DALLAS — Law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has signed a 29,360-square-foot office lease renewal at Comerica Bank Tower, located at 1717 Main St. in downtown Dallas. The length of the new lease term was not disclosed. Rhett Miller, Patrick Cruz and Sam Bass of Stream Realty Partners represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Jon McNeil and Daryl Mullin of JLL represented the tenant.
CHICAGO — Namdar Realty Group and Mason Asset Management have acquired One North LaSalle, a 493,738-square-foot office tower along the LaSalle Street corridor in downtown Chicago, through a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure. Built in 1929, the property was renovated in 2017. Once recognized as the city’s tallest structure, One North LaSalle was designated a Chicago landmark in 1996 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. The property features “The Landmark” on the 25th floor, which houses a fitness center, conference rooms and a tenant lounge with outdoor terrace. The ownership transition is part of a broader strategy to enhance the building’s appeal. Andy DeMoss of Bradford Allen will continue to lead leasing efforts for the asset. Recent lease signings have included Flanagan Bilton, Youth Guidance, Second Sense, Collins Bargione & Vuckovich, Symmetry Counseling, Reifers Holmes & Peters, Wolf Point Engineers and SRF Consulting Group.
WARRENVILLE, ILL. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $25 million for the refinancing of Arden Townhomes, a 60-unit, newly constructed multifamily property in the Chicago suburb of Warrenville. Completed in 2024, the property is situated in the city’s Cantera neighborhood. The asset features three-bedroom units averaging 1,898 square feet along with shared amenities. Trent Niederberger and Philip Galligan of JLL arranged the two-year, floating-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, Cantera Townhomes LLC. An entity managed by Argentic Investment Management LLC provided a $20 million senior loan, and Pearlmark provided an additional $5 million of mezzanine financing.
VERNON HILLS, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $10.5 million sale of Hawthorn Village Commons in the Chicago suburb of Vernon Hills. The 51,815-square-foot retail strip center was built in 1981. Tenants include Hobby Lobby, Dollar Tree, Panda Express, Wendy’s and Subway. Adrian Mendoza, Sean Sharko and Austin Weisenbeck of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a privately held Chicagoland investment group, and procured the buyer, a local investor completing a 1031 exchange. Steven Weinstock, broker of record in Illinois, assisted in closing the transaction.
AURORA, ILL. — Lee & Associates has brokered the sale of a nearly four-acre industrial development site at 2290 White Oak Circle in Aurora. The sales price was undisclosed. The site features convenient access to the I-88 tollway via Eola Road to the east and Farnsworth Avenue to the west. Nick Eboli and Andrew Block of Lee & Associates represented the seller. George Cibula of DarwinPW Realty/CORFAC International represented the buyer, which plans to build a 50,000- to 60,000-square-foot speculative cold storage or warehouse.
AUBURN, IND. — The Zacher Co. has arranged the sale of a 9,917-square-foot industrial building in Auburn, about 22 miles north of Fort Wayne. The sales price was undisclosed. The property is located at 1004 Auburn Drive. Dan Gabbard of Zacher represented the seller, The Richard and Phyllis Poff Estate. Ideal Property LLC was the buyer.
LOS ANGELES — Cushman & Wakefield, on behalf of an Ares Management Real Estate fund, has arranged $485 million in financing backed by a 4.8 million-square-foot, 25-building industrial portfolio spanning 16 markets in 12 states. The floating-rate, CMBS single-borrower (SASB) financing was provided by a syndicate led by J.P. Morgan, with Morgan Stanley and Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking as joint bookrunners. Rob Rubano, Gideon Gil, Brian Share, Joe Lieske, Ernesto Sanchez and Lars Weston of Cushman & Wakefield Equity, Debt and Structured Finance led the financing. Managed by Ares Industrial Management, the portfolio is currently 97 percent leased to 58 tenants. The properties feature Class A and Class B, bulk warehouse and light industrial assets. The individual assets offer a variety of industrial features, including 30-foot average clear heights, ample dock doors and an average 5 percent of office space square footage across the portfolio. The portfolio includes two properties in the San Francisco Bay area totaling 518,300 square feet; three properties in Southern California totaling 344,700 square feet; five properties in Houston totaling 693,900 square feet; a 722,500-square-foot property in Reno, Nev.; and a 797,600-square-foot property in Atlanta. The remaining properties in the portfolio are spread across Salt …
NEW YORK CITY — RXR has recapitalized 620 Avenue of the Americas, a 500,000-square-foot office and retail building in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, via a new partnership with global investment management firm Hudson Bay Capital Management. The building, which was originally constructed in 1896, is home to tenants such as footwear provider Cole Haan and labor union SEIU Local 32BJ. The partnership has also secured a five-year, $320 million loan facility to fund the repositioning of the property. Additional terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
FONTANA, CALIF. — Rexford Industrial has acquired an industrial property, located at 13201 Dahlia St. in Fontana, from an undisclosed seller for $70.1 million. Constructed in 1989, the cross-dock industrial facility features 30-foot clear heights, 59 dock-high door and four grade-level doors. At the time of sale, the 278,650-square-foot building was fully leased to a credit tenant. Mark Detmer, Patrick Nally, Evan Moran, Mike McCrary, Jeff Bellitti, Ruben Goodsell and Hunter McDonald of JLL handled the transaction.
DANVILLE, CALIF. — PSRS has arranged $14 million and $4.5 million in refinancing for two adjacent properties at Danville Livery in Danville. The properties offer more than 123,000 square feet of retail and office space. The retail and service-oriented office space offers a mix of tenants, including eateries, home goods, salons, real estate offices and title services. James Mulvihill and Kevin Mulvihill of PSRS secured the undisclosed borrower with a separate loan for each property, both of which are underwritten with interest-only payments. The non-recourse loans were provided by correspondent life insurance companies.