CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Ashland Wellington Plaza in Chicago for $9.8 million. The 19,979-square-foot retail property is located at 2862-2928 N. Ashland Ave. Jewel-Osco shadow anchors the property. Adrian Mendoza, Austin Weisenbeck and Sean R. Sharko of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. The team also procured the buyer, a St. Louis-based investor.
GLENDALE HEIGHTS, ILL. — Meridian Design Build has completed a 112,288-square-foot industrial tenant build-out for Prologis and OSM Worldwide in Glendale Heights. The property is located at 601 Regency Drive. The project features 10,601 square feet of office space, 13 loading docks, 95 vehicle parking stalls, 21 trailer stalls and one drive-in door. OSM Worldwide is a parcel shipping company. Harris Architects provided architectural and structural engineering services, while Kimley-Horn completed engineering design work. Dan Smolensky of Taurus Modal Group represented OSM Worldwide in the transaction, while Brian Kling and Jonathan Kohn of Colliers International represented Prologis. Meridian Design Build is currently working on improvements for a second tenant that will also occupy the building.
OAK PARK, MICH. — Wurth Baer Supply Co. has signed a 55,045-square-foot industrial lease in Oak Park, a suburb north of Detroit. The wholesale distributor to the woodworking industry will occupy the space at 13390 Cloverdale St. The landlord, Bar Pro Ventures LLC, recently purchased the facility with plans to complete an interior renovation including 3,500 square feet of office space. Jason Capitani of L. Mason Capitani CORFAC International and Steven Podolsky of Podolsky Circle CORFAC International represented Wurth Baer in the lease transaction.
MAUMEE, OHIO — Reichle Klein Group has negotiated a 26,586-square-foot office lease in Maumee, a southwest suburb of Toledo. Adecco USA Inc. will occupy Suite 200 within the Arrowhead Business Park, located at 1695 Indian Wood Circle. Mike Poulos, Harlan Reichle and Walter Plath of Reichle Klein represented the landlord, Arrowhead Toledo Realty LP. Jason Westendorf of Reichle Klein represented Adecco USA, which is a job staffing firm.
BOSTON — Cottonwood Management, a private real estate management and development firm based in Los Angeles, has started construction of Echelon Seaport, a three-tower, $900 million mixed-use development in Boston’s Seaport district. Set to open in phases between 2019 and 2020, the project will feature 733 condominiums and apartments and 125,000 square feet of retail space. The 3.5-acre development is situated at Seaport Boulevard and B Street and directly across from HarborWalk and Boston Harbor, providing miles of walking and bike paths, as well as water taxi access to places like Logan International Airport. The project will also be located one block from the MBTA Silver Line and within walking distance of Boston’s downtown/financial district. Cottonwood unveiled its Echelon lifestyle brand at the groundbreaking ceremony held yesterday. Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, Massachusetts Gov. Charles Baker and James Beard award-winning chef Ming Tsai of the nearby Blue Dragon restaurant attended the event. “Boston’s Seaport is one of the most exciting neighborhoods in the world right now and is the perfect starting place for Cottonwood to establish the Echelon lifestyle brand,” says Alexander Shing, chairman and CEO of Cottonwood Management. “Echelon Seaport will anchor the Seaport community with a new level of …
In spite of the ongoing fiscal woes of the State of Illinois and City of Chicago, the downtown office market in the Windy City continues to experience solid growth in demand for quality office space. The first quarter of 2017 saw net absorption of 374,000 square feet, a 54 percent increase from the 243,000 square feet of net absorption recorded during the first quarter of 2016. This comes on the heels of a spike in supply in the central business district (CBD) of Chicago, with the opening of two new Class A office towers during the past two quarters: 150 North Riverside Plaza and 444 West Lake Street, developed by Riverside Investment & Development Co. and Hines Interests, respectively. These trophy assets added 2.4 million square feet of office space to the CBD. With these additions, Chicago’s office inventory in the CBD expanded from 132.6 million square feet in the first quarter of 2016 to 135 million square feet in the first quarter of 2017. Two additional towers under construction now at 151 N. Franklin Street and 625 W. Adams Street will open in the next 12 months, adding an additional 1.3 million square feet to the supply and bringing …
BRENTWOOD, TENN. — Zhonghong Zhuoye Group Co. Ltd., a Chinese real estate investor, has reportedly offered approximately $3 billion for the acquisition of Brookdale Senior Living, according to a report by news agency Reuters, which cited people familiar with the matter. If the Brookdale deal were completed as reported, it would be by far the largest Chinese investment in U.S. seniors housing to date. Headquartered in Brentwood, Brookdale is by far the largest owner and operator of seniors housing in the United States. Its operational portfolio includes 1,052 properties and 103,00 units, according to the company’s first-quarter report, which is nearly triple the size of the next largest competitor. The company has struggled since its $2.8 billion acquisition of fellow seniors housing giant Emeritus in 2014. After initially experiencing a lift in the months following the merger, Brookdale’s stock price fell from $38.16 per share on March 2, 2015, to $11.80 per share on Feb. 8, 2016. Rumors of a sale of the company have swirled for months. Following the Reuters report on Tuesday, Brookdale’s stock price saw a brief lift of 6 percent to as high as $15.18 per share, but quickly fell back down to a close of …
LOS ALTOS, CALIF. — ABHOW will cut the ribbon next week on a $100 million expansion at The Terraces at Los Altos, a continuing care retirement community in Los Altos, which is located between San Jose and San Francisco. The project, which was executed in multiple phases, most recently added 81 new apartments, a fitness center and spa, dining venues, library and movie theater. The first phase, completed in 2014, added 30 skilled nursing suites and 16 memory support suites. The second phase added 30 assisted living residences. ABHOW both owns and operates the community. Next month the company will merge with fellow West Coast nonprofit operator be.group and rebrand as HumanGood.
SPARKS, NEV. — RCG Ventures has acquired Sparks Crossing, a 335,981-square-foot shopping center located roughly four miles outside Reno in Sparks, for $40.2 million. The property is home to tenants including Ross Dress for Less, Bed Bath & Beyond, Cost Plus World Market, Best Buy, Michaels, PetSmart, Ulta Beauty and Dollar Tree. Peter Bethea and Rob Ippolito of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — Sterling Organization has acquired Palm Valley Marketplace, a 107,633-square-foot shopping center located roughly 16 miles outside Phoenix in Goodyear. Safeway anchors the center, which is also home to Subway, H&R Block, Domino’s Pizza, AAA, Great Clips, The UPS Store, Nationwide Vision, GNC, FastFrame, Oreck, Elements Massage and PurTone Hearing Centers. A subsidiary of Regency Centers sold the asset on behalf of Sterling Organization’s institutional core fund, Sterling United Properties I LP.
