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THE DEAL SHEET

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THE DEAL SHEET
SALES
 

NelsonHill's Mark Nelson and Michael Nelson repped the sellers in four Q1 industrial deals:

  • Loomis St. bought the 96k SF 1400 W 37th St in Chicago from Dreamers LLC.
  • MGI Leasing acquired the 82k SF 11821 S Cottage Grove Ave, which sits on 13 acres and has an active exterior rail spur for 50 rail cars on the South Shore/South Bend line. Bulkoa was the seller.
  • Alliance Products purchased the 50k SF 4931-5021 W Armitage from Scherston LLC.
  • Private investor Mufid Saleh bought the 48k SF flex/warehouse at 431 N Wolcott, along the Kinzie Corridor, planning to develop it as a multi-tenant office/warehouse. Scherston was also the seller in this deal.

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Demolition contractor Nickelson Industrial Service bought a 17k SF industrual building at 10115 S Torrence Ave. Paine/Wetzel/TCN Worldwide's Edward Wabick and Albert Schulman repped the seller and were the sole brokers.

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Strauss Realty arranged the $1.6M sale of the newly built 2728 N Wayne Ave multifamily building in Lincoln Park.
 
Reznick (MultiFam) MCHI
LEASING
 

Contract packaging solutions provider VPL Logistics leased 167k SF at 3600 Amhurst Pkwy in Prudential Financial's Amhurst Lake Business Park in Waukegan. Paine/Wetzel/TCN Worldwide's Whit Heitman, Sam Badger, and Bradley Weiner repped the landlord, and Whit also worked on behalf of VPL.

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Home Products International renewed 330k SF in Midway Business Center at 5555 S Archer Ave. NelsonHill's Mark Nelson and Michael Nelson repped the owner, New Management, and Cushman & Wakefield's Sally Macoicz repped the tenant. Mark and Michael also repped the owner in Richwell Enterprises' 142k SF lease at Midway. Chicago Industrial Real Estate's Matt Rogatz repped Richwell.

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Marketing agency Commonground, repped by MB Real Estate's Andy Davidson and Boris Yelyashov, leased 24k SF at 600 W Fulton St and will relocate from 1035 W Lake St in July. US Equities' Jeffrey Barron repped the landlord.

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Rue21 leased 5,800 SF in Brixmor's Tinley Park shopping center at Harlem Avenue and West 159th Street.
FINANCING
 
CBRE Capital Markets' Tim Noonan, John Parrett, and Liz Henry secured $3M from a life company to refinance a 25k SF grocery-anchored shopping center at 3745 N Lincoln Ave.
CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
 
2220 Founders Drive, Northbrook, rendering
McShane Construction broke ground on Essex Corp's 57-unit, 156k SF seniors housing project at 2220 Founders Dr in Northbrook, north of Willow Festival Shopping Center. The Society of The Divine Word owns the land. JSSH Architects designed the building, set to deliver in June '13.
1075 W Taylor Rd in Pinnacle Business Center, Romeoville

Principle Construction completed a 184k SF TI in Romeoville's 1075 W Taylor Rd in Pinnacle Business Center for AP Taylor Road LLC, converting the 444k SF single-tenant facility into a multi-tenant building. Craig Slinker was senior project manager and Doug Brucato was superintendent. JLL's Trevor Ragsdale was the broker, Glavan Feher Architects provided architectural services, and DW Management is the property manager.

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Daveri Development Group's $13.2M Myers Place mixed-use supportive housing project has broken ground in Mount Prospect with 21 one-bedroom units, 18 furnished studio apartments, a state-funded services program for residents, and 3,560 SF of commercial space. UnitedHealthcare is providing $8M in LIHTC through a $50M partnership with Enterprise Community Investment. Illinois Housing Development Authority is providing $2M in LIHTC, Enterprise another $1.7M in LIHTC, Village Bank & Trust $1M in construction financing, plus funds from the Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, Corporation for Supportive Housing, the Housing Authority of the County of Cook, and the Regional Housing Initiative.

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Reed Construction completed a 26k SF buildout at 111 N Canal for Braintree Payment Solutions, which relocated from 833 W Jackson. Bryan Kreuger was project executive and Steve Sandquist was project manager. Partners by Design did design work.

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Clarion Partners and project manager Colliers International selected The Missner Group for a 77k SF TI and office buildout at 1400 Algonquin Rd in Briarwood Business Center in Mount Prospect, to deliver in early summer. Jess Knigge is the project executive, Jack Sbertoli the project manager, and Bill Stransky the superintendent. Colliers' Melissa Powell is handling construction management and Harris Architects is doing design work.
 
EXECUTIVE MOVES
 
Bruce Granger
Bruce Granger joined NAI Hiffman as SVP in its industrial services group from Grubb & Ellis.
 
Eden Levinson

REIT analyst vet Eden Levinson joined Harrison Street Securities as SVP from Duff & Phelps.

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Mark Katz joined HFF as a director, working on office investment sales in suburban Chicago. Previously, he worked for Gemstone Real Estate Partners, Colliers Bennett & Kahnweiler, JLL, and CBRE.