NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Capital Advisors has arranged the $3.6 million sale of a six-unit apartment building located at 151 Smith St. in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. The four-story building consists of five market-rate apartments and one rent-stabilized apartment, as well as two retail spaces. Sean Kelly, Nicole Daniggelis and Stephen Vorvolakos of Ariel represented the seller, Doreen DeLeon, in the transaction. The buyer was Faisal Kassim.
UNIVERSITY CITY, MO. — Subtext, in partnership with Larson Capital Management, has acquired nearly two acres at 6650 Delmar Blvd. in the St. Louis suburb of University City for the development of LOCAL on Delmar. The five-story, 259-unit apartment complex will be situated in the city’s Delmar Loop entertainment district just north of Washington University in St. Louis. Construction is slated for completion in summer 2026. LOCAL on Delmar will offer a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, including townhomes. There will also be 399 parking spaces in an attached five-story garage and more than 7,000 square feet of shared amenity spaces, including a work-from-home hub, wellness suite, gym, yoga studio, pool terrace and clubroom. The project team includes ESG Architecture & Design, Brinkmann Constructors and Stock and Associates Consulting Engineers Inc. First Mid Bank & Trust is the lender.
SOUTH LEBANON, OHIO — Hall Structured Finance (HSF) has provided a $21.9 million construction loan for River Creek Lofts, a 120-unit apartment development in South Lebanon, about 30 miles northeast of Cincinnati. Dayton-based VCARVE Constructions is the developer. The four-story project will feature amenities such as a clubhouse, outdoor pool, fitness and yoga center, dog wash station, banquet area, kitchen and coffee station. Residents will have access to multiple pickleball courts and a basketball court as well as 236 miles of walking and biking trails along the Little Miami River to Lake Erie via a pedestrian bridge. Amir Giryes of Giryes Capital Group arranged the loan.
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has arranged the sales of two multifamily properties in Chicago for a total of $7.3 million. A 10-unit building at 4540 N. Ravenswood Ave. in the Ravenswood neighborhood sold for $4.2 million. Brad Feldman of Interra represented the buyer, a local private investor, and the seller, Vassil Bayraktarov, whom Feldman represented on the original acquisition in 2021. The property was built in 2019. In the second transaction, a 16-unit asset at 5408-5414 N. Campbell Ave. in the Lincoln Square neighborhood sold for $3.1 million. Feldman procured the local private buyer and represented the confidential seller. All of the units received renovations in 2009. The buyer plans to make cosmetic upgrades to increase the rent roll. The property sold for 99 percent of the list price.
BOSTON — Carmel Partners, a San Francisco-based multifamily investor, has purchased LUKA on the Common, a 30-story apartment high-rise in downtown Boston. Northern Virginia-based AvalonBay Communities sold the 398-unit property, which was formerly known as the AVA Theater District. Carmel Partners utilized a $137.3 million Fannie Mae acquisition loan to fund the purchase. Jeff Burns, senior managing director of multifamily finance at Walker & Dunlop, originated the five-year, interest-only loan on behalf of the buyer. The agency loan features an early rate lock. “Boston’s multifamily fundamentals are among the strongest in the nation, driven by limited existing and future supply,” says Burns. “The housing scarcity has impacted both rent growth and the for-sale condominium market [in Boston] and has enabled us to refinance successfully alongside the team at Carmel.” The sales price was not disclosed, but the Boston Business Journal reported that the property traded for $212 million. Walker & Dunlop’s investment sales team in Boston, which brokered the transaction, disclosed it was the highest price paid for an apartment complex in the city in more than a year. Lee Bloch, partner at Carmel Partners, says that LUKA on the Common has an “enviable location” as it is about a 10-minute …
By Channing Hamilton ATLANTA — Investment markets have been tumultuous over the past year, with high interest rates and inflation impacting the flow of debt and equity across the commercial real estate industry. Last year, many investors and brokers chose to weather the storm and try to make it to 2025, when it was estimated that interest rates would begin to moderate. Recently, however, conditions seem to be improving in the seniors housing sector, where many investors are leaving behind the “survive till 2025” strategy that defined 2023. Editor’s note: InterFace Conference Group, a division of France Media Inc., produces networking and educational conferences for commercial real estate executives. To sign up for email announcements about specific events, visit www.interfaceconferencegroup.com/subscribe. “The relative positioning of seniors housing compared with other real estate asset classes has improved dramatically since last year,” said Blake Peeper, senior managing director of Bridge Investment Group, which is based in Salt Lake City. Peeper attributed his optimism in the seniors housing sector to a variety of factors. “Supply and demand dynamics are in our favor,” he explained. “There’s been a lot of confidence in future net operating income (NOI) growth, and the bid-ask spread has really narrowed. All of that …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Locally based investment firm Resolute Capital Partners has purchased Thornton Flats, a 104-unit apartment complex located in south-central Austin. Built in 2017, the garden-style property offers one- and two-bedroom units that feature private balconies/yards. Amenities include a courtyard with a kitchen, fire pit and hammocks, as well as a lounge, business center and a dog park. Patton Jones and Andrew Dickson of Newmark represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
SARASOTA, FLA. — Aztec Group has arranged a $54.5 million bridge loan for Alloro at University Groves, a seniors housing community located in Sarasota. An affiliate of United Group of Cos. is the borrower, and Mortgage REIT provided the debt. Developed in 2023, Alloro at University Groves features 183 units for residents aged 55 and older. Amenities at the community include a 12,587-square-foot clubhouse, fitness center, yoga room, salon, movie theater, pickleball and bocce courts, a spa, community garden, dog park and onsite dining facilities.
GASTONIA, N.C. — Gindi Equities has sold Greenview Meadows, a 109-unit multifamily community located in Gastonia, roughly 20 miles west of Charlotte. Gindi, which acquired the property for $10 million in February 2021, sold the community to an undisclosed buyer for $14.5 million. Located at 1613 Greenview Drive, the development features apartments in two- and three-bedroom layouts. Amenities at the community include a pet park, playground, picnic areas and a pool with a newly renovated deck.
HENDERSON, NEV. — Prism Multifamily Group has purchased Cascade Apartments, a multifamily property located at 1100 N. Center St. in Henderson. 3D Investments sold the asset for $45.5 million, or $174,330 per unit. Originally constructed in 1982, Cascade Apartments offers 261 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, with an average unit size of 949 square feet, spread across the two-story garden-style community. Patrick Sauter, Art Carll-Tangora, Steve Nosrat and Michael Albanese of Avison Young’s Sauter Multifamily Group represented the buyer and seller in the transaction.