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LOS ANGELES — JLL Capital Markets has arranged three separate transactions for the sale of six assets in Los Angeles County totaling $53.6 million.  Five properties are located in the San Fernando Valley and one is in West Los Angeles. JLL worked on behalf of the seller, a corporate fiduciary acting on behalf of an LLC.  The identity of the three buyers was not disclosed. All three buyers assumed existing debt on the assets.  Peter Yorck and Nick Lavin led the JLL Capital Markets investment sales and advisory team representing the seller, while Jeff Sause and Max Mraz led the JLL Capital Markets debt advisory team.  The properties are 3596 Centinela, 14311-14319 Dickens St., 12314 Moorpark, 4144 Tujunga, 12207 Riverside and 12225 Riverside.

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MESA, ARIZ. — The Opus Group has begun leasing the multifamily component of Melody on Main in Mesa.  The mixed-use project includes 335 apartment units consisting of studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Amenities include a resort-style pool, 24-hour fitness center, yoga studio, bocce ball court and a dog park and spa. Melody on Main also includes 20,000 square feet of retail space. Two of five buildings in the community are now open.  Melody on Main is scheduled to be fully complete in March 2024. Griffin Capital Co. was a co-developer on the project. MT Builders is the general contractor, and P.B. Bell is providing property management services.  Melody on Main is one of 12 communities that Griffin Capital Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund II is developing, which will comprise 4,096 units with an estimated total project cost of approximately $1.3 billion.

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CALABASAS, CALIF. — Naked Wardrobe has purchased a 90,371-square-foot office property in Calabasas for its new headquarters.  The building is located at 26541 Agoura Road. The affordable luxury clothing brand will expand from its previous location in nearby Northridge. CBRE’s Mark Perry, Michael Slater, Tom Dwyer, Caroline Bigelow  and Carlene O’Neil, along with Scott Murphy, asset manager for Ella Valley Investments, represented the sellers, Edgemark Littleton and the Murray S. Pepper Trust. ZMax Realty represented the buyer.

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BEAUMONT, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has brokered the $1.9 million sale of a newly constructed, single-tenant building located in Beaumont.  A Dutch Bros. Coffee drive-thru occupies the 920-square-foot property on a 15-year, triple-net ground lease.  Bill Asher and Jeff Lefko represented the seller and developer, Evergreen Development. Trevor Harris of Triwell Properties Inc. represented the buyer, a California-based private investor.

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NEW YORK CITY — Walker & Dunlop has arranged $81.7 million in financing for the development of three affordable housing projects totaling 179 units in The Bronx. The financing consists of $50.8 million in construction debt that was provided by CIT and $30.9 million in limited partnership equity with CBRE Investment Management. Aaron Appel, Mo Beler, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Keith Kurland and Michael Ianno of Walker & Dunlop arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Spaxel LLC and Atalaya Capital Management. Information on specific income restrictions and a construction schedule were not disclosed.

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CHESHIRE, CONN. — Regional investment firm Treetop Cos. has acquired CentConn Logistics, a 527,000-square-foot warehouse in Cheshire, located roughly midway between Hartford and New Haven. The sales price was $39 million. The site is fully entitled and approved for 238,668 square feet of new development. Brian Schulz, Kevin Welsh, Cory Gubner, Art Ross and Brad Soules of Newmark represented Treetop and the seller, DRA Advisors, in the transaction. Ari Schwartzbard and Thomas Lubeck, also with Newmark, arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing through an undisclosed life company on behalf of Treetop.  

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SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — Atlanta-based hospitality brokerage firm Hodges Ward Elliott has negotiated the sale of Marriott Saddle Brook, a 241-room hotel in Northern New Jersey. The hotel opened in 1967 and offers an indoor pool, fitness center, 8,000 square feet of meeting and event space and an onsite restaurant and bar. B.J. Patel, Jay Morrow and Coby Campbell of Hodges Ward Elliott represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer, which was also undisclosed, plans to implement a value-add program.

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HOLYOKE, MASS. — Northeast Private Client Group (NEPCG) has brokered the sale of a portfolio of five multifamily buildings totaling 109 units in the western Massachusetts community of Holyoke. The buildings offer a mix of floor plans as well as retail spaces. Taylor Perun, Alex Burr and Cameron Formica of NEPCG represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.

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MAHWAH, N.J. — Locally based investment firm The STRO Cos. has purchased an 81,000-square-foot industrial property located at 300 Route 17 in the Northern New Jersey community of Mahwah. The property was fully leased to seven tenants at the time of sale. Marc Duval, Jordan Avanzato, Howard Weinberg, Nicholas Stefans, Jason Lundy and Jose Cruz of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.

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By Tony Colvin and Michael Fitzgerald, Mid-America Real Estate In the absence of significant new construction, the evolution of the retail real estate market in Milwaukee is largely being driven by the conversion and demolition of existing spaces. Some prominent places are being reimagined in creative ways that often include multifamily and other uses in addition to retail. HUB640 in downtown Milwaukee is a perfect example. A historic building formerly occupied by a Boston Store, the property is being transformed by North Wells Capital and Urban Innovations Management. The new mixed-use project will feature Kohl’s as the retail anchor tenant, loft apartments and office space occupied by Fiserv’s corporate headquarters. Other corporate office users, including Milwaukee Tool and Northwestern Mutual, also are betting on the central business district (CBD), with Milwaukee Tool relocating upwards of 1,200 employees, and Northwestern Mutual redeveloping and enlarging its headquarters.  At the same time, new multifamily high-rises are remaking the architecture of Milwaukee including the river and lakefronts. The 25-story Ascent opened last year, and 333 North Water (31 stories) and Couture (44 stories) are on the horizon. Additionally, Iron District MKE is an 11-acre mixed-use sports and entertainment development slated to be phased in …

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