PEABODY, MASS. — JLL has brokered the sale of a distribution center located at 1 Technology Drive in Peabody. Normandy Real Estate Partners sold the property to a partnership between AEW and Griffith Properties for $21.7 million. With access to Route 128 and Route 1, the property features 186,591 square feet of distribution and freezer space. Frank Pets and George Gregory of JLL represented the seller in the transaction.
WILMINGTON, DEL. — Patterson-Woods Commercial Properties/CORFAC International has arranged the sale of an office building located at 913 Delaware Ave. in Wilmington. Washington Street Realty Co. sold the property to 913 Delaware Avenue, a Series of KD Financial LLC for $1.9 million. The single-story property features 8,100 square feet of office space. Bart Mackey of Patterson-Woods Commercial represented the seller in the deal.
ASHLAND, MASS. — SVN/Parsons Commercial Group/Boston has purchased a retail plaza located at 310 Pond St. in Ashland for an undisclosed price. The plaza features a 31,000-square-foot building and a 5,000-square-foot freestanding building situated at the front of the plaza. Additionally, SVN/Parsons secured a long-term deal with Habitat for Humanity – ReStore to occupy the property. Other tenants include Domino’s. Garrett Quinn of SVN/Parson provided in-house representation for the buyer, while Richard Diamond of The Diamond Group represented the seller, Saxon Partners, in the deal.
SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has brokered the sale of two industrial/flex buildings located in Saddle Brook in a 1031 exchange. The properties are a 10,200-square-foot building at 431 N. Midland Ave., which features 3,300 square feet of office space, 4,700 square feet of high-tech space and 2,200 square feet of warehouse space; and a 24,000-square-foot building at 435 N. Midland Ave., which features 4,000 square feet of office space, two tailgate loading docks and 14-foot ceilings. Anthony Cassano of NAI Hanson represented the undisclosed seller, while Kenneth Lundberg and Patrick Lennon, also of NAI Hanson, represented the undisclosed buyer in the transaction.
CHICAGO — Mesa West Capital has provided a $48 million loan for the refinancing of the newly renovated Talbott Hotel in Chicago. The borrower, Sterling Bay, acquired the 16-story hotel in the fall of 2015. Sterling Bay completed a renovation of the lobby, common areas and guest rooms and added a restaurant, fitness center and 29 new rooms to rebrand the property into a 178-room boutique hotel. The hotel reopened in May 2017. The non-recourse loan will allow Sterling Bay to stabilize the hotel over the course of the five-year loan term, according to Matthew Snyder, vice president of Mesa West. Snyder and Brian Hirsh originated the loan.
CHICAGO — McDonald’s has unveiled exterior and interior designs for the brand’s flagship restaurant at Clark and Ontario streets in Chicago. The former rock ‘n’ roll-themed restaurant closed in late December. The new restaurant will feature self-order kiosks, table service and mobile order and payment. The nearly 19,000-square-foot restaurant, designed by Chicago-based Ross Barney Architects, will be constructed of steel and wood timber. The restaurant will feature green spaces and energy-saving features in efforts to become LEED certified. The redesigned restaurant is slated to reopen this spring. McDonald’s is also in the process of moving its headquarters to Chicago from Oak Brook, Ill.
COLUMBIA CITY, MONTICELLO AND WABASH, IND. — Regency Properties has acquired three shopping centers in northern Indiana for an undisclosed price. The acquisition will add a combined 253,267 square feet to the company’s portfolio of properties. The 123,340-square-foot Columbia Square Shopping Center is located at 621 Countryside Drive in Columbia City. Anchored by Kroger, additional tenants at the property include Family Dollar, Goody’s, Rent-A-Center and Tires Plus. In Monticello, the 107,164-square-foot Monticello Marketplace is located at 900 N. Main St. Tenants include Kroger, Label Shopper, Pizza Hut, Ace Hardware and Anytime Fitness. Wabash Crossing East Shopping Center is a 22,763-square-foot center located at 1611 N. Cass St. in Wabash. Positioned by Highway 24, this center features Wabash County Hospital among other tenants.
ANDERSON, IND. — CBRE has arranged $15.5 million in financing for a three-property multifamily portfolio located in Anderson, about 40 miles northwest of Indianapolis. Jason Brown and Dan Gable of CBRE arranged the 10-year loans through Starwood Mortgage Capital. James Management Group was the borrower. Brown and Gable arranged a $6.8 million loan for the refinancing of Villages on Madison. The 214-unit property is located at 4325 S. Madison Ave. The team also arranged a $7.2 million loan for the acquisition of the 212-unit Cross Lakes and a $1.4 million loan for the acquisition of the 72-unit Giant Oaks.
LOMBARD, ILL. — Pacific Retail Capital Partners (PRCP) and Clifton Realty Management have redeveloped Yorktown Center in Lombard to include a 12,000-square-foot “self-care” component. The new section allows shoppers and nearby residents to conduct all their self-care needs in one place. Tenants include The Barre Code, CycleBar, Orangetheory Fitness, Amazing Lash Studio and European Wax Center. An additional 40,000-square-foot unnamed fitness concept is slated to open late this summer. Yorktown Center is a 1.5 million-square-foot shopping center.
THE COLONY, TEXAS — Construction has begun on a 331,000-square-foot location for SCHEELS, a sporting goods retailer, in the northern Dallas metro of The Colony. The store will be located within Grandscape, a 433-acre mixed-use property being developed by Nebraska Furniture Mart, a division of Berkshire Hathaway. For North Dakota-based SCHEELS, which operates 27 stores across 12 states, the Grandscape location will be its first in Texas. The store is expected to open by spring 2020.
