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PALM HARBOR, FLA. — ARA Newmark has brokered the $82.4 million sale of Lansbrook Village, a 774-unit apartment community located in the Tampa suburb of Palm Harbor. The property features 152 individually owned units that weren’t part of the transaction. Pritzker Realty Group developed Lansbrook Village in three phases — Windsor in 1998, Cambridge in 2002 and Hampton in 2004. The development’s amenities include three swimming pools, two expansive clubhouses and gathering areas, a fitness center, business center, three new outdoor kitchens, two tennis courts, volleyball court, pet playground and a car-care station. Patrick Dufour, Scott Ramey and Ryan Crowley of ARA Newmark represented the sellers, Atlanta-based Carroll Organization and New York-based Bluerock Real Estate, in the transaction, which involved a loan assumption. Carroll Organization decided to buy back into the acquisition by replacing Bluerock as the equity. The company will continue to pursue buying Lansbrook Village’s individually owned units.

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INDEPENDENCE, KY. — The Kroger Co. has acquired Park 536, a 674,500-square-foot industrial property located at 251 Mt. Zion Road in Independence, a town in Kentucky roughly 13 miles south of Kroger’s hometown of Cincinnati. Kroger purchased the asset, which was built on a speculative basis, from VanTrust Real Estate for $33.8 million. Built in late 2016, Park 536 is situated on 45 acres and features 36-foot clear heights, 68 docks and 336 parking spaces. John Gartner III and Norm Khoury of Colliers International’s Cincinnati office represented VanTrust in the sale, and Brian Leonard of JLL represented Kroger, which plans to create nearly 100 new jobs at the facility and will move in upon building out the interior to its liking. The grocer will use Park 536 as a “replenishment center” for the company’s distribution centers in the eastern part of the United States.

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MEMPHIS, TENN. — PEBB Enterprises has acquired Germantown Village Square, a 199,629-square-foot mixed-use development in Memphis. The Boca Raton, Fla.-based investor purchased the asset from Memphis-based Boyle Investment Co. for $28 million. The purchase of Germantown Village is PEBB’s largest acquisition to date by both dollar amount and square footage. Germantown Village Square features nearly 140,000 square feet of retail space leased to tenants such as T.J. Maxx, DSW and Petco, and more than 60,000 square feet of second-floor office space anchored by The West Clinic, a subsidiary of Baptist Memorial Health Services.

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DEARBORN, MICH. — Ford Land Development Corp., the real estate arm of Ford Motor Co., has begun transformation of the Dearborn campus with the groundbreaking of Wagner Place, a development featuring office and retail space. The $60 million Ford investment will provide Ford employees and nearby residents with new retail and restaurant options, complemented by green space, outdoor seating and enhanced walkability. Ford is transforming about two blocks of largely vacant buildings into the 150,000-square-foot development. Wagner Place will feature two floors of workspace and a rooftop patio in addition to first-floor retail and restaurant space. Approximately 600 Ford global data insights and analytics employees will occupy the property. The development is part of the 10-year transformation of the company’s more than 60-year-old Dearborn facilities, which will relocate 30,000 employees from 70 buildings into primarily two sites: a product campus and a world headquarters campus. Wagner Place is scheduled for completion in mid-2018. With $3 million in support from the Michigan Strategic Fund, the city of Dearborn will construct a 373-spot public parking structure near the development at West Village Drive and Monroe Street for consumer and Ford employee parking. Dearborn is overseeing an $18 million investment for the west downtown area …

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CHESTERFIELD, MO. — McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. has completed construction of a new 106,000-square-foot outpatient services building on the west campus of St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield. The $40 million St. Luke’s Outpatient Center Building B adjoins the hospital’s Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. Desloge Jr. Outpatient Center. The five-story structure provides additional space for new physician offices as well as the expansion of St. Luke’s physical therapy and cardiac rehabilitation services. Other St. Luke’s services that have relocated to the building include EEG/EMG; the nutrition wellness and diabetes center; the anticoagulation clinic; and wound care and hyperbaric medicine. BSA LifeStructures Inc. designed the building.

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ST. LOUIS — Berkadia has negotiated the sale of Beau Jardin, a multifamily property located at 10347 Sannois Drive in St. Louis, for an undisclosed price. Built in 1963, the 182-unit property features one- and two-bedroom apartments. Community amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, tennis courts, playground, dog park and fitness center. Andrea Kendrick of Berkadia represented the seller, Corbeil Equities LLC. PC Beau-Jardin LLC was the buyer.

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CHICAGO — Accesso Partners LLC has completed a pocket park with seating for 50 between the office towers at 200 and 230 W. Monroe St. in Chicago’s West Loop. The 1.2 million-square-foot property has been renamed Monroe Plaza and is entering a second phase of upgrades. The new 3,000-square-foot park is open to employees and the public. Phase II renovations of the property will include enhancements to the lobbies, entrances, corridors and common areas of both buildings. Accesso has also named Cushman & Wakefield as the leasing broker for the office property. The leasing team consists of Andrea Saewitz, Ben Cleveland and Mark Baby.

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ROCKFORD, ILL. — SVN | Chicago Commercial has arranged the sale of two multifamily buildings in Rockford for $1.9 million. Totaling 41 units, the properties are located at 902 and 948 N. Main St. Reid Bennett of SVN represented the seller, Windsor Apartments Limited Partnerships, while Cody Doran represented the buyer, Illinois FZ Property LLC.

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BOSTON — Capital One has provided a $60 million leasehold mortgage to The Davis Cos. (TDC) for the acquisition of 88 Black Falcon Ave., a pair of office/industrial buildings totaling 376,000 square feet in Boston’s Seaport District. TDC plans to make improvements including upgrades to the building’s common areas, bathrooms, elevator lobbies, entrances and restaurant/café, as well as the addition of a fitness center. Lisa Greeley of Capital One’s Boston office originated the transaction. The property is 94 percent leased, with 17 office tenants and 18 industrial tenants.

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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Fantini & Gorga has secured a $25.5 million first mortgage for a 61-unit multifamily property with ground-floor retail and underground parking. The property is located at 603 Concord Ave. in the Fresh Pond/Alewife neighborhood of Cambridge. Derek Coulombe, Tim O’Donnell and Despina Hixon of Fantini & Gorga arranged the financing. The six-story property is comprised of a mix of studios, one- and two-bedroom units. It is 100 percent leased including 5,511 square feet of retail space. Retail tenants include an orthodontist, an eye clinic and an urgent care center.

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