LAS VEGAS — The 288-unit Villa Serena apartment complex in the Las Vegas submarket of Henderson has sold to a joint venture between the Bascom Group and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at 325 North Gibson Road. Villa Serena was built in 1996. It is located near Union Village, a 155-acre site that is classified as the first integrated health village in the world. Mesa West Capital provided financing to acquire the property. The debt financing was sourced by Brian Eisendrath and Brandon Smith of CBRE Capital Markets. Spencer Ballif and Jeffrey Swinger of CBRE represented the unnamed seller on the transaction.
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SAN JOSE, CALIF. — The 86-unit Latitude 37 apartment building in San Jose has received $20.6 million in financing. The community is located at 1255 Babb Court. The seven-year loan carries a floating rate and a 30-year amortization schedule. It was arranged by Ory Schwartz of NorthMarq Capital’s Los Angeles office through the firm’s seller-servicer relationship with Freddie Mac.
PHOENIX – The 468-unit Willow Springs Apartments in Phoenix has sold to Resort on 27th LLC for $13.2 million. The Class C community is located at 4715 N. 27th Ave. It was built in 1986. Bill Hahn, Jeffrey Sherman and Trevor Koskovich of Colliers International’s HSK Multifamily Southwest Team represented both the buyer and seller, MLCFC 2007-7 North 27th Avenue LLC, in this transaction.
PROSPER, TEXAS — Venture Commercial Real Estate has brokered the sale of 26 acres near Windsong Ranch for a 300-unit, townhome-style apartment development located within the Prosper Independent School District. Terre Verde Group, the developer of Windsong Ranch, sold the land tract to Atlanta-based Davis Development. The property is located at the northeast quadrant of Highway 380 and Gee Road, adjacent to a new 300,000-square-foot, Kroger-anchored retail development expected to break ground in December. Ken Reimer, Edward Bogel and David Davidson Jr. of Venture represented the seller, Terra Verde Group, in the transaction. Bogel and Davidson represented the buyer, Davis Development. The $1.2 billion Windsong Ranch master-planned development is located a little more than two miles west of the Dallas North Tollway on Highway 380. The property will include 3,100 single-family residential lots, 150 acres of mixed-use development along U.S Highway 380 and 600 acres of open space with native preserves, trails and parks. The first three phases have been completed and are now open.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Castle Lanterra Properties has acquired Stonegate Apartments, a 452-unit, class A property in Austin. An institutional ownership group was the seller. The property was built in 2003 and is located just off I-35. Stonegate consists of 24 two- and three-story buildings in a variety of floor plans. Amenities include a clubhouse with a leasing office, business center, fitness center and recreation room. The property also features two swimming pools and barbeque grilling stations. Planned unit upgrades will include new lighting and plumbing fixtures, stainless steel appliances and wood vinyl plank flooring. Castle Lanterra Properties acquires, improves, repositions and manages a portfolio of multifamily properties.
WEST PALM BEACH AND MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. — NGKF Capital Markets has arranged $33.5 million in financing for two multifamily properties in South Florida: the 192-unit Serrano in West Palm Beach and the 234-unit Park Plaza in Miami Gardens. Maury Zanoff, Joe Donato, Matthew Williams and Jamie Leachman of NGKF’s Washington, D.C., office arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, AION Partners. The two loans have floating interest rates and interest-only periods. AION will repay existing debt and use the funds to make capital improvements on the two multifamily properties.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Urban Investment Partners (UIP) and Lubert-Adler Partners have teamed up to acquire Embassy Towers, a 72-unit apartment building located in Washington, D.C.’s Adams Morgan neighborhood, for $13.3 million. The property is located at 1620 Fuller St. N.W. The Embassy Towers Tenant Association has not decided whether the property will remain an apartment building or convert into a condominium project. Alan Davis and Brendan Flood of HFF represented the seller, a family consortium, in the transaction. UIP subsidiaries UIP Property Management Inc. and UIP General Contracting Inc. will handle property management duties and renovations to Embassy Towers, respectively.
NEW YORK CITY — Kushner Cos. has acquired a 16-building portfolio of Manhattan and Brooklyn multifamily properties for $131.5 million from Stone Street Properties and HIG Realty Partners. The portfolio, which also includes five retail stores, consists of 14 Manhattan buildings totaling 251 units in the Upper East Side, Murray Hill, East Village and Greenwich Village, and two buildings, totaling 40 units, in Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill district.
PLAINFIELD, N.J. — Gebroe-Hammer Associates has brokered the sale of two multifamily properties, totaling 60 units, in Plainfield. In the first transaction, Gehane Triarsi and Nicholas Nicolaou of Gebroe-Hammer arranged the $3.1 million sale of a 33-unit multifamily property at 815-825 Central Ave. The property features a mix of two-, three- and four-and-a-half-room layouts. In the second deal, Triarsi represented the seller in the $2.2 million sale of a 27-unit property at 315 W. Eighth St. The property features 21 studios and six one-bedroom units. Stephen Tragash, also of Gebroe-Hammer, procured the buyer in the transaction.
DALLAS — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has arranged a $4.3 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinance of American Beauty Mill Lofts, an 80-unit multifamily market rate apartment property located in Dallas. Dougherty’s Dallas office arranged the 10-year, interest-only loan for the borrower, American Beauty Lofts Ltd. American Beauty Mill Lofts offer loft apartments located in downtown Dallas. Formerly a flour mill warehouse, the retrofitted loft apartments feature open floor plans, 15-foot ceilings and stained concrete flooring.