CHICAGO — A partnership between Green Door Capital and Citimark Inc. has purchased a seven-property industrial portfolio in metro Chicago for $38 million. The properties, totaling 447,059 square feet, include: 5120 Prairie Stone Parkway in Hoffman Estates; 1124 Tower Road and 1555-1559 Brasswood Road in Schaumburg; 3225 Corporate Drive and 3301-3301 Corporate Drive in Joliet; 454 Scott Drive in Bloomingdale; and 3720 Prairie Lake Court in Aurora. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 93 percent leased to 10 different tenants. Kurt Sarbaugh, Robin Stolberg, Stephen Skok and Sam Berry of HFF marketed the portfolio on behalf of the seller, Globe Corp.
HILLSBORO, ORE. — The Wolff Co. has broken ground for Revel Amberglen, an independent living seniors housing community within Hillsboro’s mixed-use Amberglen Business Park. Slated to open in 2020, the five-story property will feature 143 studio, one- and two-bedroom residences, a full-service salon and spa, an indoor saltwater pool, a fitness studio and multiple restaurants. The new property joins Wolff Co.’s portfolio of 19 seniors housing communities currently open or under construction.
CANTON, OHIO — Romans Properties has brokered the sale of a 30,000-square-foot data center in Canton for $9.3 million. The property, located at 4726 Hills and Dales Road, is fully leased to Secure Data 365. Chriss Orr of Romans represented the buyer, an institutional client. The seller was not disclosed.
CHICAGO — It’Sugar has opened a 2,000-square-foot store at Chicago’s Navy Pier. Founded in 2006, the candy retailer has approximately 100 locations across the country and worldwide. The store at Navy Pier offers a “Taste of Chicago Box,” which features products that originated in Chicago including Tootsie Rolls, Razzles, Baby Ruth, Juicy Fruit, Charleston Chew, Sugar Daddy and Chuckles. Other current tenants at Navy Pier include Build-A-Bear Workshop, Garrett Popcorn Shops, Giordano’s, Harry Caray’s Tavern, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., McDonald’s and Starbucks. Gregory Kirsch, Corey Black and Larry Kling of Newmark Knight Frank represented It’Sugar in the lease.
The malls of yesteryear are not dead, but many are in need of a revival if they want to thrive tomorrow and beyond, believes Leslie Lundin, co-founder and managing partner at LBG Real Estate Cos. Lundin, who held the “Transforming Challenges into Opportunities” workshop on Monday at ICSC’s Western Dealmaking Conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center, asserts that many mall properties are situated in prime traffic corridors — meaning the traffic is there but it’s up to the owner to take advantage of these numbers. She points to the Shops at Hilltop, a 1.2-million-square-foot shopping center in the San Francisco East Bay submarket of Richmond, as one example. LBG acquired the asset, which is currently undergoing a rebranding and re-tenanting just off Interstate 80 in a dense traffic corridor that sits 20 miles northeast of San Francisco, in July 2017. It is set to become an Asian-themed shopping and entertainment destination that includes a movie theater, live theater, grocery store, food hall, and more than 100,000 square feet of restaurants along with various entertainment-related tenants. The Shops at Hilltop will also include off-price, valued-based tenants such as H&M, Forever 21 and Saks Off Fifth. Rich Walter, executive vice president …
SAN DIEGO — Manchester Financial Group has launched Manchester Pacific Gateway, a $1.5 billion redevelopment of the Navy Broadway Complex in downtown San Diego. Situated along the waterfront near San Diego’s central business district (CBD), the new 3 million-square-foot mixed-use complex will include a new 17-story, Class A office building that will house the U.S. Navy headquarters. “The Navy is excited to break ground on a new administrative building. The Navy and San Diego have had a strong, mutually beneficial relationship for over 100 years and this project is another important chapter in that history,” says Rear Admiral Yancy Lindsey, commander of the Southwest region of the Navy. Manchester Pacific Gateway will span eight city blocks and will serve as the gateway to the San Diego CBD and downtown tourism corridor. According to the developer, the project is the largest private waterfront development on the West Coast. The 13.5-acre development will feature the following elements: ➢ Block 1 of Manchester Pacific Gateway will include a nearly two-acre plaza; a 29-story, 467,000-square-foot office tower; 68,000 square feet of retail space; and a 198,000-square-foot luxury boutique hotel with 235 rooms. ➢ Block 2 will feature a 29-story, 1 million-square-foot convention center hotel …
NEW YORK CITY — ABS Altman Warwick has arranged the $51 million refinancing of the Pergament Enterprises Mall, a 360,000-square-foot grocery-anchored power center in Staten Island. Located adjacent to the 1.3 million-square-foot Staten Island Mall on Richmond Avenue, the center in anchored by Stop & Shop. ABS Altman Warwick arranged a 15-year, interest-only loan with a rate of 4 percent on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. The lender was a major life insurance company.
VERNON, CONN. — KeyBank has secured a $16 million first mortgage loan through Freddie Mac for Vernon Gardens Apartments in Vernon. Built in 1965, the property is comprised of 10, two-story buildings and has undergone a number renovations and upgrades since 2014. John Ward of KeyBank secured the non-recourse, floating-rate financing through Freddie Mac’s Green-Up Program on behalf of an undisclosed borrower. The loan is structured with five years of interest-only payments on a 30-year amortization schedule.
NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has provided a $45 million bridge loan for three Section 8 affordable housing properties in Manhattan. The properties are located in Washington Heights, Morningside Heights, and West Harlem. The borrower was undisclosed. The financing will go toward preserving affordability for residents across the three properties through a new 30-year regulatory agreement with New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the extension of the Section 8 contract with HUD.
SEWELL, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $5.4 million sale of a 2,000-square-foot retail property net leased to Wawa in Sewell. The property is located at 485 Woodbury Glassboro Road. The sales price represents a 4.5 percent capitalization rate. Derrick Dougherty and Scott Woodard of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a limited liability company, in the transaction. The seller was undisclosed.