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NEW YORK CITY — Law firm Akerman LLP has signed a 100,000-square-foot office lease at 1251 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan. Akerman will move from its current office at 666 Fifth Avenue to the entire 37th and 38th floors and a portion of the 35th floor at the new building. About 185 lawyers will work out of the new space. Other tenants of the building include MUFG Union Bank, Trust Co. of the West and Mizuho Corporate Bank. Matthew Cheezem, Ken Siegel and Lisa Kiell of JLL represented Akerman in the lease negotiations. David Falk and Peter Shimkin of Newmark Knight Frank represented the landlord, Mitsui Fudosan America Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Japanese real estate company Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.  

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MIDDLESEX, N.J. — Procida Funding has provided a $39 million construction loan to Forte Real Estate Development for the construction of The View at Middlesex, a 200-unit apartment property located approximately 30 miles southwest of New York City. Located at 220 and 232 Lincoln Blvd, the 255,000-square-foot building will feature 140 one-bedroom units, 60 two-bedroom units and 17,000 square feet of amenity and commercial spaces on the ground floor. Additional details of the loan and the construction schedule were undisclosed.

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PHILADELPHIA — Cliffs Climbing + Fitness will open a 40,000-square-foot climbing and fitness facility called in Philadelphia on Saturday, Dec. 7. The Cliffs at Callow Hill will be located in a single-tenant warehouse at 1010 Callowhill St. and will offer climbing walls with classes and clinics for all skill levels, plus a private yoga studio and a full-scale fitness center. The facility was built by Caledonia Builders Inc. and the climbing walls were built by Walltopia. Michael Gorman and Stephen Carrozza of Metro Commercial Real Estate represented Cliffs in the lease negotiations.

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PHOENIX — Sumitomo Corp. of Americas has purchased Collier Center, a 2.8-acre commercial complex in downtown Phoenix. Eastdil Secured handled the transaction. Terms of the deal, including acquisition price and seller, were not disclosed. The 24-story property features more than 578,000 square feet of rentable space, including a variety of restaurants and bars, plus a three-level underground parking garage. At the time of acquisition, the building was 84 percent occupied, with Bank of America and Uber among its largest tenants. With this new acquisition, Sumitomo owns a commercial real estate portfolio totaling over $425 million to date with more than 1.6 million square feet of commercial space.

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COSTA MESA, CALIF. — C.W. Driver Cos. has broken ground on Orange Coast College’s new $50 million Language Arts and Social Science Building in Costa Mesa. Slated for completion in summer 2021, the three-story, 107,760-square-foot building is part of a larger initiative to modernize the campus and accommodate its expanding enrollment. The building’s first floor will house classrooms, labs, an English as a Second Language computer lab, facilities for the Speech, Debate and Theater Team and a journalism newsroom. The second floor will feature classrooms and connect to the existing Mathematics Business and Computer Center Building, while the third floor will encompass division and faculty offices. Additionally, the building will include two elevators, a lactation room and gender-neutral restrooms on every floor. tBP Architecture is serving as architect on the project. The building is being financed through a combination of funding from California Proposition 51 and Measure M, a $698 million general obligation bond provided to construct education facilities for Coast Community College District.

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WESTMINSTER, COLO. — A fund sponsored by CBRE Global Investors has purchased The Tenzing, a 297,615-square-foot apartment property located in Westminster, approximately 25 minutes north of downtown Denver. Terms of the transaction were not released. Located at 11674 N. Pecos St., The Tenzing features 320 apartments in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Community amenities include a fitness center, yoga studio, saltwater pool, outdoor barbecue grills, dog wash station, outdoor dog park, bike repair shop and business center. At the time of sale, the property was 90 percent occupied.

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PHOENIX — JLL Income Property Trust has acquired Chandler Distribution Center, a Class A industrial asset located in the Southeast submarket of Phoenix. An undisclosed seller sold the property for $31 million. Located immediately off Arizona State Route 202, Chandler Distribution Center features two newly developed Class A warehouses designed to accommodate a wide range of tenant sizes including those under 35,000 square feet. At the time of sale, the property was 97 percent occupied. Jones Lang LaSalle Income Property Trust Inc. is a REIT that owns and manages a diversified portfolio of apartment, industrial, office and retail properties.

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ALOHA, BEAVERTON AND TIGARD, ORE. — Trion Properties has acquired a three-property multifamily portfolio in metro Portland for a total consideration of $26 million. NBP Capital sold the portfolio, which offers a total of 162 apartments. The transaction included Aster Parc Townhomes in Aloha; Parker Apartments in Beaverton, and York Apartments in Tigard. Located at 18745 Farmington Road, Aster Parc features 62 units in a mix of townhome and garden-style flats ranging from studio to three-bedroom layouts. Amenities include in-unit washers/dryers, private courtyards, landscaping and ample parking. Parker Apartments, located at 17135 SW Heritage Court, features 48 two- and three-bedroom units with private decks or patios and garage parking. Located at 7582 SW Hunziker St., York Apartments offers 52 one- and two-story flats ranging from studio to four-bedroom layouts. Continental Partners arranged a $19.1 million loan to finance the acquisition. Rob Marton of HFO Investment Real Estate represented Trion Properties in the deal.

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ST. LOUIS — Chesapeake Hospitality has opened an 88-room Hotel Indigo in downtown St. Louis. Located at 501 Olive St., the boutique hotel property features a restaurant, rooftop bar and event spaces. The project involved the redevelopment of the former LaSalle Building, an office building dating back to the early 1900s. Each guest room pays homage to the building’s history and location within its décor. Guests have access to mini-refrigerators, complimentary Wi-Fi and USB charging ports.

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NEWBURGH, IND. — Cohen Financial, a division of SunTrust Bank, has arranged a $10.7 million loan for the acquisition of Bell Oaks in Newburgh, a suburb of Evansville. Schnucks grocery store anchors the 95,000-square-foot shopping center. Dan Rosenberg and Matt Terpstra of Cohen arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan with Goldman Sachs. Midland Atlantic Properties was the borrower.

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