LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. — Fusion Creative has acquired a 63,651-square-foot, bank-owned industrial property, located at 645 Creekside Industrial Court in Lawrenceville. The building is situated on approximately 9.3 acres in the Gwinnett Progress Center Business Park. The industrial property was built in 2007 and features 42,840 square feet of column free space. Patrick Laughlin of Bullock Mannelly Partners represented the seller in the transaction. Ray Dankberg of Jones Lang LaSalle represented the buyer.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — Capital Advisors has secured approximately $2.18 million in acquisition financing for a Romano's Macaroni Grill at 5901 University Drive in Huntsville. The 25-year loan carries a 25-year amortization schedule. The loan's 5.25 percent interest rate is fixed for 20 years and resets to market rate on its 20th anniversary. Cotten Volman of Capital Advisors' Birmingham office arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, Second Florida BS Investments LLC, which was provided by Capital Advisors' correspondent lender, StanCorp Mortgage Investors LLC.
CHICAGO — Broadstone Net Lease (BNL) has acquired 11 Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants throughout Chicago in a sale-leaseback transaction. All of the sites are master leased on an absolute net basis for 14 years. The acquisition is in line with BNL's strategy to grow its office, industrial and restaurant holdings. Since late June, the company has acquired 21 net leased properties for a combined $38.3 million.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — The Shoppes of Galloway, a 28,538-square-foot retail plaza in Columbus, has sold to a private group based in Youngstown, Ohio, for $3.3 million. The property was constructed in 2004 and is 90 percent occupied. Tenants include Chase Bank, Verizon Wireless and Great Clips. Dan Cooper of Cooper Commercial Investment Group represented the sellers, a private group based in CIncinnati. He also secured the buyers.
NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Property Dynamics has acquired a fully leased, 43,762-square-foot retail property in Naperville for $4.5 million. Tenants include The Title Shop and Buffalo Wings & Rings. Jeffrey Kowal of Edge Mark LLC represented the buyer in the transaction. The seller was Inland Hartford Plaza LLC.
NILES, ILL. — Private independent Asian buffet restaurant, Niles Buffet Inc., has signed a lease for 9,600 square feet at Dempster Plaza in Niles, a northern suburb of Chicago. The restaurant is taking the current Old Country Buffet space at the plaza, which is due to close at the end of the year. Niles Buffet plans to open in March 2013. Liz Krebs of Mid-America Asset Management Inc. represented the landlord in the transaction. Jack Siragusa of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant.
CHICAGO — Tandem Construction has started work on a 2,000-square-foot addition to The Academy of Scholastic Achievement, a public charter school located at 4651 W. Madison St. in Chicago. When complete, the new space will serve as a science lab. Tandem expects the project will be complete at the end of January 2013. Red Architects is designing the project.
BOSTON — Jocote LLC has acquired two Boston apartment buildings for $6.9 million. The properties are located in the Kenmore Square area of the city at 41 and 43 Bay State Road. The brownstone buildings, constructed between 1891 and 1892, each feature views of the Charles River. Carl Christie and Dan McGee of NAI Hunneman represented the seller, Tosi LP, in the transaction. They also procured the buyer.
CHELMSFORD, MASS. — Kronos Inc. has renewed its lease for 81,760 square feet at 4 Omni Way in Chelmsford for an additional five years. Kronos specializes in workforce management solutions. Completed in 1985, 4 Omni Way is a two-story office and research and development facility on eight acres of land northwest of Boston. Krosno's total square footage of its campus is 322,000 square feet spread across multiple buildings. John Boyle and Michael Dalton of Cassidy Turley FHO represented Kronos in the transaction. The landlord, Direct Invest, was self-represented by Bill Rand and Peter Evans.
BROCKPORT, N.Y. — Calkain Cos. has arranged the $3.7 million sale of a 22,500-square-foot Tractor Supply store in Brockport. Tractor Supply is leasing the property on a long-term, triple-net basis. Andrew Fallon of Calkain Cos. represented the seller, a real estate investor and developer, in the transaction. The buyer is a private investor based in New York.