Multifamily

HeritageHall

CLEVELAND — Asset Campus Housing has purchased the 140-dorm facility and YMCA in Cleveland’s downtown campus district for $4.5 million. Euclid Avenue Development Corp. sold the facility, built in 1912, after purchasing it in 2009 to eliminate a troubled loan. Asset Campus will convert the facility into private student housing. Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the seller in the transaction. The 152,390-square-foot, nine-story building is situated on three acres, includes 175 parking spaces and has been the longtime home of the Downtown Cleveland YMCA, which will relocate in March 2016. Asset has renamed Heritage Hall as The Domain at Cleveland and plans to revamp the property with a clubhouse featuring group fitness classes, a computer lab with dedicated study rooms and a resident lounge with free coffee. The studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom units will be renovated with new appliances, cabinets and countertops in the kitchenettes, upgraded bathrooms and new A/C and heating systems. The company is leasing apartments for the fall 2015 academic year.

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BURLINGTON AND ST. ALBANS, VT. — Nedde Real Estate has brokered the sales of four properties in Vermont. In the first deal, Grant Butterfield of Nedde Real Estate represented Mike DuPont in the acquisition of a three-unit multifamily property located at 54-56 Intervale Ave. in Burlington. Bessery Real Estate Partners, represented by Cannizzaro Real Estate, sold the property for an undisclosed price. In the second transaction, Butterfield arranged the sale of 137-139 Elmwood Avenue, a four-unit multifamily property located in Burlington. Mark Johnson sold the asset for an undisclosed price to Housing Strategies. In the third deal, Butterfield represented Eleven Eleven Enterprises LLC in the disposition of 30 South Main Street in St. Albans to Dominico Spano. The buyer plans to reopen the retail property, which was formerly Cosmic Bagel Bakery, as Round Table Bakery & Café. In the final transaction, Butterfield represented the undisclosed seller in the disposition of 222-224 South Winooki Avenue in Burlington. Karen LaPoint purchased the three-unit multifamily property for an undisclosed price.

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HONOLULU, HAWAII — The Howard Hughes Corporation has received a $350 million syndicated loan for two condo development projects in Honolulu. The condos, called Waiea and Anaha, will be situated within Ward Village. Ward Village is a 60-acre, urban master-planned community located between the city’s downtown and Waikiki. The community will feature more than 4,000 high-rise residences and more than one million square feet of retail space. The retail will be surrounded by outdoor public gathering places and pedestrian-friendly streets. Ward Village will be anchored by a four-acre public park that will serve as a multipurpose gathering space. The two condo developments offer views of the Pacific Ocean and Diamond Head. Amenities including fitness centers, swimming pools, a library, children’s play areas and dog parks. The projects will also feature about 24,000 square feet of retail space and 989 parking spaces. The A-note will be spread between five lenders, including Wells Fargo, Ullico, Washington Capital Management, First Hawaiian Bank and American Savings Bank. The note is part of a larger $600 million construction loan, which was secured by JLL for the Howard Hughes Corporation in late 2014. Financing was provided by Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies. The JLL team was …

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ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation and MG Properties Group have purchased the 768-unit Madison Park Apartments in Anaheim for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at 2235 W. Broadway. This is the largest single property by number of units to be purchased in Southern California since 2013, according to the buyers. Madison Park is situated in West Anaheim near the I-5 freeway, between Disneyland and Knott’s Berry Farm. The buyers plan to make improvements to the community’s common areas and interiors. Common-area amenities include two swimming pools, sports courts, a large fitness center and group exercise room, clubhouse, movie theater, banquet room and a business center. Madison Park was purchased from a private multifamily investment firm that was represented by Institutional Property Advisors’ Greg Harris and Kevin Green. The buyers represented themselves in this transaction. The acquisition was financed with a 10-year, fixed-rate mortgage from Fannie Mae that was arranged by Brian Eisendrath at CBRE.

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OMAHA, NEB. — Metonic Real Estate Solutions has acquired Heritage Heights Apartments, a 60-unit apartment community in Omaha. Built in 1973, Heritage Heights Apartments offers one- and two-bedroom apartments ranging in size between 700 and 1,000 square feet. The property is located within one mile of I-80, Westwood Shopping Plaza and Montclair Shopping Center. Omaha-based Seldin Co. will manage the property. Seldin Co. plans to make renovations at the property, which will include the addition of new appliances, upgraded flooring and interior painting. Exterior renovations include the addition of new siding, windows and landscaping.

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The Knox Campus Advantage

KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Campus Advantage is currently developing its newest project, The Knox, which will serve students attending the University of Tennessee beginning in fall 2016. Pinecrest Partners is providing equity financing for the 101-unit, 382-bed community. Located at 1505 Clinch Ave., the location puts residents less than 100 feet from the University of Tennessee campus. The Knox will feature three-, four- and five-bedroom apartments. The community consists of two buildings, a five-level building and a six‐level building, and features two levels of gated garage parking and nine floors of residential space. Amenities will include a cyber cafe, computer bar, lounge room with fireplace and large-screen televisions and a fitness center, as well as an outdoor green roof with grills, water features, hammocks and a theater area. Each fully furnished apartment features a 42-inch television in its living room, wood-style flooring in the common areas, an in-unit washer and dryer, high-end finishes, stainless steel appliances and cable and high-speed Internet. Campus Advantage worked closely with the Historic Preservation Office at the city of Knoxville, as well as the Historic Fort Sanders Neighborhood Association, to design The Knox. Ronnie Macejewski, senior vice president of development of Campus Advantage, is leading the …

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Celebration Village Acworth

ACWORTH, GA. — Construction has begun on Celebration Village Acworth with plans to open the 16.5-acre seniors housing community in May 2016. The community includes 114 independent living apartments, 44 apartment homes, 55 assisted living units and 31 memory care apartments. Active Senior Concepts and AgeWell Living developed the Celebration concept. Active Senior Concepts’s developments are located throughout metro Atlanta. AgeWell, located in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., will operate the community.

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Harbor-Village-RI

WAKEFIELD, R.I. — CBRE/New England has brokered the sale of Harbor Village in Wakefield. An affiliate of JRK Property Holdings acquired the 234-unit apartment community, which sold for an undisclosed price. Harbor Village consists of 16 residential buildings and a clubhouse. The residential buildings comprise five two-story direct-entry townhome buildings and 11 three-story garden-style buildings. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units, with an average apartment size of 1,113 square feet. Simon Butler and Biria St. John of CBRE/NE represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.

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SOUTH BEND, IND. — Metonic Real Estate Solutions has purchased Castle Point Apartments, a 740-unit apartment complex in South Bend, for an undisclosed sales price. Originally built in three phases between 1974 and 1980, Castle Point Apartments includes one- and two-bedroom apartments ranging in size between 737 and 1,340 square feet. The 20,000-square-foot clubhouse offers residents premier amenities including indoor basketball and tennis courts along with a yoga/aerobics room, tanning room and game room. The property is located within two miles of the University of Notre Dame, St. Mary’s College and Holy Cross College. Metonic plans to make renovations at the property which will include the addition of new appliances and washers and dryers, upgraded kitchen cabinets and counter tops, and new parking garages. The clubhouse will also be renovated with additional amenities for residents. Omaha-based Seldin Co. was selected as the property manager.

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UTD-balfour-beatty

DALLAS — Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions will design, build, finance and operate a $54 million on-campus mixed-use housing and retail development for The University of Texas at Dallas through a public/private partnership. The University town center concept is being developed in partnership with Dallas-based residential and commercial developer Wynne/Jackson. Balfour Beatty Construction, also Dallas-based, will lead the overall design/build team, which also features Jacobs Engineering and Architecture Demarest as the design subcontractors. The new community will include mid-rise apartments and townhomes that will add approximately 600 beds, as well as shops, restaurants and entertainment venues to serve the more than 30,000 students, faculty and staff at the university. The project will be located on a 13-acre tract north and west of the intersection of Synergy Park Boulevard and Floyd Road, adjacent to the proposed site of a future DART rail station. The project will break ground in the coming weeks and will be delivered in August of 2016. Upon completion, Balfour Beatty Communities will operate the housing, and SRS Real Estate Partners will market the retail space.

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