Multifamily

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PHOENIX — Hubbard Street Group and Cresset Real Estate Partners, as capital partner, have broken ground on Skye on 6th, an apartment property located on the southeast corner of Sixth and Garfield streets in Phoenix. Slated for completion in summer 2023, the 26-story Skye on 6th will feature 309 apartments in a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units, as well as penthouses on the top residential floor. Community amenities include a pool deck with cabanas, fitness center, yoga studio, steam room and sauna, a co-working area, an outdoor terrace, a dog run, party room, chef’s grade kitchen for entertainers, package storage room, bicycle storage, indoor parking and storage lockers. The project will also feature approximately 6,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The project team includes Shepley Bulfinch as architect and Clayco as general contractor.

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LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Holland Partner Group and architecture firm MVE + Partners have completed Volta on Pine, a 285,415-square-foot, mixed-use, infill development in downtown Long Beach. Located at 635 Pine Ave., Volta on Pine features 271 apartments, 1,300 square feet of ground-floor retail space, subterranean parking and extensive sidewalk space. Residential units range from 629 square feet to 1,400 square feet in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Eleven apartments are dedicated as median-income affordable housing. Apartments include custom-finish packages, keyless entry, Nest thermostats, LED-lit vanity mirrors, soft-close drawers and cabinets, in-home washers/dryers, high-end kitchen counters and appliances, solar mesh roller shades, soaking tubs, and large balconies and windows. Community amenities include a rooftop terrace and sky lounge, fitness center, swimming pool with sun deck, hot tub, outdoor grills and firepits, parcel lockers, electric vehicle charging stations, bike storage and three levels of subterranean parking offering a total of 341 parking stalls. LRM served as landscape architect and Arial Fox provided interior design services for the project.

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SAN ANTONIO — Chicago-based investment firm Redwood Capital Group has purchased Ascent Cresta Bella, a 322-unit apartment community in northwest San Antonio. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units with quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, hardwood-style floors, kitchen islands and tile backsplashes. Communal amenities include an infinity pool with cabanas, outdoor kitchens, a rooftop terrace, social lounge, business center, two-story fitness center with a spin room and multiple dog parks. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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PARK RIDGE, ILL. — Trilogy Real Estate Group, a Chicago-based real estate investment, management and development firm, has acquired Park 205 in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge. Located at 205 Touhy Ave., the luxury apartment community features 115 units. Amenities include a fitness center, heated pool, firepit, grills and a parking garage. The property is situated adjacent to a Whole Foods Market. Trilogy Residential Management, Trilogy’s management company, will serve as property manager. The seller and sales price were undisclosed.

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DALLAS — Houston-based multifamily investment firm Barvin has acquired Novel at Bishop Arts, a 302-unit apartment community in the Bishop Arts neighborhood of Dallas. Crescent Communities developed the property, which also houses 20,000 square feet of retail space, in 2019. Units feature stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include a guitar-shaped pool inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughan, a rooftop sky deck and lounge, an outdoor entertainment space with grilling stations and fire pits, a 24/7 athletic center with a spin studio and a full-service coffee shop in the lobby. Barvin plans to rebrand the community as Vance at Bishop Union.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — CIM Group has acquired The Vale at The Parks, a newly constructed, mixed-use apartment development in Washington, D.C. The project features 301 apartment units, 18,269 square feet of ground floor commercial space and 316 parking stalls. The sales price and seller were not disclosed. Located at 6800 Georgia Ave. NW, The Vale offers a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Community amenities include a fitness center, indoor and outdoor yoga studio, club room, bike parking, courtyard with cabanas and a saltwater pool. Primrose Schools, an accredited early education and childcare center, has leased 16,576 square feet of commercial space at The Vale. The Vale is the first new construction multifamily rental building at The Parks at Walter Reed, a 66-acre mixed-use redevelopment of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center. At full buildout, the 3.1 million-square-foot development will feature 190,000 square feet of retail space; 325,000 square feet of office, medical and educational uses; 20,000 square feet of creative and cultural uses; and a hotel/conference center. Residential options will include more than 2,200 condominiums, townhomes and apartments. A joint venture of Hines, Urban Atlantic and Triden Development developed The Vale at The Parks and The …

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The Preserve at Ridgeville

RIDGEVILLE, S.C. — JLL Capital Markets has secured an undisclosed amount of equity and construction financing for the development of Preserve at Ridgeville Apartments, a 240-unit, garden-style multifamily community near Charleston. Located at 1050 Old Gilliard Road in Ridgeville, the Preserve at Ridgeville will be situated 35.2 miles north of Charleston and 28.1 miles from Charleston International Airport. Once completed, the three-story property will feature a pool, health club with virtual classes, a bark park with pet washing area and a putting green. John Gavigan of JLL represented the development team of Piedmont Private Equity and Ecstatic Properties in arranging equity with American South Real Estate Fund, Material Capital Partners and Altriarch Capital, as well as a loan through Churchill Stateside Group LLC. Piedmont Private Equity is an Atlanta-based, privately held real estate operating and investment company.

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WEST NEW YORK, N.J. — On Aug. 2, locally based developer National Realty Investment Advisors (NRIA) will break ground on The Grand, the first of two 156-unit multifamily buildings that will be constructed at 508 51st St. in West New York, located across the Hudson River from Manhattan. NRIA will break ground on a later date on The Grand’s sister tower, The Metro, which will be located on 52nd Street. The Grand and The Metro will both rise 14 stories and feature fitness centers and rooftop entertainment areas. Residents will also have access to a business center and a grab-and-go convenience mart. Construction of both buildings is scheduled to be complete by summer 2023. The development will also include a 495-space parking garage in which 60 percent of the spaces will be available for public use.

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Hiring and retaining good employees was already one of seniors housing operators’ top challenges before the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Despite the many new problems that the outbreak presented, many in the seniors housing industry saw a potential silver lining: With so many losing jobs in the hospitality sector, among others, would this be a chance for operators to snatch up those workers? Unfortunately, it appears that did not come to fruition. “When the pandemic started and there were so many layoffs in the hospitality industry, I thought ‘Here we go. We’re going to have this influx of people into senior living. This is really going to help our staffing challenges,’” said Lisa Lacy of Discovery Senior Living. “A year-and-a-half later we’re seeing the opposite of that. We’re competing with organizations that we didn’t compete with before. It’s not the community down the street. It’s fast food, Amazon, companies like that.” Lacy’s comments came during a webinar titled “Invigorating the Seniors Housing Workforce: Strategies to Inspire, Engage and Retain Talent” held July 22. Other panelists included moderator Gary Pederson of MatrixCare, Candace Matsuura of Westmont Living and Julie Podewitz of Vitality Living. Pederson echoed Lacy’s concerns about new competition. “There are …

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Queen City Townes

LOS ANGELES — Haven Realty Capital, a Los Angeles-based single-family rental investor, has acquired three communities in the Southeast to add to its institutional single-family rental and build-to-rent portfolio. The housing developments are currently under construction and are located in metro Atlanta and in Charlotte. The two separate transactions totaled $80 million, and the sellers were not disclosed. The first metro Atlanta community, Stapleton Park, is located at 150 John Wesley Way in McDonough and will include 76 homes. The property will have three- and four-bedroom floorplans ranging in size from 1,916 to 2,655 square feet. The other property, Rosemary Park at Sugarloaf, is located at 819 Sugarloaf Parkway in Lawrenceville and will include 78 three-bedroom and two-and-a-half bedroom townhomes. Ranging in size from 1,559 to 1,804 square feet, each home in Rosemary Park will feature granite countertops, hard surface flooring, new stainless-steel appliances and private backyard. In a separate transaction, Haven Realty closed on the first phase of Queen City Townes, a 106-unit rental townhome community in Charlotte’s South End. The two- and three-bedroom townhomes range in size from 1,370 to 1,599 square feet. Located at 4928 Old Pineville Road, the community is situated 0.2 miles from the Woodlawn …

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