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BUFFALO GROVE, ILL. — Aries/Conlon Capital has arranged a $31.5 million loan for the refinancing of Riverwalk Phase II in Buffalo Grove, a northern suburb of Chicago. The 258,995-square-foot office property, located at 2100 E. Lake Cook Road, serves as the corporate headquarters for CVS Caremark. The Class A building is 75 percent leased, with PrimeSource Healthcare serving as the other anchor tenant. Amenities include a fitness center, conference room and deli. Accesso Partners was the borrower.

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TROY, MICH. — L. Mason Capitani CORFAC International has negotiated five new office leases totaling 21,000 square feet at Wilshire Plaza, located at 901 Wilshire Drive in Troy. The new tenants include NB Coatings, Caliber Home Loans, Keller Williams, Dearborn Holding Co. and Avera Health. Mason L. Capitani negotiated the lease transactions on behalf of the landlord, Summit Wilshire LLC.

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NEW YORK CITY — The Durst Organization, a New York-based owner and operator of Manhattan office and residential assets, has closed a financing package totaling $1 billion from multiple lenders for several of its office assets. The financing included a $600 million loan for five office buildings and a $400 million credit line. The five assets involved in the debt include 655 Third Ave., 675 Third Ave., 825 Third Ave., 114 West 47th St. and 205 E. 42nd St. Citi Private Bank was the lead lender for the financing, contributing $650 million. As part of the package, JPMorgan Chase, TD Bank, and Bank of New York Mellon each provided $100 million, and City National Bank provided $50 million. Durst will use the loan to refinance its existing debt into a first mortgage debt, and the company will use the credit facility to finance future acquisitions. Dennis Hellman of Rosenberg & Estis PC, New York’s largest real estate law firm, represented The Durst Organization in the financing deal, with assistance from colleagues Kamilla Bogdanov and Daniel Grobman. Chatham Financial also advised Durst in connection with the financing, while Herrick Feinstein represented Citi Private Bank. “The structure of this financing is similar …

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Cleveland’s central business district (CBD) continues to make headlines as events like the Republican National Convention, the 2016 and 2017 NBA Championships and the 2016 World Series earned national attention. Within the office market, trends such as “flight to quality” and  office-to-residential conversions, which are driven by a hot apartment market, have reduced surplus supply and lowered vacancies. This has shaped metrics positively, and has put Cleveland in a position of strength for the upcoming years. The news of the year has been the purchase of Key Tower by Millennia Cos., a local real estate developer known mostly for multifamily. The company moved its headquarters from a property in Valley View to two entire floors spanning approximately 40,000 square feet in Cleveland’s signature office tower. Almost immediately after, Forest City announced its headquarters move from the historic Terminal Tower to the Key Tower, backfilling almost 150,000 square feet of space that KeyCorp gave back in a downsizing strategy. By the first quarter of 2018, Key Tower will benefit from lobby and building amenity upgrades, and should see a vacancy rate of less than 10 percent. Another story on the horizon is the potential move of Medical Mutual of Ohio, now …

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PHILADELPHIA — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $44.7 million CMBS first mortgage loan for Rodin Place, a mixed-use building, and an adjacent retail property located in Philadelphia. Totaling 241,884 square feet, the assets include a single-story retail building, leased by Target, and one six-story office and retail building. John Christen of Key’s Commercial Mortgage Group arranged the financing with a 10-year term, five-year interest-only period and 30-year amortization schedule. Loan proceeds were used to refinance existing debt.

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ANN ARBOR, MICH. — CBRE has arranged the sale of McKinley Towne Centre and The Offices at Liberty Square in Ann Arbor for an undisclosed price. McKinley Towne Centre is a 130,824-square-foot mixed-use building located at 401 E. Liberty St. The Offices at Liberty Square is a 59,381-square-foot office building located at 500 E. Washington St. The portfolio was nearly 99 percent occupied at the time of sale. Tenants include supply chain software company LLamasoft, TD Ameritrade, the University of Michigan, Bar Louie, AT&T and FedEx. Ann Arbor-based commercial real estate firm McKinley sold the assets to Hillside Investments. Anne Galbraith Kohn of CBRE represented McKinley in the transaction.

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CHICAGO — Spaces has signed a 27,110-square-foot office lease in Chicago’s Lincoln Park. The creative workspace company will occupy the second through fourth floors of the building, located at 1500 N. Halsted St. Spaces Lincoln Park is slated to open in early 2018 and will offer tenants a contemporary loft-style design with large windows. This will be the 14th location in North America for the Amsterdam-based company. Chad Schroedl of SVN | Chicago Commercial represented the landlord, Newcastle Limited, in the lease transaction. Bill Rogers and Kerry Gilar of JLL represented Spaces.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Coldwell Banker Commercial Advisors (CBCA) has brokered the sale of Atrium West, a 48,898-square-foot, Class B office building located at 8851 Camp Bowie West in Fort Worth. Theron Bryant and Joe Hamilton of CBCA represented the seller, Hangover Opportunity Fund, in the transaction. Greg Hoffman of Colliers represented the buyer, Aberfeldy Properties Inc. The building was 93 percent leased at the time of sale.    

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CASTLE HILLS, TEXAS — Oldham Goodwin Group LLC has negotiated the sale of The Gallery, a 19,888-square-foot office building located in the San Antonio suburb of Castle Hills. The three-story property is situated on the east side of Northwest Military Highway, just north of Loop 410. Steve Monroe and Ben Berry of Oldham Goodwin represented the buyer, a San Antonio-based investment firm, in the transaction. Jonathan Haag and Guyla Sineni of JLL represented the seller.

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GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Cintas Corp., a Cincinnati-based provider of uniforms and other customized products, has leased 22,622 square feet at Trinity 161 Trade Center, an office/warehouse property located at 3100 N. State Highway 161 in Grand Prairie. John Leinbaugh, Michael Stanzel and Patrick Embry of NAI Robert Lynn represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations.

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