LAKE BLUFF, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $9.9 million sale of a 67,879-square-foot industrial property in Lake Bluff, a northern suburb of Chicago. The property consists of two multi-tenant buildings located on North Skokie Highway. Adam Abushagur, Nicholas Kanich and Tyler Sharp of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor. Buyer information was not provided.
RIVERVIEW, MICH. — Farbman Group has brokered the sale of the former Sportsmen’s Den restaurant building in Riverview, a southern suburb of Detroit. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 15001 Sibley Road, the Sportsmen’s Den had been operated by the Orlando family for more than four decades. The 24,250-square-foot property, which includes a banquet hall, was listed for sale after previous owner, Joe Orlando, announced his retirement last year. The restaurant catered for the Detroit Tigers from 1982 to 2009. Local restaurateur Jeremy Syrocki was the buyer. Syrocki owns numerous restaurants such as Truago, Mamacitas, Rocky’s Roadhouse, Major Biddle’s and Lloyds. Nanci Tarpley of Farbman brokered the sale.
OAK PARK, ILL. — Interra Realty has arranged the $1.4 million sale of a 19-unit apartment building in the western Chicago suburb of Oak Park. The four-story property on North Austin Boulevard comprises 15 one-bedroom units and four two-bedroom residences. Originally built in 1940, the asset has been partially updated. A recent fire impacted six units, which the new owner plans to fully gut and upgrade. The property was 85 percent occupied at the time of sale. Patrick Kennelly and Paul Waterloo of Interra represented the undisclosed buyer and seller.
NEW YORK CITY — MCR, a New York City-based hotel owner and operator, has received a $333 million loan to refinance a 16-property hotel portfolio totaling 2,274 guest rooms. The portfolio spans 11 states and features 11 Hilton and Marriott extended-stay and select-service brands, including Home2 Suites by Hilton, Hilton Garden Inn, DoubleTree by Hilton, Hampton by Hilton, Residence Inn by Marriott and Courtyard by Marriott. MCR acquired the properties primarily in 2020 and 2021. Although a full property list was not disclosed, a partial list includes Hilton Garden Inn Louisville Mall of St. Matthews in Louisville, Kentucky; Hampton Inn & Suites Charlotte Steele Creek in Charlotte, North Carolina; Courtyard by Marriott Oxford in Oxford, Mississippi; Hilton Garden Inn Missoula in Missoula, Montana; and Hilton Phoenix Chandler in Chandler, Arizona. The loan was securitized in a floating-rate, single-asset, single-borrower CMBS transaction. The financing replaces the original debt, with an outstanding balance of $268 million at the time of payoff. The portfolio’s net operating income has increased from $15 million at the time of acquisition to $36 million, according to MCR. The company says that the refinancing generated $51 million of net proceeds as a result. Deutsche Bank Securities and BMO …
MANOR, TEXAS — KeyBank has provided $87.8 million in financing for Cantarra Apartments, a 325-unit mixed-income project that will be located in the northeastern Austin suburb of Manor. Approximately half (166) of the units will be reserved for renters earning 60 percent or less of the area median income (AMI), and the remainder will be earmarked for households earning 120 percent or less of AMI. Amenities will include three courtyards, two fitness rooms and a spin room, mail and parcel rooms, bike storage space and pet play and wash areas. Jeremiah Drake and Hector Zuñiga Jr. of KeyBank originated the financing, which consists of a $41.6 million construction loan and a $46.2 million forward commitment for Freddie Mac permanent financing upon stabilization of the property. The borrower and developer is Austin-based JCI Residential.
HOUSTON — California-based investment firm Sunstone Two Tree has acquired Villas Del Paseo, a 384-unit apartment community in Houston’s Westchase neighborhood, for $28.9 million. Built in 1978, the market-rate property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, playground, business center, package services and outdoor grilling and dining stations. Mark Saunders of Newmark represented the seller, Comunidad Partners, in the transaction. The new ownership plans to invest about $10.5 million in capital improvements. Unit interiors will receive new flooring, counters, lighting, appliances and cabinetry. Building exteriors will be upgraded with new paint, roofing, lighting, landscaping and signage. Sunstone will also repair balconies and parking lots, update the clubhouse and pool and add dog parks.
HOUSTON — Austin-based developer OHT Partners has broken ground on a 293-unit multifamily project in Houston’s Lazybrook/Timbergrove area. Lenox Timbergrove will be a five-story building that will house studio, one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 500 to 1,500 square feet. Residences will be furnished with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and various pieces of smart-home technology. Amenities will include a pool, outdoor kitchen and dining areas, a coworking lounge, indoor pet spa and an artificial turf lawn for games. Completion is slated for late 2025.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — A joint venture between two locally based firms, 2GR Equity and SHOP Development, has acquired the 177,000-square-foot Promenade North Shopping Center in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Richardson. The center was roughly 70 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Verizon Wireless, Papa Murphy’s and WingStop. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. The new ownership plans to implement a value-add program that will include landscape and parking lot improvements, along with new paint, LED lighting and signage upgrades.
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — Partners Capital, the investment platform of Partners Real Estate, has purchased a 107-room Hilton Garden Inn hotel in San Marcos, located roughly midway between Austin and San Antonio. The hotel offers traditional guestrooms and suites and amenities such as a fitness center, business center, pool, meeting and event space and an onsite restaurant and bar. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
READING, PA. — An affiliate of Pennsylvania-based developer Mediplex Property Group has opened a 365-bed residence hall that will serve students at Albright College in Reading, located about 65 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The five-story, 135,000-square-foot building sits on a four-acre site adjacent to campus and features suite-style residences consisting of single and double rooms, as well as lounge areas on every floor. Mediplex developed the property, which according to local news sources is known as Lion Hall, in partnership with Albright College.