DARWIN REALTY & DEVELOPMENT BROKERS TWO INDUSTRIAL DEALS

CHICAGO AND PORTAGE, IND. — Wind City Warehouse & Distribution has signed a lease for 96,600 square feet of industrial space within the 12-building Calumet Business Center, which is located along Interstate 94 in Chicago. New York-based Ashley Capital has leased the rail-served space. The tenant’s new space is part of a 209,000-square-foot building served by the Norfolk Southern Railroad. The company expects to take occupancy at the facility by the end of February. Chris Gary, George Cibula and Ryan Hanley of Darwin represented Ashley Capital; Jeff Gilbert of Wagener Equities represented Windy City Warehouse & Distribution in the transaction. Terms of the lease were not disclosed. Additionally, Gary, Cibula and Hanley of Darwin have brokered the sale of a 175,100-square-foot crane building located at 1000 Boundary Rd. in Portage. Leeco Steel has purchased the industrial property from Arcelor Mittal for an undisclosed amount. The buyer is relocating to the facility from Chicago. The building, which is situated within the Port of Burns Harbor, includes multiple cranes and interior rail service. Kirk Grant of Colliers Ostendorf-Morris and Howard Cyrus of Cyrus Realtors represented the seller in the transaction.