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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Brandywine Realty Trust, a Philadelphia-based REIT, will develop Garza Ranch Building Two, a 150,000-square-foot office property in southwest Austin. Designed by Page Architecture, the project represents the final phase of the 34-acre Garza Ranch mixed-use development. The building will feature floor-to-ceiling windows, as well as direct access to a two-acre park and the Violet Crown Trail, a 30-mile path that bisects the development. JLL will handle leasing of the building. A construction timeline was not released.

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AMARILLO, TEXAS — AWF Fund I LLC has acquired Lambie Lane and Park Lane, two apartment complexes totaling 217 units in Amarillo. The market-rate properties were built in 1976 and 1982, respectively, on contiguous parcels. Dougherty Mortgage arranged $7.3 million in Fannie Mae Green Rewards acquisition financing on behalf of the fund. The loan, which was secured through a partnership with Old Capital Lending, carries a 12-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule.

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TULSA, OKLA. — Disney Investment Group has brokered the sale of Memorial Crossing, a 70,376-square-foot shopping center in Tulsa. Anchored by HomeGoods, Petsmart and ULTA Beauty and shadow-anchored by Costco, the center was 97 percent leased at the time of sale. Disney Investment Group represented the seller, Dallas-based Leon Capital Group, in the transaction, and procured the undisclosed buyer.

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CEDAR PARK, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of The Shops at East Park, a 19,338-square-foot retail center in the Austin suburb of Cedar Park. Built in 2014 on 2.3 acres, the property was 94 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Blooming Dental, Master Yang’s Karate Studio and Vista Donuts. Philip Levy, Chris Gainey and Parker Yates of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was a Dallas-based private investment partnership.

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PORTLAND, HILLSBORO, ORE., AND SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO AND MILPITAS, CALIF. — Through its recently formed joint venture with GIC, Summit Hotel Properties has agreed to acquire four hotels located on the west coast for $249 million. The portfolio is located in three high-growth markets. The properties are the 258-key Residence Inn by Marriott Portland Downtown/RiverPlace in Portland; the 122-guestroom Residence Inn by Marriott Portland Hillsboro in Hillsboro; the 169-key Hilton Garden Inn San Francisco Airport North in South San Francisco; and the 161-room Hilton Garden Inn San Jose/Milpitas in Milpitas, Calif. The total purchase price of $249 million, or approximately $351,000 per key, represents an average capitalization rate of 8.4 percent based on management’s current estimate of the hotels’ net operating income for the full-year 2019. The joint venture plans to invest approximately $23 million of capital on the four hotels during the first three years of ownership. The pending transaction is expected to close in fourth-quarter 2019.

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LOS ANGELES — An affiliate of San Francisco-based The Roxborough Group, in partnership with Los Angeles-based The Ruth Group, has completed the disposition of an office tower located at 5901 W. Century Blvd. in Los Angeles’ LAX submarket. A partnership led by North Sea Capital acquired the property for $45 million. Kevin Shannon, Michael Moore, Ken White and Sean Fulp of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the transaction. The 15-story tower features 306,243 square feet of office space along Century Boulevard. At the time of sale, the property was 92 percent leased. Along with recent building systems upgrades, 5901 Century was heavily rebranded and features a newly renovated lobby and common areas, an executive clubhouse, dog park and bicycle-sharing program. The seller acquired the asset in early 2017 and invested in excess of $8 million to renovate and reposition the property.

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GLENDALE, CALIF. — A private investor operating under the entity of BrandWilson LLC has purchased a mixed-use property located at 201 N. Brand Blvd. in Glendale. Bow Truss Capital sold the asset for $18.1 million. Warren Berzack and Slavic Zlatkin of Lee & Associates – LA North/Ventura represented the buyer, while Trevor Carl Nelson of Newmontis Real Estate Investment Management represented the seller in the deal. The historic Woolworth Building was recently renovated. The 43,437-square-foot property comprises a storefront retail space on the ground floor and office space on the second floor. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to a variety of tenants, including AT&T, Unify Credit Union, 85° and Regus.

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PORTLAND, ORE. — The Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR)’s Fall World Conference is set to take place Oct. 16 to 19 at the Hilton Portland in Portland. Starting in the afternoon on Oct. 16, attendees will be able to sit in on a wide variety of panels and discussions, including Industrial Occupiers: A View from the Inside; Smart Building Platforms; Global Cities – Challenges & Opportunities: Impact on Real Estate; Underwriting & Due Diligence of Investment CRE Deals; and Augmented Reality (AR): Real Estate’s New Reality. SIOR selected Portland for this year’s conference to highlight growth in the city’s commercial office and industrial sectors since 2018. According to CoStar’s Loopnet, office prices have risen by 9.2 percent and industrial has increased by 18.5 percent.

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MILWAUKIE, ORE. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Westwood Marketplace, a retail asset located in Milwaukie. A limited liability company sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $4.1 million. Located at 14880 SE Webster Road, Westwood Marketplace features 14,189 square feet of retail space. Safeway anchors the property, which was 100 percent leased to long-term tenants at the time of sale. Joseph Blatner and Scott Logan of Marcus & Millichap’s Portland, Ore., office represented the seller in the transaction.

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ATHENS, GA. — A joint venture between Fickling & Co., Novare Group and BCDC has broken ground on Lullwater at Athens, a 252-unit apartment complex in Athens. The property will offer one- through three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities will include a clubhouse, swimming pool, community pavilion, car care center and a pet park. It will be located at 225 Jennings Mill Parkway, nine miles west of downtown Athens and six miles west of the University of Georgia. Lullwater at Athens is expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2020.

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