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1-Java-Street-Brooklyn

NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated the $110.8 million sale of 1 Java Street, a waterfront development site in Brooklyn that offers 610,000 square feet of buildable space across a full city block. The site is located in the Greenpoint neighborhood and is zoned for mixed-use development. Stephen Palmese, Brendan Maddigan, Winfield Clifford, Michael Mazzara, Ethan Stanton and Patrick Madigan of JLL represented the sellers, JZ Capital Partners and Redsky Capital, in the transaction. Melissa Burch and Christie Walker represented the buyer, Lendlease, on an internal basis.

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SOUTH HOLLAND, ILL. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $2.7 million sale of a three-tenant retail building in South Holland near Chicago. The 5,000-square-foot property is home to Chipotle, JJ Fish & Chicken and an unnamed corporate wireless provider. Alex Sharrin, Alex Geanakos and Eric Cline of JLL represented the seller, Glazier Corp., which is a local Chicago developer. A Southern California-based private investor purchased the asset.

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AMANDA, OHIO — The Boulder Group has brokered the $1.2 million sale of an 8,320-square-foot property occupied by Family Dollar in Amanda, about 30 miles southeast of Columbus. Constructed in 2016, the building is located at 308 E. Main St. Family Dollar has 11 years remaining on its lease. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a Midwest-based real estate owner. A Southeast-based real estate investor purchased the asset.

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FALLS CHURCH, VA. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has arranged the $87.5 million sale of two office buildings located at 3170 and 3180 Fairview Park in Falls Church. The seller, an affiliate of Boston-based Marcus Partners, completed a renovation at the property this year. The upgrades included adding 25,000 square feet of amenity space, an outdoor terrace, firepit, 100-person auditorium, 100-person conference facility and a fitness center. The assets were 98 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including General Dynamics Information Technology, Capital Caring Health, Sheet Metal Workers’ National Pension Fund and Balfour Beatty. The leases have a weighted average of 11 years remaining. The asset is situated 15 miles west of downtown Washington, D.C. James Cassidy, Jud Ryan and Cliff Cummings of NKF represented the seller in the transaction. Joe Donato and Kassi Saridakis of NKF worked with the buyer, Vanderbilt Office Properties, on the financing of the acquisition. Terms of the financing were not disclosed.

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Pacific-Gateway-Torrance-CA

TORRANCE, CALIF. — Silicon Valley-based Nome Ventures has purchased Pacific Gateway, an office tower located at 19191 S. Vermont Ave. in Torrance within the South Bay submarket of Los Angeles County. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $55.5 million. Built in 1981 and renovated in 2019, the 10-story tower features 237,145 square feet of Class A office space. The $6 million renovation included an upgraded lobby, new corridors, a new tenant amenity center and exterior improvements. At the time of sale, the building was nearly 84 percent occupied. Current tenants include Optum Care (formerly DaVita Medical Group), Kumon, Farmers Insurance Federal Credit Union and Olgetree Deakins. Kevin Shannon, Bill Bloodgood, Ken White, Scott Schumacher and Aly Chelf of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the transaction. Greg Grant of CBRE Capital Markets in Los Angeles, along with Mike Longo, Todd Tydlaska and Sean Sullivan of CBRE, arranged $39.3 million in financing for the buyer.

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NEWPORT NEWS, MECHANICSVILLE AND HENRICO, VA. — DF Ventures, a division of Drucker + Falk, has sold a three-property, 710-unit apartment portfolio in Virginia for $113 million. The three properties are the 300-unit Chesapeake Bay Apartments in Newport News, the 220-unit Hanover Crossing Apartments in Mechanicsville and the 190-unit Wilde Lake Apartments in Henrico. Drucker + Falk acquired the portfolio in 2016 for $68.5 million and invested $10.5 million to upgrade the unit interiors, exteriors and amenity spaces across all three properties. The Kushner Cos. acquired the portfolio. Charles Wentworth, Hank Hankins and Will Matthews of Colliers International represented the seller in the transaction.

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Vernon-Avenue-Logistics-Center-Vernon-CA

VERNON, CALIF. — A joint venture between Dedeaux Properties and Ledo Capital has completed the disposition of Vernon Avenue Logistics Center, a cold-storage facility located at the intersection of East Vernon and Alcoa avenues in Vernon. A Los Angeles-based family acquired the facility for $14.8 million. Built in March 2020, the 46,422-square-foot property features commercial kitchens, cold prep space, a fully racked cooler and freezer, dry storage space, 32-foot minimum clearances, seven dock-high doors and one ground-loading door fronting a 3,700-square-foot refrigerated dock. Additionally, the building includes 3,000 square feet of office and mezzanine space. The built-to-suit property is fully leased on a long-term basis to a Los Angeles-based restaurant group. Scott Heaton of Colliers International represented the buyer, while Jeff Chiate and Mike Adey of Cushman & Wakefield Capital Markets represented the seller in the deal.

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Mark-IV-Commerce-Center-Fort-Worth

FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Dalfen Industrial has acquired Mark IV Commerce Center, a 1 million-square-foot industrial property located near Interstates 35 and 820 in the Alliance area of Fort Worth. The newly built, Class A development consists of three buildings in front-load and cross-dock configurations and ESFR sprinkler systems. AER Manufacturing recently signed an 80,660-square-foot lease to become the development’s inaugural tenant. The Dallas Business Journal reports that the seller was Crow Holdings Industrial.

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Associated-Medical-Professionals-Syracuse

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Colliers International has arranged the $13.5 million sale of a 33,836-square-foot medical office building in Syracuse. The property is leased to regional healthcare provider Associated Medical Professionals, which houses its urology and oncology centers in the building. The sale also included a medical office building in Auburn, New York, that is also occupied by Associated Medical Professionals. Eric Grad of Colliers brokered the deal in conjunction with Britt Raymond and Kyle Fant of SRS Real Estate Partners. The seller was a locally based developer, and the buyer was a Missouri-based family office specializing in medical office properties.

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Agro Merchants Group Vineland

ATLANTA AND SCHIPHOL, NETHERLANDS — Americold Realty Trust (NYSE: COLD) has agreed to acquire Agro Merchants Group, a privately held cold storage warehouse owner based in The Netherlands, for $1.74 billion. Atlanta-based Americold entered into the agreement with Agro Merchants’ owner, an investor group led by funds managed by Los Angeles-based Oaktree Capital Management LP. The move will give Americold its first cold storage properties in Europe. Agro Merchants, which has its North American headquarters in Alpharetta, Ga., owns and operates 46 cold storage properties in 10 countries. The company is the fourth largest cold storage owner in the United States and third largest in Europe. Agro Merchants serves more than 2,900 customers across multiple industries. “We are confident that by joining Americold, we will accelerate our growth and by combining our complementary networks, we will be able to provide a more comprehensive range of solutions to customers around the world,” says Carlos Rodriguez, CEO of Agro Merchants. Americold is the only publicly traded REIT specializing in cold storage, which is seeing an influx of investment and leasing demand since the onset of the pandemic. According to a June report from Vyzn Research, the global cold storage sector is estimated …

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