Taylor Williams

EL PASO, TEXAS — JLL has negotiated the sale of Palomar West, a 248-unit apartment complex in El Paso. The property was built on a 10.6-acre site on the city's west side in 1986 and offers one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 701 square feet. Amenities include a pool, fitness center and a resident clubhouse. Steven Hahn Jr., Art Barnes and William Jennings of JLL represented the seller, Dallas-based Saxony Capital Management, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.

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RANDOLPH, N.J. — LJS Development has broken ground on Sussex Woods, a 25-unit affordable housing project in the Northern New Jersey community of Randolph. Sussex Woods will feature five one-bedroom units, 12 two-bedroom residences and eight three-bedroom apartments. All units will be reserved for households earning between 20 and 60 percent of the area median income. Inglese Architecture is designing Sussex Woods, and LeChase Construction is the general contractor. Completion is slated for next summer.

ELIZABETH, N.J. — Osmo, which uses machine learning to digitize scent and promote olfactory science, has opened a 60,000-square-foot headquarters facility in the Northern New Jersey community of Elizabeth. Designed by KSS Architects, the facility includes office, lab and manufacturing space, as well as a breakout room, café and shared spaces to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration. A partnership between Bridge Industrial and Elberon Development Group owns the building, the address of which was not disclosed.

PAWTUCKET, R.I. — New York City-based Global Asset Management Group (GNAM) is underway on the $92 million redevelopment of the 386,404-square-foot former Memorial Hospital campus in Pawtucket, located just north of Providence. Plans currently call for approximately 200 residential units, including both market-rate and affordable multifamily units, as well as dedicated veteran housing and support services. The redevelopment will also introduce retail and restaurant uses to the campus in addition to new healthcare and wellness facilities. GNAM acquired the property for $12 million and projects about $45 million in construction and redevelopment costs, not inclusive of additional soft costs. A timeline for completion was not announced.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — TSB Realty has arranged the sale of SoCam 290, a 627-bed student housing community located near the Rutgers University campus in New Brunswick. Delivered in 2005, the community offers 233 units in studio through three-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities include a clubroom, 24-hour fitness center, business center, coffee bar and gaming and media lounges. Alden Street Capital purchased the property from an undisclosed seller. TSB Capital Advisors also arranged acquisition financing for the deal. The property was fully leased at the time of sale.

GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 56,780-square-foot industrial lease in Grand Prairie, located roughly midway between Dallas and Fort Worth. The tenant was not disclosed. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 2401 W. Marshall Drive was completed in 1966 and totals 320,366 square feet. Mark Graybill, R.J. Flores and Reed Parker of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, which also requested anonymity, in the lease negotiations.

HOUSTON — Lindenmeyr Munroe has signed a 100,043-square-foot industrial lease in North Houston. The distributor of printing and packaging paper is taking space at Building 3 of Patriot Business Park, a newly constructed, three-building development that was formerly known as Veterans Memorial Business Park . Tyler Maner, Natalie Gilbert and Jeremy Lumbreras of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, a partnership between Investment & Development Ventures and Standard Real Estate Investments, in the lease negotiations. Jim Foreman and Sean Duffy of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant.

MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of a 236-unit apartment complex in the southern Dallas suburb of Midlothian. Built in 2020, The Mark at Midlothian offers one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 881 square feet and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center and a dog park. Michael Ware, Joey Tumminello, Drew Kile, Taylor Hill and Jack Windham of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.

HOUSTON — The University of St. Thomas has broken ground on a 400-bed residence hall project on the institution's campus in Houston. The 95,000-square-foot development will include a dedicated chapel and prayer room, courtyard and multi-use lounges and collaborative study zones. Units will be offered in two-, three- and four-bedroom configurations for single or double occupancy. The property will also be home to two staff apartments. The design team for the project included global architecture firm Corgan and The Lawrence Group. A tentative completion date was not announced.