PORTLAND, ORE. – Johnson Capital has arranged a $2.4-million loan for Hawthorne 44, a new 27-unit live-work apartment community in Portland. The three-year, non-recourse loan was provided to the owner, an affiliate of Pathfinder Partners, LLC, by First Fidelity Bank. The loan was arranged by Richard Caterina, vice president of Johnson Capital’s San Diego office.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — St. Paul-based Oak Grove Capital has arranged a $437.8 million Fannie Mae DUS credit facility for Brookdale Senior Living. The 7-year loan, which is 75 percent-fixed rate and 25 percent variable rate, was used to refinance existing loans for 44 different properties totaling 4,145 units. The properties include assisted living, independent living, memory care and skilled nursing facilities in 13 states including Florida, California, Texas and Ohio.
MCKINNEY — Atlanta-based ARA has brokered the sale of The Chateau, a 202-unit senior living community in McKinney, to Holiday Retirement. The three-story community was built in 2006 and renovated in 2010. ARA’s Ryan Maconachy and Chad Lavender represented the seller, ES McKinney.
GOLDSBORO, N.C. — High Point, N.C.-based Blue Ridge Cos. has sold the 288-unit Reserve at Bradbury Place in Goldsboro to Greensboro, N.C.-based Brantley Properties for $25.3 million. Jordan McCarley of Southeast Apartment Partner's Charlotte, N.C., office and Daniel Eller of the firm's Raleigh/Durham, N.C., office represented both parties.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — ARA has arranged the sale of the 180-unit Boca Colony, located in the 2,000-acre Boca Del Mar PUD, a master planned community in Boca Raton, for an undisclosed price. Avery Klann, Hampton Beebe and Richard Donnellan of the firm's Boca Raton office represented Invesco Real Estate, the seller, in the transaction. The buyer was Bay Harbor Island, Fla.-based Atlantic | Pacific Cos.
CHICAGO — A joint venture between Wells Fargo & Co. and Related Cos. has acquired the 694-unit Parkway Gardens in Chicago, an affordable housing community that will subsequently undergo a $136 million renovation. Related Cos. is committing $40 million in physical, mechanical and structural upgrades, Wells Fargo is providing $36.5 million in equity and the Illinois Housing Development Authority is providing $59.5 million in bonds as well as credit enhancements from Fannie Mae. Related Cos.' Chicago office, Related Midwest, will oversee the renovations.
BISMARCK, N.D. — NorthMarq has arranged $11.31 in first-mortgage financing for the 167-unit Hawk Point Apartments, located at 4101 Montreal St. in Bismarck. The fully-amortized loan was arranged through AmeriSphere Mortgage Finance, a FHA mortgage lender.
DENVER – ARA has sold 217-unit The Foothills Apartment Homes in Denver to Aukum Management, LLC, for $15,650,000. The property was built in 1983 and was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. ARA Denver principals Doug Andrews, Jeff Hawks and Terrance Hunt, and senior vice president Shane Ozment represented the seller, a Woodland Hills, Calif.-based real estate company.
SAN DIEGO – A 26-unit, 19,400-square-foot apartment complex in El Cajon, Calif., has sold to LIREF, LLC for $2,417,000. The CBRE Apartment team of Merrick Matricardi, Jim Neil and Eric Comer represented LIREF. The seller, Betty T. Ma, represented herself in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — A defaulted mortgage note on two adjacent multifamily properties in New York City’s upper west side have been purchased for $7.8 million. The five-story walk-up apartment buildings are located at 132 and 134 W. 109th St. and are a combined 18,720 square feet. The buildings have recently received new roofs and refurbished hallways and corridors. Eastern Consolidated’s Eric Anton and Ronald Solarz represented the owner, a European bank, at the foreclosure sale. A private New York City family, under the corporate name West 109th Holdings, purchased the note. Steven Holm, an attorney with Holm & Drath, represented the family and John C. St. Jeanos, an attorney with Herrick, Feinstein, represented the seller in the transaction.