CONSHOHOCKEN, PA. — A group of like-minded real estate practitioners have formed Capital Markets Real Estate Network to serve investor clients nationwide in all the commercial real estate industry property sectors, including office, industrial, retail, multifamily and self-storage facilities. The new network will target investment sales, financing and 1031 exchanges nationwide, allowing members to win business in institutional and non-institutional commercial real estate sectors. In addition to new business generation, the network will serve members as an information exchange on market conditions, trends, property pricing, sharing best practices and more. The founding firms and members are Edward Ginn, Ken McEvoy and Bart Delfiner of Equity Retail Brokers; Chad Stine and Brad Rohrbaugh of Bennett Williams Commercial; Colin Flynn of The Flynn Company; Gerard O’Malley and Tim McGinley of Duquesne Commercial Funding; and Matthew May of May Realty Advisors. The network plans to identify and recruit broker members in dozens of primary, secondary and tertiary markets nationwide in the next few years.
NEW YORK CITY — NAI Long Island has announced its expansion with the formation of a new division, NAI Queens. The division will specialize in the sale of investment properties in the Queens market, as well as provide other real estate services to Queens clients. Brian Sarath has joined the new division as a senior director. Most recently, Sarath serviced as director of the capital markets group of Massey Knakal, subsequently Cushman & Wakefield, since 2000. To date, Sarath has sold more than 220 buildings and loans with an aggregate value of $620 million.
BOSTON — FirstService Corp. has expanded its residential property management operations to Boston with the acquisition of The Niles Company, a property management firm that was founded in 1907. The transaction will add more than 80 properties to FirstService Residential’s existing property management portfolio, which totals approximately 7,500 properties comprising more than 1.6 million residential units throughout North America. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
BLOOMINGDALE, ILL. — IDI Gazeley is developing a new 276,250-square-foot industrial business park in Bloomingdale, approximately 30 miles northwest of Chicago. The three-building Bloomingdale Corporate Center is slated for completion by the end of this year. The center will include 255 Madsen, 260 Madsen and 270 Madsen, which will be 51,600 square feet, 70,650 square feet and 154,000 square feet, respectively. Each building will feature loading docks, concrete truck courts, 30-foot clear heights, T-5 lighting and ESFR sprinkler systems. Newmark Grubb Knight Frank will serve as the leasing agent for the complex.
OAK BROOK, ILL. — Cohen Financial has closed a $15.5 million acquisition loan for two office buildings in Oak Brook, approximately 20 miles west of Chicago. Oak Brook Place I & II are each three stories and 90,000 square feet. The buildings were constructed in 1980 and 1981 and were 94 percent occupied at the time of sale. Cohen Financial placed the floating-rate, three-year loan with Prime Financial Partners. The borrower was an affiliate of American Landmark Properties Management LLC.
WHEELING, ILL. — Frito Lay has sold 13.9 acres in Wheeling, approximately 30 miles northwest of Chicago, to Hamilton Partners for an undisclosed price. Hamilton Partners plans to build a 134,593-square-foot speculative industrial facility on the land, which is located at 800 Northgate Parkway. The building will include 32-foot clear heights, 35 exterior docks, car and trailer parking and will be divisible by 50,000 square feet. Ryan Bain and Zachary Graham of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
GRAND BLANC, MICH. — Bernard Financial Group has arranged a $14.5 million loan to refinance a 220-unit luxury apartment community in Grand Blanc, approximately eight miles south of Flint. Gateway Apartments of Grand Blanc offers six different floor plans and is situated on 21.9 acres. Gateway Apartment Company No. 1 LLC was the borrowing entity. Dennis Bernard and Kevin Kovachevich of Bernard Financial originated the CMBS loan. Built in 2003, the apartment community features amenities such as a business center, clubhouse, fitness center, playground, swimming pool, tennis court, extra storage and covered parking. Apartment amenities include kitchen appliances, washers and dryers, vaulted ceilings, large closets and balconies or patios. Gateway Apartments of Grand Blanc is located at 5220 Baldwin Road.
BENSENVILLE, ILL. — Zurn Industries LLC has signed a 134,514-square-foot industrial lease at a building in Bensenville, approximately 25 miles northwest of Chicago. Zurn Industries is relocating from Elkhart, Ind. to the facility at 340 County Line Road. The company’s lease will bring the 184,170-square-foot distribution facility to 100 percent occupancy. Geib Enterprises leases the remaining space. The Class A facility was built in 2015 and features 32-foot clear heights, 38 trailer spaces and 162 car spaces. The building is situated on 11.5 acres. Willam Strey of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the transaction. Kevin Segerson of CBRE represented the landlord, Hamilton Partners.
BURLINGAME, CALIF. — A joint venture between New York Life Real Estate Investors and Harvest Properties has acquired One Bay Plaza, a 196,139-square-foot office property in Burlingame, for a reported $53.4 million. The Class A plaza is located at 1350 Bayshore Highway. The nine-story building has frontage along the San Francisco Bay with unobstructed water views. It also has an on-site café, fitness center and access to waterfront jogging trails. The property is among the newest vintage buildings in the submarket. The seller was Hudson Pacific.
LOS ANGELES — Berkshire Group has acquired the 438-unit One Santa Fe apartment complex in Los Angeles for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at 214 S. Santa Fe Ave. in downtown’s Arts District. One Santa Fe also contains more than 80,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial and retail space. The property spans about a quarter mile over four city blocks. It features two buildings situated around the retail paseo. Berkshire Communities, the property management division of Berkshire Group, will manage the space.