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PORT RICHEY, FLA. — FM Capital has arranged the $24.4 million refinancing of Embassy Crossing Shopping Center, a 340,000-square-foot retail center in Port Richey, roughly 40 miles north of Tampa. Yael Ishakis of FM Capital arranged the loan through a national bridge lender. The borrower was not disclosed. At the time of sale, Embassy Crossing Shopping Center was 88 percent leased to tenants including Bed Bath & Beyond, Michael’s, Petco, Olive Garden, Lane Bryant, Scottrade and the U.S. Post Office.

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NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA. — The Henderson Group has purchased five office buildings located in Newtown Square from Brandywine REIT for $42 million. The five properties are located on Campus Boulevard at the intersection of West Chester Pike and Route 252. All but one of the buildings, 17 Campus Blvd., are currently occupied. The buyer is actively pursuing new tenants for the two-story, 50,000-square-foot office building.

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SAN JOSE, CALIF. — PCCP has provided a $63.8 million senior loan to Hudson Cos. for the development of Vespaio, a mixed-use project located at 138 Stockton Ave. in San Jose. The seven-story property will feature 162 residential units and 39,042 square feet of retail and commercial space. Slated for completion in 2019, the project will consist of three floors of commercial space fronting Stockton Avenue and two levels of structured parking. Amenities include a business center, fitness center, resident lounge, test kitchen, gaming area, pool, spa, outdoor cabanas, and rooftop deck with grills and a fire pit.

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SAN JOSE, CALIF. — A joint venture between Western National Group, Anchor Real Estate Capital and Fantasia Holding Group has started construction of a 551-unit apartment complex within the master-planned community of Market Park in San Jose. The mixed-use development is situated near major freeways like Highway 87, 101, I-680 and I-880. The new community has been dubbed The Platform. It will include 37,500 square feet of retail. The new development will be the closest apartment community to the new Berryessa BART transit station, scheduled to open in June 2018. The Platform will offer two resort-style pools, two fitness centers with indoor-outdoor convertible space, multiple high-end outdoor kitchen areas, a dog salon, two bike stations for maintenance and storage, and two clubhouses with indoor entertainment and gaming facilities. The community is scheduled to open in the third quarter of 2019.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the sale of a freestanding retail property located at 1900 19th Ave. in San Francisco. Guilfoyl-Greenspan Trust sold the single-tenant property to First and Mission Properties for $16.8 million in a 1031 exchange. CVS/pharmacy will occupy the 17,920-square-foot building, which is undergoing a major renovation. Jeff Conover and Thomas Chichester of Faris Lee represented the seller, while Dan Lem of LemRx Realty Advisors represented the buyer in the deal.

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SHAFTER, CALIF. — Essendant Co. has leased 405,299 square feet of industrial space at Wonderful Industrial Park (WIP) in Shafter. The facility is located at 4805 Centennial Plaza Way near Bakersfield. Essendant will use this facility for local and regional fulfilment, e-commerce and distribution. The company will occupy the space in the second quarter of 2018. Wonderful Industrial Park is a 1,625-acre, rail-served, master-planned, entitled industrial development able to accommodate requirements ranging from 100,000 square feet to 2 million square feet. Wonderful Real Estate started construction on a speculative 1 million-square-foot, 40-foot-clear industrial building at WIP in September with an expected delivery date of March 2018. WIP is home to several corporate users including Target, Ross Stores, American Tire Distributors, FedEx, Formica, State Farm, DMSI, MRC Global and Baker Hughes. JLL’s Mike McCrary, Peter McWilliams and Hewett are leading the leasing efforts at Wonderful Industrial Park.

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CHICAGO — Plymouth Industrial REIT Inc. (NYSE: PLYM) has acquired a 15-building, 3 million-square-foot industrial portfolio in the Chicago area for $99.7 million. The Class B portfolio consists of 10 single-tenant buildings spanning approximately 2 million square feet and five multi-tenant buildings totaling approximately 1 million square feet. The buildings are collectively 96 percent leased to various manufacturing and distribution tenants. The portfolio has a weighted average lease term of 4.1 years remaining, with an average of less than 14 percent of the leases expiring each year during the next five years. BIGS Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs, sold the portfolio. The purchase price includes $19.9 million in cash and a $79.8 million loan from an affiliate of the seller. The acquisition is projected to provide an initial yield of 8.1 percent.

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RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has brokered the sale of a retail building located at 10000 Magnolia Ave. in Riverside. A San Bernardino-based private investor sold the property to a Laguna Beach-based development firm for $3.2 million. A portion of the 22,000-square-foot building is being renovated for the new tenant, the Social Security Administration, which is slated to open in 2018. Greg Bedell and Pablo Velasco of Progressive Real Estate represented the buyer and seller in the transaction.

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CHICAGO — J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. has provided a $64 million loan for the refinancing of the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in downtown Chicago. The 334-room luxury hotel occupies floors four through 18 of the Aqua Tower, an 82-story building. The hotel features a 12,000-square-foot ballroom, 28,500 square feet of meeting space, an 8,000-square-foot fitness center, swimming pools, yoga space and Filini’s restaurant.  The location at 221 North Columbus Drive is proximate to the Loop financial district, Millennium Park, North Michigan Avenue and the Chicago lakefront. Danny Kaufman, Jeff Bucaro and Nicole Aguiar of HFF arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Al Rayyan Tourism Investment Co., Magellan Development Group and Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group.

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OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of the Stop-N-Stor portfolio in Ohio for $31.4 million. The portfolio spans a total of eight properties, 3,050 units and 391,458 square feet in Lorain, Elyria, Cuyahoga Falls, Northwood, Oregon, Toledo and Stow, Ohio. The properties feature both nonclimate-controlled and climate-controlled units. Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, an out-of-state investment group.

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