GRAND ISLAND, NEB. — HREC Investment Advisors and Prudential Properties Inc. have arranged the sale of a 197-room hotel property in Grand Island for an undisclosed price. The Holiday Inn Grand Island Midtown will be renamed the Hotel Grand Conference Center. Amenities at the hotel include a business center, dry cleaning and laundry service, meeting space, fitness center, bar, lounge, indoor pool and free airport transportation. HREC Investment Advisors and Prudential Properties Inc. represented the seller, which has owned the Holiday Inn Grand Island Midtown since 1974. The buyer in the transaction was undisclosed.
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GARY, IND. — KeyBank, in partnership with TWG Development LP, has provided a $7.5 million construction loan for Village of Hope Apartments, a 40-unit supportive housing complex in Gary. The three-story building will target individuals and families whose household income is 30 to 60 percent of the area median income and will provide housing to people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Village of Hope Apartments will consist of 21 one-bedroom units, 17 two-bedroom units and two three-bedroom units. The project will benefit from a Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments contract that will provide subsidized rents for all units. Kelly Frank of KeyBank arranged the financing.
CHICAGO — Power Home Remodeling Group has signed a long-term lease for 31,000 square feet at the Bradley Business Center in Chicago. The company is relocating from 9450 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. in Rosemont where it occupied 7,000 square feet. Power Home Remodeling will use 21,000 square feet of space for offices and the remainder of the space will be used as warehouse space. The facility, located at 2500 W. Bradley Place, will serve as the company’s Midwest headquarters when the lease goes into effect this November. The mixed-use building features amenities such as a fitness center, rooftop deck, conference center, event space, bike storage and ample parking. Hansen Realty Services and Centrum Partners own the 500,000-square-foot Bradley Business Center, which is 86 percent occupied. Brett Berlin represented the ownership in-house. Marilyn Lissner and Joseph Gatto of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the transaction.
CHICAGO — CA Ventures and The Habitat Co. have formed a partnership whereby Habitat will manage a $600 million multifamily portfolio owned by CA Ventures. The five-property, 1,215-unit portfolio features four assets under construction and one that opened early this year. Additionally, the Chicago-based firms plan to pursue co-development and investment opportunities in select markets throughout the United States, targeting properties between $40 million and $120 million. “Since our inception, we have worked tirelessly to unearth opportunity in niche markets — both geographically and in various sectors of commercial real estate — where few other developers have thought to look,” says Tom Scott, CEO of CA Ventures. “Our strategic alliance with The Habitat Co. is one of many relationships we’ve established along the way and will supplement our development and investment expertise with best-in-class management services for which Habitat has been known for the past 45 years.” Habitat will initially oversee operations at the following CA Residential communities, which are in various stages of development: * The Buckler is an 11-story, 207-unit luxury rental community located west of the Milwaukee River in downtown Milwaukee. The development opened in early 2016 and is currently in lease-up. * 8 E. Huron is …
The Chicago industrial market continues its charge full steam ahead in 2016, driven by strong fundamentals, our diverse economy, intense investor demand and constrained development. After a strong first quarter, the second quarter seems to be keeping pace. Demand remains high and continues to outpace new construction. We will also see more new projects announced as developers see continued success with existing projects. At the end of the first quarter, the overall vacancy rate in metro Chicago was slightly over 7 percent, down 10 basis points from the end of 2015, according to CoStar Group. All of the major submarkets posted vacancy rates of 10.1 percent or lower. Robust leasing activity Positive absorption in the first quarter was approximately 3.4 million square feet. Chicago has seen positive absorption every year since 2011, and this year looks to be headed in the same direction. The most active submarkets of O’Hare, I-55 and I-80 recorded vacancy rates of approximately 4.8 percent, 7.4 percent and 8.9 percent, respectively. Vacancy rates in those submarkets will continue to improve as speculative development is gobbled up as quickly as it is built, and existing product continues to get leased up. The I-80 and I-55 submarkets alone …
SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — Heavy Construction Systems Specialists (HCSS) has moved into a new office building located at 13151 W. Airport Blvd. in Sugar Land. Designed by Studio RED and built by Rosenberger Construction, the commercial office building features a climbing rope net in the lobby and an adult slide. HCSS’s goal was to create a fun, energetic and creative atmosphere to serve as a catalyst for retaining and recruiting talent. The 15,400-square-foot building, intended for HCSS’s software development group, is organized into pods that accommodate six to eight employees. A lounge space joins the pods together and is open to both floors. Conference rooms, manager offices and support spaces are also included.
SAN ANTONIO — Transwestern’s San Antonio office has secured a lease with Sorenson Communications Inc. at Fountainhead Business Park in San Antonio. Sorenson Communications, a provider of communications products and services for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, has leased over 25,000 square feet of office space. Transwestern’s Larry Mendez and Kelly Ralston represented the owner, Shorecliffs Investments, and CBRE’s Mike Sawtelle and Sherri Fesperman represented the tenant. Fountainhead Business Park consists of two, Class A office buildings in San Antonio’s northwest submarket at 3846 Medical Drive and 4511 Horizon Hill Blvd.
MANSFIELD, TEXAS — A California investor has sold the 19,724-square-foot Walnut Plaza to a local limited liability company in an all-cash transaction. The property is 81 percent leased to tenants including H&R Block and Rent-A-Center and was developed in 1985. Walnut Plaza is situated on a 1.3-acre tract with frontage along FM 157 in Mansfield. Joe Hamilton of Coldwell Banker Commercial Alliance represented the seller, Stanley Fong, who has owned the property at 2000 FM 157 since 2005. The new owner, 2000 Walnut Plaza LLC, plans to renovate the property as part of its investment strategy. In the past decade, the population has more than doubled to 77,000 residents in the three-mile trade area. The average household income tops $101,100 in a one-mile trade area. Bob Kent of Kent Realty in Addison represented the buyer.
CUSHING, OKLA. — Franklin Street Capital Advisors (FSCA) has closed a $1.5 million refinance loan for Cushing Plaza, a 66,454-square-foot shopping center located in Cushing. Ben Miller and Casey Siggins of FSCA secured the loan on behalf of the owner, Lone Star Equities Inc. The 10-year loan includes a 4.5 percent fixed interest rate and a 20-year amortization schedule. Anchored by Cost Cutter, the 7.6-acre property is located at 2220 E. Main St. and is fully leased to tenants including Hibbett Sporting Goods, Stage Stores, Stanley’s Rent to Own and Compliance Advantage.
SAN ANTONIO and MIDLAND, TEXAS — The Net Leased Investment Group for Coldwell Banker Commercial has negotiated retail sales in San Antonio and Midland. In the first transaction, the group arranged the sale of a Red Lobster in San Antonio. Parker Carroll of Coldwell Banker Commercial represented the buyer in the acquisition of the property, which was under a 25-year net lease. In the second transaction, Coldwell Banker Commercial negotiated the sale of Scotsdale Square in Midland. The three-tenant strip center is 100 percent leased. Carroll represented the seller in the transaction.