Multifamily

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NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has provided a $78.4 million HUD-insured permanent loan to refinance Boro Park Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation in Brooklyn. Fred Levine of Greystone originated the financing for the borrower, Centers Health Care. The borrowers have invested more than $20 million in renovations to the property, which it acquired more than five years ago. Boro Park Center features a variety of clinical services, including amputee recovery and training; cardiac therapy; comfort care and palliative care; dental services; isolation rooms; occupational therapy; oxygen management; peripherally inserted central catheter management; physical therapy; pleurx management; post-surgical orthopedic care; respiratory management; speech therapy; stroke rehabilitation; and tracheostomy care.

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NEW YORK CITY — Rosewood Realty Group has arranged the sale of two contiguous five-story apartment buildings in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. 25 Ridge LLC and 560 West 184th Street Owners LLC acquired the buildings, located at 558 and 560 W. 184th St., for $12.3 million. The sellers were 25 Ridge LLC, 558 West 184th Street Owners LLC and 560 West 184th Street Owners LLC. The buildings feature 109 single-room units. Jonathan Brody of Rosewood Realty represented the buyers, while Aaron Jungreis, also of Rosewood, represented the sellers in the deal.

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NAPLES, FLA. — Continental Realty Corp. has sold Aventine at Naples, a 350-unit apartment community located at 9300 Marino Circle in Naples, for $67 million. The Baltimore-based real estate company originally purchased the asset in 2013 for $44.3 million, and executed interior and amenity upgrades. ARA Newmark’s Hampton Beebe represented Continental Realty in the sale to Miami-based Advenir Inc. The property features an outdoor kitchen and grilling area, swimming pool, fitness studio, clubhouse and a 24-hour package pick-up room.

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CARRBORO, N.C. — ARA Newmark has brokered the sale of Autumn Woods, a 236-unit apartment community in Carrboro, roughly five miles from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Dean Smith and Sean Wood of ARA Newmark represented the seller, Dayton, Ohio-based The Connor Group. Manhattan- and Dallas-based The Milestone Group acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Constructed in 1997, Autumn Woods includes a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and a features a pool, cabana, fitness center, playground, business center and a car care center. The property was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Solaris Ranch, an 80-unit apartment complex located at 9417 Michael Drive in Fort Worth. Al Silva and Mark McCoy of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a California-based investment firm, in the transaction. Silva, McCoy and Ford Braly, also of Marcus & Millichap procured the buyer, an out-of-state partnership.

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LAFAYETTE, SHREVEPORT AND SLIDELL, LA. — AVR Realty Co., a Yonkers, N.Y.-based multifamily investment and development firm, has sold a portfolio of nine multifamily properties totaling 2,079 units in Louisiana for approximately $250 million. Israel-based investment firm El-Ad National Properties purchased the portfolio. According to the company’s LinkedIn page, its portfolio of American properties consists of 12,700 apartment units, 1 million square feet of office space and several hotels. The holdings are spread across nine states and collectively valued at $1.2  billion. The sale represents the disposition of nine of AVR’s 11 multifamily assets in Louisiana. The portfolio includes four properties totaling 972 units in metro Lafayette, located approximately two hours west of New Orleans; three properties totaling 705 units in the metro of Shreveport in northwestern Louisiana; and two properties totaling 402 units in Slidell, approximately 30 miles north of New Orleans. Mike Kemether of Cushman & Wakefield’s Southeast Multifamily Advisory Group and Larry Schedler of Larry G. Schedler & Associates represented AVR in the transaction. El-Ad was represented internally. “This portfolio sale represents a substantial statewide multifamily investment and transaction,” says Schedler. “The high level of local and international investor interest was driven by the opportunity to purchase …

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In 2016 and the first quarter of this year, Atlanta’s economy boomed, showing several positive signs that point to another banner year for the multifamily market. From December 2016 through February 2017, Atlanta added 96,700 total non-farm jobs, an increase of 3.7 percent over the same time the previous year. Additionally, in 2016 the city experienced 3 percent wage growth overall. This translates to a robust multifamily market with solid fundamentals. According to Axiometrics, Atlanta’s average effective rent broke the $1,000 ceiling in second-quarter 2016 and has not stopped climbing since, reaching $1,068 as of first-quarter 2017. Rents are projected to increase by just under 5 percent in 2017. While the market’s rent growth rate is slowing, we cannot forget that Atlanta is breaking historical rent records while maintaining an occupancy rate in the 94 percent range for the last 11 consecutive quarters. Throughout the city, all asset classes — from Class C suburban properties to trophy Class A properties in the urban core — are posting strong performances. One trend we are keeping an eye on is single-family development, which is starting to come back as rental rates continue to rise and renters look to make a more permanent …

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BOSTON — Bell Partners has purchased Olmsted Place, an apartment community, located at 161 S. Huntington Ave. in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, for an undisclosed price. Bell has renamed the 196-unit property Bell Olmsted Park, and Bell Partners will manage the community. Opened in late 2015, the property features a variety of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, two elevated courtyards and surface and garage parking. The residences feature hardwood floors, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and in-unit laundry facilities. On-site amenities include a resident lounge with bar and audio-visual equipment, a state-of-the-art fitness center, a heated pool and outdoor terraces. The name of the seller was not released.

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NEW YORK CITY — TF Cornerstone has completed the development of 33 Bond, a 25-story apartment development located in Brooklyn. Designed by Handel Architects, 33 Bond features 714 rental units in studio, one- and two-bedroom open-concept layouts, a 24-hour attended lobby, package attendant, club lounge with billiards table, screening room, designated event space, bicycle store, parking garage and an on-site pet grooming space. Residences feature white oak floors, state-of-the-art kitchens with stainless steel appliances, and floor-to-ceiling windows. Additionally, the property features HomeWork, a full-scale collaborative workspace, and 60,000 square feet of retail space occupied by Chelsea Piers, a fitness, health and lifestyle center, and Devocion, a Colombian coffee roaster.

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NEW YORK CITY — Lourdes Realty Group has purchased a 100-unit apartment building located at 70 Dahill Road in the Kensington section of Brooklyn. Sentinel Real Estate Corp. sold the property for $33 million. Built in 1934, the 102,000-square-foot building features six studios, 61 one-bedroom, 26 two-bedroom and seven three-bedroom units. Aaron Jungreis of Rosewood Realty Group represented the buyer and seller in the deal.

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