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CHICAGO — A lot has happened at Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) over the last few years in what can only be described as a tumultuous period. Operating 844 communities as of March 31, the company is still the largest owner and operator of seniors housing in the country. However, Brookdale’s stock price has struggled mightily in recent years. While trading at nearly $40 per share as recently as 2015, the company’s stock price has not gone above $10 per share since late 2017. (The stock closed at $6.52 per share on Tuesday, June 11.) The Brentwood, Tennessee-based company entertained acquisition offers at least twice, but instead settled on a change of leadership and a turnaround plan. Lucinda “Cindy” Baier was promoted from CFO to CEO in 2018 and immediately started trying to right the ship at Brookdale, in large part by paring the size of its portfolio up to 20 percent. Her efforts appear to be paying off. According to the company’s first-quarter 2019 earnings report, same-community revenue per occupied unit (RevPOR) increased 3.7 percent on a sequential-quarter basis and 3.1 percent on a year-over-year basis.  In addition, same-community independent living occupancy remained at 90 percent for a second …

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ARLINGTON, VA. — American Real Estate Partners (AREP) has unveiled its plans to redevelop and rebrand the Rosslyn Metro Center in Arlington’s Rosslyn neighborhood. AREP began the $35 million project earlier this month. Rosslyn City Center is a 62,000-square-foot former mall located directly above the Rosslyn Metro Station. Completion is scheduled for third-quarter 2020. Rosslyn City Center is located at 1700 N. Moore St., three miles east of downtown Arlington and less than five miles from Amazon’s HQ2 campus. The redevelopment will include transforming the existing structure on the site, improving pedestrian accessibility, and adding a conference facility, flexible work space, a 30,000-square-foot fitness studio and an outdoor terrace. AREP will bring in Austin, Texas-based Oz Rey to manage a 12-stall food hall.

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MORRISVILLE, N.C. — Equator Capital Management will redevelop the vacant Morrisville Outlet Mall in Morrisville into a 245,000-square-foot office campus. Knighthead Funding LLC provided the developer with a $34 million construction loan that features a 24-month non-recourse period. Gensler designed the office campus to include extensive use of glass walls, some as high as 30 feet. Common area upgrades will include a new surfaced parking lot, landscaped courtyards with outdoor seating, turf yoga lawn, bocce court and new signage. Lighting and drainage around the 25-acre property will also be improved. Situated at 1001 Airport Blvd., the new office campus is located two miles from the Raleigh-Durham International Airport, 12 miles southeast of downtown Durham and 13 miles west of downtown Raleigh. Construction is expected to begin immediately, with delivery slated for spring 2020.

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PERRYMAN, MD. — Merritt Properties has announced plans for Tower Logistics Center, an 860,000-square-foot industrial building in Perryman. Delivery is expected in late 2020. The building will be located at 1225 S. Philadelphia Road, about 30 miles north of the Port of Baltimore. Tower Logistics Center will feature 40-foot clear heights, 60-foot speed bays, more than 150 dock bays and 200 trailer parking spaces. Truck courts will span 130 feet and the building will include four drive-in doors. The construction team includes Powers Brown Architecture as the architect and Morris & Ritchie Associates Inc. as the civil engineer. Merritt has engaged CBRE as a listing partner, with Bill Pellington and Jon Casella of CBRE leading leasing efforts.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — HFF has arranged the $57.3 million sale of Solis Berewick, a 275-unit multifamily community completed in 2017 in Charlotte. The property is located at 9550 Gannon Drive next to the grocery-anchored Berewick Town Center development, part of the 1,200-acre Berewick master-planned community in southwest Charlotte. Solis Berewick offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans averaging 1,016 square feet per unit. Communal amenities include a saltwater swimming pool, outdoor grilling area with fire pit, gaming and entertainment lounge, fitness center, private yoga/spin studio, dog park and pet spa, electric car charging stations, community nature trail, and a playground. Allan Lynch, Justin Good, Caylor Mark and Jeff Glenn of HFF represented the seller, Terwilliger Pappas, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, RK Properties.

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BRADENTON, FLA. — Savlan Capital has acquired Bradenton Financial Center, a 116,839-square-foot office building in Bradenton, for $15 million or $127.95 per square foot. Bradenton Financial Center was built in 1986 at 1401 W. Manatee Ave., 45 miles south of downtown Tampa. BFC Bradenton LLC sold the building, which was 90 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Mauldin Jenkins, Workforce Business Services, Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. Amenities include a Sage Biscuit Café on the ground level and an adjacent five-story parking garage that is accessible via a covered-walkway from the main building. Savlan Capital plans to invest significant funds into the property for exterior renovations and common-area improvements. Savlan Capital has retained Debra Cooper and Angela Varga of SVN Commercial Advisory Group as leasing agents for Bradenton Financial Center. Rick Brugge, Mike Davis and Rick Colon of Cushman & Wakefield represented both seller and buyer in the transaction.

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HAZELWOOD, MO. — Timberland Partners has acquired Knollwood Apartments in Hazelwood for an undisclosed price. The garden-style, 608-unit apartment community was built in two phases in 1980 and 1984. Amenities include two outdoor pools, two dog parks, a fitness center and clubhouse. Timberland plans to implement a capital improvement plan and rebrand the property as The Finn. Renovations will include new cabinet fronts, faux wood flooring, stainless-steel appliances, updated lighting fixtures and hardware. This is Timberland’s sixth property in the St. Louis market. The seller was not disclosed.

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PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WIS. — Zilber Property Group is developing an industrial build-to-suit for Bio Fab Technologies Inc. in Pleasant Prairie. The 50,000-square-foot facility will be situated within LakeView Corporate Park. Kenosha-based Bio Fab is a provider of custom stainless-steel equipment and components for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, semiconductor, architectural and food and beverage industries. Groundbreaking is scheduled for this summer with completion in spring 2020. Project partners include Riley Construction, Pinnacle Engineering Group, Partners in Design Architects, raSmith and Electrical Contractors Inc.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Plymouth Industrial REIT Inc. has purchased a multi-tenant, Class B industrial building in Indianapolis for $17.1 million. Located on Sam Jones Expressway, the 484,879-square-foot property is situated in the Southwest submarket in close proximity to the Indianapolis International Airport. The facility is fully leased by Phoenix Material Management, a provider of container management solutions, and Quemetco Inc., a subsidiary of RSR Corp. that recycles lead-based batteries.

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MADISON, WIS. — Associated Bank has secured $4.7 million in new construction financing and $6.2 million in low-income housing tax credit equity for Point Place Senior Apartments in Madison. The new property will be situated on a 1.3-acre site at 7945 Tree Lane. The four-story community will contain 54 units, all of which will be restricted to persons age 55 and older. Three of the units will be market rate, while the rest are reserved for households earning between 30 and 60 percent of the area median income. Eleven units will be designated supportive housing for homeless persons with special needs with a priority on veterans. Construction is scheduled to begin this month with completion in May 2020. CommonBond Communities will develop and manage the building. The tax credit equity group of RBC Capital Markets is the tax credit syndicator for the project.

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