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DALLAS — Trader Joe’s has leased 12,500 square feet in the Preston Alexis addition to Pepper Square Shopping Center at Preston Road and Alexis Drive in north Dallas. Trader Joe’s is a privately held chain that entered the Dallas/Fort Worth market in 2013 and has six stores in the region. Vaughn Miller of VCM Development Group secured the lease and worked in cooperation with Henry Miller IV and Daniel Harris of HSM Brokerage on behalf of the landlord. Kevin Deighan of Timberline Real Estate represented the tenant. The store is slated to open later this year. Vaughn Miller and his father, Vance C. Miller, developed the Preston Alexis addition in 2001 after redeveloping the nearby Pepper Square Shopping Center at Preston Road and Beltline Road.

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LONGVIEW, TEXAS — Caddis, a national healthcare real estate firm headquartered in Dallas, has acquired a 74-unit assisted living and memory care community known as Fountainview Estates in the east Texas market of Longview, about a two-hour drive east of Dallas. Located at 1408 Lago Trail on the city’s northwest side, the community will become part of Caddis’ Heartis brand and will be renamed Heartis Longview. Frontier Management, a seniors housing operator headquartered in Portland, Ore., assumed management duties upon closing. Amenities at Fountainview Estates include a waterfront outdoor terrace, community dining room, game room, theater, beauty salon and barber shop, 24-hour nursing services, an emergency call system, housekeeping and laundry services. Mike Pardoll of Marcus & Millichap’s Charlotte office brokered the deal.

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SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — H.I.G. Realty Partners, an investment firm, has sold a 288-unit apartment community in the Houston suburb of Sugar Land. The asset was purchased in December 2012 and H.I.G. implemented a capital improvement program during its ownership. During the past three years, H.I.G. Realty has acquired and/or developed 7,000 multifamily and student housing units in 13 investments across the U.S. H.I.G. Realty is the real estate platform of H.I.G. Capital, which manages $1.3 billion in investments in small-to-mid cap real estate assets. H.I.G. Realty targets the acquisition of value-add investments and seeks to generate cash flow and appreciation through redevelopment.

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HOUSTON — Ryan Watson of Q10 Kinghorn, Driver, Hough & Co. has secured an $8.4 million acquisition loan for an apartment complex in Houston. The two-story property includes 356 units. Q10 Kinghorn, Driver, Hough & Co. is a Texas-based commercial mortgage banking company that arranges financing for developers and owners of commercial real estate.

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IRVING, TEXAS — CBRE has arranged the sale of Casa del Sol, a 104-unit apartment complex in the Dallas suburb of Irving. Ken Durham purchased the asset from Elmstone Group CDS LLC through a tax-deferred 1031 exchange. At closing, the community was 100 percent occupied. Chris Deuillet of CBRE’s Dallas office represented the seller. The asset, located at 730 N. Nursery Road, was built in 1962. The four-building complex is comprised entirely of 432-square-foot, one-bedroom units.

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CHICAGO — Harrison Street Real Estate Capital has acquired Dwight Lofts, a 771-bed student housing property located in Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood, for a reported $105 million. During the school year, the property serves as housing for students attending Columbia College Chicago, which recently executed an 11-year lease extension. The institution specializes in art and media disciplines. Harrison Street acquired the 178-unit building, built in 2009, from Bethesda, Md.-based ASB Capital Management. The high-quality amenities and central location of Dwight Lofts make the property an ideal living space for students as well as those seeking housing during the summer months, says Joey Harrison, Harrison Street’s core fund portfolio manager. Dwight Lofts is located a quarter-mile from the main campus building of Columbia College Chicago, and within walking distance of four CTA “L” stations, the LaSalle Street Metra Station, Grant Park, lakefront running and bike paths, and retail and restaurant establishments. The property offers two- and four-bedroom units that are fully furnished. The building features amenities designed to cater to Columbia students, including art studio space, music practice rooms, study lounges, a sky lounge, an on-site fitness center and three food-service providers. The Dinerstein Cos. will manage the property.

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OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Tower Properties will completely renovate and revitalize the 6601 College Boulevard building, when engineering and consulting firm Black & Veatch vacates the premises at the end of this year. The $20 million project will include a new glass façade, updated mechanical systems and new interior finishes and amenities. The renovation is expected to position the six-story, 101,000-square foot office building constructed in 1979 as one of the upper-echelon properties in the Overland Park office market. Tower Properties has hired RMTA Architects to design the improvements, and Jonkman Construction to renovate the building’s interior and exterior. The building’s mechanical systems will be designed by SNS Engineering and will be completely modernized. Construction will begin in January 2016, and Tower anticipates the renovated building will be available for occupancy in the fall of 2016. Tower Properties has retained Rollie Fors and Adam Tilton, both senior partners with Colliers International, to market the building. New tenants will benefit from the extensive natural light throughout the building and collaborative exterior green space, says Tilton. According to the Kansas City Business Journal, Black & Veatch is consolidating a total of 700 employees into a single 175,000-square-foot space at Overland Park Xchange, …

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MINNEAPOLIS — WNC, a national investor in real estate and community development initiatives, has provided $3.2 million in low-income housing tax credit equity (LIHTC) to fund the development of Hi-Lake Triangle Apartments, a newly constructed 64-unit affordable seniors housing community in Minneapolis. Hi-Lake Triangle Apartments is a six-story building comprised of 53 one-bedroom and 11 two-bedroom units. Located at 2230 E. Lake St., approximately three miles from downtown Minneapolis, the elevator-serviced community is part of a mixed-use development containing 5,385 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Hi-Lake Triangle Apartments offers residents a rooftop terrace, outdoor picnic area, community room, recreational facility, common living room with a fireplace, laundry facilities, intercom access and onsite management. Each unit is equipped with central air conditioning. The building’s parking area includes 41 spaces reserved for tenants of Hi-Lake Triangle Apartments. Hi-Lake Triangle LLC served as the general partner of the project, while Stephen B. Wellington Jr. served as the project developer. Wellington Management Inc. received the LIHTC financing to help fund the development, which took nearly 10 months to complete.

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APPLE VALLEY, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $2.55 million sale of a 6,260-square foot net-leased property occupied by Red Robin, a gourmet hamburger restaurant, in Apple Valley. The restaurant is located at 15560 Cedar Ave., about 19 miles south of Minneapolis. Mike Marzinske, Adam Prins, Matthew Hazelton, Sean Doyle and Cory Villaume, investment specialists in Marcus & Millichap’s Minneapolis office, marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. The transaction reflects the trend of capital gravitating from coastal markets to the Midwest for properties that are well located and occupied by strong-performing tenants, says Hazelton. “We have observed this trend throughout the year and foresee it remaining sustainable through the end of 2015.”

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SOUTHFIELD, MICH. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has arranged an 11,754-square-foot office lease at Nine Mile Crossing, located at 17515 W. Nine Mile Road, Suite 600, in Southfield, a Detroit suburb. The landlord, TNHYIF TRS INC., leased the space to Language Center International Inc. (LCI), which teaches English as a second language. Established in 1987, the private language school provides citizens, immigrants and non-immigrants with language training for academic or personal purposes. Nine Mile Crossing is 12-story, 140,417-square-foot building that was constructed in 1969. Rick Tabbi of Friedman represented the landlord in the transaction.

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