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206-Unit Chicago-Area Apartment Complex Trades in Off-Market Deal
Aug 04, 2009

A 206-unit luxury apartment complex in the Chicago suburb of Lake Zurich, Ill., has been sold by Landings Acquisition Co. in an off-market deal brokered by Apartment Realty Advisors. Constructed in 2001, the Landings of Lake Zurich is located some 37 miles northwest of Downtown Chicago, and is comprised of 10 buildings housing one- and two-bedroom units. Despite the currently sluggish state of the investment market, the Landings was able to divest the complex smoothly, with closing coming just 81 days after agreement execution, according to Apartment Realty Advisors principal Debbie Corson, who represented the seller in conjunction with Susan Lawson, a sales associate with ARA. According to Corson, the property drew seven bids, including that of eventual buyer Eagle Management, an Illinois-based property owner and operator. At the time of the sale, the Landings of Lake Zurich was 89 percent occupied.

 
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