MADISON, WIS. — Northland has purchased Preserve West, a 318-unit apartment community in Madison. The purchase price and seller were undisclosed. The garden-style property was formerly named ReNew 78 West. The community features 17 buildings across roughly 20 acres. Amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center, coworking space and communal kitchen. Northland owns and operates a multifamily portfolio that includes more than 26,000 units across the U.S.
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WIS. AND NORTH CHICAGO, ILL. — EQT Exeter, a global industrial and residential investment firm, has purchased an eight-property industrial portfolio in Wisconsin and Illinois totaling 3.8 million square feet. CenterPoint Properties, a warehouse and distribution center investor and developer based in Oak Brook, Ill., and an unnamed investment partner sold the portfolio to EQT Exeter. John Huguenard and Kurt Sarbaugh of JLL represented CenterPoint in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed, but the Milwaukee Business Journal reports the assets traded for $290 million. The properties include seven facilities within the master-planned LakeView Corporate Park in Pleasant Prairie, which is situated near I-94 and provides users with connectivity to population centers in Milwaukee 40 miles north and Chicago 60 miles to the south. The lone Illinois asset was a facility located at 3200 Skokie Highway in North Chicago. The eight properties were fully leased at the time of sale to nine tenants. The facilities feature clear heights averaging 32 feet, ample loading options and fully circulating truck courts. “In these times of economic uncertainty, we are even more focused on selectively buying high-quality and well-located real estate like LakeView to serve our global tenant relationships,” says …
MILWAUKEE — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of Freshwater Apartments in downtown Milwaukee for $17.4 million. The 76-unit apartment building is situated within Freshwater Plaza in the Harbor District. Built in 2017, Freshwater Apartments features studio, one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 635 square feet. Amenities include a clubroom, rooftop terrace, heated indoor parking garage and bike storage. The community also features 16,645 square feet of retail space that is home to T-Mobile, UPS and Jimmy John’s. Wick Kirby, Amanda Friant and Jaime Fink of JLL represented the seller, Wangard Partners Inc. Bender Cos. was the buyer.
MILWAUKEE — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of Freshwater Apartments in downtown Milwaukee for $17.4 million. The 76-unit apartment building is situated within Freshwater Plaza in the Harbor District. Built in 2017, Freshwater Apartments features studio, one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 635 square feet. Amenities include a clubroom, rooftop terrace, heated indoor parking garage and bike storage. The community also features 16,645 square feet of retail space that is home to T-Mobile, UPS and Jimmy John’s. Wick Kirby, Amanda Friant and Jaime Fink of JLL represented the seller, Wangard Partners Inc. Bender Cos. was the buyer.
CALEDONIA, WIS. — Zilber Property Group has acquired a 93-acre land site with plans to build a new industrial park in Caledonia, about 20 miles south of Milwaukee. Named Caledonia Corporate Park, the project will be comprised of up to five speculative industrial buildings totaling approximately 1.6 million square feet. The development will be situated along the I-94 Corridor. Site preparation and infrastructure work will begin shortly, with construction expected to commence in the spring. Chad Navis and Rachel Agba represented Zilber on an internal basis for both the land acquisition and development entitlement process. Michael Kleber of Zilber will oversee lease-up. Pinnacle Engineering Group is the project architect and Riley Construction is the general contractor.
WAUWATOSA, WIS. — M&R Development has broken ground on 2929 on Mayfair, a 258-unit luxury apartment project in the Milwaukee suburb of Wauwatosa. M&R is co-developing the project with Campbell Capital Group. Completion is slated for August 2023. Located at 2929 N. Mayfair Road, the development will rise five stories with a variety of floor plans. The center of the community will be a three-story clubhouse and adjoining courtyard with an outdoor pool, grilling stations, pickleball court, fire pits and lounge seating. The clubhouse will feature an entertainment kitchen, coffee bar, lounge, clubroom, fitness center, yoga room, business center, pet washing station and package room. A three-level parking garage will include a car wash, electric vehicle charging stations, storage lockers and bike storage. Madison, Wis.-based Stevens Construction is the general contractor and Midlothian, Va.-based Poole & Poole Architecture is the architect. RMK Management will handle leasing and property management.
GREEN BAY, WIS. — TWG has begun development of The Fort at the Railyard, a $59 million mixed-income apartment community in Green Bay. The project is a redevelopment of the historic Larsen Canning property. The 223-unit apartment community will rise five stories with 1,300 square feet of commercial space. Of the 233 units, 187 will be reserved for residents earning up to 60 percent of the area median income. Amenities will include a workout room, business center, coworking lounge, dog run and pet washing station. Merchants Bank served as the low-income housing tax credit investor and Western Alliance Bank provided construction financing. Completion is slated for the third quarter of 2024.
OHIO, MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN — Lument has provided $87 million in HUD 232/223(f) loans for the refinancing of a portfolio of nine skilled nursing facilities located in Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin. The properties total 691 beds. The operator, Atrium Centers Inc., provides short-term, post-acute rehabilitation and long-term nursing care. Each of the nine loans features a fixed interest rate. HUD 232/223(f) loans allow for the purchase or refinancing of nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
MILWAUKEE — The Boulder Group has brokered the sale of a 120,000-square-foot property occupied by grocer Pick ’n Save in Milwaukee. Retailers in the surrounding area include Starbucks, Domino’s Pizza, U.S. Bank, Dunkin’, McDonald’s, Napa Auto Parts and Culver’s. Jimmy Goodman and John Feeney of Boulder represented the seller, a Milwaukee-based real estate investor, and the buyer, a national private real estate company. There are more than eight years remaining on the Pick ’n Save lease.
MIDDLETON, WIS. — McShane Construction Co. has completed The Trotta Apartments in Middleton, a northwest suburb of Madison. The 126-unit apartment complex is situated on a site that previously housed a motel owned by the Trotta family. The four-story development offers a mix of market-rate units and workforce housing units. Income restrictions were not disclosed. Amenities include a clubroom, fitness room, dog wash, common room and three rooftop decks. Ramaker provided architectural services. The developer was Impact Seven, a Wisconsin-based affordable housing developer.
