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NORTH BETHESDA, MD. — Phillips Realty Capital has secured a $30 million loan for 6116 Executive Blvd., an eight-story, 217,732-square-foot office building in North Bethesda. John Sieber, David Foulk and Patrick Kelly of Phillips Realty structured the loan on behalf of the buyer, Goodstone LLC, which acquired the vacant building in April for $9.5 million. Constructed in 1989, the building was vacated by the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute in 2013. Goodstone’s capital improvement plan features new and contemporary entries, elevators and common areas, including a fitness center, conference facility, vending café, visitor lounge and upper-floor tenant terrace. The property also includes a three-story underground parking garage. JLL will handle the office’s leasing assignment, and Cushman & Wakefield will manage the property. Occupancy is slated for availability in June 2018.

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PHOENIX — Harbert Management Corp. has acquired an ownership stake in High Street, a 628,000-square-foot mixed-use development located in Phoenix. Although the sales price was not disclosed, the buyer received a $93.5 million acquisition loan to fund the transaction. The property occupies 24.9 acres at 5100-5450 E. High St. along Loop 101 in northeast Phoenix, and features 88 multifamily units; 174,705 square feet of retail, dining and entertainment; and 330,369 square feet of office space. Tenants at the 83.7 percent leased center include Sprouts, Kona Grill, La Bocca, Pinspiration, Mellow Mushroom, Blue Martini, Ocean Prime and Modern Margarita. City North Associates LLC, a joint venture between ScanlanKemperBard Cos. and a private investment fund managed by Wayzata Investment Partners LLC, previously owned the property. Harbert Management has replaced Wayzata Investment Partners, now owning the property in partnership with ScanlanKemperBard. Ryan Gallagher, CJ Osbrink, Ryan Fitzpatrick and Clark Cashion of HFF worked on behalf of the original joint venture owner to procure the buyer in the transaction. Jeremy Womack and Tom Wilson of HFF worked on behalf of the new ownership to secure the acquisition loan through TPG RE Finance Trust. ScanlanKemperBard Cos. is a real estate merchant banking firm that acquires, develops …

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BOSTON — CBRE/New England has arranged the sale of the leasehold interest of Boston’s Old City Hall, an 83,700-square-foot mixed-use building located at 45 School St. in downtown Boston. Synergy Investments acquired the property for $30.1 million. Constructed between 1862 and 1865, the building was renovated in 1970 by the seller, Architectural Heritage Foundation, after being vacated by the City of Boston in the mid-1960s. Dave Pergola and Brian Doherty of CBRE/NE represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.

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BRICK, N.J. — Gebroe-Hammer Associates has arranged the sale of Olympic Gardens, a mixed-use property located along Route 88 in Brick. Brick APTS LLC acquired the property from Longwood Ave LLC for $10.1 million. The property features an 80-unit multifamily complex and an adjacent 14,336-square-foot office building. Joseph Brecher and Adam Zweibel of Gebroe-Hammer represented the seller and secured the buyer in the deal.

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MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Independent Bank Group Inc. will build a corporate campus on 10.4 acres within the Craig Ranch development, located at the intersection of State Highway 121 and Grand Ranch Parkway in McKinney. The project is expected to cost approximately $52 million, according to the Dallas Business Journal, and could create as many as 400 new jobs. Independent Bank is an $8.6 billion regional lender. Since going public in 2013, the company has increased its employee base from approximately 340 to more than 1,000 and its number of locations in Texas and Colorado from 30 to 82.

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CONROE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of Rivershire Plaza, a 39,735-square-foot office building located at 333 N. Rivershire Drive in Conroe. James Bell and Keith Lloyd of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, and Nate Newman of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.    

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LISLE, ILL. — CenterCore Properties LLC has acquired Corporetum Office Campus VI in Lisle for an undisclosed price. The 168,000-square-foot, Class A property is located at 550-650 Warrenville Road. The two-building complex features amenities such as a fitness center, conference center and on-site café. The property is currently 82 percent leased to tenants such as Fairway Mortgage, Primera Engineers, Circle K, United Healthcare and ABM Janitorial Services. Colliers International will continue to serve as the property manager and leasing agent for Corporetum VI. Winthrop Realty Liquidating Trust was the seller.

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ROSELAND, N.J. — CBRE has arranged the sale of an office building located at 4 Becker Farm Road in Roseland. An undisclosed buyer purchased the 281,762-square-foot building for $16.7 million. At the time of sale, the building was 95 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including KMPG and CohnReznick. Jeffrey Dunne, Jeremy Neuer, Patrick Arangio, Jack Howard and Nick Savage of CBRE represented the seller, a special servicer, in the transaction.

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ATLANTA — PGIM Real Estate, the real estate investment business of PGIM, has purchased Regions Plaza, a 23-story office tower located at the northwest corner of West Peachtree and 14th streets in Atlanta’s Midtown district. Jim Mehalso led the transaction internally for PGIM on behalf of its institutional investor clients. Constructed in 2001, the 502,846-square-foot Regions Plaza is LEED Gold- and Energy Star-certified and features valet parking, a conference facility, on-site Flywheel and FlyBarre Studio, dry cleaning services, dining and on-site banking facility. The sales price and seller were not disclosed. PGIM is the global investment management business of Prudential Financial Inc.

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ATLANTA — Chicago-based Coyote, a logistics provider and subsidiary of UPS, has signed a lease for 47,986-square-feet of office space within Armour Yards, an adaptive reuse project situated between Atlanta’s Midtown and Buckhead districts. Coyote will lease the entire office portion at 255 Ottley, bringing the overall Armour Yards project to 86.4 percent leased. Gourmet coffee roaster East Pole Coffee Co. will also open at 255 Ottley later this month. Brooke Dewey of JLL represented the ownership group comprising Third and Urban and institutional investors advised by J.P Morgan Asset Management in the lease transaction. MB Real Estate’s David Burkards represented Coyote. The Armour Yards location will be the second Atlanta-area office for the logistics company and will create roughly 325 jobs. Coyote’s existing location is situated at 960 North Point Parkway in Alpharetta, roughly 25 miles north of Atlanta. Situated near the Atlanta BeltLine, Armour Yards comprises 28 buildings and is home to companies including Sweetwater Brewing Co., American Spirit Works, Atlanta Track Club and Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q. The project team includes Smith Dalia Architects and general contractor Gay Construction. Armour Yards’ loft-office portion is housed within four former industrial buildings totaling 190,000 square feet.

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