DALLAS — Henry S. Miller Cos. has negotiated the sale of a 49 percent ownership interest in two of its largest North Dallas shopping centers to a private family trust. The two properties are Market at Pepper Square, a 281,153-square-foot shopping center anchored by Stein Mart, Hobby Lobby and Trader Joe’s located at the southeast corner of Preston Road and Beltline Road; and Central Forest Shopping Center, a 94,879-square-foot shopping center anchored by Office Depot located at North Central Expressway and Forest Lane. Jim Brownlow of HSM Equities arranged the sale. Robert DuBois of Henry S. Miller negotiated the terms of the transaction on behalf of the seller.
SOMERS, WIS. — First Industrial Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: FR) has unveiled plans to develop First Park 94, a master-planned business park in Somers, located eight miles north of the Illinois/Wisconsin border. First Park 94 will be built on 309 acres that First Industrial recently acquired for $13.4 million. Somers is situated in Kenosha, Wis., an industrial submarket of Chicago. The first phase of First Park 94 calls for the commencement of infrastructure work and construction of a 600,000-square-foot cross-dock distribution center featuring 36-foot clear heights, 185-foot truck courts, generous trailer parking, extensive dock-high loading, and an ESFR sprinkler system. In total, First Park 94 can accommodate approximately 4.6 million square feet of development including build-to-suits ranging from 150,000 square feet to 1.5 million square feet. The site is accessible to I-94 from three four-way interchanges and offers frontage along the Canadian Pacific Railway with potential rail access. First Park 94 is located less than one hour from both O’Hare International Airport in Chicago and Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee. First Industrial’s development team for this project is comprised of Adam Moore, regional director; Chad Parrish, director of development; Jim Schlundt, operations director; and Brad Kluever, investment associate. As of June …
WAYLAND, MICH. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of Chambers Corners, a 99,564-square-foot, grocery-anchored retail center in Wayland, about 21 miles south of Grand Rapids, Mich. The sales price was undisclosed. A private investment group led by Joel Kiss of Ramapo, N.Y.-based Northeast Capital Group and Jacob Berger of Montreal, Quebec-based Hampton Properties purchased the retail center. The seller was an undisclosed public real estate investment trust. Chambers Corners is located at the southeast corner of U.S. 131 and Superior Street in Wayland, an established bedroom community. The retail center is anchored by Harding’s Friendly Market and Family Farm & Home, and is complemented by tenants including Family Dollar, Sprint and Hungry Howie’s Pizza. Carly Gallagher and Ben Wineman of Mid-America Real Estate Corp., in cooperation with Daniel Stern of Mid-America Real Estate–Michigan Inc., were the exclusive brokers in the transaction on behalf of the public REIT.
BOWLING GREEN, OHIO — Reichle Klein Group has brokered the $4.15 million sale of Green Meadow Apartments, a 190-unit apartment complex in Bowling Green, about 25 miles south of Toledo. Located at 214 Napoleon Road, Green Meadows Apartments consists of one- and two-bedroom units. The apartment complex features a centralized laundry facility, 24-hour maintenance service, locked mailboxes and ample parking. Green Meadow Apartments is within walking distance of local drug, automotive, grocery and furniture stores. Walter (Tony) Plath and Harlan Reichle of Reichle Klein Group’s Investment Property Advisors Apartment Group represented the seller, a private investor from Santa Barbara, Calif., in the transaction. The buyer was Park Avenue Realty of Union, N.J.
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL. — Lee & Associates has negotiated a lease for a 35,791-square-foot industrial space located at 1601 Lunt Ave. in Elk Grove Village, approximately 25 miles northwest of Chicago. Chris Nelson, principal at Lee & Associates of Illinois, represented the landlord, Colony Capital. Phil Reif of Paine Wetzel represented the tenant, Oakley Industrial Machinery Inc., a manufacturer of heating element production machinery and terminal pins.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — Bradley Co. has arranged two leases totaling more than 15,000 square feet in Fort Wayne. In the first transaction, Mike Dahm represented the landlord, Industrial Road Enterprises, as well as the tenant, HD Supply Waterworks, in the lease renewal of 13,480 square feet of industrial space located at 5120 Industrial Road. In the second transaction, Dahm and Kelly Castle represented the tenant, RPM Pizza Midwest LLC, in the lease of 2,130 square feet of retail space located at 301 W. Jefferson Blvd. Bradley Co. has served the Northern Indiana and West Michigan commercial real estate market since 1978.
ALPHARETTA AND LOCUST GROVE, GA. — Blanchard & Calhoun Commercial has brokered the $19.5 million sale of two Publix-anchored shopping centers in metro Atlanta. The properties include the 82,905-square-foot Birmingham Village in Alpharetta and the 89,567-square-foot Shoppes at Locust Grove in Locust Grove. Birmingham Village was 78 percent leased and Shoppes at Locust Grove was 71 percent leased at the time of sale. Blanchard & Calhoun represented the buyer, an international REIT, in the transaction. The seller was the original developer of the two shopping centers.
OAKWOOD, GA. — Performance Food Group (PFG) has begun the expansion of its Performance Foodservice – Milton’s food distribution facility in Oakwood, a city in Hall County near Gainesville. PFG’s expansion project includes the construction of a new 174,000-square-foot building located at 3501 Old Oakwood Road. The new facility will feature a freezer, meat cutting operation, maintenance areas and space for fleet operations. The project is scheduled for completion in 2016 to be followed by the conversion of PFG’s existing freezer into a three-zone cooler section.
PALM SPRINGS, FLA. — Trinity Place Holdings has executed a long-term lease with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to bring a new Walmart Neighborhood Market to South Florida. The new 42,000-square-foot grocery store will anchor Trinity’s 112,000-square-foot Shoppes at Forest Hill, a shopping center located at the intersection of Forest Hill Boulevard and South Military Trail in Palm Springs. The Walmart Neighborhood Market is expected to open in the spring of 2016 and will bring approximately 95 new jobs to the area. David Lipp of Atlantic Commercial Group Inc. and David Emihovich of Katz & Associates were the broker and the agent, respectively, for the transaction.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Hotel Development Partners and funds managed by Ares Management LP have purchased three select-service hotels in North Charleston totaling 248 rooms. The properties include the Residence Inn by Marriott Charleston North/Ashley Phosphate, the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Charleston North/Ashley Phosphate and an unnamed Choice Hotels-branded hotel. Including this transaction, HDP and Ares Management have purchased 10 hotels together, with the other seven hotels located in the metro Atlanta area. HDP is an Atlanta-based joint venture between Hotel Equities and IRE Capital. Hotel Equities has assumed management of the three hotels.