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SAVANNAH, GA. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of Savannah Commons, an independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Savannah. A partnership between Equus Development and Thrive Senior Living purchased the community for $13.2 million. The property offers 209 units approximately eight miles southwest of the city’s historic downtown district. The majority of the units — 149 — are designated for independent living. All the assisted living areas were recently converted from a personal care license to an assisted living license, giving the new owner flexibility to adapt to different acuity levels. The 178,281-square-foot facility was built in 1986 and renovated most recently in 1998. The new owners plan to make physical plant upgrades to the property. Savannah Commons was 74 percent occupied at the time of closing. The price translates to $63,271 per unit and a capitalization rate of 6.1 percent. Bradley Clousing of SLIB represented the seller, a limited liability company controlled by HJ Sims, in the transaction.

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SAUKVILLE, WIS. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a 71,931-square-foot industrial facility in Saukville, about 25 miles north of Milwaukee. The property is located at 300 Dekora Woods Road. Bill Langhoff and Tom Shepherd of Colliers brokered the sale. Dekora Woods 13 LLC purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.

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The City of Los Angeles checks all the boxes for an excellent apartment owner environment. This includes a booming economy, expensive housing, meaningful job growth, and an abundance of Millennials and professionals. Los Angeles enjoys an immense and fast-growing high-tech industry, especially within the media, tech, aerospace and advanced transportation industry with the likes of Netflix, Google, SpaceX and Northrop Grumman. Los Angeles County houses the nation’s largest international trade industry, the nation’s largest manufacturing base, and an increasing amount of venture capital investment startups. A growing economy is almost always paired with escalating housing costs, and Los Angeles is no exception. More than ever, residents are driven to rental housing as homeownership is prohibitively expensive and not conducive to job mobility and flexibility. Last year was a banner year for region’s apartment sector. The average market rent in the Los Angeles MSA has seen extremely impressive growth, increasing an average of 5.3 percent annually since the turn of the century, according to Axiometrics. This remarkable trajectory has been spurred by the extremely tight rental market, with annual occupancies averaging between 94 percent and 97 percent. Such indicators allow landlords to be extremely discerning when vetting tenants, which, in turn, …

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Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Aurora, Colorado

AURORA, COLO. — Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc. (NYSE: RHP) has received a financing package totaling $880 million to refinance the construction and mezzanine loans for Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Aurora, just east of Denver. Wells Fargo both provided and arranged the loan. Sitting on 85 acres, Gaylord Rockies features over 1,500 guest rooms including 114 suites and over 485,000 square feet of meeting and convention space. Amenities include eight restaurants, a spa/salon, multiple retail shops and a $25 million indoor/outdoor water park. Marriott International operates the resort, which opened in December 2018. Ryman Hospitality is a publicly traded lodging REIT specializing in destination hotel assets in urban and resort markets. The original loans were scheduled to mature in December 2019. Although the owner of the property is a joint venture, with Ryman owning 61.2 percent of the property, the other owners were not disclosed. The new loan consists of an $800 million term loan and an additional $80 million of borrowing capacity should the joint venture decide to pursue a future expansion. The new loan matures in July 2023 with three one-year extension options and bears an interest rate at LIBOR plus 2.5 percent. Simultaneously with the …

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SUNRISE, FLA. — Norwich Partners has broken ground on AC Hotel by Marriott, a 174-room hotel that is expected to be complete in late 2020. The eight-story hotel will be situated within Sawgrass Mills, an outdoor and value retail shopping center in Sunrise, 35 miles north of downtown Miami. The hotel’s delivery will coincide with the mall’s 30th anniversary celebration. AC Hotel will feature the AC Lounge, a communal creative space that features a full bar serving local beers and hand-crafted cocktails, including the brand’s signature Gintonic, along with tapas plates. The hotel will also provide a European-style breakfast for guests and a 24-hour fitness center. Simon is the owner and developer of Sawgrass Mills.

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COVINGTON, GA. — Monarch Private Capital (MPC) has invested an undisclosed amount of equity in Harmony at Covington Apartments, a 122-unit affordable seniors housing community in Covington, through the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) program. The complex will be situated at the corner of Covington Bypass and Ga. Highway 36, two miles south of downtown Covington and 35 miles east of downtown Atlanta. MPC is partnering with Hill Tide Development, Timshel Development, CRN Development and Gateway Development Corp. to build the project, which is slated for completion in late 2020. According to MPC, the current vacancy rate for affordable, elderly targeted multifamily housing in Newton County is below 1 percent.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Reich Brothers has acquired a 182,200-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility in Nashville. The facility comprises one main building and two smaller buildings and is located at 707 Spence Lane, four miles from both Nashville International Airport and downtown Nashville. Formerly housing Wright Industries’ main production and warehousing capabilities, the property features ceiling heights ranging from 24 feet to 38 feet and can be repurposed for a single user or subdivided into multiple sections. The new owner will repurpose the property for new tenancy. Site work for the larger building has already commenced and is expected to be completed later this year. The two smaller buildings are currently available for lease or sale. Ronnie Wenzler of Cushman & Wakefield’s Nashville office is marketing the project for Reich Brothers, a national industrial real estate owner and management firm based in White Plains, N.Y. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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NEWNAN, GA. — Elite Comfort Solutions has leased an additional 130,028 square feet of industrial space in Newnan, bringing its total to 484,382 square feet within a former Kmart distribution center. The center spans almost 2 million square feet and is now fully leased. The property is situated 30 miles southwest of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and 36 miles southwest of downtown Atlanta. Agellan Capital acquired the building in late 2017 and invested in upgraded sprinklers, loading doors and office space. Ray Stache, Lisa Pittman and Courtney Oldenburg of Cushman & Wakefield represented Agellan Capital and Hove Street, the landlords, in the lease negotiations.

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BOCA RATON, FLA. — Colliers International has negotiated a 10,610-square-foot office headquarters lease for Nightingale, a registered nurse staffing company. The lease is for 89 months and costs $1.4 million. Nightingale is relocating to 7800 Congress Centre from 6401 Congress Ave., where it occupied 16,455 square feet. Bob Schneiderman of Colliers represented the tenant in the transaction.

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TAMPA, FLA. — Tampa-based multifamily investment firm American Landmark has acquired four communities totaling 1,616 units throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex. The properties include Meadows at Bedford, a 490-unit community in Bedford; Remington Hill, a 440-unit property in Fort Worth; Rock Ridge Apartments, a 226-unit asset in Arlington; and Summer Villas, a 460-unit community in Dallas. Other than Rock Ridge, which was built in 2003, all the properties were built in the 1980s and were between 91 and 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. The properties were acquired in conjunction with a 232-unit asset near Nashville, yielding a five-property portfolio that fetched a sales price of $246.7 million. American Landmark, which will invest about $18 million in capital improvements across the portfolio, now owns approximately 28,000 multifamily units throughout the Southeast and Texas.

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