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PHILADELPHIA — Post Brothers Apartments has acquired The Presidential City Apartments, a 1,030-unit complex on City Avenue in Philadelphia for $51 million. The seller is a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based real estate investment firm. As part of the off-market transaction, the seller is keeping the ground lease, which has considerable redevelopment potential. The complex was constructed in 1950 and rents range from $765 per month for a studio to $1,835 per month for a three-bedroom unit. Joseph Brecher and Eli Rosen of Gebroe-Hammer represented the seller in the transaction.

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NEW YORK CITY — Friedland Properties has purchased 706 Madison Ave., a 19,100-square-foot retail building in New York City, for $141.5 million. The colonial building is located on the Upper East Side and contains three levels above grade, a basement and sub-basement. Jon Caplan, Richard Baxter, Scott Latham and Yoron Cohen led the Jones Lang LaSalle team that represented the seller, BNY Mellon, in the transaction.

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MELVILLE, N.Y. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $25 million loan for the refinancing of Melville Office Center, a 270,000-square-foot office building at 445 Broad Hollow Road in Melville. Ernest DesRochers and Charles Cotsalas of NorthMarq arranged the 10-year loan through a life company. The loan features a 30-year amortization schedule.

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HOUSTON — ARA has brokered the sale of the 250-unit, Class A Harbor View, a luxury multifamily community located in the Kingwood suburb of northeast Houston. The apartment community is located in the 14,000-acre King's Harbor mixed-use development, which is adjacent to Lake Houston. Harbor View is 91 percent occupied. Matthew Rotan, David Oelfke, David Wylie and David Mitchell of ARA's Houston office represented the seller, New York City-based JP Morgan, in the transaction. Atlanta-based Cortland Partners was the buyer.

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HOUSTON — Berkeley Point Capital has closed a $58.8 million credit facility addition on an existing $80 million credit facility funded in August 2011. The nine-year advance recently funded the acquisition of the 309-unit Metro at Greenway, a Class A apartment community located adjacent to Greenway Plaza in Houston. The apartment community features a pool plaza, infinity spa, poolside terrace, courtyard, orange grove, summer kitchen, 24-hour fitness center, locker room, saunas, tanning bed, demonstration kitchen, resident lounge, coffee bar and parking garage with remote control access. The advance also funded the acquisition of the 114-unit Zoso Flats in Arlington, Va. Mitch Clarfield of Berkeley Point arranged the credit facility addition on behalf of the sponsor, Simpson Housing Fund I, a joint venture between Denver-based Simpson Housing LLLP and an East Coast-based pension fund.

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LOS ANGELES – A 46,213-square-foot office building in the Los Angeles submarket of Brentwood has sold to WLA Wilshire, LLC for $15.5 million. It is located at 11859 Wilshire Blvd. WLA was represented by Andrew Jennison of Industry Partners. The seller, 11859 Wilshire, LLC, was represented by Roger Beck and Gelena Skya-Wasserman of Charles Dunn Company. The seller had previously occupied the building as PCS, a communications company that has since moved to Texas.

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