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AURORA, COLO. — BMC Investments has acquired the 282-unit Vista Park apartments in Aurora for $31.5 million. The community is located at 12707 E. Mississippi Ave. Vista Park was built in 1973. About 60 percent of the units have undergone light renovations, including vinyl plank flooring, new cabinets and new plumbing hardware. Select units feature walk-in closets and dishwashers. The property’s community amenities include a swimming pool, courtyard, fitness center, on-site laundry and business center. Terrance Hunt and Shane Ozment of ARA Newmark represented the seller, Capital Real Estate, in this transaction.

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SALT LAKE CITY — Strategic Student & Senior Housing Trust Inc. has acquired a portfolio of three assisted living communities in Salt Lake City totaling 294 units. The seller and price were not disclosed. The portfolio includes The Wellington, Cottonwood Creek and The Charleston at Cedar Hills. Although the operator was not named, all three communities appear on the website of California-based operator MBK Senior Living. The Wellington features 119 units, Cottonwood Creek features 111 units and The Charleston features 64 units. Strategic Student & Senior Housing Trust Inc. is a private real estate investment trust sponsored by SmartStop Asset Management. This acquisition marks SmartStop’s first entry into the seniors housing space. The company specializes in self-storage assets.

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LAKEWOOD, COLO. — Juniper Communities has acquired Applewood Place and Lakewood Reserve, two seniors housing communities in the Denver suburb of Lakewood. The seller and price were not disclosed. Built in 2008, Applewood Place is a 90,500-square-foot, two-story community featuring 65 assisted living units and 42 memory care units. Lakewood Reserve, built in 1999, is a 112,516-square-foot, two-story community featuring 118 assisted living units and 19 memory care units. The acquisitions bring Juniper’s total portfolio size to 1,862 units in 23 communities. Is also expands the company’s presence in the Denver area, where it already owns and operates three communities.

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CHICAGO — Castle Lanterra Properties (CLP) has sold Midpointe Apartments in Chicago to an unnamed fund manager for $49.5 million. CLP acquired the 424-unit multifamily property in 2014 for $28.5 million. The company invested millions in upgrades to the property that included the construction of a new leasing office, resident lounge and fitness center. Other improvements included the installation of energy-efficient roofs, LED lighting, new elevators, parking lot resurfacing and renovations to 30 percent of the units. CLP refinanced the property for $40 million in June 2017.

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MAPLE GROVE, MINN. — TOLD Development Co. has sold The Shops at Wedgwood in Maple Grove for an undisclosed price. The 32,000-square-foot retail center is located at the intersection of Interstate 494 and Bass Lake Road. The property, developed in two phases in 2006 and 2014, is fully leased to tenants such as The Original Pancake House, Jimmy John’s, Pizza Hut, Bruegger’s Bagels, Caribou Coffee, RTaco, Fantastic Sam’s, Solo’s Pizza Café and Metro Dentalcare. Upland Real Estate Group represented TOLD in the sale. An institutional investor was the buyer.

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MISSION, KAN. — Block & Co. Inc. Realtors has brokered the sale of a restaurant building formerly occupied by Runza in Mission, just south of Kansas City. The sales price was not disclosed. The 2,515-square-foot property is a pad site near the Mission West Shopping Center. David Block, Alex Block and Max Kosoglad of Block & Co. negotiated the transaction on behalf of the buyer, an investment group managed by Block & Co. The team manages the property and is in the process of leasing the space to a replacement restaurant concept.

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CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — Capstone Apartment Partners has arranged the $10 million sale of The Clemons Lofts, a 54-unit multifamily community in downtown Chattanooga. The six-story building was originally constructed in 1918 as an office headquarters, but was renovated into an apartment community with 7,922 square feet of ground-floor retail space in 2016. Adam Klenk, Michael Sohr and A.J. Klenk of Capstone arranged the transaction on behalf of the buyer, California-based TMC Group, as well as the seller, Chattanooga-based Via Nova Development. Clemons Lofts features a rooftop terrace with a dog park, Nest thermostats, fingerprint security access, bike storage, fitness center and an on-site grocer — Street Corner Deli/Market.

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SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — A Colorado-based, family-owned real estate company has acquired a 92,562-square-foot office building in Scottsdale that is net leased to PayPal. The sale price was $30.5 million. The single-tenant building is located at 9999 N. 90th St. The Class A building serves as one of PayPal’s four global, mission-critical network operations centers. The other three network operations centers are located in Silicon Valley, India and Malaysia. The corporately guaranteed lease has about 10 years remaining and features annual rent escalations. Rob Edwards and Tom Ethington of Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors represented the buyer. The seller was a Los Angeles-based private real estate company.

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LOS ANGELES — CBRE has arranged the $17.5 million sale of Triangle Center, a 16,128-square-foot strip retail center. The property, which cuts across the Los Angeles and Culver City boundaries, is home to four single-unit tenants and a freestanding 99 Cents Only store. Alex Kozakov, Patrick Wade and Neal Golub of CBRE arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, private investor Triangle Center LLC. Mary Cronin of Urban Real Estate Investment represented the buyer, Bastion Development Corp.

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SKOKIE, ILL. — American Landmark Properties has completed the lease-up of its Illinois Science + Technology Park (ISTP) in Skokie, a northern suburb of Chicago. Vetter Pharma International USA and Charles River Laboratories International recently signed lease expansions. Vetter now occupies a total of 49,000 square feet, and Charles River has expanded to 34,056 square feet. American Landmark acquired the 24-acre research, lab and office campus one year ago when it was 86 percent leased. The real estate investment group plans to redevelop an existing 130,000-square-foot building located within ISTP at 8030 Lamon Ave. Five other build-to-suit sites provide a total development capacity of an additional 1.3 million square feet, according to John Roeser, executive vice president of American Landmark. Scott Brandwein and David Saad of CBRE are the leasing agents for ISTP.

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