OCOEE, FLA. — ARA Newmark has brokered the $42.8 million sale of Oak Forest, a 408-unit, garden-style apartment community in Ocoee, a suburb of Orlando. Miami-based Advenir Real Estate Management purchased the asset from New York-based Palatine Capital Partners. Built in two phases from 1989 to 1991, the property features two swimming pools, a newly remodeled clubhouse, fitness center, basketball and tennis courts and a playground. Kevin Judd, Scott Ramey, Patrick Dufour, Marc deBaptiste and Dick Donnellan of ARA Newmark represented Palatine Capital Partners in the transaction.
PEMBROKE, N.C.— NorthMarq Capital has arranged $9.8 million in acquisition financing for Pembroke Place, a 336-bed student housing community located near the University of North Carolina at Pembroke campus in Pembroke. The transaction was structured with a 15-year term and 25-year amortization schedule. Lee Weaver and Steve Whitehead of NorthMarq arranged financing for the borrower, Pembroke Place CP LLC, through its Fannie Mae DUS program.
TINLEY PARK, ILL. — Anthem Memory Care has opened its ninth community, Porter Place, in Tinley Park, approximately 30 miles southwest of Chicago. Development costs were estimated at $12.5 million for the 82-bed memory care community. LTC Properties Inc., a real estate investment trust that primarily invests in seniors housing and healthcare properties, financed the development and construction. CB Two Architects designed the community. Adair Group and Pickus Construction served as general contractors. Woolpert Inc. handled civil engineering services.
DES MOINES, IOWA — Hubbell Realty Co. will break ground July 28 on Edencrest at Beaverdale, an assisted living and memory care community in Des Moines. The community will feature 30 units each of assisted living and memory care. Development costs are estimated at $12 million. When completed, Senior Housing Management will operate the community. Edencrest at Beaverdale will be Hubbell’s third community, all located within the greater Des Moines area. The company is also planning to build two more Edencrest communities in the region.
Growth in the Indianapolis downtown multifamily market is as dynamic as the city itself. Since 2013, 3,000 units have been delivered and leased up rapidly. The vacancy rate registers 4.5 percent in a submarket that historically has seen vacancy rates of around 8 percent. Demand is healthy and growth continues, with another 283 units scheduled for delivery by the end of this year. A unique contributor to this multifamily construction boom is the downtown campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), the IU Law School and the IU Medical School. A sudden building spree of more than $100 million of student-focused projects is occurring downtown near IUPUI. With more than 1,000 units currently under construction or in the works, these new deliveries signal a real change for IUPUI from a commuter orientation to that of a residential campus. These off-campus locations will likely appeal to young professionals as well, and savvy developers are making certain to provide conventional units as part of their mix. The largest such development currently under construction is Trinitas Ventures’ 193-unit, 669-bed project at the northeast corner of Michigan Street and Capitol Avenue. Known as Lux On Capitol, the student housing development is due to open …
FULLERTON, CALIF. — The Richman Group of California Development Company has completed construction of Ventana, a 95-unit affordable seniors housing community in Fullerton. The six-story, 130,000-square-foot midrise building on 0.6 acres features 3,200 square feet of retail space and a subterranean parking garage. The community is already fully leased. Richman Property Services will operate and handle leasing for Ventana. Irwin Partners of Costa Mesa was the architecture firm and Cannon Constructors of San Diego was the general contractor. City of Fullerton Housing Bonds, tax credit funds and Bank of America all provided financing for the project. Founded in 1987, The Richman Group is a residential real estate investment, development and asset management firm based in Connecticut. The California branch is based in La Jolla.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — ARA Newmark has secured the sale of Broadstone 8 One Hundred, a 376-unit multifamily community in northwest Austin. The complex is located near Apple’s planned expansion of its 39-acre corporate campus, as well as local hubs for eBay, PayPal, Google, Visa and 3M. San Francisco-based Jackson Square Properties was the buyer. Pat Jones of ARA Newmark represented the seller, Alliance Residential. Constructed in 2015, Broadstone 8 One Hundred is a Class A community situated on 17 acres. The property offers a pool with lounge seating and a tanning ledge, outdoor kitchen with gas grills, bocce ball court and a hammock green. The clubhouse includes viewing/entertainment spaces, a social lounge with a beverage bar and an athletic center. Unit interiors feature 10-foot ceilings and hardwood floors.
HURST, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of The Gables of Notting Hill, a 175-unit apartment property located in Hurst. Al Silva and Ford Braly of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Worth office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a Houston-based private investment firm. Silva and Braly also secured the buyer, a Dallas-based investment group. The property was built in 1968 and consists of 27 buildings with one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans.
ST. LOUIS — Aragon Holdings LLC has acquired a 480-unit apartment property in St. Louis for an undisclosed price. A joint venture between Covenant Capital Group and Bell Partners Inc. sold the asset. Oxford Hills Apartments is situated on 26.3 acres at 10304 Oxford Hill Drive. Amenities at the complex include an outdoor swimming pool with sundeck, indoor swimming pool, fitness center, tennis courts, clubhouse with cyber café, dog park, playground and detached garages. Oxford Hills Apartments has 36 residential buildings, which feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units that average 953 square feet. Sean Fogarty, Marty O’Connell and Wick Kirby of HFF represented the seller in the transaction. According to the St. Louis Business Journal, Oxford Hills Apartments has an appraised value of $7 million and was last sold in 2007 for $34.5 million.
HOLIDAY, FLA. — Housing Trust Group (HTG) has broken ground on Phase I of Park at Wellington, a $37.9 million affordable housing community located at 4369 Sunray Drive in Holiday, roughly 30 miles north of Tampa. Phase I of the 220-unit property will span 110 units, and HTG plans to open the complex in late 2017. The units will be reserved for renters earning at or below 40 percent to 60 percent of area median income (AMI). Rents will range from $367 to $783 per month. Construction of Phase II is expected to start in November 2016. Phase I development funding sources include $16 million in 9 percent Low Income Housing Tax Credit Equity provided by Indianapolis-based City Real Estate Advisors and a $15.5 million construction loan provided by KeyBank, which converts to a $3.5 million permanent loan after completion. HTG has five affordable housing communities currently under construction in Florida. The project team for Park at Wellington includes architect Fugleberg Koch PLLC; civil engineer High Point Engineering Inc.; and general contractor HTG Hennessy LLC.