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Elme Communities Agrees to Sell Multifamily Portfolio to Cortland for $1.6B as Part of Liquidation Plan

by John Nelson

BETHESDA, MD. AND ATLANTA — Elme Communities (NYSE: ELME), a Maryland-based multifamily owner-operator that previously operated as WashREIT, has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with an affiliate of Cortland Partners, an Atlanta-based multifamily investment and management firm. Under the terms of the transaction, Elme would sell 19 apartment communities to Cortland for $1.6 billion in an all-cash deal. “We are pleased to have reached an agreement with Cortland that recognizes the greater value of these 19 Elme communities and their long-term potential when coupled with Cortland’s economies of scale,” says Paul McDermott, president and CEO of Elme. “We believe Cortland will be an excellent steward of the properties and that this sale will facilitate a seamless transition of ownership, enabling continuity of operations for our residents and community teams.” Steven DeFrancis, CEO of Cortland, said that the portfolio will grow the company’s presence in the Washington, D.C., region and in its home state of Georgia.  “We’re excited to welcome these communities into the Cortland family and deliver the exceptional living experience residents have come to expect from our brand,” says DeFrancis. The properties include: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Jones Lang LaSalle Securities LLC are acting as …

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Lincoln Property Co., Kairoi Top Out 74-Story Waterline Mixed-Use Tower in Downtown Austin

by Taylor Williams

AUSTIN, TEXAS — A partnership between Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co. and San Antonio-based Kairoi Residential has topped out Waterline, a 74-story mixed-use tower located at 98 Red River St. in downtown Austin. The property gets its name from the site’s location near the nexus of Waller Creek and Lady Bird Lake. According to the development team, at 1,025 feet, Waterline is now the tallest building in Texas, eclipsing JPMorgan Chase Tower in Houston, which had allegedly been the state’s tallest building since 1981. Construction of Waterline began in fall 2022 and is expected to be fully complete in late 2026. Waterline will ultimately feature 352 upscale apartments, 700,000 square feet of office space, a 251-room hotel that will be operated under the 1 Hotels brand and 24,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and restaurant space. Residential amenities will include two pools, a fitness center, lounge, kitchen and coworking space. Office tenants will also have access to a fitness center, as well as a bar and lounge and indoor meeting spaces. The partnership is now marketing office space for lease. The launch of residential leasing and the opening of the hotel are scheduled for this fall. Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) is …

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JLL Arranges $255M Loan for Refinancing of High-Rise Apartment Building in Jersey City 

by Abby Cox

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — JLL has arranged a $255 million loan for the refinancing of Journal Squared III, a newly constructed, 58-story multifamily apartment building in the Journal Square neighborhood of Jersey City. The borrower was a joint venture between Kushner Real Estate Group (KRE) and National Real Estate Advisors. Located at 595 Pavonia Ave., adjacent to the Journal Square PATH station, Journal Squared III is the third and final tower in the $900 million Journal Squared mixed-use development, which has a combined 2.3 million square feet and 1,840 residential units, according to Wikipedia. A decade in the making, construction of Phase I of Journal Squared began in 2014. Journal Squared II, which rises 68 stories and houses 538 units, opened in summer 2021. Construction of Journal Squared III topped out in May 2023. Completed in 2024, Journal Squared III features 598 luxury apartment units with a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans averaging 719 square feet. The development also offers 100,000 square feet of amenity space across the three buildings, such as a boxing ring, multiple fitness centers, recording studio, theater and a variety of coworking spaces and resident lounges that serve as an extension of …

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Newmark Arranges $435M Refinancing of Starbucks Office Headquarters Campus in Seattle

by Taylor Williams

SEATTLE — Newmark has arranged a $435 million loan for the refinancing of Starbucks Center, the coffee giant’s nearly 1.5 million-square-foot headquarters campus located at 2401 Utah Ave. S in Seattle. Deutsche Bank provided the loan to the owner, a partnership between two local real estate companies, Nitze-Stagen & Co. Inc. and Daniels Real Estate. According to the property’s Wikipedia page, the main building was originally constructed in 1915 as a retail store for Sears, Roebuck & Co. Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) first took occupancy of the property in 1993. At that time, the property was known as SoDo Center after its namesake neighborhood, which is one of Seattle’s main industrial districts, per Wikipedia. Since then, the campus has undergone more than 60 expansions over the past three decades to accommodate the company’s growth, according to Newmark, which also notes that Starbucks has invested more than $300 million of its own capital in the Seattle campus to date. In addition, Starbucks recently signed a lease extension through 2038. Jonathan Firestone, Jordan Roeschlaub, Blake Thompson and Kevin Shannon led the transaction for Newmark. “The closing of this refinancing positions Starbucks Center for continued excellence as one of the city’s premier office assets,” …

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CBL Properties Acquires Four Enclosed Malls from Washington Prime Group for $178.9M

by Kristin Harlow

CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — Chattanooga-based CBL Properties (NYSE: CBL) has acquired four enclosed regional malls from Washington Prime Group for $178.9 million. The properties include Ashland Town Center in Ashland, Ky.; Mesa Mall in Grand Junction, Colo.; Paddock Mall in Ocala, Fla.; and Southgate Mall in Missoula, Mont. CBL says it is focused on owning and managing successful enclosed malls in dynamic and growing middle markets. The deal suggests mall recovery extends beyond luxury properties, driven by limited retail construction since 2008, according to The Wall Street Journal. Ashland Town Center is a single-level mall that opened in 1989. Totaling more than 420,000 square feet, the property features more than 70 retailers and restaurants, including anchors JCPenney, Belk, T.J. Maxx, Ulta Beauty and Five Below. The center has undergone several renovations over the years, including a major redevelopment in the late 2000s that added a new JCPenney prototype store and updated amenities. The largest indoor shopping center in western Colorado, Mesa Mall spans roughly 733,000 square feet and is home to more than 120 stores and services. Anchor tenants include Cabela’s, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Target, HomeGoods and Dick’s Sporting Goods. Originally developed in 1980, the property has undergone several redevelopments to modernize …

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Verizon Selects PENN 2 in Manhattan for New Corporate Headquarters, to Occupy Nearly 200,000 SF

by John Nelson

NEW YORK CITY — Telecommunications giant Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has selected the PENN 2 office tower in Midtown Manhattan for its new corporate headquarters. The company will staff approximately 1,000 employees at its new office. Verizon signed a 19-year lease with the landlord, Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO), to occupy approximately 200,000 square feet of space on floors eight through 10. The timeline for Verizon’s occupancy at PENN 2 was not released. Josh Kuriloff, Peyton Horn, Heather Thomas and Kyle Ernest of Cushman & Wakefield represented Verizon in the lease negotiations. Glen Weiss, Josh Glick, Jared Silverman and Anthony Cugini represented Vornado on an internal basis. Located directly above the Penn Station public transit hub, PENN 2 offers direct access to 15 subway lines, the Long Island Railroad, New Jersey Transit, PATH, Amtrak and the upcoming Metro-North Railroad, which is scheduled to debut in 2027. Other tenants at PENN 2 include Major League Soccer, MSG Entertainment Corp. (operator of nearby Madison Square Garden) and Universal Music Group, which recently signed an 88,000-square-foot lease at the tower. As part of the lease agreement, Verizon employees at PENN 2 will have exclusive access to more than 25,000 square feet of outdoor space at …

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JLL Brokers $243.5M Sale of Midtown Manhattan Apartment Tower

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY — JLL has brokered the $243.5 million sale of Riverbank, a 44-story apartment tower located at 560 W. 43rd St. in Midtown Manhattan. Barings sold the freshly renovated property to an undisclosed institutional investment firm, with JLL representing both parties in the transaction. JLL also arranged $128.3 million in acquisition financing for the deal. The direct lender and specific loan terms were not disclosed. Originally developed in the late 1980s as a condominium project, Riverbank currently houses 418 rental units comprising 43 studios, 270 one-bedroom units, 62 two-bedroom apartments and 43 three-bedroom residences. The high-rise also features nearly 18,000 square feet of retail space that is fully leased to a nail salon, liquor store and coffee shop. Most of Riverbank’s units have private balconies with city and Hudson River views, and residents have access to a 5,000-square-foot lounge called the Harbor Club that offers poker and billiards tables, a media room and coworking space. Additional amenities include an Olympic-size pool, fitness center, outdoor terrace and grilling stations. Jeffrey Julien, Rob Hinckley, Andrew Scandalios, Steven Rutman and Devon Warren led the JLL Capital Markets team that handled the sale of Riverbank. Kelly Gaines, Geoff Goldstein and Michael Shmuely …

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Penzance Receives Approval for 970,000 SF Mixed-Use Development in Arlington, Virginia

by Abby Cox

ARLINGTON, VA. — Penzance, a locally based commercial real estate development and management firm, has received approval from Arlington County for a proposed three-tower, luxury mixed-use development in Arlington’s Rosslyn district. Dubbed One Rosslyn, the new development will deliver more than 970,000 square feet of rental apartments, for-sale residential condominiums and retail space along Gateway Park, which will replace the current Rosslyn Gateway office buildings. Upon completion, One Rosslyn will deliver a total of 845 residential units. Penzance is developing the project in partnership with Boston-based investment manager The Baupost Group. STUDIOS Architecture and Hickok Cole collaborated to design the three-tower composition. One Rosslyn’s south tower will stand the tallest at 300 feet, while delivering 461 residences across 434,000 square feet. The northwest apartment tower, which is the second tallest building, will span 356,000 square feet and include 311 rental units. Lastly, the project’s northeast tower will offer 73 for-sale condominiums across 195,000 square feet. Residents will also have access to a private, 30,000-square-foot landscaped terrace overlooking Gateway Park. Additionally, the ground level will provide more than 14,000 square feet of curated retail space along all four blocks of the property. Designed to enhance walkability and encourage multimodal transportation, public spaces …

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City Office REIT Enters Into $1.1B Merger Agreement, Will Go Private

by Hayden Spiess

DALLAS AND VANCOUVER — City Office REIT (NYSE: CIO), a Canadian company focused on the acquisition, ownership and operation of office properties in Sun Belt markets in the United States, has entered into a merger agreement valued at $1.1 billion.  Under the terms of the agreement, MCME Carell Holdings LP and MCME Carell Holdings LLC — collectively a joint venture between South Florida-based firms Elliott Investment Management LP and Morning Calm Management LLC — will acquire all issued and outstanding shares of City Office REIT common stock for $7 per share in cash. The company’s stock price closed on Tuesday, July 23 at $5.56 per share, roughly the same as a year ago. City Office REIT’s current portfolio comprises 54 office buildings totaling roughly 5.4 million square feet of net rentable space in the Dallas, Denver, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, Raleigh, San Diego, Seattle and Tampa markets. The company’s U.S. headquarters is located in Dallas.  Terms of the merger agreement include the sale of City Office’s Phoenix portfolio. Upon close, City Office will become a private company and its shares will no longer trade on the New York Stock Exchange.  “After conducting an extensive process to explore potential strategic alternatives, we …

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Hamilton Development Breaks Ground on 2.1 MSF Spec Industrial Park in Clarksville, Tennessee

by Kristin Harlow

CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — Hamilton Development has broken ground on NorthPark Logistics, a 2.1 million-square-foot industrial park in Clarksville, a city in northern Tennessee. The project marks the first Class A speculative industrial park in Clarksville, according to the Nashville-based developer. The 200-acre site at 4175 Guthrie Highway will feature 14 buildings at full build-out. Located within 50 miles of Nashville, the NorthPark Logistics site is directly served by R.J. Corman rail, offers immediate access to I-24, is within an hour’s drive from both Clarksville Regional Airport and Nashville International Airport and is adjacent to the $3.2 billion LG Chem plant. In addition to LG Electronics, Clarksville is home to industrial tenants such as Hankook Tire, Google, Bridgestone and Amazon. “As industrial employers continue to invest billions of dollars in the area, we believe there will be increasing demand for institutional-quality industrial space,” says Whitfield Hamilton, CEO of Hamilton Development. NorthPark Logistics will feature opportunities for flexible build-to-suit or speculative space, with the ability to accommodate tenants ranging from 18,200 to 1.2 million square feet. Hamilton Development has begun construction on the first phase of the development, which encompasses four buildings totaling nearly 550,000 square feet. Building 1, a 206,752-square-foot property, …

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