CHICAGO — Horizon Realty Services has arranged two retail leases for Kilwins in the Chicago area. The chocolate and ice cream store leased 1,409 square feet at the vintage Metropolitan Tower building located at 310 S. Michigan Ave. in Chicago’s South Loop. The store is slated to open this summer. In Naperville, Kilwins leased a former restaurant space totaling 1,864 square feet. Located at 36 W. Jefferson Ave., the store is slated to open in the first quarter of 2018. Kilwins maintains approximately 114 stores nationally, seven of which are in the Chicago market. Stuart Lenhoff and Jason Lenhoff of Horizon Realty brokered the lease transactions on behalf of Kilwins.
ATLANTA — The Dilweg Cos. has acquired The Pointe, a two-building office development located in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket. The seller and sales price were not released, but the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that Dilweg purchased the project for $46 million. The buildings total 418,000 square feet and were built in 1981 and 1985. The Pointe was 66 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Cisco, Compass Group and Ecova. Dilweg plans to invest more than $3 million to improve the building’s operating systems, common areas and tenant amenities. The purchase of The Pointe brings Dilweg’s Atlanta office holdings to nearly 2 million square feet. CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
OCOEE, FLA. — Bluescope Buildings North America Inc. has broken ground on two industrial buildings within The Park @ 429 spanning 441,117 square feet. The industrial park is situated in Ocoee, roughly 12 miles west of Orlando. The two rear-load buildings feature 30- and 32-foot clear heights, dock doors, drive in doors, truck courts and ESFR sprinkler systems. The park has immediate access to the Western Beltway, Florida’s Turnpike, the East-West Expressway and State Route 50. Cite Partners is marketing The Park @ 429 on behalf of the owner, The 429 LLC, according to the Orlando Business Journal.
COLLIERVILLE, TENN. — Kevin Hyneman Cos. plans to build a new 55,000-square-foot headquarters facility for Mueller Industries, a plumbing and HVAC parts manufacturer. The new headquarters building, which will house 125 Mueller employees, will cost approximately $11.4 million to develop. The facility will be situated within the 450-acre Boyle Schilling Farms mixed-use development, which is home to companies such as Helena Chemical, MCR Safety and Juice Plus. Mueller, a Fortune 1000 firm, expects to occupy the new office space in late 2018.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged an $8.1 million acquisition loan for Polk Avenue Industrial, a 284,000-square-foot flex facility located in Nashville near the Lane Motor Museum. Susan Branscome of NorthMarq Capital’s Cincinnati office arranged the financing through an unnamed life insurance company.
FORT OGLETHORPE, GA. — The Cooper Commercial Investment Group has brokered the $1.7 million sale of The Forts Shopping Center, a 4,200-square-foot retail asset located in Fort Oglethorpe, about 9 miles south of Chattanooga in Georgia. The property’s tenant roster includes Moe’s Southwest Grill and Supercuts. Bob Havasi and Dan Cooper of Cooper Commercial represented the Tennessee-based seller in the transaction. The Georgia-based buyer purchased The Forts for roughly $411 per square foot.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Summit Hotel Properties Inc. (NYSE: INN) has agreed to acquire a portfolio of five hotels totaling 812 guestrooms across four markets from Xenia Hotels & Resorts Inc. (NYSE: XHR). The purchase price is approximately $163 million, or $201,000 per room. The purchase, which will be made through an undisclosed Summit affiliate, is expected to close within the next 30 days. The portfolio includes the 203-room Courtyard Fort Worth Downtown/Blackstone; 123-room Courtyard Kansas City Country Club Plaza; 182-room Courtyard Pittsburgh Downtown; 116-room Hampton Inn & Suites Baltimore Inner Harbor; and 188-room Residence Inn Baltimore Downtown/Inner Harbor. As of April 2017, the average evenue per available room (RevPar) across the portfolio was $115.52. The year-to-date RevPar industry average for April 2017 was $78.26, a 3 percent increase from average RevPar of $76.02 in April 2016, according to hospitality research firm STR. “This transaction will represent the continued execution of our strategy of acquiring premium-branded hotels with efficient operating models,” says Daniel Hansen, Summit’s chairman, president and CEO. “All five of these hotels are in prime locations in strong markets and exhibit many of the upside characteristics that are important to our investment criteria.” Coming on the heels of Xenia’s …
LOS ANGELES — Quantum Capital Partners has arranged a $37 million interest-only loan to refinance The Shops at South Bay, a 200,000-square-foot shopping center in Los Angeles’ South Bay submarket. Built in 2005, the Walmart-anchored center is located at 19503 Normandie Ave. and W. 190th St. The Shops at South Bay is 96 percent leased to tenants including Lumber Liquidators, Dollar Tree, Quiznos, BJ’s Grill and Pho Kobe. Quantum’s Max Mellman and Jonathan Hakakha arranged the 10-year loan.
LOMPOC, CALIF. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $19 million sale of Central Towne Square, a grocery-anchored shopping center in Lompoc, to a high-net-worth individual. Cushman & Wakefield’s Dixie Walker and Charley Simpson represented the seller, Los Angeles-based Jade Enterprises, in the transaction. Foods Co., a subsidiary of The Kroger Co., anchors the property. The center is 97 percent occupied by 15 tenants including O’Reilly Auto Parts, Wells Fargo, Payless ShoeSource, Sally Beauty, Applebee’s Bar & Grill, GameStop, and MetroPCS. Located at 511 through 633 W. Central Ave., Central Towne Square is located just west of Highway 1.
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — Cress Capital has purchased the 300,000-square-foot Sandpointe office campus in Orange County. Sandpointe features two, eight-story office buildings situated on 8.2 acres less than one mile from John Wayne Airport. The seller was TA Realty.