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Ambassador Town Center Lafayette

LAFAYETTE, LA. — Capital One Bank has provided a $47.7 million loan for Ambassador Town Center, a 430,000-square-foot, open-air retail center in Lafayette. The property is located on more than 60 acres at the southeast corner of Ambassador Caffery Parkway and Kaliste Saloom Road. Ambassador Town Center is currently 98 percent leased to Costco Wholesale, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Field & Stream, Marshalls, HomeGoods, Nordstrom Rack, Off Broadway Shoes and PetSmart. The borrowers, Stirling Properties LLC and CBL & Associates Properties Inc., used the seven-year, fixed-rate loan to retire an existing construction loan.

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Shepherd University West Virginia

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.VA. — EdR has begun construction on a new $22 million, 298-bed residence hall at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown. The five-story project will feature a mix of single- and double-suite style units. Amenities will include a food service and dining area, classroom, student lounges and Wi-Fi. The Shepherd University Foundation Supporting Organization hired EdR to develop the third-party project and will own the asset upon completion in summer 2017. Raymond James Financial Inc. assisted in financing the development, and Shepherd University will manage the property upon completion.

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DUNCAN, S.C. — Colliers International has arranged a 202,000-square-foot lease renewal at Hillside Industrial Park in Duncan. The tenant, Global Automotive Partners, has renewed its space at 15 Tyger River Drive with the landlord, Exeter Property Group. Hillside is situated within the SC-290 industrial submarket, which has a high concentration of Tier 1 automotive suppliers near BMW’s plant. Global Automotive Partners provides consulting, manufacturing, logistics and administration services to clients in the automotive industry. Givens Stewart, Garrett Scott and Brockton Hall of Colliers International represented Global Automotive in the lease deal.

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TUCSON, ARIZ. — El Pollo Loco, a chicken restaurant chain based in California, has signed a franchise development deal with new partner PLM Restaurants L.C., which will open six new restaurants by August 2019 in the Tucson area. In addition, PLM Restaurants has also completed the acquisition of two existing El Pollo Loco restaurants in the Tucson market. Franchise partners David Harper and Stephan Ralston own PLM. Harper is also president and owner of Meridian Restaurants, which owns and operates 82 Burger King restaurants. El Pollo Loco has more than 435 company-owned and franchised restaurants in Arizona, California, Nevada, Texas and Utah.

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SAN DIEGO — San Diego Gas & Electric has given a Grand Energy Champion Award to Petco for the company’s San Diego headquarters. The 300,000-square-foot, pet-friendly facility was a former semi-conductor plant that expanded and relocated Petco’s support center from multiple buildings to one. More than 75 skylights and nearly 3,000 solar panels on the roof produce an 86 percent energy offset and allow the building’s lighting systems to run at only half capacity. Throughout the construction process, approximately 85 percent of all demolition materials were recycled. The building’s café uses highly efficient appliances to cook and prepare food for Petco’s partners. Outside, rain and runoff water flows through landscape elements around the building and parking lot that filter water through soil sediments. In return, water evaporates, instead of draining and polluting the ocean. The building’s energy efficiency is further accented by drought-tolerant landscaping and electric car charging stations for employee use.  

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TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Capstone Real Estate Investments LLC has acquired two student housing communities located near the Florida State University (FSU) campus in Tallahassee. Acquired assets include High Point Apartments and Colony Club. The High Point Apartments complex is located on Chapel Drive adjacent to Legacy Suites, and consists of 151, one-bedroom units. Capstone will begin renovations on the property this fall, with completion expected for summer 2017. Interior improvements including paint, flooring and fixtures, as well as the addition of in-unit washers and dryers and an updated pool deck will be included in the renovation. Capstone intends to demolish the existing structures at Colony Club in order to place the land up for sale for redevelopment.

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LAGRANGE, GA. — Great Wolf Resorts Inc. has unveiled plans to open a new $150 million destination resort in La Grange, approximately 70 miles southwest of Atlanta, by 2018. The company has entered into a partnership with the state of Georgia and the City of LaGrange, but no other details of the partnership have been released. Great Wolf Lodge Georgia will offer 500,000 square feet of entertainment space. The centerpiece of the resort will be a 93,000-square-foot indoor water park that will include a multi-level treehouse, tipping water bucket, high-thrill water slides, a lazy river, wave pool, several zero depth entry pools and kids water play areas. The lodge will also include 456 rooms that will each accommodate at least five people. Rooms will include refrigerators, microwaves and coffee makers. Great Wolf Lodge will also offer kid-focused suites such as the Wolf Den and KidCabin, which will feature various themes and bunk beds. Other entertainment options will include a ropes course, climbing attraction, miniature golf, bowling alley, spas, dining options and numerous shows and programs. The lodge will also feature over 16,000 square feet of meeting and conference space with audio-visual technology and catering options. “Creating more than 600 jobs and …

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Bulfinch-Crossing-Boston-MA

BOSTON — National Real Estate Advisors and The HYM Investment Group have unveiled plans to redevelop the Government Center Garage into Bulfinch Crossing, a six-building, 2.9 million-square-foot mixed-use development in Boston’s Bulfinch Triangle. Spanning two city blocks, Bulfinch Crossing will be anchored by One Congress, a 1 million-square-foot office tower designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. At full build-out, the development will feature three mid-rise buildings, including a hotel-and-condo building, an office building and a multi-story retail property, surrounding a new public plaza on the eastern side of the parcel, and One Congress and two high-rise residential buildings on the west parcel. Expected to break ground later this year, the project’s first high-rise residential component, designed by CBT Architects, will consist of 486 units, including 64 designated as affordable housing. In total, the mixed-use development will include 812 residential units, 196 hotel rooms, 1.15 million square feet of office space and 85,000 square feet of new retail space. Additionally, the property will feature a 1-acre rooftop amenity on the west parcel and a more than 1-acre public plaza on the east parcel. At completion of the overall redevelopment, the remaining portions of the existing garage will contain approximately 1,100 parking spaces …

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Sterling-Parc-Cedar-Knolls-NJ

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J. — Invesco Real Estate has completed the sale of Sterling Parc, a Class A multifamily community in Cedar Knolls. Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers acquired the property for $91 million. Situated on 22.5 acres, the 27-building property features 252 market-rate apartments, 56 age- and income-restricted apartments and eight income-restricted apartments in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Communities amenities include a central clubhouse with an outdoor swimming pool, patio, grilling area, fitness center, business center and community room with full-size kitchen. At the time of sale, the property was 96 percent leased. Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Stephen Simonelli, Michael Oliver and Marc Duval of HFF represented the seller in the transaction.

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LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Dermody Properties and Great Point Investors have broken ground on a new distribution facility at LogistiCenter at Logan, a master-planned 5.5 million-square-foot Class A industrial park in Logan Township. Located at 2810 Oldmans Creek Road, the 393,120-square-foot facility is slated for completion this fall. The facility will be e-commerce compliant with 36-foot clear heights and parking for 186 cars and 129 trailers. Great Point Investors is the strategic capital partner on the project.

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