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WASHINGTON, D.C. — J.P. Morgan Chase has provided a $75.6 million construction loan to Urban Atlantic and Triden Development Group for The Reynard, a 344-unit apartment development in Washington, D.C. The property will be part of The Parks at Walter Reed, a 66-acre redevelopment of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center in northwest D.C. The project represents the eighth ground-up project at the mixed-use campus. Urban Atlantic and Triden, in partnership with an opportunity zone investment from CrossHarbor Capital Partners, will build the apartment building on a 2.3-acre site adjacent to the Whole Foods Market-anchored Parks Marketplace. Amenities at The Reynard will include coworking space, a fitness center, resort-style pool and a maker space with podcast studios. Unit types range from studios to three -bedrooms, including 11 live-work units with storefronts along Georgia Avenue and 26 income-restricted apartments reserved for households earning 80 percent or less of the area median income. Bozzuto will manage The Reynard upon completion, which is expected to be roughly 24 months following the ground breaking.

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ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Continental Realty Corp. (CRC) has sold 101 North Ripley Apartments, a 189-unit multifamily community in Alexandria formerly known as Parkwood Court. CRC sold the property for $50.1 million, or approximately $265,000 per unit. The Baltimore-based company originally purchased the community in 2011 for $23 million, or $121,000 per unit. Washington, D.C.-based Willow Creek Partners purchased 101 North Ripley, which offers seven different floor plans in one-, two- and three-bedroom configurations. Bill Roohan, Robert Dean and Jonathan Greenberg of CBRE brokered the transaction. CRC recently invested in capital improvements at the apartment community, including the installation of new windows and sliding patio doors and the conversion of an outdoor pool into a parking lot with 45 spaces.

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LAUREL, MD. — Catalyst Healthcare Real Estate and Bain Capital Real Estate have broken ground on a 60,000-square-foot medical office building in Laurel, a city about midway between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The property will be connected to the University of Maryland Capital Region Health Hospital by an enclosed skyway and offer outpatient services, including family medicine, imaging, internal medicine, oncology, orthopedics, pharmacy, physical therapy, OB/GYN and dialysis. The building, which will feature about 3,000 square feet of commercial space, is the first phase of the master plan that will include the development of 11 healthcare buildings, as well as retail, restaurants and green space. Catalyst Healthcare and Bain Capital plan to open the property in summer 2023.

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KENNESAW AND NORCROSS, GA. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the $28.1 million sale of a three-property light industrial and flex portfolio in metro Atlanta totaling 172,881 square feet. Matt Wirth, Ralph Smalley, Jim Freeman and Max Coffin of JLL represented the seller, Deerfield Beach, Fla-based Geneva Group, in the transaction. Miami-based Adler Real Estate Partners was the buyer. The properties included a 46,808-square-foot facility at 1965 Vaughn Road in Norcross, a 61,073-square-foot light industrial building at 4955 Avalon Ridge Parkway in Norcross and a 65,000-square-foot flex property at 1155 Roberts Blvd. in Kennesaw. Completed between 1992 and 1996, the Norcross buildings feature 22-foot clear heights, 27 dock-high doors, four drive-in doors and approximately 3.5 years of weighted average remaining lease term. The Kennesaw asset was built in 1991 and houses two unnamed, globally recognized tenants with over six years of weighted average remaining lease term.

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BENBROOK, TEXAS — Locally based developer Jackson-Shaw has broken ground on Chisholm 20, a 917,374-square-foot industrial project in Benbrook, a southwestern suburb of Fort Worth. Chisholm 20’s four buildings will range in size from 80,773 to 377,844 square feet and will feature clear heights of 32 to 36 feet and ample trailer parking. Ridgemont Commercial Construction is the general contractor for the project, GSR Andrade is the architect and Kimley-Horn is the civil engineering firm. Veritex Community Bank and Comerica Bank provided construction financing. Jackson-Shaw has tapped CBRE to lease the development. Completion is slated for the third quarter of 2023.

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PASADENA, TEXAS — Three Pillars Capital Group has sold Red Pines Apartments, a 243-unit multifamily property located in the eastern Houston suburb of Pasadena. Units come in one, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include a pool, outdoor kitchen, dog park and a children’s play area. An undisclosed, Texas-based private equity firm purchased the asset. The sales price was also undisclosed, but the deal yielded an internal rate of return of 22 percent for Three Pillars Capital and its investment partners following its purchase in early 2021 and the implementation of a value-add program.

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HOUSTON — Lev, a commercial financing platform based in New York City, has arranged an $11.7 million bridge loan for the refinancing of an undisclosed, 292-unit multifamily property in Houston. Justin Piasecki, Richard Sutton and Max Lipner of Lev originated the three-year, floating-rate, interest-only loan. The borrower, Los Angeles-based Claridge Properties, originally acquired the asset in December 2020 and subsequently implemented a range of capital improvements.

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DALLAS — Colliers has brokered the sale of a 160,000-square-foot office complex located at 12160 & 12170 Abrams Road in North Dallas. The two-building complex is situated within the East LBJ Freeway submarket. Cody Payne, Michael Tran and Austin Edelmon of Colliers represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. Payne also secured a private investor as the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.

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ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated an 86,240-square-foot industrial lease at 2101 Exchange Drive in Arlington. According to LoopNet Inc., the building part of Great Southwest Distribution Center. Reed Parker and Mark Graybill of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Link Industrial Properties, in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the tenant were not disclosed.

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LAKE ZURICH, ILL. — Monarch Realty Partners has negotiated the sale of Somerset by the Lake Apartments in the Chicago suburb of Lake Zurich for $13 million. Constructed in 2019, the 48-unit apartment complex features one- and two-bedroom floor plans. The property features a large parking lot and is situated adjacent to Breezewald Park. Bill Baumann of Monarch brokered the transaction. Buyer and seller information was not provided.

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