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Wells Fargo Center, Portland, Ore.
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Starwood Capital Group Buys Wells Fargo Center in Portland

by Nellie Day

PORTLAND, ORE. — Starwood Capital Group has purchased the 40-story Wells Fargo Center in downtown Portland. The transaction includes an adjacent five-story former data processing building. The price was not disclosed, though county tax records put the value of the tower at $163 million and the adjacent property at $33 million, according to The Oregonian. In June, Wells Fargo announced plans to sell the buildings and relocate some of the 900 employees working there to other local offices, added The Oregonian. The two structures total 725,000 square feet. The asset is located at 1300 SW 5th Ave. The Class A creative office space is the tallest building in Oregon. It offers views of Mt. Hood, the Willamette River, Mount St. Helens, downtown Portland and the West Hills. Starwood plans to reposition the property into a premier Class A asset. The lobbies and entries will undergo major renovations. The investment firm will also add new tenant amenities, including conference facilities, a tenant lounge, reimagined retail areas, fitness center and bike hub. “We are confident that our ambitious renovation plans will restore this building to its former status as one of the most iconic Class A office towers not just in Portland, …

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InterFace Panel: Demand for Automated Labor Growing in Industrial Sector

by Taylor Williams

HOUSTON — The number of American manufacturing jobs has been decreasing for more than a decade, radically enough that the pledge to return them became a cornerstone of President Donald Trump’s campaign. Between 2004 and 2014, the country lost about 2.1 million manufacturing jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), which also projects that another 814,000 manufacturing jobs will be cut by 2024. The decline in manufacturing jobs has coincided with job growth in other industrial subfields, particularly transportation and warehousing. The total number of jobs in this sector increased by about 391,000 between 2004 and 2014, with an additional 137,000 new positions expected to be created by 2024, per the BLS. Analyzed in the context of e-commerce, these trends suggest that industrial activity is still robust throughout the country, but that distribution is outstripping manufacturing as the primary form of industrial-using employment. Yet the growth of e-commerce alone does not account for the radical dip in the number of manufacturing jobs available. The substitution of human labor for automated robot workers has also been a driving force behind sluggish job growth in the manufacturing sector, according to a panel of industrial real estate professionals who gathered …

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Market ReportsMassachusettsMultifamilyNortheastNortheast Market Reports

Demand for Multifamily Units Keeps Pace With Increasing Supply in Boston

by Taylor Williams

Despite the maturing commercial real estate cycle, Boston’s thriving economy continues to generate positive momentum for the metro’s multifamily property marketplace. Over the 12-month period ending June 30, 2017, area employers added 55,700 positions, growing the employment base by 2.1 percent. Job creation was driven by the typically high-wage healthcare and professional fields, and more than 30 percent of the new roles created were in office-using sectors. This healthy growth has supported a surge in household formation, which — along with the high cost of homeownership — is sustaining substantial demand for rental units. The significant affordability gap between renting and homeownership favors renting over homeownership by $591 per month. This, in combination with rising office-using employment, continues to boost apartment demand, which will support this year’s robust construction pipeline. Developers are on track to deliver more than 9,500 units to the marketplace in 2017, marking the highest point of the current cycle. Builders have focused their efforts in the urban core, particularly in the Fenway, Brookline and Brighton submarkets, and in first-ring suburbs. Nearly two-thirds of incoming units will be inside the city limits or in the closest suburban markets like Cambridge and Revere. The two largest deliveries each …

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Prestige Properties Acquires Shopping Center in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, for $130M

by Amy Works

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — Prestige Properties has purchased Centerton Square, a shopping center located at 2 Centerton Road in Mount Laurel. Black Creek Diversified Property Fund sold the property for $130 million. A 426,436-square-foot Wegman’s grocery store anchors the more than 700,000-square-foot regional shopping center. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to a variety of tenants, including DSW Shoes, TJ Maxx, Bed Bath & Beyond and Burlington, which is slated to open soon.

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KeyBank Arranges $67.3M Construction Loan for 260-Unit Seniors Housing Facility in New Jersey

by Amy Works

PLAINSBORO TOWNSHIP, N.J. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged a $67.3 million construction loan for a 260-unit independent living facility located on the Princeton University Healthcare Campus in Plainsboro Township. A joint venture led by SBLP Senior Living Fund I owns the property. The sponsor of the fund is a joint venture between South Bay Partners and LAMB Properties. Sage Senior Living will manage the property. Grant Saunders, Peter Trazzera and Jake Hollinger of Key’s Healthcare Group arranged the financing.

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Newmark Knight Frank Negotiates $23.5M Sale of Office Building in Boston’s Seaport District

by Amy Works

BOSTON — Newmark Knight Frank has arranged the sale of an office building located at 55 Seaport Blvd. in Boston’s Seaport District. Boston Global Investors sold the property to a member company of Zurich North America for $23.5 million. Constructed in 2016, the 13,500-square-foot office and retail building is fully leased to Boston Global Investors. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen, Justin Smith, James Tribble, Samantha Hallowell, David Martel and Jonathan Martin of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller, while Roy Rosenbaum and Sean Bannon of Zurich Alternative Asset Management advised the buyer in the transaction.

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LCB Senior Living, Washington Capital Receive $45M Recapitalization for Seniors Housing in Near Boston

by Amy Works

WATERTOWN, MASS. — LCB Senior Living and Washington Capital Management have received a $45 million loan for the recapitalization of The Residence at Watertown Square, located at 20 Summer St. in Watertown. Built in 2014, the property features 90 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Rick Swartz, Jay Wagner, Jim Dooley and Caryn Donahue of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the financing for the borrower. LCB will continue to operate the community.

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Avison Young Brokers $1.2M Sale of Development Site in Wilton, Connecticut

by Amy Works

WILTON, CONN. — Avison Young has brokered the sale of a development site located at 200 Danbury Road in Wilton. The Kent House LLC sold the parcel to 200 Danbury Road LLC for $1.2 million. The buyer plans to develop a mixed-use residential and retail center on the site. Sean McDonnell and Alison Luisi of Avison Young represented the seller in the deal.

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Sunstone, Park Hotels Obtain $220M Refinancing for Hilton San Diego Bayfront

by Nellie Day

SAN DIEGO — A joint venture between subsidiaries of Sunstone and Park Hotels & Resorts has obtained a $220 million refinancing for the 1,190-room Hilton San Diego Bayfront in downtown San Diego. The hotel is located at 1 Park Blvd. The loan has a three-year initial term and three one-year extension options. The loan is interest-only and provides for a floating interest rate of LIBOR plus 1.05 percent with a 25 basis-point increase during the final one-year extension period, if extended. The loan is expected to reduce the company’s consolidated annual cash interest expense by about $2.6 million. The financing replaces the existing loan that was scheduled to mature in August 2019 and had a floating interest rate of LIBOR plus 2.25 percent. The refinancing was completed by Sunstone Hotel Investors.

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HFF Arranges $24.5M Sale, $17.8 M Financing for Retail Center in Tucson

by Nellie Day

TUCSON, ARIZ. — HFF has arranged the $24.5 million sale of Colonia Verde, a 98,937-square-foot retail center in Tucson. Gleb Lvovich of HFF arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Westwood Financial Corp., and Nick Kassab of HFF represented the buyer, ROK Properties Inc. Additionally, Jeremy Womack of HFF secured a 10-year, $17.8 million acquisition loan for the asset through a global financial services firm on behalf of the new owner. Safeway and Walgreens anchor Colonia Verde, which was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Ace Hardware, Wells Fargo, Panda Express, Coldstone Creamery and Jamba Juice.

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