LOS ANGELES – An eight-unit apartment building in Los Angeles has sold to the Norman Green Trust for $1.7 million. The community is located at 12757 Mitchell Ave. in the Mar Vista submarket. The 1031 exchange buyer was represented by Manual Galvan of Chris Walker Realty. The seller, a local, private individual, was represented by Michel Hibbert of Charles Dunn Company.
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SPANISH FORT, ALA. — Rock Apartment Advisors, a Birmingham, Ala.-based subsidiary of Harbert Realty Services, has arranged the sale of The Vinings at Spanish Fort, a 240-unit, Class A apartment community. The property, located in Spanish Fort in the Eastern Shore submarket of Mobile, sold for approximately $22.1 million. Bo Furry of Rock Apartment Advisors represented the seller, New York-based Somerset Partners LLC, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — The Manhattan office of Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC has originated $37.1 million in bridge financing for three multifamily properties in Brooklyn. Stewart Campbell, senior vice president at Berkadia, arranged both loans through Berkadia’s proprietary bridge lending program. Campbell worked with borrower 97 Grand Avenue LLC to secure $25 million for the acquisition of two multifamily buildings under development located at 96 Steuben St. and 97 Grand Ave. in the Clinton Hill neighborhood. The two-year loan features a floating, 6 percent interest rate and interest-only payments. In addition to the acquisition, the proceeds from the loan will also fund the remaining construction and lease-up of both buildings. Campbell also arranged $12.1 million in interim financing for a mixed-use property located at 70-78 Willoughby St. The two-year, floating-rate loan features a 4.5 percent interest rate and interest-only payments. The borrower, Metrotech BH Holdings LLC, will use the loan to fund the redevelopment of a commercial and retail building into a mixed-use property featuring rental units and retail space.
CIBOLO, TEXAS — Developer WholeLife Traditions has received a $55 million tax-exempt bond from the Bexar County Commission for a new active adult living community in Cibolo, a suburb of San Antonio approximately 20 miles northeast of downtown. Samarian Housing, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, will own the 154-unit development. Plans include landscaping, sidewalks and streetlights to create the feel of a neighborhood, as well as a WholeLife club facility for gatherings, events, a fitness center, pool and game room.
LOS ANGELES – An eight-unit apartment building in Los Angeles has sold to the Norman Green Trust for $1.7 million. The community is located at 12757 Mitchell Ave. in the Mar Vista submarket. The 1031 exchange buyer was represented by Manual Galvan of Chris Walker Realty. The seller, a local, private individual, was represented by Michel Hibbert of Charles Dunn Company.
CUMMING, GA. — Prudential Mortgage Capital Co. has provided a $25.3 million Fannie Mae loan for Preston Pointe at Windmere, a 346-unit apartment community in Cumming. The apartment community is in the Alpharetta/Cumming submarket and is located near the Windermere Golf Club. Brian Salyards of Prudential’s Boston office arranged the seven-year loan with a fixed interest rate for Milestone Apartments REIT.
THE COLONY, TEXAS — ARA has brokered the sale of Bristol Oaks, a 304-unit, Class A multifamily property in The Colony, a suburb of Dallas approximately 25 miles north of downtown. The community, which includes one-, two- and three-bedroom units plus amenities such as a putting green, playground area and resort-style pool, was 93.5 percent occupied at the time of the sale. Built in 1998, the property is located at 4777 Memorial Drive. Brian O’Boyle Sr., Brian O’Boyle Jr. and Brian Murphy of ARA marketed the asset on behalf of the seller, The Pinnacle Family of Companies. Cortland Partners, an Atlanta-based real estate investment firm, purchased Bristol Oaks.
HOUSTON — National apartment developer and operator Mill Creek Residential plans to break ground on Premier Medical Center, a 265-unit multifamily property within the Texas Medical Center (TMC) complex, in the next month. The studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments will be built around a concrete parking garage and offer easy access to the MD Anderson Cancer Center and the 51 other medical, academic and research institutions within the TMC, which employ more than 92,000 people. The first move-ins at Premier are expected in April 2015. Mill Creek Residential currently has two other multifamily communities under construction in Houston, Sola Uptown River Oaks and Astor Tanglewood.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — A partnership formed by Alliance Residential has purchased a 5.4-acre multifamily development site in Scottsdale for $18.5 million. The site is located at 75th Street and Stetson Drive in the city’s downtown region. It is approved for 316 units. Alliance hopes to break ground on the new multifamily project later this year. The seller, Equity Partners Group, was represented by David Fogler and Steven Nicoluzakis of Cassidy Turley Arizona’s Multi-Family Investment Group, and Don Arones of Cassidy Turley’s Office Group. Equity Partners Group is a division of Triyar Companies.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Washington, D.C.-based Greysteel has arranged the sale of Spring Valley Flats, a six-building, 28-unit apartment community located in Spring Valley, an upscale neighborhood in Washington, D.C. The asset, located at 4000-4013 47th St. N.W., sold for approximately $7.6 million. Ari Firoozabadi, Kyle Tangney, John Mullen, Caleb Brown, Lance Ahmadian and Mike Bediones of Greysteel represented the sellers, Urban Investment Partners and Stonebridge Investments, in the transaction. The buyer was 47th Street LLC.