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WEST CALDWELL, N.J. — CBRE has arranged a $30.7 million loan for the refinancing of The Vail, a 92-unit apartment building in West Caldwell, about 25 miles outside of New York City. The Vail offers a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units, 20 percent of which are reserved as affordable housing, that feature individual washers and dryers in all units and private balconies in select residences. Amenities include a fitness center, community room and coworking spaces. Matthew Pizzolato, Josh Stein, Jason Gaccione, Shawn Rosenthal, Jake Salkovitz, Lauren Weinstein and Justin Helbling of CBRE arranged the loan through Principal Financial on behalf of the borrower, New Jersey-based developer Accordia.

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CHICAGO — Skender has begun construction on the 500 N. Michigan Ave. adaptive reuse project, which will convert the 400,000-square-foot office tower into 320 apartment units on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. The project team includes Connecticut-based Commonwealth Development Partners and GREC Architects. Completion is slated for late 2027. Originally designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and completed in 1968, the building rises 24 stories and 304 feet tall. The conversion will transform vacant floors three through 23 into residential dwelling units, while a new 25th floor with amenity space will be constructed atop the building, adding 17 feet to its height. Level 24 will house mechanical systems, and floors two through five will include additional amenity programming. Ground-floor retail will be retained.   Skender’s scope of work includes full interior demolition of the existing vacant office spaces, elevator modernization throughout all floors and the complete build-out of residential units and amenity spaces.

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CHICAGO AND MINNEAPOLIS — Cabot Properties has sold the North Central Portfolio, a collection of 11 industrial buildings totaling roughly 2.5 million square feet across the greater Chicago and Minneapolis markets. A global asset manager purchased the portfolio, which includes assets both developed and acquired by Cabot. Six of the properties are located in the North/Central Kane County and West Suburbs submarkets of Chicago and include four cross-dock facilities and two rear-load properties totaling approximately 1.6 million square feet. The assets have an average vintage of 2019 and feature 32-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinkler systems, 130-to-185-foot truck court depths and efficient loading configurations. The buildings are 97 percent occupied by various logistics and distribution users. The additional five buildings comprise roughly 1 million square feet across the Northwest and Southwest submarkets of Minneapolis. The rear-load facilities have an average vintage of 2014 and feature 32-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinkler systems and 130-to-155-foot truck court depths. The fully leased properties are home to distribution and light manufacturing users.

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PARMA, OHIO — Hendon Properties, in a joint venture with Axiom Realty and Peaceable Street Capital, has acquired The Shoppes at Parma in the Cleveland suburb of Parma. Anchor tenants at the 734,199-square-foot shopping center include Walmart Supercenter, Burlington, Dick’s Sporting Goods and grocer Marc’s. The deal includes six outparcels with a variety of tenants such as Crumbl Cookies, T-Mobile, Five Guys Burgers & Fries and Panera Bread. Opened in 1956, the property was formerly known as Parmatown Mall. The asset marks the fifth acquired by The Hendon Properties Opportunity Fund, which now totals more than 1.3 million square feet in its portfolio.

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VALPARAISO, IND. — McColly Bennett Commercial Advantage has negotiated the $15 million sale of a 43,500-square-foot medical office building in Valparaiso. The seller, Viking Medical Center, acquired and envisioned the future of the unfinished building two years ago. Construction on the building launched in 2018 when it was envisioned as a dialysis center. However, due to financial issues, the original tenant never took occupancy and the building sat incomplete and vacant until Viking Medical Center acquired the property and hired Hasse Construction to complete the build-out of the Class A medical facility. The two-story building features three elevators, a covered patient drop-off canopy, dedicated covered physician and staff parking and visitor parking for 182 vehicles. Adriana Gomez and Jeff Bennett of McColly Bennett marketed the property.

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CLIFTON, N.J. — Nashville-based brokerage firm Matthews has negotiated the $4.4 million sale of a portfolio of three contiguous mixed-use buildings totaling 14,500 square feet in the Northern New Jersey community of Clifton. The buildings at 233, 235 and 237 Dayton Ave. house one- and two-bedroom apartments in addition to commercial space. David Ferber of Matthews represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The name and representative of the buyer were not disclosed.

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MARLBOROUGH, MASS. — Advocates, a nonprofit organization that supports people with behavioral health disorders, disabilities and brain injuries, has signed a 95,182-square-foot office lease in the western Boston suburb of Marlborough. The deal brings the 160,649-square-foot building at 251 Locke St. to full occupancy. Alison Powers and Robert Walles of JLL represented the landlord, Related Beal, in the lease negotiations. Jon Pezzoni of Avison Young represented Advocates.

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NEW YORK CITY — National construction firm JT Magen has completed a 42,000-square-foot office project in Midtown Manhattan that is a build-to-suit for auction house Bonhams. Bonhams is relocating from a 32,000-square-foot space at 580 Madison Avenue to the four-story space at 111 W. 57th St., which will serve as the company’s new flagship location. Gensler served as the project architect.

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4950-W-1100-South-SLC-UT

SALT LAKE CITY — Seefried Industrial Properties, in partnership with Clarion Partners, has broken ground on a speculative industrial development at 4950 West 1100 South in Salt Lake City. The project is the firms’ first joint development in the Salt Lake City market. Slated for completion in third-quarter 2027, the development will feature 265,000 square feet of Class A industrial space across two buildings. The buildings will include approximately 79,465 square feet office space, 52 dock-high doors, 12 grade-level doors and 268 parking spaces. The development is designed for logistics, distribution and light manufacturing users. Big-D Construction is serving as general contractor for the project. AE Urbia Architects is architect of record, and Dominion Engineering is serving as civil engineer. Tom Freeman, Jeremy Jensen, Travis Healey and Rob Parise of Colliers are handling marketing and leasing efforts for the development.

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FOLSOM, CALIF. — USA Properties and Strand Financial has sold Talavera, a 293-unit apartment property in Folsom, located outside of Sacramento. New York-based Sentinel Real Estate acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Marc Ross, Eli Hanacek, Joe McNamara and Claire Holt of CBRE represented the sellers in the deal. According to CBRE, Talavera is the first property to become available in the Folsom submarket in four years. Located at 1550 Broadstone Parkway, the four-building community features studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments. The elevator-served property also offers a pool, hot tub, courtyard, fitness center, package lockers, pet spa, EV charging stations, fire pits, resident garages, 506 parking spaces and a DIY (do it yourself) workshop.

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