Midwest
NY Life Finances LaSalle Investment Management’s Onterie Center Purchase
LaSalle Investment Management Inc. landed $125 million in financing from New York Life Insurance Co. for the acquisition of the mixed-use Onterie Center in Chicago. …
Ramco-Gershenson Buys Clarion Partners’ Stake in 12 Shopping Centers
In a $256.8 million deal, Ramco-Gershenson will gain sole ownership of a dozen assets in Florida and Michigan currently held in joint venture with Clarion Partners. …
TGM Buys Two-Property M-F Community in Chicago Area for $101M
New York-based multi-family investor TGM Associates has purchased TGM Willowbrook, a two- and three-story garden property, totaling 712 units in 76 buildings, located in Willowbrook, Ill., for $101 million. …
Walgreens to Build Nation’s First Net-Zero Energy Retail Store in Evanston, Ill.
Walgreens is building a net-zero energy store in Evanston, Ill., that will use solar and wind power, geothermal heating and cooling and other energy-saving technologies to generate electricity and reduce its usage by more than 40 percent.…
City Center, Angelo Gordon JV Buys 320 KSF Office Space in Minneapolis
A JV of City Center Realty Partners and Angelo, Gordon & Co. has acquired the 320,000-square-foot office portion of the Plaza Seven building at 45 S. Seventh St. in downtown Minneapolis.…
KBS REIT III Buys Downtown Minneapolis Office Building for $118M
KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III has acquired the RBC Plaza, a 678,045-square-foot, mixed-use office building in downtown Minneapolis, from Brookfield Office Properties for $118 million.…
MEPT Obtains $105M Mortgage for Chicago’s 200 W. Madison
More than a year after paying $217.5 million in cash for 200 W. Madison, a Class A office tower in Chicago’s West Loop, Multi-Employer Property Trust has taken out a $105 million mortgage on the 928,040-square-foot property.…
Win Properties Refinances 56-Property National Retail Portfolio
Win Properties has refinanced a 56-retail property portfolio with ING Investment Management for $63 million.…
JV Picks Up 1 MSF Chicago Office Tower in $350M Sale-Leaseback
In what's being touted by industry leaders as Chicago's largest office sale in 2012, the 1 million-square-foot office building at 540 W. Madison St. came under new ownership in a $350 million sale-leaseback transaction. …
Laurus Acquires Two Hilton Airport Hotels in One Week
Laurus Corp., a private real estate investment and development firm, has acquired the Hilton Kansas City Airport hotel in Kansas City, Mo., its fifth hotel this year and the second in less than a week. A few days earlier, the company had closed on the Hilton San Antonio Airport…
