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CHICAGO — A partnership between LaTerra Capital Management and Respark Residential has agreed to acquire a portfolio of seven multifamily properties in suburban Chicago totaling 1,495 units. Multifamily owner-operator Aimco (NYSE: AIV) plans to sell the portfolio to the partnership for $455 million. The transaction is expected to close in first-quarter 2026, pending the assumption of the properties’ in-place mortgages. According to Crain’s Chicago Business, the portfolio comprises Evanston Place in Evanston; Hyde Park Tower in Chicago; Elm Creek and Eldridge Townhomes in Elmhurst; Yorktown Apartments and 220 Grace in Lombard; and Willow Bend in Rolling Meadows. Aimco recently concluded its year-long strategic review process and is moving forward with its “plan of sale and liquidation.” The Denver-based firm says that the buyers have completed due diligence and funded in part a $20 million nonrefundable deposit for the acquisition. Aimco says that the net proceeds from the sale will total $160 million. For LaTerra, the Aimco acquisition allows the Marina del Rey, Calif.-based company to increase its holdings in Chicago, which is currently the No. 1 market in the United States for rent growth, according to data from CoStar Group. The market saw 6,700 new units delivered in the past 12 …

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MCKINNEY, TEXAS — A partnership between the City of McKinney, located north of Dallas, and developer Cole Cannon has broken ground on a $200 million water-themed mixed-use project on a 35-acre site at the northeast corner of Stacy Road and State Highway 121. Known as Cannon Beach, the development will comprise a three-acre surf lagoon and resort-style hotel, as well as dining, entertainment and other commercial spaces. The hotel will feature a rooftop pool area that can support private events, as well as lounge areas and cabanas with food service and will connect to the surf lagoon and other water-focused attractions, including cliff diving and a stationary surf wave. Plans also call for a skateboard park, movie theater, bowling alley, health club and indoor recreation facilities. The McKinney Economic Development Corp. and the McKinney Community Development Corp. are also partners on the project, the first phase of which could open as early as mid-2027, and the development team estimates that the project could create as many as 700 new jobs and generate as much as $2 billion in regional economic impact over the next 20 years.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Atlanta-based developer Portman is underway on construction of 2545 Brockton, a 429-unit multifamily project that will be situated adjacent to The Domain in North Austin. Developed in partnership with Austin-based Generational Commercial Properties, 2545 Brockton will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, 39 of which will have private rooftop patios. Amenities will include a rooftop pool and open green spaces, and the property will also house 6,850 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Construction is expected to be complete in spring 2028.

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DALLAS — Newmark has brokered the sale of Jefferson Cedar Ridge, a 360-unit apartment community in southwest Dallas that was built in 2024. According to Apartments.com, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center, clubhouse, dog park and outdoor grilling stations. Richard Furr, Brian Murphy and Brian O’Boyle Jr. of Newmark represented seller, Dallas-based investment firm TDI, in the transaction. Braden Harmon, Hank Glasgow and Jeff Fein, also with Newmark, arranged acquisition financing for the deal on behalf of the buyer, a partnership between Ashcroft Capital and Pearlmark Real Estate.

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ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — Provident Industrial, the industrial division of Dallas-based Provident, has broken ground on Eagle 35, a 292,884-square-foot project in Round Rock, a northern suburb of Austin. Eagle 35 will consist of three buildings, two of which will span 75,790 square feet and feature 28-foot clear heights and a shared 185-foot truck court. Building 3 will total 140,994 square feet and feature 32-foot clear heights. Cushman & Wakefield is the leasing agent for Eagle 35, which is expected to be complete in early 2027.

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HOUSTON — Sagard Real Estate, a Denver-based investment firm, has purchased a 75,225-square-foot warehouse located on the Port Houston campus. The warehouse was constructed in 2008 directly across from the port’s Barbour’s Cut Container Terminal. Building features include 28-foot clear heights, a front-load configuration, 130-foot truck court depths and 23 dock-high doors and one acre of dedicated yard space with independent access points. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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NEW YORK CITY — Locally based investment and development firm AmTrustRE has completed the acquisition of 260 Madison Avenue, a 22-story office building in Midtown Manhattan, for roughly $211 million. The approximately 570,000-square-foot building was constructed in 1952 and was roughly 68 percent leased at the time of sale. Tenants include Hanesbrands, MGM, Regus, McLaughlin & Stern and Marcus & Millichap. AmTrust plans to invest “significant capital” into interior and exterior improvements to the building. Darcy Stacom and William Herring of Stacom CRE, along with David Ash of Prince Realty Advisors, represented the seller, The Sapir Organization, in the transaction.

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CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — Cushman & Wakefield and Pyramid Brokerage Co. have arranged the $31.8 million sale of U-Crest and Belvedere Manor, two multifamily assets totaling 340 units in Cheektowaga, located just outside of Buffalo. Pillar Real Estate Investors sold the properties to Chopp Holdings. Niko Nicolaou, Ryan Dowd, Peter Welch, J.P. Hohl and Alexandria Russo Ebers of Cushman & Wakefield, in collaboration with Pyramid’s Jonathan Weinstein and Robert Stewart, brokered the deal on behalf of both parties. John Alascio, Brad Domenico, Brian Anderson and Chuck Kohaut of Cushman & Wakefield arranged acquisition financing for the deal.

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EWING, N.J. — JLL has brokered the sale of 100 and 200 Princeton South Corporate Center, a pair of office buildings totaling 267,830 square feet in Ewing, located just outside of Trenton. The four-story buildings were completed between 2007-2008 as part of a larger, six-building campus and were 52 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants in industries such as finance, insurance, accounting, pharmaceutical and healthcare. Jose Cruz, Jeremy Neuer, Michael Kavaler and Tom Romano of JLL represented the undisclosed, institutional seller in the transaction. The buyer was Hilton Realty Co.

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. — PPM America Inc. has provided a $27.1 million bridge loan for a 147,210-square-foot warehouse in the Northern New Jersey community of Piscataway. The borrower is Bridge Industrial, and the facility is known as Bridge Point Piscataway. Situated on a 12.8-acre site at 10 Constitution Road, the building features a clear height of 36 feet, 41 dock-high doors, two drive-in doors, 3,000 square feet of office space and parking for 118 cars and 57 trailers. Michael Klein, Jon Mikula and Kevin Badger of JLL arranged the loan.

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