Multifamily

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A joint venture between Campus Advantage and Tramview Capital Management has acquired Alight Columbia, a 700-bed student housing community located near the University of South Carolina campus in Columbia. The new ownership plans to rebrand the 206-unit property as “The Radley.” The community offers a mix of two- and four-bedroom units alongside shared amenities including a fitness center, swimming pool, outdoor grilling station, tennis courts, basketball and sand volleyball courts, resident clubhouse and a business center.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — The NRP Group, a multifamily developer based in Cleveland, has completed Bridge at Estancia, a 318-unit affordable housing project in South Austin. Designed by HEDK Architects, the property is located on a 15-acre site within the 600-acre Estancia Hill Country master-planned development. Units come in one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom floor plans and are reserved for renters earning 60 percent or less of the area median income. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, outdoor grilling and dining areas, business center, activity room and a playground. Financing for the project included a $20 million housing tax credit investment from Hudson Housing Capital, along with construction and permanent financing provided by BWE and Deutsche Bank.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — AOG Living, the Houston-based developer and operator formerly known as Allied Orion Group, has broken ground on Novum Capitol View, a 168-active adult project that will be located in southeast Austin. Designed by Humphreys & Partners, the property will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom units that will be reserved for renters age 55 and above. Amenities will include a saltwater pool, fitness center, hair and nail salon, theater and game lounge, dog park, community gardens and an activity room. CBRE arranged construction financing for the project, completion of which is slated for late 2025.

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DENVER AND BEAVERTON, ORE. — BWE, the commercial finance firm formerly known as Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital, has arranged a $260 million loan for the refinancing of a national portfolio of six multifamily properties totaling roughly 1,500 units. Two of the properties — Hartley Flats and Studio LoHi — are located in Denver, and a third, Victory Flats, is located in Beaverton, Ore. The other properties in the portfolio are in Austin and Charlotte. All properties were constructed within the past decade, and the portfolio had an occupancy rate of approximately 95 percent at the time of the loan closing. Northwestern Mutual provided the five-year loan, which was structured with a 5.07 percent interest rate, full-term interest-only payments and a 55 percent loan-to-value ratio. The borrower was not disclosed.

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REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. — Walker & Dunlop has secured $113 million in financing on behalf of Acacia Capital for the acquisition of 299 Franklin, a Class A multifamily property located at 299 Franklin St. in Redwood City. Jeff Burns, Chris Botsford, Rene Alvarez, Jeff Conahan and Matt DeMarche of Walker & Dunlop Multifamily Finance team arranged the financing. Built in 2013, 299 Franklin offers 304 market-rate studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, including 11 direct-access townhomes, with an average unit size of 845 square feet. Community amenities include a rooftop deck, fitness center, swimming pool and spa deck, business and resident lounges, bicycle parking and electric vehicle charging stations.

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TYLER, TEXAS — Colliers Mortgage has arranged a $34.6 million acquisition loan for The Foundry, a 675-bed student housing property that serves the University of Texas at Tyler, located about 120 miles east of Dallas. The Foundry is located across the street from campus and offers amenities such as a pool, clubhouse, game room, fitness center, outdoor picnic and grilling areas and a sand volleyball court. Greg Young of Colliers Mortgage originated the debt, which includes proceeds for capital improvements.  The borrower and direct lender were not disclosed.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Locally based development firm Crescent Communities has broken ground on Novel River District, a 318-unit apartment community in west Charlotte. The property will serve as the first multifamily component within The River District, a 1,400-acre master-planned community that will eventually house approximately 2,350 apartment options and 2,300 single-family homes. UMB Bank provided an undisclosed amount of construction financing for Novel River District, which is set to welcome first residents in early 2026. The community will be the cornerstone of the future Westrow town center and feature a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments. The project is designed to achieve National Green Building Standard’s (NGBS) Silver level of sustainability. Crescent’s design-build partners for Novel River District include Cooper Carry (architect), Crescent Communities Construction (general contractor), Ellinwood + Machado (structural engineer), ENGR3 (MEP engineer), BB+M Architecture (interior design) and Land Design (landscape design and civil engineering).

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Fallon Co., along with locally based general contractor Edifice Construction, has broken ground on The Colwick, a 234-unit apartment community in Charlotte’s Cotswold neighborhood. The property will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Designed by Axiom Architecture, The Colwick’s amenities will feature a coworking lounge with video conferencing rooms, resort-style saltwater pool, onsite pet spa and dog park, fitness center with a private yoga studio, outdoor grill stations and a pizza oven, bike storage, garden courtyard with activity lawn and fireside lounge, resident lounge and game room, golf simulator and an outdoor gaming lawn with bistro lighting. Santander Bank provided an undisclosed amount of construction financing for the project, which is set for completion in late 2026.

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CLEMSON, S.C. — Athens, Ga.-based Landmark Properties has acquired The Ridge Clemson, a 616-bed student housing community located at 205 Tiliwa Court near the Clemson University campus in South Carolina. Built in 2018, the property offers 184 fully furnished units in a mix of two-bedroom apartments and four-bedroom townhomes. Shared amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, lazy river, hot tub, jumbotron, clubhouse, full basketball court, dog park, fitness center, study lounges and a coffee bar. TSB Capital Advisors coordinated financing for the acquisition, the terms of which were not disclosed. The community was 97 percent occupied at the time of sale.

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GLASGOW, KY. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $3.8 million sale of Hillview Apartments, a 72-unit multifamily community located at 200 Shalimar Drive in Glasgow, a city in south Kentucky. Situated approximately 42 miles west of Bowling Green, Ky., the property features one- and two-bedroom apartments and was built in 1974. Zack Hubiak of Marcus & Millichap’s Nashville office represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity. Grant Fitzgerald, Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in Kentucky, assisted in closing the transaction.

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