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KENT, WASHINGTON — Real estate investment firm Kennedy Wilson (NYSE: KW) has sold Rock Creek Landing, a 576-unit apartment community in Kent, about 20 miles south of Seattle, for $109 million. The buyer was not disclosed. The cash proceeds of $73 million from the transaction will be used to fund the company’s recent acquisition of 90 East, a 573,000-square-foot, Class A office development in the Bellevue, Washington, area. Rock Creek Landing is located at 1024 Central Ave. North in Kent. The property offers an indoor and outdoor pool, business center, community clubhouse and a coffee bar. Kennedy Wilson purchased Rock Creek Landing in 2014 for $58 million as part of a $127 million acquisition of a three-property portfolio of multifamily assets located across several submarkets south of Seattle. The company has since invested about $6 million in upgrades to the community’s leasing center, unit interiors and common areas. During its time under Kennedy Wilson’s ownership, Rock Creek Landing generated net operating income of approximately $5.3 million. Combined, the sale of Rock Creek Landing and acquisition of the 90 East office property in Bellevue are expected to increase annual net operating income by about $7 million. “The sale demonstrates our ability …

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The Atlanta industrial market continues to grow in popularity when it comes to real estate investors’ appetite. Industrial assets are “hot items” in current investment sales transactions as the region’s economic momentum continues to position Atlanta as one of the healthiest industrial markets in the Southeast. Some of the major local and macro-economic trends affecting the industrial market include the ongoing growth of infrastructure, logistics and manufacturing industries. Furthermore, the Port of Savannah’s new Post Panamax facilities, its ongoing investment and expansion plans and its increasing activity are also beneficial to the Atlanta industrial market. Investment sales professionals, especially individual investors, remain attracted to Atlanta’s industrial market as e-commerce continues to transform how and where products are stored and shipped, not to mention the simplicity of owning and managing industrial properties, compared to retail and office. In 2016, the Atlanta industrial market experienced over 17 million square feet of net absorption. The forecasted absorption for 2017 ranges between 12 and 14 million square feet, with approximately 12 million square feet of new product being delivered this year. Over 90 percent of the new product comprises warehouse/distribution product, and less than 10 percent consists of new flex and shallow-bay buildings. Most …

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MIDDLETOWN, PA. — A joint venture between Woodmont Industrial Partners and AEW Capital Management, on behalf of its closed-end opportunistic real estate fund AEW Partners VI, has completed the disposition of Capital Logistics Center in Middletown for undisclosed price. The partnership completed an extensive capital improvement program at the six-building, 1.55 million-square-foot industrial park. The joint venture constructed new industrial facilities to replace the antiquated structures that previously occupied 200 and 300 Capital Lane. The name of the buyer was not released.

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rockefeller Group has acquired a 228-acre industrial site located at 171 River Road in Piscataway. Lincoln Equities Group and Real Capital Solutions sold the former brownfield site for $57 million. The remediated site is fully entitled to build 2.4 million square feet of space for industrial distribution and light manufacturing space. The buyer will break ground on two new buildings later this summer with an anticipated overall project cost between $225 million and $250 million. David Bernhaut of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers in the transaction.

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BOSTON — HFF has arranged $80 million in acquisition financing for Suffolk Downs, a 161.2-acre, transit-oriented development site located in East Boston and Revere, Mass. HYM Investment Group is the borrower and buyer in the transaction. John Fowler, Anthony Cutone, Jennifer Keller and Andrew Gray of HFF secured the short-term, floating-rate loan with Bank of the Ozarks and advised the buyer in the deal. Adjacent to Route 1A, the site comprises 108.8 acres in Boston and 52.4 acres in Revere. The property is also served by two Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Blue Line stations: Suffolk Downs and Beachmont. The site is currently the location of the Suffolk Downs horse racing facility, which will have its last racing season in summer 2018.

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NEW YORK CITY — Propco Holdings, with UA Builders Group serving as general contractor, has broken ground for a residential building located at 915 Dawson St. in the Bronx. The eight-story, 23,301-square-foot building will feature 29 apartments, parking spaces, a fitness center, a recreation area and indoor bicycle storage.

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NEW YORK CITY — JLL has secured a total of $88 million in refinancing for Pine Hills South and Medford Pond, a pair of gated apartment communities in Long Island. The borrower was Heatherwood Luxury Rentals. JLL originated a 10-year, $57 million loan for Pine Hills South and a 10-year, $31 million loan for Medford Pond. Financing was provided by Freddie Mac. Aaron Appel and Jonathan Schwartz of JLL arranged the refinancing. Pine Hills South features 700 units and Medford Place features 200 units.

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MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — CBRE Global Investors and German investment company Universal-Investment have purchased 1111 Lincoln, a 146,327-square-foot mixed-use property in Miami Beach. The acquisition was made on behalf of Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK), one of Germany’s largest institutional investors. The sales price was not disclosed, but the South Florida Business Journal reports BVK paid $283 million for the asset. Designed by Herzog & de Meuron Architects, 1111 Lincoln includes 94,488 square feet of office space, 51,839 square feet of retail space and a 300-space parking garage and event space. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Viacom International, public relations firm JeffreyGroup and Rosa Mexicano South Beach restaurant.

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AUGUSTA, GA. — Starbucks has unveiled plans to expand its soluble plant in Augusta. The $120 million expansion will add 140,000 square feet to the current 180,000-square-foot facility, nearly doubling the size of the operation. Starbucks opened the plant in July 2012. It is the first company-owned facility in the world to produce Starbucks soluble products. Located roughly 20 miles south of Fort Gordon, the plant currently employs 185 Starbucks partners, one in six of which are armed forces veterans or military spouses. The expansion will bring up to 100 new jobs to the facility. Construction on the property is slated for completion in fall 2019. On the retail front, Starbucks plans to add 12,000 stores globally by 2021, bringing the total number to 37,000.

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CHAMBLEE, GA. — Real estate development firm Connolly has added seven new tenants to the 45,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space at Parkview on Peachtree, a new mixed-use development in the Atlanta suburb of Chamblee. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, a pediatric clinical care provider, will open a 10,000-square-foot facility with 12 exam rooms and two procedure rooms at the development. The Alden, a 2,275-square-foot upscale-casual restaurant, and Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar, a 3,700-square-foot burger chain, will also join as the project’s newest restaurants. The other four tenants include Noire The Nail Bar, Atlanta Spine and Wellness, The Piedmont Bank and Cookie Cutters Haircuts for Kids. Parkview on Peachtree is slated to open later this year.

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