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FAIRFAX, VA. — Insight Property Group has broken ground on the redevelopment of the Hunters Branch office property in Fairfax within Northern Virginia. Brian Crivella, Brian Gould, Patrick McGlohn, Bill Gribbin, Yalda Ghamarian, Hunter Wood, Patrick Cunningham and Natalie Hershey of Berkadia arranged equity and construction financing for the $174.6 million project. The lenders, CIBC and Citizens Bank, jointly provided a $107.7 million nonrecourse construction loan. In March, Insight sold a portion of the Hunters Branch property, consisting of two vacant office buildings totaling 400,000 square feet, to Toll Brothers for $17 million. The national homebuilder will develop 76 stacked townhomes on the parcel. Insight will develop the balance of the site into a 452-unit apartment community while preserving 656 parking spaces in the existing garage. Resident amenities will include a fitness center, clubroom, coworking library, private dining space, a pool, outdoor grilling areas, a pet spa and dog park, along with expanded outdoor recreation space tied to the adjacent Hunters Branch Park. The project site is situated a quarter-mile from the Vienna Metro Station. Acquired for $28.9 million in a direct REO (Real Estate-Owned) transaction in November 2024, the original office property was not zoned at the time and …

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By Taylor Williams Much like the two major cities that border its northern and southern ends, New Jersey is, for retailers, restaurant groups and entertainment operators that are serious about establishing and growing national footprints, a market that checks every key box.  Yet for all the similarities between the Manhattan or Center City Philadelphia retail markets that also apply to New Jersey — tight availability of space, high rents, time-consuming regulatory processes, strong residential density, healthy disposable incomes — brokers and owners that call the Garden State home also know that it’s a market unto itself.  “Northern New Jersey is not the same as New York City,” confirms John Azarian, CEO of The Azarian Group, a longtime owner-operator of shopping centers in New Jersey and New York. “Retailers that want to venture into New York City want a different environment, and while we have a lot of density in Northern New Jersey, it’s just not the same as New York City. But if retailers are willing to do deals with different [store] formats, their businesses can do just as well here.” Kevin Pelio, Azarian’s executive vice president of leasing, says that tenants that started in other parts of the country …

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IRVING, TEXAS — Newmark has arranged the sale and financing of The Towers at Williams Square, a 1.4 million-square-foot office campus in Irving’s Las Colinas district. The Towers at Williams Square consists of four buildings, three of which are interconnected, and that recently underwent $25 million in renovations across the lobbies, amenity spaces and other common areas. Chris Murphy, Gary Carr, Robert Hill and Austin Sheahan of Newmark represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Andrew Porteous, Clint Frease, Chris McColpin and Josh Francis, also with Newmark, arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, a joint venture between Vanderbilt Office Properties, Hillwood and TriPost Capital Partners. The campus was 76 percent leased at the time of closing.

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NORMAN, OKLA. — Dallas-based brokerage firm Disney Investment Group (DIG) has negotiated the $82.2 million sale of University Town Center, a 416,766-square-foot retail power center in Norman, home of the University of Oklahoma. Built in 2009, the center was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Academy Sports + Outdoors, Kohl’s, Ulta, T.J. Maxx, HomeGoods, Michaels, DSW Shoes, Petco and Office Depot. According to OU Daily, the seller was an affiliate of Rainier Cos. The buyer was a partnership between Mazaheri Properties and Champion Hotels. David Disney of DIG represented the seller in the transaction, and Phillip Mazaheri of Price Edwards & Co. represented the buyer. DIG also brokered the sale of the property in 2019.

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ARLINGTON, TEXAS — A limited partnership (LP) managed by Weitzman has acquired Cooper Street Annex, an 87,857-square-foot shopping center in Arlington. Cooper Street Annex was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Cavender’s Boot City, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Chuck E. Cheese Adventure World and WellMed. Stephen Schmidt, Nick Cate and Eric Yoo internally represented Weitzman in the transaction. Hudson Lambert of SummitRE represented the undisclosed seller.

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MANVEL, TEXAS — Malabar Hill Capital, a locally based developer, has broken ground on The Market at Meridiana, a 27,000-square-foot neighborhood shopping center that will be located in Manvel, roughly 25 miles south of Houston. Situated at the entrance of the Meridiana master-planned community, The Market at Meridiana is 54 percent preleased to tenants including La Dolce Nail Salon, Select Physical Therapy and Twisted Egg Shack. A tentative completion date was not announced.

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — JLL and HJ Sims have arranged $252.1 million in tax-exempt and taxable bond financing for the development of The Marisol, a seniors housing community in Huntington Beach. HJ Sims acted as lead book-running manager on the senior bonds and JLL Securities served as co-manager and led the process in securing the investor for the subordinate bonds. Issued through the California Public Finance Authority, the fixed- and floating-rate financing was structured into Series A senior bonds and subordinate Series B and C bonds. The bonds were divided into three tranches: a Series A $165.7 million tranche, a Series B $74.3 million tranche and a Series C $12.1 million tranche. Located at 2120 Main St., The Marisol is currently under construction and will deliver 214 seniors housing units and a full amenity package in 2028. JLL’s Senior Housing Capital Markets team served as real estate advisor on the project.

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YORBA LINDA, CALIF. — A joint venture between Harbor Associates and Farallon Capital Management has purchased Yorba Linda Commerce Center, a small-bay industrial campus in Yorba Linda, in an off-market transaction valued at $81 million. The seller was a private family that had owned the property for more than 30 years. Located at 3910 Prospect Ave., Yorba Linda Commerce Center features 280,000 square feet of industrial space spread across 10 single- and multi-tenant buildings featuring 83 units ranging in size from 1,200 square feet to 24,000 square feet. Each unit includes office space, clear heights up to 22 feet, ground-level doors, ample electrical capacity, LED lighting and updated HVAC systems. Built in 1987, the asset was 98 percent leased at closing. Gary Martinez of Ashwill Associates represented the seller in the transaction. Shaun Moothart, Bob Ybarra and Andrew Post of CBRE represented Harbor in securing a $56 million fully funded loan that was provided by an affiliate of QuadReal Property Group with Brandon Bachner leading the financing on behalf of QuadReal.

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LOS ANGELES — Seachange Partners has received $15.6 million in nonrecourse construction financing for two affordable multifamily developments in Los Angeles. Keith Rosso and Jeremy Kanter of Berkadia arranged the financing through Genesis Capital, a private Los Angeles-based residential construction lender. Located at 1723 Corinth Ave. and 3751 Delmas Terrace, the two five-story properties will deliver a combined 79 units of deed-restricted affordable housing. Construction is underway, with completion slated for 2027. Seachange Partners was founded in 2024 by Kyle Jenkins and Cameron Whiting. To date, the firm has initiated four affordable housing development projects in the greater Los Angeles area. The Corinth Avenue and Delmas Terrace developments are Seachange’s inaugural projects.

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WEST SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Harbor Central, a neighborhood retail center in West Sacramento. A subsidiary of CJ Park & Associates acquired the asset from Harbor Corners LLC for $6.2 million. Randy Getz and Rick Martinez of CBRE represented the seller in the deal. Located at 805-831 Harbor Blvd., Harbor Central features 22,198 square feet of retail space that was built in 1992 on 1.7 acres. Current tenants include Vista Paint, Domino’s, Subway and Raku Sushi.

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