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UNION, MOONACHIE AND FAIRFIELD, N.J. — The Stro Cos. has acquired five industrial buildings totaling 210,000 square feet in New Jersey for $14.7 million. The properties were purchased in separate transactions from different sellers including: 1110 Springfield Road, 50 Milltown Road and 60 Milltown Road in Union. The three-building, 128,000-square-foot industrial park is located near Route 22, I-78, The Garden Parkway and Newark Liberty Airport. The park is 98 percent occupied and features industrial units ranging from 10,000 to 30,000 square feet. Stro acquired the property for $7 million. Millington Bank financed the acquisition. 111 Moonachie Ave. in Moonachie. The 52,000-square-foot industrial building features seven units. Located in the Meadowlands, the property is directly across the street from Teterboro Airport. The property was acquired for $5.3 million with one 7,000-square-foot vacancy. Malvern Bank financed the acquisition. 18 Industrial Road in Fairfield. The multi-tenant industrial building spans 30,000 square feet. Stro plans to install upgrades to the exterior of the property, which is accessible from Route 46 and I-80. Bank of New Jersey financed the $2.4 million acquisition.

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LIVINGSTON, N.J. — The Azarian Group has acquired Livingston Town Center in Livingston from an affiliate of Onyx Equities for $21.3 million. Livingston Town Center is located at the intersection of East Mount Pleasant Avenue and North Livingston Avenue and includes 65,000 square feet of retail space. Tenants include Destination Maternity, 7-Eleven, Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, Wells Fargo, Fit 36, Restore Cold Press Juices, X-Tend Barre and 19 others.  Amenities include fountain and sitting areas, a parking garage and 114 attached townhomes. Livingston Town Center is 94 percent occupied.

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NEWARK, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $4.8 million acquisition of a 68-unit apartment portfolio in Newark. Cushman & Wakefield’s Brian Whitmer, Andrew Merin, David Bernhaut, Gary Gabriel, Seth Pollack and Ryan Dowd represented the buyer, a private investor. The portfolio includes two communities located one block from each other on Roseville Avenue. Both properties are three stories tall and were built in the early 1970s. The first, 467-479 Roseville Ave., contains 46 units and totals 37,000 square feet on 0.46 acres. The second, 385-391 Roseville Ave., includes 22 units and totals 17,600 square feet on 0.3 acres.

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Pacific Ridge Apartments, San Diego

SAN DIEGO — American Assets Trust Inc., a San Diego-based REIT, has acquired Pacific Ridge, a 533-unit apartment complex near the San Diego coastline, for $232 million. The sale is one of the largest multifamily transactions in San Diego history, according to Berkadia, which brokered the transaction. Pacific Ridge is a Class A luxury community located on 15 acres with unobstructed ocean views. Carmel Partners developed the 577,147-square-foot property, which opened in 2010. Outdoor amenities include Moroccan-styled common areas, lounges, two saltwater pools and spas, an outdoor grill and dining pavilion, yoga deck, bocce court, fire pits, jogging trail and dog walk. Indoor amenities include a wine bar, coffee bar, demonstration kitchen, fitness center, tanning studio, board sport and bicycle storage, saltwater aquarium and concierge. The property is located near San Diego International Airport, SeaWorld San Diego and Petco Park, home of Major League Baseball’s San Diego Padres. Berkadia cited a declining unemployment rate — falling 60 basis points year-over-year to 4 percent at the end of February — as a reason for San Diego’s attractiveness as a market. Ed Rosen, John Chu, Kyle Pinkalla and Erin Dammen of Berkadia represented the seller, identified only as “a San Francisco-based entity,” …

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National Rent Declines

Average U.S. apartment rents saw a modest increase of 0.2 percent from March to April 2017, but rents increased in 81 percent of markets nationwide, according to a report from RENTCafé. The report uses data from the apartment listing service’s parent company, software provider Yardi. The RENTCafé research team analyzed data across the 250 largest cities in the United States for buildings containing 50 or more units. Based on the data, the average U.S. apartment saw a $2 increase in rent between March and April 2017. Rents increased in April in 203 of the 250 cities tracked by Yardi, while they decreased in 13 cities and stayed flat in 34. Year-over-year, rents went up 2 percent nationwide, which is “a significant reduction in regard to historical performance at this time of the year and is the lowest annual growth rate we’ve seen in more than three years,” according to the report’s author, Ama Otet. By comparison, average rents increased at triple that rate — 6 percent — from April 2015 to April 2016. California cities make up the bulk of the April rent-growth list, with 11 of the top 20 growth cities located in the state. Stockton, Calif., took the …

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Last year was a relatively flat year for the Northern Nevada office market. Reno/Sparks had negative absorption in the first and third quarters of 2016, and positive absorption in the second and fourth quarters. The year ended up at 10,153 square feet of net absorption, according to the DCG internal database, essentially nullifying any real gains or losses. However, the Reno office market is much healthier at a 12 percent vacancy rate as compared to the nearly 20 percent recession highs. Each quarter also recognized more gross absorption than the previous quarter in 2016. Class A office continued to be in demand with rents increasing to north of $2 per square foot, per month, full service. Large spaces ideal for company relocations are difficult to find. Reno currently has a small supply of vacant, Class A spaces with more than 10,000 square feet available. However, we should see our first speculative construction take place in the Meadowood submarket as Mckenzie Properties plans a 40,000-square-foot building in Mountain View Corporate Center. New corporate relocations for office tenants were relatively quiet in 2016. In comparison to 2015, we saw large tenants relocate to our region, including Grand Rounds in South Meadows and …

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SUPERIOR, COLO. — DSP Builders has started construction of a 60,000-square-foot medical office building in Superior. The four-story Superior Medical Center will be situated at the southeast corner of U.S. Highway 36 and McCaslin Boulevard. The $18.5 million project is slated for completion by early 2018. It is 50 percent pre-leased to tenants like Boulder Community Health (BCH), Touchstone Imaging and Cornerstone Orthopedics & Sports Medicine. John Gustafson of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank is overseeing leasing for the building. Intergroup Architects designed the property.

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TORRANCE, CALIF. — The Bascom Group has acquired the 64-unit Harvard Villa Apartments in Torrance for $14 million. The community is located at 20341 Harvard Blvd. Harvard Villa is situated near the Pacific Ocean and the 405, 110, 710 and 105 freeways. The seller is a long-term private owner. Erich Pryor, Eric Snyder and Thomas Sherlock of Talonvest Capital arranged a $11.4 million acquisition loan from TCF National Bank. Hooman Emanuel of Emanuel Real Estate Group represented Bascom in the transaction.

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CULVER CITY, CALIF. — McCormick Construction has completed the renovation of the 45,000-square-foot Westwood One radio broadcast facility in Culver City. The campus is located at 8935, 8965 and 8944 Lindblade Ave. Cumulus Media recently acquired Westwood One, adding sports, news, talk, music and programming services. McCormick built 21 radio broadcast studios on the property. The CIM Group owns the site.

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