Property Type

Joint Venture Receives $117.8M in Construction Financing for Development of Apartment Property in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow March 3, 2017

CHICAGO — Fifield Cos. and F & F Realty, in a joint venture equity partnership with Ares Management LP, has received $117.8 million in construction financing for the development of 727 West Madison, a 46-story apartment project in Chicago’s West Loop. Upon completion in late 2018, the project will comprise 492 apartment units averaging 783 square feet and approximately 10,000 square feet of retail space. Units will feature a mix of studio to three-bedroom floor plans. Designed by FitzGerald Associates Architects, the building will include amenities such as a swimming pool, yoga room, game room, resident lounge with coffee bar, movie theater, dog park and car wash area. Matthew Lawton and Danny Kaufman of HFF represented the developer by arranging joint venture equity and securing the construction financing. Bank of the Ozarks provided the loan.

March 3, 2017

Midwest Minnesota Multifamily

CBRE Arranges $32M Sale of Apartment Property in Cottage Grove, Minnesota

by Kristin Harlow March 3, 2017

COTTAGE GROVE, MINN. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Hinton Heights in Cottage Grove, 10 miles south of St. Paul, for $32 million. The 249-unit apartment property is located at 7750 Hinton Ave. South. The community features amenities such as a clubhouse with community room, game room, business center, fitness center, indoor swimming pool, sauna, hot tub, sport courts, outdoor lounge, picnic area, putting green, dog park and playground. Apartment sizes range from one- to three-bedroom units, with an overall average of 1,081 square feet. Hinton Heights was built from 1990 to 1995 and was 98 percent occupied at the time of the sale. Curtis Capital Group LLC, an entity controlled by Curtis Capital Group in Bellevue, Wash., purchased the property. Abe Appert, Keith Collins, Ted Abramson and Laura Hanneman of CBRE arranged the sale on behalf of the seller, Cottage Grove Investors IV Limited Partnership LLLP, an entity related to the St. Louis Park-based Belgarde.

March 3, 2017

Midwest Missouri Office

Gershman Mortgage to Move Headquarters to Chesterfield, Missouri

by Kristin Harlow March 3, 2017

CHESTERFIELD, MO. — St. Louis-based Gershman Mortgage will be moving its headquarters from a 16,000-square-foot office in Clayton, Mo. to 16253 Swingley Ridge Road in Chesterfield this month. The new office space of more than 24,000 square feet will allow the company to grow. Over 100 employees will be located at the new office. The mortgage company will be closing its existing Chesterfield location at 187 Hilltown Village Center, but will maintain its Clayton presence with an office located at 7801 Forsyth Blvd. Gershman also maintains local offices in Kirkwood, South St. Louis City and St. Peters. Additional offices in the Midwest are located in Branson and Springfield, Mo., Illinois, Iowa and Oklahoma.

March 3, 2017

Midwest Missouri Restaurant Retail

MOD Pizza to Open Three Locations in Greater Kansas City Metro

by Kristin Harlow March 3, 2017

KANSAS CITY, MO. — MOD Pizza has leased three 3,000-square-foot locations in the greater Kansas City metro. The new restaurants will be located at 1937 Foxwood Drive in Raymore; 5315 NE Antioch Road in North Kansas City; and 1112 NE Coronado Drive in Blue Springs. All three leases are for 10 years. MOD Pizza currently has over 200 locations nationally, and makes artisan style pizzas and salads. David M. Block and Mark McConahay of Block & Co. Inc. Realtors negotiated the lease transactions on behalf of the tenant.

March 3, 2017

Illinois Midwest Office

Illinois Action for Children Renews 40,000 SF Office Lease in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow March 3, 2017

CHICAGO — Illinois Action for Children has renewed its 40,000-square-foot office lease at 1340 S. Damen Ave. in Chicago. The non-profit group will remain on the second floor of the building for an additional five years. The 193,000-square-foot, Class B office building is located in the Pilsen neighborhood. Other tenants include Vitas Healthcare and Lutheran Social Services of Illinois. Julie Lane of Bradford Allen negotiated the lease renewal on behalf of the tenant.

March 3, 2017

Georgia Mixed-Use Southeast

W.C. Bradley to Develop Riverfront Mixed-Use Project in Columbus, Georgia

by John Nelson March 3, 2017

COLUMBUS, GA. — The W.C. Bradley Co. has unveiled plans for its land holdings along the Chattahoochee River in Uptown Columbus. The master plan, known as The River District, includes W.C. Bradley’s holdings from its corporate headquarters at 1017 Front Ave. to the Frank K. Martin Pedestrian Bridge on 14th Street in Columbus and almost nine acres in Phenix City, Ala. The River District’s first phase will be a 7.5-acre mixed-use complex between 13th and 14th streets known as Riverfront Place, which will include two apartments buildings, retail and office space and either an office building or hotel overlooking the river. The groundbreaking for the first building in Riverfront Place, called The Rapids, will take place within the next 60 days. The Rapids will be a 415,000-square-foot mixed-use building that will include 226 apartments, shops and a restaurant. The Rapids will feature three elevated courtyards including a garden-style pool, outdoor bar and TV area, bocce ball court, outdoor ping pong table, grilling stations, communal dining table, fire pit and poolside cabanas. Other amenities will include a 24-hour fitness center, private residents’ lounge with pool table, an indoor bar area and a TV room. The Rapids represents an estimated investment of …

March 3, 2017

Florida Industrial Southeast

Newmark Grubb Phoenix Arranges 400,928 SF Industrial Lease in Jacksonville

by John Nelson March 3, 2017

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Newmark Grubb Phoenix Realty Group (NGPRG) has arranged a new 400,928-square-foot industrial lease at Northport Logistics Center, a nearly 900,000-square-foot facility located at 11530 New Berlin Road in Jacksonville. Dan Stover, Bryan Bartlett and John Richardson of NGPRG represented the landlord, Real Capital Solutions, in the lease deal. The tenant, Jacksonville-based Grimes Logistics Services Inc., will use the space for warehouse storage and distribution. Grimes Logistics is a third-party logistics company founded in 1972. NGPRG is actively marketing the remaining 471,699 square feet of space at Northport Logistics Center for lease.

March 3, 2017

Georgia Retail Southeast

GBT Realty to Develop 71,000 SF Shopping Center in South Atlanta

by John Nelson March 3, 2017

MCDONOUGH, GA. — GBT Realty Corp. has purchased a 7.6-acre site along State Route 20 in the south Atlanta suburb of McDonough from OTS Capital and Masters Living Trust. The site will house a new 71,000-square-foot shopping center anchored by Burlington. The $14 million center will also feature Pet Supermarket, Tuesday Morning, an additional junior anchor and 6,400 square feet of shop space. Brentwood, Tenn.-based GBT Realty expects to break ground in the near future and deliver the shopping center later this year.

March 3, 2017

Georgia Multifamily Southeast

CBRE Arranges Sale of Apartment Community Near University of Georgia

by John Nelson March 3, 2017

ATHENS, GA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Archer on North Apartments, a 140-unit multifamily community located at 210 Spring Court in Athens, a little more than a mile from the University of Georgia. Atlanta-based QR Capital purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. Built in 1984 and renovated in 2012, Archer on North features a new clubhouse, outdoor pool and fitness center. The community was 98 percent occupied at the time of sale. Brad Simmel of CBRE represented the seller, Archer On North LLC, in the transaction.

March 3, 2017

Florida Office Southeast

MetLife Awarded LEED Certification for Three Office Buildings Within Waterford at Blue Lagoon in Miami

by John Nelson March 3, 2017

MIAMI — MetLife Real Estate has secured LEED certification for three of its office buildings within Waterford at Blue Lagoon, a Class A office park in Miami. The assets include 6505 Waterford, a 166,996-square-foot property built in 1996; 6100 Waterford, a 162,878-square-foot building developed in 1991; and 6303 Waterford, a 165,996-square-foot building developed in 1993. The buildings earned the designations following MetLife Real Estate’s five-year, $3.5 million capital improvement campaign, which included restroom renovations, new marble lobby floors, Energy Star-rated roof replacements, new LED light fixtures in the atriums and the parking garage, resurfacing of the parking garage deck and a new fitness center. The U.S. Green Building Council awarded 6505 Waterford LEED Gold v4 Operations and Maintenance: Existing Buildings and LEED Silver v4 Operations and Maintenance: Existing Buildings for both 6100 Waterford and 6303 Waterford. Cushman & Wakefield’s asset services team of Peter Romero, Danny Wong, Jacky Hernandez and Maria Meyer, as well as engineers Rafael Lopez, Carlos Padilla and Javier Castro, collaborated with MetLife Real Estate in procuring the LEED designations.

March 3, 2017

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