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PHOENIX — SVN Desert Commercial has arranged the sale of an office building, located at 810 W. Bethany Home Road in Phoenix. Arizona Medical Association (ARMA) sold the property to a Katie Hess, founder of Lotuswei, for $1.1 million. ARMA was the only occupant and owner of the 15,304-square-foot building, which was built in 1970, until the sale. The seller plans to relocate, while the new owner plans to occupy the majority of the building with small spaces available for lease. Justin Horwitz and Paul Borgesen II of SVN Desert Commercial represented the seller in the deal.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Paramount Group Inc. has completed the sale of 425 Eye Street, an office building located in the NoMa submarket of Washington, D.C. Saban Real Estate acquired the seven-story property for $157 million. As of June 30, 425 Eye was 98.7 percent leased with weighted average in-place gross annualized rents of $46.16 per square foot. The U.S. government leases 90 percent of the office space at the 372,552-square-foot building. Jim Meisel of HFF represented the seller in the transaction. Cary Abod led the HFF team in securing acquisition financing through EagleBank. Additionally, Paramount has completed the previously announced sale of 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., for $220 million.

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WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — RedSky Capital and JZ Capital Partners have received $115 million in financing for Esperanté Corporate Center, a 20-story office tower located at 222 Lakeview Ave. in downtown West Palm Beach. Chris Drew, Hermen Rodriguez and Maxx Carney of HFF arranged the fixed-rate senior loan through Apollo Global Management, on behalf of a managed account, and a fixed-rate mezzanine loan through a life insurance company. Situated near Royal Park Bridge over Lake Worth Lagoon, the 255,984-square-foot Esperanté Corporate Center was renovated in the first quarter of 2018. The tower’s current tenants include Bank of America, Holland & Knight and Chatham Lodging Trust.

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SEACAUCUS, N.J. — CBRE has arranged the $34.2 million sale of One Harmon Plaza in Secaucus. The 192,089-square-foot office building is currently 95 percent leased. Samuel Bernhaut and Robert L’Abbate of CBRE represented the seller, a joint venture between Mountain Development Corp. and PCCP LLC. The buyer was ZI One Harmon Plaza LLC. The joint venture has made significant upgrades since purchasing the office building in 2014, including the renovation of the lobby and the addition of a new conference center, cafeteria and fitness facility.

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LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Bright Realty LLC has received $16.7 million in preferred equity for the construction of The Realm at Castle Hills Office, a 235,000-square-foot project being developed in the northern Dallas metro of Lewisville. Canyon Partners Real Estate LLC provided the funds and has entered into a joint venture with Bright Realty, a real estate development firm based in Lewisville. The nine-story building, which will include ground-floor retail space, is part of the first commercial phase of development of Castle Hills, a residential and golf course community established by Bright Realty in 1997. Construction of the office building is expected to be complete by the end of 2019. Colliers International is handling leasing of the office space.

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DALLAS — Aethon Energy Operating LLC has signed a 47,679-square-foot office lease at 12377 Merit Drive in Dallas. Melanie Hughes, Richmond Collinsworth and Bret Cooper of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, YP Park Central LLC, in the lease negotiations. Russell Trenary of Trenary & Associates represented the tenant.  

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BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Hunt Real Estate Capital has hired Chad Thomas Hagwood as senior managing director and Southeast regional manager. Formerly with Capital One Multifamily Finance, Hagwood will be based in Hunt’s Birmingham office. In this role, Hagwood will be actively involved in the origination of multifamily and manufactured home community debt throughout the nation, with a focus on loan originations through Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, CMBS and FHA programs. Additionally, Hagwood will oversee the firm’s Southeast Region and the Manufactured Home Community production nationally. Over the course of his career, Hagwood has closed in excess of $8 billion in commercial real estate transactions throughout the United States, and he is annually ranked as one of the industry’s leading loan originators.

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MONTVALE, N.J. — JLL has arranged the sale of a 93,916-square-foot office building in Montvale. Located at 3 Paragon Drive, the building is occupied by global R&D firm Pentax Medical. Joseph Garibaldi, Thomas Walsh, Stephen Feinberg and Katelyn Borovsky of JLL represented the seller, The Davis Cos., in the transaction. The buyer was Northeast Capital Group. The sales price was undisclosed.

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ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Michigan-based mortgage banking firm Bernard Financial Group has arranged an $11.7 million loan for the refinancing of a 145,323-square-foot office building in Arlington. Dennis Bernard of Bernard Financial Group placed the loan through Ameritas Life Insurance Co. on behalf of the borrower, Brookhollow II Holdings LP.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Aria Development Group has purchased a land parcel located at the corner of Florida Avenue and North Capitol Street N.E. in Washington, D.C., for an undisclosed price. The buyer is planning to develop a mixed-use building, including residential space, on the 25,000-square-foot site. The purchase represents the culmination of three years of assemblage activity to connect tree-lined P Street N.E. with Florida Avenue and North Capitol Street. Additional details of the transaction were not released. This acquisition represents Aria’s eighth multifamily or mixed-use investment in Washington, D.C.

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