MUNDELEIN, ILL. — Evergreen Real Estate Group has begun pre-leasing at Fairhaven Crossing, an affordable housing community in Mundelein, about 35 miles northwest of Chicago. The $13.5 million project is part of a larger initiative to turn downtown Mundelein into a walkable mixed-use district. Located at 407 E. Hawley St., the transit-oriented development consists of 40 units. The site was previously home to an industrial building that was converted into the three-story residential building. The redevelopment was partially funded using $5.6 million in low-income housing tax credit financing secured by Evergreen Real Estate.
LEAWOOD, KAN. — Block & Co. Inc. Realtors has arranged the sale of two acres in the Village of Seville shopping center in Leawood near Overland Park. The shopping center is located at West 133rd Street and State Line Road. An undisclosed buyer purchased the land to build a new 16,400-square-foot medical facility. David M. Block and Phil Peck of Block & Co. negotiated the transaction on behalf of the property owners. Cary Fox and Bill Shakelford of AREA Real Estate Advisors represented the buyer. Block & Co. is responsible for the leasing, property management and construction management of the Village of Seville development.
MEQUON, WIS. — Altapure has signed a 3,300-square-foot industrial lease in Mequon, about 20 miles northwest of Milwaukee. Altapure will occupy Suite K in the 30,300-square-foot building located at 6040 W. Executive Drive. Based in South Bend, Ind., Altapure manufactures disinfection products. Steve Sewart of Colliers International represented the tenant in the transaction.
TORONTO AND GREENWICH, CONN. — Milestone Apartments Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: MST.UN), a Toronto-based multifamily REIT, has entered into an agreement with an affiliate of Starwood Capital Group whereby Starwood will acquire all of Milestone’s subsidiaries and assets. The transaction, which is expected to close in the second quarter of this year, is valued at $2.85 billion (USD). Milestone’s board of trustees has unanimously approved the acquisition and recommends that its shareholders vote in favor of the transaction. Milestone’s shareholders will receive $16.15 per share in cash upon closing, and the REIT expects to continue paying its monthly distributions in the normal course through closing. Milestone REIT’s portfolio consists of 78 garden-style apartment properties comprising 24,061 apartment units that are located in 16 major metropolitan markets throughout the Southeast and Southwest. Nearly half of the REIT’s holdings are in Texas. The transaction’s average price per apartment unit of approximately $120,000 compares favorably to Milestone’s current book value of approximately $109,500 per apartment unit. Starwood’s acquisition of Milestone’s portfolio of multifamily properties and operating platform of more than 1,200 employees will allow the firm to grow its multifamily footprint, especially in the Sunbelt region, where Starwood owns more than 67,000 …
Nearly all of Kansas City is seeing a significant increase in retail and restaurant construction, with many new development projects now coming to fruition. Several of these new construction projects incorporate apartments and other types of entertainment, office or residential space above first-floor retail. Propelled by the recent opening of the streetcar and new apartment complexes across the city, retail in downtown Kansas City received a lot of leasing attention in 2016, according to CoStar Group. “More people are moving downtown for walkability and a taste of urban living, so retail positioned near the streetcar route or on the ground level of apartment buildings could see more demand,” wrote CoStar in its third-quarter overview of the Kansas City retail market. “In the area running from River Market down to Country Club Plaza, as much space leased in the first three quarters of 2016 as did in all of 2015.” Meanwhile, we are experiencing a number of projects where the traditional, older enclosed malls and retail strip centers are being torn down and redeveloped as mixed-use properties across the Kansas City retail market. Standout submarkets, corridors Annual deliveries in greater Kansas City averaged just over 1 million square feet per year …
ALISO VIEJO, CALIF. — A joint venture between Stillwater Investment Group and CrossHarbor Capital Partners has purchased a three-building office campus in Aliso Viejo for $36 million. The campus is located at 26600, 26650 and 26700 Aliso Viejo Parkway. It was built in 1999. The campus totals 161,000 square feet of office space with 2.5 acres of excess land. The site has been the corporate headquarters for QLogic, which Cavium acquired in August 2016. The JV will demolish the campus’ older interior finishes while upgrading all of the common areas. NGKF’s Byron Foss and Greg Tippin represented the seller in this transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Surgery Partners has opened a 12,000-square-foot surgical facility in Beverly Hills. The new facility is known as Specialty Surgical Center of Beverly Hills. It will specialize in ophthalmology. This is the company’s second surgical center within the Beverly Hills market. Specialty Surgical Center will occupy the ground floor at a multi-tenant medical office that sits adjacent to the Beverly Hills Triangle. Jon Gorczyca and Yarden Drimmer of Cushman & Wakefield represented Surgery Partners.
LAS VEGAS — Marnell Properties has announced plans to expand Marnell Airport Center at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. The expansion will include two buildings totaling more than 133,000 square feet of new light office and industrial space within the master-planned airport development and Foreign Trade Zone. The new buildings will be located off Spencer Street and Russell Road. The expansion is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2017. At that time, Marnell Airport Center will span across 14 acres, with two industrial buildings totaling 133,000 square feet, an 80,000-square-foot office building and an additional 6,300-square-foot building.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — A limited liability company has purchased the 236-unit 3 At West Ajo apartment building in Tucson for $7 million. The community is located at 1240, 1310 and 1502 West Ajo Way. Peter Flis of Marcus & Millichap represented the LLC. The firm’s Hamid Panahi, Cliff David, Steve Gebing and James Crawley represented the seller, another LLC.
ELK GROVE, CALIF. — PDM Steel Service Centers has relocated its office from Stockton to nearby Elk Grove. The steel supplier has leased 10,000 square feet at Laguna Gateway. Its new corporate headquarters is located at 9245 Laguna Springs Drive. The new lease brings the 72,000-square-foot building to full occupancy. The landlord is Jackson Properties Incorporated.