Multifamily

Sunrise at Palos Verdes, Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — Sunrise Senior Living is set to open Sunrise at Palos Verdes in Los Angeles in March, marking the operator’s 42nd community in California. The community will include 80 units of assisted living and memory care, each of which will have flexible uses depending on the resident’s needs. The community is four stories and 67,000 square feet. Marguerite Crockem, formerly executive director of Sunrise of Fullerton, will be executive director of the new community. Based in McLean, Va., Sunrise is the fourth-largest operator of seniors housing in the U.S., according to June 2015 numbers from the American Seniors Housing Association.

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LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS — 29th Street Capital (29SC), a privately held real estate investment and advisory firm, has acquired a 314-unit multifamily real estate portfolio in League City. The two apartment communities are located within 1.5 miles of each other in the Clear Lake submarket of Houston. The deal closed Feb. 19 and includes: Crow’s Nest Apartments, a 176-unit complex built in 1984 with mostly one- and two-bedroom units; Harbor Walk Apartments, a 138-unit complex built in 1987 and made exclusively of two- and three-bedroom units. 29SC purchased the assets on an off-market basis from a regional owner. The firm plans $1.6 million worth of renovations, which include a new appliance package, microwaves, better kitchen lights and accent walls. Exterior improvements are planned as well.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS —Hank Crane of BMC Capital’s Austin office has arranged a $1.7 million loan for the refinancing of Woodland Corners, a 63-unit apartment community in Austin. The loan features a five-year fixed term at 4 percent interest and a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan was arranged through one of BMC Capital’s correspondent agency relationships.

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NEW YORK CITY — Triangle Equities has broken ground on Lighthouse Point, a $200 million mixed-used project on the St. George waterfront in Staten Island. Triangle, along with its partner, Lubert Adler LLP, secured construction financing for the first phase of development. The project is being financed through a partnership of private and public sector groups, including $30 million of construction loans and tax credit equity from the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group, $29 million of construction loans from Citizens Bank, $16.5 million from Empire State Development, $6.2 million of capital from New York City, and joint venture equity from Triangle and Lubert Adler. The first phase, which is slated for completion in 2017, will feature 65,000 square feet of retail and office space, as well as restaurant space, entertainment space and a 12-story residential tower with 116 apartment units. Regus, a shared workspace provider, has signed a 15-year lease to occupy 30,000 square feet of space at the first phase. Following completion of the first phase, Triangle will rehabilitate and repurpose the four historic structures, historic wall and multiple underground vaults currently situated on the site. This repurposing will allow for additional restaurant, office and hospitality space, including a …

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NEW YORK CITY — Treetop Development has acquired a development site located at 121-129 E. 144th St. in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx for an undisclosed sum. Situated in a special mixed-use district zoning area (MX-13), the property has 68,326 buildable square feet as-of-right, with the option to develop up to 91,000 square feet by utilizing the inclusionary housing bonus. Treetop, a multifamily owner and investor focused on renovating and developing market-rate properties in New York City, is in the process of determining the best use for the site. Jason Gold, Victor Sozio, Scot Hirschfield, Marko Agbaba and Michael Tortorici of Ariel Property Advisors represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.

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NEW YORK CITY — Westbridge Realty Group has arranged four sales in New York City totaling $8.5 million. In the first transaction, Baycrest Management acquired a multifamily property with 27 apartments and one retail unit from Emritas Realty LLC for $3.9 million. The building is located at 633 E. 186th St. in the Belmont section of the Bronx. Steven Westreich represented the buyer and seller in the deal. In the second transaction, 2 Stanwix LLC purchased a 3,510-square-foot mixed-use property located at 2 Stanwic St. in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood for $2 million, or $570 per square foot. Adam Traub of Westbridge represented the buyer, while Hen Vaknim, also of Westbridge, represented the seller, 2S, in the transaction. In the third deal, East Williamsburg Powers LLC acquired a 3,750-square-foot apartment building, located at 280 Powers St. in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg section, for $1.4 million. Westreich represented the buyer, while Traub represented the undisclosed seller. In the final transaction, Westreich represented the buyer and seller in the $1.2 million exchange of 345 Montgomery Street in Brooklyn. The assets, which include eight unsold coop rent-stabilized units, sold for $158 per square foot. The names of the buyer and seller were not released.

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SEATTLE — Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (HFF) has arranged the sale of, and acquisition financing for, Queen Anne Manor, a 93-unit seniors housing community in Seattle’s Upper Queen Anne neighborhood. Capitol Seniors Housing acquired the asset from an undisclosed seller for $36.3 million, free and clear of existing debt. HFF also assisted the buyer in securing a $25 million, seven-year, floating-rate loan through Freddie Mac. Queen Anne Manor has 54 assisted living units and 39 memory care units averaging 294 square feet each. Renovated most recently in 2015, the west building of the property was originally built in 1908 and the east building was completed in 1927. The property was 96 percent leased at the time of sale and is situated on just over one acre. Milestone Retirement Communities LLC, which is based in Vancouver, Wash., will manage the property. Senior managing directors Ryan Maconachy and Chad Lavender and associate director Sarah Baccich led the HFF team.

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PORTLAND, ORE. — Berkshire Group has purchased the 63-unit Lower Burnside Lofts in Portland for $18.5 million. The community is located at 60 SE 10th Ave., within the Lower Burnside neighborhood. Lower Burnside Lofts was built last year and began leasing in July 2015. Robert Black of ARA Newmark represented the seller, Urban Asset Advisors, in this transaction.

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JACKSON, MISS. — Capital One has provided an $11.8 million, fixed-rate Freddie Mac loan for the acquisition of Tracewood Apartments, a 280-unit apartment community in Jackson. Chad Thomas Hagwood of Capital One Multifamily’s Southeast office arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, StoneRiver Co. Brandon Pate of Capital One’s Birmingham office managed the deal on behalf of Capital One. The loan structure includes two years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule.

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OVERLAND PARK AND SHAWNEE, KAN. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a total of $13.3 million in refinancing loans for two multifamily properties in Kansas. Fiesta Square Apartments is located at 9551 W. 85th St. in Overland Park, and Haverford West Apartments is located at 11309 W. 75th St. in Shawnee. The two properties contain a total of 231 units and were built in 1972 and 1984 respectively. NorthMarq arranged financing for the undisclosed borrower through its relationship with Freddie Mac. The transactions were both structured with a 10-year term and 30-year amortization schedule. Greg Duvall of NorthMarq arranged the financing.

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