CHICAGO-Cushman & Wakefield of Illinois Inc. has been awarded the leasing assignment for the Monroe Building at 104 S. Michigan Ave. Designed by Martin Roche with Holabird & Roche, this 16-story, steel-frame building is clad in a combination of terracotta and granite. The Pritzker Military Library is the building’s anchor tenant. The building is owned and managed by J&J Arnaco LLC, a private real estate ownership company established in 2002 and incorporated in Illinois. Approximately 125,000 square feet of the building’s 220,000 square feet is available for lease.

SCHAUMBURG, IL-Thermos LLC has signed a long-term lease to relocate its international headquarters, from Meadows Corporate Center in Rolling Meadows, IL, to 21,081 square feet at 475 N. Martingale Rd. in the Woodfield Corporate Center office development here. Woodfield is a 711,532-square-foot, two-building office development at the Higgins Road and Route 53 interchange owned by New York Life Investment Management LLC and managed by Lincoln Property Co. Gregg Raus with Jones Lang LaSalle represent the tenant, while CB Richard Ellis represented the ownership.

FRANKLIN PARK, IL-Vapor Power International, a manufacturer of boilers, packaged steam generators, thermal fluid heaters, and electric boilers, has renewed their lease on a 51,200-square-foot industrial building at 551 County Line Rd. here. Gregory Wright, SVP and Adam Naparsteck, associate with Paine/Wetzel * ONCOR International represented the building owner, County Line Investors LLC, in the transaction. Andy Corken with CBRE worked on behalf of the tenant.

AURORA, IL-Electronics service center GCR Corp. has purchased a 220,000-square-foot industrial facility from Japanese electronics company JVC America in a transaction valued at more than $6.2 million. The building at 705 Enterprise St. is on 10 acres and includes 35,000 square feet of office space, 20 interior docks, two drive-in doors and has 24-foot clear ceiling height. GCR purchased the property to accommodate the consolidation of its two existing facilities into one location. Eric Tresslar, EVP with NAI Hiffman’s industrial services group, represented GCR Corp in the transaction. Kirk Armous and David Prell with CBRE represented JVC America.

EAST ALTON, IL-Helmkamp Construction recently moved from a 4,600-square-foot space in Wood River, IL, into a 20,000-square-foot corporate headquarters building, which the company bought in March and recently renovated. The new location at 707 Berkshire Blvd. in East Alton, about a mile-and-a-half from their previous headquarters, doubles their office space and provides room for future expansion as well as lease tenants. Helmkamp’ expansion is due, in part, to its growing energy industry work. The firm is a general contractor on the ConocoPhillips Wood River $3 billion Coker and Refinery Expansion (CORE) project, which will make the refinery the sixth largest in the United States upon completion later this year. Helmkamp was at its previous location in Wood River for 25 years and will maintain an existing storage yard and warehouse space there. First Bank provided financing for the build-out project.

CHICAGO-Essex Realty Group Inc. recently arranged the bulk sale of the remaining 26 residential units in the Eastgate Village development in the South Loop for $4.1 million. The property is a master planned community constructed between 25th Street on the north, Martin Luther King Drive on the east, 26th Street on the south and Prairie Avenue on the west and just few blocks from the 31st Street beach off of Lake Michigan. The original project consisted of 107 newly constructed condominium and townhomes. The units sold by Essex included 10 condominiums and 16 townhomes. Jim Darrow and Jordan Gottlieb with Essex represented the seller and Matt Welke, also of Essex, represented the buyer.

ST. LOUIS-Kwame Building Group has completed work on a new $15 million freshman residence hall and dining facility at Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis. The new, four-story environmentally friendly residence hall will house up to 200 students in single- and double-bedroom suites with furnished living rooms, kitchenettes, dining areas and private bathrooms. The new campus dining facility will serve students from both residence halls with seating for 300, a private meeting room and an outdoor patio. Harris-Stowe was founded more than 150 years ago but became a residential campus in 2006 when it opened Gillespie Resident Hall and Student Center.

ST. LOUIS-Jeff Chaney, SVP and managing director with NorthMarq Capital, arranged permanent loan financing of $2 million for an 18,950-square-foot retail building occupied by Jo-Ann Fabrics. The property is at 6910 S. Lindbergh Blvd. Financing was based on a 15-year term and a 15-year amortization schedule and was arranged for the borrower by NorthMarq through its correspondent relationship with Protective Life.

BAY CITY, MI-The 150-room Bay Valley Resort will be sold in an open outcry auction on Oct. 20. The property will be sold to the highest bidder at or above the minimum bid of $2.3 million. The property is located just five miles from downtown Bay City and 10 miles from downtown Saginaw. The resort includes a Desmond Muirhead-designed course. The property is an operating business which will continue to serve the community without interruption including upcoming prescheduled events. Paul Galanis, managing director with CBRE Auction Services, said in a statement that the property is lender-owned. “While they have repositioned the property in the eyes of the marketplace, they are not in the business of owning and operating resorts,” he said. “Therefore, they have decided that the most effective way to sell the property on a date certain is by auction.”

PORT HURON, MI-L. Mason Capitani Corfac International recently arranged the lease of a 66,000-square-foot industrial facility at 1720 Dove St. here to Ontario, Canada-based GMA Cover Corp., a manufacturer of high-technology protection systems. The firm was acquired by an affiliate of Admiralty Partners, Inc., a private investment firm that invests exclusively within the global aerospace, defense and federal information technology industries. Jason Capitani and Joe DePonio represented the landlord, Dove Street Industrial 2 LLC, in the transaction.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI-Signature Associates has negotiated the lease of 24,600 square feet of retail space at 37555 S. Gratiot Ave. to Gags and Games Inc. Louis Ciotti and Viktor Gjonaj represented the landlord, D&D Company Properties LLC.

LOUISVILLE, KY-Irvine, CA-based Steadfast Income REIT Inc. recently spent $10.4 million on the acquisition of Copper Creek Village Apartments & Townhomes, a 123-unit complex, marking the REIT’s second Louisville-area property. In May 2011, Steadfast acquired Arbor Pointe in the Jeffersontown area of the city. Built in 1997, Copper Creek is currently 88% occupied and consists of one- and two-bedroom apartments, plus two- and three-bedroom townhomes.

LEXINGTON, KY-Columbus, OH-based Red Mortgage Capital LLC, the mortgage banking arm of Red Capital Group, is pleased to announce it recently underwrote and closed $6.8 million of non-recourse financing for two student housing properties owned by Campus Rental Properties LLC. Located in central Lexington and adjacent to the University of Kentucky, the 96-unit University Village, Phase I and the 24-unit Woodland Village properties comprise the collateral behind the 10-year, fixed rate mortgage.

NEVADA, IA-Oak Brook, IL-based Paragon Real Estate LLC and HR Green Inc. have developed an assisted living community here, the Windsor Manor Nevada. Located on a 5.6-acre site on the Story County Medical Center South Campus, 619 South G Avenue, Nevada, IA, the 36,000-square-foot facility is licensed for 70 beds, including a dedicated 10-bed memory care wing. “We were able to jumpstart the project by utilizing our $200 million Net Lease Fund to make an all-cash purchase of the land and fund the construction of the facility,” said Tom Williams, managing partner of Paragon, in a statement. “There were extremely stringent lender requirements due to the project’s rural location, but our market study proved that seniors in the area needed such a community, and we took all the financial risk to make it a reality.” Windsor Manor Nevada is the fifth-assisted living facility in Iowa to be added to the portfolio of Green Companies Inc., HR Green’s parent company.

COLUMBUS, OH-Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels has arranged the sale of Hyatt on Capitol Square for $19.5 million to Driftwood Hospitality on behalf of ARL Columbus Management LLC. Located in the heart of downtown, the 400-room property features two full-service restaurants, health club and more than 21,500 square feet of meeting space.

CLEVELAND-OrangeOnions.com, an online retailer, has acquired the former home of Syms and SunTV to begin expansion efforts for the company. The company will extensively renovate the 110,000-square-foot building at 21930 Miles Rd. The property, a former “big box” retail destination, will be converted into a distribution / fulfillment center for the company. The portion of the building will be available for lease. Eliot Kijewski with Cresco Real Estate represented the buyer and Isaac Chara with Crown Acquisitions represented the seller in the transaction.