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SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — 29th Street Capital (29SC) has purchased The Villagio Apartments, a 180-unit, 492-bed student housing property located near Texas State University at 1850 Aquarena Springs Drive in San Marcos. Built in 2005, The Villagio features two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments. Each fully furnished unit has a bathroom for every bedroom, private patios and a full-size washer and dryer. Community amenities include a resort-style pool with fountains and a hot tub, outdoor grilling areas, 24-hour fitness center, clubhouse, private study center, movie theater and volleyball and basketball courts. The Villagio is on Texas State University’s bus route. 29SC plans to invest about $2 million ($4,100 per bedroom) in capital improvements. Interior renovations will include new faux hardwood vinyl flooring, granite countertops, kitchen backsplashes, upgraded lighting and plumbing fixtures and new paint schemes. Amenity improvements include the expansion of the fitness center and adding new exercise and spin equipment, as well as updating the exteriors. The community is 100 percent pre-leased for the upcoming academic year. The bulk of the capital improvements will begin immediately with future phases planned during school breaks.

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DALLAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a building net leased to Wells Fargo near the Southern Methodist University (SMU) campus in Dallas for an undisclosed price. The property is located at 6900 Snider Plaza. Originally constructed in 1931, the property is located within Snider Plaza and is near Highland Park, SMU and uptown Dallas. Vincent Knipp and Ryan Wolf, both in Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office, represented the seller, a limited liability company. Preet Sabharwal, Zachary Weiss and Richard Dorfman of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office represented the buyer, another LLC.

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SAN DIEGO — BLT Enterprises has purchased Sorrento Tech II, a 63,333-square-foot office and R&D campus in the San Diego submarket of Sorrento Mesa for $12.6 million. The two-building campus is located at 10140 and 10180 Barnes Canyon Road. The space was renovated in 2014. It is 87 percent leased. Ron Jacobson of Madison Partners represented BLT in the transaction. Sean Fulp and Brunson Howard of NGKF Capital Markets represented the undisclosed seller.

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LOS ANGELES — Kids from the Valley XIV has purchased a production and entertainment facility in the Los Angeles submarket of Simi Valley for $11 million. The Class A office complex is located at 101 W. Cochran St. The buyer has formed Anjac Studios West to operate its new facility, which will continue to be used for a wide variety of production-related activities. The office portion of the property was built in 1991 with the studio complex built in 2000. Keller Williams Realty Calabasas represented the buyer. Dennis Slattery and Stacy Vierheilig-Fraser of Charles Dunn Company represented the seller, the Adventist Media Center, in this transaction.

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CENTURY CITY, CALIF. — Post Advisory Group has relocated from the Water Garden in Santa Monica, where it has been housed for seven years, to 2049 Century Park E. in Century City, one of the Century Plaza Towers. The financial services firm signed a 10-year lease for the 30th floor of the 1.2-million-square-foot tower. It will occupy 17,707 square feet beginning in December of this year. This represents an expansion for Post Advisory Group. CBRE’s Amanda Calof represented the landlord, JP Morgan. Andy Lustgarten and Mark Sullivan of Savills Studley represented Post Advisory Group.

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SAN DIEGO — Jay Crystal LLC has acquired the 13-unit Loma Vista Apartment Homes in the San Diego submarket of Point Loma for $4.4 million. The community is located at 3720 Yonge St. It was built in 1973 and renovated in 2007. CBRE’s Jim Neil, Eric Comer and Merrick Matricardi represented the buyer. The seller, SD Apartments LLC, an affiliate of Birge & Held Asset Management LLC, represented itself in this transaction.

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INGLEWOOD, CALIF. — Wireless Watchdogs has purchased a 14,566-square-foot office/flex building in Inglewood for an undisclosed sum. The building is located at 317 S. Isis Ave. It was built in 1985. The wireless expense management firm plans to renovate a portion of the office space to use for its corporate headquarters. Ryan Harding of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the buyer, while the seller, Altemus Co., was self-represented.

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MILWAUKEE — Farbman Group has acquired the 22-story Chase Tower in Milwaukee for $30.5 million. Situated on the corner of East Wisconsin Avenue and North Water Street, the Chase Tower includes 480,000 square feet of office space and a 746-space parking structure. Farbman plans to upgrade the first and second floors, which host the building’s amenities. Tenants at the office tower include JPMorgan Chase, Infinity Healthcare, WUWM Public Radio and law firm O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing. Brookfield Real Estate Opportunity Fund was the seller.

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NEW YORK CITY — An investment group led by David Berley, chairman of Walter & Samuels Inc., has acquired a boutique office building located at 242 W. 27th St. in Chelsea. Panzel Development Associates sold the property for $14 million. Situated on the campus of the Fashion Institute of Technology, the 18,000-square-foot building features seven floors of office space, including a penthouse with a 500-square-foot deck and ground-floor loft duplex space. Ben Tapper, Noah Buchwald and Ross Weiner of Eastern Consolidated represented the seller, while Adelaide Polsinelli of Eastern Consolidated represented the buyer in the deal.

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OMAHA, NEB. — Investors Realty Inc. has brokered the $3.2 million sale of the Airport Commerce Center in Omaha. Baceline Airport Commerce Center LLC sold the 65,101-square-foot industrial and office property, which is located at 1102-1234 E. Harman Ave. PPP Lot 4 LLC purchased the multi-tenant building. Ember Grummons and Lee Ehlers of Investors Realty represented the seller, and Mike Moylan represented the buyer.

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