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MIAMI — Azora, a private equity manager based in Madrid, has purchased an industrial outdoor storage facility located on a 2.6-acre site in Miami. The undisclosed seller sold the property, which features a bus maintenance facility, for $12.8 million. Situated near Miami International Airport, the facility was delivered in 2016 as a build-to-suit for Greyhound Lines, which will continue to use the property as a parking and repair center for another five years. The site includes developable land, plans for which were not disclosed.

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ALLENTOWN, PA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $12.5 million sale of Parkway Shopping Center, a 133,314-square-foot retail center in the Lehigh Valley city of Allentown. The center was built in 1959 and is home to tenants such as Subway, Dollar Tree, IHOP and State Farm Insurance. Colin Reder, Derrick Dougherty and Scott Woodard of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the deal. Neil Campbell and Ian Nordfors of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer.

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ATLANTA — Gorman & Co. has delivered Residences at Westview, a 60-unit mixed-income apartment community located at 1991 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW in Atlanta. Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony in late February. Situated near the West Lake MARTA Station, Residences at Westview features one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, with 90 percent of the units affordable for households earning 50 to 60 percent of the area median income (AMI). Amenities include a playground, community garden and outdoor gathering spaces, as well as after-school services provided by Catholic Charities. Capital sources for Residences at Westview include Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Invest Atlanta, RBC, US Bank and Catholic Charities. Gorman & Co. has 350 units in its development pipeline in the metro Atlanta area over the next two years.

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HARTFORD, CONN. — Regional brokerage firm Northeast Private Client Group (NEPCG) has negotiated the sale of a portfolio of four apartment buildings totaling 60 units in Hartford. The buildings are located at 125–131 Washington St. and 338-342 Jefferson St. Taylor Perun and Cameron Formica of NEPCG represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. The sales price was also not disclosed.

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NEW YORK CITY — The National Museum of Mathematics has signed a 27,158-square-foot retail lease for a temporary space at 225 Fifth Ave. in Manhattan’s NoMad area. The space previously housed a 24 Hour Fitness. The museum has been located at 11 E. 26th St. since opening in 2012. Lindsay Ornstein, Stephen Powers, Jake Cinti and Julia Fish of OPEN Impact Real Estate represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Peter Whitenack of Newmark represented the undisclosed landlord.

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NEW YORK CITY — Whole Foods Market will debut its new “quick-shop” store format at 1175 Third Ave. on Manhattan’s Upper East Side later this year. At 7,000 to 14,000 square feet, these formats are between 25 to 50 percent of the typical 40,000-square-foot Whole Foods store. The store will also be the first of the Austin-based grocer’s 17 New York City locations to offer a Juice & Java coffee bar and fast-casual eatery.

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Target

MINNEAPOLIS — Retail giant Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) has announced plans to open 300 stores and enhance the majority of its 2,000-store portfolio.  The news comes on the heels of the company’s fourth-quarter 2023 earnings reports, which saw comparable sales and traffic trends improving for the second consecutive quarter. Target also plans to invest in its supply-chain operations in hopes of bolstering its next-day delivery options through the use of artificial intelligence for improved inventory efficiency. Enhancements to the Minneapolis-based company’s existing portfolio are set to include remodels adding Ulta Beauty “store-within-a-store” locations, upgrading fixtures and additions that help support same-day services. According to Target’s most recent earnings reports, same-day services like in-store pickup, drive-up and Shipt deliveries represent more than 10 percent of total sales and increased by 13.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2023. Details on the 300 new locations were not released. The company has also announced plans to reintroduce its loyalty membership program, Target Circle, with a number of membership options that build off of each other. While Target Circle will remain free to join, a new paid membership will be introduced dubbed Target Circle 360, which allows consumers unlimited and free same-day product delivery.  …

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Austin-Industrial-Panel

By Taylor Williams When it comes to industrial supply growth in Central Texas, the usual suspects — land availability, interest rate movement, time-consuming permitting and approval processes — are all secondary to the need for more infrastructural development to support these projects. Roadways, public transit systems, electrical capacity, sewerage and water services — these are the key ingredients in the recipe for successful industrial development in Central Texas that can sometimes be overlooked or understated in importance. As such, economic development corporations (EDCs) in the area are prioritizing infrastructure development in their work as they help developers add much-needed industrial space to support the area’s burgeoning population.  While underlying, efficient infrastructure is critical to all real estate developments and human occupation, it is especially crucial to industrial projects. Large-scale manufacturing facilities — think Tesla in East Austin and Samsung in its northern suburb of Taylor — employ thousands of people. Housing hasn’t caught up to population growth in many of the surrounding communities, necessitating alternate means of commuting. In addition, manufacturing and e-commerce facilities tend to have above-average electrical capacity requirements. Financially, meeting that demand might be made somewhat easier in a state that has a deregulated power grid, but logistically, …

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Ryan Goeller Data Center Due Diligence

The data center market remains a powerhouse of growth and demand in the commercial real estate world. REBusinessOnline sat down with Ryan Goeller, a principal at NAI KLNB commercial real estate services in Virginia, to discuss the various factors impacting this dynamic asset class. REBusinessOnline: Briefly, a data center is a dedicated building housing computer servers and storage systems, constantly processing and managing data for various applications. What is the current state of the data center market? Goeller: Extremely active, with very high demand. Development pipelines are at full power and are strained in certain markets. Leasing demand is through the roof. REBusinessOnline: What types of tenants use these data centers, and what are their space needs? Goeller: The majority of the time, the need for space is so insatiable that entire buildings are leased to single users, especially when it comes to large hyperscale computing projects. However, there are still colocation providers housing smaller tenants in certain buildings. A lot of the activity happening in Northern Virginia is hyperscale activity. These are large tech companies coming in and building 2-million-square-foot campuses that they’re fully occupying themselves. In these instances, the tenants aren’t likely to move once they occupy a space; …

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Dane-Park-Grapevine-Texas

GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged a $37 million loan for the refinancing of Dane Park, a 392-unit apartment community in Grapevine. The property is located in the northern-central part of the metroplex and features one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, game room, sports court, resident clubhouse and outdoor grilling and dining stations. Dane Park also offers pet daycare, grooming and concierge services. Brian Eisendrath and Cameron Chalfant of IPA arranged the debt. The borrower and direct lender were not disclosed.

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