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It’s no secret retail vacancies in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area are at all-time lows. Vacancy rates at the end of first quarter 2017 were 4.6 percent, down from 5.5 percent a year ago, according to CoStar. More tenants are actively looking for the right spaces for their businesses so the retail sector is not overbuilt. Junior anchor tenants have “right-sized” requirements, thus decreasing their space needs. For example, Office Depot is downsizing its typical footprint from 24,000 square feet to 14,000 square feet. Grocery stores that have gone dark have been backfilled with fitness gyms, other grocers or entertainment-type tenants. In addition, market rents jumped markedly from $30 per square foot plus NNNs to $35 to $40 per square foot plus NNNs in the high demand spaces. In Class A retail environments such as the Frisco Mile, rates are $50 to $65 per square foot plus NNNs. Even in the new 99 Ranch Market space in Frisco, rents are $50 per square foot plus NNNs and the tenants are not blinking. Requests for higher finish-outs are continuing, but tenants are willing to pay these higher rents in order to use the landlords’ money for their improvements. Job and Housing …

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LOS ANGELES — Rexford Industrial Realty has purchased two industrial assets in Los Angeles for a total of $35.9 million. The first acquisition was 4175 E. Conant St. in the Long Beach area for $30.6 million. The Class A asset is fully leased to a single tenant on a triple-net basis with 13 years remaining on the lease term. The second acquisition was 5421 Argosy Ave. in the Orange County West submarket. It is fully leased as a mission-critical facility. Rexford funded the acquisitions with cash on hand.

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PHOENIX — Jevan Capital has acquired the 301-unit La Reserve at Forty-Fifth apartment complex in Phoenix for $12.7 million. The community is located at 2627 N. 45th Ave. It was built in 1972. La Reserve offers one- to three-bedroom units. Amenities include three swimming pools, basketball court, three laundry facilities and two picnic areas. Brett Polachek and Jim Crews of Cushman & Wakefield Phoenix represented the seller, CEGOP-PHX 1 LLC, in this transaction.

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ROSAMOND, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a single-tenant retail property located at 2938 Rosamond Blvd. in Rosamond. Newmar LLC acquired the property from a private partnership for $7.6 million. Rite Aid occupies the 17,277-square-foot property, which was built in 2016. Bill Asher of Hanley Investment Group represented the seller, while Jim Halferty of Lee & Associates represented the buyer in the deal.

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ONTARIO, CALIF. — NewMark Merrill Cos. has received $5.2 million in refinancing for The Marketplace on Grove, a 270,000-square-foot shopping center located in Ontario. A 165,643-square-foot Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, which was built in 2007, anchors the center. Additional tenants are Chipotle Mexican Grill, El Pollo Loco, Jersey Mike’s Subs, McDonalds, Panda Express, US Bank and Pizza Pirates. William McPadden, Jeffrey Packard, Tom Treacy and Chris Bingham of John Hancock arranged the financing, which is NewMark’s third completed refinance with John Hancock Life Insurance. Kostas Kavayiotidis of Pacific Southwest Realty helped facilitate the transaction.

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PACIFIC BEACH, CALIF. — Flocke & Avoyer Commercial Real Estate has arranged the lease of 1,300 square feet of restaurant space at 1038 Garnet Ave. in Pacific Beach. Square Bar Café signed a five-year lease for the space from Dayani Partners. Ashley Tiefel and Steve Avoyer of Flocke & Avoyer represented the landlord, while the tenant was self-represented in the transaction.

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DALLAS — The Siegel Group Nevada Inc. has purchased the former Regency Hotel, a four-building, 153,000-square-foot hospitality property located on the LBJ Freeway in northeast Dallas, for approximately $5 million. Originally constructed as a Holiday Inn in 1977, the property features a bar and restaurant, theater, fitness center, pool and banquet areas. As part of the property’s repurposing, the company plans to demolish the building that houses the bar, restaurant and banquet areas and construct a stand-alone retail property in its place.  

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LEON VALLEY, TEXAS — Love Funding has secured $18.5 million in construction and permanent financing for Valencia Lofts, a 192-unit apartment community in the San Antonio metro of Leon Valley. The garden-style community will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units across 14 buildings. Love Funding secured the 40-year HUD loan on behalf of a joint venture between Davila Construction and Loft Concepts.

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DRIPPING SPRINGS, TEXAS — JLL has negotiated the sale-leaseback of an 18,313-square-foot post-acute rehabilitation facility situated on 10.6 acres at 3035 W. Highway 290 in the Austin suburb of Dripping Springs. Arizona-based STORE Capital purchased the five-building property from Mentis Neuro Health, which will leaseback 100 percent of the space for 15 years. Rudy Hubbard, Kevin McConn and Rick Goings led the JLL team in the transaction.

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AMARILLO, TEXAS — Shinall Group will develop a 14,000-square-foot retail center at the former Hastings Entertainment location along Gem Lake Road in Amarillo. Branded The Forum at Gem Lake, the property is surrounded by multiple grocery stores and a Walmart store. The center will lease up to seven tenants, with the earliest move-ins scheduled for late July.

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