DENVER — A fund advised by CBRE Global Investors has acquired Viridian at the Gardens on Havana near Denver for an undisclosed sum. The 227-unit garden-style community is located at 10901 E. Garden Drive in Aurora. Viridian is two miles from a light rail station that is scheduled to open later this year. It sits adjacent to the 500,000-square-foot Gardens on Havana Shopping Center. The Class A community is nearly 95 percent occupied. ARA represented the seller.
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Korman Communities and Rockefeller Group have opened AVE Florham Park, a flexible-stay residential community located at 90 Park Ave. in Florham Park. The 256-unit community is designed for extended-stay business travelers and individuals in transition. AVE Florham Park features 65,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenity space, including courtyards, a pool, fire pits, 24-hour business center, conference room, media theatre, spa room, a 3,600-square-foot fitness center and a 24-hour resident service team. The property is located within The Green at Florham Park, Rockefeller Group’s 268-acre master-planned development.
LANCASTER, ELIZABETHTOWN AND LEBANON, PA. — High Real Estate Group has purchased a four-property, value-add multifamily portfolio in Central Pennsylvania from Equus Capital Partners for an undisclosed price. The portfolio comprises the 112-unit Greenview Terrace and 85-unit Barrcrest Manor in Lancaster, the 128-unit Village Green in Elizabethtown and the 87-unit Lebanon Court in Lebanon. Mark Thomson, Carl Fiebig, Francis Coyne, Jose Cruz and Matthew Lawton of HFF represented the seller in the transaction. High Real Estate acquired the portfolio free and clear of debt.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the sale of a two-building multifamily portfolio located at 517 W. 180th St. and 570 W. 182nd St. in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. A private investor acquired the portfolio for $15.8 million. Totaling 37,305 square feet, the portfolio features 51 residential units in one-, two-, three- and five-bedroom layouts. Thirty-nine of the units are rent stabilized and 12 are free-market apartments. Michael Tortorici, Victor Sozio, Matthew Gillis and Shimon Shkury of Ariel Property Advisors represented the seller, a private investor, and the buyer in the deal.
SLIPPERY ROCK, PA. — Campus First Student Living is developing the second phase of University Village at Slippery Rock in Slippery Rock. Located in close proximity to Slippery Rock University, the second phase will include five buildings totaling 44 units and 152 beds. The unit mix will include two-bed/two-bath, three-bed/three-bath and four-bed/four-bath layouts. All residences will feature stainless steel, high-efficiency appliances, new furniture packages and granite counter tops. Construction is slated to begin by June 2018. The first phase of the property consists of 200 units and 632 beds in two-bed/two-bath and four-bed/four-bath layouts.
SAN ANTONIO — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of Aura at the Rim, a 308-unit multifamily asset in San Antonio. Built in 2016 on 11-plus acres, the property is located within The Rim, a 3 million-square-foot shopping center on the city’s northwestern side. Will Balthrope, Drew Kile and Jordan Featherston of IPA represented the seller, a Dallas-based developer and procured the buyer, a Chicago-based investor.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Muskin Commercial LLC has brokered the sale of Eastside Commons, a 78-unit apartment complex located at 2401 Manor Road in Austin. Ellen Muskin and Daniel Elam of Muskin represented the seller, a California-based partnership. Nick Cochrane and Jesse Mamuhewa of Campus & Central Properties represented the buyer, EUP Partners LLC. Vista Bank provided financing for the acquisition.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Castle Lanterra Properties (CLP) has purchased Loftin Place, a 259-unit multifamily community in West Palm Beach, for $63.5 million. Avery Klann of ARA Newmark brokered the transaction on behalf of the seller, Cypress Real Estate Advisors. David Layman of Greenberg Traurig and Mitch Clarfield of Berkely Point Capital represented CLP. Constructed in 2015, Loftin Place includes a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and features a rooftop tennis court, jogging track, gazebo, sundeck, swimming pool, fitness center, yoga studio and grilling stations.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $47 million sale of Advenir at Broadwater, a 408-unit apartment community located at 6677 Tanglewood Bay Drive in Orlando. Jay Ballard and Ken Delvillar of Cushman & Wakefield represented Advenir in the sale to Emma Capital, which assumed a Freddie Mac loan with six years remaining on the term. Constructed in 1988, the property features two swimming pools, a clubhouse, fitness center, racquetball court, business center, picnic areas, grilling station and a dog park.
BOSTON — Bell Partners has purchased the 196-unit Olmsted Place apartment complex in the Boston submarket of Jamaica Plain for $103 million. The community is located at 161 S. Huntington Ave. Olmsted Place debuted in 2015. It is fully leased. The community overlooks Jamaica Pond, part of the Emerald Necklace park system designed by legendary landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. The seller was a joint venture between Boston Residential Group and the Carlyle Group. The JV purchased the site in 2012 for $10 million from Home for Little Wanderers, a nonprofit, then completed the development. “We are thrilled to have created a win for our partnership and for the City of Boston by creating middle-class housing in a community that has long needed it,” says Curtis Kemeny, CEO of Boston Residential Group. Olmsted Place features studios to three-bedroom units. The units range in size from 530 square feet to 1,300 square feet. The community was the first new residential project for several decades in a rapidly improving section of Jamaica Plain. Boston Residential Group is a residential developer with projects in Boston submarkets such as Back Bay, South Boston and the Charlestown Navy Yard. The Carlyle Group is a Washington, …