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NEW ORLEANS — HFF has arranged a $51 million loan for the refinancing of Ace Hotel New Orleans, a 234-room, recently opened hotel located at 600 Carondelet St. in downtown New Orleans. Christopher Peck, Peter Rotchford and Scott Findlay of HFF arranged the floating-rate loan through TPG RE Finance Trust on behalf of the borrower and developer, a partnership between Domain Cos. and Avenue Capital Group. Proceeds of the loan will be used to refinance an existing construction loan. Originally constructed in 1928, the building was renovated and redeveloped into the Ace Hotel New Orleans in 2016. Construction included the addition of a new four-story building on an adjacent lot. The hotel features 31,000 square feet of retail, restaurant, entertainment and meeting space, including a music venue, art gallery, 24-hour gym and locally inspired retailers. In addition, the hotel is situated within walking distance to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Smoothie King Arena, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center and the French Quarter.  

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OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — CNL Healthcare Properties II has acquired a 38,496-square-foot medical office building in Overland Park for $14 million. Constructed in 2007, the building is located at 5525 W. 199th St. on the campus of HCA Menorah Medical Center. The two-story property is fully leased to five tenants, with an ambulatory surgical center anchoring the property. Evan Kovac, Ben Appel, Anthony Frogameni, Andrew Milne, Matt DiCesare and Sean Fogarty of HFF represented the undisclosed seller. The team also procured the buyer, which is a non-traded REIT sponsored by CNL Financial Group.

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CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 6,100-square-foot mixed-use building in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood for $3.4 million. The property, located at 3452 N. Southport Ave., features three apartment units and one retail tenant on the ground floor. Hanna Andersson, a children’s retailer, occupies the ground-floor space. Kyle Stengle of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a local developer. An international private investor purchased the asset.

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WEST HIALEAH, FLA. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the $32.5 million sale of West Hialeah Industrial Portfolio, a 376,016-square-foot industrial warehouse portfolio in West Hialeah, located roughly 11 miles northwest of Miami. The portfolio comprises 41 freestanding, multi-tenant buildings arranged in two separate clusters: one west of the Red Road corridor and north of the Hialeah Expressway and the other west of West 16th Avenue and north of Okeechobee Road. The buildings range in size from approximately 4,000 square feet to 28,000 square feet. Douglas Mandel and Benjamin Silver of IPA arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, The Realty Associates Fund VII, an affiliate of TA Realty. The team also procured the buyer, Cofe Cix West Hialeah LLC. According to IPA, 95 percent of the portfolio’s leases have triple-net structures with annual rent increases that average roughly 4.5 percent.

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FLORENCE, KY. — Huff, Niehaus & Associates Inc. has arranged the $3.9 million sale of the Microtel Inn & Suites Florence/Cincinnati Airport in Florence, a city in northern Kentucky. The 83-room, Wyndham-branded hotel is located roughly 15 miles from downtown Cincinnati. The hotel features complimentary breakfast, a fitness center, meeting room and a free airport shuttle. Brandt Niehaus of Huff, Niehaus & Associates arranged the transaction. Other terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Milhaus has sold a 1,803-unit multifamily portfolio that spans four states for $320.5 million. Four separate buyers acquired the assets. The nine properties included in Milhaus’s Urban Core Portfolio are the 354-unit Highland Row in Memphis, Tenn.; the 131-unit Gantry in Cincinnati; the 329-unit Lift in Oklahoma City; and the 258-unit Artistry, 54-unit Mosaic, 265-unit Circa, 65-unit Mozzo, 105-unit Maxwell, and 242-unit Mentor & Muse in Indianapolis. “The portfolio consists of small and large assets in four distinct metros, but the common theme … is that each of these markets have expanding employment bases of young talent with plenty of runway left in this cycle,” says Steve LaMotte Jr. who, along with CBRE’s Central Midwest Multifamily team, represented developer Milhaus in this disposition. “The rare opportunity to deploy a sizeable amount of capital in newly constructed, best-of-class, urban-walkable assets was duly noted by the market.” Indianapolis-based Milhaus developed, built and operates the majority of the portfolio. The firm focuses on Class A, urban multifamily buildings in growing secondary markets in the eastern half of the U.S. Indiana-based Gene B. Glick Co. was the seller of one of the assets, which Milhaus only operated. Five assets were recapitalized by …

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In Southern Maine, we have an inventory problem. An inventory shortage, that is. During the recovery, there has been a steady flight to quality in all sectors including office, retail and, most strikingly, the industrial market. For the seventh consecutive year, the Greater Portland industrial market vacancy rate has dropped. We are now hovering close to a 2 percent total vacancy, which is grossly inhibiting end-users and growth. Throughout 2017, we worked with buyers and tenants that struggle to find suitable relocation and growth opportunities. Multiple offers and off-market sales have become commonplace, which frustrates end-users. We are coaching our clients to remain patient, flexible and communicative in this fluid and competitive market. Accordingly, the limited inventory drastically increased both lease rates and sales pricing for industrial style space. Sale price trends, in particular, deserve a closer look. In 2011, at the tail end of the recession, Class A and B industrial buildings were selling in the $40-per-square-foot range. Sales were almost exclusively going to owner-user businesses who were bullish enough to bet the economy would turn. Today, those businesses are competing with a smaller inventory pool, and against investors looking to diversify their portfolios. Quality industrial buildings are now …

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SAN DIEGO — Sunroad Enterprises has obtained $165 million in short-term, first-mortgage loans to refinance two new luxury apartment complexes in San Diego. Financing was secured for the 253-unit Ariva and the 302-unit Vive on the Park. The properties are recent apartment developments in the 40-acre, master-planned community of Sunroad Centrum in the Kearny Mesa submarket. Sunroad Centrum will include 1,622 multifamily units and 856,000 square feet of commercial office space once completed. Sunroad Centrum is part of the San Diego Spectrum Center, on the site of the former 232-acre General Dynamics aerospace facility. HFF’s Tim Wright and Aldon Cole arranged the financing. The five-year, non-recourse loan was structured in two pieces, with Mesa West holding $145 million and Clarion Partners holding $20 million.

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — Interstate Equities Corp. (IEC) has purchased the 400-unit Surf at 39 apartment complex in Huntington Beach for $134 million. The community is located at 16761 Viewpoint Lane. Surf at 39 was built in 1972. It features two swimming pools with spas, a business center, fitness facility, clubhouse, dog park and barbecue area. IEC notes that Surf at 39 will remain a workforce housing community. About 80 percent of the units are in their original condition, but are set to undergo a renovation. HFF’s Sean Deasy and Ryan Fitzpatrick represented both the buyer and seller in this transaction. The firm also arranged the acquisition financing.

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DUPONT, WASH. — CRG has acquired DuPont Corporate Center, a 1.6 million-square-foot regional logistics hub formerly occupied by Intel in DuPont, for an undisclosed sum. The campus is located at 2800 Center Drive. DuPont Corporate Center includes a 340,000-square-foot facility that will undergo extensive capital improvements. Phase I of the development is designed to include a 750,200-square-foot distribution facility. Construction is expected to begin this summer. Phase II will include a 494,900-square-foot distribution facility. The center is situated near the Port of Tacoma, between Seattle and Portland, Ore. CBRE represented the seller in this transaction and will head up CRG’s leasing efforts for the existing building. Wilma Warshak of Washington Real Estate Advisors will market the facilities under development.

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