GARLAND, TEXAS — Steakhouse concept Vila Brazil will open a 7,332-square-foot restaurant in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Garland. The site is a freestanding building within the Harbor Point retail center, which is shadow-anchored by Bass Pro Shops, on the shores of Lake Ray Hubbard. Greg Blandford and Jack Thomas of Weitzman represented Vila Brazil in the lease negotiations. David Zoller, also with Weitzman, represented the undisclosed landlord. The opening is slated for late summer.
MOUNT VERNON, ILL. — Contegra Construction is building a 100,000-square-foot, solar-powered manufacturing plant for Manner Polymers in Mount Vernon, a city in southern Illinois. Contegra expects to complete the project in November, with the plant scheduled to be fully operational by fall 2025. Manner Polymers will use the facility to manufacture flexible PVC compounds. The property will be powered by both a roof-mounted solar array and a 15-acre solar field located on site immediately adjacent to the plant. According to Contegra, the project will expand Manner’s production capacity by 100 million pounds and is projected to create 60 new jobs. The rail-served facility offers convenient access to I-57 and I-64. Additional building features include 11 dock doors, three drive-through doors, a 55-foot tower with a three-level production platform and 5,000 square feet of office space. The project team includes Gray Design Group, Alper Audi, Jarrell Mechanical, Haier Plumbing, Bi-State Fire Protection and Clinton Electric.
CHASKA, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson (KA) has begun a $24 million renovation of Chaska Middle School West located at 140 Engler Blvd. in Chaska, a southwest suburb of Minneapolis. Designed by Wold Architects and Engineers, the project will be constructed during the summer months of 2024 and 2025. The overall 145,000-square-foot renovation consists of mechanical and electrical upgrades, interior improvements and updated finishes throughout the entire school building. Renovations will be made to the gymnasium, classrooms, locker rooms, bathrooms, music spaces and other student areas. KA will also replace the parking lot and improve the existing loading dock area. Completion is slated for fall 2025.
WICKLIFFE, OHIO — Phorcys Capital Partners, the investment advisor to Phorcys Senior Housing Recovery Fund LP, has acquired Prosper at Wickliffe in Wickliffe, about 15 miles northeast of Cleveland. The assisted living facility features 160 units. Phorcys made the purchase through a trustee-directed short sale for $13 million. Prosper Life Care will take over management of the property.
CHICAGO — Kiser Group has brokered the sale of a fully leased multifamily property in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood for nearly $4 million. The four-building asset was renovated in 2019. Noah Clark and Jack Petrando of Kiser Group brokered the sale. The locally based buyer is assuming the loan on the property.
LAKE ZURICH, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Lake Zurich-Barrington, an 86-room hotel in the northwest Chicago suburb of Lake Zurich. The sales price was undisclosed. The three-story property is located at 197 S. Rand Road. Amenities include an indoor heated pool, breakfast area and fitness center. Ebrahim Valliani and Michael Klar of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and seller, both of which were private investors. Chris Gomes and Allan Miller of Marcus & Millichap were also listed on the deal as supporting brokers.
EWING, N.J. — Locally based developer KRE Group has begun a 345,152-square-foot industrial redevelopment in the Northern New Jersey community of Ewing. The project will convert the 26.3-acre site of a decommissioned former naval air propulsion center into a single-story, 285,152-square-foot warehouse and three standalone flex buildings of 20,000 square feet each. The development team will also undertake various infrastructural improvements, including upgraded landscaping and lighting, the addition of a new bus stop, surface parking lots and walking trail, and enhancements to the surrounding roadways. The U.S. Navy operated the site as a vital jet engine test facility from 1951 until 1997, and a redevelopment plan for the site was introduced in 2013. A tentative completion date for the project was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — American Eagle Outfitters Inc. has signed a 338,085-square-foot office lease at 63 Madison Avenue, a 15-story building in Midtown Manhattan. The lease term is 20 years. The space encompasses 108,194 square feet across the entire 7th and 11th floors and the entire 66,597 square feet of one of the tower’s concourse areas. Additionally, a sublease arrangement totaling 162,291 square feet — approximately 54,097 square feet per floor — has been reached with CBS for the 8th, 9th and 10th floors. This sublease agreement will eventually convert into a direct lease. Mitti Liebersohn, David Goldstein, Anna Erickson, Nate Brzozowski and Will Demuth of Savills represented American Eagle in the direct lease and sublease negotiations. Mark Boisi of Cushman & Wakefield represented CBS in the sublease negotiations. Peter Duncan, Matt Coudert and Alex Bermingham represented the landlord, George Comfort & Sons, which owns the building in partnership with Jamestown and Loeb Partners Realty, on an internal basis.
WOODBURY, N.Y. — Simon Property Group is underway on an expansion project at Woodbury Common Premium Outlets, located about 55 miles north of New York City. The project will add 155,000 square feet of new retail and restaurant space, as well as a 200-room hotel, second parking facility and upgraded amenities. A VIP suite with private dressing rooms, a lounge and a private kitchen is also scheduled to open later this year. Simon will also add a new children’s play area, improved crosswalks and wayfinding, and enhanced landscaping to the property, which is home to some 250 tenants.
DENVER — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $55 million refinancing for DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Denver, a two-tower hotel in Denver’s Central Park submarket. Located at 3203 Quebec St., the 561-key hotel offers an indoor pool, hot tub, fitness center, on-site restaurant, business center and meeting rooms. Adam Schwartz, Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz, Keith Kurland, Michael Diaz, Triston Stegall and Christopher de Raet of Walker & Dunlop arranged the loan for the borrowers, Taconic Capital Advisors LP, Pyramid Global Hospitality and Triangle Capital Group. Hudson Bay Capital provided the nonrecourse loan that carries an initial two-year term with a 12-month extension option.