NEW HAVEN, CONN. — Northeast Private Client Group has brokered the $6.7 million sale of Brendan Towers, a 60-unit brick apartment building in New Haven. The property is located at 457 Whalley Ave. Brad Balletto, Rich Edwards and Jeff Wright of Northeast Private Client Group represented the seller, Navarino Capital, in the transaction. The buyer was undisclosed.
DENVER — Oak Coast Properties and BMC Investments have purchased a three-property multifamily portfolio in Denver from an undisclosed seller for $177 million. The buyers plan to renovate and rebrand the existing properties — Timberline Apartments, Woodhaven Apartments and Westwood Apartments — as one large community named Ivy Crossing. Originally built between 1974 and 1977 and situated on 45 acres, the properties offer a combined total of 1,023 units. The buyers plan to improve and centralize the combined community leasing center, renovate a formerly shuttered, 5,000-square-foot clubhouse and amenity center, and enhance landscaping and property exteriors, as well as handle deferred maintenance issues. Charles Halladay, Brock Yaffe and Rick Salinas of HFF arranged 15-year, full-term, interest-only $120 million loan through Freddie Mac’s Optigo Social Impact initiative for the acquisition. Terrance Hunt and Shane Ozment of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller in the transaction. The acquisition marks the ninth and largest investment partnership between Oak Coast Properties and BMC, as well as the 11th Oak Coast Properties assignment for BLDG Management, the property management affiliate of BMC.
YUMA, ARIZ. — Love Funding has secured a $10.5 million bridge-to-HUD construction loan for a transitional rehabilitation facility in Yuma. The 32,000-square-foot facility will offer 41 Medicare and managed care beds upon completion. Love Funding’s Leonard Lucas secured the bridge loan through Love Funding’s parent company, Midland States Bank. This is the second bridge-to-HUD construction loan obtained through Love Funding for the developer-operator’s portfolio.
DENVER — Nexus Commercial Realty has arranged the sale of a multifamily building, located at 8770-8780 Galen Court in Denver. An undisclosed buyer acquired the 38-unit property from 71st & Lowell Apartments LLC for $4.7 million. The 30,802-square-foot property features 12 one-bedroom/one-bath and 26 two-bedroom/one-bath units. The property underwent recent renovations include new roofs, windows, boilers and decks, as well as 54 off-street parking spaces in a re-striped parking lot. Jason Koch of Nexus represented the seller in the deal.
TUSCALOOSA, ALA. — Hunt Real Estate Capital has provided a $17.9 million loan to refinance a 12-building student housing portfolio in Tuscaloosa, home of the University of Alabama. The properties include the seven-building Preston Place (240 beds) and the one-building Alexandria (22 beds), Georgian (20 beds), St. Charles (48 beds), St. George (24 beds) and 317 Reed (eight beds). The Freddie Mac loan has a 10-year term with five years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. The borrower is Roar IV LLC, which acquired the properties between 1994 and 1999. The assets were built between 1988 and 1992 and have undergone various renovations under multiple owners.
MONTGOMERY, ALA. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of Barrington Place at Somerset, a 376-unit apartment community in the Eastchase submarket of Montgomery. Amenities include two fitness centers, two swimming pools, a 16-seat movie theater, children’s play room, playground, car care center and a jogging trail. Will Mathews, Carter Brehm and Austin Weathington of Colliers represented both the buyer and seller — Core Pacific Advisors and Barrington Place LLC, respectively — in the transaction. Built in 2002, the value-add property is Core Pacific’s first purchase in Alabama. The sales price was not disclosed.
SWANSEA, ILL. — Southwestern Illinois Development Authority (SWIDA) and Bywater Development Group, along with Bi-State Development and other key stakeholders, have opened Metro Landing of Swansea, a 62-unit affordable seniors housing community in Swansea. The $11 million, three-story development is a transit-oriented project connecting to St. Louis via the adjacent Swansea MetroLink Station. More than 40 of the 62 affordable one- and two-bedroom units have already been leased, with full occupancy expected by the end of March. Rents start at $565 per month for a one-bedroom apartment and $705 for a two-bedroom apartment. SWIDA and Bywater, which jointly developed the project, secured the majority of the financing from the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA), with further construction financing provided by PNC Bank. Additional support came from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) and Ameren, along with the St. Clair County Intergovernmental Grants Department. The Federal Transit Administration also played a role in the project, providing the necessary approval for Bi-State Development to sell the ground at the transit center to the developers for this project. St. Louis-based Altman Charter served as general contractor for the project. Chicago-based Worn Jerabek Wiltse Architects is the project architect, and the …
O’FALLON, ILL. — Timberland Partners has acquired Parkway Lakeside, a 232-unit multifamily property in O’Fallon near St. Louis. The purchase price was not disclosed. Built in 2011, the Class A property consists of one- and two-bedroom townhome-style floor plans. Amenities include a saltwater pool, fitness center, fire pit, clubhouse and two dog parks.
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — Morgan Properties, a Pennsylvania-based investment and management firm, has acquired a portfolio of 10 apartment communities totaling 4,130 units in the metro areas of Philadelphia and Northern Virginia. The sales price was not disclosed, but The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the portfolio fetched a price of $890.5 million. The Philadelphia assets consist of seven properties totaling 2,346 units, which makes the transaction the largest multifamily acquisition in the city’s history. Two communities, Stonegate at Devon and Villas at Bryn Mawr, account for 947 units. The remaining five properties are located in the suburban submarkets of Conshohocken, West Chester, Downington, Jeffersonville and Bensalem. The portfolio’s Northern Virginia assets comprise three communities and 1,784 units. The bulk of those residences (1,387) are housed within a single property — Mount Vernon Square in Alexandria — while the other two are located in Fairfax and Sterling, both near Dulles International Airport. Morgan Properties, which is based in King of Prussia, Pa., will invest a combined $20 million in renovations and upgrades to the 10 Class B properties. Capital improvement plans will focus on both unit interiors and amenity spaces. “This acquisition is a game-changer for our organization,” says principal Jason …
ATLANTA — Greystone Bassuk has arranged a $36.5 million construction-to-permanent loan on behalf of an affiliate of Grubb Properties Inc. for Link Apartments Grant Park in Atlanta. Aegon Real Assets US, through its correspondent Bellwether Enterprise, provided the 20-year, fixed-rate loan. Located at 750 Kalb St. S.E. in Atlanta’s Grant Park neighborhood, the five-story, 246-unit community will offer amenities such as a clubhouse, game room, fitness center, yoga center, outdoor terrace, 265-space parking deck and a pedestrian esplanade. Matthew Hirsch and Paul Fried led the Greystone Bassuk team in arranging the loan transaction. Greystone Bassuk is a joint venture formed in 2012 between Greystone and The Bassuk Organization, an investment banking service in in New York Tri-State area.
