{"id":1004717043,"date":"2024-06-13T03:30:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T11:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004717043"},"modified":"2024-06-13T04:16:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T12:16:56","slug":"core-acquisitions-pays-34m-for-chicago-area-shopping-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/core-acquisitions-pays-34m-for-chicago-area-shopping-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Core Acquisitions Pays $34M for Chicago-Area Shopping Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"555\" height=\"417\" data-attachment-id=\"1004717046\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/core-acquisitions-pays-34m-for-chicago-area-shopping-center\/rice-lake-square\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/06\/Rice-Lake-Square-e1718200026805.png\" data-orig-size=\"555,417\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rice Lake Square\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Completed in 1988, Rice Lake Square comprises nine buildings spread on some 27 acres. Image courtesy of Mid-America Real Estate Corp.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt; Rice Lake Square comprises nine buildings spread on some 27 acres. Image courtesy of Mid-America Real Estate Corp.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/06\/Rice-Lake-Square-e1718200026805.png?w=555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/06\/Rice-Lake-Square-e1718200026805.png\" alt=\"Rice Lake Square\" class=\"wp-image-1004717046\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:400px;height:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/06\/Rice-Lake-Square-e1718200026805.png 555w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/06\/Rice-Lake-Square-e1718200026805.png?resize=300,225 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Completed in 1988, Rice Lake Square comprises nine buildings across some 27 acres.<em> Image courtesy of Mid-America Real Estate Corp.<\/em><br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Core Acquisitions has purchased Rice Lake Square, a 251,584-square-foot shopping center in Wheaton, Ill. The company purchased the asset for $34.2 million, with the help of a $24 million loan provided by Old National Bank, according to public records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grosvenor previously owned the value-add, grocery-anchored shopping center, CommercialEdge data shows. The firm had purchased Rice Lake Square two decades ago for $43.9 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mid-America Real Estate Corp. brokered the transaction, with Principals Rick Drogosz and Stan Nitzberg from the Investment Sales Group working on behalf of the seller. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/how-retail-properties-are-getting-greener\/\">How Retail Properties Are Getting Greener<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of the sale, Rice Lake Square was 76.2 percent leased. The tenant roster includes a diverse mix of retailers such as Pete\u2019s Market, Studio Movie Grill, PetSmart, Orange Theory Fitness, Pure Barre, Potbelly Sandwich Shop, Honey Jam, Taco Bell, State Farm and Massage Envy, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Located at 1 Rice Lake Square, the retail center is within Chicago\u2019s Western East-West Corridor submarket. It is also situated off Butterfield Road and roughly 27 miles from Chicago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-chicago-retail-demand-surges\">Chicago retail demand surges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mid-America has also arranged the largest transaction in Chicago\u2019s retail market in the first quarter of this year. The brokerage company represented DRA Advisors in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/pmat-pays-75m-for-suburban-chicago-shopping-center\/\">the $74.6 million acquisition<\/a> of a 649,668-square-foot, open-air regional center in Orland Park, Ill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chicago&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/retails-new-logistics-logic\/\">retail market<\/a> is experiencing its highest level of demand since 2017, according to a recent Lee &amp; Associates report. Over the past year, demand for retail space in the metro increased by 1.9 million square feet. In the first quarter of 2024, the availability rate in Chicago decreased further to under 6 percent, reaching a record low.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grosvenor sold the suburban nine-building property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3014,"featured_media":1004717046,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1491,21783,13,21742,21749],"tags":[34977,36646],"class_list":["post-1004717043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chicago","category-investment","category-midwest","category-latest","category-retail","tag-grosvenor","tag-mid-america-real-estate-corporation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Core Acquisitions Pays $34M for Chicago-Area Shopping Center - 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