NAPERVILLE, ILL. — The White Sheep, a breakfast and brunch restaurant, has signed a 5,424-square-foot lease to open a restaurant at 22 E. Chicago Ave. in Naperville. The space is located in the River District Shopping Center, adjacent to North Central College. The restaurant is slated to open in the second quarter. Rick Scardino of Lee & Associates represented the tenant. Brooke Spinell of Mid-America Real Estate Group and Tom Bernier of Bucksbaum Properties LLC represented the landlord, Bucksbaum Properties. The lease marks the second location for The White Sheep, which maintains a restaurant in Orland Park.
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Walker & Dunlop Arranges $28.4M Refinancing for Apartment Complex in Grenelefe, Florida
by John Nelson
GRENELEFE, FLA. — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $28.4 million loan to refinance Grand at Grenelefe, a 417-unit fractured multifamily property located in Grenelefe, roughly 46 miles south of Orlando. Harvey Pava of Walker & Dunlop’s Florida Capital Markets team arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Alya Equities. The fixed-rate loan features a 5-year term with a 12-month interest-only payment, as well as a step-down prepayment structure. Situated at 3119 Camelot Drive, the complex sits on more than 160 acres with a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplan options ranging up to 1,275 square feet. Amenities at the property include an onsite property manager, walking and biking trails, storage space, laundry facilities and a lounge.
JOLIET, ILL. — NAI Hiffman has negotiated the $1.5 million sale of an industrial outdoor storage (IOS) property in Joliet. The 7-acre fenced and secured site at 18424 NW Frontage Road features an 11,000-square-fot repair facility with four repair bays and approximately 100 trailer parking positions. It is situated 15 miles north of the CenterPoint Intermodal facility — Noth America’s largest inland port — and near I-55 and I-80. NAI Hiffman’s Disser Team, comprising Kelly Disser, Mike Freitag, Bill Byrne and TJ Feeney, represented the seller. Both the buyer and seller were privately owned trucking companies.
DANIEL ISLAND, S.C. — New York City-based Bout Boxing has signed a 2,047-square-foot retail lease at Central Island Square, a 4,000-acre master planned community in Daniel Island. Located roughly eight miles from Charleston International Airport, the new fitness studio is slated to open this spring at 50 Central Island St. Melissa Sweeney of Continental Realty Corp. and Lindsey Halter of Carolina Retail Experts represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Alex Kucich and Nell Kucich currently operate two Bout Boxing locations in New York City and are teaming up with Marc Nuccitelli for the Charleston expansion. Bout Boxing will join a mix of retail tenants at Central Island Square including Buck’s Deli, Par Paradise, Gloss, iCRYO, Tacos & Tequilas Mexican Grill, New York Butcher Shoppe and a pet boutique.
NEW YORK CITY — S3 Capital has provided a $210 million construction loan for a 28-story mixed-use project located at 6208 Eighth Ave. in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. Chicago-based Watermark Capital is the project’s sponsor. The company obtained the financing alongside its joint venture partner, Rubin Equities. Once completed, the development will consist of 497 apartment units and 100,000 square feet of retail space. Residents will have access to shared amenities such as a fitness center, rooftop terrace, bike storage, a yoga room, sauna, screening room and coworking spaces. The project is situated directly above the Eighth Avenue subway station. Prestige Construction will serve as the general contractor. An estimated completion date for the development was not disclosed. “We are thrilled to collaborate with Watermark Capital on this exciting project,” said Robert Schwartz, co-founder and partner at S3 Capital. “The Sunset Park housing market is significantly under-supplied, and this development will bring a substantial amount of in-demand, transit-oriented housing units to the community.” Morris Betesh, Alex Bailkin, Matt O’Hanlon and Israel Mermelstein of Arrow Real Estate Advisors arranged the loan on behalf of Watermark Capital. S3 Capital is wholly owned by Spruce Capital Partners, a New York City-based developer, owner, lender and investor. Since …
HUMBLE, TEXAS — SurePoint Development, a self-storage owner-operator based in San Antonio, will develop an 687-unit self-storage facility in Humble, a northeastern suburb of Houston. The site is located at the intersection of Sam Houston Tollway and Mesa Drive at the entrance to Johnson Development’s Fall Creek master-planned community. CubeSmart will operate the new facility, which will comprise 120,000 net rentable square feet of climate- and non-climate-controlled space. The facility will also feature boat/RV storage space and 10,000 square feet of mini-offices. Construction is set to begin before the end of the year. A tentative completion date was not announced. SurePoint is also planning a 761-unit facility in Missouri City.
HARKER HEIGHTS, TEXAS — Mag Mile Capital, a Chicago-based commercial mortgage banking firm, has arranged a $13 million CMBS loan for the 88-room Hampton Inn Harker Heights hotel in Central Texas. The select-service hotel opened in August 2023 and is located north of Austin and just outside the city of Killeen. The 10-year, nonrecourse loan carried a fixed interest rate of 7.5 percent, a 65 percent loan-to-value ratio and a 30-year amortization schedule. The name of the Austin-based borrower and direct lender were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Hilltop Stones has signed a 121,795-square-foot industrial lease in northwest Houston. The manufacturer of granite, quartz and marble products is taking space at the building at 8760 Clay Road, which according to LoopNet Inc. was built in 1960 (renovated in 2010) and totals 356,953 square feet. Garret Geaccone and Boone Smith of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, DRA Advisors, in the lease negotiations. Wes Williams of Colliers represented the tenant.
TYLER, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm STRIVE has negotiated the sale of Kinsey Crossing, a 24,107-square-foot retail center in the East Texas city of Tyler. The center was built in 2014 and was 80 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Baskin-Robbins, Dunkin’ and T-Mobile. Andrew Williams and Will Schubert of STRIVE represented the New Jersey-based seller in the transaction and procured the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
HOUSTON — Locally based operator Duckstache Hospitality has opened three new restaurants at Autry Park, a 14-acre mixed-use development located northwest of downtown Houston. Bar Doko and Doko are both Japanese concepts that total 66 seats and opened in late 2024 and February 2025, respectively. Annam is a French-Vietnamese restaurant that also opened in February. A partnership between Hanover Co. and Dallas-based retail owner-operator Rebees owns Autry Park.