silva and Gavin Walsh of TSCG represented the seller, an affiliate of Weingarten Realty, in the transaction. An affiliate of Core Investment Management acquired the property for an undisclosed price.
Investment Management Firm Expands Lease in Miami Beach, Breaking Florida’s Rental Rate Record Per Square Foot
by John Nelson
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — J. Goldman & Co. LLP, an independent investment management firm, has signed an eight-year lease for 3,318 square feet of office space and a 700-square-foot covered terrace at The Yukon Miami. J. Goldman, which already leases 1,223 square feet on the fourth floor of the Class A office building, broke Florida’s per square foot rental rate pricing record with the new lease at $92 per square foot. The 88,148-square-foot Yukon Miami is situated at 119 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach’s South of Fifth enclave. The property features 9,081 square feet of ground-floor retail space and a rooftop development opportunity. The owner, an entity known as Yantra 119 LLC, is listing Yukon Miami for sale at $45 million. The Global Consulting Organization and longtime landlord representative The Company Real Estate are marketing the property on behalf of the ownership.
Richmond has been considered a secondary market in the eyes of many national investors, and for good reason. Rental rates don’t compare to Washington D.C., New York City or other major primary markets. But a strong leasing market mixed with a large-scale population shift leads to one question: is now the time to start investing in the Richmond office market? Home to seven Fortune 500 companies, as well as fast-growing companies such as CoStar Group and Capital One, Richmond has made its mark as one of the top cities in the country when it comes to attracting recent college graduates. Offering affordable and diverse housing, amazing food and entertainment, close proximity to beaches and the nation’s capital with a high demand for skilled workers, Richmond is the perfect city for just about anyone. Hence, Richmond has seen a massive boom in its working-class population, which has led to lower vacancy rates, increased rents and a rise in new office developments. The revitalization of two major submarkets is also impacting the growth in millennial population. Scotts Addition and Manchester have both seen significant interest and investment from local and national developers. These submarkets are bringing the live-work-play feel to Richmond’s downtown …
NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG), a locally based developer and Manhattan’s largest office owner, has opened One Vanderbilt. The $3.3 billion office tower is located across the street from Grand Central Station in Midtown Manhattan. Designed by Kohn Pederson Fox Associates, One Vanderbilt spans 1.7 million square feet. Rising 77 stories and 1,401 feet, it is the tallest commercial building in the Midtown area. CBRE is the leasing agent for One Vanderbilt. SL Green developed the building in partnership with Houston-based Hines and the National Pension Service of Korea, according to the New York Post. The local media outlet also reports that One Vanderbilt is currently 67 percent leased to companies such as TD Securities, Carlyle Group and KPS Capital Partners. SL Green will occupy 70,000 square feet at the building for its new headquarters. Move-ins are scheduled to begin before the end of the year. Asking rents range from $125 to $300 per square foot. SL Green began assembling various tracts on the block between 42nd and 43rd streets and Madison and Vanderbilt avenues for the project more than 20 years ago, the Post reports. As part of the project, SL Green also made …