LONG BEACH, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $7.5 million permanent loan to refinance 200 Pine Avenue, a 64,376-square-foot retail and office property located in Long Beach. Brad Vansant and Jenna Frakes of JLL secured the fixed-rate financing on behalf of the borrower, Bascom Group. Renovated in 2022, 200 Pine Avenue is a six-story building with an attached 123-stall parking garage and ground-floor retail space. The building, which has recently been renovated to provide common area and tenant improvements, is 81 percent leased to 15 tenants. Restaurant and sports bar Dirty Birds recently signed a lease to occupy a portion of the ground-floor retail space, joining Agaves Kitchen & Tequila and Agaves Ultra Lounge.
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BALA CYNYWD, PA. — Pep Boys has signed a 37,000-square-foot office lease expansion in Bala Cynwyd, a northwestern suburb of Philadelphia. The Philadelphia-based automotive services company now occupies more than 70,000 square feet at One Presidential Boulevard, a four-story, 133,115-square-foot building. Michael Monahan and Brian Smyth of CBRE represented Pep Boys in the lease negotiations. The landlord was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Convene Hospitality Group will open a 26,000-square-foot immersive event venue at 120 E. 23rd St. in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. Known as The Aperture, the venue will feature one of New York City’s largest projection-mapping environments and will be housed across two floors of the building, which is owned by Williams Equities. A tentative opening date was not announced.
DETROIT — Bedrock has launched pre-sales for The Residences at The Detroit EDITION, a collection of 96 high-rise condominiums located atop The Detroit EDITION hotel within the Hudson’s Detroit tower at 1208 Woodward Ave. Slated to open in 2027, the project marks the EDITION brand’s first residential offering in the Midwest. SHoP Architects designed the project, with interiors by Yabu Pushelberg. Floor plans range from one to four bedrooms, spanning 720 to over 4,500 square feet. Pricing for condos start from the $600,000s. Amenities will total 14,000 square feet and include a fitness and aquatic suite, pool, hot tub, sauna, steam rooms, a clubroom, children’s playroom, coworking space, dining and catering kitchen, indoor parking garage with valet, multi-sports simulator and sound studio. Residents will also have full access to the hotel’s amenities, including several culinary and beverage options, a pool, fitness center, in-residence dining, spa services and more than 16,000 square feet of event space. Hudson’s Detroit is a 1.5 million-square-foot mixed-use development on the site of the former J.L. Hudson Department store. Hudson’s also features Class A office space anchored by General Motors’ global headquarters; Pine Hall, a new cocktail bar from Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group; The …
CHICAGO — Habitat has begun leasing for The Junction at OC Living in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood. The project is the second of three residential phases within the $200 million Ogden Commons mixed-income community developed by Habitat in partnership with Sinai Chicago. The four-story building represents a $38 million investment and delivers 75 units, with 76 percent of the residences reserved as affordable housing, including 30 units that are designated Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) units. The remaining residences are market rate. Amenities include a lounge, fitness center, onsite laundry facilities, management and social services offices, a package and mail room, bike storage and accessory parking. The first residential building at Ogden Commons, The Boulevard at OC Living, was completed in 2024 and fully leased in 2025. A 45,000-square-foot, three-story commercial building was completed in 2021. The commercial component is home to Sinai Chicago’s One Lawndale Community Care and Surgery Center, a Wintrust Bank branch and La Catedral Café & Restaurant. The third residential phase, The Parkline at OC Living, will include townhome and multi-flat units with larger floor plans designed for families. Upon full build-out, Ogden Commons will encompass more than 350 mixed-income units. Funding for Ogden Commons comes from …
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Ryan Cos. US Inc. has broken ground on Trailside at Dia Crossing, a 350-unit apartment community in Fort Myers. The eight-building property will be situated at the gateway to the Village of Estero at U.S. Highway 41 and Alico Road. Ryan Cos. expects to deliver Trailside at Dia Crossing in first-quarter 2027. The property will feature a 30-acre nature preserve and a 9,500-square-foot clubhouse with a fitness center, sauna, cold plunge and a yoga deck. Other amenities include a resort-style pool and a kayak launch to Estero Bay. The project team includes architect Ryan A+E Inc. and construction lender U.S. Bank.
KENNETT, MO. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $7 million sale of Bootheel Plaza, a 23-suite retail strip center in Kennett, located in the southeast corner of Missouri and four miles east of Arkansas. Built in 1973, the property totals 126,193 square feet and sits directly in front of a Walmart Supercenter. Anchor tenants include Tractor Supply, Bealls and Dollar Tree. Austin Sweet, Chris Garavaglia and Alex Perez of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were private investors.
GARNER AND CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Boston-based Rockpoint has purchased a six-building industrial portfolio across two properties in North Carolina. The nearly 280,000-square-foot acquisition includes Garner Commerce Center in the south Raleigh suburb of Garner and I-77 Commerce Center in Charlotte. Both three-building parks were recently delivered. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Rockpoint will manage and operate Garner Commerce Center and I-77 Commerce Center in partnership with affiliate firms Rockhill Management and Rockpoint Industrial.
Red Oak Capital Provides $8.4M Loan for Hotel-to-Multifamily Conversion Project in Covington, Louisiana
by John Nelson
COVINGTON, LA. — Red Oak Capital Holdings LLC has provided an $8.4 million loan for a hotel-to-multifamily conversion project in Covington. The borrower, an investment group represented by Nebo Capital, is using the financing to purchase the former WeStay Suites hotel at 140 Holiday Blvd. and reposition it into an 87-room apartment community. The 12-month bridge loan will fund the $6.9 million acquisition and $1.8 million in planned improvements for the conversion. The five-story, 89,831-square-foot hotel was built on 2.9 acres in 2009 and features an outdoor pool, fitness center and community rooms. The borrower has completed a similar hotel-to-multifamily adaptive reuse project in the Covington area, according to Red Oak Capital. The borrower plans to refinance the bridge loan upon completion of the renovation with permanent or agency debt.
ROSWELL, GA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $7.4 million sale of The Alstead Shops, an 11,200-square-foot retail center located at 2000 Holcomb Bridge Road in Roswell. The metro Atlanta property was delivered in 2024 and was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Wellstar Urgent Care, CityVet, Layne’s Chicken Fingers, The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill and The Human Bean. Margaret Jones and Lane Breedlove of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers, Mirabeland Investments and Concordia Properties in the transaction. The buyer was Manchester Capital Management.