Grayslake, Ill. — The Woodmont Company has unveiled plans to develop a 15,000-square-foot retail center in Grayslake, located 50 miles north of downtown Chicago. Known as Washington & Barron Commons, the four-building property will be situated at the corner of Washington Street and Barron Boulevard. Construction on Phase I is expected to begin this summer. Phase I will include a 9,000-square-foot building for Kiddie Academy and a 4,500-square-foot single-tenant building. Phase II will include an 8,000-square-foot multi-tenant building as well as a 3,000-square-foot single-tenant building. Grant Gary and Robert Snider …
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Chicago — Cushman & Wakefield has established a new Sports & Entertainment Advisory Group to provide solutions for designing, building, financing, operating and maximizing revenue streams for athletic and entertainment venues. The new S&E Advisory Group includes partnerships with industry leaders such as Chicago-based sports and entertainment marketing firm W Partners. The group will serve sports franchise owners, local governments and municipalities, private owners of entertainment venues and public and private universities. It will also provide advisory services for arenas, stadiums, adjacent retail and entertainment complexes, amphitheaters, convention centers, motorsports …
Joliet, Ill. — Cullinan Properties Ltd. has broken ground on Rock Run Crossings, a 265-acre mixed-use project in Joliet. Cullinan is underway on clearing the site and plans to begin construction late this spring. A groundbreaking ceremony took place Friday, March 22. Cullinan has also revealed the first anchor tenant at Rock Run Crossings will be a 16-screen Regal Cinemas movie theater that will span 70,000 square feet. The developer plans to announce more tenants later this year.
SVN | Chicago Commercial Negotiates $4.4 Million Sale of Retail Center in Arlington Heights, Illinois
Arlington Heights, Ill. — SVN | Chicago Commercial has arranged the sale of The Esplanade at Arlington Heights for $4.4 million. The 18,419-square-foot retail property is located at 2920-2964 W. Euclid Ave. in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Subway and Starbucks Coffee are the anchor tenants. Tim Franz and John Livaditis of SVN represented the seller, a private real estate investment group. The buyer was not disclosed.
Peoria, Ill. — Portland, Oregon-based breakfast chain Original Pancake House will open a 3,800-square-foot restaurant within the company’s Grand Prairie Developments, a 200-acre mixed-use collective development project by Cullinan Properties Ltd., in Peoria.