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RIO RANCHO, N.M. — Co-developers MorningStar Senior Living and Confluent Senior Living have broken ground on MorningStar of Rio Rancho, a 77-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Albuquerque suburb of Rio Rancho. The 70,863-square-foot development will be situated on 5.5 acres. It will feature 51 assisted living suites and 26 memory care suites. The co-developers plan to open an information center onsite by May 2018, and complete construction in December 2018. The project represents the 11th joint venture between affiliates of MorningStar, a Denver-based owner-operator, and Confluent Senior Living, a subsidiary of Confluent Development, a Denver-based real estate investment and development firm. Confluent is the project owner and MorningStar will serve as the operator. Rosemann & Associates is serving as the architect for the new development, New Mexico-based Bradbury Stamm Construction is the general contractor and Thoma-Holec Design is the interior designer. The development marks the second MorningStar Senior Living community in metro Albuquerque, with MorningStar and Confluent completing MorningStar Assisted Living & Memory Care of Albuquerque in February 2016. Confluent sold the Albuquerque community to Harbert Seniors Housing Fund in July, with MorningStar maintaining its role as operator. The MorningStar and Confluent partnership continues its growth …

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LOVELAND, COLO. — Heavenrich & Co. has arranged the sale of Aspen House, a memory care community consisting of two adjacent properties in Loveland, approximately 50 miles north of Denver. The properties were built in 2010 and 2015 and feature 40 units representing 80 licensed beds. Madison Realty Cos. acquired the community from an undisclosed seller for $8.4 million. Brian Clark, senior director at Heavenrich & Co.’s Denver office, managed the transaction.

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SAN DIEGO — CBRE has arranged the sale of Midway Square, a multi-tenant shopping center located at 3112 Midway Drive in San Diego’s Point Loma district. Winston Square LLC sold the property to Midway Square LLC for $5.2 million. Reg Kobzi, Sam Alison, Mike Philbin and Amar Goli of CBRE represented the seller, while Andrew Slade of CIRE Partners represented the buyer in the deal. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent leased. Express Time, Auto Serve Center, Suspension Plus and Smog Creek occupy the 15,271-square-foot, single-level retail center.

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MILPITAS, CALIF. — Big Al’s, a sports bar and entertainment chain, has signed a lease for 46,000 square feet of retail space at McCarthy Ranch Marketplace in Milpitas in Silicon Valley. TMS McCarthy LP is the landlord. Located at 15 Ranch Drive, Big Al’s Silicon Valley will be the company’s fifth center and second in California. The store is slated to open for business in late 2018.

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SEATTLE — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided $54.8 million in Freddie Mac financing for the 193-unit Angeline Apartments in Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood. The community is located at 4801 Rainier Ave. S. Angeline Apartments was built in 2015. The property includes five floors of apartments, ground-floor retail space and an underground garage. The retail component includes PCC Natural Grocers, the largest consumer-owned natural food retail co-operative in the U.S., and All the Best Pet Care. KeyBank’s Jon Reible arranged the fixed-rate loan with a 10-year term. The funds were used to refinance existing debt.

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CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Rich Uncles NNN REIT Inc. has purchased a 162,714-square-foot creative office/warehouse space in Chandler for $26.5 million. The property serves as the headquarters for AvAir, a commercial aircraft parts business. The property is located at 6877 and 6971 W. Frye Road. The sale agreement allows AvAir to occupy the space for 15 years. Developed in 2015, the two buildings sit on 6.1 acres in the Santan Technology Park at the northeast corner of Loop 202 and 56th Street. Andy Ogan of Lee & Associates Arizona brokered the sale. John Hink of Tiffany & Bosco P.A. assisted the seller, Reasons Aviation LLC.

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LOS ANGELES — Jamison has purchased a grouping of parcels at the corner of 8th Street and Harvard Boulevard in Los Angeles’ Koreatown neighborhood for $14 million. The local privately held real estate investment and operating company plans to demolish the vacant apartment and commercial buildings on the site to make way for a new multifamily development. The plot is fully entitled for 131 residential units and 4,150 square feet of retail. CBRE’s Laurie Lustig-Bower and Kamran Paydar represented the seller, Harvard 826 Property LLC, a private investor owned by Hersel Neman and Robert Neman.

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LAKEWOOD, COLO. — Inland Real Estate Acquisitions has purchased the 267-unit Union West Apartments in Lakewood for a reported $81 million. The community is located at 35 Van Gordon St., six blocks from the RTD West Light Rail Line. The mid-rise property contains 20 studios, 141 one-bedroom, 90 two-bedroom and 16 three-bedroom units. Union West also offers a garage with 402 covered parking spaces and 18 open spaces. Units include gourmet kitchens, quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, walk-in closets, a washer and dryer, a garden bathtub and a patio or balcony. Union West Apartments is also equipped with energy-efficient air conditioning, heating, water heaters and windows. All lighting throughout the property is LED and the garage and corridors are powered by solar panels on the roof. Community amenities include a resort-style heated pool, fitness and yoga studio, fire pit, grilling stations, pet-friendly park and mountain views.

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CORONA, CALIF. — Sunshine Metals has signed an eight-year lease for a 68,394-square-foot freestanding industrial warehouse in Corona. The property is located at 1228 Sherborn St. The lease is valued at $4 million. Sunshine Metals is relocating from a previous Fullerton outpost. The company chose the building based upon its upgraded amenities and ease of access throughout Southern California, as well as to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach that the Inland Empire provides. Chris Migliori of DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, Excel Business Park, in this transaction. JLL’s Cameron Driscoll and Luke McDaniel represented Sunshine Metals.

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SEATTLE — Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has chosen the following 20 metropolitan areas (in alphabetical order) as potential locations for HQ2, the company’s planned $5 billion second headquarters in North America: – Atlanta – Austin, Texas – Boston – Chicago – Columbus, Ohio – Dallas – Denver – Indianapolis – Los Angeles – Miami – Montgomery County, Md. – Nashville, Tenn. – Newark, N.J. – New York City – Northern Virginia – Philadelphia – Pittsburgh – Raleigh, N.C. – Toronto – Washington, D.C. “Thank you to all 238 communities that submitted proposals. Getting from 238 to 20 was very tough — all the proposals showed tremendous enthusiasm and creativity,” says Amazon spokesperson Holly Sullivan. “Through this process we learned about many new communities across North America that we will consider as locations for future infrastructure investment and job creation.” In the coming months, Amazon will work with each of the candidate locations to dive deeper into their proposals, request additional information and evaluate the feasibility of a future partnership that can accommodate the company’s hiring plans, as well as benefit its employees and the local community. Amazon expects to make a decision this year. Amazon has emphasized that HQ2 will …

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