Illinois

Melrose Park, Ill. — NewMark Merrill Cos. Inc. has sold a 90,000-square-foot building at Winston Plaza, a 400,000-square-foot shopping center in the Chicago suburb of Melrose Park. Cermak Fresh Market acquired the building and plans to open a new grocery store by the end of this year. Sandy Sigal and Brad Pearl represented NewMark Merrill on an internal basis alongside Joe Parrott and Sean McCourt of CBRE. Dino Geroulis and John Roberson of Axis Realty represented Cermak. Kostas Kavayiotidis of Pacific Southwest Realty structured financing. Anchor tenants at Winston Plaza …

Lincoln, Ill. — The Boulder Group has negotiated the $2.1 million sale of a single-tenant property net leased to Starbucks Coffee in the Central Illinois city of Lincoln. The building is located at 3103 Woodlawn Road near I-55. Randy Blankstein and John Feeney of Boulder represented the seller, a West Coast-based investment group. The Illinois-based buyer completed a 1031 exchange.

Chicago — Sterling Organization has acquired North Mayfair Commons, an 87,274-square-foot grocery-anchored shopping center in the North Mayfair neighborhood of Chicago, for $18.2 million. A 65,224-square-foot Jewel-Osco grocery store anchors the property. Other tenants include H&R Block and FedEx Kinko’s. Sterling Organization utilized its fund named Sterling United Properties II LP to purchase the property. The fund’s portfolio now spans approximately 1.2 million square feet of gross leasable area.

Peoria, Ill. — The Boulder Group has negotiated the $7.9 million sale of a single-tenant retail property net leased to Best Buy in Peoria. The 46,432-square-foot building is located at 5001 N. Big Hollow Road. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of Boulder represented the seller, a West Coast-based investor. A Midwest-based real estate company was the buyer. Best Buy has more than four years remaining on its lease.

Bloomington, Ill. — The Boulder Group has negotiated the sale of a single-tenant, net-leased retail property occupied by JOANN Fabrics in Bloomington, about 27 miles from Chicago. Located at 1701 E. Empire St., the 21,828-square-foot building was sold for $4.1 million. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of Boulder Group represented the seller, a Midwest-based real estate firm, as well as the buyer, a national real estate company.

Elmhurst, Ill. — Adelphia Properties has arranged the sale of a 14,000-square-foot former restaurant building in Elmhurst, about 20 miles west of Chicago. Arena Sports Bar & Grille formerly occupied the property, located at 630 W. Lake St., for more than 35 years. Simeon Spirrison and George Spirrison of Adelphia represented the seller, the undisclosed proprietor. A local investor purchased the property.