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MIAMI — A joint venture between ZOM Living, Scout Capital Partners and Mattoni Group has acquired 11.3 acres of Ludlam Trail in Miami. The developers will transform the unused train tracks into a six-mile, 100-foot wide trail that connects Miami International Airport and Dadeland Station, a three-story, 330,000-square-foot retail shopping center anchored by Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Michaels and PetSmart. The yet-to-be-named project will feature 950 rental units and 35,000 square feet of retail space. Construction on the first of three phases is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2019. The joint venture bought the land from Florida East Coast Industries. The design team includes San Antonio-based Lake Flato as the design architect and Miami-based MSA as the architect.

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ORLANDO, FLA. — A partnership between Highline Real Estate Capital and M Street Holdings has acquired Century Plaza, a 132,725-square-foot retail center in Orlando, for $12.3 million. The center was fully leased at the time of the sale to tenants including ALDI, Ross Dress for Less, dd’s DISCOUNTS, Big Lots, Shoe Land, Spectrum, Sprint, GameStop and Amscot. The asset was built in 1973, renovated in 2008 and sits on 13.5 acres. Anthony Blanco of TSCG (formerly The Shopping Center Group) represented the seller, a private global institutional investment firm, in the transaction.

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DALLAS — A new report from CBRE and Real Capital Analytics has found that in 2018, sources of foreign capital invested $849.1 million in industrial real estate throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) market. The metroplex’s volume of industrial investment by foreign capital was second only to Los Angeles. Among foreign countries, Chinese capital sources led the way with 41 percent of the DFW industrial investment, followed by those of Singapore and Canada at 34 and 22 percent, respectively. All told, foreign investors made approximately $14.4 billion of industrial acquisitions in 2018, accounting for about 21 percent of the total investment pie for the asset class across the United States. That figure represents an impressive 152 percent year-over-year increase.

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HOUSTON — Workforce housing developer Dakota Enterprises will build two apartment communities totaling 416 units in Houston. Construction is underway on a 170-unit property within the Oak Forest area and Dakota will break ground on a 246-unit community in the Spring Branch area this fall. Dakota is also handling construction of each project. Iberia Bank provided financing for the Oak Forest property, which will offer a fitness center and a clubhouse and is expected to be complete during the second half of 2020. The Spring Branch property will feature a pool, fitness center and a clubhouse. Mucasey & Associates designed both projects.

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LUFKIN, TEXAS — The ITEX Group, a Houston-based development and investment firm, has acquired land in Lufkin, located about 120 miles northeast of Houston, for the development of a 76-unit seniors housing project. The project, which will be branded Providence at Ted Trout, is valued at $11.8 million and is expected to be complete by year’s end. The property will be comprised of 48 one-bedroom units and 28 two-bedroom residences for seniors aged 55 and older.

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KILGORE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Sun Acres Mobile Home Park, a 65-acre residential community located in the east Texas city of Kilgore. Robert Denninger of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the Utah-based seller, and procured the locally based buyer in the transaction. Other terms of sale were not disclosed.

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HOUSTON — NAI Partners has negotiated a 3,564-square-foot office lease for engineering and design firm Maser Consulting at Republic Square, a 324,000-square-foot property located at 13501 Katy Freeway in Houston. Randy Nerren, Jacob Aldridge and Zach Leger of NAI Partners represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Jack Warmington of Newmark Knight Frank represented Maser Consulting.

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WELLESLEY, MASS. — Burlington, Mass.-based Linear Retail Properties LLC has acquired two buildings totaling 17,900 square feet in downtown Wellesley, a western suburb of Boston. The sale, which included the adjoining 60-space parking lot, closed at a price of $17.6 million. Tenants at the buildings include CVS Pharmacy, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, J.P. Licks and Vision Optics. The seller was a private family trust.

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NUTLEY, N.J. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $16 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Village Manor, a 227-unit multifamily community in the western Manhattan suburb of Nutley, N.J. The garden-style property features one- and two-bedroom units and is located near a variety of retail and restaurant establishments, as well as public transportation lines. Robert Ranieri of NorthMarq arranged the loan, which was structured with a 10-year term and 30-year amortization schedule, on behalf of an undisclosed borrower.

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CARLSDADT, N.J. — Michael Halebian & Co., a provider and distributor of specialty flooring products, has signed a 35,000-square-foot industrial lease at 700 Gotham Parkway in Carlsdadt, a city located directly across from Manhattan in New Jersey. The property’s location offers proximity to major thoroughfares like the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway, as well as Teterboro Airport. The owner of the 80,000-square-foot facility, Key Properties, purchased 700 Gotham Parkway as an abandoned former paint manufacturing facility in 1997 and repositioned the building from single- to multi-tenant use.

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