VILLAGE OF SOMERS, WIS. — First Industrial Realty Trust has signed a long-term tenant for its first building at First Park 94, a 601,439-square-foot industrial facility located in Village of Somers. The cross-docked facility features 36-foot clear heights, 185-foot truck courts, ample trailer parking, extensive dock-high loading, skylighting and an ESFR sprinkler system. The name of the tenant was not disclosed. Additionally, First Industrial is breaking ground for the second building at the park. The second building will total approximately 600,000 square feet with expandability. Upon completion, First Park 94 will accommodate 4.6 million square feet of development, including build-to-suits ranging from 150,000 square feet to 2 million square feet. The site is accessible to Interstate 94 from three four-way interchanges and offers frontage along the Canadian Pacific Railway with potential rail access. Whit Heitman, Sam Badger and Brad Weiner of NAI Hiffman, Roger Siegel of Dickman Co. and Tony Haning of JLL assisted with the lease transaction.
FREEHOLD, N.J. — Freehold-based UMH Properties has acquired two housing communities in Ohio for $2.9 million. The properties include 165 housing sites on approximately 71 acres. At the time of closing, the properties were approximately 64 percent occupied. The communities are part of a five-community portfolio, all located in Ohio, with a total purchase price of $17 million. The full portfolio contains a total of 821 sites on approximately 342 acres. UMH expects to close on the remaining communities before year-end.
CHICAGO — Millennium Properties R/E has arranged the sale of a six-flat apartment building located at 5532 S. Kimbark Ave. in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. Antheus Capital acquired the property for $1.3 million. The 7,050-square-foot building features six two-bedroom, two-bath units, each with large living spaces and eat-in kitchens. At the time of sale, the building was fully leased. The name seller was not released. Brad Thompson of Millennium Properties arranged the transaction.
HAMBURG AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. — Sinatra & Co. Real Estate (SCRE) has acquired 410 apartments in Hamburg and Tonawanda for $24.3 million. The deal includes a $21 million three-property multifamily portfolio in Hamburg consisting of the 184-unit Lincoln Square Apartments at 4055 Knoll Drive, the 126-unit Washington Square Apartments at 5546 Scranton Road and 40-unit Colonial Court Apartments at 5045 Berg Road. The remaining 60 units, located in Tonawanda, were purchased for $3.3 million. The sellers were NOCO Energy Corp. and Liberatore Management Group. The transaction was funded through the refinance of a local SCRE portfolio that has undergone value-add renovations. Largo Financial Group helped secure the debt financing.
PHILADELPHIA — Accesso Partners has increased the occupancy at 1515 Market Street from 82 to 92.3 percent within the past 18 months. The Hallandale, Fla.-based real estate investment manager acquired the 20-story, 502,000-square-foot office tower in 2014 and implemented an upgrade and renovation plan to increase occupancy. The plan included adding a conference center on the ninth floor and upgrading the lobby, elevator cabs, underground concourse entrance, common corridors and bathrooms. Approximately 47,081 square feet of office space leases were executed in the first half of this year and leases totaling another 10,000 square feet of space are out for signature. Current tenants include Sage Acquisitions; the law firm of Steven L. Chung Esq.; McMahon Engineering; GZA Geoenvironmentalists; HDR Engineers and Architects; Manley Deas Kochalski; Brainard Partners; Walker Nell; Cavo; O’Brian, Rulis and Bochicchio; Wade, Clark Mulchay; Legal Search; R-T Specialty; the administrative office of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court; Temple University; and Temple University’s Café Bookstore, operated by Barnes & Noble. Alex Breitmayer, Joshua Sloan and Drew McGowan of JLL are leasing agents for the property.
BEDFORD, MASS. — Nordblom Co. has leased 21,000 square feet of office space to Augmenix Inc., a medical device company. The company will relocate its corporate headquarters from Waltham, Mass., to 201 Burlington Road in Bedford late this year. The privately held company focuses on the development and commercialization of radiation oncology and urology products using its proprietary hydrogel technology. The two-building, 135,000-square-foot property features an on-site café, bike storage, state-of-the-art fitness facility and shower/locker facilities.
NEWTON, MASS. — Transwestern has negotiated two leases totaling 36,854 square feet at Chapelbridge Park, an office park located in Newton. The new leases bring the 250,000-square-foot property to more than 95 percent occupancy. In the first transaction, Paytronix Systems Inc. expanded its corporate headquarters space from 12,383 to 33,283 square feet. Ted Lyons and Michael O’Leary of Cushman & Wakefield represented Paytronix in the lease. In the second deal, Ixxus Limited, a global provider of publishing solutions, signed a lease for 3,571 square feet of space for its U.S. headquarters. Warren Brown of Boston Commercial Properties represented the tenant, which is relocating from Washington Street in Newton. Ron Friedman, Rob Byrne, Chris Mullen and Perry Beal of Transwestern represented the landlord, Chapelbridge Associates, in the transactions.
VANCOUVER, WASH. — Prestige Care, a Vancouver-based operator of seniors housing communities in the West, has acquired six seniors housing communities in Washington and Idaho from industry pioneer Carl Campbell. The price was not disclosed. Prestige expects the sales to close this fall. The communities will be rebranded as: Prestige Senior Living at Colonial Vista, independent and assisted living, Wenatchee, Wash. Colonial Vista Post-Acute & Rehabilitation Center, skilled nursing, Wenatchee, Wash. Prestige Senior Living at East Wenatchee, independent and assisted living, East Wenatchee, Wash. Prestige Senior Living at Hearthstone, independent and assisted living, Ellensburg, Wash. Prestige Senior Living at Karcher Estates, independent and assisted living, Nampa, Idaho Karcher Post-Acute & Rehabilitation Center, skilled nursing, Nampa, Idaho
TOLLESON, ARIZ. — The Siegel Group Nevada has purchased a 442-unit Legacy Suites hotel in Tolleson for $16.6 million. The hotel was built in 2010. It will be renamed Siegel Suite Tolleson, This is the third Legacy Suites location the Siegel Group has acquired in the past 14 months. The other properties are located in Phoenix and Casa Grande.
DENVER — CommercialTribe has leased 10,473 square feet of office space in Denver’s LoDo (Lower Downtown) district. The space is located at the Guaranty Bank Building at 1331 17th St. An oil and gas firm formerly occupied the space. JLL’s Ken Gooden and David Shirazi executed this lease transaction.