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STEUBENVILLE, OHIO — Mohr Capital, a Dallas-based, privately held real estate investment firm, has sold a ground lease occupied by Texas Roadhouse in Steubenville, nearly 40 miles west of Pittsburgh. The sales price was undisclosed. The restaurant property is located across the street from Fort Steuben Mall. Mohr acquired the ground lease in 2019 upon the launch of its retail acquisition and redevelopment division. Rob Solls of Mohr represented the company on an internal basis. The Mansour Group procured the buyer, a private investment company. Texas Roadhouse maintains over 630 restaurants in 49 states and 10 countries worldwide. The Steubenville location is a corporate-owned restaurant.

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By Mary Cook, Mary Cook Associates As a commercial interiors firm, a question we hear a lot recently is “Are multifamily developers renovating amenities because of the pandemic?” The answer is a bit more nuanced than a straight “yes” or “no.” No, entire amenity floors are not being ripped out and re-thought in direct response to changes stemming from the pandemic. But yes, long-term lifestyle trends are emerging from the pandemic that should be a factor when redesigning amenity spaces for other reasons — whether they aren’t resonating with residents as anticipated, or simply look a bit outdated. After all, the key to creating successful, appealing amenities is understanding the attitudes and preferences of the residents that will use them. With that in mind, here are four priorities owners and operators should focus on when renovating amenities in a post-COVID world: Indoor-outdoor connections Early in the pandemic, the ability to open to the outdoors was the No. 1 factor that allowed indoor amenities to continue functioning. One year later and access to open-air amenities is still a top feature, according to Rent Café. And it’s easy to see why. People behave differently outside, feeling more at ease and comfortable, and …

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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Jamestown, an Atlanta-based developer and owner of adaptive mixed-use developments around the world, has partnered with Southeast real estate developers William Cogswell and Jay Weaver to redevelop the 45-acre North Charleston Navy Yard. Decommissioned in 1996 but still home to dozens of companies, the waterfront campus will be reimagined into a 1.2 million-square-foot mixed-use neighborhood called Navy Yard Charleston. The project will add new office space, residences, shopping and dining to the nearby Park Circle neighborhood, as well as new green spaces, a concert hall and an outdoor events venue. The development team expects to break ground and begin renovations this year. No other construction timelines or associated costs were disclosed. While Navy Yard Charleston will go through extensive renovations, the team has made a commitment to preserve the area’s architectural detail and history, and bring new amenities to the community. The team also plans to establish a neighborhood employment program, which will reserve project-specific positions for local residents who live within the neighborhood and include a training program to help job seekers enhance their skills. Beginning its operation as a working dry dock in 1901, the Navy Yard maintained a naval presence on the North …

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SANTA ROSA, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged financing for development of The Lodge at Piner Road, a 92-unit seniors housing community. Blue Mountain Enterprises and Calson Management are developing the property, located in Santa Rosa, part of Sonoma County. Although the amount of the financing was undisclosed, it represents a 75 percent loan-to-cost ratio. A private lender provided the funds. The Class A property will total 37,762 square feet and consist of 66 assisted living units and 26 private memory care units. The property is adjacent to both a local bus stop and a Sonoma-Marin Rail Transit (SMART) station, which was recently completed in 2017, to allow connectivity to both Santa Rosa and San Francisco. Bercut Smith led the JLL Capital Markets team in the financing.

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LOS ANGELES — Xenon Investment Corp. has purchased The Hollywood Regency Apartments, a multifamily property located at 1635-1639 N. Martel Ave. in the West Hollywood submarket of Los Angeles. A Los Angeles-based private partnership sold the asset for $21.3 million, or $355,000 per unit. Built in 1972, the four-story, 67,329-square-foot building features 60 apartments, an open-air courtyard, pool and 105 parking spaces. The units have an average size of 1,100 square feet with a mix of 39 one-bedroom apartments and 21 two-bedroom apartments. Matthew Kanner of The Kanner Group of KW Commercial represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.

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CERES, CALIF. — Yosemite Properties has completed sale of Whitmore Plaza, a shopping center located at 2517-2617 Mitchell Road and 2908-2920 E. Whitmore Ave. in Ceres. Save Mart Portfolio Owner NLP CA LLC acquired the asset from Yosemite Properties for $18.4 million. Save Mart grocery store and Planet Fitness anchor the 115,396-square-foot property. Greg Aguirre of Sacramento-based Capital Rivers Commercial and Jeff Lefko of Corona Del Mar-based Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors represented the seller in the deal.

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SALEM, ORE. — Norris & Stevens has arranged the sale of Riverbend Apartments, a multifamily property located at 1225, 1241 and 1253 Riverbend Road NW in Salem. Riverbend Viking LLC acquired the asset from 3030 Riverbend LLC for $9.5 million. Totaling 41,820 square feet, the three-building property opened in summer 2020. Riverbend Apartments features 48 units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts. Units feature vinyl plank flooring, stainless steel appliances, washers/dryers, cadet heating units and ductless cooling. David Chatfield and Cameron Mercer of Portland-based Norris & Stevens represented the buyer, while Greg Goodenough of Premiere Property Group represented the seller in the deal.

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PHOENIX — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of a two-tenant medical office building located at 349 E. Coronado Road in Phoenix. A limited liability company sold the property to a California-based buyer in a 1031 exchange for $4.3 million. Arizona Digestive Health and Phoenix Endoscopy occupy the 11,760-square-foot asset, which was built in 2003 on 1.7 acres. The property is 60 percent medical office and 40 percent licensed surgery center. Alan Laulainen, Chris Lind and Mark Ruble of Marcus & Millichap’s Phoenix office represented the seller in the deal.

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BIRMINGHAM AND HOOVER, ALA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of two multifamily properties in the Birmingham area. The first property is Chace Lake Villas, a 264-unit asset in Birmingham that sold for $31.4 million, or $118,826 per unit. The second is Renaissance at Galleria, a 244-unit property in Hoover that traded at $26.8 million, which represents $110,000 per apartment. Chace Lake Villas was built in 1996 on 13 acres and Renaissance at Galleria was constructed in 1994. Jacobs represented the seller, the West Palm Beach, Florida-based Myers Apartment Group and procured the buyer, Carter Funds.

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DALLAS — Fort Worth-based based investment and development firm Crescent Real Estate LLC has re-acquired The Crescent, a 1.3 million-square-foot mixed-use property in Uptown Dallas. The property was originally built in 1986 and consists of a luxury hotel, three office towers and retail/restaurant space. According to The Dallas Morning News, the sales price was upwards of $700 million. The 11-acre property was part of Crescent Real Estate’s initial public offering in 1994. After a later sale, Crescent Real Estate re-acquired the asset in 2009 in partnership with Barclays. This latest acquisition of the property marks its third stint under Crescent Real Estate’s ownership; however, the firm has continued to lease and manage The Crescent since 1994. The previous owner completed $33 million in renovations in 2016. “I chose the Crescent name for our company because I loved the asset — its quality, timeless architecture and iconic nature,” said John Goff, chairman of Crescent Real Estate. “To acquire it, now for the third time, is exciting for me personally and the entire Crescent team.”

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