GARLAND, TEXAS — KWA Construction has begun construction on Firewheel Senior Living Residences, a 154-unit, 171,572-square-foot seniors housing community located at 5151 N. President George Bush Highway in Garland. The property will feature a resort-style pool, grilling stations and a dog park. Construction is expected to be complete by the end of 2018. Seneca Investments is serving as the developer of the project.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Altus Properties and Copaken Brooks have broken ground on ARTerra, a luxury apartment complex in the Crossroads Arts District of downtown Kansas City. The 12-story building is located at the intersection of 21st and Wyandotte streets. The building will feature 126 units, consisting of a mix of studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. The property will also feature first-floor retail space and a 12th-floor amenity suite with an infinity pool. This is the first high-rise apartment building in the district, according to Coapken Brooks. JE Dunn will serve as general contractor for the project, which was designed by HOK. Completion is slated for late 2018.
AURORA, COLO. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Sable Care and Rehabilitation Center, a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in the Denver suburb of Aurora, for $5.4 million. A publicly traded REIT based in California sold the property to a New York-based investor. The seller was looking to divest a non-core asset as a value-add opportunity. The new owner will lease to facility to a prominent regional operator with an existing footprint in Colorado. The facility is located near the University of Colorado Hospital and CU Anschutz Medical Campus. At the time the property was put on the market, the trailing 12-month operational performance yielded $6 million in total revenue with overall occupancy at 56 percent. The outgoing operator took over the building at a time of operational challenges, but was able to change course towards regulatory compliance and improved operational performance. Blueprint’s Christopher Hyldahl and Gideon Orion were lead advisors on the transaction. The sale price equates to $45,000 per licensed bed.
ORANGE, CALIF. — Cadence Senior Living has acquired Kirkwood Orange, an assisted living and memory care community in Orange, just southeast of Los Angeles. The seller was HumanGood, the recently merged and rebranded combination of Califonia nonprofits ABHOW and be.group. The sale price was not disclosed. Cadence is an owner, operator and developer of senior living communities based in Scottsdale, Ariz. Kirkwood Orange is the company’s first California community, joining its portfolio of two Phoenix-area properties.
NEW YORK CITY — Brooklyn Standard Properties and Cohen Commercial Properties have partnered to acquire a 10-building multifamily portfolio in the Bronx for $26.5 million. LAL Property Management Corp. sold the buildings, which total 104 residential units. The properties are located at 2460-2468 and 2490 Belmont Ave.; 2463 and 2481 Hughes Ave.; and 2454 and 2464 Hoffman St. in the Fordham/Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx. Marco Lala of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the deal.
RESTON, VA. — Capital One has provided a $34.5 million loan for the refinancing of Springs at Reston, a 362-unit apartment community in Reston, approximately 23 miles west of Washington, D.C. Joel Willard and Michael Antonelli of Capital One secured the fixed-rate loan with 10 years of interest-only payments through Fannie Mae on behalf of the borrower, Lerner Enterprises. Constructed in 1972, Springs at Reston includes 27 three- and four-story garden-style apartment buildings and features a playground, picnic area and laundry facilities. All units are affordable for those making 80 percent or less of the area median income.
MOBILE, ALA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of Mobile Midtown, a multifamily portfolio in Mobile. The portfolio consists of three properties — Bel Air, Estates at Lafayette Square and Pine Bend & The Hamptons — totaling 1,329 units. Cushman & Wakefield’s Jimmy Adams represented the seller, Toronto-based Morguard North America Residential REIT, in the sale to New York-based Lightstone. The sales price was not disclosed.
BRUNSWICK, GA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Merritt Landing, a 128-unit multifamily community located at 5700 Altama Ave. in Brunswick, approximately seven miles west of St. Simons Island. Francesco Carriera, Michael Regan, Kurt McGarry and Rich Merryman of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a financial institution, and the buyer, a private investor. Michael Fasano of Marcus & Millichap also assisted in the transaction.
HUMBLE, TEXAS — CBRE has arranged the sale of two multifamily properties totaling 512 units in the Houston metro of Humble. The properties are Eagle Crest, a 200-unit community located at 5303 Atascosita Road, and Timberlakes at Atascosita, a 312-unit community located at 18551 Timber Forest Drive. Both properties were built about 15 years ago and feature pools, fitness centers and clubhouses. Clint Duncan and Matt Phillips of CBRE represented the seller, Gaia Real Estate. Houston-based Mosaic Residential purchased both assets for undisclosed prices.
SEABROOK, TEXAS — Lloyd Jones Capital, a Miami-based investment firm, has acquired Regatta Bay Apartments, a 240-unit multifamily complex located at 2555 Repsdorph Drive in Seabrook, a city about 35 miles southeast of Houston. Built in 2003, the three-story property features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units, as well as a resort-style pool, fitness center and business center. FRBH Regatta Bay LLC sold the asset for an undisclosed price.
