Finance

Melrose Park, Ill. — Pacific Southwest Realty has arranged $36 million in refinancing for Winston Plaza, a 400,000-square-foot shopping center located in the Chicago suburb of Melrose Park. Kostas Kavayiotidis of Pacific Southwest Realty and Bryan Gortikov of Gortikov Enterprises arranged the loan through Wells Fargo on behalf of the borrower, NewMark Merrill. Sandra Kist and Josh Ginsborg internally represented NewMark Merrill in the transaction. NewMark Merrill acquired Winston Plaza in 2008, and shortly thereafter completed an extensive remodeling and repositioning of the property. The center has added more than 100,000 square feet of new retailers in the …

Bannockburn, Ill. — Associated Bank has provided an $11.7 million loan to GTZ Properties for the development of a four-building, multi-tenant retail center on a vacant parcel in Bannockburn, approximately 30 miles north of Chicago. The 23,864-square-foot project is situated on a 5.3-acre corner lot adjacent to a Mariano’s grocery store and across the street from a Heinen’s grocery store. The development is 93 percent preleased with one space remaining. Signed leases include Wells Fargo Bank, Chipotle, Heart Certified Auto Care, Just Salad and a nail salon. The Gardner School …