MINNEAPOLIS — The Asher, a 175-unit luxury apartment community in Minneapolis, is slated to open in October. Situated at 1125 Lagoon Ave., the property will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities will include a pool, rooftop deck, fitness center, clubroom, bike lounge and coworking stations. Reuter Walton Development and Northwestern Mutual are the project partners. Village Green will serve as property manager. Residents can currently earn two months of free rent on select apartments. Monthly rents start at $995.
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HARWOOD HEIGHTS, ILL. — NARE Investments has acquired Harwood Commons, a 142,195-square-foot shopping center in metro Chicago’s Harwood Heights. The purchase price was undisclosed. Harwood Commons, located at 4701 N. Harlem Ave. and built in 1981, is home to Burlington, Marshalls and Aldi. CBRE’s National Retail Partners Midwest team represented the seller, Icahn Enterprises.
SCHAUMBURG, ILL. — Entre Commercial Realty has brokered the sale of a 67,817-square-foot, last-mile distribution building in Schaumburg for an undisclosed price. The property is located at 710 E. State Parkway. Advance Auto Parts and its affiliate, Worldpac, occupy the entire building. They use the facility to provide just-in-time delivery of automotive parts and accessories to customers. An affiliate of STAG Industrial acquired the property. Dan Benassi, Dan Jones and Sam Deihs of Entre represented the undisclosed seller.
ROLLING MEADOWS, ILL. — Patients Choice Medical has signed a 10,186-square-foot industrial lease at 3601 Edison Place in Rolling Meadows, about 30 miles northwest of Chicago. Rick Anesi of Lee & Associates represented the owner, Otto Holdings. Tom Callahan of Chicagoland Commercial represented the tenant, which is a medical equipment supplier based in Arlington Heights that is expanding operations.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of The Bowery at Southside, a 303-unit apartment community in Fort Worth. The property was built on 7.5 acres in 2019 and features apartment and townhome residences with an average unit size of 820 square feet. Amenities include a pool, sky lounge and a lawn with a five-hole putting green. Drew Kile, Will Balthrope and Joey Tumminello of IPA represented the seller, StoneHawk Capital Partners, and procured the buyer, Virginia-based Weinstein Properties.
HOUSTON — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has provided a $54.8 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Nob Hill Apartments in Houston. The community was built in four phases beginning in 1967 and is now operated as a single complex totaling 1,326 workforce housing units. The borrower, Steadfast Cos., recently implemented a value-add program that delivered shaker-style cabinets, granite-style countertops and modern appliances to the unit interiors. Amenities include nine pools, courtyards, a business center and a clubhouse. Matt Greer of NKF originated the loan.
BIXBY, OKLA. — Minneapolis-based investment firm Timberland Partners has purchased Encore Memorial, a 248-unit apartment community located in the southern Tulsa suburb of Bixby. Built in 2012, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Amenities include a business center, resident clubhouse, pool, fitness center, playground and a volleyball court. Timberland Partners acquired the asset through its $100 million TPAF VII Fund. The seller was not disclosed.
KERRVILLE, TEXAS — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has negotiated the sale of a 150-bed skilled nursing facility in Kerrville, approximately 65 miles northwest of San Antonio. The property was built in 2006. A private investor bought the asset and contracted with a Texas-based operator as the tenant. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Craft beer producer TUPPS Brewery has received a $11.3 million grant from The McKinney Community Development Corp. to remodel a 120-year-old grain mill in the northern Dallas suburb for its new location. The brewer’s new campus will span 4.5 acres and will consist of a 25,000-square-foot production brewery and a communal shopping area. TUPPS has occupied 17,000 square feet at the historic McKinney cotton mill at 721 Anderson St. for the past five years.
MECHANICSBURG, PA. — Pet food provider Nestlé Purina will invest $167 million in the expansion of its manufacturing and distribution facility in Mechanicsburg, located southwest of Harrisburg. The project will add new processing and packaging lines to the operation. Purina, which currently employs about 320 people at this facility, expects to hire about 95 more workers following the completion of the expansion. A construction schedule was not released.