GAINESVILLE, GA. — Global Real Estate Advisors (GREA) has brokered the $9.1 million sale of Cielo at Lanier Apartments, a multifamily community located at 3656 Browns Bridge Road in Gainesville, roughly 50 miles northeast of Atlanta. Built in 1985, the property features 66 units in one- and two-bedroom layouts. Taylor Brown and John A. Topping Jr. of GREA represented the seller, Zavala Capital, in the transaction. Ryan Haase of Magnitude CRE Capital Advisory acquired the property and plans to continue interior renovations.
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MADISON, WIS. — Berkadia has provided a $29 million Freddie Mac loan for the acquisition of Country Meadows, a 466-unit multifamily property in Madison. Located at 6840 Schroeder Road and built in 1972, the garden-style community features amenities such as a pool, sun deck and two tennis courts. Jason Bond and Joel Kirstein of Berkadia structured the 10-year loan on behalf of the borrower, Illinois-based Bender Cos.
Pizzuti Cos. Breaks Ground on 19-Story Coppia Multifamily High-Rise in Chicago’s West Loop
by John Nelson
CHICAGO — The Pizzuti Cos., a private real estate development and management firm based in Columbus, Ohio, has broken ground on Coppia, a 19-story high-rise apartment tower in Chicago. The 298-unit community will be located at 1101 Van Buren St., which is situated at the southern end of Aberdeen Street in the city’s West Loop district. Pizzuti expects to complete Coppia in 2024. The property will sit across from a Target store and next to Chicago Transit Authority’s Racine Avenue Blue Line Station, as well as three blocks west of I-90. Future residents will be near Chicago’s Fulton Market District, the Greektown neighborhood and Illinois Medical District. The name Coppia is Italian for “couple,” which Pizzuti says was inspired by the project having both a transit-oriented setting and the design of the façade, which features geometric figures split by contrasting glass patterns. The design-build team includes architect Goettsch Partners, general contractor Power Construction and property management firm Village Green. The community will feature studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units with floor-to-ceiling glass and high-end finishes. Coppia will also include penthouses on the top levels, as well as ground-level retail space and contemporary art installations. Coppia’s resort-style amenities will include a …
By Colin Grayson, Lument If you consider multifamily real estate assets to be a good investment, you are in good company. At mid-year, asset managers and private equity firms alone held an estimated $325 billion of levered dry powder set aside for this purpose, enough cash to finance nearly every acquisition closed in the United States in 2021, the highest investment sales volume on record. Despite nearly unanimous support for the asset class, however, multifamily transaction volume in the third quarter slumped year-over-year for the first time since the peak of the pandemic. The mainspring was a sharp rise in mortgage financing costs triggered by high inflation and the Federal Reserve’s commitment to raising rates to bring it under control. Generic rates for 65 percent loan-to-value (LTV) first mortgage debt stood on 5.71 percent at the end of November, representing an increase of 248 basis points since the beginning of the year. Even as financing costs soared, asset pricing changed very little. Initial net cash flow yields of transactions closed in the third quarter of 2022 averaged only 4.6 percent, according to Real Capital Analytics, an increase of 10 basis points from second-quarter 2022 levels. At the same time, cap …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Seattle-based investment firm Security Properties has acquired Brightleaf at Lakeline, a 304-unit apartment complex in North Austin. Completed in 2022, Brightleaf at Lakeline consists of three buildings that house one- and two-bedroom units on a 12.3-acre site. Residences average 880 square feet and are furnished with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, clubhouse, business lounge, outdoor grilling and dining areas and a pet park. San Antonio-based multifamily owner-operator Embrey sold the property for an undisclosed price.
WACO, TEXAS — Greystone has arranged a $30 million loan for the refinancing of The Delaney at Waco, a 169-unit seniors housing property. The community offers independent living, assisted living and memory care services. Tyler Armstrong of Greystone originated the financing, which was structured with a floating interest rate, seven-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule. The borrower was Iowa-based owner-operator Life Care Services. An undisclosed bank provided the loan.
ST. PETERS, MO. — Northmarq has arranged the $70 million sale of Bold on Blvd, a 272-unit luxury apartment complex in the St. Louis suburb of St. Peters. Built in 2022, the property is located at 1100 St. Peters Centre Blvd. The community was roughly 80 percent leased at the time of sale. Parker Stewart, Dominic Martinez and Alex Malzone of Northmarq represented the seller, TWG Development. A private New Jersey-based firm was the buyer. David Garfinkel led a Northmarq team that arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer.
CHICAGO — Kiser Group has brokered the sale of a five-building multifamily portfolio in Chicago for $23 million. The 198 units are located within the West Rogers Park, Bowmanville and Budlong Woods neighborhoods and are largely vacant. Danny Logarakis of Kiser brokered the sale. The seller was a private individual that had owned the properties for more than 40 years. The buyers, Sam Trachtman and Stak Holdings LLC, plan to renovate the kitchens, bathrooms and common areas.
PHOENIX AND GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Tides Equities has purchased three multifamily properties in Phoenix and Glendale from Denver-based PaulsCorp for an undisclosed price. The portfolio includes 445 studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Constructed in 1985 and 1986, the communities were each at least 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. The portfolio includes: The Perry, a 148-unit property at 6231 N. 67th Ave. in Glendale Serena Park, a 141-unit community at 8546 N. 59th Ave. in Glendale Red Sage, a 156-unit asset at 5704 W. Thomas Road in Phoenix Brad Cooke, Cindy Cooke, Matt Roach and Chris Roach of Colliers Arizona handled the transaction.
OGDEN, UTAH — Greystone has arranged a $22.5 million loan to refinance debt on TREEO South Ogden, a seniors housing community in Ogden, approximately 30 miles north of Salt Lake City. Tyler Armstrong, managing director at Greystone, placed the bank loan for Leisure Care, which owns the 143-unit independent living community. The regional bank loan was executed as a floating-rate financing carrying a five-year term and 30-year amortization. The loan featured 12 months of interest-only payments and a mid-200 basis points loan spread.