KANSAS CITY, MO. — Lanter Distributing LLC has signed a 126,000-square-foot industrial lease to consolidate its regional operations into a single warehouse at SubTropolis in Kansas City. The provider of freight consolidation, pool distribution and less-than-truckload deliveries for food, pharmaceutical and health and beauty manufacturers initially leased 21,000 square feet at the underground business complex in 2012. Eight 3PL companies have located in SubTropolis to date, including Advanced Logistics Fulfillment, American Central Transport, FW Warehousing, Ground Freight Expeditors, Hallmark Cards, Paris Brothers and Rossi Motor Freight. Hunt Midwest owns the 6 million-square-foot property.
DES PLAINES, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Metropolitan Square in Des Plaines, a northwest suburb of Chicago, for $13 million. The 120,983-square-foot mixed-use property is located at 518 Metropolitan Way. Completed in 2004, the property includes a 40,000-square-foot Shop & Save Market, a freestanding Fifth Third Bank, a 10,500-square-foot multi-tenant strip center and additional street-level retail space. Also included in the sale was a three-story, 22,000-square-foot medical office building. The property was 68 percent occupied at the time of sale. Other tenants include Tap House Grill, Panera Bread, Potbelly Sandwich Works, Giordano’s, Forever Yogurt, LA Tan, Elite Training & Fitness, Chiro One and Allstate Insurance. Sean Sharko and Austin Weisenbeck represented the undisclosed buyer and seller.
WICHITA, KAN. — Bellwether Enterprise has arranged a $7.2 million CMBS loan for the acquisition of two manufactured housing communities in Wichita. River Oaks features 275 mobile homes while Lamplighter includes 225 mobile homes. Amenities include basketball courts, storage facilities and swimming pools. MJ Vukovich of Bellwether arranged the loan for the borrower, Park Street Partners. Benefit Street Partners was the lender.
VESTAVIA HILLS, ALA. — New York-based Katz Properties has acquired Vestavia Hills City Center, a 392,000-square-foot shopping center in Vestavia Hills, roughly six miles south of Birmingham, for $60.3 million. HFF arranged mortgage financing for the acquisition. The seller was not disclosed. Vestavia Hills City Center is home to anchor tenant Publix, AMC Vestavia Hills 10, Planet Fitness, Starbucks Coffee, Rite Aid, Stein Mart and various restaurant tenants. In addition, the center is home to a variety of office users. Katz Properties has hired Fairway Management Group LLC to manage the property.
SAFETY HARBOR AND TAMPA, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged the $47.5 million sale of two multifamily properties in the Tampa Bay region: Twenty 35 in Safety Harbor and The Park at Windsor in Tampa. Jason Stanton, Cole Whitaker, Mary Beale and Greg Rainey of Berkadia arranged both transactions. Blue Roc Premier Properties LLC acquired Twenty 35 from Nashville-based Covenant Capital Group LLC for $21 million. The property features one- and two-bedroom units with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and walk-in closets. Community amenities include a fitness center, picnic area, courtyard and gated entry. Redwood Capital Group acquired The Park at Windsor from Blue Roc Premier Properties LLC for $26.5 million. The property features balconies or patios for each unit, a fitness center, pool, barbeque area and a laundry center.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Miami-based Lloyd Jones Capital has acquired Deerwood Park, a 282-unit apartment community in Jacksonville. The Florida Times-Union reports the asset sold for $40.9 million. The property is located within Deerwood Office Park on Touchton Road, home to 5.2 million square feet of office space. Constructed in 2002, Deerwood Park offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Community amenities include attached garages, a resort-style pool, outdoor kitchen with gas grills and a dog park. Finlay Management, the operations group at Lloyd Jones Capital, will manage the property.
FREDERICK, MD. — HHHunt has broken ground on Spring Arbor of Frederick, a 109-bed assisted living and memory care community in Frederick, approximately 50 miles west of Baltimore. Development costs for the project are estimated at $32.3 million. When completed, the 110,000-square-foot community will sit on a 10-acre site along the Monocacy River and near the Monocacy National Battlefield. The community will be HHHunt’s third in Maryland and is scheduled for completion in early 2019. SunTrust Bank provided a $50 million credit facility for the project. Blacksburg, Va.-based HHHunt is a real estate developer and owner with a portfolio of 24 Spring Arbor-branded seniors housing communities in North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland.
CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — Atlanta-based RCG Ventures has sold Hampton Plaza, a 124,260-square-foot shopping center in Clarksville, for $17.8 million. Fain Hicks of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the transaction on behalf of RCG Ventures. An affiliate of White Plains, N.Y.-based Yale Realty Services acquired the asset. Kohl’s anchors Hampton Plaza, which is also home to Michaels, Party City, Ulta Beauty, Kirklands, Books-A-Million, CATO, Mattress Firm, Lane Bryant, It’s Fashion and Sally Beauty Supply.
CHICAGO — Brookfield Property Partners LP (NYSE: BPY) has made an unsolicited proposal to acquire GGP Inc. (NYSE: GGP) for $14.8 billion. The offer is made up of $7.4 billion in direct share purchases at $23 per share, as well as $7.4 billion in shares in the combined company post-acquisition. Brookfield already owns approximately 34 percent of GGP. Existing GGP shareholders would own approximately 30 percent of the combined company. The transaction is subject to the negotiation and execution of transaction documents, as well as customary approvals. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. is serving as financial advisor and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is serving as legal counsel to GGP. The transaction would boost BPY’s portfolio to almost $100 billion of real estate assets globally and an annual net operating income of approximately $5 billion, according to BPY. “Brookfield’s access to large-scale capital and deep operating expertise across multiple real estate sectors combined with GGP’s high-quality retail asset base will allow us to maximize the value of these irreplaceable assets,” says Brian Kingston, CEO of Brookfield Property Group. “We are excited about the opportunity to leverage our expertise to grow, transform or reposition GGP’s shopping centers, creating long-term value in a way that would …
Louisville has a lot going for it when it comes to logistics. In addition to its prime location on the Ohio River, the city benefits from three major interstates running through it: Interstates 64, 65 and 71. I-65 is considered a Tier 1 Corridor due to the high volume of trucks that travel over this route, connecting Chicago and Indianapolis through Louisville to the Southern states. Louisville’s location also allows companies to reach 60 percent of the country’s population within a 12-hour drive. Perhaps most importantly, Louisville is home to UPS Worldport, the largest automated package handling facility in the world, and the center point of UPS’s worldwide air network. More than 300 flights arrive and depart daily, and the hub processes roughly two million packages a day and more than 4 million during peak holiday shipping season. E-commerce lives here and UPS offers customers the ability to drop shipments at Worldport much later in the day, compared to other cities, while still providing next morning/day delivery. Louisville is not only a great logistics hub, it has a strong manufacturing base. Louisville is home to GE Appliance Park and two Ford Plants: Louisville Assembly Plant and Kentucky Truck Plant. Louisville …