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WINTER GARDEN, FLA. — Centennial Bank has provided a $73 million construction loan for Elysian, a 323-unit luxury apartment development in the Orlando suburb of Winter Garden. Robby Barrows and David Druey of Centennial Bank originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, Unicorp National Developments Inc. The locally based developer plans to break ground on Elysian soon and wrap up construction in approximately 18 months. Site clearing is complete and pipe installation is currently underway. Designed by Krieger Klatt Architects, Elysian’s amenities will include a wine bar; fitness center with yoga, Pilates and cycling studios; steam room with a sauna; resort-style pool with cabanas; and a clubhouse with a fireplace and movie theater. Information on the property’s floorplans was not released. The Elysian loan grows the financing relationship between Centennial Bank and Unicorp to more than $500 million.

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HUNT VALLEY, MD. — Locally based St. John Properties Inc. has purchased a three-building office portfolio within North Park, a business park in Baltimore County. The properties span 295,000 square feet combined and are located at 4, 6 and 10 N. Park Drive in Hunt Valley. The portfolio is leased to tenants including Travelers Insurance, RCM&D, AP Benefits Advisors and AECOM. Onsite amenities include a conference center with catering kitchen, fully equipped fitness center, walking trails and a full-service deli. Gerry Trainor, Jim Cardellicchio and Rowan Miller of Transwestern represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction, and Sean Doordan and Alex Lyons represented St. John Properties internally. The sales price was also not disclosed. The new ownership plans to invest in capital improvements within the newly acquired portfolio, including new HVAC equipment, landscaping, signage and updated common areas. The North Park acquisition brings St. John Properties’ Baltimore County holdings to more than 4.6 million square feet.

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BATON ROUGE, LA. — A joint venture between affiliates of Monument Square Investment Group and a New York-based single-family office has acquired University Grove, a 381-bed student housing community located 2.7 miles south of the Louisiana State University (LSU) campus in Baton Rouge. Developed in 2024, the property offers 127 cottage-style units in three-bedroom configurations with bed-to-bath parity. Capital improvements are planned for the property, including upgrades to landscaping and amenity spaces. The community was 98.5 percent leased at the time of sale. The seller and terms of the transaction were not released.

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PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLA. — Northmarq has arranged the $43 million refinancing for Oakbrook Center, a three-building, 243,350-square-foot office campus located at 11760, 11770 and 11780 U.S. Highway 1 in Palm Beach Gardens. Deutsche Bank provided the five-year CMBS loan to the borrower, a joint venture between MHCommercial Real Estate Fund and Waterfall Asset Management. Built in 1985, Oakbrook Center is situated on 11.4 acres in South Florida’s Palm Beach County and includes covered parking; professional onsite property management; a fitness center with Peloton bikes, cardio weight equipment and showers; stacked, private terraces; floor-to-ceiling windows; and a courtyard.

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TALLADEGA, ALA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $2.4 million sale of Talladega Shopping Center, a 47,437-square-foot shopping center located at 803 Battle St. E in Talladega, an eastern suburb of Birmingham. Citi Trends and Standard Furniture, both of which have occupied the site for more than a decade, are the property’s anchor tenants. Additional tenants include Regional Finance and AT&T, which occupies a newly developed outparcel. The center was originally built in 1981 on 3.6 acres and was 88 percent leased at the time of sale. Eric Abbott and Zachary Taylor of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction. Eddie Greenhalgh serves as Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in Alabama.

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David Walther Asset Living Pavlov Media bulk internet quote

Enterprising multifamily players are shifting the industry’s views on community connectivity, elevating broadband from a stand-alone amenity into a performance booster for larger real estate strategies. Rather than leave their residents’ connection quality to chance, these developers, owners and managers are contracting with specialized internet service providers (ISPs) to blanket entire properties with high-speed Wi-Fi access for the best possible online experience. “On the operations side, rolling out community Wi-Fi lets us give residents the full connectivity they expect from other parts of their life, because all areas of the property function together for a seamless experience,” says David Walther, chief revenue officer at third-party property manager Asset Living. Asset Living manages more than 300,000 units at client communities including conventional multifamily, student housing, affordable and other property types across the country. At nearly all student housing and a growing share of the multifamily communities Asset Living manages, matrices of Wi-Fi access points keep residents and property teams alike online as they traverse the property, from inside residential units to pools, fitness centers, garages and other common areas. Earlier this year, Asset Living made internet service provider Pavlov Media a preferred national partner for bulk managed Wi-Fi at its communities. …

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — A group of Tennessee-based investors doing business as TEB LLC, which was organized by ARRT Global’s SRE investment fund I, has acquired a 47-acre scrapyard site in Nashville’s East Bank region. The purchase price was $245 million, according to several media outlets. David Byerley and Sam Lingo of ARRT Global led TEB LLC in the transaction, while Bryan Fort, Frank Thomasson and Ryan Coulter of CBRE represented the seller, Icahn Enterprises. The scrapyard site fronts the Cumberland River and ranks among one of the largest land purchases in Nashville history, falling slightly below Oracle Corp.’s $253.7 million purchase in 2021 for more than 65 acres of East Bank land for its future campus, as reported by the Nashville Business Journal.  SA Recycling has managed the site since its acquisition of PSC Metals in 2021. The scrapyard has primarily been used for metal recycling since the early 1960s. Plans for the redevelopment have not been disclosed.

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Towne Center at Cedar Lodge

BATON ROUGE, LA. — A partnership between New York-based companies DLC and DRA Advisors has acquired Towne Center at Cedar Lodge, a 316,031-square-foot shopping center located near the Louisiana State University (LSU) campus in Baton Rouge. The purchase price was $81 million, according to the Baton Rouge Advocate. The seller was undisclosed. Whole Foods Market anchors the property, which was 93 percent leased at the time of sale. Other tenants include Barnes & Noble, Nike, Gap and Ulta Beauty.

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2000 Wynwood

MIAMI — A partnership between Tampa- based American Landmark Apartments and New York-based Clearline Real Estate has broken ground on 2000 Wynwood, a 310-unit apartment complex located in Miami’s Wynwood Arts District. Leo A Daly designed the project, which will feature luxury studios, one- and two-bedroom apartments, as well as 12,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities will include a resort-style rooftop swimming pool, fitness center, resident lounge, coworking areas and 308 private parking spaces. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.

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730 4th St. N.

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the $7.3 million sale of a two-parcel, multi-tenant retail strip center located at 730 4th St. N in St. Petersburg. Built in 2009, the property totals 10,802 square feet and was fully leased to a mix of tenants including Foxtail Coffee, The UPS Store, Jimmy John’s, Chipotle Mexican Grill and Verizon Wireless at the time of sale. Patrick Nutt and William Wamble of SRS Capital Markets represented the seller, a Tampa-based investment group, in the transaction. The buyer was a national fund that targets multi-tenant retail properties. Both parties requested anonymity.

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