100 West Higgins Road, South Barrington, IL 60010

The Boulder Group is pleased to exclusively market for sale a single tenant net leased Crème de la Crème located in South Barrington, Illinois within the Chicago MSA. Crème de la Crème has operated from this location since 2014 on a lease running through May 2034. The lease is absolute triple net with zero landlord responsibilities and features rental escalations every five years throughout the primary term. Each escalation is equal to the lesser of 10% or the cumulative change in CPI. The lease also includes five 5-year renewal options and is backed by a corporate guaranty.

The property is situated within one of the Chicago MSA’s most affluent trade areas, with average household incomes exceeding $246,000 within one mile and over 157,000 residents within a five-mile radius. The site is an outparcel within The Arboretum of South Barrington, a 600,000 SF open-air lifestyle center anchored by LL Bean, Cooper’s Hawk, Star Cinema Grill, DSW and Talbots, drawing 4 million annual visitors. Additional retail synergy is provided by the neighboring Poplar Prairie Stone Crossing, shadow-anchored by Target, HomeGoods, Ross, T.J. Maxx, Old Navy, PetSmart and Starbucks. The site sits at the Higgins Road and IL-59 corridor with 48,900 vehicles per day combined, less than a quarter mile from the I-90 interchange. The surrounding community carries a 94.6% professional or administrative employment rate and a 1.8% unemployment rate, supported by Barrington Community Unit School District 220, ranked #10 in Illinois and A+ rated by Niche. A concentration of major employers lies immediately to the west, including Advocate Medical, Wells Fargo, Honda Training Center, Cabela’s, NOW Arena and Tate & Lyle. The trade area is also proximate to the Compass Datacenters hyperscale campus in Hoffman Estates, a $10 billion redevelopment of the former Sears headquarters spanning nearly 200 acres and projected to generate 1,000 local jobs, five minutes from the subject property.

Crème de la Crème, Inc. (now operating as Crème School) is a premium national childcare and early learning company founded in 1982 and headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado. It operates high-quality childcare centers across multiple states, offering programs for infants (starting at 6 weeks), toddlers, preschool, pre-kindergarten, private kindergarten, before- and after-school care, and summer camps. As of 2026, Crème School maintains over 40 schools across 15 states with a capacity to serve over 10,000 children. In 2022, Crème de la Crème was acquired by KinderCare Learning Companies, further expanding its reach while maintaining its reputation for exceptional early education.