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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Sealed Air Corp., the company behind brands such as Bubble Wrap and Cryovac, has opened its new office and research campus within LakePointe Corporate Center in Charlotte. Situated south of the Charlotte Douglas International Airport, the project features two office buildings totaling 220,000 square feet, a 170,000-square-foot research and development laboratory and two parking decks. Designed by Atlanta-based tvsdesign, the property is expected to house 1,300 of Sealed Air’s employees. Amenities at the campus include a fitness center, cafeteria and social spaces, including an outdoor pavilion.

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DECATUR, GA. — Terwilliger Pappas has broken ground on Solis Decatur, a 290-unit apartment community that will be situated within the North Decatur Square mixed-use development in Decatur, a suburb of Atlanta. The property will be the multifamily component of the development, which will feature 89,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space leased to tenants including 365 by Whole Foods. Terwilliger Pappas partnered with SJ Collins Enterprises to develop Solis Decatur on an 11-acre parcel about a mile outside of downtown Decatur. JP Morgan and Atlantic Creek provided construction financing.

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DECATUR, GA. — BMO Harris Bank’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group has closed $44.2 million in construction and mini-perm financing for Solomon Holdings. The capital will be used to build The Holbrook of Decatur, a 200-unit seniors housing community in the Atlanta suburb of Decatur. The community will feature 71 independent living units, 96 assisted living units and 33 memory care units. The upscale property is located near Emory University and will feature multiple dining venues, a spa and indoor pool. Choate Construction Co. will build the community, which CDH Partners designed. Once completed, Speak Life Management will be the operator. Construction began in April, and an estimated completion date has not yet been announced.

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NEW YORK CITY — The Gehr Group has arranged $20 million in financing from MidFirst Bank for the leasehold interest in the Fairfield Inn & Suites Manhattan/Times Square, completing a $181 million recapitalization of the New York assets held by its newly formed subsidiary, Gehr Hospitality. The first phase of the recapitalization took place in July 2016, when the company secured a $60 million loan from French bank Natixis for the fee interest in the Fairfield Inn & Suites Manhattan/Times Square, a $46.7 million loan from Wells Fargo for the fee interest in the Four Points by Sheraton/Midtown Times Square, and a $54.5 million loan from Guardian Life Insurance Company for the leasehold interest in the Four Points by Sheraton / Midtown Times Square.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — F.N.B. Corp., parent company of First National Bank, has signed on as the anchor tenant of a planned 22-story office and residential tower at 501 Fayetteville St. in downtown Raleigh. Named FNB Tower, the project will feature 150,000 square feet of Class A office space, 240 residential units and street-level retail space, including a branch of First National Bank. F.N.B. Corp. will occupy more than 40,000 square feet of office space with options to expand to accommodate future growth. The developer, Dominion Realty Partners, is aiming for FNB Tower to be LEED Platinum-certified. The groundbreaking for FNB Tower will take place this December, with delivery anticipated by the summer of 2019. CBRE | Raleigh will handle FNB Tower’s office and retail leasing responsibilities, and Dominion Realty will manage the property once complete. Gregg Broujos and Kathy Gigac of Colliers International and David Thor of JLL represented F.N.B. Corp. in the lease transaction.

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SOUTHPORT, CONN. — Maplewood Senior Living has purchased 27 acres in Southport where it will build a 92,000-square-foot seniors housing community. Construction will begin this summer on Maplewood at Southport, a three-story, 98-unit assisted living and memory care center. Stein-Troost is the architect for the project, Landtech Engineering is the civil engineer, Milone & McBroom is the landscape architect and KBE Building Corp. of Farmington is the contractor.

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HACKENSACK, N.J. — HFF has secured $49.6 million in financing for Meridia Metro, a six-story, 222-unit multifamily property in Hackensack. HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, Capodagli Property Co. to place the fixed-rate loan through MetLife Real Estate. Meridia Metro is located at the intersection of State and Warren streets near Routes 4 and 17 and Interstate 80. The transit-oriented property is also located near New Jersey Transit train stations at Essex Street and Anderson Street, along with the Newark Liberty International Airport. Completed in 2016, Meridia Metro features one- and two-bedroom units with amenities such as stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, hardwood floors and walk-in closets. Community amenities include a fitness center, rooftop terrace, social room with poker and pool tables, pet grooming room and grade-level parking garage. Jon Mikula and Michael Klein led the HFF debt placement team representing the borrower.

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BRISTOL, HATBORO & PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Joe Sternberg of NAI Mertz has arranged three industrial leases totaling over 19,000 square feet in metro Philadelphia. The lease agreements include: A 5,000-square-foot warehouse lease at 200 Rittenhouse Circle in Bristol on behalf of Stiles Machinery. Stiles Machinery manufactures equipment, serving the woodworking, plastics and composites industries and markets. Whitesell Co. owns the facility. A 9,460-square-foot warehouse and office lease at 3235 Sunset Lane in Hatboro. Mike Borski Jr. of the Flynn Co. represented the tenant, Express 4X4 Truck Rental. NAI Mertz represented the building owner. A 5,000-square-foot warehouse and office lease on behalf of Capitol Adjustment Co.at 12285 McNulty Road in Philadelphia.

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OLD SAYBROOK, CONN. — Northeast Private Client Group has negotiated the $2.2 million sale of a 6,500-square-foot retail property known as The Starbucks Building in Old Saybrook. The property is located at 15-19 Main St. Bradley Balletto of Northeast Private Client Group’s Shelton, Conn., office represented the seller, Prospect Realty Partners, and procured the buyer, Developers Consolidated Realty, in the transaction. Tenants at the property include Starbucks and Ben & Jerry’s.

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WESTBURY, N.Y. — LNR Partners LLC has sold The Mall at the Source, a 723,326-square-foot shopping center in the Long Island community of Westbury, for $92 million. The transaction included the 210,798-square-foot Fortunoff Building, a vacant anchor property formerly occupied by now-defunct department store Fortunoff. The property, which includes a four-story parking garage, is situated on 38 acres at 1504 Old Country Road. Located 28 miles from New York City, the mall is positioned within the Nassau Hub submarket. LNR sold the property as the manager for CMAT 99-C1 Old Country Road LLC, which is a subsidiary of Starwood Property Trust Inc. There was also a co-seller on the transaction, a real estate mortgage investment conduit (REMIC) trust for which C-III Asset Management LLC is the special servicer. Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Chris Phaneuf, Michael Oliver, Stephen Simonelli and Andrew Scandalios of HFF marketed the property on behalf of the sellers. HFF also secured a loan for the Fortunoff Building. An undisclosed private foreign buyer purchased the mall and acquired the title to the Fortunoff Building. Starwood Property Trust is a commercial mortgage real estate investment trust. C-III Asset Management is a real estate investment management and commercial property services company. …

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