Bluerock Residential to Acquire Apartment Complex in Austin for $38.2M

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Bluerock Residential Growth REIT Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Fox Hill Apartments, a 288-unit Class A apartment community in Austin. Bluerock plans to invest $10.6 million to acquire an 85.6 percent indirect joint venture interest in Fox Hill. The joint venture is expected to acquire Fox Hill for $38.2 million. The acquisition will be capitalized with a $26.7 million senior mortgage from Fannie Mae . The loan has a term of seven years with 3.6 percent interest, and will be interest-only for the first two years. Bluerock’s third-party joint venture partners in the transaction are expected to contribute 4.4 percent of the equity. Built in 2010, Fox Hill is a Class A multifamily community featuring one-, two- and three-bedroom unit layouts averaging 1,066 square feet. The community sits on 44 acres and features several amenities.