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88-University-Place

NEW YORK CITY — Mission Capital Advisors has arranged $70 million in financing for 88 University Place, a 94,000-square-foot building in the heart of Midtown South/Greenwich Village. Mack Real Estate Credit Strategies provided the floating-rate loan on behalf of the sponsor, an investment group led by fashion designer Elie Tahari, which recently purchased the property in an off-market transaction for approximately $75 million. The property, which was constructed in 1906, consists of 11 stories of commercial loft space and ground-floor retail. A forward lease is in place with WeWork, the real estate co-sharing office space company. WeWork will occupy eight of the 10 floors, with the company expected to eventually occupy all 10 floors. Jonathan More, Ari Hirt and Jamie Matheny of the Mission Capital Debt & Equity Finance Group secured the loan. Ownership plans to invest significantly in capital improvements, including new lobby entranceways, new elevator cabs and mechanical upgrades, common area improvements, and HVAC upgrades.  

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ROCKAWAY, N.J. — Newmark Grubb Knight Frank (NGKF) has represented owner Lexington Realty Trust in the leasing of its property at 333 Mount Hope Ave. in Rockaway. The three-story, 92,000-square-foot building is now occupied entirely by Atlantic Health System. The 12-year lease was brokered by David Simson, Jamie Drummond and Tim Greiner of NGKF. Bryn Cinque of Colliers International represented the tenant. Atlantic Health System initially leased 64,000 square feet at the property but outgrew the space and chose to expand.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Berkadia has negotiated the sale of Lonestar Lofts, a student housing property located at 2408 Leon St. in Austin. Forrest Bass of Berkadia’s Austin office completed the sale on Sept. 28. The buyer was a private investor from New York, and the seller was a local, private investor partnership. Lonestar Lofts was built in 1971 and offers studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom floor plans. Unit amenities include stained concrete floors, black appliances, washers and dryers and a loft-style layout. Community amenities include a swimming pool with a pergola lounge area, barbeque grill and parking garage. The 50-unit student housing property is 100 percent occupied. Lonestar Lofts is located in the west campus submarket, one mile from the University of Texas and two miles from downtown Austin.sa

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PLANO, TEXAS — ARA Newmark has arranged the sale of two Class A apartment communities in Plano: Avalon at Chase Oaks, a 326-unit property, and Thornbury at Chase Oaks, a 376-unit property. ARA Newmark’s Brian O’Boyle, Sr., Brian Murphy, Brian O’Boyle, Jr. and Richard Furr led the marketing efforts for the two multifamily communities on behalf of Berkshire Group, a real estate investment management company headquartered in Boston. Frisco, Texas-based CAF Capital, a private equity real estate firm specializing in the acquisition, redevelopment, repositioning and subsequent sale of institutional quality multifamily real estate, acquired the communities for an undisclosed price. The properties were 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. Constructed in 1992 and 1996, respectively, Avalon at Chase Oaks and Thornbury at Chase Oaks back up to The Courses at Watters Creek golf course and are within a mile of each other. Plano is home to corporate and regional headquarters for JC Penney, Cinemark Holdings, Rent-A-Center, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Frito-Lay, Intel Security and Alliance Data Systems.

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MIDLAND, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of DaVita Anchored Medical Office, a 17,155-square-foot, multi-tenant medical office property located in Midland. Geoff Ficke, Chris Adams and Neal Waldman of Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. DaVita Anchored Medical Office is located at 705 Wadley Ave. in Midland, just west of North Pecos Street. Constructed in 1981, the asset is situated on approximately one acre. At the time of listing, the asset was 100 percent occupied with DaVita occupying nearly 60 percent of the rentable space. Additional tenants include Brock Oil, Core Labs and a nephrology practice.

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SPOKANE, WASH. — Goodale & Barbieri and Dakota Pacific have purchased the RLH office building in Spokane for an undisclosed sum. The building contains 100,000 square feet of office space and a 252-car parking garage. It is situated on the north bank of the Spokane River in downtown Spokane. Notable tenants at the building include Red Lion Hotels Corp., HomeStreet Bank, TransCanada Corp., Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance, Wipfli LLP and Farmers Insurance.

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LOS ANGELES — Securitas Security Services USA has renewed its lease for 72,610 square feet at Westlake Spectrum in the Los Angeles submarket of Westlake Village. The new 12-year lease is valued at more than $25 million. CBRE’s Michael Slater and Tom Dwyer represented the landlords, Barker Pacific Group and Rockwood Capital. Richard Bright and Ryan Bright of the same firm represented Securitas.

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BOSTON — WS Development has acquired a 12.5-acre parcel that spans 10 city blocks and is slated to include 2.8 million square feet of residences, offices, hotels, retail, parks, and community space in Boston. Morgan Stanley and Boston Global Investors (BGI) — long-time development partners of WS Development — sold the parcel for $359 million. The land is located along Seaport Boulevard, Congress Street, and Summer Street. WS Development owns 500,000 square feet of retail on seven adjacent blocks. WS will work with the City of Boston and BGI, which will continue to provide urban planning services, to develop the space.

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