HOUSTON — NAI Partners has arranged a 6,011-square-foot industrial lease at 495 W. 38th St. in Houston on behalf of Eagle Controls Inc., a Houston-based original equipment manufacturer (OEM). Jake Wilkinson of NAI Partners represented Eagle Controls in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.
PRAIRIE DU SAC, WIS. — American Healthcare Investors and Griffin Capital Co. LLC, the co-sponsors of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Inc., have acquired the Sauk Prairie medical office building in Prairie du Sac near Madison for $19.5 million. Built in 2014, the 55,000-square-foot building is currently fully leased to multiple healthcare service providers. Sauk Prairie Healthcare occupies 59 percent of the property, which is connected to the 36-bed Sauk Prairie Hospital. Chris Bodnar and Lee Asher of CBRE represented the seller, Sauk Prairie MOB LLC. As of this acquisition, the REIT has purchased a portfolio of 43 medical office buildings, seniors housing facilities and skilled nursing facilities for an aggregate contract purchase price of approximately $508 million.
ROMEOVILLE, ILL. — Principle Construction Corp. has broken ground on a 43,227-square-foot, speculative office development in Romeoville, about 30 miles southwest of Chicago. Known as the OWL 3 Spec Office, the property is located at 1250 Windham Parkway. The project, slated for completion this October, will be able to accommodate 10 tenants. This will be the first LEED-certified office building in Romeoville, according to Principle. The project is being developed in partnership with Lakeview Realty Investors LLC. SKJN Architeckten is providing architectural services.
CHICAGO — Cresset Partners, the private investment affiliate of Cresset Wealth Advisors, has purchased Wells Place in the heart of Chicago’s South Loop for an undisclosed price. The 84-unit apartment community is located at 837 and 839 S. Wells St. The property features a mix of one- and two-bedroom units with in-unit washers/dryers and private patios. The seller was not disclosed.
KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 10,000-square-foot property net leased to Fortiline Waterworks in Kansas City. The sales price was not disclosed. Fortiline is a wholesale distributor of underground water, sewer and storm utility products. The property, built in 2017 as a build-to-suit for Fortiline, is located at 330 S. 59th Lane on a four-acre lot. Patrick Doherty, Douglas Diffie, David Houston, Bruce Bentley III and Scott Ryan of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. An individual trust purchased the asset.
CHICAGO — The Boulder Group has arranged the sale of a single-tenant property, net leased to Fresenius Medical Care in Chicago, for $4.4 million. The 9,396-square-foot building is located at 9924 S. Vincennes Ave. Fresenius, which provides renal services via its dialysis facilities, has 15 years remaining on its lease. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of Boulder represented the seller, a Midwest-based real estate development company. A West Coast-based real estate investment firm was the buyer.
ELGIN, ILL. — Eldorado Resorts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERI), a Nevada-based casino owner and operator, has agreed to acquire the Grand Victoria Casino for $327.5 million. The riverboat casino opened in 1994 and is moored on the Fox River in Elgin, approximately 40 miles northwest of Chicago. Eldorado Resorts will acquire the roughly 30,000-square-foot casino from a partnership between MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) and RBG LLP, a subsidiary of Hyatt. Eldorado will use proceeds from recent asset sales, cash from ongoing operations and loans from its revolving credit facility to fund the transaction, which is expected to close during the fourth quarter. “The addition of Grand Victoria Casino will further diversify the geographic reach of our operations and includes excess contiguous acreage for potential future development,” says Gary Carano, CEO of Eldorado Resorts. “Grand Victoria is one of the leading casinos in the Chicagoland market and is extremely well maintained, which will allow us, upon closing, to focus on enhancing the guest experience and operating results without the need to undertake capital investments,” he adds. MGM acquired a 50 percent interest in Grand Victoria in 2005 when it acquired Mandalay Resort Group. As the seller, MGM will receive approximately $162 million …
Consistency is key, and that’s exactly why investors find Memphis more attractive than ever: the Grind City’s financial and commercial real estate stability. The area has grown into a hub for both the distribution and transportation industries. As the largest economic driver in the state, Memphis International Airport alone injects over $20 billion a year into the region’s economy. Thanks in large part to FedEx, the airport has become the second-busiest cargo airport in the world. FedEx’s presence creates a secondary demand from all retailers as they want to have a large distribution presence in the market. Going High-Tech Marketable growth in the Memphis economy extends beyond the distribution and transportation industries. Sizable expansions at University of Tennessee’s Medical School, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Methodist University Hospital and LeBonehur Children’s Medical Center, as well as the migration of medical device manufacturers such as Smith & Nephew and Medtronic, show how Memphis is not only the Home of the Blues and global shipping, but also a high-tech healthcare hub for the Mid-South region. All this growth has helped propel Memphis’ millennial population, especially 20- to 34-year-olds who make up a high percentage of the city’s workforce. Last year, Memphis marked …
NEW YORK CITY — Rosewood Realty Group has brokered the $287 million sale of Stonehenge Village, a 420-unit, three-building apartment community on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Aaron Jungreis of Rosewood Realty represented both the buyer, A&E Real Estate Holdings, and the seller, Ofer Yardeni’s Stonehenge Partners. The seller acquired the property for $115 million in 2005. Signature Bank and Mesa West Capital provided $145 million in acquisition financing to A&E for the purchase of the property. The buildings, which were built in 1968, total 69,605 square feet. At the time of sale, the buildings were 98 percent occupied, with a mix of free-market and rent-stabilized tenants.
MERRIMACK, N.H. — CBRE has secured $17.5 million in acquisition financing on behalf of Calare Properties for 57-59 Daniel Webster Highway, a two-building industrial property in Merrimack. The two warehouses total 511,000 square feet. Kyle Juszczyszyn and Matthew Machiros of CBRE secured the financing from Harbor One Bank. Calare Properties is a real estate manager and operator. The tenant roster at the property currently includes Law Logistics, Nanocomp Technologies, Raymer’s Express and XPO Logistics.