CHICAGO — Peet’s Coffee & Tea Inc. has opened a new store and Ghirardelli Chocolate Co. has signed a new lease in Chicago’s Wrigley Building. Peet’s will occupy 1,140 square feet on the ground floor of the south tower of the building at 400-410 N. Michigan Ave. The Peet’s store has been built with the company’s new store design that showcases the art of its coffee making and also features historic photos of The Wrigley Building from the early 20th century. Ghirardelli Chocolate Co. has signed a new lease for 7,000 square feet of retail space in the south tower for an ice cream and chocolate shop. The new store is set to open on Memorial Day. The Wrigley Building is owned by a group of investors led by BDT Capital Partners and includes Zeller Realty Group, and Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell personally, as minority investors.
WYLIE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Trails Place Townhomes, a 62-unit apartment property located in Wylie. Tommy Lovell III and Kim Westcott of Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office marketed the property on behalf of a local seller. Lovell and Westcott also procured the buyer, a limited liability company from California. Trails Place Townhomes is located at 1 Trails Place near North Highway 78. Built in seven phases from 1985 to 2005, the asset is situated on nearly four acres. The community includes one-, two-, and three-bedroom townhome floorplans ranging in size from 700 square feet to 1,135 square feet. Amenities include full size washer and dryer connections in all units, private patios for all units, on-site management, tile flooring, walk-in closets and carports for select units.
ST. CHARLES, ILL. — Darwin Realty & Development Corp. has arranged the sale of a 36,371-square-foot industrial facility in St. Charles. A Midwest-based food manufacturing and distribution company purchased the property, which is located on more than two acres at 2531 Dukane Drive. The property, which was built in 1980 and expanded in 2001, features an 18-foot, 6-inch clear ceiling height and three interior docks with one grade-level door. Geoff Kasselman of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the seller, an East Coast-based printing services company.
O’FALLON, ILL. – Holland Construction Services Inc. has completed construction on the new O’Fallon Fire/EMS headquarters, and parks and recreation maintenance facility. Holland served as construction manager on the $5.8 million project. The 16,400-square-foot, five-bay firehouse features workstations, sleeping quarters, a weight room and a training/conference center. The 7,500-square-foot parks and recreation maintenance building includes four apparatus bays and multi-purpose administration space.
HILLIARD, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2.1 million sale of George’s Corner IV, a 4,749-square-foot retail property in Hilliard, approximately 13 miles northwest of Columbus. George’s Corner IV is located at 1840 Hilliard Rome Road. The two-tenant center features Visionworks, an eyewear retailer, and Tom + Chee, a Cincinnati-based specialty grilled-cheese restaurant. The center is a renovated former restaurant located on an outparcel to a Target center. A Memphis, Tenn.-based limited liability company purchased the property. John Reehil and Arthur Kaplan of Marcus & Millichap’s Columbus office represented the seller, a limited liability company.
NORFOLK, VA. — The city of Norfolk has opened the first phase of the Norfolk Consolidated Courts Complex, a 315,000-square-foot complex that combines three courthouses into one. Both phases will cost approximately $121.5 million to develop. The eight-story Phase I will consolidate the Circuit and General District courts into a single facility. Phase II, which is slated for an early 2017 completion, will add the Juvenile and Domestic Relations courts. The design team, including architect Fentress Architects and general contractors Archer Western and Heery International, is constructing the complex to achieve LEED Silver certification.
ORLANDO, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the $47.1 million sale of Art Avenue Apartment Homes, a new 300-unit luxury apartment community located at 10201 Lee Vista Blvd. in Orlando. An undisclosed entity purchased the property from the Rohdie Group, a residential real estate management firm. Shelton Granade, Luke Wickham and Justin Basquill of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. Completed in 2014, the community features a large clubhouse, computer lounge, TV lounge, coffee bar, fitness center, children’s art room, outdoor fire pit and resort-style pool.
BELCAMP, MD. — DTZ has arranged a 100,000-square-foot lease renewal of warehouse space at Riverside Distribution Center in Belcamp, roughly 26 miles northeast of Baltimore along I-95. Exeter Property Group owns the 599,000-square-foot Riverside Distribution Center. The tenant, Aaron’s, a furniture and home appliances retailer, will use the warehouse for distribution and fulfillment purposes for the Mid-Atlantic region. Michael Walsh, Kirk Diamond and Erin Smith of DTZ represented Aaron’s in the lease transaction.
LAKE PARK, FLA. — Oak Grove Capital has arranged two refinance loans totaling $26.1 million for San Marco Villas I and II, two affordable housing communities. The two apartment communities in Lake Park span 400 units. Tim Leonhard of Oak Grove Capital arranged the two loans through Freddie Mac.
NEW ORLEANS — HREC Investment Advisors has brokered the portfolio sale of three Hampton Inn & Suites hotels and one parking garage in downtown New Orleans. The hotel portfolio includes the 288-unit Hampton Inn & Suites – Convention Center; the 210-unit Hampton Inn & Suites – Downtown/French Quarter Area; the 100-unit Hampton Inn – Garden District/St. Charles Avenue; and the 529-space EZ Park Garage. Paul Sexton, Geoff Davis, Scott Stephens and Mike Cahill of HREC, along with Hayden Wren of New Orleans-based Corporate Realty Inc., represented the seller in the transaction. Highpointe Hotel Corp. will continue to operate the three hotels. The buyer was an entity related to an unnamed major international equity fund.