MANOR, TEXAS — Barings has provided a $43.5 million permanent loan for Yager Flats, a 300-unit affordable housing community in Manor, an eastern suburb of Austin. The $73 million development will offer one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units that will be reserved for renters earning between 30 and 60 percent of the area median income. Amenities will include a clubhouse, community room, fitness center, pool and a playground, and residents will also have access to adult education, workforce training, afterschool programming and health and wellness services. The borrower, Elmington Capital Group, is developing the property in partnership with Red Stone Equity Partners, which contributed $29.3 million in tax credit equity. Dallas-based Humphreys & Partners Architects is designing the project. Bank of America provided the original $40 million construction loan. A tentative completion date was not disclosed.
ALVIN, TEXAS — Capstone has brokered the sale of Sun Meadows Mobile Home Community, a 288-site manufactured housing community in Alvin, about 25 miles southeast of Houston. According to Apartments.com, the property was built in 1998 and includes a pool. Capstone’s Ian Hilpl, Kevan Enger, Brian Hummell and Hunter LaRocca represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. Sun Meadows was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale.
BUCKEYE, ARIZ. — Link Senior Development and MedCore Partners have unveiled plans for Ativo of Sundance, a 202-unit senior living community inside the Sundance Active Adult master-planned community in the Phoenix suburb of Buckeye. The campus will offer 103 independent living, 75 assisted living and 24 memory care units on a 10-acre tract. Construction of the 211,000-square-foot, three story project is scheduled to begin in late 2021 for an anticipated opening in summer 2023. Insight Senior Living will manage the community, including oversight of all programs and resident services. This will be Insight’s third senior living project in Arizona. Ankrom Moison Architects designed the facility. Link and MedCore are collaborating on two other developments in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Tracy, California. The two firms previously worked together on the 2019 sale and acquisition of five senior living communities in Arizona and Utah.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Colliers Multifamily Advisory Group has arranged the sale of The Enchanted Springs Apartments, a multifamily property located at 3281 Divine Heights in Colorado Springs. A private investor sold the property to Hamilton Zanze for $65 million, or $325,000 per unit. Built in 2020, Enchanted Springs features 200 apartments, an indoor fitness center, clubhouse, resort-style swimming pool, spa and business center. Bill Morkes, Craig Stack and Keegan Hofer of Colliers represented the seller in the transaction.
PHOENIX — Charleston, South Carolina-based Greystar has purchased Cordoba, a multifamily property located at 4520 E. Baseline Road in Phoenix, from Dallas-based Cordoba Apartments LLC for an undisclosed price. Cindy Cooke, Brad Cooke, Matt Roach and Chris Roach of Colliers in Arizona handled the transaction. Originally built in 1986 and renovated in 2018 through 2020, Cordoba features 352 apartments in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, averaging 740 square feet. At the time of sale, the property was 99 percent leased. The buyer plans to continue value-add renovations at the property.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Locally based investment firm 180 Multifamily Properties has acquired a 444-unit community located at 2420 Abrams St. in Arlington. The Class B property was originally built on 20 acres in 1966. The new ownership plans to implement a value-add program and rebrand the community as Stratton Apartment Homes. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
TYLER, TEXAS — Seniors housing developer LifeCare Properties and New Orleans-based investment firm ERG Enterprises will develop The Blake at Tyler, a 100,000-square-foot community that will be located about 100 miles east of Dallas. The property, the number of units of which was not disclosed, will be situated within The Crossing mixed-use development. The Blake at Tyler will offer assisted living units in various floor plans and studio and one-bedroom memory care units. Blake Management Group will operate the property, which is scheduled to open in 2023.
BENBROOK, TEXAS — Plains Commercial has brokered the sale of Benbrook Nursing & Rehab, a 115-bed skilled nursing facility in Benbrook, approximately 10 miles southwest of Fort Worth. The property was originally built in 1969. The seller was a regional owner-operator that decided to cull its portfolio and exit the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The buyer was a regional owner-operator looking to expand its Texas portfolio via a 1031 exchange. Daniel Morris of Plains Commercial brokered the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between Mega Development, operator Lantern Organization and the New York City Department of Housing & Preservation will develop Timbale Terrace, a 330-unit affordable housing community in East Harlem. The centerpiece of the community will be a 16,000-square-foot music and arts center that will be operated by the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance. As part of that partnership, adult residents at Timbale Terrace will have access to music-based vocational training, while children can enjoy arts and music education and afterschool programs. Information about income restrictions and a construction timeline was not disclosed.
ATHENS, GA. AND NEW YORK CITY — Athens-based Landmark Properties and New York-based Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust Inc. (BREIT) have formed a joint venture partnership in order to recapitalize and acquire eight student housing properties totaling 5,416 beds across the United States. TSB Capital Advisors acted as financial advisor to both Landmark Properties and BREIT in the $784 million deal. The sellers and the locations of the eight student housing properties were not disclosed. Blackstone completed the transaction because the company was looking to grow its student housing portfolio. Jacob Werner of Blackstone said the eight properties are at leading colleges that have rising enrollments. Landmark Properties is a student housing developer and owner-operator with $7.7 billion of properties under management currently. With this most recent student housing transaction, Landmark’s portfolio includes 79 student housing communities. The firm unveiled plans in July to develop three new student housing projects with a total of 2,544 beds across three states.