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118-119 Broadway-Long-Branch

LONG BRANCH, N.J. — New York City-based developer Kushner has broken ground on a $130 million multifamily project in the Northern New Jersey community of Long Branch. Designed by Minno + Wasko Architects & Planners, the property will comprise two four-story buildings that will house 299 units in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, coworking lounge, golf simulator, rooftop terraces, social lounges, pet spa, a children’s playroom and outdoor grilling and dining stations. A SuperFresh grocery market and neighborhood café will anchor the property’s retail component. The first units are expected to be available for occupancy in late 2025. Madison Realty Capital provided an $85 million construction loan for the project, and Unity Capital supplied $15 million in mezzanine financing.

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WADENA, MINN. — Ziegler has provided a bond issue totaling $20.5 million for the Wadena Cancer Center in Wadena, a city in central Minnesota. The Wadena Cancer Center is jointly operated by Astera Health CentraCare Health and is located on Astera Health’s main campus. In collaboration with CentraCare Health System, Astera Health has entered into a joint venture to establish the Central Minnesota Cancer Center LLC. This initiative aims to address the critical need for comprehensive oncology services in the region. The proceeds of the bond issue will be used to finance the construction and equipping of the 15,350-square-foot cancer center, which will include six clinic exam rooms and eight infusion bays. The facility will provide a full spectrum of cancer care services, including medical and radiation oncology visits, chemotherapy, infusion, radiation treatments and diagnostic imaging. Ziegler utilized a unique financing structure to fund the project through its relationship with a nonprofit entity, National Healthcare, Research and Education Finance Corp. (NHREFCO). NHREFCO works to support the charitable and educational purposes of hospitals, academic medical centers and medical research organizations by acting as the borrower for bond transaction and lessor to the tenant through a long-term assumable lease.

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EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. — Shear Bliss, a family-run hair and beauty salon, will open at Eden Prairie Center in the Twin Cities suburb of Eden Prairie. The salon will fill a former MasterCuts location in suite 2168. Shear Bliss, which maintains an additional location in North Dakota, expects to open its Eden Prairie salon on Friday, April 5. Eden Prairie Center, opened in 1976, features more than 100 shops and restaurants. JLL manages the 1.4 million-square-foot retail property.

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NEW YORK CITY — San Francisco-based Terreno Realty Corp. (NYSE: TRE) has acquired a 24,000-square-foot industrial building in the East Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn for $12 million. The site at 181 Lombardy St. spans about three-quarters of an acre, and the facility, which is currently vacant, features one dock-high door, one grade-level loading position and parking for 10 cars. The seller was not disclosed.

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NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm GFI Realty has arranged the $4.8 million sale of a 48-unit apartment building in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. The six-story building was constructed in 1930 and consists of 20 one-bedroom units, 22 two-bedroom apartments, five three-bedroom residences and one four-bedroom unit. Matthew Sparks of GFI Realty represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. Josh Orlander, also with GFI, represented the buyer, a private investor.

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LYNBROOK, N.Y. — Northwell Health, the state’s largest provider, has signed a 23,021-square-foot, full-building renewal on Long Island. Locally based firm Simone Development Cos. owns the three-story building at 733 Sunrise Highway in Lynbrook. The facility is home to physicians specializing in fields such as family medicine, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, pulmonology, urology and rheumatology. No third-party brokers were involved in the lease negotiations.

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NEW YORK CITY — Avison Young has negotiated a seven-year, 7,364-square-foot office lease at 551 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The Feil Organization owns the property, which was originally built in 1927 and is known locally as The Fred F. French Building. Martin Cottingham, Patrick Steffens and Alexis Odgers of Avison Young represented the tenant, BOND Civil & Utility Construction, in the lease negotiations. Andrew Wiener, Kevin Driscoll and Henry Korzec represented Feil on an internal basis.

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LOS ANGELES — Blackstone Real Estate has sold a portfolio of industrial properties in Southern California to Rexford Industrial Realty Inc. (NYSE: REXR) for a total of $1 billion. The portfolio comprises 48 properties and approximately 3 million square feet, for a sales price of $332 per square foot. At the time of the sale, the portfolio was 98 percent leased. Almost all of the properties are located within infill submarkets in Los Angeles and Orange counties. A list of the properties was not released. Rexford Industrial, headquartered in Los Angeles, financed the transaction using proceeds from its recent exchangeable senior note offerings and cash on hand. According to Michael Frankel and Howard Schwimmer, co-CEOs of Rexford Industrial, the REIT’s current acquisition pipeline also includes $300 million of investments under contract or accepted offer. “Infill Southern California is the nation’s highest-barrier and lowest supply industrial market,” said Frankel and Schwimmer via a press release. “These strategic investments in exceptionally well-located, high-quality assets represent a significant opportunity to drive accretive cash flow growth, increased operating margins and long-term value creation.” Rexford is already a major industrial investor, with its entire 422-property, 49.1 million-square-foot portfolio located in Southern California. The company’s stock price closed at $50.30 per share …

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GEORGETOWN, TEXAS — Philadelphia-based investment firm EQT Exeter has acquired a 449,642-square-foot industrial building in the northern Austin suburb of Georgetown that is fully leased on a long-term basis to solar panel manufacturer CAF Energy. The sales price was $60.9 million. Located at 110 SE Inner Loop Road, the building was completed in 2023 and features 106 loading doors, 36-foot clear heights and parking for 123 trailers and more than 500 cars. At full operation, CAF Energy expects to employ more than 240 people at the facility.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Shorenstein Properties, an investment firm with offices in San Francisco and New York City, has sold a 248,000-square-foot office building in Austin’s Mueller district. The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) purchased the six-story complex, which is known as The Bravo Building, with plans to relocate its headquarters to the facility. The sale included an 845-space parking garage. TRS sold its former headquarters building at 1000 Red River St. in downtown Austin in fall 2022.

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