KEENE, N.H. — Covenant Living Communities & Services has agreed to purchase Hillside Village Keene, a seniors housing community located just north of the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border. Covenant is purchasing the community out of bankruptcy in a deal that is scheduled to close in early 2022. Hillside Village opened in 2019 with 141 independent living units, 43 assisted living units, 18 assisted living/memory care units and 20 nursing care suites. The price was not disclosed.
MONTCLAIR, N.J. — JLL has negotiated the sale of Montclair Residences at Bay Street Station, a 163-unit apartment community in Northern New Jersey. Built in 2008, the transit-oriented property features studio, one- and two-bedroom units with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, lounge and outdoor grilling areas. Jose Cruz, Steve Simonelli, J.B. Bruno, Michael Oliver and Kevin O’Hearn of JLL represented the seller, New York-based Clarion Partners, in the transaction. Natixis, an international investment bank based in Paris, provided a $54 million, floating-rate acquisition loan to the buyer, a joint venture between Mill Creek Residential and Cigna Investment Management. Matthew Pizzolato, Andy Scott, Tom Didio Jr. and Gerard Quinn of JLL placed the debt.
SEATTLE — Newport Beach, Calif.-based MIG Real Estate has purchased Solara, a multifamily property located at 12736 Lake City Way NE in North Seattle. Newport Beach, Calif.-based Sares Regis Multifamily Funds acquired the property for $84 million. Built in 2001, Solara consists of three six-story buildings offering a total of 238 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with nine-foot ceilings and in-unit washers/dryers. On-site amenities include a pool, theater, 24-hour fitness center, game room, WiFi café, parcel lockers, pet wash station, conference room, landscaped private courtyard and leasing center. MIG plans to renovate the property by refreshing the interior amenities and leasing center, painting the exterior, updating signage, implementing light apartment renovations and refreshing the corridors. Additionally, the community features five ground-floor retail suites totaling 5,893 square feet leased to The Beer Authority, Caoba Hair Salon and Spa and Seatango. Jon Hallgrimson, Eli Hanacek, Frank Bosl and Kyle Yamamoto of CBRE represented the seller in the deal. Bill Chiles, Scott Peterson and Brian Cruz of CBRE Capital Markets in San Diego partnered with CBRE’s Seattle multifamily team in arranging financing for the acquisition on behalf of MIG.
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — Miramar Capital has purchased Aston Views, a freestanding office/flex building located at 1808 Aston Ave. in Carlsbad. MCR Aston LLC sold the property for $20 million. Built in 2001 on 8.7 acres, the two-story Aston Views features 82,972 square feet of space. At the time of sale, the property was 90 percent leased. Rick Reeder and Brad Tecca of Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets team represented the seller in the deal. Justin Halenza and Michael Mahoney, also of Cushman & Wakefield, provided leasing advisory.
DENVER — Berkadia has arranged the sale of Aspen Grove, an apartment community in Denver. A California-based buyer acquired the asset for $10.3 million, or $313,636 per unit. Tyler King, Nick Steele and John Laratta and Nate Moyer of Berkadia Denver represented the Colorado-based seller in the deal. Built in 2020, Aspen Grove features 33 units with washers/dryers, patios/balconies, high ceilings and stainless steel appliances. The community is located at 9850 E. Girard Ave.
LOS ANGELES — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has arranged the sale of Manchester Plaza, a retail property located at 520-536 E. Manchester Ave. in Los Angeles. An undisclosed developer sold the asset to a local investor for $5.5 million, or $647 per square foot. The property offers approximately 8,500 square feet of multi-tenant retail space. Joe Nelson of Matthews handled the transaction.
CHICAGO — Echo Real Estate Capital has sold a 94,000-square-foot office building in Chicago for $16.2 million. AT&T fully leases the property, which is located at 2401 W. Grace St. AT&T uses the building as a national call center and training facility. Echo acquired the asset in 2018 and signed a lease extension with AT&T earlier this year. Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. represented both the buyer and seller. Quantum’s Chad Firsel represented Echo, while Dan Waszak represented the buyer, an international investment fund.
AURORA, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 98,765-square-foot retail center in Aurora for $5 million. Located at 1901 W. Galena Blvd., the property features a mix of retail and medical tenants. Rush-Copley Medical Center, which specializes in family medicine, imaging and obstetrics and gynecology, anchors the center. There is 23,751 square feet available for lease. Sean Sharko and Austin Weisenbeck of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a local fund manager. The duo also secured the buyer, an Iowa-based limited liability company.
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Multifamily Investment Sales Strong in Southern States; Gaining More Interest in Midwest
Multifamily investment benefitted from the uncertainties of the past year, but will the transaction volumes of 2021 be used to gauge the likely outcomes for 2022? Managing directors Todd Stofflet and Jason Stevens of Walker & Dunlop’s Chicago office review 2021 and what the trends of this year indicate for the direction of the industry. REBusiness: What have you seen regarding multifamily investment activity this year? Stofflet: Early in the pandemic, we saw a lot of investment pull away from retail and office, focusing more on industrial and multifamily. In 2021, the multifamily sector has fared very well and a lot of new investors have entered the multifamily market. If you talk to some of our colleagues in the Southeast and the “smile states,” they will tell you that transaction volume has never been higher and the amount of capital chasing these opportunities has never been bigger. Across the country, it has been a very strong year for the sector. REBusiness: Do you think 2021 will be a record year in terms of sales? Stevens: If our pipeline is any barometer for that, the answer is “absolutely,” but it will be market dependent. What you’ll find is that sales in …
RIVERDALE AND LITHONIA, GA. — Berkadia has arranged the $108.5 million in combined sales of Legacy at Riverdale and The Quarry, two garden-style multifamily properties located in Riverdale and Lithonia, respectively. Matt White, Paul Vetter, Andrew Mays and Judy MacManus of Berkadia completed the sale of Legacy at Riverdale on behalf of the West Coast-based seller. The buyer was based in the Midwest. The same Berkadia team also completed the sale of The Quarry on behalf of the Midwest-based seller. The buyer was based on the West Coast. Located at 6603 Church St. in Riverdale, Legacy at Riverdale offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans. The property is situated 2.1 miles from Southern Regional Medical Center and 14.3 miles from downtown Atlanta. Located at 421 Meadowood Drive in Lithonia, The Quarry offers two- and three-bedroom floor plans that average nearly 1,250 square feet in size. Community amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, business center, clubhouse, laundry facilities and a playground. The property is situated 2.1 miles from Emory Hillandale Hospital and nearby retailers such as The Home Depot and Publix.