Washington

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AUBURN, WASH. — CenterPoint has acquired an industrial property located at 1701 Pike Street in Auburn. Terms of the transaction were not released. Located approximately 15 miles from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and the Port of Tacoma, the 126,000-square-foot property features 26-foot clear heights, 20 dock-high loading positions and three points of access. CenterPoint plans to make the property available for lease after a full repositioning, including an office refresh. The building is currently occupied under a short-term lease that expires in December 2021. Tony Miltenberger and Matt Wood of KBC Advisors and Matt Murray of Kidder Mathews brokered the transaction and will market the property as available for lease.

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TUKWILA, WASH. — CenterPoint Properties has purchased an industrial facility located at 365-369 Upland Drive in Tukwila. Terms of the off-market sale-leaseback transaction were not released. Situated on 2.4 acres, the 57,107-square-foot distribution facility features secure parking, a 100-foot truck court, an 11,509-square-foot office space, 24-foot clear heights, six dock-high doors and two drive-in doors. Chris Corr of Kidder Mathews brokered the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.

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LAKEWOOD, WASH. — Kidder Mathews has brokered the purchase of Clover Meadows Apartments, a multifamily property located at 12517 47th Ave. in Lakewood. Michael Delaney of Sound Investments acquired the asset from an undisclosed seller for $3.3 million in an off-market transaction. Brandon Lawler, Dylan Simon and Jerrid Anderson of The Simon and Anderson Team, a multifamily investment team at Kidder Mathews, represented the buyer in the transaction. Built in 1968, Clover Meadows features 26 garden-style apartments on 1.6 acres.

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PULLMAN, WASH. — Highland Realty Capital has secured a $41 million bridge loan for The Ruckus, a 976-bed student housing community located near Washington State University in Pullman. The company secured financing — $2 million of which will be used to convert 89 four-bedroom units into three-bedroom units with bed-to-bath parity — through a Los Angeles-based debt fund on behalf of the borrower, NB Private Capital (NBPC). “Bed-to-bath parity is always an issue, and with COVID-19, it became an obvious upgrade for us to make,” says Blake Wettengel, president of NBPC.

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BOZEMAN, MONT., AND SEATTLE — Ziegler has arranged $42.6 million in financing for the acquisition of two seniors housing properties near Seattle and another in Bozeman. The borrower is Radiant Senior Living, which has brought the three properties into its portfolio. The financing consisted of a combination of senior and mezzanine debt, with Congressional Bank providing the senior debt and a national seniors housing fund providing the mezzanine debt. Radiant acquired the portfolio from a publicly traded healthcare REIT as part of its expansion efforts across the country. The properties feature a combined 36 independent living units and 204 assisted living units. Post-acquisition, Radiant’s portfolio totals 18 communities spanning across six states in the Pacific Northwest.

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SEATTLE — Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has launched two pharmacy offerings — Amazon Pharmacy and Amazon Prime prescription savings benefit — enabling customers to purchase and complete prescription medication transactions, as well as access savings on medications when paying without insurance, through the Amazon website or its mobile app. Starting this week, customers age 18 or older will have access to Amazon Pharmacy services in 45 states, excluding Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana and Minnesota. The pharmacy service will accept most forms of insurance and offer discounts on generic and brand-name medications when paying without insurance. As of close on Tuesday, Nov. 17, Amazon shares rose 0.15 percent to $3,135.66. However, stocks of national pharmacies tumbled following the company’s announcement. CVS/pharmacy dropped 8.6 percent, Walgreens lost 9.6 percent and Rite Aid dipped 16.3 percent. Additionally, GoodRx, which helps customers find the best prices on medications, slid 22.5 percent.

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TACOMA, WASH. — CenterPoint Properties has added an industrial property located at 2021 Marc St. in Tacoma to its existing 28-acre Port of Tacoma portfolio. Terms of the transaction were not released. CenterPoint has plans to reposition the 51,281-square-foot building, which sits on seven acres, and offer it for lease. The property is served by railroad and features a secured yard and a 1,500-square-foot office space. CenterPoint owns two adjacent properties on Lincoln Avenue and Marc Street. The assets are a half-mile from the Port of Tacoma deep-water container terminals and offer easy access to State Route 167 and interstates 5 and 270. Raymond Schuler of Kidder Mathews represented the undisclosed seller, while Christian Mattson and Billy Moultrie of Lee & Associates represented CenterPoint in the transaction.

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VANCOUVER, WASH. — EJF Capital and Holland Partner Group have formed a joint venture to acquire and operate two adjacent six-story buildings in downtown Vancouver. The $62.5 million acquisition will be rebranded Coen & Columbia, offering a total of 200 multifamily units and approximately 2,220 square feet of retail space. Scheduled for delivery in the fourth quarter, Coen will feature 118 apartments, with 20 percent set aside for workforce housing, and 2,220 square feet of retail space. Columbia, will feature 82 apartments. Both buildings sit atop a city-owned parking garage with more than 750 parking spaces. The buildings are located on 1.1 acres in an area certified as Qualified Opportunity Zone under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which offers investors tax benefits to invest into opportunity zones with the aim of spurring economic growth in lower income areas. KeyBank provided financing for the project.

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18110-SE-34th-St-Vancouver-WA

VANCOUVER, WASH. — New Blueprint Partners and Rabina have purchased The Vancouver Technology Center located at 18110 SE 34th St. in East Vancouver. Terms of the transaction were not released. The new owners have renamed the 700,000-square-foot campus Vancouver Innovation Center and plan to implement a multi-million-dollar repositioning program to transform the property into a best-in-class office/industrial flex campus. Built in 1980, the current campus features six buildings with office, flex and light manufacturing space; an exterior courtyard; community garden; park area; and basketball and volleyball courts. The new owners plan to create new building entrances, new common areas, indoor and outdoor amenities and energy-efficient building systems. The partnership’s long-term plan includes the addition of new uses to the campus that will create a live-work-play environment that connects residential, office, manufacturing and retail uses with a network of public pathways, parks and common spaces. Once complete, the campus will be part of a connected community with all components within a 20-minute walk. Evan Pariser, Marko Kazanjian, Nicco Lupo and Casey Davidson of JLL Capital Markets arranged acquisition financing for the buyers.

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30-B-Street-Business-Park-Auburn-WA

AUBURN, WASH. — Harsch Investment Properties has purchased 30th & B Street Business Park in Auburn for $14.7 million. A partnership between Accord Business Park, D&E Enterprises, Green Valley Ridge Partners and LLC & TDW Auburn previously owned the property. Jim Honan of Neil Walter Co. presented the off-market deal to Harsch. The four-building property features 101,460 square feet of rentable space. At the time of acquisition, the property was fully leased to 19 manufacturing tenants in spaces between 1,500 square feet to 18,000 square feet.

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