SAN MATEO, CALIF. – The 45-unit Mariner’s West apartments in San Mateo has sold to a private family LLC in a 1031 exchange for $16.4 million. The community is located at 730 Mariner’s Island Blvd. and 735 Fathom Drive. It was built in 1979. Major employers in the area include Oracle, Visa, Sony Computer Entertainment, Life Technologies, Gilead Sciences and Electronic Arts. Adam Levin and Eric Katz of Marcus & Millichap’s Palo Alto office represented both the buyer and the seller, a private equity firm, in this transaction.
Multifamily
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $4.1 million in refinancing for Woodview Apartments, a 208-unit multifamily community in Charlotte. Bill Matone of NorthMarq’s Charlotte office arranged the 10-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule through a Fannie Mae DUS lender.
NEW YORK CITY — New York-based HAP Investments is breaking ground for the development of HAP 5, a residential building at 329 Pleasant Ave. in East Harlem. Designed by Karim Rashid, the eight-story building will offer 20 apartment units. The project is located near City University of New York’s Hunter College Silberman School of Social Work and popular commercial, retail and entertainment stores, including Manhattan’s biggest shopping mall. HAP Investments has been very active in Upper Manhattan and East Harlem with a variety of properties; most recently, the company entered into a contract to purchase a development site at Journal Square in Jersey City, N.J.
SPRING BRANCH, TEXAS — LMI Capital has arranged a $6.8 million loan for the refinancing of a 300-unit, Class C multifamily property in the Houston suburb of Spring Branch. The partial-recourse loan includes flexible prepayment options, no reserves and a fixed interest rate of 3 percent. Jamie Mullin of LMI Capital worked on behalf of the unnamed borrower to arrange the loan through a regional bank.
HORSHAM, PA. — Berkadia Commercial Mortgage has arranged $146 million for a 19-property portfolio of seniors housing properties located across 10 states. The borrower, Brookdale Senior Living, received a seven-year, fixed-rate loan that will be used to refinance the properties. The financing features a 4.76 percent interest rate and 60 percent loan-to-value ratio, as well as a 30-year amortization schedule. Additionally, as the first-ever Freddie Mac Seniors Housing Early Index Lock transaction, the loan provides protection against potential increases in interest rates. The Early Index Lock program allows borrowers to lock the Index up to 90 days before closing to hopefully eliminate any risk associated with the Index; however, borrowers cannot lock the spread, which will continue to fluctuate until it is locked before closing.The properties refinanced under the loan are located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington. Combined the 90-percent occupied properties offer 1,170 units: 770 assisted living units, 205 memory care units and 195 independent living units. Christopher Fenton and Heidi Brunet of Berkadia’s Seniors Housing and Healthcare group secured the financing.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILL. — The LaSalle Group will break ground on a 30,000-square-foot memory care facility in Arlington Heights, a suburb of Chicago. The $12 million property will be located at 1625 S. Arlington Heights Road. Autumn Leaves of Arlington Heights will provide specialized care to nearly 50 residents living with Alzheimer’s, dementia or memory impairment. The facility is The LaSalle Group’s ninth memory care community in the Chicago area.
WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. — Sterling Properties has opened the first building, featuring 27 apartment units, at RiverBend East at Wappingers Falls, a multifamily community in Wappingers Falls. Located minutes from the original RiverBend at Wappingers Falls, the property will offer 54 one- and two-bedroom apartments featuring nine-foot ceilings, designer kitchens, ceramic bathrooms, one-car garages, balconies and an in-unit washer/dryer. Additionally, the community will feature a clubroom, fitness studio and an outdoor pool.
WESTWOOD, N.J. — Gebroe-Hammer Associates has arranged the $4.3 million sale of a two-building multifamily community in Westwood. Located at 542-544 Fourth Ave., the three-story, 27-unit complex offers a mix of apartments, including one studio, 23 one-bedroom and three two-bedroom layouts. The property traded for approximately $160,000 per unit. Ken Uranowitz, Greg Pine and Nicholas Nicolaou of Gebroe-Hammer represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was also not disclosed.
HOUSTON — CBRE has brokered the sale of Gessner Estates, a 659-unit apartment property in Houston. The community offers one- and two-bedroom apartments in flat and townhome formats, as well as amenities including three swimming pools, a clubhouse, business center and picnic area. Located at 8701 Town Park Drive, the complex is in proximity to the city’s Westchase district and the major thoroughfares of Beltway 8, State Highway 59 and the Westpark Tollway. Ryan Epstein of CBRE represented the seller, RB Associates LLC, in the transaction. Phoenix-based investment firm Jevan Capital PLLC, in association with Comunidad Realty Partners, purchased the asset.
ATLANTA — Crescent Communities has begun pre-leasing Crescent Terminus, a 355-unit luxury apartment tower in the mixed-use Terminus development in Buckhead. Crescent Terminus will include rooftop terraces, an outdoor kitchen with a fire pit and grilling stations, zero-edge saltwater pool, pet park, Starbucks Coffee kiosk, fitness center, yoga room and demonstration kitchen. The development is being financed through an equity investment from Crescent Communities and construction financing from JPMorgan Chase & Co. The project team includes architect Lord Aeck Sargent, interior designer Vignette Interiors, landscape architect LandDesign and civil engineer Kimley-Horn. The multifamily property, which is Crescent’s first community in Atlanta, is set to open in June.