HOUSTON — Brenda Pennington and Jaclynn Zimowski of B. Pennington Commercial Real Estate have represented Art and Wine Glass in leasing 3,500 square feet at 7620 Katy Freeway in Houston. Nina Kuhn internally represented the landlord, Levcor Inc., in the transaction. This will be Art Class and Wine Glass’s second location.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — IKEA has officially broken ground on its second Dallas-area store, slated to open fall 2017 in Grand Prairie. The new location will be IKEA’s fourth in the state of Texas, complementing locations in Houston and Round Rock. The 290,000-square-foot IKEA Grand Prairie will include 1,100 parking spaces on 30 acres along the eastern side of State Highway 161 and Mayfield Road. An additional 15 acres next to the store could be developed for ancillary commercial or retail uses. IKEA has selected Mycon General Contractors to build the store, which will be home to 300 employees when complete.
DALLAS— The Weitzman Group has negotiated the sale of an 11,198-square-foot office building located at 2520 Fairmount St. in Dallas. The building is located near Whole Foods Market and Gold’s Gym in the Uptown district. Matthew Rosenfeld of The Weitzman Group handled negotiations for the seller, a Houston-based limited liability company. Daniel Miller and Alexis Martinez of Rubicon Representation represented the buyer, Henley & Henley P.C., a law firm that will locate its office within the property. The two-story office building recently underwent a renovation. Current tenants at 2520 Fairmount include the practice of Mint Dentistry and T-Off Your Men’s Health.
IRVING, TEXAS — A10 Capital LLC has signed a seven-year lease for half of the penthouse floor in Canal Centre, a Class A office property on the bank of Lake Carolyn in the Las Colinas Urban Center. The commercial real estate lender is more than doubling in size, leasing 8,160 square feet on the 10th floor of 400 E. Las Colinas Blvd. in Irving. A10 will relocate in early January to space previously occupied by ESPN in the 240,000-square-foot office building. The lease includes a right of first refusal on 4,003 square feet of vacant space on the penthouse level, monument signage and an amenity package with free access to an upgraded fitness center and conference room. Boise, Idaho-based A10 Capital, a commercial real estate lender to the U.S. middle market, first opened its Texas office four years ago, leasing 3,496 square feet at nearby Crestview Tower. The new office is being designed for 25 professionals in management, loan origination and credit and asset management. Canal Centre and its attached six-story parking garage were built in 1983 on a three-acre tract. Amenities include on-site property management, a Wi-Fi café and 24-hour security. Marc Grossfeld and Tabitha Layne of Sunwest Real …
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.