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Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. has bought Gateway Heart Plaza, a 200,000-square-foot retail property in Chicago’s Uptown submarket, from Stockbridge Capital Group.
CBRE Government Vice President George Good brokered the transaction on behalf of the vendor, whereas the brand new proprietor dealt with the deal in-house.
In accordance with CommercialEdge data, Stockbridge bought the property in 2007. The earlier proprietor refinanced the asset in 2015 with a $17 million mortgage that matured in 2022, supplied by Residents Monetary Group.
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Gateway Centre is located on 15 acres in an infill retail hall at 7507 N. Clark St. and overlooks Lake Michigan. The retail asset is almost 3 miles from downtown Evanston and 9 miles from Chicago’s central enterprise district.
The property was 93.4 % occupied on the time of sale, anchored by LA Health. The tenant roster additionally contains Jewel-Osco, Marshalls, Citi Tendencies, Related Financial institution and Starbucks.
The placement affords connectivity to the Howard CTA Station, enabling clients to journey to the situation by automotive, practice, bus or on foot. Moreover, the Paulina Avenue Retailers are situated immediately above the Howard CTA Station, offering entry to the CTA Chicago “L” Pink, Yellow and Purple practice strains, in addition to a number of CTA Bus and Tempo Bus routes.
Experiential tenants regain reputation
In accordance with a report by JLL, experiential tenants similar to theaters, health facilities and leisure venues had important boosts in foot site visitors all through 2022. 12 months-over-year, site visitors was up 28.7 %, with theaters/music (51.8 %) and health venues (26.5 %) recording the best will increase.
Transaction quantity of each single-asset and portfolio retail gross sales was simply above $70 billion, as of the fourth quarter of 2022, with roughly 4,700 offers happening, the identical report exhibits.
Earlier this 12 months, PMAT Cos. acquired Wind Level Buying Heart, a 274,282-square-foot, grocery-anchored retail asset in Chicago’s Randall Street hall. Final 12 months, AmCap additionally invested available in the market with the acquisition Liberty Sq., a Jewel-Osco retail middle within the Wauconda suburb of Chicago.
