PROVIDENCE, R.I. — CBRE/New England has arranged the sale of Grant Mill, an apartment building located in Providence. Brady Sullivan Rhode Island Properties sold the 85-unit building to an affiliate of Heritage Properties for an undisclosed price. Converted from a mill building into an apartment property in 2009, Grant Mill features 85 units in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units, a community room with billiards, fitness center, media room, resident storage, 111 surface parking spaces and 28 garage parking spaces. Simon Butler and Biria St. John of CBRE/NE represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
Multifamily
BOULDER, COLO. — Pathfinder Partners has purchased two adjacent multifamily communities in Boulder for $24 million. The communities included in the transaction are the 50-unit Villa Del Prado and the 32-unit Chateau at Villa Del Prado. Villa Del Prado has a parking garage, indoor pool, spa, sauna and clubhouse, while Chateau has parking and a covered pool. Pathfinder plans to renovate the interiors, upgrade the amenities and incorporate green features. The Colorado office of ARA Newmark brokered the transaction.
PORTLAND, ORE. — A Santa Clara, Calif.-based private investment group has purchased the 58-unit Muse apartment complex in Portland for $20.1 million. The community is located at 1313 N.W. 19th Ave. The Muse was built in late 2016. Jordan Carter, Clay Newton, Tyler Linn and Joe DeJager of Kidder Mathews executed the sale. The seller was Gerding Edlen.
OGDEN, UTAH — A California-based buyer has acquired The Gate at Canyon Ridge, a 167-unit multifamily property in Ogden, for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at 1455 Valley Drive. The property is located near the mouth of Ogden Canyon and features an overlook of Ogden Valley and the Great Salt Lake. James Wadsworth and Greg Barratt of Berkadia executed the transaction. The seller is also based in California.
FRIDLEY, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Crown Commons in Fridley, north of Minneapolis, for $2.4 million. The 21-unit apartment property is located at 1461 73rd Ave. NE. The building includes a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units, and was 100 percent occupied at the time of sale. Mox Gunderson, Dan Linnell, Josh Talberg and Abe Roberts of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Abe Roberts led the team in securing and representing the buyer, a private investor.
MIAMI — Berkadia has secured the $25 million refinancing of Carib Villas, a 365-unit apartment community located at 11105 S.W. 200th St. in Miami. Built in 1972, the property features onsite laundry facilities, barbecue areas and a swimming pool with a sundeck. Mitch Sinberg and Matt Robbins of Berkadia’s South Florida office arranged the 10-year loan on behalf of the borrower, The Cornfield Group. The Freddie Mac loan features interest-only payments for the full term and an adjustable interest rate.
Financial Federal Bank Secures $24.3M Acquisition Loan for Multifamily Property in Metro Charlotte
by John Nelson
MATTHEWS, N.C. — The Memphis office of Financial Federal Bank has arranged a $24.3 million acquisition loan for Legacy Matthews Apartments in Matthews, a suburb of Charlotte. The borrower, a repeat Financial Federal customer, purchased the 288-unit garden-style property, which was 97 percent occupied at the time of closing. Rick Wood and Jon Van Hoozer of Financial Federal Bank arranged the 12-year, fixed-rate loan with three years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule through an agency lender.
ARLINGTON, VA. — Greysteel has arranged the $13.5 million sale of Whispering Oaks, a 49-unit mid-rise apartment community located at 1310 N. Oak St. in Arlington’s Rosslyn neighborhood. Whispering Oaks’ amenities include covered and uncovered parking, a telephone entry system call box, fitness center, laundry facilities, secluded rear patio sitting area and a renovated lobby. Ari Firoozabadi, Kyle Tangney, Rawles Wilcox, Alicia Orkisz and Herbert Schwat of Greysteel’s Washington, D.C., office represented the sellers, 401 Commonwealth LLC and HJL Properties LLC, and procured the buyer.
PHOENIX — Thorofare Capital has provided a $19 million, fixed-rate bridge loan to an affiliate of ArciTerra Cos. LLC. The funds will be used to refinance debt on MorningStar at Arcadia, a 135-bed assisted living community in Phoenix. Located on a 1.1-acre site, the community features 80 assisted living units and 30 memory care units in a four-story, 139,643-square-foot building. MorningStar Senior Living operates the property, which opened in 2014. The funds will retire the construction loan on the community and result in more equity for the ownership, a Phoenix-based real estate investment and development company. The term is two years of interest-only payments. Thorofare Capital is a Los Angeles-based investment manager specializing in senior mortgage debt for middle-market commercial real estate assets.
BOSTON — New Balance Athletics Inc. and John Hancock Financial have partnered to develop The Residences at Boston Landing, a 17-story apartment building located near the New Balance headquarters in Boston. Hancock is taking a major equity stake in the project, which is slated to open in June 2018. Designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects, the property will feature 295 units in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, 16,400 square feet of ground-floor retail space, an activity lounge, outdoor courtyard and pool, pet grooming station and bicycle storage. The Residences at Boston Landing will be a residential building within Boston Landing, which is a 15.2-acre mixed-use development. Other buildings at the development are occupied by New Balance, the Boston Bruins Practice and Training facility and the future practice and training facility of the Boston Celtics. Future plans for the development include the construction of a 290,000-square-foot sports complex. The project team includes John Hancock and New Balance Athletics as investors; New Balance Development Group as master-plan developer; The HYM Investment Group as development manager; Elkus Manfredi Architects as architect; John Moriarty & Associates as general contractor; and Moran & Co. as real estate investment banker.