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Spring-Ranch-Apts-Colorado-Springs-CO

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — PointOne Holdings has partnered with Stillwater Capital to develop Spring Ranch Apartments, a multifamily community located in Colorado Springs. Totaling 330 units, Spring Ranch will feature a three-acre quad located between the main two buildings that will feature a pool, outdoor kitchens and fire pits, walking gardens and views of the Rocky Mountains. The property will also offer a fitness center and co-working facilities for residents. The joint venture recently closed on the site acquisition and financing for the project. Construction is slated to begin in the near future, with the first units scheduled for delivery in spring 2023.

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Glen-Bell-Way-Irvine-CA

IRVINE, CALIF. — Taiwan-based Skyline Group International has acquired Glen Bell Way, a Class A office and R&D campus located in downtown Orange County’s Irvine Spectrum. The 273,180-square-foot campus includes: 1 Glen Bell Way, a five-story office building; 3 Glen Bell Way, a one-and-two story R&D and office headquarter building; and 5 Glen Bell Way, a four-level, 911-stall parking structure. The campus is 100 percent triple-net-leased to Yum! Brands and Ford Motor Co. There are 91,457 square feet of remaining entitlements associated with the campus that can be utilized for potential future expansion/office intensification for 3 Glen Bell Way. Kevin Shannon, Paul Jones, Ken White, Brunson Howard and Brandon White of Newmark represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. The acquisition price was not released.

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BERTHOUD, COLO. — NAI Shames Makovsky has arranged the sale of a retail property located at 1111 Mountain Ave. in Berthoud, a small town near Fort Collins. 1111 Mountain Ave LLC sold the asset to 655 South Boulder LLC for $3.1 million. 7-Eleven occupies the 4,067-square-foot building on a triple-net-lease basis. Paul Cattin and Samuel Cohen of NAI Shames Makovsky represented the seller, while Robert Edwards of Blue West Capital represented the buyer in the deal.

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BOSTON — Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT) has received a $98 million loan for the refinancing of the 309-room Hilton Boston Back Bay hotel. Located near Fenway Park, the hotel offers amenities such as an indoor pool, fitness center, business center, meeting rooms and onsite food and beverage options. The nonrecourse, floating-rate loan features a four-year initial term with a one-year extension option. An undisclosed balance sheet lender provided the loan. Robert Douglas, a real estate advisory firm that specializes in providing capital solutions for the hospitality industry, assisted Ashford with this transaction.

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The-View-at-Mackenzi-York

YORK, PA. — New Jersey-based Larken Associates has begun renovations of The View at Mackenzi, a 224-unit apartment community in York. As part of the project, the company will add a community pool, an outdoor grilling area and a new clubhouse, with completion slated for early 2022. Units at the property feature two-bedroom floor plans and individual washers and dryers. Select units also offer stainless steel appliances, island breakfast bars and private balconies/patios. Existing amenities include a fitness center, walking trails, a dog park and package concierge services. Larken Associates acquired The View at Mackenzi in 2020.

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KEARNY, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $21.1 million sale of a 135,000-square-foot industrial building located within an opportunity zone in Kearny, a suburb of Newark. The property includes warehouse and manufacturing space and features clear heights of 15 to 20 feet, nine loading docks and 10,000 square feet of office space. Mark Gjonbalaj, Alan Cafiero, Ben Sgambati and David Adjmi of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Both parties were limited liability companies that requested anonymity.

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348-Atlantic-Ave.-Brooklyn

NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Alpha Realty has negotiated the $11.8 million sale of a portfolio of three multifamily properties in Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill neighborhood. The portfolio consists of 10 multifamily units and five retail spaces. The properties are located at 348 Atlantic Ave., 336 State St. and 75 Hoyt St. Lev Mavashev and Daniel Aminov of Alpha Realty represented the seller, an investment fund that was looking to liquidate its Brooklyn holdings, and procured the buyer, a European investment firm. Both parties requested anonymity.

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NEW YORK CITY — Cedar, a locally based healthcare financial technology firm, has signed a 66,753-square-foot office lease at 32 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. The lease term is five years, and the space encompasses the entire 18th and a portion of the 17th floors of the 1.2 million-square-foot building. Cedar is quadrupling its 17,000-square-foot footprint at 95 Morton Street and plans to take occupancy of its new space in the fourth quarter. Mitti Liebersohn and Evan Foley of Avison Young represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Robert Steinman represented the landlord, The Rudin Family, on an internal basis.

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seniors housing

ATLANTA — The beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic made everyone question the future, and for investors and owners in the seniors housing business sector, things were rocky. The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care reported the occupancy rate in seniors housing facilities decreased 680 basis points in 2020 to record lows. In 2021, there has been a renewed confidence in the economy as people return to working in an office and many Americans have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Additionally, occupancy rates in seniors housing properties have continued to rise. Now that things seem to be getting marginally better, the question many investors may be asking themselves is if they should buy, sell or hold assets in the current market? At the InterFace Seniors Housing Southeast conference in Atlanta, Ga. on Wednesday, Aug. 18, a group of industry-related leaders discussed the tips and tricks to survive in today’s market, as well as their predictions for the seniors housing sector in the future, during the “Investment Panel.” In a discussion lead by Marcus Van Ameringen, vice president of business development at 12 Oaks Senior Living, many of the investors in the panel mentioned the importance of making deals with …

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One Memorial Drive

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — MetLife Investment Management, the institutional asset management business of MetLife Inc., and Norges Bank Investment Management, the asset management division of Norges Bank, have acquired One Memorial Drive, a Class A office building in Cambridge, for $825.1 million. Oxford Properties Group and a fund advised by J.P. Morgan Global Alternatives sold the property for over $2,000 per square foot. Located on the Charles River about 0.7 mile from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, One Memorial Drive is a 17-story building with 409,422 square feet of leasable space. Built in 1986 and renovated in 2018, the fully occupied property has two long-term tenants, InterSystems Corp., a Cambridge-based data technology provider, and Microsoft Corp., a Redmond, Wash.-based computer software and electronics retailer. In 2017, the previous owner increased the leasable area of the building by more than 10 percent by converting an entire floor of underutilized parking into office space. The new transformed office space was then leased to InterSystems. “We continue to see significant areas of opportunity within the commercial real estate sector despite the challenges posed by the pandemic over the last 18 months,” says Robert Merck, global head of real estate and agriculture at MetLife Investment …

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