Cities

TODAY’S DEALS: Martin Fein Interests Completes Two Colorado Sales

ARA brokers two sales in Lone Tree, Colo.; Griffis Residential completes a $48.8 million sale in Colorado Springs, Colo.; and Oak Grove Capital arranges $27 million in financing involving only 45 days of processing for a value-add property.

Continental Seeks Rezoning to Develop M-F Project in Liberty Towship

Developers are getting ready to start work on another multifamily development in the Cincinnati area. The project calls for the construction of a 288-unit apartment complex in Liberty Office Park.

Dividend Capital Buys Pair of Class A Office Buildings

Denver-based Dividend Capital Diversified Property Fund (DPF) recently announced the expansion of its office portfolio through the acquisition of Rialto I and II from Lincoln Property Co. The two buildings, totaling 155,000 square feet, sold for $37.3 million, approximately $240 per square foot.

TIAA-CREF Takes Kearny Mesa Office Asset

The Copley Corporate Center in the Kearny Mesa submarket recently traded hands. The Class A office asset was acquired by leading retirement provider TIAA-CREF through affiliate T-C Copley LLC. The investor reportedly paid seller Colony Realty Partners a fee of $43.5 million for the office complex. The deal was arranged by CBRE representatives Louay Alsadek, Kevin Shannon, Rob Merkin, Brad Black and Hunter Rowe on behalf of Colony Realty Partners.

TODAY’S DEALS: Colliers Brokers Sale that Sets New Record in Marin County—$570 Per Sq. Ft.

Colliers International closes the sale of the 38-unit Casa Roja Apartments in Mill Valley, Calif.; and HFF arranges $57 million in takeout financing for a property in downtown Denver.

TODAY’S DEALS: Arbor Funds Five-Year FRM Under Freddie Mac’s New Loan Offering

Arbor Commercial Mortgage funded its first loan under the newly launched Freddie Mac Small Balance Loan initiative for Nettleton Commons in Syracuse, N.Y.; and BMC Capital provides a $829,411 cash-out refinance.

It Takes a Village: Restoring Santa Monica’s Civic Center

“Santa Monica moved towards that rare event in Los Angeles–a pedestrian-oriented place,” writes architect James Mary O’Connor.

European Fashion Retailer Signs Long-Term Lease for 677,000 Sq. Ft. Lehigh Valley Warehouse

Primark, a European fashion retailer looking to expand overseas, has officially entered the US market by leasing a 40-acre site in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley industrial market to support its east coast operations.

Bed Bath & Beyond Heading to Brooklyn

After going through a $100 million makeover, the 1.1 million square foot Liberty View Industrial Plaza is rapidly turning into Brooklyn’s most wanted place to lease for retailers.