TUCSON, ARIZ. — Bascom Arizona Ventures has purchased an 812-unit multifamily portfolio in Southern Arizona for $70.2 million. The acquisition includes the 252-unit Port Royale in Sierra Vista, as well as the 288-unit Summit Vista and the 272-unit Crescent Ridge in Tucson. Summit Vista and Crescent Ridge are situated in the North Tucson submarket near Northwest Medical Center, Foothills Mall and Arizona Pavilions shopping center. Port Royale is situated near Fort Huachuca, Cochise College and the University of Arizona South Campus. Hamid Panahi, Steve Gebing and Cliff David of Institutional Property Advisors represented both the buyer and seller, a private investor, in this transaction.
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLO. — A joint venture between Stoneleigh Cos. and Realty Capital Management has acquired 3.8 acres of land to build The Lofts at Red Mountain Apartments, an 85-unit apartment community with ground-floor retail in Glenwood Springs. The land is situated at south of Wulfsohn Road, adjacent to the Glenwood Meadows Market Street and Shopping Center. The Lofts at Red Mountain has an on-site RFTA bus stop, situated next to the Glenwood Springs Community and Recreation Center. It is also adjacent to the Glenwood Springs trail system. The developers have already broken ground on Phase I, with completion scheduled for early 2019. RVC Construction is building the project, which KCB Architecture designed. SunGate Capital Funding 7 LLC, Stoneleigh Cos. LLC and Realty Capital Partners provided equity financing.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Greystar will develop Elan at River District, a 341-unit multifamily community that will be located roughly 10 minutes from downtown Fort Worth. Designed by Houston-based Meeks + Partners, the project will consist of 325 apartment units ranging in size from 491 to 1,268 square feet and 16 townhome units that measure up to 2,031 square feet. Amenities will include a lounge/game room, fitness wing, pool area with an outdoor kitchen and a media room. Construction is expected to be complete by the first quarter of 2018.
PLANO, TEXAS — Dougherty Mortgage has closed a $34.3 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of The Domaine Apartment Homes, a 270-unit multifamily community located at 6400 Windcrest Drive in Plano. Dougherty arranged the 10-year loan, which features five years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule, on behalf of the borrower, Domaine Apartments LLC.
BEAUMONT, TEXAS — Transwestern has brokered the sale of Pindo Pointe, a 164-unit multifamily asset located at 7390 Pindo Circle in the East Texas city of Beaumont. Ed Cummins and Ryan Mendez of Transwestern represented the landlord, Parkdale Pinto LLC, in the transaction. Ohio-based Winslow Asset Management purchased the property for an undisclosed price.
NEW YORK CITY — Cignature Realty Associates has arranged the sale of a six-story multifamily building located at 336 Fort Washington Ave. in Manhattan’s Washington Heights. Michael Aryeh of Heritage Realty acquired the property from Fort Washington 336 for $30.8 million, or $402.32 per square foot. Built in 1924, the 76,536-square-foot property features 79 apartment units. Peter Vanderpool of Cignature Realty represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has provided $21 million in Freddie Mac loans to refinance an eight-property multifamily portfolio in Brooklyn. Anthony Cristi of Greystone originated the loans for the borrower, Steve Lubin. The refinanced properties are 1060 Hancock St., 1315 Sutter Ave., 135 Dupont St., 187 Rochester Ave., 1904 Nostrand Ave., 4515 Snyder Ave. and 802 and 809 Park Place. The properties feature between six and 35 units. The properties received five-year, fixed-rate Freddie Mac Small Business Loans, which include an additional 15 years of floating rate and one year of interest-only payments at an 80 percent loan-to-value ratio.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. AND MOBILE, ALA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has secured $32.5 million for the refinancing of two multifamily properties in the Southeast. The undisclosed borrower received an $18.4 million loan to refinance Courts at Waterford in Chattanooga and a $14.1 million loan to refinance Maison De Ville in Mobile. Erik Storz of KeyBank arranged the 10-year Freddie Mac loans with five years of interest-only payments and 30-year amortization schedules. Constructed in 1988, Courts at Waterford features 318 units with 28 reserved for tenants earning 60 percent of the area median income (AMI). Maison De Ville was constructed in two phases — Phase I in 1963 and Phase II in 1973. The 347-unit community reserves 33 units for tenants earning 60 percent of the AMI.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Hunt Mortgage Group has arranged $15.2 million in financing for the acquisition of a five-property multifamily portfolio in Boca Raton. The New York-based company structured the Freddie Mac loan with a 30-year amortization schedule on behalf of the borrowers, Kimberly Sorrentino and Lawrence Rolnick. The properties include: Whispering Palms Apartments, located at 4850 N.E. 5th Ave.; Sabal Palm Apartments, located at 665 Glouchester St.; Caribbean Apartments, located at 690 Kingsbridge St.; Del Rio Apartments, located at 480 W. Camino Real; and Villa Rica Apartments, located at 4670 N.E. 5th Ave.
TAMPA, FLA. — The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) Student Housing Conference wrapped up Sept. 27 at the Marriott Waterside hotel, highlighting the industry’s productivity and progress in the second and third quarters, and providing a forecast for a strong fourth quarter. The tone of the conference was bolstered by Monday’s news that American Campus Communities (ACC), the industry’s largest owner, had purchased a 3,776-bed portfolio from Core Spaces and DRW Real Estate for $590.6 million, the largest transaction to date in 2017 in the sector. Also setting a strong tone was attendance of this year’s conference; more than 850 industry professionals, according to NMHC. The conference kicked off its educational sessions Monday afternoon with a panel featuring five industry leaders — Randy Churchey, CEO of EdR; Bill Bayless, CEO of ACC; Donna Preiss, CEO of The Preiss Company; Brian Dinerstein, CEO of The Dinerstein Company; and Wes Rogers, CEO of Landmark Properties. The panel, moderated by Peter Katz, executive managing director of Institutional Property Advisors, was very bullish on the sector as a whole. They emphasized that the increased sophistication of the sector is gaining the attention of the investment community. What’s more, the growth of the sector is …