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LIBERTY, MO. — Developers have broken ground on Norterre, a master-planned seniors housing community in the Kansas City suburb of Liberty. Development costs are estimated at $66 million for the first phase, which will include a health center, café, single-family homes for seniors and short-stay rehabilitation. Norterre will be built on a 17-acre site adjacent to Liberty Hospital. A 50,000-square-foot healthy living center will act as the center of the community. The seniors housing portions of the community will be based on the household model where up to 20 seniors share a set of amenities. When complete, the community will feature 60 assisted living units, 20 assisted living units and 60 skilled nursing beds. The first phase is expected to open in spring or summer 2017.

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PARK FOREST AND UNIVERSITY PARK, ILL. — Cohen Financial has arranged three acquisition loans totaling $35.9 million for multifamily properties in the suburbs of Chicago. The Ferndale Realty Group LLC is the borrower. In the first deal, Dan Rosenberg of Cohen Financial secured a $4.7 million loan for Governors House Apartments, a 96-unit property in University Park. Rosenberg also arranged an $11.4 million loan for the 220-unit Central Park Apartments and a $19.8 million loan for Autumn Ridge Apartments, a 384-unit property. Both Central Park Apartments and Autumn Ridge Apartments are located in Park Forest. All three fixed-rate loans featured a 10-year term with 30-year amortization schedule and were financed through Morgan Stanley’s CMBS program.

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MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. — Investor WNC has completed the conversion of a 106-year-old warehouse building to a 44-unit affordable housing community in Minneapolis. WNC provided nearly $4 million in low-income housing tax credit equity and historic tax credit equity to fund the adaptive reuse project. The Cameron Apartments, located at 756 N. Fourth St., features 23 studio units, 17 one-bedroom units and four two-bedroom units. The four-story building was originally constructed in 1910. Amenities at the apartment property include a fitness center, picnic and grilling area, laundry facility and bike storage. Unit amenities include appliances, secure intercom entry and a patio or balcony. SR Development LLC is the project developer.

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AKRON/TALLMADGE, OHIO — Namdar Realty Group has acquired Midway Plaza Shopping Center, a 165,450-square-foot retail property in Ohio, for $1.2 million. A private investment partnership sold the center, which is located on the Akron/Tallmadge city line. The single-story property is situated on an 18.8-acre site. Current tenants at Midway Plaza include Rent-A-Center, Petra Middle Eastern Foods supermarket, Save-A-Lot, A & A Beauty Supply, Doll House, Liberty Tax Service, Appliance Mart Parts & Repair and Goodwill. Joel J. Gorjian represented Namdar in the transaction.

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CHICAGO — Wool Finance Partners has arranged a $3.8 million refinancing loan for a 36,730-square-foot industrial property in the Fulton Market district of Chicago. The single-tenant, net-leased building is situated on a nearly one-acre site. Matt Lebenson of Wool Finance Partners originated the floating-rate, three-year loan through an undisclosed regional bank.

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LOS ANGELES — Simon Baron Development has acquired the ground lease on the 600-room Stay on Main Hotel in downtown Los Angeles for an undisclosed sum. The hotel is located at 640 S. Main St. Simon Baron plans to institute a capital improvement program and reposition the 170,000-square-foot property into a modern mixed-use facility. This acquisition is the developer’s first foray into the West Coast, and represents the firm’s first project in California. Ben Reznik of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP represented Simon Baron in the deal. David Swartz of CGS3 represented Simon Baron in the ground lease. 248 Haynes Hotel Associates LLC was the seller. HKS Capital provided financial advisory services to Simon Baron.

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DENVER — American Realty Advisors has purchased a 341-unit apartment building in the Union Station submarket of downtown Denver. The purchase price was not disclosed. The property, formerly known as Elan Union Station, will be rebranded as ALARA Union Station. The newly constructed asset is located at 1975 19th St. The property also contains 58,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and a two-story subterranean parking garage. King Soopers, Wells Fargo, upscale pet food store Kriser’s and the Pig and Sprout, a new restaurant concept by a local restaurateur, lease the retail portion. Jordan Robbins and Jeff Haag of Holliday, Fenoglio and Fowler represented the seller, a joint venture that included Greystar, in this transaction.

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ALISO VIEJO, CALIF. — Colliers International has arranged the sale of a single-tenant PetSmart location in Aliso Viejo. An Orange County, Calif.-based private investor acquired the land and building, located at 23511 Aliso Creek Road, for $18.5 million, with a 4.62 percent cap rate. The property is one of the anchor tenants for Aliso Town Center. The seller was a Los Angeles-based developer. Jereme Snyder and Eric Carlton of Colliers brokered the transaction.

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HANFORD AND CLOVIS, CALIF. — Retail California, a division of Pearson Realty, has arranged three retail leases totaling 7,658 square feet. In Hanford, Pieology leased 1,800 square feet of space at 1696-B W. Lacey Blvd. from Passco Hanford Mall LLC. Lewis Smith and Michael Kennedy of Retail California brokered the deal. Also in Hanford, Blazin Wings Inc. leased 4,623 square feet at 1699 W. Lacey Blvd. from Passco Hanford Mall LLC. Smith represented the landlord, while Phil Fontes of Newmark Grubb ASU & Associates represented the tenant. In Clovis, JR’s Sports Collectibles leased 1,235 square feet of space at 695 W. Herndon Ave. in Clovis Commons Shopping Center from BRE Throne Clovis Commons LLC. Michael Arfsten of Retail California arranged the transaction.

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RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners and Hanley Investment Group have listed Thomas Winery Plaza, a 99,808-square-foot shopping center in Rancho Cucamonga, for sale at $28.6 million. Built in 1989 and renovated in 2008, the property is more than 90 percent occupied and features a diverse mix of more than 30 national and regional/local retailers, including CVS/pharmacy, Fitness 19, Souplantation, The Flame Broiler, Klatch Coffee, Wine Tailor and Elements Massage. Brad Umansky and Frank Vora of Progressive Real Estate Partners, along with Bill Asher of Hanley Investment Group, are marketing the property on behalf of the seller, a private real estate partnership.

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