TRACK RECORD
Central Place has been involved in over 100 development projects & commercial property brokerage & leasing transactions throughout states of Wisconsin, Illinois (Chicagoland), Missouri (St Louis, Kansas City), Minnesota, & Arkansas over the past 35 years, with emphasis in their home base market, Madison, WI. A representative sample of our past projects include:
Hotels
Over 50 new-build limited service and select service hotels
Hampton Inn & Suite
Skokie, largest in the US
Hilton Garden Inn
O’Hare, largest in the US
TRACK RECORD
Over the past 40 years, Central Place has been involved in over 100 development, brokerage & leasing transactions throughout states of Wisconsin, Illinois (Chicagoland), Missouri (St Louis, Kansas City), Minnesota, & Arkansas, with a total project value in excess of $1 Billion.
Our current emphasis is in our home base markets of Madison, WI & south central Wisconsin.
A representative sample & past project highlights include:
Hotels
Over 50 new-build limited service and select service hotels
Hampton Inn & Suites—Skokie, largest HI&S in the US
Hilton Garden Inn—O’Hare, largest HGI in the US
Hampton Inn Hotel—St Louis Arch, 16 stories
Retail Development Projects
Selected for the largest Retail Projects in Greater Madison in the past 40 years
Hilldale Mall
Madison, initial purchase for redevelopment, leasing agent
Greenway Station
Middleton, leasing agent
The Shops at Prairie Lakes
Sun Prairie, leasing agent & development services
Restaurants
Over 50 new-build major restaurants—casual theme, fast casual, fast food
15 year exclusive state of WI rep for OSI Partners, largest restaurant company in the US (Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill, Fleming’s Steakhouse, Cheeseburger in Paradise). Approximately 35 Country Kitchen Restaurants, new-build & remodels.
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World of Beer, site selection
Outback Steakhouse, site selection
Bonfyre Grill, space leasing
Retail
Retail site selection, land and space brokerage and leasing or any other retail tenant or client needs.
Marcus Cinema, Sun Prairie, WI, 15 acre site sale for 16 screen theater
Roundy’s Supermarket, Kenosha, WI, space lease for 60,000 SqFt grocery
Kessler’s Diamonds, Madison, site & building custom development for diamonds retailer
Office
Development, leasing, tenant rep, development services
660 John Nolen Drive, land assemblage & building development of 32,000 SqFt office
Nolen Center, site & building development of 12,500 SqFt single tenant medical office
Arbor Gate development services & leasing for retail/office mixed-use project
Land
Development, leasing, tenant rep, development services
Sentry Foods Redevelopment, Middleton
660 John Nolen Drive Offices, Madison
Globe University, Middleton
Civic and Community
Volunteer service & consulting
Monona Terrace, Frank Lloyd Wright designed City of Madison Convention Center, Commission, Civic Cabinet, referendum campaign, principal public speaker & advocate
In-House Development Projects
Land, Building Development, Management, Sale
660 John Nolen Drive
35,000 SqFt multi-tenant office building
Kessler’s Diamonds, Madison
Nolen Center—12,500 SqFt medical office building, Madison
For Additional information & Detailed Project List
Recently Completed Deals
Purchases
La Quinta Inn, Bluemound Rd, Brookfield WI--acted as buyer broker to purchase existing 120 room hotel for mixed use development project.
Jose's Mexican Restaurant, Bluemound Rd, Brookfield WI--acted as buyer broker to purchase existing 8000 sqft restaurant for mixed use project.
Comfort Inn Hotel, 712 John Nolen Drive, Madison WI--purchase of existing 100 room hotel by DeFoor Brothers (Chattanooga, TN), acted as buyer broker.
Retail/Apartments Mixed-use building, Sauk City—purchase of retail first floor with 20 upper apartments on the Wisconsin River as the back end of a 1031 exchange
Robertson Cosmetic Center, Middleton—8,000 sqft condo purchase of a newly built 2nd floor office space with underground parking.
Brenan’s Market (site), University Ave, Madison—Purchase of the 1.5 acre site for redevelopment to 50 unit housing project.
Sales
660 John Nolen Drive Office, Madison—Sale of $4 million 3-story office building to Wisconsin Educational Association.
Holiday Inn Hotel, 610 John Nolen Drive, Madison—sale of 3.5 acre vacant site for 110 room Holiday Inn hotel (part of 2-lot master plan with 660 John Nolen Drive office building).
Nolen Center, 710 John Nolen Drive, Madison—Sale of $2,250,000 office building to be converted to upscale restaurant in front of Sheraton Madison Hotel.
Marcus Cinema, The Shops at Prairie Lakes, Sun Prairie—Sale of 15 acre site to Marcus Cinema for 16 screen movie theater
Former Sentry Grocery Store Site—Middleton—Sale of 2 acres site on Allen Blvd. for redevelopment into senior housing campus
Globe University, Middleton—Sale of 4.5 acre vacant site to Globe University in Greenway Center
Leystra’s Family Restaurant, Sauk City—Sale a long-time established full service restaurant
Elderberry Road Housing, Madison—Sale of 2 investment properties
Leases
Bonfyre Restaurant, Madison—Lease of 6000 SqFt restaurant space in retail/restaurant/office mixed-use building on West Beltline Highway
World of Beer, Middleton—Lease of 4500 SqFt restaurant space at Greenway Center
Gruno’s Diamond’s, Madison—Lease of freestanding 2500 SqFt retail space at West Towne Mall
Hurts Doughnuts, Middleton—Lease of 2-story 6000 SqFt restaurant space
Currently Working With:
IM Properties, UK-based international developer
Kesslers Diamonds—retailer
Downtown Madison hotel site aquisition (confidential)
Independent Insurance Agents of WI