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GeorgiaIndustrialLeasing ActivitySoutheast

CJ Logistics America Signs 1 MSF Lease at Distribution Facility in Locust Grove, Georgia

by Julia Sanders

LOCUST GROVE, GA. — CJ Logistics America, a Des Plaines, Ill.-based supply chain company, has signed a 1 million-square-foot lease at Locust Grove Distribution Center in Locust Grove, about 37 miles south of downtown Atlanta. CJ Logistics signed a full-building, 10-year lease at 700 Price Drive with the landlord, Manulife Investment Management. Part of a 311-acre business park, Locust Grove Distribution Center is a recently constructed, Class A industrial facility that features dedicated ingress and egress, 36-foot clear heights, trailer parking and 146 dock doors. Tyler Fann and Adam Richards of Reliant Real Estate Partners oversee industrial leasing at Locust Grove Distribution Center. Lynn Reich, Suzanne Serino, Sean Boswell and Scott Plomgren of Colliers International represented CJ Logistics in the lease transaction.

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Sentral West Midtown
DevelopmentGeorgiaMultifamilySoutheast

Sentral Completes 409-Unit Multifamily Community at Star Metals Development in Atlanta

by Julia Sanders

ATLANTA — Sentral has completed Sentral West Midtown at Star Metals in Atlanta’s West Midtown neighborhood. Located at 1050 Howell Mill Road, Sentral West Midtown at Star Metals is a 409-unit community that offers a flexible living model in which residents and guests can live at the property for any period of time from one month to several years. Paces Properties and Allen Morris Co. are co-developers of Star Metals. The property offers studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans that come either unfurnished or furnished. Community amenities include a curated year-round events calendar, rooftop pool and grilling area, fitness center, dog spa, networking café and various indoor and outdoor coworking spaces. Sentral West Midtown at Star Metals features food and beverage offerings including Prevail Coffee; Savi Provisions, a specialty grocer; Wagamama, a UK- based pan-Asian restaurant chain; and Sweetgreen, the fast-casual salad chain. Starting in 2022, qualifying residents at Sentral West Midtown will be able to use Sentral’s homesharing service, which will allow residents to rent out their apartments with short-term stays with a two-night minimum. Sentral will handle all homesharing logistics, including housekeeping, photography, insurance and 24-hour service. The homesharing program will enable residents to offset 25 percent or …

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Affordable HousingDevelopmentMultifamily

Kittle Opens 135-Unit Workforce Housing Community in Slidell, Louisiana

by Julia Sanders

SLIDELL, LA. — Indianapolis, Ind.-based Kittle Property Group Inc. has opened The Lofts at Canterbury, a Phase III workforce housing development in Slidell. The property features one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments ranging from 685 square feet to 1,110 square feet. The 135-unit community has a total of 39 one-bedroom, 64 two bedroom and 32 three-bedroom apartment homes. The units feature faux-wood flooring, a washer and dryer in each home, balconies and ceiling fans. Garages are also available for rent to residents. Community amenities include a fitness center, game room, community room, business center and pool. The Lofts at Canterbury is a pet-friendly community. Located at 301 Spartan Drive, Lofts at Canterbury is located about 31.5 miles from New Orleans.

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IndianaLoansMidwestMultifamily

Columbia Pacific Advisors Provides $66M Bridge Loan for Acquisition of Apartment Community in South Bend

by Kristin Harlow

SOUTH BEND, IND. — Columbia Pacific Advisors Bridge Lending has provided a $66 million bridge loan to fund the acquisition of Prosper Apartments in South Bend. The 739-unit, garden-style apartment community is located at 3001 E. Jefferson Blvd. The property comprises 28 buildings across 47 acres. Amenities include a theater room, fitness center, indoor pool, billiards room, playground, dog park and community room. H&A Properties was the borrower. The property was 99 percent leased at the time of loan closing. Loan terms were not disclosed.

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HealthcareLoansMidwestOhio

Greystone Funds $50.1M Bridge Loan for Acquisition of Six-Property Skilled Nursing Portfolio in Ohio

by Kristin Harlow

OHIO — Greystone has provided a $50.1 million bridge loan for the acquisition of a six-property skilled nursing portfolio in Ohio. The communities total 719 beds and are located in Berea, Cleveland, Clyde, Kent and Waterville. Fred Levine of Greystone originated the floating-rate, interest-only loan through Greystone’s nonrecourse bridge loan program. Greystone says it will work with the borrower to secure a permanent HUD-insured loan for the skilled nursing portfolio as soon as possible. The borrower was undisclosed.

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AcquisitionsIndustrialMichiganMidwest

Lee Contracting Acquires 235,963 SF Former Printing Facility in Walker, Michigan

by Kristin Harlow

WALKER, MICH. — Lee Contracting has acquired the former Grand Rapids Press printing plant campus at 3100 Walker Ridge Drive in Walker, a suburb of Grand Rapids. The industrial contractor plans to open a new satellite office at the facility. This will be Lee’s first location outside of Pontiac, where the company is headquartered. The Grand Rapids office will start by offering electrical and mechanical services, with rigging and machinery moving and concrete machine foundations to follow. The 235,963-square-foot warehouse includes a 40,000-square-foot office space. The facility closed last year after MLive Media Group announced it would transfer production of eight of its newspapers to Cleveland. Bob Horn of JLL represented Lee in the purchase. MLive sold the facility for $9.7 million, according to local media reports.

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DevelopmentIllinoisMidwestRetail

Summit Design + Build Completes Four-Story Gym, Retail Project Near Chicago’s Wrigley Field

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — Summit Design + Build has completed construction of 1111 W. Addison in Chicago’s Wrigleyville neighborhood. The four-story, 59,000-square-foot project features retail space on the ground floor and a fitness and bouldering center on the second through fourth floors. The 41,895-square-foot climbing gym is home to Movement Wrigleyville, a climbing, yoga and fitness center. Hirsch/MPG Architecture + Planning was the project architect and Clausen Management Services was the owner’s representative.

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IllinoisLeasing ActivityMidwestOffice

Headline Solar Signs 15,690 SF Office Lease at Bell Works Chicagoland

by Kristin Harlow

HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — Headline Solar has signed a 15,690-square-foot office lease at Bell Works Chicagoland, the redevelopment of the former AT&T campus in Hoffman Estates. The solar panel installation company will make the office its national headquarters. Headline Solar currently operates in Texas and Illinois and plans to expand to Virginia, Florida and the Carolinas by 2023. The company expects to take occupancy of its new space in the first quarter of 2022. Headline Solar joins office tenants Platinum Home Mortgage, CPA Advisors Group, Mosquito Hunters and The Next Unicorn at Bell Works Chicagoland. Somerset Development is the owner and developer.

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The-JACX-Queens
LoansNew YorkNortheastOfficeTop Stories

Tishman Speyer Receives $425M Green Bond Refinancing for JACX Office Building in Queens

by Taylor Williams

LONG ISLAND CITY — Locally based developer Tishman Speyer has received a $425 million green bond refinancing for The JACX, a 1.2 million-square-foot office complex in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. Built in 2019 and fully leased at the time of closing, The JACX consists of two 26-story office towers connected by a five-story base. According to the developer, the property represents the single largest addition to the supply of office space in Long Island City since the opening of the Citicorp Building in 1990. The development houses more than 50,000 square feet of retail space, including a food hall with nine culinary concepts, a restaurant by chef Dan Kluger and an upscale grocer. Other amenities include a fitness center operated by The Wright Fit, a landscaped public plaza, access to multiple public transit lines and a 175-space bike parking area with showers. MdeAS Architects designed the building to LEED Silver certifications, and environmentally friendly features include a 100,000-gallon stormwater reclamation system and an air filtration system. These assets made the property eligible for the green bond refinancing, which Bank of America originated. The transaction retires existing construction debt with permanent CMBS financing. “Tishman Speyer is dedicated to …

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CaliforniaIndustrialMarket ReportsWesternWestern Market Reports

Industrial is the Belle of the Ball in LA

by Jeff Shaw

By Robert Flores, Senior Vice President, CBRE Not too long ago, industrial real estate was generally viewed as an obscure and often unpopular subset of commercial real estate. Instead of owning a concrete box, many investors and developers were drawn to the flashier structures in Central Business Districts and hip submarkets. Fast forward a few short years, and industrial has firmly taken center stage for many who might have previously shunned the sector. The Greater Los Angeles area is one of the beneficiaries. The Greater Los Angeles region is the second-largest metro in the U.S. and is home to some of the nation’s most critical infrastructure. With the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach accounting for more than 40 percent of the country’s inbound container traffic and Los Angeles International Airport serving as a major gateway for passengers and air cargo, the local industrial market is ground zero for industrial users. At the close of the second quarter, the Greater Los Angeles industrial market totaled more than 1 billion square feet of rentable space with a vacancy rate of just above 1.5 percent, according to our CBRE research. Based on current activity levels and leasing velocity in the market, …

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