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GREENVILLE, N.C. — SYNCO Properties Inc. has sold two apartment complexes totaling 645 units in Greenville for $49.5 million. The two properties are The Madison and Southgate. The Madison offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans with communal amenities such as a 24-hour fitness center, swimming pool, clubhouse, pet park and a cyber café. Southgate offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities at Southgate include a fitness center, clubhouse, swimming pool, pet park and a grilling and picnic area. Watson Bryant, Jordan McCarley and Paul Marley of Cushman & Wakefield represented the Charlotte-based seller in the transaction. Monarch Investment & Management acquired the properties.

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Cambridge-Life-Sciences

SOMERVILLE, MASS. — Union Square Station Associates (US2) will build a $160 million lab building in the Union Square area of Somerville, Massachusetts. The property will be a 175,000-square-foot lab building and office space, which will also feature 8,900 square feet of flexible space and ground-floor retail space. SGA is the project designer. Construction is slated to begin in late 2019.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Berger Commercial Realty has arranged the $36.9 million sale of a 34-acre parcel in Fort Lauderdale for the development of a 650,000-square-foot industrial building. Bridge Acquisition LLC, a subsidiary of Bridge Development Partners, acquired the land from Forman Industrial Land LLC. Bridge Development will construct a high-volume warehouse and distribution space in a new multi-building industrial park to be known as Bridge Point 595. Construction is slated to begin in September with completion expected in the third quarter of 2020. Joseph Byrnes and Keith Graves of Berger Commercial, along with John Forman of the selling entity, will serve as Bridge 595’s leasing agents.

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FORT WALTON BEACH, FLA. — JLL has arranged a $58.5 million refinancing loan for two neighboring hotels totaling 330 rooms in Fort Walton Beach. Ladder Capital Finance LLC provided the 10-year, fixed-rate loan to partners Innisfree Hotels and Band of Poarch Creek Indians. Loan proceeds will be used to pay off the original construction loan and provided the borrowers with $8.4 million. The hotels are on a ground lease with the U.S. Air Force that expires in 45 years. The portfolio comprises the 178-room Hilton Garden Inn Fort Walton Beach and the 152-room Holiday Inn Resort Fort Walton Beach, which are beachfront hotels on the Gulf Coast. The Hilton Garden Inn, located at 1297 Miracle Strip Parkway SE, was completed in 2017 and features 5,000 square feet of event space, an outdoor swimming pool, lazy river with rock waterfalls, Whirlpool spa, tiki bar, fire pits, indoor pool, fitness center, 24-hour business center and The Garden Grille & Bar restaurant. Situated at 1299 Miracle Strip Parkway SE, Holiday Inn Resort opened in 2014 and features 2,498 square feet of event space, an outdoor pool, lazy river, Whirlpool spa, pool bar, indoor pool, fitness center, game room, sundry shop, business center and …

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HINESVILLE, GA. — Cohen Financial, a division of SunTrust Bank, has arranged a $17.1 million acquisition loan for Oglethorpe Square in Hinesville. Goldman Sachs provided the 10-year loan to an undisclosed borrower. Hutton sold the property for $24 million. Situated about 40 miles southwest of downtown Savannah, the 159,329-square-foot Oglethorpe Square, which Hutton completed in March 2017, is a fully leased retail center with tenants including Dick’s Sporting Goods, Hobby Lobby, T.J. Maxx and Ulta Beauty. Drew Fleming, Mark Joines and Henry Kushner of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller in the transaction.

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NEW YORK CITY — Silverstein Properties, a private development firm based in New York, has completed $50 million capital improvement program of the Bankers Club, located within The Equitable Building at 120 Broadway. The 104-year-old office building is set to reopen July 17. Silverstein’s renovations added a 20,000-square-foot rooftop area and an 8,000-square-foot indoor lounge to the property. Other renovations include an improved building façade, lobby and elevators.

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Allentown-Market

ALLENTOWN, PA. — City Center Investment Corp. plans to open Downtown Allentown Market, a $4 million project in Allentown. The 12,000-square-foot retail space will be located within the City Center Allentown mixed-use development. The market will feature nine food and drink merchants, indoor and outdoor seating and flexible space for programming and pop-up shops. Brick-and-mortar tenants include sushi/poke concept Shinsen; Mediterranean restaurant Zahra; ice creamery Batch Microcreamery; Little Miss Korea; Doughnut Love, Licensed to Grill @ The Market; and Tavola pizzeria. The food hall will also house a distillery. City Center Investment Corp. partnered with Groundswell Design Group and mixed-use urban developer Cana Development on the project.

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VERMONT — Carnegie Capital, a financial intermediary based in Austin, Texas, has arranged a $29 million loan for the refinancing of a seniors housing community in Vermont. The Class A property, the name of which was not disclosed, includes 80 units and offers assisted living and memory care services. The one-year, interest-only loan will be used to refinance existing construction debt. The borrower was also undisclosed.

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SHORT HILLS, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated two retail leases totaling 4,800 square feet in The Plaza at Short Hills in New Jersey. Atlanta-based boutique fitness concept Blast will open a 2,800-square-foot gym at the center for its first New Jersey location, and tutoring agency C2 Education will open a 2,000-square-foot store. David Townes and Alana Friedman of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord in the C2 Education deal, and Gary Krauss of Pierson Commercial Real Estate represented the tenant. Townes also represented Blast Fitness in the lease negotiations.

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ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — NitNeil Partners, a self-storage investment firm with offices in Atlanta, Austin and Tampa, has purchased a 678-unit self-storage facility in Round Rock, a northern suburb of Austin. The newly built, multi-story property spans approximately 78,000 rentable square feet of climate-controlled space. Life Storage manages the property, which is NitNeil’s second in metro Austin, including one under construction within an East Austin opportunity zone. Bill Bellomy and Michael Johnson of Bellomy & Co. represented both NitNeil Partners and the Austin-based seller in the transaction.

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