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NASHVILLE, TENN. — AllianceBernstein (AB), a global investment firm with approximately $500 billion in assets under management, has selected Fifth + Broadway, a 6.2-acre mixed-use project in downtown Nashville, as its global headquarters. AB has leased 205,000 square feet at 501 Commerce, Fifth + Broadway’s Class A office tower. The company will occupy floors 18 to 25, the top floors of the tower. AB’s staff will have 360-degree views of Nashville’s Central Business District, Lower Broadway and the Cumberland River. AB announced in May 2018 that it would relocate its global headquarters to Nashville. The company expects to complete all phases of its move by 2024, bringing approximately 1,050 corporate office jobs. OliverMcMillan Spectrum | Emery LLC (OM-SE) is developing Fifth + Broadway, which is slated to open by mid-year 2020. The project also includes the 55,000-square-foot National Museum of African American Music; 200,000 square feet of entertainment and retail space, including a flagship H&M, multi-story food hall from The Food Hall Co. and Shake Shack; and 386 residential units. Neil Goldmacher, Brian Goldman and Jared Horowitz of Newmark Knight Frank and Kim Moore with Newmark Knight Frank’s Incentive Group represented AB in the lease transaction. Rob Lowe and Stewart …

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WINDSOR, CANADA — Detroit-based Quicken Loans and its family of affiliated companies has unveiled plans to open a new office location in the historic Old Fish Market Building in downtown Windsor, Ontario. The expansion into Canada will enable Quicken Loans to recruit top talent from Windsor, Toronto and Waterloo to support the growing need for additional technology talent, according to the company. Quicken Loans will lease more than 9,000 square feet of office space at the building, which is undergoing renovations that are expected to be completed in the first half of 2019. The company plans to grow the office to more than 100 tech workers.

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ST. LOUIS — Franklin Partners has acquired the 174,965-square-foot Corporate Hill IV office building in St. Louis for an undisclosed price. The six-story building was constructed in 1984 and renovated in 2015. Amenities include a full-service cafeteria, one loading dock and exterior balconies on the fifth and sixth floors. A single tenant previously occupied the property. TJ Redmond of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller. Mark Palmer and Artie Kerckhoff of CBRE represented Franklin Partners. The duo will also market the property for lease.

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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY. — Fairmount Properties has broken ground on St. Elizabeth Medical Office building at the main entrance to Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights. Fairmount is developing the property in partnership with Northern Kentucky University, St. Elizabeth Healthcare, OrthoCincy, the City of Highland Heights and Campbell County. The project team includes Bialosky, Casler Design Group, Danis, The Kleinger Group, KLH Engineers, Realm Collaborative and THP Limited. Located on Nunn Drive, the 65,000-square-foot facility will offer urgent care, primary care and specialty physicians space, as well as OrthoCincy’s on-site orthopaedical office, physical therapy and other orthopaedical services. The facility is slated to open in early 2020. The medical office is the first phase of a more than $100 million NKU Gateway mixed-use development. Upon complete build-out, the property will include restaurants, retail space, market-rate apartments, a hotel, parking and new public gathering spaces.

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DENVER — NAI Shames Makovsky has arranged the purchase of an office property located at 1009 Grant St. in Denver. Casa Grande 1009 LLC acquired the property from Credit Union Strategic Partners for $4.7 million. The property features 23,577 square feet of office space. Dorit Fischer and Hayden Hirschfield of NAI Shames Makovsky represented the buyer in the deal.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Madison Capital and PGIM Real Estate have purchased 360 Spear Street, a five-story mixed-use building located in San Francisco’s South Financial District. The transaction was valued at $95 million. The buyers plan to reposition the 160,451-square-foot property. In addition to 49,992 square feet of office space, the property features 110,459 square feet of life science, light industrial and production, and development and repair space. Approximately one-third of the property is leased to major credit tenants Verizon Wireless and AT&T, and the remaining space will be designated for light industrial and creative office tenants. Tim Hennessey of PGIM Real Estate and Jonathan Nachmani from Madison Capital led the acquisition. Seth Siegel of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the transaction.

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WAYCROSS, GA. AND PARAGOULD, ARK. — North Avenue Capital has closed two acquisition loans totaling $16.8 million for properties in Georgia and Arkansas. USDA Rural Development Business & Industry funded the loans on behalf of the undisclosed borrowers. In Waycross, North Avenue arranged $7.3 million in financing for the acquisition of a 51,548-square-foot mixed-use center. Enhanced Resource Corp., a business management operation, anchors the property. Other tenants include Surchero’s Fresh Grill, AppleCare, Bone & Joint Institute and Southeastern Credit Union. In Paragould, North Avenue arranged a $9.3 million acquisition loan for a 579,015-square-foot, single-tenant industrial facility. Arkansas-based LA Darling occupies the property, which it has leased for more than 50 years. LA Darling, a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, is a retail merchandising solutions firm that builds out physical displays and fixtures for chains such as Walmart and Best Buy.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — SIOR Foundation has announced Aaron Barnard as its new president for the 2018-2019 term. The transition from current president Bill Ginder to Barnard occurred last week at the Society of Industrial & Office Realtors (SIOR) Fall World Conference in Denver. Barnard is a veteran broker in Minneapolis with Cushman & Wakefield and specializes in investment analysis, tenant and landlord representation. Additional 2018-2019 SIOR Foundation officers are President-Elect Chris Curtis (Nugent Curtis Real Estate), Vice President Albert McNeel (Endura Advisory Group) and Treasurer Stan Kleweno (Transpacific Investments). New SIOR Foundation Trustees who began three-year terms at the latest conference include Nancy Morse (Newmark Knight Frank), Jack O’Donoghue (Grant Street Associates/Cushman & Wakefield Alliance), Adrian Arriaga (AAA Real Estate & Investments), Robert Horn Jr. (JLL), Jesse Laikin (Lee & Associates) and Peter Richardson (Primera Cos.). As the largest association of commercial real estate brokers, Washington, D.C.-based SIOR Foundation promotes and funds programs that advance the real estate profession through educational scholarships, research projects, publishing and development of real estate curricula for higher education.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — AQUILA Commercial is nearing completion of The Preserve at 620, a 225,000-square-foot speculative office building located at 8201 North FM 620 in northwest Austin. The single-story building is slated to be complete before year’s end and has roughly 185,000 square feet still available for lease. Amenities at The Preserve at 620 include a fitness center, sports court and open courtyard spaces. Tech firm Innovative Aftermarket Systems (IAS) has preleased 40,000 square feet at the property.

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MINNEAPOLIS — Merchant & Gould, a full-service intellectual property law firm, has unveiled plans to relocate its Minneapolis office from the IDS Center to Fifth Street Towers. The firm will occupy 40,246 square feet on the 21st and 22nd floors beginning in August 2019. Paul Donovan, Jaclyn May and Jeremy Striffler of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Jennifer Stumm of Cushman & Wakefield will oversee the buildout of the space on the client’s behalf.

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