The Boulder Group, a net leased investment
brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single
tenant triple net leased Walgreens property located at 6121 North Broadway
Street in Chicago, Illinois for $13,025,000. The property was sold at a 4.87%
cap rate, the lowest cap rate ever recorded for a Walgreens property according
to Real Capital Analytics.
Walgreens is the sole occupant of the
14,820 square foot retail building which was developed by Crossroads
Development Partners in 2013. This brand new build-to-suit Walgreens replaces
an older in-line store which was previously located on the site under a 35 year
lease that was expiring in August 2015. Walgreens desired to stay at this
location and benefit from a new prototype store. In the immediate vicinity,
Crossroads Development Partners is currently developing a single tenant LA
Fitness and a single tenant Physicians Immediate Care.
The property is located in a dense infill
area of Chicago on the northeast corner of North Broadway Street and West
Glenlake Avenue. There are two CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) “L” Train stops
in close proximity to the property. Additionally, Loyola University is located
within a few blocks of the property and there are over 358,000 people living
within three miles.
“This project, which I began
pursuing in 2004, is a success for all parties and is the result of a
collaboration among many stakeholders including Walgreens, Mid-America Real
Estate Corp., Alderman Harry Osterman and the Edgewater community.” said
Michael Nortman, President of Crossroads Development Partners, LLC.
Randy Blankstein
and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, Crossroads
Development Partners, in the transaction. The buyer was a Massachusetts based
limited partnership in a 1031 exchange.
The Walgreens lease
has over 24 years remaining with fifty years of renewal options. Walgreens is a
publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange (WAG), with a market
capitalization of $56 billion. Walgreens is an investment grade rated company
with a Standard & Poor’s rating of BBB and has over 8,500 locations
nationwide.
“The property’s
superior infill location within a core market allowed The Boulder Group to
achieve a historic cap rate for this sale” said Randy Blankstein, President of
The Boulder Group. Jimmy Goodman,
Partner of The Boulder Group, added, “While single tenant properties are
selling in all types of locations; core markets, like Chicago, are at the
forefront of investor demand.”
About The Boulder Group
The
Boulder Group is a boutique investment real estate service firm specializing in
single tenant net lease properties. The firm provides a full range of
brokerage, advisory, and financing services nationwide to a substantial and
diversified client base, which includes high net worth individuals, developers,
REITs, partnerships and institutional investment funds. Founded in 1997, the
firm has arranged the acquisition and disposition of over $1.6 billion of
single tenant net lease real estate transactions. From 2011-2013, the firm was
ranked in the top 10 companies in the nation for single tenant retail
transactions by Real Capital Analytics. The Boulder Group is headquartered in
suburban Chicago.
About Crossroads Development
Partners
Crossroads
Development Partners, LLC is a boutique commercial real estate investment,
management, and development company with expertise in property operations,
entitlements, construction management, financial underwriting, and development.
Crossroads Development Partners is particularly focused on maintaining and
creating value at the property level to maximize returns to stakeholders. The
company’s hands-on approach to operating income-producing real estate
differentiates Crossroads Development Partners from competitors. Crossroads currently has over $200,000,000 in
various stages of development including retail, apartments and office
properties located in Florida and Illinois.
