LAKE PARK, FLA. — Oak Grove Capital has arranged two refinance loans totaling $26.1 million for San Marco Villas I and II, two affordable housing communities. The two apartment communities in Lake Park span 400 units. Tim Leonhard of Oak Grove Capital arranged the two loans through Freddie Mac.
The multifamily market in Los Angeles continues to be a hot property sector as the economy improves and jobs are added throughout the region. I believe we’ll hear much of the same buzz about the market in 2015 that we’ve heard for the past few years. This includes statements like vacancy rates are very low and demand outweighs supply. This results in rising rents, strong demand for multifamily investment property, climbing prices climbing and cap rates that continue to compress. Los Angeles County ended the third quarter of 2014 with a vacancy rate of just 3.2 percent. Asking rents continued to increase, with third-quarter rents coming in at an average rate of $1,521 per month. This is up 0.9 percent from the second quarter of this year, according to Reis. On the investment side, properties are trading at sub-4 percent cap rates. There were 80 apartment sales totaling $693 million in the third quarter, with an average per-unit price of $300,000. Some of LA’s hottest multifamily submarkets include the Westside, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Hollywood, Echo Park, Silverlake and Downtown LA. The most in-demand and promising submarket for multifamily is likely Playa Vista, however. Google recently announced it purchased 12 …
AUSTIN — ARA has arranged the sale of Elan East, a 251-unit, Class A apartment complex located in Austin. Patton Jones of ARA represented the sellers, South Carolina-based Greystar, and Washington, D.C.-based The Carlyle Group, in the transaction. A Boston- based institutional buyer purchased the property. Built in 2014, Elan East is an urban, garden-style community that includes one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities include a pool with outdoor lounge area and full kitchen with grilling stations/prep space, a gym, business center and club lounge. The property was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale.
PALOS HILLS, ILL. — Essex Realty Group Inc. has brokered the $17.1 million sale of 254 units within Scenic Tree Condominiums in Palos Hills. The property is located at 10205 S. 86th Terrace. Scenic Tree Condominiums is a multifamily garden unit community consisting of a total of 448 units. The property is within walking distance of the Green Hills Public Library, Oak Ridge Elementary School and Osborne Park. Doug Fisher of Essex Realty Group represented the undisclosed buyer. Matt Welke and Jason Fishleder of Essex represented the undisclosed seller.
OMAHA, NEB. — Darland Construction has completed the five-story Jones 13 Apartments in downtown Omaha. Darland’s second project with America First Real Estate Group, the property includes 100 units. Apartments range from studios to two-bedroom units, which are built around a central courtyard. The property features a 57-stall parking garage. Additional amenities include a fitness center with a street view; a courtyard with outdoor kitchen, fire pit, and pergola, water feature and planters. Jones 13 is the second multifamily construction project that Darland has completed for America First Real Estate Group.
NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has acquired two adjacent properties — a landmarked building and a vacant lot — in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood for a combined total of $21.1 million. Located at 227 Fourth Ave., the first property, known as Brooklyn Lyceum, was originally constructed as a public bathhouse. The property was most recently used as a café and performance space. Greystone won a bid for the property at a Kings County foreclosure auction in October 2014 for $7.6 million. Greystone plans to restore the building’s façade and transform property into a townhouse-style condominium residence with ground-floor retails space. The second property, which sold for $13.5 million, is an adjoining vacant lot located at 225 Fourth Ave. Greystone plans to develop a mixed-use property on the site with approximately 68 rental units and 3,500 square feet of first-floor retail space. Additionally, the residential building will feature a fitness room, bike storage and roof deck.
NEW YORK CITY — Rosewood Realty Group has arranged the sale of an apartment building located at 2215 Newkirk Ave. in Brooklyn’s Flatbush neighborhood. The 117,564-square-foot property sold for $14.8 million, or 13 times its current rent roll. Built in 1927, the six-story building features 79 apartments. Aaron Jungreis of Rosewood represented the seller, 2215 Properties LLC, and David Berger, also of Rosewood, represented the buyer, Newkirk 2215 LLC, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has arranged the sale of a multifamily building located at 605 West 141st St. in the Hamilton Heights section of Manhattan. The 25-unit property sold for $12.3 million, or $492,000 per unit. The six-story elevator building is located within close proximity to the 1 train and the A, B, C and D lines. Yosef Katz of GFI Realty Services represented the seller, Madison Realty Capital, while Roni Abudi, also of GFI, represented the buyer, a local investor, in the transaction.
COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VA. — Oak Grove Capital has arranged the refinancing of two affordable housing properties in Colonial Heights totaling $19.5 million. The two assets, Colonial Ridge and Bermuda Run Apartments, total 292 units. Tim Leonhard of Oak Grove Capital arranged the fixed-rate, preservation loan through Freddie Mac on behalf of the unnamed borrower.
WINDERMERE, FLA. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged acquisition financing for Citra at Windermere, a 360-unit apartment community located at 11353 Citra Circle in Windermere. Greg Duvall of NorthMarq Capital has arranged the 10.5-year loan with five years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. Duvall arranged the Freddie Mac loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
