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ANN ARBOR, MICH. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $17.8 million in joint venture equity and $39.9 million in construction financing for Avant, a 253-unit multifamily project in Ann Arbor. With an anticipated completion date of April 2023, Avant will include one-, two- and three-bedroom units averaging 1,029 square feet with a mix of flats and townhomes. Amenities will include a dog park, clubhouse, pool, walking trail, fitness center, bike parking and personal storage. Matthew Schoenfeldt of JLL represented the development team, S.R. Jacobson Development Corp. and ARCO Construction, and arranged the equity partnership with a life insurance company. Flagstar Bank provided the 42-month, floating-rate construction loan.

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MUNDELEIN, ILL. — Bridge Industrial has acquired land at 290 Townline Road in Mundelein, a northern suburb of Chicago. The developer plans to build Bridge Point Mundelein, a 320,196-square-foot speculative industrial project. Plans call for 271 car parking stalls, 101 trailer parking stalls, two drive-in doors and a clear height of 36 feet. Located in the Lake County submarket, the infill project offers direct access to the four-way intersection at I-94 and Route 60. Construction is scheduled to begin immediately with completion slated for the third quarter of 2022. Whit Heitman, Sam Badger and Jared Paff of CBRE brokered the land sale.

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NORTH AURORA, ILL. — A joint venture between PCCP and Transwestern Development Co. is building a 173,400-square-foot speculative industrial facility in North Aurora along the I-88 corridor. Construction is scheduled to begin in October with completion slated for the second quarter of 2022. Situated on nine acres at 950 Ice Cream Drive, the Class A building will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 42 trailer parking stalls, car parking and exterior docks. Transwestern Development currently has 34 industrial projects totaling 18.4 million square feet under construction or in pre-development stages nationwide.

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OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — A group of private investors led by LANE4 Property Group has purchased an 83,000-square-foot office building in Overland Park for an undisclosed price. Located at 4551 W. 107th St., the three-story property is fully leased. Allied National Inc., a third-party administrator in the health insurance and benefits industry, occupies the majority of the building. Kessinger Hunter represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.

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CHICAGO — Law firm Cooley has signed a 30,000-square-foot office lease at Bank of America Tower in Chicago. Cooley is slated to relocate from its current coworking space to the new property in the second quarter of 2022. Developed by Howard Hughes Corp. and Riverside Investment & Development Co., Bank of America Tower is located at 110 N. Wacker St. It rises 55 stories and spans 1.5 million square feet. Other tenants at the building include HPS Capital Partners, Longshore Capital Partners, Chartwell Financial Advisory and SE Capital. Cooley launched its Chicago office in May of this year.

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DANBURY, CONN. — California-based FPA Multifamily has purchased Hillcroft Village, a 192-unit apartment complex in Danbury, about 70 miles north of New York City. The property was built on 10.5 acres in 1971. Units feature an average size of 988 square feet, as well as individual washers and dryers and private balconies/patios. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, playground and a resident clubhouse. Victor Nolletti, Eric Pentore and Wes Klockner of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller, a venture partner of Timberline Real Estate Ventures LLC, in the transaction. The team also procured FPA Multifamily as the buyer.

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GLEN RIDGE, N.J. — JMF Properties has begun leasing Clarus Glen Ridge, a 110-unit apartment complex in Glen Ridge, located in Northern New Jersey’s Essex County. The property offers one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a fitness center, theater room, parlor with a wet bar, business center, dog park and storage lockers. Rents start at roughly $2,600 per month for a one-bedroom unit. Construction began in May 2019.

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. — New Jersey-based brokerage firm Gebroe-Hammer Associates has arranged the $21.4 million sale of a portfolio of five multifamily properties totaling 134 units in Jersey City. Niko Nicolaou of Gebroe-Hammer represented the seller, Coltown Properties, and procured the buyer, West of Hudson Properties, in the transaction. Brad Domenico of Progress Capital arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing on behalf of the new ownership.

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FAIRFIELD, N.J. — Private equity real estate firm Sitex Group has acquired a 30,000-square-foot warehouse located in the Northern New Jersey community of Fairfield. The seller was an undisclosed private investor. David Zimmel of Zimmel Associates brokered the deal and has been retained as the leasing agent. Sitex Group plans to implement a value-add program and make the property available for occupancy in summer 2022.

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MINNEAPOLIS — The Telos Group and 601W Cos. have received $250 million in financing for The Dayton’s Project, a historic redevelopment of 700 Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis. The 12-story property was previously occupied by Dayton’s department store, which rebranded as Macy’s in 2004 before closing its doors in 2017. The 1.2 million-square-foot project will include office space, 200,000 square feet of dining and retail, and a 45,000-square-foot food hall and market. Office amenities will include a rooftop terrace with views of the Minneapolis skyline, private lounge and library spaces, and a 10,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art health club.  Over the past few months, the development has been at the center of legal drama between developer 601W Cos. and Monarch Alternative Capital, which holds the mezzanine loan on the project, according to reports by Twin Cities Business (TCB).  601W sued Monarch in June of this year, with Monarch countering through the advertisement of a foreclosure sale of 601W’s equity interests in the property under technical default for not meeting leasing obligations, according to TCB. Hennepin County District Judge Susan Burke granted 601W a temporary injunction to secure new financing, thereby stopping the foreclosure sale that had been set for Aug. 23. Jaime Fink, …

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