Arkansas

ROGERS, ARK. — Cawley Partners has broken ground on a three-story, 150,000-square-foot office building in Rogers that will serve as a regional operations center for Transplace, a provider of logistics technology and services. The Frisco, Texas-based firm will occupy the entire building upon completion, which is slated for May 2021. The property is situated at 4909 W. Magnolia St., three miles west of downtown Rogers. Atlanta-based Corgan designed the building that will include courtyards, lighted pedestrian walkways, a retention pond and more than 1,000 parking spaces. Cawley Partners will serve as owner-developer. Robbie Baty, Bill McClung and Marshall Saviers of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the leasing negotiations.

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LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — Beitel Group and The Scharf Group have purchased Forest Place Apartments, a 256-unit community in Little Rock. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a fitness center, pool, sundeck and a picnic area. The property was originally delivered in 1974 and renovated in 1983. The asset is situated at 1400 N. Pierce St., five miles west of downtown Little Rock. Jeff Seidenfeld of Eastern Union Funding originated the loan on behalf of the borrower. Further details of the transaction were not disclosed.

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ROGERS, ARK. — NorthMarq has provided a $42 million Freddie Mac refinancing loan for Woodland Park, a 427-unit apartment complex in Rogers, which is located in the northwestern part of the state. The loan features a 10-year term and a 3.72 percent interest rate. The community, which was 95 percent occupied at the time of refinancing, offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a playground, clubhouse and a swimming pool. Woodland Park is situated at 4000 S Dixieland Road, five miles south of downtown Rogers. Kyle Tucker of NorthMarq originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, Block Real Estate Services.

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TALLAHASSEE AND GAINESVILLE, FLA.; AND FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. — UK-based investor East To West Capital has sold a three-property student housing portfolio located in Florida and Arkansas for an undisclosed price. The portfolio includes Gator Cottages, a three-unit, 18-bed property built in 2018 serving students at the University of Florida in Gainesville; Whitham Cottages, a 10-unit, 40-bed community also constructed in 2018 located near the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville; and Seminole Gardens, a 10-unit complex ranging from 2,213 to 2,571 square feet serving students attending Florida State University in Tallahassee. Kevin Dufour and Director Kyle Peco of FourPoint Investment Sales Partners represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was undisclosed.

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LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — TSCG has brokered the sale of Markham West, a 180,200-square-foot retail power center in Little Rock. The shopping center was 98 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Academy Sports + Outdoors, Office Depot, Dollar Tree, Michaels and Planet Fitness. Markham West also features five outparcel buildings housing tenants such as TCBY Yogurt, Aspen Dental, Pizza Hut and US Bank. The asset is situated at 11164 W. Markham St., seven miles west of downtown Little Rock and a half-mile from Interstate 430. TSCG represented the seller, an affiliate of Houston-based Weingarten Realty, in the transaction. An affiliate of Atlanta-based RCG Ventures LLC acquired the property for an undisclosed price.

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FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. — Aptitude Development has begun construction on The Marshall Arkansas, a 647-bed student housing community located near the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Aptitude expects to deliver the property in August 2021. The community will offer shared amenities including a 14,000-square-foot clubhouse, fitness facilities, resident lounges, a rooftop deck, swimming pool and an open-air social space. The property will also feature Aptitude’s branded study lounge dubbed “The Thought Center,” which features group breakout rooms with smart televisions and white boards alongside private study corrals.

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LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — Dougherty Mortgage has provided a $13 million Fannie Mae loan that the borrower will use to refinance the third phase of Bowman Pointe, an apartment community located at 3321 S. Bowman Road in west Little Rock. Phase III spans 106 units and was completed last year. The borrower, Bowman Pointe LLC, is an affiliate of Richardson Properties, a local developer and manager of apartment communities, as well as office, retail, industrial and self-storage properties. The 10-year loan features a 30-year amortization schedule. Bowman Pointe is being delivered in four phases. The community’s amenities include late night concierge services, 24-hour fitness center, movie theater, conference room, virtual fitness studio, poker and wine lounge, Zen lounge, coffee bar, tanning room, resort-style pool with cabanas, pet park, outdoor fire pits, bocce ball court, professional putting green, two green areas with grills and picnic tables, garages inside the building, covered parking and an additional mailbox area.

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BENTONVILLE, ARK. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $24 million Fannie Mae acquisition loan for The Glen at Polo Park, a 356-unit, garden-style apartment complex in Bentonville. Caleb Marten and Chris Neil of KeyBank originated the fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, an undisclosed private equity investment company. Built in 2006, Glen at Polo Park features 29 three-story residential buildings situated on 18.5 acres.

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CONWAY, ARK. — Structurlam Mass Timber Corp., a British Columbia-based mass timber manufacturer, has unveiled plans for a plant in Conway, approximately 30 miles from Little Rock. The mass timber manufacturer will spend $90 million to purchase, retrofit and equip a former steel plant. Set to open in mid-2021, the plant will create 130 new jobs and will source lumber from nearby Arkansas forestland. Conway is located near multiple transportation corridors, including Interstate 40, U.S. Routes 60 and 64 and Arkansas Highway 365. The Structurlam plant will produce mass timber building products and industrial matting products for the Southern, Central and Eastern United States, including providing building materials for Walmart’s new 350-acre Home Office campus in Bentonville.

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FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. — Newmark Knight Frank Multifamily (NKF) has arranged the sale of and acquisition financing for the Cottages on Hollywood, a 652-bed student housing community located near the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Construction on the property was completed this fall. Ryan Lang, Brandon Buell and Jack Brett of NKF represented the seller, Barrett Development Group, in the sale of the property to Inland for an undisclosed price. Joel Simmons, Matt Williams, James Maynard and Kyle Schlitt of NKF Multifamily Capital Markets Debt & Structured Finance arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer. The community offers two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom units. Shared amenities include study lounges and private study spaces, a computer and printing station, coffee bar and vending market, two-story fitness center with resort-style locker rooms, sauna and steam rooms, tanning beds, two-story clubhouse, indoor and outdoor gaming lounge, resort-style swimming pool and cabana, hammock garden, water and sand volleyball, dog park, outdoor kitchens and grills, fire pit, putting green, an activity field with horse shoes and bocce ball and access to the Town Branch Walking Trail.

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