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ASPEN HILL, MD. — Pennrose has completed vertical construction of Pointe View at Aspen Hill, a 120-unit, mixed-income seniors housing community in Aspen Hill, located just north of Washington, D.C. Located on a nearly six-acre parcel, the development features 61 one-bedroom and 59 two-bedroom apartments. Harkins Builders is the general contractor, while Architecture by Design is the architect. The affordable, independent living community will be restricted to residents age 62 or older, with 108 units reserved for those making between 30 percent and 60 percent of area median income. The remaining 15 percent of units are designated as “very low income.” Pennrose has partnered with The Senior Connection to provide residents with transportation resources and programing to assist with daily living activities, such as managing bills or household paperwork. In addition, the development will be served by both the Montgomery County Transit Ride-On and WMATA bus lines and residents will be near to retail, healthcare resources and the county’s largest senior center.

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WESLEY CHAPEL, FLA. — Westlake, Ohio-based Emerald Hospitality Associates has acquired and opened Hilton Garden Inn Tampa-Wesley Chapel, located at 26640 Silver Maple Parkway in Wesley Chapel. Emerald Hospitality Associates will manage the property, which it purchased in partnership with Nimbus Investment Fund, an independent affiliate of Emerald Hospitality. The hotel features 124 guestrooms each with a microwave and refrigerator, 3,712 square feet of flexible meeting space, and an extensive lobby and outdoor patio featuring the Garden Grille & Bar. Additional amenities include complimentary Wi-Fi, a 24-hour business station, state-of-the-art fitness center, Keurig coffee maker and a full-service restaurant and bar.

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CORNELIUS, N.C. — Woodside Health has completed the disposition of Jetton Medical Park, a two-building medical office property located at 19475 and 19485 Old Jetton Road in Cornelius, a suburb of Charlotte. Montecito Medical Real Estate acquired the property for an undisclosed price. The 45,000-square-foot property is anchored by medical practices affiliated with Novant Health, an integrated healthcare organization with more than 500 locations.

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LA VERGNE AND NOLENSVILLE, TENN. — US Storage Centers has purchased three self-storage facilities in metro Nashville for an undisclosed price. The facilities include a 68,660-square-foot, 641-unit property at 5565 Murfreesboro Road and a 59,590-square-foot, 485-unit facility located at 211 New Paul Road in La Vergne. The third asset is a 67,113-square-foot, 528-unit property located at 2001 Johnson Industrial Blvd. in Nolensville. The properties feature climate-controlled units, ground-floor units and parking. US Storage Center was self-represented, while Ashley Compton of Colliers International’s Self Storage Group represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. US Storage Center currently owns and operates 11 self-storage facilities in Tennessee.

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BOCA RATON, FLA. — A trio of developers — Giles Capital Group, Rosemurgy Properties, Schmier Property Group — in partnership with Wheelock Street Capital have broken ground on Uptown Boca, a $200 million mixed-use project in South Florida. The development, which will be located at the corner of Glades Road and 95th Avenue South in Boca Raton, will feature 150,591 square feet of retail space. Lucky’s Market and Silverspot Cinema will anchor the project. In addition, Uptown Boca will offer 456 Class A apartments. Additional tenants will include Bolay, a healthy restaurant concept, and Chick-fil-A. Marc Wiener Architecture, a local firm, provided design services for the retail portion of the project. Roxanne Register and Nicole Fontaine of the Boca Raton office of Katz & Associates are the leasing agents for the retail portion of the project. Retailers are expected to open their doors in summer 2019, and multifamily units are projected to be available for occupancy by early 2020. “With no new significant development in over two decades, this type of lifestyle component is long overdue in West Boca,” says Alexander Rosemurgy, CEO of Rosemurgy Properties. “It will truly create the complete shop-dine-live experience that this area deserves.” — Taylor …

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Fundamentals in the Orlando multifamily market are exceptionally strong and should remain healthy as long as this economic cycle continues. Following a period of no construction after the recession, new supply is finally starting to catch up with pent-up demand held in check during the downturn. Even with over 7,000 units projected to be delivered annually for the next several years, occupancy rates should hold strong between 95 and 96 percent. Supported by continued economic expansion in the Orlando metro area as well as strong population and job growth, we remain bullish on the multifamily market and do not see the potential risk of oversupply any time in the near future. The justification for continued new construction makes sense given Orlando’s history. As in most markets throughout the country, the recession halted new multifamily development in Orlando. From 2007 to 2009, there was virtually no new supply added to the market. It was not until 2010 that construction picked up again, and by that time, post-recession job creation had already taken off, causing a tremendous amount of pent up demand for housing. Each year since, new supply has been quickly leased, and it has not yet slowed. As of July …

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MAITLAND, FLA. — Coral Gables, Fla.-based The Allen Morris Co. has completed the development of Maitland City Centre, a $68 million mixed-use property located at 190 Independence Lane in Maitland, a northern suburb of Orlando. Encompassing a full, three-acre city block, the six-story development features 220 one- and two-bedroom rental apartments, 24 live/work units (one-bedroom with an office suite) and 35,000 square feet of commercial space with high visibility. On-site amenities include a rooftop pool deck and lounge, business center and co-working space, individual furnished offices for lease, pet wash and grooming facility, private rooftop dog park, fitness center, group fitness room and courtyard yoga lawn and a private courtyard with grilling stations and outdoor living room. Additional amenities include a clubhouse, lounge and game room, mail room café, high-speed Wi-Fi internet throughout the amenity space, access-controlled covered parking and designated Uber and Lyft pick-up stations. The project team includes LAMM & Co., Millenia Partners and ACi Architecture.

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ATLANTA — Floor & Decor, a specialty retailer of hard surface flooring and related accessories, plans to relocate and expand its headquarters to Cobb County from Atlanta. The company’s expansion will create 500 jobs, including administrative and customer service positions, over five years, according to Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal. Additionally, the company will receive a $500,000 grant to help establish the new headquarters and could be eligible for more than $3 million in state tax breaks for five if it creates 500 qualifying new jobs, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Floor & Decor was founded in Atlanta in 2000 and currently operates 95 warehouse-format stores in 26 states, including seven in Georgia. In February, the company opened a 1.4 million-square-foot distribution center, which employs more than 100 people, outside of Savannah.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Goldman Sachs and Lionheart Strategic Management have provided senior and mezzanine financing totaling $133 million for the ground-up construction of a W-branded hotel in Nashville’s Gulch neighborhood. Magellan Development, Corner Partnership and Hospitality Gaming Advisors are developing the 346-room hotel. The senior and mezzanine financing will have co-terminus initial terms of three years. The financing closed in mid-September.

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SAVANNAH, Ga. — Duke Realty Corp. has signed a long-term lease with SOFAMANIA, a manufacturer and distributor of fine home furniture. The manufacturer will occupy 322,500 square feet of space at 175 Portside Court in Savannah. The 600,000-square-foot logistics building is located at the intersection of Interstate 95 and GA 21, which is near both the Port of Savannah and Interstate 16. Steve Grable of JLL represented SOFAMANIA, while Brian Sutton provided in-house representation for Duke Realty in the lease transaction. This lease brings Duke Realty’s year-to-date leasing volume in the Savannah market to 2.4 million square feet and occupancy in its 7 million-square-foot portfolio to 100 percent.

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