MONROE, MICH. — Bernard Financial Group (BFG) has arranged a $2.2 million loan for the refinancing of a 13,541-square-foot retail property in Monroe, about 23 miles north of Toledo, Ohio. Joshua Bernard of BFG arranged the loan through a life insurance company. An entity doing business as BSLM Frenchtown LLC was the borrower.
CHICAGO — Kiser Group has brokered the $1.6 million sale of a six-unit multifamily building in Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood. The value-add property, constructed in 1928, has been owned by the same family for over four decades. Each unit offers approximately 1,400 square feet of living space with three bedrooms. The property also includes five garage parking spaces. Katie LeGrand and Jacob Price of Kiser brokered the transaction.
EAST DUNDEE, ILL. — Powerhouse Sales, a distributor of detergents, single-dose pods and other household cleaning products, has leased a 10,000-square-foot industrial unit for its new headquarters at 175 Prairie Lake Road in East Dundee, a northwest suburb of Chicago. The facility is now fully leased. Powerhouse’s space features one dock, one drive-in door and a high-end office build-out. Elisabeth Lazzara, Mike DeSerto and Cory Kay of Entre Commercial Realty brokered the lease.
HOUSTON — Wenaas Workwear USA has signed a 45,000-square-foot industrial lease in southwest Houston. The provider of specialized apparel products and personal protective equipment (PPE) is taking space at 10401 S. Sam Houston Parkway West, which according to LoopNet Inc. was built in 2014 and totals 90,000 square feet. Garret Geaccone and Boone Smith of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, STAG Industrial, in the lease negotiations. Cole Bercher of Welcome Group represented the tenant.
Cushman & Wakefield Brokers Sale of Two Industrial Properties Totaling 1.1 MSF in Central New Jersey
MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of two industrial properties totaling approximately 1.1 million square feet in Monroe Township, located just outside of Trenton in Central New Jersey. The property at 201 Middlesex Center Blvd. is a 600,000-square-foot cross-dock facility that was built in 2008 and features a clear height of 36 feet, 66 dock doors and 176 trailer parking spaces. The property at 773 Cranbury South River Road is a 488,884-square-foot building that sits on a 34.7-acre site and was completed in 2017 via a 50-year ground lease. Gary Gabriel, Kyle Schmidt, Ryan Larkin and Seth Zuidema of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. The Cushman & Wakefield team of Stan Danzig, Jules Nissim, Steve Elman, Kimberly Bach and Eric Schlett also advised the seller in the deal.
WALTHAM, MASS. — Locally based owner-operator Hobbs Brook Real Estate is underway on the renovation of a 384,841-square-foot office and life sciences facility located at 404 Wyman St. in the western Boston suburb of Waltham. The building is part of an 11-building campus that is home to tenants such as Dassault Systems, FM Global, Commonwealth Financial Network and ZoomInfo. Renovations will include the addition of a new fitness center, a remodeling of lobby and upgrading of the conference center and café. In addition, Hobbs Brook will develop expansive outdoor spaces with seating areas, fire pits and new landscaping. Completion is slated for early next year.
BURLINGTON, N.J. — New Jersey-based financial intermediary Cronheim Mortgage has arranged $31 million in financing of a 358,000-square-foot shopping center in the Southern New Jersey community of Burlington. Walmart Supercenter anchors the center, which was 99 percent leased at the time of the loan closing. Other tenants include Planet Fitness, Ross Dress for Less, Marshalls, Five Below, AutoZone and McDonald’s. Brandon Szwalbenest, Dev Morris and Andrew Stewart of Cronheim arranged the 10-year loan through an undisclosed life insurance company on behalf of the owner, National Realty & Development Corp.
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has negotiated the sale of a 190-unit seniors housing community located in King of Prussia, roughly 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The unnamed property, which according to Blueprint was not stabilized at the time of sale, opened in 2021 and offers assisted living and memory care services. Alex Florea, Kevin Lukehart, Steve Thomes and Kory Buzin of Blueprint represented the seller, an undisclosed private equity investor, in the transaction. The buyer was also not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Skarzynski Marick & Black has signed a five-year, 28,307-square-foot office lease renewal in Lower Manhattan. The insurance law firm will remain the sole occupant of the 32nd floor at One Battery Park Plaza, a 35-story, 870,000-square-foot building that was originally constructed in 1971. Andrew Peretz of Newmark represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Thomas Keating and Kevin Daly represented the landlord, Rudin, on an internal basis.
INDIANAPOLIS — Roche, a Swiss biotechnology company whose U.S. headquarters is in Indianapolis, has announced its intention to invest $50 billion in the United States over the next five years. The investment will include new and expanded life sciences facilities across the country, as well as a new 900,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, the location of which will be announced soon. This project will be a manufacturing facility for Roche’s portfolio of next-generation weight loss medicines. The other new developments will include a gene therapy manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania, a new plant in Indiana for continuous glucose monitoring and a new research-and-development (R&D) center in Massachusetts. Roche will also expand and upgrade its existing pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in Kentucky, Indiana, New Jersey, Oregon and Pennsylvania as part of the investment, as well as expand R&D centers in Arizona, California and Indiana. Roche’s investment is expected to create more than 12,000 new jobs, including nearly 6,500 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent jobs at the new and expanded facilities. The construction timeline for these projects was not announced. Once Roche’s new and expanded facilities come on line, the firm says it will be able to export more medicines from the United States than it …