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IRVINE, CALIF. — A joint venture between a global investment management firm and Hines has received $144 million in financing for Intersect, a four-building office campus in Irvine. Kevin MacKenzie, John Chun, Jamie Kline, Peter Thompson, Michael Leggett and Dereck Barker of HFF arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan through New York Life Insurance. The borrower will use the loan to retire existing debt and fund the remaining lease-up of the property. Intersect comprises Buildings A, B, C and D located at 17875 and 17877 Von Karman Ave. and 17872 and 17838 Gillette Ave., respectively, in the core airport-area submarket of Orange County. The 425,203-square-foot campus features a restaurant; micro-retail shipping containers that serve grab-n-go coffee, juice and food; indoor and outdoor workspace; a 6,000-square-foot indoor/outdoor gym; private tenant terraces; a 100-seat, stadium-style conference center; a 20-person board room; and an outdoor game pavilion. Additionally, the property features surface parking, a 1,583-space structured parking garage at 17892 Gillette Ave. and a 177-stall subterranean parking facility.

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SCHAUMBURG, ILL. — Podolsky Circle CORFAC International has arranged the sale of a 43,800-square-foot office building in Schaumburg for $2.7 million. The fully leased property is located at 1000 E. State Parkway within the Woodfield Business Center. Alissa Adler, John Homsher and Paul Tesdal of Podolsky Circle represented the seller, Clear Height Properties. Kelly Joyce of Colliers International represented the buyer, a private investor.

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NEW YORK CITY — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $120 million floating-rate loan to refinance 130 West 42nd street, a Class A office tower with ground-floor retail in the Bryant Park neighborhood of Manhattan. The borrower was Tribeca Associates. Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz, Brett Rosenberg and Adam Schwartz led the JLL team in handling the debt assignment. The 29-story office building, which was built in 1918, totals 250,000 square feet and is located within one block of 15 subway lines. Tribeca Associates spent $27 million to upgrade and renovate the property in 2015.

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DAYTON, OHIO — CBRE and Newmark Knight Frank have brokered the sale of the 130 Building in downtown Dayton for an undisclosed price. The 23-story, 336,000-square-foot office building is located at 130 W. Second St. The buyer, Brian Lash, plans to add a number of amenities to the property, including a fitness center, co-working spaces, a banquet hall and additional meeting space. Matt Arnovitz of CBRE and Jim Vondran and Keith Yearout of NKF represented the seller, Titan Capital Investment Fund.

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MESA, ARIZ. — Sigma Contracting has broken ground on a headquarters and warehouse facility for Potato Barn, a high-end furniture retailer. Situated on 8.4 acres at 7104 E. Ray Road in Mesa, the 100,000-square-foot property will feature 50,000 square feet of retail space, 30,000 square feet of warehouse space and a 20,000-square-foot outlet store. The $7.4 million facility is slated to open in January 2019. Perez McGree is providing architectural services for the project. The family-owned store plans to consolidate its operations into the new facility and close its locations at 4900 E. Power Road and 586 E. Germann Road in Gilbert, Ariz.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — KDC has started construction on a new regional office building for Credit Suisse in Raleigh’s Research Triangle Park. The 205,000-square-foot, four-story building will be located at 6933 Louis Stephens Drive, adjacent to the existing Credit Suisse office building that KDC developed in 2007. Upon completion of the new facility in June 2019, KDC will begin renovations of the existing building. More than 3,000 Credit Suisse employees will occupy the campus after the project is complete. The investment banking and financial services company is headquartered in Zürich and has regional offices across the U.S. The 62-acre site will feature outdoor workspaces, a new food service cafeteria, internet cafés, conference center and a pedestrian trail. In addition, KDC will add new entrance and exit points and a pedestrian bridge to connect the two buildings. The developer plans to seek LEED certification for the project. Architecture firm Gensler, general contractor Brasfield & Gorrie and engineer Crenshaw make up the rest of the project team.

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For decades, El Paso was a big, sleepy town nestled on the banks of the Rio Grande that relied on a slow-paced, but consistent economy. In those days, housing was always affordable. Pricing levels for single- and multifamily properties were below national averages, but so too were wages. The city’s office market, which has traditionally served as a leading indicator for multifamily growth, hummed along without ever experiencing strong asset appreciation or interest from outside investors. Taken at face value, this activity would suggest that there was a firm ceiling for new development and rent growth for both of these markets. In recent years, however, El Paso natives have seen their city experience enormous growth fueled by exceptionally low crime rates and expanding population at Fort Bliss Army base. Development of both single- and multifamily product really took off between 2011 and 2014, causing rent growth to subside and vacancies to rise from 5 percent a few years ago to roughly 9 percent today. The market returned to a more sustainable pace of new development in subsequent years. Looking ahead, the metro’s job growth should remain a factor of its population of military personnel and federal employees. As El Paso …

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WALTHAM, MASS. — Davis Marcus Partners, a joint venture between Marcus Partners and The Davis Companies, is developing a new 220,000-square-foot lab and office facility in Waltham for Alkermes, a global biopharmaceutical company. The new building, which is located at 900 Winter St., represents an expansion of Alkermes’ current facility at 852 Winter St. The new facility was designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects and will seek LEED certification. Amenities will include an eatery, coffee bar, fitness center, outdoor amphitheater and a rooftop terrace. As part of the build-to-suit arrangement, Alkermes will sign a 15-year lease at the property. Construction on the new facility began April 30.

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DALLAS — A partnership between two Dallas-based development firms, Gault Co. and RTG Capital LLC, has purchased a 170,000-square-foot office building in North Dallas. Situated on four acres at 5757 Alpha Road across from the Valley View Mall, which is being redeveloped into a mixed-use destination, the office property was formerly known as Alpha Tower. Following a renovation project for its landscaping, lobby and common areas that is scheduled to be complete by year’s end, the building will be rebranded Northwood Tower. The property was built in 1983 and was 32 percent leased at the time of sale. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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DETROIT — PEA Inc. has opened a new 2,400-square-foot office in downtown Detroit. The site development design firm will occupy the space at the 45 West Grand River building, which is owned by Bedrock. Renovations were recently made to the office, which is now open. PEA, which specializes in civil engineering, land surveying and landscape architecture, operates four offices in southeast Michigan.

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