SAN ANTONIO — Transwestern’s Austin-based Multifamily Capital Markets Group has brokered the sale of the Springwood Apartments in San Antonio. Springwood, developed in 1984, is a 176-unit residential community that went through foreclosure in March 2012. The property is located at 1400 Gardina St. in the Northeast submarket. Jeff Rogers and Chris Stutzman of Transwestern represented the seller, Florida-based Ocwen. Calton Investments, a Texas-based multifamily investment firm, acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Approximately 80 percent of Springwood’s units recently received interior upgrades ranging between $3,000 and $5,000 per unit.
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HOUSTON —Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of White Oak Apartments, a 77-unit apartment building located at 2222 White Oak Drive in Houston. Juan Cuevas, an associate in Marcus & Millichap’s Houston office, marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a subsidiary of Brightside Properties. Greystar, the buyer, plans to demolish the existing building and build a new mid-rise apartment building.
LAKEWOOD, COLO. — The Radco Companies has acquired the 512-unit Parc Belmar apartment community in Lakewood for $95.3 million. The community is located at 7301 W. Ohio Ave. in the southwestern suburb of Denver. It sits adjacent to the Downtown Belmar district, a 22-block retail and entertainment destination. This is the largest multifamily transaction in Colorado so far this year, according to Radco. It is also the real estate opportunistic investment firm’s first acquisition in Colorado. Radco plans to reposition the property. The efforts would include renovating the 27,000-square-foot clubhouse and leasing center, as well as upgrading the unit interiors with high-end finishes. The company also plans to rebrand the property as Ashford Belmar. Radco’s portfolio now includes more than 6,500 multifamily units in five cities across the Southeast and the Midwest. This latest acquisition was financed through a mixture of Freddie Mac debt, preferred equity from the Related Companies and Radco’s own privately funded equity.
SALT LAKE CITY – A joint venture between Grey Oak LLC and Wasatch Advantage has acquired six parcels totaling 1.5 acres in Downtown Salt Lake City. The purchase price was not disclosed. The JV will use the land to develop Encore, a 189-unit apartment community. The new Class A community will be located on the north side of 400 South between Denver Street and 500 East. The transaction was executed by Mark Jensen and Greg Ratliff of Newmark Grubb ACRES. The seller was not named.
LOS ANGELES – The 25-unit G6 Apartments in Los Angeles has sold to a private investor for $3.9 million. The student housing facility is located at 1188 W. 36th Place, just one block from the University of Southern California’s (USC) main campus. It was built in 2009. The seller, G6 Apartments LLC, was represented by Ron Harris, Paul Darrow and Michael DiSimone of Marcus & Millichap’s Los Angeles office.
MANSFIELD, TEXAS — Hill & Wilkinson has been awarded the construction contract for Rochester Springs, a senior living facility to be built at the corner of Matlock Road and East Broad Street in Mansfield. Construction begins this month and is expected to be finished by June 2015. The 73,073-square-foot, two-story, $11.5 million Rochester Springs projectincludes 51 assisted living units and 44 memory care units. Pritchard Associates Inc. will serve as the construction manager for the project and 12 Oaks Management Services Inc. will be the facility’s operator.
LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles-based healthcare operator has received $9 million to refinance two local skilled nursing facilities. The facilities include a 99-bed nursing facility on Pico Boulevard near Koreatown and an 81-bed nursing facility on North Fairfax Avenue. The short-term financing retired the existing senior secured term loan. It also funded about $300,000 worth of planned capital improvements at both properties. The sponsor currently owns, operates or manages 20 healthcare centers throughout California. The loan was provided by Felix Gutnikov of Thorofare Capital.
WEST POINT, GA. — Batson-Cook Construction and its sister company Batson-Cook Development Co. have partnered with Principal Senior Living Group for a spate of new seniors housing facilities in the Southeast. The development team has delivered or is constructing seven facilities totaling $56 million and 275,000 square feet. The facilities, operating under the Benton House brand, are located in Douglassville, Ga.; Johns Creek, Ga.; Alpharetta, Ga.; Woodstock, Ga.; Brunswick, Ga.; Clermont, Fla.; and Bluffton, S.C. West Point-based Batson-Cook Construction is building the Benton Houses at approximately 40,000 square feet each, with each memory-care property housing 55 beds. The company also began a $1.8 million expansion to Benton House of Alpharetta in April.
EASTON AND ASHLAND, MASS. — Cushman & Wakefield’s Senior Housing Capital Markets group has arranged $48.2 million in senior construction financing and joint venture capital for the construction and development of two senior housing projects for LCB Senior Living. Situated approximately 30 miles south of Boston in Easton, The Residence at Five Corners will be an 84-unit, 90-bed senior living facility. Located in Ashland, The Residence at Valley Farm will be an 80-unit, 83-bed senior housing facility. Situated on Pond Road, the three-story, 72,000-square-foot building is located in a heavily trafficked retail corridor. Both projects will offer independent and assisted living, as well as memory care units. PNC Bank provided construction financing for the Easton project, while M&T Bank provided the construction financing for the Ashland project. An institutional investor provided the joint venture equity on both projects. Construction on both projects is slated to begin in June, with the properties opening in late summer/early fall 2015.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — QR Capital has acquired Hillwood Pointe Apartments, a 180-unit multifamily community in Nashville, for approximately $14.9 million. Atlanta-based QR Capital plans to invest $1.9 million in renovations in the next 12 months to the apartment community, which was built in 1997. The Kirkland Co. brokered the sale, and Trevor Ritter of Colliers International and Charlie Mentzer of Capital One Multifamily Finance arranged acquisition financing on behalf of QR Capital and it’s co-sponsor, Militello Capital.