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WICHITA, KAN. — Ferguson Property Group has acquired the former Winfield Wholesale Grocery Building, a warehouse building located at 701 E. Second St. in Wichita’s historic district. SBJ Properties sold the 50,000-square-foot building for an undisclosed price to Memphis, Tenn.-based Ferguson. The buyer has a $20 million renovation planned for the property to convert it into retail and office space. Built in 1910, the property features underground parking. Patrick Ahern of NAI Martens represented the seller, while Mike Marrara of First Commercial represented the buyer in the deal.

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OLATHE, KAN. — Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. has acquired a 313,763-square-foot industrial building in Olathe, approximately 25 miles southwest of Kansas City, for $31.7 million. The property, located on 45 acres at 22525 W. 167th St., is net-leased to FedEx. The brand new building is a Class A, built-to-suit distribution facility. The seller in the transaction was undisclosed.

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OLATHE, KAN. — CA Ventures LLC and Pathway Senior Living have opened Travanse Living at Olathe, a 132-unit assisted living and memory care community in Olathe, approximately 25 miles southeast of Kansas City. The project is the first seniors housing community developed by CA Ventures, and is a $22 million adaptive reuse project of a former Holiday Inn. The two-story community sits on a seven-acre site near Olathe Medical Center and several medical office buildings. It features 75 assisted living units and 57 memory care units. CA Ventures owns the property, which Pathway operates. The community also features a rehabilitation facility on site — The Rehab Place at Travanse Living at Olathe — which Olathe Health System operates.

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WICHITA, KAN. — Vigilias Telehealth LLC has leased 400 square feet of space at 125 N. Market, a 19-story office building in Wichita. The company, a telemedicine and technology platform provider, will occupy space on the 14th floor, which will serve as its headquarters. The building has undergone roughly $4 million of improvements and upgrades since 2013. Amenities at 125 N. Market include free valet parking, a video conference center and concierge services. The facility can accommodate users with needs anywhere from 600 square feet to 26,000 square feet. Security National Life Insurance Co. owns 125 N. Market, and other tenants in the building include Cornerstone Design Development, Viaan Electronics and BalanceComp. Istvan Tamas of Weigand-Omega arranged the lease.

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LEAWOOD, KAN. — Restoration Hardware Holdings Inc. has opened a 56,000-square-foot design gallery at Town Center Plaza in the Kansas City suburb of Leawood. RH Leawood offers three levels of artistic installations of home furnishings in a gallery setting, including an entire floor dedicated to the company’s RH Modern line with an integrated RH Contemporary Art Gallery. The new location features a 5,000-square-foot studio called the Design Atelier, which offers a fully integrated workspace for architects, designers and customers to reimagine one room or an entire home. Architect James Gillam of Backen, Gillam & Kroeger designed RH Leawood.

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KANSAS CITY, OVERLAND PARK AND LENEXA, KAN. — CBRE Group has brokered the sale of three apartment properties totaling 741 units in metro Kansas City for a total of $60 million. Bicycle Club Apartments, located in Kansas City, offers 312 one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities at the complex, built in 1987, include a business center, dog park, movie and DVD rentals, a clubhouse with pool, volleyball court, fitness center, tennis court and a grill and picnic area. The 149-unit Treetop Lodge Apartments in Overland Park, Kan. offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Amenities include a tanning bed, pool with sundeck, playground and fitness center. Lenexa Crossing Apartments in Lenexa, Kan. features 280 units, a clubhouse, fitness center, pool with hot tub, business center and walking trail. Jeff Stingley of CBRE represented the undisclosed sellers in the transactions. The buyers were also undisclosed.

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OLATHE, KAN. — The Opus Group has unveiled plans for a 205,000-square-foot speculative industrial facility in Olathe, approximately 30 miles southwest of Kansas City. 56 Commerce Center is the first phase of a 505,000-square-foot master-planned project. The building, located on 53 acres at the southeast corner of Old 56 Highway and Loan Elm Road, is slated to be completed in January 2017. The multi-tenant facility will feature office space, 32-foot clear heights and a truck court. Opus will provide development, construction and architectural services for the project, and Joe Orscheln and Mike Mitchelson of CBRE will market the property for lease.

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TOPEKA, KAN. — McPherson Contractors Inc. has broken ground on a $30 million, 96,000-square-foot headquarters building for Federal Home Loan Bank in Topeka. The three-story building will feature 265 parking spaces, walking trails, outdoor terraces, a café and 3,400 square feet of amenity space. The LEED Gold design is expected to reduce energy use by 65 percent compared with a conventional design. HOK and Schwerdt Design Group are the architects of record. Construction is slated for completion in December 2017.

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OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Cohen Financial has arranged a $29 million acquisition loan for a 352-unit apartment property in Overland Park, approximately 15 miles southwest of Kansas City. A San Francisco-based owner and investor was the borrower. The Ridge Apartments offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units and includes amenities such as three swimming pools, a basketball court, fitness center, cyber café, clubhouse, clothes care center, resident lounge, shuffle board and tennis court. Kenneth Fox of Cohen Financial placed the loan with Wells Fargo.

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TOPEKA, KAN. — Minneapolis-based Timberland Partners has acquired Woodland Park at Soldier Creek, a 236-unit apartment community in Topeka, for an undisclosed price. The community was built in 2008. Timberland plans to add a variety of upgrades, including a new swimming pool, signage and improvements to the parking lot. Timberland used capital from its Timberland Partners Investment Fund V LLC to fund the acquisition. Reid Teaney and Mac Crowther of ARA Newmark Kansas City represented the seller in the deal. Timberland Partners is a real estate investment and management firm that currently owns over 11,000 apartment units in 12 states.

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