WATERTOWN, MASS. — Wood Partners is constructing Alta at the Estate, a $40 million, 155-unit upscale apartment community on 11.6 acres in Watertown, a western suburb of Boston. The first units of the community are slated for delivery by late March. Designed by The Architectural Team, Alta at the Estate includes two four-story residential buildings and one two-story townhouse building. The clubhouse features a leasing office, clubroom, cyber-café and fitness center, along with private outdoor space that includes a pool, built-in grills and patio areas. The community features 81 one-bedroom units, 73 two-bedroom units and one three-bedroom unit as well as 256 parking spaces. All apartments will include vinyl plank flooring, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and tile floors in the bathrooms.
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HOUSTON — Developer Gables Residential has completed Gables Tanglewood, a 316-unit multifamily property in Houston’s Galleria submarket. The eight-story, concrete-frame building offers one- to three-bedroom apartments, as well as an amenity package that includes a swimming pool, fitness center, movie theater and internet lounge. Ground-level retail space totaling 22,000 square feet features restaurant Dish Society. Atlanta-based Gables Residential is seeking NGBS Silver certification for the project. Houston-based architect Ziegler Cooper designed Gables Tanglewood.
OCEANSIDE, CALIF. – The 240-unit Sunterra Apartment Homes in Oceanside has sold to Sunterra Apartments LLC (Benedict Canyon Equities) for $38.2 million. The community is located at 3851 Sherbourne Drive near State Route 78 in the San Diego submarket. It was built in 1974. The seller, Legacy Sunterra Apartments Partners LP, was represented by Stewart I. Weston, Christopher Zorbas and David Sperling of Institutional Property Advisors, and Michael Walseth of Marcus & Millichap.
DENVER – The 53-unit Governor’s Green apartment building in Denver has sold to a local private investment group for $7.6 million. The community is located at East 6th Ave. in the Governor’s Park area. The property was fully leased at the time of closing. The seller, a private, out-of-state investor, was represented by Justin Hunt, Andy Hellman and Robert Bratley of ARA.
MANSFIELD, TEXAS — Developer UDC Global will break ground in June on Rochester Springs Assisted Living and Memory Care, a seniors housing property in the Dallas/Fort Worth suburb of Mansfield. The $11.5 million facility, which will include 51 assisted living units and 44 memory care units, will occupy 73,073 square feet within the larger mixed-use campus located at the intersection of Matlock Road and East Broad Street. Dallas-based three: living architecture designed the project, which is slated for completion in June 2015.
LOUISVILLE, COLO. — AEW Capital Management has purchased the Balfour Senior Housing Portfolio for a reported $103.8 million. The portfolio features three Class A properties in Louisville that contain a total of 296 units. The Lodge, The Residences and the Balfour Retirement Community are situated on the east side of Colorado Highway 42 along Hecla Drive. The Lodge and The Residences are independent living communities, while the Balfour Retirement Community offers assisted living and skilled nursing. AEW acquired the property on behalf of AEW Senior Housing Investors II, L.P. Balfour was represented by HFF’s Ryan Maconachy, Chad Lavender and Campbell Roche. The team also arranged the acquisition financing for AEW through Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers. Balfour will continue to manage the community.
PORTLAND, ORE. – The 293-unit Russellville Park retirement community in Portland has received $49.3 million in financing. The senior housing community is located at 20 SE 103rd Ave. It contains 186 independent living, 91 assisted living and 16 memory care units. The average occupancy is 95 percent. Russellville Park features two buildings. Russellville East was built in 2004. The facility has undergone two major renovations, which added a new dining room, front lobby and wine bar. Russellville West was built in 2009. Russellville Park is managed and partially owned by Leisure Care Retirement Communities. The 10-year, fixed-rate loan contains a 30-year amortization schedule and a 75 percent loan-to-value ratio. It was arranged by Heidi Brunet of Berkadia’s Seniors Housing and Healthcare group.
MARIETTA, GA. — The Connor Group has purchased Parkside at Town Center, a 234-unit luxury apartment community in Marietta, a northern suburb of Atlanta, for $27.2 million. The asset is located just north of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. The Connor Group purchased the community from Sterling Parkside Apartments NF LLC. The acquisition is The Connor Group’s fifth transaction in Atlanta in the past 12 months — the previous four were property sales.
MIAMI — CBRE has arranged a $31 million refinancing loan for the River Oak Apartments, a 199-unit multifamily property located along the Miami River at 1951 N.W. S. River Drive in Miami. The apartment community was built in 2011, and its amenity package features a riverwalk, theater, business center, fitness center, pool and spa, clubroom, gated access with a 24-hour surveillance system and covered parking with controlled access. Charles Foschini, Christopher Apone, Christian Lee, Robert Given and Gerard Yetming of CBRE arranged the 10-year loan through Redwood Commercial Mortgage Co., a division of California-based Redwood Trust, on behalf of the borrower, AP SC River Oaks LLC.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Multi Housing Advisors (MHA) has brokered the $12 million sale of Hidden Creek, a 200-unit apartment community located at 2038 Quail Forest Drive in north Raleigh. The apartment complex, built in 1980, includes a business center, fitness center, playground, swimming pool and laundry facilities. Marc Robinson and Jordan McCarley of MHA’s Charlotte, N.C., office represented the seller, AB Merion Hidden Creek LLC, an affiliate of Merion Realty Partners, in the transaction. The buyer was FortCap Chatsworth LLC, an affiliate of Virginia Beach, Va.-based FortCap Partners. MHA was the sole brokerage firm in the transaction.