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SAN DIEGO — A high-net-worth individual has acquired a 40,000-square-foot office building that is fully leased to the University of Southern California (USC) for $12.5 million. The building is located at 9860 Mesa Rim Road. USC’s Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute, which is a part of the Keck School of Medicine, occupies the property. It was built in 2000. The 1031 exchange buyer plans to keep the property as a long-term investment. CBRE’s Matt Pourcho, Gary Stache, Anthony DeLorenzo and Mark Shaffer represented the seller, Washington Capital Management, in this transaction.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Arden Group has purchased the BB&T Center, a 22-story, 567,835-square-foot office tower located on 200 S. College St. in uptown Charlotte. The Philadelphia-based investment firm purchased the property through its discretionary fund affiliate, Arden Real Estate Partners II LP, for $148.5 million, according to The Charlotte Observer. HFF brokered the transaction, and Starwood Property Trust Inc. provided acquisition financing. Arden plans to invest $10 million in capital improvements to modernize the common areas and building systems. Charlotte-based commercial real estate firm Trinity Partners will handle the office leasing, property and project management. BB&T, AIG, TekSystems, AeroTek and Ring Central Inc. are among the building’s current tenants.

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MARLTON, N.J. — Colliers International has arranged the sale of two office properties located at 400 and 406 Lippincott Drive within the South Crossing Office Complex in Marlton. LSOP 3 NJ LLC, a related entity of Somerset Properties and Greenfield, sold the assets for $7.5 million. Citizens Bank, Advocare, South Jersey Fertility and the General Services Administration occupy the buildings, which total more than 80,000 rentable square feet. Evan Zweben and Ian Richman of Colliers represented the undisclosed buyer, while the seller had in-house representation.

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LAREDO, TEXAS — Majestic Realty Co. has negotiated a 166,400-square-foot lease within Port Grande, a 2,000-acre, master-planned industrial development in Laredo. The undisclosed tenant, an international firm in the automotive industry, will occupy a 366,080-square-foot building scheduled to be complete in late August. This building, which features 32-foot ceiling heights, 120 dock-high doors and 439 combined trailer and automobile parking spaces, is the first speculative property in the 100-acre, Phase I development of the project.

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DALLAS — Tenant representation firm Cresa DFW will relocate its Dallas office from its current location on Knoll Trail Drive to the Pinnacle Tower in Dallas’ Midtown neighborhood, effective August 1. The company has signed a three-year lease at the 24-story property, which is located at 5005 LBJ Freeway. The company’s new offices will provide enough space for 20 employees. Cresa DFW eventually plans to expand its office space to accommodate as many as 50 employees.

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CHICAGO — Kiser Group has brokered the sale of a multifamily property in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood for $11.5 million. The 80-unit building is located at 5536 N. Sheridan Road. An affiliate of Horizon Group Realty Holdings LLC purchased the property from a local family partnership. Lee Kiser and Michael Feldstein of Kiser Group brokered the transaction.

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CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Ashland Wellington Plaza in Chicago for $9.8 million. The 19,979-square-foot retail property is located at 2862-2928 N. Ashland Ave. Jewel-Osco shadow anchors the property. Adrian Mendoza, Austin Weisenbeck and Sean R. Sharko of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. The team also procured the buyer, a St. Louis-based investor.

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MAUMEE, OHIO — Reichle Klein Group has negotiated a 26,586-square-foot office lease in Maumee, a southwest suburb of Toledo. Adecco USA Inc. will occupy Suite 200 within the Arrowhead Business Park, located at 1695 Indian Wood Circle. Mike Poulos, Harlan Reichle and Walter Plath of Reichle Klein represented the landlord, Arrowhead Toledo Realty LP. Jason Westendorf of Reichle Klein represented Adecco USA, which is a job staffing firm.

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SPARKS, NEV. — RCG Ventures has acquired Sparks Crossing, a 335,981-square-foot shopping center located roughly four miles outside Reno in Sparks, for $40.2 million. The property is home to tenants including Ross Dress for Less, Bed Bath & Beyond, Cost Plus World Market, Best Buy, Michaels, PetSmart, Ulta Beauty and Dollar Tree. Peter Bethea and Rob Ippolito of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.

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