GREEN BAY, WIS. — Greg Maloney of Jones Lang LaSalle has been appointed receiver of the East Town Mall, a 198,000-square-foot shopping center in Green Bay. Under Maloney's leadership, Jones Lang LaSalle's retail leasing and management team has assumed immediate oversight of the mall and is working to stabilize the asset. The East Town Mall was built in 1982 and has been remodeled three times over the years. Anchor tenants include Hobby Lobby, Petco and Fashion Bug. The mall will remain open. As receiver, Maloney will control and direct the asset until a resolution between the lender and borrower is achieved.
CHICAGO — Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in partnership with YTC Retail, has purchased the Yorktown Center Mall for $196 million from a consortium of individuals, including Bob Long, son-in-law of Ed Pehrson, the developer who built the mall in 1968. The 1.5 million-square-foot mall is in Lombard, about 20 miles from Chicago. Tenants include The Capital Grille restaurant, AMC Theatres, Gap and JC Penney. YTC Pacific, a partnership between Pacific Retail Capital Partners, Collarmele Partners and Peter Fair will manage the day-to-day operations of Yorktown. The group is also a co-investor. Upgrades are planned, including lighting, signage, food court and entrance improvements.
ROMEOVILLE, ILL. — Berkadia Commercial Mortgage has arranged a $36.8 million loan for the refinancing of HighPoint Community Apartments, a 389,900-square-foot complex in Romeoville. Len Deering, Paul Matusiak and Tom Sigrist of Berkadia's Chicago office arranged the 35-year loan through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's 223(f) program. Highpoint includes one- and two-bedroom apartments and is currently 94 percent leased. The fixed-rate loan has a 35-year amortization schedule.
MUNCIE, IND. — Ball State is finalizing a construction project the university hopes will spur business growth and development in The Village, a retail and residential district on the southeast corner of campus. McKinley Commons will be a living-learning facility operated by the university for students in the hospitality and food management program. It is expected to include two restaurants, a student-run sales area, large and small meeting rooms and a lodging facility with approximately 100 rooms that will replace the university's current hotel in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center.
MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee-based Zilber Ltd. has acquired four industrial buildings in Wisconsin from Clarion Partners for $29 million. The deals total more than 606,900 square feet and the properties are located in Glendale, Oak Creek and Pleasant Prairie, Wis. Tom Shepherd and Mike Fardy of Inland Cos. represented the seller in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Massey Knakal has arranged the $11.4 million sale of three properties in Manhattan's Greenwich Village neighborhood. The sale includes 175-177 MacDougal St., two mixed-use buildings built in 1837. The building contains 10 apartments, two retail spaces and two commercial spaces. The third building is 179 MacDougal St., a one-story building with five retail tenants. The lower level once housed the former Bon Soir club, where Barbra Streisand launched her career. James Nelson of Massey Knakal Realty Services represented both the buyer, an investor, and seller, a long-term owner, in the deal.
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Homewood Suites by Hilton has opened a four-story hotel in Binghamton. The 79-room hotel is owned by Tom Bedosky and managed by JT LLC. Homewood Suites by Hilton Binghamton/Vestel offer studio, one- and two-bedroom suites. Guest amenities include an indoor pool, fitness center, sports court and nearby walking trails. Located at 3603 Vestal Parkway E., the hotel is minutes from Binghamton University campus and Lockheed Martin Owego.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based Eastern Union Commercial has arranged a $34 million loan for the refinancing of a four-building, 580-bed nursing portfolio in New York and New Jersey. Three of the properties are fully operational, while the fourth, a 120-bed skilled nursing facility, is currently under construction. The project is expected to be completed at the end of 2012. Abraham Bergman of Eastern Union secured the 5-year loan through M&T Bank. The borrower is a privately held nursing home owner and management company.
SECAUCUS, N.J. — ZT Group International has signed a 23,451-square-foot office lease at 333 Meadowlands Parkway in Secaucus. ZT Group provides server solutions for large-scale data centers. With the transaction, the 138,000-square-foot office building is now 90 percent leased. Frank Lopriore of Colliers International represented the tenant in the transaction. The owner, Bergman Real Estate Group, was represented in-house.
PLANO — Trammell Crow Co. and a subsidiary of One Liberty Properties has formed a joint venture to develop Legacy Towers, a proposed office property featuring two Class A office buildings totaling approximately 533,500 square feet, located at the southeast corner of the Dallas North Tollway and Legacy Drive in Legacy Business Park in Plano. Phase I is slated to be an approximately 341,000-square-foot, 13-story office building featuring a landscaped drive-up lobby and courtyard. Phase I will be designed to achieve LEED Gold certification. Phase II will be a 192,500-square-foot, 7-story office building. Construction of Phase I is slated to begin in 2013.