CHICAGO, IL - Kiser Group, Chicago’s leading mid-market multifamily brokerage firm, recently brokered the sale of Blue Station Apartments, located at 2130 W 122nd St. in Blue Island, Illinois, for $18.6 million. The buyer, an undisclosed national portfolio owner, purchased the 345-unit apartment complex from Kinzie Realty Corp. The deal was brokered by Kiser Group’s Principal and Managing Broker Lee Kiser and Broker Matt Halper.
Kinzie Realty Corp assembled the apartments through multiple acquisitions. Then the company branded and managed the assets as Blue Station Apartments. Community amenities include an on-site convenience store and daycare center. Blue Station Apartments offers tenants easy access to the city with Metra stops steps from the complex – at both 119th St. and 123th St. The complex is also a half mile from I-57 and three miles from I-294.
“Kinzie Realty Corp took an institutional approach to a non-institutional part of the market making the workforce housing complex a community, complete with a full staff and tenant services,” said Lee Kiser. “This isn’t a typical investment strategy for workforce housing, but it has worked well for Kinzie Realty Corp.”
“This deal is a good example of a win-win. Kinzie Realty Corp bought the distressed units and had a strategic plan to renovate,” said Matt Halper. “They were able to make good returns on their successful value-add strategy, and the buyer was able to get a very attractive cap rate on the acquisition.”
About Kinzie Realty Corp: Evanston, Illinois, based Kinzie Realty Corp is an owner and manager of multifamily properties in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. Over its 26-year history, Kinzie has specialized in value-add or turnaround multifamily properties, like Blue Station Apartments.
About Kiser Group: Kiser Group is Chicagoland’s leading mid-market commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in the disposition of multifamily, mixed-use and development parcels. Founded in 2005, Kiser Group works with diverse owners and investors to value, market and close commercial properties successfully. The firm’s unmatched combination of experience, market intelligence and track record makes Kiser Group the go-to broker for the Chicago metropolitan area.