Packaging Company Shuttering 103-Year-Old Chicago Plant

September 25, 2023 / no comments

Wisconsin-based Menasha Packaging, a company that produces shipping boxes, displays and packs, is closing its West Side plant and laying off 128 workers, a rare blip for Chicago’s robust industrial market. 
The 150K SF plant at 4545 West Palmer St. sits on about 3.5 acres just west of Logan Square. The plant closure and corresponding layoffs will take effect on Nov. 10, according to a data entry on the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act list.

REPORT: Brookfield In Talks To Buy $800M Veritas Loan Portfolio With Ballast

September 25, 2023 / no comments

Canadian real estate giant Brookfield has walked away from several office and retail properties so far in 2023, but the company seems poised to plow about $800M into a multifamily portfolio in San Francisco.
Brookfield and Ballast Investments are teaming up to purchase a bundle of troubled loans tied to apartment properties owned by Veritas Investments, the city’s largest multifamily landlord, the San Francisco Chronicle reported, citing anonymous sources. 
Veritas defaulted on the mortgages tied to some of its San Francisco apartment buildings, resulting in lenders placing those loans on the market. Veritas tried to purchase the loans itself but was unsuccessful.
Acquiring the…