TEMPE, ARIZ. — Western Wealth Capital has completed the sale of Signature Place, a multifamily asset located at 600 W. Grove Parkway in south Tempe. Knightvest Capital acquired the property for $62.5 million. Signature Place features 300 apartments with nine-foot ceilings, fully equipped kitchens, full-size washers/dryers and private patios. Select units feature walk-in closets, dual vanities and fireplaces. Community amenities include two swimming pools, a fitness center, lighted tennis courts and outdoor grilling areas. Tyler Anderson, Sean Cunningham, Asher Gunter and Matt Pesch of CBRE’s Phoenix Multifamily Institutional Properties represented the seller in the transaction.
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TEMPE, ARIZ. — The Ensign Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ENSG) has acquired the real estate and operations of a post-acute care retirement campus located in Tempe. The acquisition includes Tempe Post Acute, a 62-bed skilled nursing facility, and Desert Marigold Senior Living of Tempe, a senior living center with 72 assisted living beds and 90 independent living units. These acquisitions bring Ensign’s growing portfolio to 226 healthcare operations, 24 of which also include assisted living operations, across 13 states. Ensign owns the real estate at 92 healthcare operations.
Levin Johnston Arranges $34.3M Sale of Three-Property Multifamily Portfolio in Bay Area
by Amy Works
SUNNYVALE, LOS GATOS AND SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Levin Johnston of Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sales of three apartment properties located in the Bay Area for a total consideration of $34.2 million. Adam Levin and Robert Johnston of Levin Johnston of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer for the sales. Details on the buyer and seller were not disclosed. The transactions include: The $15.3 million sale of 1234 Sunnyvale Saratoga Road in Sunnyvale. Originally constructed in 1963, the property features 34 units in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. The $11.5 million sale of a 24-unit multifamily property located at 100 Oak Rim Way in Los Gatos. Constructed in 1961, the building features four one-bedroom/one-bath units and 20 two-bath/one-and-a-half bath units. The $7.5 million sale of 2905 Old Almaden Road, a 25-unit property in San Jose. Built in 1961, the 20,196-square-foot building features 20 one-bedroom/one-bath units, four two-bedroom/two-bath apartments and a three-bedroom/two-bath unit. The three communities each feature a community courtyard, picnic area, private carports, security cameras and an on-site laundry facility.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In its midyear multifamily outlook report, Freddie Mac predicts U.S. multifamily loan originations will drop severely for all of 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and the big blow the virus has dealt the U.S. economy. The gross domestic product from April to June plunged 32.9 percent on an annualized basis, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. The government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) is projecting that loan volume will decrease 20 to 41 percent across the multifamily sector this year compared with the total dollar amount of loans closed by lenders in 2019, which Freddie Mac estimates was $374 billion. Heading into this year, Freddie Mac expected that loan originations would increase 5 percent in 2020 to $390 billion. Depending on the overall strength of the U.S. recovery and the further spread of COVID-19, Freddie Mac outlined two scenarios for how the year will play out. The more optimistic scenario calls for the unemployment rate to fall just below 8 percent by the end of the year. The U.S. unemployment rate, which stood at 11.1 percent at the end of June, will be updated Friday when the Department of Labor releases the nonfarm payroll employment report for July. …
HOUSTON — PCCP has acquired a $99.3 million senior loan that is collateralized by The Star, a historic property in downtown Houston that was recently redeveloped into a 286-unit apartment complex with 26,442 square feet of ground-floor retail space. In conjunction with the purchase, PCCP has entered into a modified loan agreement with the original borrower, Dallas-based Provident Realty Advisors. The Star was originally constructed as the headquarters building for Texaco and was vacated in 1989. Provident Realty purchased the building in 2013 and completed its repositioning project in 2018.
CYPRESS, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Creekside Storage, a 147-unit self-storage facility located at 14660 Spring Cypress Road in Cypress, a northwestern suburb of Houston. The facility spans 33,600 square feet of net rentable space. Dave Knobler and Casey Kral of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. An El Paso-based limited liability company purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
ASTORIA, N.Y. — JLL has arranged $55 million in joint venture equity for a multifamily project in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens. The project will be constructed on a 2.5-acre site at 30-77 Vernon Blvd and will consist of 534 units across three buildings. Stephen Palmese, Rob Hinckley, Jeffrey Julien, Nicco Lupo and Steven Rutman of JLL worked on behalf of the developer, Cape Advisors, to secure the undisclosed equity partner.
DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — Cortland has purchased Delray Station, a 284-unit multifamily community in Delray Beach. The seller and price were not disclosed, but a person familiar with the transaction said Wood Partners sold the asset to Cortland for $73.9 million. The property, which was delivered in 2017, offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans averaging 1,104 square feet. Communal amenities include a pool, cabanas, sundeck, 24-hour fitness center, clubhouse, grilling areas, putting green and walking trails. Delray Station is located at 1720 Depot Ave., less than two miles north of the Delray Beach Tri-Rail station and nine miles north of downtown Boca Raton. Avery Klann, Hampton Beebe, Tyler Minix and Jonathan Senn of Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) represented the seller in the transaction.
DMG Investments Completes 486-Bed Student Housing Community Near University of South Carolina Upstate
by Alex Tostado
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — DMG Investments has completed construction on Auden Upstate, a 486-bed student housing community located near the University of South Carolina Upstate campus in Spartanburg. The development — which consists of seven buildings totaling 94,000 square feet — offers two-, four- and five-bedroom, fully furnished units with bed-to-bath parity. Communal amenities at the property include a fitness center, basketball court, clubhouse, yoga studio, business center and a pool. The community features the company’s clean-living program, which was developed to provide best practices in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Leasing for the property is currently underway with move-in scheduled to begin this month. USC Upstate will begin its fall semester Aug. 20. Students will have the option to attend in-person classes or attend virtual classes.
Nexus Commercial Realty Negotiates $2.4M Sale of Multifamily Portfolio in Longmont, Colorado
by Amy Works
LONGMONT, COLO. — Nexus Commercial Realty has arranged the sale of a two-building multifamily portfolio located in Longmont. An undisclosed buyer acquired the portfolio for $2.4 million. Located at 710 Emery St. and 1637 Kimbark St., the properties offer a total of 20 units in a mix of four two-bedroom units and 16 one-bedroom units. The buyer plans to install a new roof on the Kimbark property, as well as renovate and improve all units in both buildings. Brandon Kaufman and Nik MacCarter of Nexus represented the undisclosed seller, while Sean Holaman, also of Nexus, represented the buyer in the deal.