ODESSA, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Village Place, a 100-unit multifamily property located in Odessa. Joe James and Kent Myers of Marcus & Millichap’s Austin office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a Texas-based development company. Village Place is located at 1100 Milburn Ave., within one mile of U.S. Highway 385 and one mile from I-20. The property was built in 1971.
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — East West Partners has begun construction on Tides IV, a 54-unit luxury condominium community in Mount Pleasant, a suburb of Charleston. All 13 residences listed in a pre-sale in December 2014 sold for an average $930,000, the most expensive of which was a $2.2 million penthouse sale. East West Partners will release 10 more units for pre-sale in early April. Upon completion in summer 2016, the property will feature a lobby, fitness center and marsh-front swimming pool. Tides IV will be situated near Mount Pleasant Waterfront Park, Ravenel Bridge (connecting to historic downtown Charleston), Sullivan’s Island and Isle of Palms.
TEMPLE TERRACE, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $17.2 million sale of Boardwalk at Morris Bridge, a 146-unit, 580-bed student housing community located at 8800 Boardwalk Trail Drive in Temple Terrace. The apartment building is less than a four-minute drive from the University of South Florida’s main campus. Built in 2001, the property’s amenity package includes a resort-style swimming pool and spa, tanning beds, a clubhouse, study center, 24-hour courtesy officer and shuttle service to the campus. Frank Carriera, Michael Regan and Alex Blagojevich of Marcus & Millichap’s Tampa office, along with David Gaines and Greg Gonzalez of the firm’s Chicago office, represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — CPEX Real Estate has brokered the sales of two development sites, totaling 350,000 buildable square feet, in Brooklyn’s Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Hudson Cos. purchased the sites for a combined $23 million and plans to develop 520-unit multifamily property on the sites. In the first deal, Hudson Cos. purchased a five-parcel, 36,430-square-foot site at 1295-1299 Nostrand Ave. and 306-310 Clarkson Ave. for $10 million, or $69 per buildable square foot. The site offers 145,720 buildable square feet. The seller was a family that had owned the properties since the early 1980s. In the second transaction, Hudson Cos. acquired the adjacent properties, 318-350 Clarkson Ave., from Health Science Center at Brooklyn for $13 million, or $65 per buildable square foot. The site offers 200,000 buildable square feet. Sean Kelly, Timothy King and Brian Leary of CPEX represented the sellers in each transaction and procured the buyer.
BROOKFIELD, CONN. — CBRE Group has brokered the sale of Towne Brooke Commons, a multifamily property located in Brookfield. The Silverman Group purchased the 102-unit property for $17.7 million from Harbor Group International. Built in 2009, the property features open floor plans with high ceilings, spacious kitchens, walk-in closets and full-size washers/dryers. Community amenities include a clubroom, fitness center, outdoor pool, business center and heated parking. Jeffrey Dunne, Gene Pride and Ivelin Spasov of CBRE’s Institutional Properties group represented the seller in the transaction.
DETROIT — Olympia Development of Michigan plans to renovate and restore Detroit’s historic Eddystone Hotel into affordable housing units. The Eddystone is located at 110 Sproat St. at Park Avenue. The hotel opened in 1924 and Louis Kamper designed the building. Under plans to be submitted to the City of Detroit Historic District Commission, Olympia will completely renovate the property. Approximately 20 percent of the Eddystone’s roughly 100 units would be reserved as affordable housing. The Eddystone will also feature first-floor retail space. Work on the Eddystone Hotel could begin as early as fall of 2015. The project is near the site of the new Detroit Events Center, a mixed-used development and arena for the Detroit Red Wings hockey team. The new event center is slated for completion in 2017.
CYPRESS, TEXAS — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has secured a $22.9 million Freddie Mac CME loan for Avenues at Cypress, a multifamily apartment complex located in Cypress. The 240-unit, garden-style apartment complex was built in 2014. Chris Black of Key’s Commercial Mortgage Group arranged the financing, which was used to purchase the property from the developer. Stabilized occupancy is projected to be achieved this April.
DALLAS — CBRE Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Chapel Brook Apartments in northeast Dallas and Crosswinds Apartments in west Dallas. In a double tax exchange, Crosswinds Estates LLC purchased Chapel Brook from Santa Barbara, Calif.-based EXC Ventures LLC, while EXC Ventures LLC purchased Crosswinds Apartments from Crosswinds Estates LLC. Chris Deuillet of CBRE represented both sellers. Chapel Brook Apartments is a 204-unit community at 9765 Webb Chapel Road in the Bachman Lake area. It was constructed in 1969 and is 93 percent occupied. Crosswinds Apartments is a 48-unit, value-add community at 515 W. 10th St. in the Bishop Arts District. It was constructed in 1964 and is 96 percent occupied.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — ARA Newmark has arranged the sale of a 195-unit apartment community located in the south central submarket of Austin. New York-based Clarion Partners sold Platinum Southside to FrontRange Capital Partners, a Denver, Colo.-based private equity firm that focuses on investments in both real estate and business operations. The property was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Platinum Southside was built in 2009. Layouts range from one-bedroom to two-bedroom designs. Amenities include a clubhouse, café with WiFi, billiards, business center, pool, grilling stations and picnic areas. Patton Jones of ARA Newmark represented Clarion Partners in the sale.
RALEIGH, N.C. — HFF has secured $26.5 million in financing for Summermill at Falls River, a 320-unit, Class A apartment community in Raleigh. Completed in 2002, the multifamily property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units averaging 1,095 square feet and was 96 percent occupied at the time of financing. Summermill at Falls River’s amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, children’s playground, business center and access to walking trails at the Annie Louise Wilkerson, MD Nature Preserve Park. Matthew Schoenfeldt, Jason Bond, Jimmy Conley and Travis Anderson of HFF arranged the seven-year, interest-only loan through Freddie Mac’s CME program on behalf of the borrower, Banner Apartments LLC, a multifamily owner and developer based in Northbrook, Ill.
