ANTIOCH, ILL. — IDI Gazeley will construct a 454,276-square-foot building, the first at the planned 1.3 million-square-foot Antioch Corporate Center development in Antioch, approximately 47 miles north of Chicago. Building A will feature 36-foot clear heights, 48-by-60 foot bays and specifications for LEED accreditation. The park is located on Route 173, approximately one mile west of I-94 and one-half mile east of Route 45. Construction is expected to be complete in early 2015. The 97-acre industrial park was planned in 2008, but was put on hold as a result of the severe recession. Jack Rosenberg, Fred Regnery and Ned Frank of Colliers International will represent IDI Gazeley in marketing the property to tenants.
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PLAINFIELD, IND. — Walmart has selected Browning/Duke Realty, a joint venture partnership between two Indianapolis commercial real estate companies, to develop its new e-commerce warehouse and distribution center. The 1.2 million-square-foot, state-of-the-art industrial building is being built to Walmart’s specifications on a 64-acre site in AllPoints Midwest, a bulk industrial campus in Plainfield under development by the two companies. Scheduled for delivery later this year, the building, which will be known as AllPoints Midwest 3, will incorporate modern bulk warehouse features. The facility will include 40-foot clear heights; 8,000-amp electrical service; 55-by-53-foot bay spacing with 55-by-60-foot spacing at the staging bays; and LED high-bay warehouse light fixtures. The 650-by-1,760-foot building, which is expandable by more than 200,000 square feet, also will include 16,500 square feet of office space, 100 9-by-10-foot dock doors and one 12-by-14-foot drive-in door. The Walmart facility will be the third fast-tracked, build-to-suit warehouse that Browning/Duke Realty has recently delivered at AllPoint Midwest. AllPoints Midwest is located off I-70 at Ronald Reagan Parkway and has access to the Indianapolis International Airport and the CSX Railroad’s Avon intermodal yard. Brian Seitz and Kris Bjorson of Jones Lang LaSalle represented Walmart in the transaction. Mark Susemichel and John Cohoat …
CHICAGO — Essex Realty Group Inc. has brokered the $3.6 million sale of a 46-unit apartment complex in Chicago. The property is located at 1331 W. Loyola Ave., one block west of Loyola University. The property includes studio and one-bedroom apartments with updated bathrooms, kitchens and hardwood floors. The building also underwent capital improvements, including the addition of windows, electrical service and exterior porches. The apartment complex is within walking distance of the Loyola CTA train station at the intersection of Sheridan Road and Loyola Avenue. Doug Fisher and Jason Fishleder represented the undisclosed seller. Fisher also represented the undisclosed buyer in the transaction.
CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $2.9 million sale of a seven-unit apartment property in Chicago. The property is located at 1525 W. Addison St. Kyle Stengle of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. Bill Bailey and John Bailey of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, an offshore investor.
ALLENTOWN, PA. — Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) has completed the disposition of South Mall for $23.6 million. Located in Allentown, the 406,000-square-foot mall is anchored by Stein Mart and Bon-Ton. Sales at the shopping center were $227 per square foot and the non-anchor occupancy was 90.6 percent as of March 31, 2014. Additionally, PREIT has entered into a sales agreement for the disposition of Nittany Mall in State College, Pa., and North Hanover Mall in Hanover, Pa. The 534,000-square-foot Nittany Mall is anchored by JC Penney, Sears, Bon-Ton and Macy’s and has sales of $230 per square foot and non-anchor occupancy of 74.8 percent as of end of March. The 452,000-square-foot North Hanover Mall is anchored by JC Penney, Sears, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Burlington Coat Factory. Sales at the North Hanover Mall were $275 per square foot and non-anchor occupancy was 79.3 percent as of March 31, 2014. The sales and occupancies at these properties are below PREIT’s portfolio average of $377 per square foot of sales and 90.3 percent non-anchor occupancy, making the properties ideal candidates for the company’s disposition program. The buyers have not been disclosed.
MONTVALE, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield’s Metropolitan Area Capital Markets Group has brokered the acquisition of 102 Chestnut Ridge Road in Montvale. JD Companies purchased the property from an institutional seller for an undisclosed price. The buyer plans to relocate its headquarters to the two-story, 50,000-square-foot office building. Situated on five acres, the property is 76 percent occupied by Community Blood Services and NJ Lenders Corp. under long-term leases. Gary Gabriel, Andrew Merin, David Bernhaut and Brian Whitmer of Cushman & Wakefield negotiated the transaction.
NEWARK, N.J. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged an $18 million loan to refinance 570 Broad Street, a 200,000-square-foot office building in Newark. The borrower, Berger Organization, received a seven-year loan featuring a 4.25 percent fixed rate, which was provided by a regional balance sheet lender. The 15-story office building is located within minutes of the Garden State Parkway, New Jersey Turnpike, Routes 1, 9, 21 and 22, and Interstates 280 and 78. Tal Bar-Or and Kyle Kite of Meridian’s New York City office negotiated the refinancing.
NEWTON, MASS. — Beth Israel Deaconess (BID) Healthcare-Chestnut Hill, a new major outpatient medical center, is slated to open in July, following the opening of BID’s Advanced Urgent Care Center. Both services occupy the fourth floor of 200 Boylston St. in Newton’s 240,000-square-foot Chestnut Hill Square development, which is owned by New England Development,. The 30,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility will offer primary care and 20 medical and surgical specialties with physicians and staff from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Specialties offered at the BID Healthcare-Chestnut Hill will include OB/GYN and women’s health, sports medicine with orthopedics, physical and occupational therapy, imaging with CT scanning, on-site labs, a spine center, acupuncture, and yoga. In addition, the center will offer surgical specialties including oncology, a breast clinic, colorectal and podiatry.
WEST BRIDGEWATER, MASS. — Fantini & Gorga has arranged $5.5 million in financing for the development of The Turn at River Bend, a multifamily community in West Bridgewater. Located on SR 106 between South Main and East streets, the development will consist of four three-story buildings, each offering 12 one- and two-bedroom apartments, with one quarter of the units designated for affordable housing. Casimir Groblewski of Fantini & Gorga arranged the financing with a Massachusetts-based cooperative bank for the borrower, 322 East Center Street LLC, an affiliate of The Battaglino Family LP.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Adolfson & Peterson Construction has topped out the $90 million Forest Park Medical Center in Austin. Adolfson & Peterson is serving as the general contractor for the hospital, which is being developed by Neal Richards Group. The project is being built on an 8.5-acre site inside of a 59-acre master campus located near state highway 45 and La Frontera Boulevard in Williamson County. The 145,000-square-foot, four-story hospital will feature 46 private inpatient rooms, including 12 family suites, six intensive care rooms and 10 fully integrated operating suites. Also part of the development is an 80,000-square-foot medical office building and an 181,000-square-foot garage.