ATLANTA — Novare Group, Batson-Cook Development Co. and Ackerman & Co. have broken ground on SkyHouse Buckhead, a $72 million luxury apartment building. The 26-story SkyHouse Buckhead, located on Stratford Road just off Peachtree Road, will include 362 one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The high-rise building will be connected to the Buckhead Marta station. SkyHouse Buckhead will feature a clubroom, fitness area and outdoor plazas with an infinity swimming pool and fireplaces. The property is the eighth SkyHouse branded project for the team and its third in Atlanta, following SkyHouse Midtown and SkyHouse South. The building is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2015.
Multifamily
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Tampa, Fla.-based Blue Rock Partners LLC, in a partnership with Konover South LLC, purchased a 512-unit multifamily portfolio in Fort Myers from IMT for approximately $28.2 million. The portfolio includes two communities: Reflections located at 3891 Solomon Blvd. and The Place at Summerlin located at 4757 Barkley Circle. The properties will be rebranded as The Park at Veneto and The Park at Murano, respectively. Blue Rock and Konover South plan to invest $4.3 million to renovate the two properties. Hampton Beebe of ARA brokered the transaction, and Ares provided acquisition financing. The communities were 95 percent occupied at the time of the sale.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Hendricks-Berkadia Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sales of three apartment communities in Alabama totaling $14.6 million. The communities include the 180-unit Chadwick Place in Huntsville, the 160-unit Alpine Village in Hoover and the 27-unit Medford Manor in Fairfield. Dexter, Mo.-based Southeast Holdings purchased Chadwick Place from The Hallmark Cos. of Atlanta for $7.5 million. David Oakley, Hal Warren, Cole Whitaker and Jason Stanton of Hendricks-Berkadia represented The Hallmark Cos. of Atlanta in the transaction. Oakley also represented the seller, Birmingham-based Ruffner Mountain Management in the sale of Alpine Village. Hackensack, N.J.-based Cofinance Inc. purchased the community for $6.5 million while also assuming the existing Fannie Mae loan. David Etchison and Josh Jacobs of Hendricks-Berkadia represented a California-based seller in the sale of Medford Manor. In 2013 alone, the Alabama office of Hendricks-Berkadia brokered the sale of 39 communities spanning more than 9,050 units for approximately $510 million.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $2.4 million loan for the acquisition of Dryden Apartments, a 48-unit multifamily property in Arlington Heights, a suburb of Chicago. Dean Giannakopoulos, a director in MMCC’s Chicago office, arranged the 30-year, self-amortizing loan, which carries a 3.56 percent interest rate.
INDIANAPOLIS — Tikijian Associates has arranged the sale of Orchard Apartments, a 378-unit apartment community located in Indianapolis. Tikijian Associates represented the seller, a New York-based private real estate investment group. The seller acquired the property from its lender in 2011 and completed needed repairs to stabilize property operations before listing it for sale. Herman & Kittle Properties Inc., an Indianapolis-based real estate owner and developer, purchased the property. The new owner renamed the property The Landings at 56th Street and plans to spend approximately $1.5 million on capital improvements to further improve operations. Improvements include clubhouse and property common area amenity enhancements and upgrades of kitchens and bathrooms. Merchants Bank provided the financing for the acquisition.
WATERBURY, CONN. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged an $8.6 million loan for the refinancing of Scott Gardens & PR Scott Apartments, a 276-unit multifamily property located at Stonefield Drive in Waterbury. The 10-year loan includes one-year of interest only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. NorthMarq arranged the loan for the borrower, Scott Gardens LLC & P. R. Scott LLC through Freddie Mac.
EAST ORANGE, N.J. — Gebroe-Hammer Associates has arranged the $4.7 million sale of a two-property, 74-unit multifamily package in East Orange. The buildings are located at 112 Lincoln St. and 444-450 Prospect St. and include a mix of one- and two-bedroom units. Both properties feature on-site laundry facilities and parking, with 20 garages available to tenants at the Prospect Street property.David Oropeza, managing director, and Stephen Tragash, vice president of Gebroe-Hammer Associates represented the seller while Nicholas Nicolaou, vice president at the firm, procured the buyer.
HOUSTON — The project team of Simpson Housing LLLP, Novare Group, Batson-Cook Development Co. and Peter Dienna will break ground in February on SkyHouse River Oaks, a 352-unit high-rise multifamily community in the River Oaks neighborhood of Houston. The 25-story property will offer one- and two-bedroom apartments, as well as amenities such as two swimming pools, a club room, fitness center and outdoor kitchen. Completion for the building, designed for Energy Star certification, is slated for the first quarter of 2015. Simpson Housing, Novare and Batson-Cook are partnering in development; Simpson Housing is serving as owner and operator; Batson-Cook is acting as general contractor; and Peter Dienna is working as project manager. JP Morgan is providing construction financing, and Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart is serving as architect.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Resmark Land and Housing, a division of The Resmark Cos., and Madison Homes have teamed up to develop 69 luxury condominiums at 1745 and 1755 N St. N.W. in Washington, D.C.'s Dupont Circle neighborhood. The affluent neighborhood is located less than one mile from the White House and many international embassies. The District of Columbia Historic Preservation Review Board recently approved the plans for the project. The developers plan to convert some of the existing four- and five-story historic row homes to 31 condominium units. The developers also plan to building a seven-story building at 1755 N St. with 38 condominium units. The project team includes architect PGN Architects, based in Washington, D.C. Resmark and Madison Homes plan to begin construction in the summer and deliver the units in late 2015.
ST. LOUIS — Michael Hanrahan and Paul Hilton, senior managing directors at Cassidy Turley, have been selected to market the historic 718,660-square-foot Butler Brothers building located at 1717 Olive St. in the Central Business District of St. Louis. A preliminary redevelopment plan for the building includes 342 multifamily units with 397 garage parking spaces and two retail spaces. Plans also feature an additional two-story, 71,277-square-foot penthouse. The property, built in 1906 and designed by Muarhan, Russell & Gasden, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is presently approved for state and federal historic tax credits to support redevelopment costs.