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Driftwood Capital Completes $415M Recapitalization of National Hospitality Portfolio

by Kristin Harlow

MIAMI — Miami-based Driftwood Capital has completed the $415 million recapitalization of a nationwide hospitality portfolio valued at $1.2 billion. The portfolio includes 18 Hilton-, Marriott- and Margaritaville-branded hotels totaling 4,203 rooms across 10 states. Wells Fargo led financing for the debt component of the transaction with a roughly $330 million securitized senior loan. ACORE Capital provided $85 million in preferred equity. Many of the properties are located in high-growth markets within California, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Utah and New York. Prominent hotels include Margaritaville Lake Resort Lake of the Ozarks, Marriott San Diego Mission Valley, Hilton Dallas/Southlake Town Square, Canopy by Hilton West Palm Beach Downtown and Hotel Vesper in Houston. Each asset in the portfolio has either been newly built or comprehensively renovated in recent years. “This portfolio brings together some of the highest quality assets we own and operate, creating a uniquely cohesive investment opportunity for our partners,” says Carlos Rodriguez Sr., chairman and CEO of Driftwood. “We’ve intentionally assembled this particular portfolio of assets to reflect strength in markets, performance and long-term fundamentals.” Driftwood says the transaction marks a major milestone in its strategy to create scalable hospitality portfolios, designed to maximize value through operational control, …

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Roche to Invest $50B for U.S. Expansion, Including New Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facilities

by John Nelson

INDIANAPOLIS — Roche, a Swiss biotechnology company whose U.S. headquarters is in Indianapolis, has announced its intention to invest $50 billion in the United States over the next five years. The investment will include new and expanded life sciences facilities across the country, as well as a new 900,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, the location of which will be announced soon. This project will be a manufacturing facility for Roche’s portfolio of next-generation weight loss medicines. The other new developments will include a gene therapy manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania, a new plant in Indiana for continuous glucose monitoring and a new research-and-development (R&D) center in Massachusetts. Roche will also expand and upgrade its existing pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in Kentucky, Indiana, New Jersey, Oregon and Pennsylvania as part of the investment, as well as expand R&D centers in Arizona, California and Indiana. Roche’s investment is expected to create more than 12,000 new jobs, including nearly 6,500 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent jobs at the new and expanded facilities. The construction timeline for these projects was not announced. Once Roche’s new and expanded facilities come on line, the firm says it will be able to export more medicines from the United States than it …

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JLL Brokers $161.5M Sale of Northern New Jersey Apartment Community

by Taylor Williams

WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. — JLL has brokered the $161.5 million sale of Avalon at Wesmont Station, a 406-unit apartment community located at 100 Rosie Square in Wood-Ridge, about 15 miles west of Manhattan. Avalon at Wesmont Station was built in 2012-2013 and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units with an average size of 959 square feet. Amenities include a pool, outdoor grilling and dining stations, resident clubroom with workstations and a fitness center. The property also houses 18,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space that is fully leased. Jose Cruz, Steve Simonelli, Michael Oliver, Elizabeth DeVesty and Austin Pierce of JLL represented the seller, Virginia-based REIT AvalonBay Communities Inc. (NYSE: AVB), in the transaction. The buyer was New York-based Cammeby’s International Group. Ryan Koehler of NewPoint Real Estate Capital originated a $112 million Freddie Mac acquisition loan, which carried a 10-year term and six years of interest-only payments, for the deal. “The sale of Avalon at Wesmont Station demonstrates the continued investor appetite for well-located, institutional-quality multi-housing assets in strong suburban markets near New York City,” says Cruz. “This property’s strategic location, coupled with its value-add potential through unit renovations, made it an attractive investment opportunity in today’s market.” The apartment …

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SantaFe Healthcare Sells 100-Acre Senior Living Property in Gainesville, Florida

by Channing Hamilton

GAINESVILLE, FLA. — Continuum Advisors has arranged the sale of The Village at Gainesville, a 639-unit seniors housing community in Gainesville. SantaFe Healthcare Inc. sold the 100-acre asset to funds managed by Fortress Investment Group for an undisclosed price. The Village at Gainesville consists of nine residential buildings — six independent living, one assisted living and two memory care — and several community clubhouses with amenities. Eighty percent of the residences are dedicated to independent living. Continuum states that the property is considered one of the largest seniors housing rental communities in the United States. According to the property website, amenities include a fitness center with trainers, pool with a hot tub, tennis and pickleball courts, a reading room, hair salon, woodshop, housekeeping services and internet access.  The community also offers scheduled transportation throughout the grounds and off-campus. The property sits across from Santa Fe College, a two-year community college, and within five miles of the University of Florida. SantaFe Healthcare has owned and managed The Village at Gainesville for more than 30 years and has overseen three expansion projects at the community from 1986 through 2009. The locally based healthcare owner-operator injected capital expenditures of $3 million annually into the …

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Newmark Brokers Sale of 3,693-Bed Student Housing Portfolio Across Four States

by Hayden Spiess

NEW YORK CITY — Newmark Group has brokered the sale of a student housing portfolio situated across four states. Located near major public universities in Florida, Texas, Indiana and North Carolina, the portfolio comprises five properties housing 3,693 beds across 1,248 units.  A joint venture between Nuveen and The Preiss Co. was the seller. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed, though Newmark states the transaction represents the largest U.S. student housing portfolio sale this year. The undisclosed communities serve students attending the University of Texas at Austin, North Carolina State University, Texas State University, the University of Florida and Indiana University. Each property is situated an average of roughly 0.9 miles within its respective campus.  Amenities at the communities include swimming pools, grilling stations, fitness centers, outdoor recreation areas and study rooms.  The Preiss Co. recently closed on the recapitalization of the portfolio, which Newmark also arranged. As part of the recapitalization, all five properties will undergo renovations to shared amenity spaces. Planned upgrades include the addition of modern furniture, updated finishes and state-of-the-art fitness equipment.  Several properties will also receive unit interior renovations including the addition of modern cabinetry, updated flooring, contemporary fixtures and hardware, new lighting …

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Akridge, National Development Complete Phase I of Stacks Mixed-Use Project in D.C.

by Kristin Harlow

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Akridge and National Real Estate Development have opened Colette and Everly, two luxury apartment buildings within The Stacks in the Buzzard Point neighborhood of Washington, D.C. With these openings, the mixed-use project’s first phase is now complete. Phase I of The Stacks totals nearly 1 million square feet and includes 1,116 multifamily units, more than 90,000 square feet of amenity spaces across three apartment buildings, roughly 22,000 square feet of public parks, approximately 40,000 square feet of retail space and 11,000 square feet of coworking space. First move-ins at Colette and Everly are slated for this month. The two buildings total 732 units. “Everly and Colette provide residents with some of the best water views in the region, as well as convenient access to the best of D.C., including The Wharf, Navy Yard and downtown,” says Adam Gooch, managing principal and chief development officer at Akridge. “Between these two new residential towers and their sister building, The Byron, which opened earlier this year, The Stacks offers three distinctive luxury living options to match residents’ needs.” Architecture firm Gensler designed Everly and was the broader design coordinator of The Stacks. Everly features 413 apartment units within a 14-story …

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NVIDIA to Develop Two AI Supercomputer Manufacturing Plants in Texas As Part of $500B U.S. Investment

by John Nelson

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA), a Santa Clara-based tech firm that primarily designs and manufactures graphics processing units (GPUs) for artificial intelligence (AI) use, plans to develop two new AI supercomputer manufacturing plants in Texas. The new projects will include a plant in Houston that NVIDIA is co-developing with Foxconn and a factory in Dallas that NVIDIA is building with Wistron. Further real estate specifics for the new facilities were not shared, but NVIDIA plans to create “digital twins” to design and operate the factories, which will be reliant on automation and robotics. Mass production of NVIDIA AI supercomputers at both plants is expected to ramp up in the next 12 to 15 months, according to NVIDIA. Additionally, NVIDIA announced that it has started production of NVIDIA Blackwell chips at the TSMC Arizona campus in Phoenix. NVIDIA is partnering with Amkor and SPIL for packaging and testing operations in Arizona. The new Texas plants and the production of NVIDIA Blackwell chips in Arizona are part of the company’s $500 billion push to mass produce NVIDIA AI supercomputers on U.S. soil, which would represent the first time that the company’s supercomputers were made entirely domestically. Together, the announcements …

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Tishman Speyer Receives $331M Construction Loan for 40-Story Apartment Tower in Jersey City

by Taylor Williams

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — New York City-based developer Tishman Speyer has received a $331 million construction loan from global investment group CDPQ for a 40-story multifamily tower in Jersey City. With financing in place, Tishman Speyer plans to begin construction in the coming weeks and deliver the building in 2028. The project is the sister building of 55 Hudson Street, a 58-story, 1,017-unit apartment building that is under construction and slated for an early 2027 completion. The riverfront site at 50 Hudson St. is located in the Paulus Hook neighborhood, less than a block from the Paulus Hook Pier, which offers ferry service to various New York City metro locations. Plans for 50 Hudson Street call for 924 units in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, as well as 10,000 square feet of street-level retail space. The two buildings will share roughly 75,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenity space, and the development as a whole will feature more than 60,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment space. In addition, the development will have a 32,000-square-foot waterfront plaza that will connect to Jersey City’s esplanade and will be available for community events. The design team for the project …

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Terra, Turnberry Receive $392M Construction Financing for Miami Beach Grand Hyatt Hotel

by Channing Hamilton

MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Terra and Turnberry have received $392 million in financing for the construction of Grand Hyatt Miami Beach, an 800-room hotel situated adjacent to the Miami Beach Convention Center. TYKO Capital, a New York City-based private equity and private credit investment management platform, provided the financing to the South Florida-based developers.  Grand Hyatt Miami Beach will rise 17 stories at 17th Street and Convention Center Drive. The property will offer 12 floors of guest rooms, including 52 suites with views of Miami Beach. Additionally, four floors will feature meeting and ballroom spaces. Guests will have access to a pool deck with panoramic city views, a restaurant, lobby lounge and bar, as well as street-level retail space. The hotel will feature direct access to the Miami Beach Convention Center via a climate-controlled sky bridge. Plans for the development also call for new public spaces, pedestrian-friendly promenades, bike-sharing stations and connectivity to public transit. According to sources familiar with the transaction, Eastdil Secured was involved in arranging the debt on behalf of Terra and Turnberry. Arquitectonica designed the hotel, and Balfour Beatty is serving as the general contractor. The Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency awarded a $75 million grant for the project in 2024. Grand …

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Blackstone to Acquire Majority Stake in 6 MSF Texas Industrial Portfolio for $718M

by Hayden Spiess

DALLAS AND HOUSTON — Blackstone Real Estate (NYSE: BX), the largest owner of commercial real estate globally, has agreed for its Core+ funds business affiliate to acquire a 95 percent stake in an industrial portfolio in Texas totaling 6 million square feet. The purchase price is $718 million.  Crow Holdings, the Dallas-based real estate and development firm that developed the properties, is the seller and will retain a 5 percent ownership stake.  The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2025.  The portfolio comprises 25 Class A buildings located predominantly in submarkets of Dallas and Houston. According to Blackstone, the metros are two of the top-performing logistics markets in the country.  “We are thrilled to acquire this high-quality portfolio located in some of the best performing U.S. industrial markets,” says David Levine, co-head of Americas acquisitions for Blackstone. “With limited vacancy and new construction starts down over 80 percent from the 2022 peak, logistics remains a high conviction theme for us; we are proud owners of more than $90 billion of warehouses in North America and nearly $170 billion in total around the world.” Founded in 1991, Blackstone currently has $315 billion of investor capital under management …

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