SOUTHFIELD, MICH. — Raleigh Officentre Southfield LLC selected Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions to manage, lease and oversee planned improvements for Raleigh Officentre in Southfield, a suburb of Detroit. Located at 25300 and 25330 Telegraph Road, the 297,000-square-foot Raleigh Officentre consists of two connected six-story office buildings on 14.6 acres. Friedman’s construction and design team will oversee the planned improvements, including landscape enhancements and fully remodeled lobbies. Spaces available for lease range from 1,000 to 280,000 square feet.
CHICAGO — Kiser Group has brokered the acquisition of a fully leased six-unit apartment building at 6900 N. Sheridan Road in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood for $3.1 million. At $525,000 per unit, the sale price is the highest on record for Rogers Park on both a per-unit and per-square-foot basis. Located at the northwest corner of Farwell Avenue and Sheridan Road, the four-story building was built in 1918 and fully rehabbed in 2014. It includes four two-bedroom, two-bath units; one three-bedroom, two-bath duplex; and a four-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath penthouse, with monthly rents ranging from $2,500 to $4,000. Aaron Sklar of the Kiser Group broker represented the buyer, a private investor.
CHICAGO — Baum Realty Group LLC has arranged the sale of a mixed-use building, located at 1439 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago’s Wicker Park/Bucktown neighborhood. The property’s ground-floor retail space is occupied by Taco Bell Cantina, which offers the brand’s traditional food menu in addition to beer, wine and frozen alcohol drinks. The three uppers floors contain five recently updated apartments ranging from one-bedroom layouts to a three-bedroom unit. The property sold for $2.4 million. Greg Dietz and Danny Spitz of Baum Realty Group represented the seller, a local investor. The buyer is a Chicago-based investment group.
DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. — Transwestern and Darwin Realty have brokered a 24,400-square-foot lease at Corridors I, a 149,896-square-foot office building located at 2651 Warrenville Road in Downers Grove. PLZ Aeroscience Corp., a specialty aerosol product manufacturer, plans to move its headquarters to Downers Grove in February from its current location in Addison. The Downers Grove office will house approximately 80 employees. Corridors I and II were acquired by Transwestern Investment Group in 2013. Transwestern was self-represented by Joe Stevens, Fred Ishler and Lindsay Borkan in the transaction. Adam Haefner of Darwin Realty represented the tenant.
CHICAGO — Essex Realty Group Inc. has brokered the $1.98 million sale of 2843 N. Milwaukee Ave., a 10-unit mixed-use building located in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago. The property includes six apartments consisting of two one-bed units and four two-bed units, two street retail spaces and two flex spaces in the rear. The property is situated near the Logan Square CTA stop, which services the Blue Line to Chicago’s Loop and O’Hare International Airport. Jim Darrow and Jordan Gottlieb of Essex Realty Group were the brokers in the transaction.
LOWELL, MASS. — Farallon Capital Management and Anchor Line Partners have closed on $150 million in refinancing for Cross Point, a 1.29 million-square-foot office building located in Lowell. The financing was provided by Starwood Property Trust. A portion of the proceeds were used to refinance the debt put in place at the time of acquisition, while a majority of the balance of the proceeds will be used to fund leasing costs, primarily those associated with the recently announced 435,000-square-foot Kronos lease. The building recently underwent a $10 million renovation to upgrade and enhance the facility.
DALLAS — The Dallas office of HFF has arranged post-acquisition financing for a portfolio of 154 convenience and gas station sites totaling 97.8 acres in the Northeast. The loan was provided by a consortium of lenders led by Capital One and BMO Harris. Andy Scott and Michael George of HFF’s Dallas office arranged the five-year, floating rate acquisition financing with 18 months of interest-only payments for the borrower, a subsidiary of a private real estate investment fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital-Real Estate. The portfolio comprises 88 sites in New York, 45 sites in Massachusetts, 11 sites in Connecticut, seven sites in New Hampshire, two Rhode Island sites and one site in Pennsylvania. All properties are subject to an absolute net lease for 20 years with a subsidiary of Petroleum Marketing Group. The amount of the loan was not released.
NORWALK, CONN. — Waltham, Mass.-based EPOCH Senior Living, in partnership with National Development, has broken ground on Bridges by EPOCH, a memory care assisted living community located at 123 Richards Ave. in Norwalk. Slated to open in fall 2017, the community will feature 64 memory-care suites and is designed for individuals living with all stages of memory impairment.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — NorthMarq Capital has secured $14.4 million in refinancing for Morgan Loft Apartments, a 36-unit multifamily property located at the intersection of Steuben and Morgan streets in Jersey City. The loan features a 10-year term on a 30-year amortization schedule. Robert Ranieri and Greg Nalbandian of NorthMarq arranged the financing for the borrower, Morgan Steuben Associates, through Freddie Mac.
NEW YORK CITY — Midwood Investment & Development has launched leasing for The Williams, a 13-story rental residential property located at 282 S. Fifth St. in Brooklyn’s South Williamsburg neighborhood. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects, the property features 82 units in a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts, an attended lobby, a lounge with billiards and conference room, a fitness center and yoga room, children’s playroom, laundry facilities, bicycle and stroller storage, and an indoor pet spa. The property also offers a garden terrace with café lounge seating, walkways, grassy areas and a dog run, and a second rooftop terrace with barbecue areas, fire pit, lounge area and an outdoor shower. Additionally, the property features storage lockers, vegetable garden plots and on-site parking for an additional fee. The development is Midwood’s first ground-up residential development in Brooklyn.