Multifamily

LA GRANGE, ILL. — The Opus Group has completed Uptown La Grange, a luxury apartment community located in the western Chicago suburb of La Grange. The 254-unit, 450,000-square-foot property sits on the former site of the Rich Port YMCA. Floor plans range from studios to three-bedroom units. Amenities include a rooftop terrace deck, dog run, fitness center and clubroom. Opus broke ground on the project in November 2015, and the first residents moved in during April 2017. Opus Development Co. served as the project developer, while Opus Design Build was the design builder and Opus AE Group was the architect and structural engineer. Greystar will lease and manage the complex.

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LANSING, MICH. — Pillar Financial has provided an $11 million loan for the acquisition of Mill Pond Village in Lansing. The manufactured housing community is located seven miles from Michigan State University and the State Capitol at 1500 Old Mill Lane. Built in 1973, the property contains 356 sites. The property was 93 percent occupied at time of sale. Adam Klingher of Pillar originated the 15-year Fannie Mae loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule. Pillar sourced the transaction through Chris San Jose of Yale Realty & Capital Advisors. A family-owned private investment company was the borrower.

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CINCINNATI — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $5.6 million loan for the refinancing of North Park Townhomes in Cincinnati. The 122-unit property is located at 300 Cardinal Drive. Noah Juran of NorthMarq arranged the 15-year loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule. A life insurance company provided the loan. The borrower was not disclosed.

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ARLINGTON, VA. — Waterton has acquired Windsor at Shirlington Village, a 404-unit multifamily community located within The Village at Shirlington, a transit-oriented neighborhood in Arlington, roughly five miles southwest of Washington, D.C. The sales price was not disclosed, but the Washington Business Journal reports the Chicago-based real estate owner and operator acquired the asset for $144 million. Constructed in 1992, the property will be rebranded as The Citizen at Shirlington Village and will undergo capital improvements including the upgrade of unit interiors, renovation of the fitness center and community room and enhancement of outdoor amenity spaces. The apartment community includes one- to three-bedroom floor plans and features a swimming pool, grilling stations, courtyard areas, clubhouse, fitness center and a racquetball court.

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KEY WEST, FLA. — Passco Cos., an Irvine, Calif.-based multifamily investment firm, has acquired Ocean Walk Apartments, a 297-unit multifamily community located at 3900 S. Roosevelt Blvd. in Key West, for $101.5 million. Hampton Beebe of ARA Newmark brokered the transaction on behalf of the seller, a partnership between Mast Capital and Rockpoint Group, and the buyer. Chris Black and Caleb Marten of KeyBank Real Estate Capital arranged acquisition financing for Passco through Fannie Mae. The property features a clubhouse, swimming pool with a sundeck, tennis courts and a basketball court. Prior to Passco’s acquisition, the majority of the unit interiors of Ocean Walk Apartments were renovated with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and new cabinetry and flooring. Passco plans to renovate the remaining 10 percent of units that were not updated during prior ownership.

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CHICAGO — A joint venture between real estate investment firms AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets and Blue Vista Capital Management has purchased University Center Chicago, a 1,732-bed student housing complex located at 525 S. State St. in Chicago’s South Loop district. Educational Advancement Fund (EAF) sold the asset to the joint venture for $201 million. University Center Chicago was jointly developed in 2004 by three major universities in Chicago – Columbia College Chicago, DePaul University and Roosevelt University. The 702,000-square-foot project features student housing, dining facilities, recreational areas, music practice rooms, conference center operations and ground-floor retail space. As part of the transaction, the three universities each negotiated a long-term lease with the new ownership to remain in the facility. John Jaeger, Dan Cohen and M.J. Zaring of CBRE represented EAF in the transaction in partnership with CBRE’s National Student Housing Team, headed by Jaclyn Fitts and William Vonderfecht. CBRE also partnered with Kevin Hoecker and Chris Good of RBC Capital Markets, as well as RBC’s Real Estate Investment Banking team. Peter Marino and Molly Green of CBRE’s Chicago office partnered with the Dallas CBRE Capital Markets Debt & Structured Finance team of Mike Bryant, Jon Wooton and Ben …

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ATLANTA — Legislative decisions made over the next 18 months will have a substantial effect on American businesses, according to Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.). The remarks were made at the fourth annual InterFace Seniors Housing Southeast conference on Wednesday, Aug. 23. The event drew over 400 industry professionals. “If you’re in business in America, what happens in Washington has a lot to do with your business,” he says. “You’re going to begin to see pressure on elected officials to move out of partisan voting, and I think that’s good for the economy.” Before entering politics, Isakson worked in real estate for more than 40 years and has a long family history in the industry. His father helped establish the prominent Atlanta-area real estate firm Northside Realty, which Isakson led as president for 22 years. Johnny’s brother, Andy Isakson, founded Isakson Living, a seniors housing development company, based on the Isakson family’s own difficulty finding suitable retirement options for their parents. Currently serving his third term, the U.S. Senator delivered this year’s keynote address at the Westin Buckhead in Atlanta. According to Isakson, healthcare and tax reform top the list of issues that need be addressed by Congress over the next …

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LOS ANGELES — Universe Holdings has acquired the 53-unit Nob Hill Towers in the Los Angeles submarket of Westlake for $12.6 million. The community is located at 2430 Ocean View Ave. Nob Hill was built in 1929. It features studio to three-bedroom units. The new owner plans to implement $917,000 in property improvements. These will include modernizing interiors with new flooring, appliance packages, counters and cabinets, in addition to updating exterior treatments with lighting, paint, enhanced common areas and new landscaping. The company also plans to convert dormant space in the basement level to a business center and fitness area.

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PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania has completed the $80 million renovation of Hill College House, a 261-unit on-campus residence hall. The five-story, 195,000-square-foot property offers student lounges, seminar rooms and a 300-seat dining area. Mills + Schnoering Architects of Princeton, N.J., led the design and construction team for the project. The property was originally designed by Eero Saarinen and built in 1960 as a women’s dormitory. Renovations at the property included the restoration of the building’s ‘drawbridge’ entrance and landscaped ‘moat’; the removal, restoration and refitting of over 400 windows; an expansion of the dining facilities; the addition of new furniture and finishes; and the conversion of all bathrooms to individual restrooms and shower rooms.

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NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $15 million sale of The Jefferson-MacDonough Collection, a multifamily portfolio with 53 rent-stabilized units, located in Brooklyn. The portfolio consists of five multifamily apartment buildings located in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area, at 39 and 44 MacDonough Street between Marcy Avenue and Tompkins Avenue. Shaun Riney and Daniel Greenblatt of Marcus & Millichap’s Brooklyn office along with Peter Von Der Ahe and Joseph Koicim of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office had the exclusive listing to market the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. The team also secured the buyer, a developer.

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