BILLERICA, MASS. — Third party logistics (3PL) company Omni Logistics has signed a 115,822-square-foot industrial lease in Billerica, located approximately 20 miles northwest of Boston. The space is situated within Billerica Commerce Center, a 612,685-square-foot facility located at 90 Salem Road. The property was built in 1982, renovated in 2007 and features 38-foot clear heights, 17 loading docks and convenient access to Interstate 495. David Corkery, Steve Clancy and Rachel Marks of CBRE represented Omni Logistics in the lease negotiations. The team also represented the landlord, New York City-based Clarion Partners.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Ready Capital has closed $7.7 million in financing for the recapitalization, renovation and lease-up of an industrial and office portfolio located in the Lloyd District submarket of Portland. The sponsor will use loan proceeds to recapitalize funds and repurpose the older industrial buildings into a combination of Class B creative office, commercial kitchen and industrial office space. Ready Capital closed the non-recourse, floating-rate loan that features a 36-month term, two extension options, flexible pre-payment and a facility to provide future funding for capital expenditures, tenant leasing costs and interest and carry shortfalls.
WEST NEW YORK, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has closed the $6.5 million sale of a retail and office property in West New York, a western suburb of New York City. Located at 4912 Bergenline Ave., the property is leased to 7-Eleven and Telco. The upper floors are occupied by office tenants on a month-to-month basis. Fahri Ozturk and Richard Gatto of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Both parties were private investors that requested anonymity.
HUNTINGTON, N.Y. — Sunrise Senior Living has completed construction of Sunrise of Huntington, a 90-unit seniors housing community located in the Long Island town of Huntington. The community features assisted living and memory care services, as well as convenient access to Syosset Hospital and Plainview Hospital. Sunrise held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, Feb. 19, for the .
FORT WAYNE, IND. — Do it Best Corp. has signed on as the anchor tenant of Electric Works in Fort Wayne. The company will relocate its headquarters and all 440 of its employees to a nearly 200,000-square-foot space within the campus as well as add up to 90 new jobs. The Electric Works project is a $440 million office redevelopment of the abandoned GE campus in Fort Wayne. Construction is expected to begin later this year. The 1.2 million-square-foot project is approximately 60 percent pre-leased. Besides office space, plans call for a coffee shop, restaurant and health and educational facilities. The 39-acre campus once employed 40 percent of the city’s population at its peak in the 1920s. Do it Best Corp. is a hardware, lumber and building materials cooperative, which is a type of organization that is both owned and controlled by its members.
DEKALB, ILL. — Trammell Crow Co. has begun development of a 1.2 million-square-foot distribution center and a 466,000-square foot packaging facility at ChicagoWest Business Center in DeKalb, about 70 miles west of Chicago. Ferrara Candy Co. will occupy the two buildings. The new development is expected to be fully operational in the second quarter of 2021. Ferrara expects to bring approximately 500 jobs to the city. The project team includes Krusinski Construction Co., Harris Architects Inc. and Jacob & Hefner Associates Inc. Joe Grimes of Trammell Crow will oversee the design and construction. Matt Mulvihill and Kevin Segerson of CBRE represented Ferrara in the negotiations.
GLENVIEW, ILL. — Associated Bank has provided a $17.7 million loan for the acquisition of land and development of a 62,540-square-foot shopping center in Glenview, about 20 miles northwest of Chicago. Known as Willows Crossing, the multi-tenant center will be located at the southwest corner of Willow and Pfingsten roads. Previously signed leases at the project include Mission BBQ, First Watch Café and an undisclosed 35,000-square-foot grocery tenant. Completion is slated for spring 2021. Daniel Barrins of Associated Bank managed the loan and closing on behalf of the borrower and developer, GW Properties.
DES PLAINES, ILL. AND DUBLIN, OHIO — NorthMarq has arranged $16.9 million in acquisition financing for two flex industrial properties in Illinois and Ohio. Jeff Frankel of NorthMarq arranged both fixed-rate loans with Ready Capital Structured Finance. The first is a three-building property spanning 140,134 square feet in Des Plaines, a northwestern suburb of Chicago. The second is a three-building property totaling 124,929 square feet in Dublin, a northern suburb of Columbus. The Des Plaines property was 94 percent occupied at the time of acquisition, while the Dublin asset was 80 percent occupied.
SOUTH HOLLAND, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $3.2 million sale of a Family Dollar-anchored retail center in South Holland, about 20 miles south of Chicago. The 36,389-square-foot property is located at 1000 E. 162nd St. All tenants operate under net leases at the fully leased center. Six of the 15 tenants have occupied their space for an average of 25 years. Adrian Mendoza, Austin Weisenbeck and Sean Sharko of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. The team also procured the buyer, a limited liability company.
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Berkadia: Affordable housing concerns require local solutions
David Leopold, Senior Vice President and Head of Affordable Housing at Berkadia, speaks with reporter Nellie Day about the ever-growing need for affordable housing and the challenges of meeting increasing demand. As Leopold discusses the differences between subsidized affordable housing and “organic,” workforce housing that is not driven by subsidies, he looks at the short- and long-term impacts of each approach. “Like all real estate, affordable housing challenges are very local. And the solutions to affordable housing are also local,” Leopold says. Developers have different tools available to them depending on where they are doing deals. Watch the video to hear more from Leopold about the challenges of affordable housing and how Berkadia is helping to tackle the issue. This video is posted as part of REBusinessOnline’s Finance Insight series, covering MBA CREF 2020. Click here to subscribe to the Finance Insight newsletter, a four-week newsletter series, followed by video interviews from MBA CREF.