Commercial real estate
* JBG Smith Properties acquired the F1rst Residences apartment building near Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., for $158.7 million from a joint venture between Grosvenor Americas and McCaffery Interests, the Washington Business Journal reported, citing the D.C. Recorder of Deeds.
The acquisition of the 325-unit building is part of a like-kind exchange for the development site JBG plans to sell to Amazon.com Inc. for the latter's second headquarters project in Arlington County, Va.
* J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. paid Heitman America nearly $206.3 million for the Amazon-leased building in downtown Seattle, the Puget Sound Business Journal reported, citing a sales affidavit. The 312,700-square-foot property previously changed hands for $76.5 million in 2011 and for $150.4 million in 2013, according to the report.
* Vornado Realty Trust sold two vacant buildings on Manhattan, N.Y.'s Upper East Side to Naftali Group for $71 million, The Real Deal reported, citing city property records. Vornado had paid $60 million for the adjacent retail and apartment buildings in late 2015.
* Camden Property Trust could place an undeveloped site in Atlanta's Buckhead Village up for sale, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle. A Camden affiliate owns the 4.6-acre site where the company has been redeveloping the former Paces apartment complex into a mixed-use project, delivering 379 apartments along with townhouses and shops, and is set to deliver another 365 apartments in a $100 million third phase.
The remaining site is expected to be placed on the market by the end of 2019, according to the report.
* Corporate Office Properties Trust said it completed the sale of 90% of its interest in two single-tenant data center shell properties to Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust Inc. for an aggregate implied property value of about $80 million. Corporate Office Properties received $77 million in proceeds which it intends to deploy into its active development pipeline.
* JPMorgan Chase provided a $388 million loan to refinance the Centre Square office building in Philadelphia's Center City, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported. The 1.8 million-square-foot property at 1500 Market St. is jointly owned by Nightingale Properties and Wafra Capital Partners.
* SR Residential Partners is planning a $350 million project in Spring Hill in Greater Nashville, Tenn., including nearly 300 apartments, two hotels, office space and restaurants, the Nashville Business Journal reported. SR Residential recently acquired a 103-acre property in the area for $12 million, and the planned Kedron Square mixed-use development is expected to be completed in seven years.
* Office sales in San Francisco have reached a volume of more than $7 billion so far in 2019, marking the highest level in this decade, the San Francisco Business Times reported, citing CBRE. The office sales volumes in 2018 and 2017 were $2.53 billion and $3.84 billion, respectively.
The day ahead
Early morning futures indicators pointed to a higher opening for the U.S. market.
In Asia, the Hang Seng fell 0.65% to 27,508.09, and the Nikkei 225 dropped 0.29% to 23,952.35.
In Europe, around midday, the FTSE 100 was up 2.19% to 7,514.52, and the Euronext 100 rose 1.00% to 1,143.74.
On the macro front
The Empire State manufacturing survey, the housing market index and the Treasury international capital report are due out today.
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