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CHICAGO — Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement in two separate transactions to sell data centers for a combined $1 billion. The REIT will sell a 251,141-square-foot data center in metro Chicago for $315 million. An affiliate of Digital Realty Trust LP has purchased the property, which is situated on 19 acres of land. Carter Validus has also entered into a definitive agreement to sell a 14-property data center portfolio to Singapore-based Mapletree Industrial Trust for $750 million. The transactions are expected to close in the fourth quarter. Moelis & Co. LLC served as lead financial advisor, along with KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Inc. serving as co-advisors. Morris, Manning & Martin LLP served as legal counsel.

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LINCOLNSHIRE, ILL. — Associated Bank has arranged a $66.8 million syndicated loan for the construction of 444 Social, a 302-unit luxury apartment property in Lincolnshire, a northern suburb of Chicago. The Class A property will be located at 444 Parkway Drive. The property will feature 127 one-bedroom units, 126 two-bedroom units and 15 three-bedroom units. Completion is slated for spring 2019. Associated Bank, which served as the lead arranger on the deal, provided $20 million of the loan package. Krista Casper of Associated Bank originated the loan for the borrower, SMASH Residential Chicago LLC, an affiliate of ECD Co.

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CLAYTON, MO. — Franklin Partners has acquired The Plaza in Clayton, a 325,172-square-foot office building in Clayton, about nine miles west of St. Louis. The purchase price was not disclosed. The 16-story property is located at 190 Carondelet Plaza. Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart designed the building, while St. Louis-based THF Realty developed the property in 2001. Paul Lundstedt, Dan Deuter, Mark Palmer, Artie Kerckoff and TJ Redmond of CBRE represented the seller, KBS REIT.

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CHICAGO — Apartment Investment Advisers (AIA) has brokered the sale of a 67-unit apartment building in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood for $8.2 million. The eight-story property is located at 940 W. Winona St. A Chicago-based multifamily investment and management firm acquired the building with plans to complete a modernization and repositioning program. Bill Cassin of AIA represented the seller, a private investor that had owned and operated the building since the mid-1990s.

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NEW YORK CITY — Savanna has acquired an office building located at 19 W. 44th St. in Midtown Manhattan. Deka Immobilien GmbH sold the 18-story, 303,943-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. Originally constructed in 1916, the property features pre-war architecture as well as oversized loft-style windows, outdoor terraces and a historic masonry façade and entrance. Savanna plans to reposition the building through a series of cosmetic and base building capital improvements, along with a new branding campaign. Mesa West Capital provided financing for the acquisition and repositioning of the property. Russell Frahm of Mesa West Capital originated the financing, which was arranged by Lawrence Britvan, Matt Jacobs and Michael Straw of Hodges Ward Elliott. Cole Schotz PC advised Savanna in the transaction, while Colliers International represented the seller in the deal.

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WESTBOROUGH, MASS. — CBRE/New England has arranged the sale of Westborough Office Park, a four-building Class A office park located in Westborough. Equus Capital Partners sold the property to Carruth Capital for $40.7 million. Situated on 46 acres, the 384,000-square-foot property comprises 1700, 1800, 1900 and 2000 W. Park Drive. At the time of sale, the property was 90 percent occupied. Dave Pergola and Brian Doherty of CBRE/NE represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.

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SOUTH MARLTON, N.J. — Colliers International has arranged the sale of Evesham Crossing Shopping Center, located at 515 Route 73 in South Marlton. Starwood Capital and Goodman Properties sold the 81,000-square-foot property to Raymour and Flanigan for an undisclosed price. Todd Sussman and Josh Goldine of Colliers were the sole brokers in the transaction.

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CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Cronheim Mortgage has arranged $6 million in financing for Village Walk, a retail property located along Route 70 in Cherry Hill. The loan, provided by a local New Jersey bank, was structured with a five-year term. The 60,000-square-foot property is currently 100 percent leased to 14 tenants, including a yoga studio, Italian restaurant, sneaker store, bridal boutique, fitness center and hair salon. Allison Villamagna, Andrew Stewart and Dev Morris of Cronheim Mortgage arranged the loan for the undisclosed borrower.

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NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has brokered the sale of an industrial property, located at 237, 245 and 247 Kent St. in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $5 million. The buyer plans to use property, which comprises three contiguous parcels, as a warehouse and office facility. Sasha Berg of GFI Realty represented the undisclosed seller and buyer in the transaction.

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FULLERTON, CALIF., AND VANCOUVER, WASH. — Retail Opportunity Investment Corp. (ROIC) has acquired two shopping centers on the West Coast for a total of $96.5 million. The purchase includes Fullerton Crossroads, a 221,636-square-foot, grocery-anchored community center in Fullerton, and Riverstone Marketplace, a 108,323-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center in Vancouver. Fullerton Crossroads was built in 1971 at 3200–3362 E. Yorba Linda Blvd. It was renovated in 1996 and 2005. The center is 98 percent leased to tenants like Ralphs, Kohl’s, JoAnn Fabric & Craft and Daiso Japan. Riverstone Marketplace is located at 19215 and 19221 S.E. 34th St. and 3415, 3425 and 3505 S.E. 192nd Ave. in the Fisher’s Landing area of Vancouver. The center is 99 percent leased, with Quality Food Center as the anchor. ROIC represented itself in this stock transaction, while JLL’s Geoff Tranchina represented the seller, the Uhlmann Family Trust. “The seller was looking to divest itself of the day-to-day operations of these properties while maintaining its relationship and exposure to high-quality, West Coast retail real estate,” says Tranchina. “These unique tax-deferred structures, while complex to execute, provide long-term holders of real estate the potential to diversify their risk, eliminate management responsibilities and provide liquidity flexibility in the …

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