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NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based real estate investment manager Savanna has acquired a 682,988-square-foot office and retail property in Midtown Manhattan for $640 million. The property, known as 5 Bryant Park, was purchased from an affiliate of Blackstone. Savanna plans to modernize the property through a capital improvement program that will include a redesigned lobby, entrance and building signage. 5 Bryant Park is located directly across from Bryant Park on Sixth Avenue and features 100 feet of frontage facing the park. A joint team of JLL and HFF represented Savanna in the financing of the acquisition. Laurie Grasso of Hunton Andrews Kurth represented Savanna as legal counsel in the transaction. CBRE has been selected as the exclusive leasing agent for the property.

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PENNSBURG, PA. — CBRE has arranged the sale-leaseback of a 291,203-square-foot industrial building located at 2452 Quakertown Road in Pennsburg. The building, which is net leased through 2028, was acquired by One Liberty Properties. Michael Hines, Brian Fiumara, Brad Ruppel and Lauren Dawicki of CBRE represented the seller, RAF Industries, in the transaction. The warehouse and distribution facility was completed and expanded between 1986 and 1994 and has served as the headquarters for both Campania International and U.S. Tape, portfolio companies of RAF Industries since 2006.

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CHARLESTOWN, MASS. — Developer Berkeley Investments has begun work on The Graphic, a modular, mixed-use project located at 32 Cambridge St. in Charlestown. The apartment building will be constructed of 129 modular boxes, each of which are 65 feet long and weigh approximately 30,000 to 35,000 pounds. Each box requires 20 minutes to be lifted into position and 14 boxes on average can be placed daily. The Graphic will include 171 residential units spanning two buildings and 4,000 square feet of retail space. Amenities at the development will include a lounge, club room and bike storage facilities as well as a private courtyard for residents and a roof deck with skyline views of Charlestown and Boston. The project is expected to be completed by October 2018. Berkeley Investments is The Graphic’s developer; ICON Architecture, Inc. is the architect and Tocci Building Corporation is the general contractor.

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FARMINGTON, SIMSBURY, CONN. — CBRE has arranged an undisclosed amount of financing for a joint venture between CA Ventures and a global investment manager. The funds will be used for the construction of two seniors housing communities in the Hartford area. Farmington Senior Living in Farmington and Simsbury Senior Living in Simsbury will each offer 80 assisted living units and 40 memory care units. Integral Senior Living will operate the two properties under a third-party management contract. Aron Will of CBRE National Senior Housing arranged the five-year, floating-rate loans with 42 months of interest-only payments. A regional bank provided the two identical loans.

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NEW YORK CITY — Mortar Development has acquired a development site located at 31 Frost St. in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. The sales price was undisclosed. Mortar plans to build a five-story, 15,000-square-foot residential condominium building with 10 units on the site. Construction is expected to begin this summer with the project expected to be completed in early 2020.  

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DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — The City of Delray Beach has unanimously approved Hudson Holdings LLC’s plan for the development of Midtown Delray Beach, a 400,000-square-foot mixed-use development. The $135 million project will span parts of four city blocks in Delray Beach and will feature retail, restaurant, office and residential space, as well as a hotel. Approved by city commissioners at 5-0, the development will include eight restored historic structures that will be revived under the guidance of the Delray Beach Historic Preservation Board. In addition, Midtown Delray Beach will feature a public courtyard that will serve as a central meeting place in downtown Delray. Historic preservation architect Rick Gonzales is designing the project. A construction timeline was not disclosed.

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SARASOTA, FLA. — Passco. Cos. has purchased Springs at Bee Ridge, a 360-unit, Class A apartment community located at 5900 Wilkinson Road in Sarasota. The Irvine, Calif.-based company purchased the newly constructed property from the developer, Continental Properties, for $77.5 million. Jamie May of JBM Institutional Multifamily Advisors represented both parties in the transaction, and Chris Black and Caleb Marten of KeyBank Real Estate Capital arranged acquisition financing. Passco plans to rebrand the community as Longitude 82°. This acquisition brings the privately held company’s Florida portfolio to nine properties totaling more than 2,700 units, including an asset in Estero named Longitude 81° that the company also purchased from Continental Properties. Amenities at Longitude 82° include a saltwater swimming pool with a sun deck, poolside kitchen, grills and a firepit; 24-hour fitness center; resident clubhouse and lounge; conference room; coffee bar and catering kitchen; two leash-free dog parks; pet grooming station; car wash area and gated entry.

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TAMPA, FLA. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged $66 million in acquisition financing for a six-property multifamily portfolio located throughout Florida. Tampa-based Blue Roc Premier acquired the assets, which total 1,101 units and are located in Atlantic Beach, Jacksonville, Orange Park Ormond Beach, DeLand and Brandon. Community amenities across the portfolio include sports courts and swimming pools. Seth Grossman and Sarah Keubler of Meridian’s Solana Beach office arranged the seven-year Freddie Mac loans through Capital One Multifamily Finance on behalf of Blue Roc. Each of the properties were financed separately, and all of the loans featured floating interest rates and two years of interest-only payments. The new ownership plans to invest $10 million to renovate and upgrade the portfolio.

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ALEXANDRIA, VA. — The JCR Cos. has acquired Krispy Korner Shopping Center in Alexandria, located eight miles south of Washington, D.C., for $6.7 million. The 16,680-square-foot center formerly housed a Krispy Kreme. Krispy Korner LLC sold the property, according to local media reports. The transaction marks JCR’s 10th shopping center acquisition since 2012 and its second for 2018. The center is home to tenants such as Wing Stop, Sprint, One Main Financial, a dentist and a dry cleaner.

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RICHMOND, VA. — Ready Capital Structured Finance has provided a $5.6 million acquisition loan for an approximately 40,000-square-foot medical office facility located at 7301 Forest Ave. in Richmond’s West End. The undisclosed borrower will use proceeds from the floating-rate loan to renovate and lease up the asset. The interest-only, non-recourse loan features a 36-month term with two extension options. The medical office building is situated less than a mile from Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, a 340-bed community hospital operated by HCA Virginia.

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