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BJ's

PORT ORANGE, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of two retail centers in Port Orange totaling $32.3 million. The properties include an 86,464-square-foot BJ’s Wholesale Club and fuel center and the 63,257-square-foot Altamira Village shopping center. Altamira Village’s tenant roster includes LA Fitness, CVS/pharmacy and Golden Corral. John Nuzman of Marcus & Millichap’s Detroit office represented the seller, Collett, a developer based in North Carolina, in both transactions. Robert Horvath and Todd Tremblay of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer. Kirk Felici of Marcus & Millichap’s Miami office is the firm’s broker of record in Florida. The BJ’s is under a 20-year lease that began in September 2013, and LA Fitness has a 15-year lease that started this year.

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Vinings Laurel Creek

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Passco Cos. LLC has purchased Vinings at Laurel Creek, a 244-unit, Class A apartment community, for $30.9 million. The multifamily community is located at 3434 Laurens Road near downtown Greenville. Delivered in 2013, the apartment property features a beach-entry pool, indoor/outdoor clubhouse, cyber café, dog park and fitness center. Passco plans to hold the asset for seven to 10 years or until the market dictates, according to Gary Goodman, senior vice president of acquisitions for Passco Cos.

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MALDEN, MASS. — Colliers International has arranged $175 million in financing for Granada Highlands, a multifamily community in Malden. The loan will be used to pay off existing debt and the completion of unit renovations and upgrades, plus the construction of an additional 236 units. Situated on 41 acres, Granada Highland currently includes 919 units in 13 buildings. Once the expansion is complete, the property will feature 1,155 units in 15 buildings and upgraded amenities, including a fitness center, business center, media room, outdoor resort-style pool with cabana, basketball courts, tennis courts and professionally landscaped grounds. John Broderick and Kevin Phelan of Colliers secured the financing for the borrower, Metropolitan Properties of America, through JP Morgan Chase.

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NEW YORK CITY — Deka Immobilien GmbH, in a joint venture with New York-based Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp., has acquired 522 Fifth Avenue in New York. Morgan Stanley sold the property for $170 million. The two-level asset offers 8,411 square feet of corner retail space with approximately 25 feet of frontage along Fifth Avenue. There is an opportunity to reposition and enhance the property, potentially adding approximately 16,000 square feet of retail space and expanding the property’s storefront by 44 feet. Robert Stamm of Savills Studley’s U.S. cross-border group represented Germany-based Deka in the acquisition. Deka has real estate assets under management globally on behalf of private and institutional clients. The total value of those assets is €25 billion (US$31.7 billion). This transaction is the firm’s first joint venture acquisition in the United States.

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BELLEVILLE, N.J. — Rendina has acquired a three-building medical office portfolio, located in Belleville, for $14.75 million. The 128,006-square-foot portfolio is situated on the campus of Clara Maass Medical Center (CMMC), a Barnabas Health facility. The purchase allows Rendina to bring management and leasing expertise to the properties, and also provides Barnadas Health an additional source of capital for the development of an 87,000-square-foot expansion at CMMC. Rendina will serve as the developer for the project, which includes a state-of-the-art intensive care unit, new hospital lobby and custom-designed physician office space. Site work, including a parking garage expansion, began in late September. In addition to handling management and leasing responsibilities, Rendina will invest more than $2 million in capital improvements and upgrades for the newly acquired properties.

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NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has negotiated $10.7 million in refinancing for a three-property multifamily portfolio located in Brooklyn. Totaling 33 units, the properties are located on Roebling Street, South Second Street and Bedford Avenue in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. The five-year loan, which was provided by a national balance sheet lender, features a 3 percent fixed interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule. Judah Hammer of Meridian’s New York City headquarters secured the financing.

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Hanover-Courts-Pottstown-PA

POTTSTOWN, PA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Hanover Courts, a 92-unit multifamily property located in Pottstown. An undisclosed partnership sold the property for $3.95 million to a regional limited liability corporation. Located at 371 N. Hanover St. and built in 1965, the property features 16 studio units, 52 one-bedroom units and 24 two-bedroom units. Clarke Talone, Ridge MacLauren and Andrew Townsend of Marcus & Millichap’s Philadelphia office represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Huff, Niehaus & Associates has arranged the sale of an extended-stay hotel portfolio with properties in Indiana and Kentucky for $37 million. The portfolio of five hotels includes 583 rooms consisting of three Candlewood Suites and two Suburban Extended Stay hotels. A Chicago-based investment firm purchased the portfolio from C&L Hospitality LLC. Funding was secured through Arbor Commercial Mortgage LLC. The properties include: Candlewood Suites Indianapolis N.E., located at 8111 Bash St.; Candlewood Suites Indianapolis Airport, located at 5250 W. Bradbury Ave.; Suburban Extended Stay Indianapolis N.E., located at 8055 Bash St.; Suburban Extended Stay in Clarksville, Ind., located at 1620 Leisure Way; and Candlewood Suites Louisville Airport, located at 1367 Gardiner Lane. H. Brandt Niehaus of Huff, Niehaus & Associates represented the seller.

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ST. LOUIS — National Asset Services (NAS) has arranged a $45 million loan to refinance a 315,000-square-foot office property in St. Louis. NAS led a group of tenant-in-common co-owners in a multi-tiered process, which resulted in a new property ownership structure and favorable refinancing terms. The process involved reorganizing and consolidating the group of 31 tenant-in-common co-owners and an additional 77 investors into a new limited liability company. The newly created company then became the borrower under a new loan provided by an undisclosed lender. The Class A property is located at 8555 University Place. The three-story, single-tenant office building serves as the company headquarters for Express Scripts, a manager of pharmacy benefit plans.

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