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Apartment development is ramping up across the U.S., creating significant concerns for multifamily operators in 2013 and 2014. Nevertheless, there is pent-up apartment demand. Slow but steady job creation is allowing college graduates to move out of their parents’ homes or to shed the extra roommates who assisted with living expenses. Additionally, construction averaged fewer than 70,000 rentals in the past three years, compared to 130,000 units annually prior to that span. Yet more than 100,000 apartment are expected to come on line nationwide this year alone. While many of the Northern California apartment markets are typically high barrier-to-entry metros for developers, supply concerns are mounting in some areas. Fortunately for apartment operators in the region, a majority of this construction is occurring in the largest metro areas. Elevated populations and job creation in these metros will bolster demand and ease supply-side vacancy pressure. Although construction activity will elevate for the foreseeable future, the biggest Northern California inventory additions will occur in 2014. About 10,000 units will come on line in the region next year. Deliveries will be greatest in San Jose and San Francisco between 2013 and 2014 as 7,000 units and 6,700 units are delivered, respectively. The surge …

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PUYALLUP, WASH. – The 251-unit One Canyon Place in Puyallup has received $18 million in financing. The community is located at 11619 Canyon Road East just east of Tacoma. It is 97 percent occupied. The 35-year, fixed-rate loan features a 3.2 percent interest rate and a 72 percent loan-to-value ratio. The non-recourse financing was arranged by Louis Weisman of Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC’s Seattle office on behalf of Delta II LLC. It was arranged through the firm’s FHA/HUD 223(f) program.

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EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. – A 198,532-square-foot office building in El Segundo has sold to Menlo Equities for an undisclosed sum. The building is located at 101 North Sepulveda. It is 89 percent leased to Federal Express and International Rectifier. The seller, a global investment manager, was represented by HFF’s Michael Ross, Paul Brindley, Richard Plummer and Andrew Harper.

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PUYALLUP, WASH. – The 251-unit One Canyon Place in Puyallup has received $18 million in financing. The community is located at 11619 Canyon Road East just east of Tacoma. It is 97 percent occupied. The 35-year, fixed-rate loan features a 3.2 percent interest rate and a 72 percent loan-to-value ratio. The non-recourse financing was arranged by Louis Weisman of Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC’s Seattle office on behalf of Delta II LLC. It was arranged through the firm’s FHA/HUD 223(f) program.

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EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. – A 198,532-square-foot office building in El Segundo has sold to Menlo Equities for an undisclosed sum. The building is located at 101 North Sepulveda. It is 89 percent leased to Federal Express and International Rectifier. The seller, a global investment manager, was represented by HFF’s Michael Ross, Paul Brindley, Richard Plummer and Andrew Harper.

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