GLADSTONE, MO. — Flaherty & Collins Properties will host a grand opening ceremony for The Heights Linden Square, a luxury mixed-use development in Gladstone, on Thursday, April 16. The $26 million project features 222 market rate luxury apartments and 10,000 square feet of street-front retail. The property is located 601 NE 70th St. The ground level of The Heights includes 40 two-level apartment homes, each with their own attached single car personal garage. Above the two-level apartments are two levels of flats. The average apartment home is 942 square feet. Community amenities include a fitness center, tanning salon, cyber cafe, business center and a game and leisure center. In addition, the property features a pool that includes a wet deck and an “outdoor living room,” which includes fire pits, grills and outdoor furniture.
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SOUTH EUCLID, OHIO — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the $15.4 million sale of Cedar Center North, a 61,466-square-foot shopping plaza in the Cleveland suburb of South Euclid. The property is located at the intersection of Cedar Road and Warrensville Center Road at 13991 Cedar Road. John Carroll University is located less than a mile from the property and two super-regional shopping centers, Legacy Village and Beachwood Place, are within two miles. IPA senior directors Erin Patton, Craig Fuller and Scott Wiles represented the seller, a local northeast Ohio development group. The buyer is Inland Real Estate Corp.
OAK BROOK, ILL. — Rosemont, Ill.-based First Hospitality Group Inc. has reopened The Drake Oak Brook hotel in Oak Brook. The boutique hotel recently underwent extensive renovations to the exterior, lobby, an 11,300-square-foot meeting space, a 2,000-square-foot outdoor patio, office space and its 84 guest rooms. Originally built in 1961 as the suburban counterpart to Chicago’s famous Drake Hotel, Jim Nagle and Tely Nagle own the independent hotel. First Hospitality Group manages the hotel. Unique details of the property include a piece of floral, floating artwork composed of 1,000 pieces of glass and a gold-leafed table in the lobby designed by an artist who’s work also appears in the Vatican, and original murals. The hotel is accessible to downtown Chicago and O’Hare International Airport via I-88 and I-294.
FA Commercial Brokers $10.5M Sale of Ground-Floor Retail in Miami’s Brickell District
by John Nelson
MIAMI — FA Commercial has brokered the sale of retail spaces at Millecento, a 42-story mixed-use tower located at 1100 S. Miami Ave. in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood. A group of unnamed investors based in South America purchased the ground-floor retail spaces, totaling 17,500 square feet, for $10.5 million. Fabio Faerman of FA Commercial represented the buyer in the transaction. Since the sale, Faerman has leased the retail spaces to tenants such as Freddo Gelateria, Pizza Tonda, Prime Cigar and Level 1 Restaurant & Lounge.
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — Faris Lee Investments has brokered the $7.9 million sale of a single-tenant retail property occupied by Hobby Lobby at 1290 Western Blvd. in Jacksonville. Hobby Lobby has just begun its triple-net, 15-year lease at the newly constructed 55,000-square-foot property. Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of Faris Lee Investments represented the buyer, a private equity fund based in New York, in the transaction. Mousavi and Luther also represented the seller, the North Carolina-based developer of the Hobby Lobby store. The buyer purchased the store at a 6.5 percent cap rate.
OAKBROOK TERRACE, ILL. — NAI Hiffman has signed a new lease for its corporate headquarters at One Oakbrook Terrace, located at the intersection of Butterfield Road and 22nd Street in Oakbrook Terrace. The provider of commercial real estate services has occupied space in the building for more than 10 years. The new lease consolidates NAI Hiffman’s brokerage, management, marketing and research, and accounting services onto an entire floor, taking up more than 20,000 square feet. Jim Adler and Michael Flynn of NAI Hiffman’s office services group represented NAI Hiffman in the transaction. Brian Edgerton of NAI Hiffman represented the institutional owner.
MILWAUKEE — Siegel-Gallagher has arranged a 17,432-square-foot office lease in Milwaukee. Robertson Ryan & Associated Inc. will occupy space within Plaza East Office Center located at 330 E. Kilbourn Ave. Shaun Dempsey and John Kuhn of Siegel-Gallagher represented the tenant in the transaction. Tishman Speyer was the landlord.
PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an 11-property manufactured housing portfolio located in western New York and Pennsylvania. Federal Capital Partners and Horizon Land Co. purchased the 2,413-site portfolio from Pittsford-based Morgan Management. Jonathon McClellan, Kyle Baskin, J.D. Parker and Mark Taylor of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction.
MERIDEN, CONN. — Binswanger has brokered the sale of a manufacturing/warehouse facility located at 119 Empire Ave. in Meriden. 119 Empire Avenue LLC purchased the 166,330-square-foot property for an undisclosed price from Atlas Container LLC. Situated on 12.42 acres, the property features an open layout, 26.8-foot clear ceiling heights, heavy power and an active railroad spur. The buyer plans to take occupancy this spring. Jim Panczykowski of Binswanger’s New Haven, Conn., office arranged the transaction.
MOUNT ARLINGTON, N.J. — Gebroe-Hammer Associates has arranged the $11.2 million sale of Shore Hill Apartments, an apartment community located at 500-501 Bensel Dr. in Mount Arlington. The 80-unit community features 64 one-bedroom and 16 two-bedroom units. The undisclosed buyer plans to implement a capital improvement program to renovate and upgrade the property. Stephen Tragash and Joseph Brecher of Gebroe-Hammer represented the seller, the original developer, and procured the buyer.