LEMONT, ILL. — CBRE has arranged two industrial lease renewals for Salco Products Inc. totaling 128,339 square feet in Lemont, about 28 miles southwest of Chicago. The manufacturer of railcar parts renewed a lease for 96,360 square feet at 1385 101st St. and a lease for 31,979 square feet at 20W267 101st St. The smaller facility will allow for overflow space for the projected growth of Salco’s tank and hopper car parts business. David Prioletti of CBRE represented Salco in the lease transactions.
HARTLAND, WIS. — Heritage Senior Living has opened a new 125,000-square-foot senior living community in Hartland, about 25 miles west of Milwaukee. Heritage Lake Country is located at 2975 Village Square Drive. The community includes 45 independent living apartments, 16 assisted living apartments, 27 enhanced assisted living apartments and 36 memory care suites. Amenities include three dining rooms, a library, movie theater, fitness center, therapy pool and barber shop. Heritage Lake Country also features a multi-sensory “Snoezelen Room” to help ease anxiety for residents with Alzheimer’s and dementia, by using light, music, touch and scent to initiate sensory stimulations in the brain.
WAUKESHA, WIS. — Kirby Built Products has signed a 116,176-square-foot industrial lease in Waukesha. The furniture maker will occupy the space at 901 Northview Road. Waukesha Northview LLC is the landlord of the building. Roger Siegel and TJ Huenerbein of the Dickman Co. Inc. brokered the transaction.
OTTAWA, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 7,000-square-foot retail building in northwest Ohio for $1 million. The building is net leased to Advance Auto Parts, which has approximately 10 years remaining on its lease. The property is located at 255 Meadow Glen Drive. Nathan Coe and Dan Yozwiak of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a developer. Marcus & Millichap’s San Diego office secured and represented the buyer, a limited liability company.
DENVER — The Colorado Rockies baseball club has signed a 30-year lease worth $215 million to continue to play at Coors Field in Denver. The Major League Baseball (MLB) team’s existing 22-year lease at the 50,480-seat ballpark was set to expire today. The Rockies signed the new lease deal with the owner of Coors Field, the Denver Metropolitan Major League Baseball Stadium District, a regional agency that comprises seven Denver-area counties. “In addition to successfully meeting the objectives the Rockies and the Stadium District had from the beginning — keeping baseball in Colorado in a world-class facility at no cost to the taxpayers — we are proud that Coors Field will continue to be a vital part of a vibrant city, state and region,” says Dick Monfort, owner, chairman and CEO of the Colorado Rockies. The lease features three separate five-year extension options and will expire in 2047, when the ballpark will be 53 years old. The team will pay $1 million in annual rent and $1.5 million in contributions to the capital repairs fund, which totals $75 million for the life of the lease. The team will also lease the ballpark’s West Lot, a 291-space parking lot that is …
I am heartened to see that my projections for 2016 in the Midwest hotel marketplace — particularly Chicago, my home market — held up fairly well. In a column that I authored for Heartland Real Estate Business this time last year, I pointed out “the question of whether supply will outpace demand is changing from if to when in many of these markets.” That trend line has continued, although the momentum of it in some markets has, to some extent, delayed the inevitable. The demand side of the equation exceeded expectations in the fourth quarter of 2016 and so far in the first quarter of 2017. This has helped markets absorb the additional supply. I also wrote in last year’s column that “perhaps the single most important factor to watch with regard to the Chicago hotel market in 2016 is whether and to what extent strong leisure demand will continue to offset the influx of new hotel properties.” Sure enough, we saw strong leisure demand during the traditionally busy part of the year, and Chicago welcomed a record number of visitors during the first three quarters of 2016. Strong leisure and group segment performance during this period helped overall demand …
DALLAS — Crow Holdings has released plans for a six-story, 90,000-square-foot building that will be the final structure in the Old Parkland project, a multi-building redevelopment in Dallas. Launched in 2006, the ambitious project includes revamping the historic buildings and grounds of the former Parkland Hospital, a 103-year-old structure that Crow has renovated to serve as its corporate headquarters. The property now features 334,000 square feet of master-planned, Class A office space situated on 9.5 acres on Maple Avenue in Dallas. Delivery of the building is slated for the first quarter of 2019.
WILMER, TEXAS — Interpoint Distribution Center, a 350,000-square-foot industrial property under construction in the Dallas suburb of Wilmer, is now available for lease. Situated on 24.3 acres near the crossing of Interstate 45 and Fulghum Road roughly 15 miles from downtown Dallas, the center will feature a 420-foot cross-dock configuration, 60-foot staging bays and 170 parking spaces. Colliers International will handle leasing of the building, construction of which is scheduled for completion this July.
DALLAS — Civitas Capital Group has signed a lease to occupy 24,724 square feet of office space at One Arts Plaza in downtown Dallas. The mixed-use property, which is located at 1722 Routh St., features more than 500,000 square feet of office space. Under the terms of the lease, which begins this summer, the new space will serve as Civitas’ corporate headquarters. Phil Puckett and Harlan Davis of CBRE represented Civitas in the transaction, and James Esquivel, Blake Shipley and Ahnie Gampper of JLL represented the landlord, Billingsley Co., a Texas-based developer. Through its affiliates, Civitas offers alternative investment strategies and EB-5 investments, as well as a range of products and services for institutional investors and family offices
MCALLEN, TEXAS — Home2 Suites by Hilton has opened a 99-suite location in the McAllen, a city in south Texas near the Mexico border. Amenities include a combined laundry and fitness area, outdoor pool and meeting/event space that can accommodate up to 100 guests. Perspective Hospitality Management Services will manage the property, which is located at 525 S. Ware Road, approximately three miles from McAllen-Miller International Airport.