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Vertex

TEMPE, ARIZ. — University Partners has acquired Vertex, a 600-bed student housing community located near Arizona State University in Tempe. The property was built in 2015 and offers a mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units with bed-to-bath parity. Shared amenities include 7,700 square feet of retail space, a resort-style swimming pool, two-story fitness center with a rock-climbing wall, clubhouse, private study rooms and a cycle room. University Partners plans to upgrade and refresh community common areas and will oversee management of the property. The seller and terms of the transaction were undisclosed.

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GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Torrey Pines Villas, a 70-unit multifamily property located in Glendale. A limited liability company sold the asset to another limited liability company for $8.3 million. Paul Bay of Marcus & Millichap represented both parties in the deal. Located at 5712 N. 67th Ave., Torrey Pines Villas features 44 one-bedroom/one-bath units and 26 two-bedroom/two-bath units. The community was built in 1985 on 1.14 acres.

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SEATTLE — Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has announced plans to hire an additional 100,000 full- and part-time employees throughout the United States and Canada. This plan is in addition to the 33,000 new corporate and technology jobs announced last week. The roles offer a starting wage of at least $15 per hour, and in select cities, Amazon is offering sign-on bonuses up to $1,000 to new hires. The new employees will staff the 100 new operations buildings that Amazon is opening this month across its fulfillment centers, delivery stations and other sites. States with the most available jobs include Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin. This year-to-date, the company has opened more than 75 new fulfillment centers, sortation centers, regional air hubs and delivery stations in the United States and Canada.

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GILBERT, ARIZ. — Continental Properties, as owner, and McShane Construction Co., as general contractor, have started construction of Springs at Cooley Station, an apartment community in Gilbert. Located on 14 acres, the garden-style community will feature 276 units spread across 10 two- and three-story buildings. Units will feature granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Community amenities will include a clubhouse with a fitness center and outdoor swimming pool, as well as 490 parking spaces. Completion is slated for early 2022. Phillips Partnership is architect of record for the project. This is McShane’s 20th Springs-branded property for Continental, including two additional projects currently underway in the Phoenix area.

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ADAMS COUNTY, COLO. — The Adams County Board of Commissioners has unanimously approved the final development plan for Rocky Mountain Industrials’ Rocky Mountain Rail Park. Situated in unincorporated Adams County, Rocky Mountain Rail Park is planned as a 620-acre, rail-served industrial park at Manila Road and Interstate 70, adjacent to the Colorado Air and Space Port. Construction is slated to start in fourth-quarter 2020 with the ability for buyers to start building in spring 2021.

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SANDY, UTAH — Towne Storage has completed the disposition of Towne Storage Sandy, a self-storage facility located off Interstate 15 in Sandy, approximately 20 minutes south of downtown Salt Lake City. Terms of the transaction were not released. Storage…Etc. will rebrand and manage the 60,700-square-foot facility. Built in 1993 and 1997, the property features 379 rentable spaces ranging from 25 square feet to 400 square feet, a leasing office, gated access, digital video surveillance and an on-site manager. Jordan Farrer and Adam Schlosser of The LeClaire-Schlosser Group of Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.

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NEWARK, CALIF. — Colliers International has arranged the sale of an industrial building located at 8484 Central Ave. in Newark. QQE Properties sold the asset to Atum Biotechnology for $8.8 million. Atum Biotechnology plans to convert the 40,136-square-foot building into lab and office space. The buyer is a provider of tools and solutions to life sciences researchers including gene design; optimization and synthesis; expression vectors; and platforms for protein and cellular engineering and production. Todd Severson of Colliers International represented the seller, while Brian Mason of Avison Young and Jeff Powers of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer in the transaction.

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OGDEN, UTAH — Chicago-based Orchard Apartments has purchased Parkwood Apartments, a multifamily property located at 120 Dan St. in Ogden. Crapse Building One sold the property for close to the $3.3 million list price. Vicente Cantua of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the deal. Parkwood Apartments features 20 two-bedroom units, 15 of which are two-bedroom/two-bath layouts and five are two-bedroom/one-bath floor plans. The property is 100 percent Section 8 housing with a 20-year Housing Assistance Payments contract that renewed in June.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Ingka Centres, part of the Ingka Group, has purchased the 6×6 Building in downtown San Francisco. MSP Property LLP, a company controlled and owned by Alexandria Real Estate Equities and TMG Partners, sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Ingka Centres will transform and redesign the more than 375,000-square-foot property, located at 945 Market St. IKEA will anchor the development, which will also feature mixed-use offerings. The IKEA store and first phase of redevelopment are slated to open in fall 2021. The property includes a parking lot and offers a total of 256,000 gross leasable square feet. The total investment, including acquisition and future redevelopment costs, is estimated at $260 million for the project. The acquisition and redevelopment is Netherlands-based Ingka Centres’ first in the United States and its second mixed-use project in a downtown location, following the company’s acquisition of Kings Mall in London’s Hammersmith earlier this year. Ingka Centres’ urban projects are all anchored by IKEA and designed to complement the IKEA Retail U.S. strategy of opening smaller-format stores within city centers in response to global urbanization trends, changing customer behavior and the digitization of retail.

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Enclave

BERKELEY, CALIF. — A joint venture between WEST Builders and Spectrum Partners has completed The Enclave, a 253-bed student housing community master leased to the University of California, Berkeley. The property offers shared amenities including retail space occupied by a vegan hamburger restaurant, an upscale sandwich shop and a virtual reality experience operator; two outdoor terraces; an interior courtyard; and a large rooftop deck.

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