FORT MYERS, FLA. — Catalyst Asset Management has broken ground on West End at City Walk, a 318-unit apartment complex in downtown Fort Myers. The community will be part of Catalyst’s City Walk mixed-use development that will include 108,000 square feet of retail and office space and a hotel. West End at City Walk will offer studio to two-bedroom floor plans, as well as 15,000 square feet of office space. Communal amenities will include a heated saltwater swimming pool, multiple outdoor kitchens with barbecue grills, fitness center, yoga room, e-lounge, conference room, coworking spaces, pet spa, an entertainment kitchen with indoor and outdoor dining areas and a covered terrace on the fifth floor. Catalyst expects to deliver West End at City Walk in late 2020. Hancock Bank and Iberia Bank provided construction financing. PDS Architecture is West End’s designer, and Brooks and Freund is the general contractor. ZRS Management LLC will provide leasing and property management services with preleasing expected to begin in December 2020.
AUBURN, ALA. — CBRE has arranged the sale of The Connection at Auburn, a 900-bed student housing community located near Auburn University. The property comprises 13 three-story buildings offering two-, three- and four-bedroom units. Shared amenities include a 24-hour fitness center, swimming pools, heated spa, game room, picnic areas, sand volleyball court, computer lounge, clubroom, private study areas and a lighted basketball court. BCEG International Investment-US purchased the community for an undisclosed price. Jaclyn Fitts, William Vonderfecht, Casey Schaefer, Brett Kingman and Russ Oldham of CBRE arranged the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed seller. Ben Roelke and Ian Walker of CBRE originated a Freddie Mac Green Program acquisition loan on behalf of the buyer. The 10-year loan features a fixed 3.66 percent interest rate and five years of interest-only payments.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — High Street Residential, the multifamily development arm of Trammell Crow Co., and Principal Real Estate Investors have sold Crestview Commons, a 353-unit apartment community in Austin. The property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 642 to 1,405 square feet. Amenities include a pool, outdoor grilling areas, multiple courtyard spaces, a fitness center, entertainment kitchen and a resident lounge. Charles Cirar, Michael Wardlaw and Colin Cannata of CBRE brokered the deal on behalf of the sellers. The buyer was Verbena Road Holdings.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — The Multifamily Group, a Dallas-based firm, has arranged the sale of Cottonwood Park, a 170-unit community in Grand Prairie, roughly midway between Dallas and Fort Worth. The Class B community was built in 1981 and offers a pool, fitness center, clubhouse and onsite laundry facilities. Chibuzor Nnaji Jr. of The Multifamily Group represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Roger B. Kennedy Construction has completed construction of The Grove at Canopy in Tallahassee on behalf of developer Vestcor Senior Living. Although costs were not expressly disclosed, the contractor said its contract exceeded $20 million. The three-story, 140,000-square-foot community features 118 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. The designer on the project was Group 4 Design.
PHOENIX — Astoria Healthcare Properties has started construction of its first seniors housing community, The Retreat of Alameda in Phoenix. The Kansas-based developer specializes in ambulatory surgery centers, surgical specialty hospitals and medical office buildings. “Adding senior living as a product type is a natural extension for us,” says John Foudray, the company’s CEO. “Our expertise is developing healthcare facilities with the goal of providing higher quality care at a lower cost. Not only is the demand for senior living increasing, but the ability to provide a product that provides quality care at an affordable price is in greater demand.” The new development will offer 72 assisted living units and 38 memory care units in a 93,000-square-foot building. triARC Design provided design work on the project. Paradigm Senior Living will operate the community upon completion, which is planned for March 2021.
MESA, ARIZ. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Avia 266, a multifamily property located at 2354 W. University Drive in Mesa. Seattle-based Thayer Manca Residential sold the property to Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Geringer Capital for $45.2 million. Avia 266 features two swimming pools, a 24-hour fitness facility, resident clubhouse, an outdoor gaming space with a bocce ball court, parcel pending locker for resident packages and a dog park. The property features 266 one- and two-bedroom units with well-appointed kitchens, walk-in closets, full-size washers/dryers and private patios or balconies. Tyler Anderson, Sean Cunningham, Asher Gunter and Matt Pesch of CBRE’s Phoenix Multifamily Institutional Properties represented the seller in the deal.
SANDY, UTAH — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) has arranged $23.5 million of construction and permanent financing for Arcadia Apartments II, a 177-unit affordable multifamily project in Sandy. The borrower is Salt Lake City-based Wasatch Residential Group, a real estate development, construction, finance and asset management company. Arcadia Apartments II will feature 52 one-bedroom units, 82 two-bedroom apartments and 43 three-bedroom units. The property will be limited to residents making 60 percent or less of the area median income. The asset is adjacent to Arcadia Apartments I and will share access to amenities including a pool, hot tub and fitness center. The project was awarded a 4 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), and Enterprise Community Partners, the equity investor, is providing $15.6 million in LIHTC equity. Additionally, the property was awarded private activity bonds, which were purchased by KeyBank as a private placement. Sarah Geis of KeyBank’s CDLI team arranged the financing.
HOUSTON — JLL has negotiated the sale of Villa Nueva, a 542-unit apartment community located at 5300 W. Gulf Bank Road in Houston. The property was built in phases between 1980 and 1983 and features one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities include multiple pools, storage rooms and onsite laundry facilities. Chip Nash, Bob Heard and Greg Austin of JLL represented the seller, Claro Villanueva, in the transaction. Iliad Realty Group purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
ST. LOUIS — Lux Living and Big Sur Construction have sold Tribeca, a 160-unit luxury apartment community in the Central West End of St. Louis, for $44 million. Built in 2018 and located near Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, the six-story asset includes an outdoor pool, concierge robot, self-pour bar, fitness center, pet park and outdoor lounge. Will Mathews, Tyler Hague, Bob Galamba and Gregory Russell of Colliers International represented the buyers, Hamilton Zanze and an affiliate of Cantor Fitzgerald LP. Management of the property has been transitioned to Hamilton Zanze affiliate, Mission Rock Residential.