CHICAGO — NewMark Merrill Cos. Inc. has acquired Lake Meadows Shopping Center, a 179,106-square-foot property in Chicago. Draper and Kramer Inc. was the seller. Anchor tenants include Jewel-Osco, LA Fitness, Foot Locker, CVS Pharmacy and Citi Trends. NewMark Merrill now owns or operates eight properties in the Chicago area representing more than 1.6 million square feet and a combined asset value of over $300 million. The company plans to upgrade Lake Meadows with improvements to signage, lighting and gathering spaces.
Sandy Sigal, Jim Patton, Brad Pearl, Sandra Kist, Susan Rorison and Matt Gugliciello represented NewMark Merrill on an internal basis. Michael Nieder, Brian Page and John Dettlaff of JLL represented the seller. Lake Meadows was 85 percent leased at the time of sale.
