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JANESVILLE, WIS. — Zilber Property Group plans to develop two speculative industrial buildings in Janesville, about 70 miles southwest of Milwaukee. Totaling over 350,000 square feet, the nearly identical buildings will be constructed on a 25-acre site located immediately north of the Beloit Avenue and Highway 11 intersection. Construction is expected to begin this spring following municipal approvals. Completion is slated for this fall. Building features will include a clear height of 32 feet, onsite trailer parking, expandable truck loading options and LED lighting. The project team includes Zimmerman Architectural Studios, Pinnacle Engineering Group and Riley Construction. Michael Kleber, Zilber’s director of industrial leasing, will manage lease-up.

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CINCINNATI — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the sale of a 25,600-square-foot retail center located at 7074 Harrison Ave. in Cincinnati for $3 million. The property was 94 percent leased at the time of sale to seven tenants. Constructed in 2006, the two-story building sits on 2.3 acres. Patrick Metz of Stan Johnson represented the seller, a California-based private investor. MAGNA Properties, an Ohio-based individual investor, purchased the asset as part of a 1031 exchange. The sale reflects a cap rate of 9.1 percent.

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Montreux

PHOENIX — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) has brokered the $117 million sale of Montreux, a 335-unit luxury multifamily property located within the master-planned community of Desert Ridge in Phoenix.  Montreux offers a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units averaging 1,058 square feet with 9-foot ceilings; sound-absorbing mechanisms that assist in mitigating sound transfer; fiber-optic high-speed internet; keyless entry; and motion sensor management. Shared amenities at the property include a clubhouse, rooftop terrace, creative workshop, game room, fitness center, dog park, two resort-style swimming pools, a business center, and tennis, bocce and pickleball courts.  Completed in 2020, Montreux is located adjacent to Loop 101, State Route 51 and Interstate 17 — three of the most traveled freeways in Arizona. It is also near the corporate headquarters for Sprouts Farmers Market and offices for American Express, Vanguard, Nationwide, Axon and the Mayo Clinic Hospital. The community was 60 percent occupied at the time of sale. Steve Gebing and Cliff David of IPA represented the seller, The Statesman Group, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Pacific Development Partners. “The Phoenix MSA continues to be among the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the nation with a wide range of industries that attract a …

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  2020 was a year of job losses and difficulties for many. There was a great deal of need for affordable housing but also challenges for those seeking to provide it. Process delays caused by COVID-19 and slowdowns in funding hampered efforts to develop affordable housing, according to Gregg Gerken, Head of U.S. Commercial Real Estate with TD Bank. The question is: will the affordable housing and workforce housing ​ industry be better served by 2021? The problem of affordable housing is one seen in many communities, irrespective of geography. “I think some communities have the equivalent of workforce housing, which in many cases is affordable. But when you get into a lot of the more expensive urban areas and densely populated cities there’s this issue of supply and demand — there just isn’t enough supply of affordable housing to really reach the demand,” Gerken says. How have government programs and policies affected the affordable housing sector? How will renters and landlords be impacted by these programs going forward? What happens after the end of the eviction moratorium? Watch the interview for Gerken’s insights on affordable housing development. This article is posted as part of REBusinessOnline’s Finance Insight series. Click here to subscribe to the Finance Insight newsletter, a …

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By Doug Fura, Farbman Group With 2020 in the rearview mirror, hopes for a healthier and more prosperous 2021 seem likely to lead to economic and development surges in markets across the country. In Detroit, where the industrial market has been a clear bright spot in a pandemic-altered development landscape, industry professionals remain optimistic that development momentum won’t be slowing anytime soon. How realistic is that optimism, where does industrial stand right now and what’s in store for Detroit? No signs of slowing down The Detroit industrial real estate market is easily the tightest I’ve seen at any point in the last 40+ years. We are seeing speculative construction for the first time in over a decade. Even more impressive is the fact that, for the most part, that space is being leased up before the buildings are completed. While construction costs are at record highs, they are still dramatically lower than in many/most other large markets across the country. E-commerce influence Who and what is driving that demand? The 500-pound gorilla is Amazon, but the boom in e-commerce extends well beyond one company, no matter how influential. The market was already evolving prior to the pandemic, but COVID-19 has …

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Oak Hill Apartments

ORLANDO AND TAMPA, FLA. — New Jersey-based Dasmen Residential has acquired five apartment communities in Orlando and Tampa for a total of $102 million. Dasmen acquired the portfolio from Amzak Capital Management and The Focus Group using $15 million of equity raised from 275 investors on CrowdStreet. The CrowdStreet offering was oversubscribed, and investors on CrowdStreet pledged $22.9 million in offers in less than 18 hours. The transaction also included $33 million of total investor equity, as well as a $76.4 million Freddie Mac loan provided and serviced by Greystone. With 1,011 units total, the five apartment properties are 92 percent occupied. The names and addresses of the Orlando communities include Addington Place Apartments at 4757 Silver Star Road, Oak Hill Apartments at 4500 Silver Star Road and Oakmont Apartments at 3024 Rio Grande Ave. The properties in Tampa include Jasmine Terrace Apartments at 1250 Skipper Road and Laurel Crossings Apartments at 13101 Aarans Pond Drive. Dasmen plans to give the properties upgrades to individual units and common areas. The capital improvements will include rebranding all five communities. Mike Donaldson and Nick Meoli of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers in the transaction.

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MIAMI — SH Hotels & Resorts, an affiliate of global private investment firm Starwood Capital Group led by Barry Sternlicht, will open the Treehouse Hotel in Miami’s Brickell district in 2023. Rockwell Group and SHoP Architects are the designers of the development, which will be the first U.S. Treehouse Hotel. The first Treehouse Hotel debuted in London in 2019. Treehouse Brickell will be a 62-story hotel with 191 rooms. The property is filled with repurposed materials and found objects, like reclaimed flooring, wood beams and mismatched lighting. The hotel will feature two rooftop pools, with several bar and snack options. The main dining area will have a designated terrace and private bar. Treehouse Hotel has environmentally conscious features including rainwater harvesting and reuse, low-carbon energy materials, electric car recharging stations and bike parking. JDS Development Group is a team of innovators and builders based in New York. Rockwell Group is an architecture and design firm based in New York.

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YPSILANTI, MICH. — Bernard Financial Group has arranged a $74.9 million HUD-insured loan for the refinancing of a multifamily property in Ypsilanti. The loan is the largest 223(f) HUD loan in over 30 years, according to Southfield-based Bernard Financial. The borrower was LITW LLC. Dennis Bernard and Dan Duggan of Bernard Financial arranged the loan with Gershman Mortgage. Further loan terms and property details were undisclosed.

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LEWIS CENTER, OHIO — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of a 583,000-square-foot distribution center in Lewis Center within metro Columbus for an undisclosed price. Located at 8355 Highfield Drive, the property is fully leased to a manufacturer of trucks, buses and construction equipment. Constructed in 1988, the building features a clear height of 24 feet, 32 dock-high doors, four drive-in doors and LED lighting. Coler Yokam, Robin Stolberg, Kurt Sarbaugh and Dan Wendorf of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between Covington Group and Castlelake. Equity Industrial Partners purchased the asset. Additionally, JLL arranged a 10-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan with an insurance company.

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BRISTOL, WIS. — Visual Pak Cos. has signed a 472,176-square-foot industrial lease at Bristol Highlands Commerce Center in Bristol, about 14 miles west of Kenosha. The Waukegan, Ill.-based company, which provides contract packaging and manufacturing solutions for food, personal care, automotive and healthcare brands, will occupy an entire building at the business park. Visual Pak is scheduled to take occupancy in the second quarter after interior improvements are completed. Whit Heitman of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Jeff Hoffman and Eric Fischer of Cushman & Wakefield | Boerke, along with Tim Thompson of HSA Commercial Real Estate, represented ownership, HSA Commercial Real Estate and Washington Capital Management.

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