MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the sale of eight multifamily properties in the South Beach section of Miami Beach totaling approximately $22.2 million. Boardwalk Properties FL LLC purchased the 113-unit, 69,583-square-foot portfolio from Pepis Corp., Erogol Corp. and Nanshar Corp. The properties are located at 705 Lenox Ave.; 762 Lenox Ave.; 710 Meridian Ave.; 825 Alton Road; 1501-1521 Michigan Ave.; 1600 West Ave.; and 1606 West Ave. Calum Weaver led the CBRE team in representing the sellers in the transaction. Neil Rollnick of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP provided legal representation for the sellers, and Marc Kleiner of Kleiner Law Group provided legal representation for Boardwalk Properties FL LLC.
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CHICAGO — Essex Realty Group has brokered the $11.5 million sale of a 46-unit apartment building in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood. The newly constructed property is located at 2601-2615 W. Belmont Ave. The building consists of two- and three-bedroom duplex apartments ranging from 1,040 to 2,109 square feet. The property also includes an underground parking garage with approximately 49 spaces. Matt Welke and Jason Fishleder were the brokers in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has brokered the sale of 529 East 235th Street, a seven-story apartment building located in the Woodlawn section of the Bronx. The 53-unit apartment building sold for $9.3 million or $175,000 per unit. Josh Orlander and Aron Taub of GFI brokered the transaction for both parties. Constructed in 1938, the property is located within close proximity to Woodlawn Metro-North train station, the 233rd Street subway station and Van Cortlandt Park.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of three multifamily properties totaling 295 units in Corpus Christi. The complexes include the 96-unit Woodlake Apartments at 1901 Rodd Field Road; the 89-unit Bluff Manor Apartments at 2360 Waldron Road; and the 110-unit Country Estate Apartments at 3720 Brookside Drive. Jeff Smith of Marcus & Millichap marketed the assets on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company, and also procured the buyer, another limited liability company.
DENVER – A joint venture between Griffis Residential and PCCP LLC has acquired the 288-unit City Lights apartments in Denver for $40.8 million. The Class A community is located at 325 N. Sable Blvd. in the Aurora submarket, near the Fitzsimons Medical Campus. The apartment complex has been renamed Griffis Fitzsimons South. Griffis will also manage the community. This is the joint venture’s fifth transaction.
BAL HARBOUR, FLA. — A group of banks led by HSBC Holdings PLC has provided a $332 million loan to Consultatio, an Argentine development firm led by Eduardo Costantini. The loan will be used to finance the construction of Oceana Bal Harbour, a 28-story, 240-unit luxury residential tower at 10201 Collins Ave. in Bal Harbour, a village community 12 miles northeast of Miami. The tower is slated for a 2016 completion. Units at Oceana Bal Harbour are selling at an average price of $1,875 per square foot with prices ranging from $3 million to $30 million. Total sales are projected to be in the $1.2 billion to $1.3 billion range. Amenities of the new community will include underground parking, a private poolside restaurant, lap pool and leisure pool with cabanas, movie theater, children’s playroom, fitness center, 24-hour concierge, two tennis courts and a wine cellar.
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Arbor Commercial Funding LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arbor Commercial Mortgage LLC, has funded 13 loans totaling $43.7 million for multifamily communities in the Southeast. Stephen York of Arbor’s New York City office originated all of the loans, several of which were Fannie Mae loans. The financing included: · a three-year, $10.8 million acquisition loan for a 392-unit unnamed community in Montgomery, Ala. · a seven-year, $7.9 million acquisition loan for the 344-unit Sunrise Point Apartments in Birmingham, Ala. · a two-year, $4.6 million acquisition loan for an unnamed 172-unit property in Gainesville, Fla. · a 10-year, $2.1 million loan for the 48-unit 1720 Cleveland Street Apartments in Hollywood, Fla. · a 12-year, $2 million loan for the 30-unit Gardens at Stirling Apartments in Davie, Fla. · a 30-year, $1.4 million refinance loan for the 64-unit Winter Garden Apartments in Winter Garden, Fla. · a seven-year, $3.5 million loan for the 150-unit Keystone Landing Apartments in Memphis, Tenn. · a 10-year, $3.4 million refinance loan for the 58-unit Hearthstone Apartments in Blacksburg, Va. · a 10-year, $2.7 million loan for the 56-unit Colonial Point Apartments in Gloucester, Va. · a 10-year, $1.8 million refinance loan for …
EVANSTSON, ILL. — Sperry Van Ness has arranged the sale of 26 of 49 bulk condominium units in Evanston, a northern suburb of Chicago. The 26 units, which total 37,310 square feet, sold for $7.25 million. The condominium property is located at 1228 Emerson St. Jim Sears of Sperry Van Ness represented the seller, Bluewater Group. Reid Bennett also of Sperry Van Ness represented the undisclosed buyer.
CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $1.9 million sale of a 49-unit apartment property in Chicago. The property is located at 4408-4414 S. Drexel Blvd. The building consists of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartment units. Greg Gonzalez of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor as well as the buyer, a limited partnership.
NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has arranged $58.6 million in acquisition financing for a multifamily property located in Manhattan’s Financial District. The borrower, San Francisco-based Carmel Partners, acquired 15 Cliff Street, an apartment building with 156 units and ground-floor retail space. The seven-year mortgage, which was provided by a regional balance sheet lender, features an interest-only component and a floating rate that was swapped to a fixed rate for a portion of the term. Aaron Birnbaum of Meridian’s New York office and Seth Grossman of the company’s Carlsbad, Calif., office negotiated the transaction.