DES PLAINES, ILL. — CP Capital US has sold The Monarch, a 236-unit apartment complex in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines. The buyer and purchase price were not disclosed. CP Capital completed The Monarch in 2020 and sold it fully leased. Amenities include a fitness center, pool, yoga studio, parking garage, game room, pet spa, dog park and clubhouse. The community is situated adjacent to Forest Preserves of Cook County, which offers numerous outdoor recreational activities and a network of hiking and biking trails.
DETROIT — Greatwater Opportunity Capital has unveiled plans to develop a $14 million affordable housing community in Midtown Detroit. The project marks Greatwater’s first-ever new-construction development. For the past 10 years, the firm has been renovating buildings in Detroit to restore housing and preserve affordability. The new development will be located at 3740 2nd Ave. and will feature 33 studios and 24 one-bedroom units along with first-floor commercial space and secure parking. Through the city’s NEZ property tax abatement, 20 percent of the units will be designated for residents earning up to 80 percent of the area median income. Completion is slated for spring 2025. Greatwater leveraged Opportunity Zone funds and financing from Diversified Members Credit Union for the project. McIntosh Poris is the architect, and the Monahan Co. is the general contractor.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Colliers Mortgage has provided a $10.8 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of The View on Grant, an 86-unit apartment complex in Columbus. The property, situated in the Discovery District, is an adaptive reuse of a former five-story steel pressing factory. The community features a public café and a 43-space, automatic stacked parking garage. Zach Shope of Colliers originated the 10-year loan on behalf of the borrower, VOG Owner LLC.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — The Wolff Co. has completed the disposition of Aiya, an apartment property in Gilbert. Olympus Property acquired the asset for $112 million, or $311,11 per unit. Built in 2022 on 16 acres, Aiya features 360 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with high ceilings, oversized windows and washers/dryers. Community amenities include electric vehicle charging stations, a swimming pool and spa, a conference room, private offices and a community kitchen with an espresso bar. Steve Gebing and Cliff David of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal. Additionally, Brain Eisendeath, Cameron Chalfant and Jake Vitta of IPA Capital Markets arranged acquisition financing for the buyer.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) Capital Markets, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged $62.1 million in acquisition financing for DUO Apartments, a multifamily property in San Jose. Built in 2020 on 4.6 acres, DUO Apartments features 301 residences and is 11 miles from downtown San Jose. Brian Eisendrath, Cameron Chalfant and Jake Vitta of IPA Capital Markets originated the financing on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. IPA’s Salvatore Saglimbeni, Stanford Jones and Philip Saglimbeni brokered the sale of the leasehold interest. The 10-year, interest-only, government-sponsored loan is fixed at a 5.37 percent rate and features a 65 percent loan-to-value ratio.
COLLEGE PARK, MD. — Core Spaces has opened Hub College Park, a 475-bed student housing community located near the University of Maryland campus in College Park. The 239,542-square-foot property offers 161 fully furnished units in studio through five-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities include a fitness center, spa and sauna, coworking spaces, private study lounges, rooftop swimming pool and a coffee shop. Studio K Creative designed the interior of the property alongside Core’s in-house design team. Antunovich Associates served as the architect and Treehouse Builders was the general contractor for the development. Core’s in-house management team is managing the community, which opened ahead of the 2023-2024 academic year.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — Capstone Development Partners and Boaz Ventures plan to break ground on a $60 million student housing property adjacent to University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH) in October. Located at 4315 Holmes Ave. NW near the UAH Campus Recreation Center, the community, dubbed Nexus on Holmes, will be a four-story, 249-unit property with a mix of one-, two- and four-bedroom apartments. Capstone and Boaz are envisioning the 239,000-square-foot residential property to house undergraduate and graduate students, as well as UAH staff. Amenities will include two courtyards, an outdoor pool, grilling area, community kitchen, TV lounge, multi-purpose room and quiet study lounges. The design-build team includes general contractor Fite Building Co. and architect Williams Blackstock Architects. The project is situated within a designated opportunity zone, and OPAL Investments (a for-profit subsidiary of Opportunity Alabama) is the lead equity investor. Capstone and Boaz plan to open Nexus on Holmes in summer 2025.
GARLAND, TEXAS — Dallas-based Anthem Development has broken ground on Lofts iThirty, a 340-unit multifamily project in Garland, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. The community will consist of five four-story buildings with two pools, two fitness centers, a pet park, coffee bar, game room and outdoor kitchens. Construction is set to be complete in 2025. Los Angeles-based Nova Capital arranged $63 million in construction financing through Bank OZK for the project. Nova Capital also secured an undisclosed, institutional investment firm as the joint venture equity partner.
DALLAS — Locally based general contractor KWA Construction has topped out Lyle, a 334-unit multifamily project located in North Dallas. Dallas-based GFF Architects designed the project, and a joint venture between Equity Residential and Toll Brothers is the developer. Lyle will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, coworking spaces, a pet spa, game room and Zen courtyards, as well as a 475-space parking garage. Completion is slated for November 2024.
ST. LOUIS — Berkadia has negotiated the sale of Majestic Stove Lofts, a 120-unit multifamily property in St. Louis. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 2017 Washington Ave. and built in 2006, the community was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. Andrea Kendrick, Ken Aston and Bobby Mills of Berkadia represented the seller, St. Louis-based Regency Realty Co. LLC. The asset sold to a California-based buyer.