Multifamily

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DALLAS — Bellevue Living, a division of Dallas-based Nicholas Residential, has sold a quintet of multifamily properties located throughout North Texas that total 1,319 units. The 242-unit Bellevue Terrace is located in Dallas, and the 286-unit Bellevue Heights is located in the eastern Dallas suburb of Mesquite. The other three properties — the 263-unit Reserve at Bellevue, the 264-unit Bellevue Chase and the 264-unit Park at Bellevue — are all located in Fort Worth. The garden-style communities were all built between 1982 and 1986. Locally based investment firm WindMass Capital purchased the properties for an undisclosed price.

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HOUSTON — New York City-based investment firm Vesper Holdings has purchased Tower 5040, a 405-bed student housing property located near the University of Houston. Built in 2020, the midrise building features 147 units in a mix of studio, one-, two- and four-bedroom floor plans, all with bed-to-bath parity. Units are furnished with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, individual washers and dryers and private balconies. Communal amenities include a pool with a hot tub and sundeck, computer lab, TV lounge, outdoor kitchen and grilling area and study rooms. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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LA PUENTE, CALIF. — Meta Housing Corp., Western Community Housing Inc. and the City of La Puente have opened Arboleda Senior Apartments, an affordable, 74-unit multifamily community for adults age 62 years and older. The property features one- and two-bedroom units with rents ranging from 40 percent to 70 percent below market rate. Meta Housing partnered with Bank of America, California Community Reinvestment Corp., Los Angeles County Development Authority and the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee to finance the project.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Multifamily developer Wood Partners has broken ground on Alta Blue Goose, a 300-unit apartment community in East Austin. The property will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom units with stainless steel appliances, tile backsplashes and individual washers and dryers. Select units will also feature smart technology packages. Amenities will include a pool, outdoor grilling and picnic areas, a fitness center, business and conference centers and a dog park. Preleasing is expected to begin in late 2022, with the opening to follow shortly thereafter.

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EVANSTON, ILL. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of 1717, a 175-unit apartment complex in Evanston. The sales price of $71 million represented the biggest multifamily deal in the northern suburbs in nearly two years, according to Crain’s Chicago Business. Built in 2013, the property features amenities such as a pool, sundeck, picnic area, fitness center, resident lounge, business center and cybercafé. Located at 1717 Ridge Ave., the complex is situated just south of the convergence of Green Bay Road and Ridge Avenue. Kevin Girard, Matthew Lawton and Mark Stern of JLL represented the seller, Invesco Real Estate. CBRE Investment Management acquired the asset on behalf of the CBRE Strategic Partners U.S. Value 9 fund.

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AURORA, ILL. — The Laramar Group has purchased Covey at Fox Valley in Aurora for an undisclosed price. Built in 1988, the 216-unit apartment community is located at 2160 Walcott Road. Laramar plans to make interior and exterior renovations to the property, which is located adjacent to Rush Copley Medical Center. The seller was not provided.

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CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the $16.9 million sale of a two-building multifamily portfolio totaling 50 units in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. The properties are located at 4714 N. Sheridan Road and 843 W. Agatite Ave. Combined, the two buildings were 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. Jon Morgan, David Goss and Joe Smazal of Interra represented the seller, Chicago-based Mavrek Development, which developed the properties in 2019 and 2021. Colin O’Malley of Interra represented the private buyer.

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NEW YORK CITY — Berkadia has provided a $22.6 million HUD loan for the permanent refinancing of Scheuer House of Manhattan Beach, a 149-unit Section 8 seniors housing property in Brooklyn. The property consists of one eight-story building and two five-story buildings that were respectively constructed in 1964 and 1932. Laura Smith of Berkadia originated the loan through HUD’s 223(f) program. The borrower, New York-based nonprofit JASA, will use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements and preserve affordability.

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ATLANTA — This year marked a golden age in terms of operating or selling multifamily properties, according to Alan Dean, region president of Terwilliger Pappas, a development firm with four offices in the Southeast. But given the rising costs associated with land acquisition, materials and labor, the challenge has been putting together new deals. “Anyone that got deals done shortly after COVID hit, those deals are going to be very valuable because they’re going to be opening up with less competition on lease-up,” said Dean. Dean’s comments came during a panel entitled “What’s the Outlook for Development in 2022?” at the 12th annual InterFace Multifamily Southeast conference. The event, which took place Thursday, Dec. 2 at the Westin Buckhead hotel in Atlanta, drew more than 300 industry professionals. Joining Dean on the panel were Jay Curran, president of Charlotte, N.C.-based Crescent Communities; Woody Rupp, chief investment officer of Atlanta-based Brand Properties; Harvey Wadsworth, managing director of Atlanta-based Portman Residential; and Justin Weintraub, principal and chief development officer of Birmingham, Ala.-based Daniel Corp. Robert Stickel, executive vice chair with Cushman & Wakefield in Atlanta, moderated the panel. High prices for dirt, long entitlement processes and increased competition in the marketplace have …

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CULVER CITY, CALIF. — A joint venture between The John Buck Company (JBC) and 3 Mile Radius (3MR) Capital is set to break ground on 11111 Jefferson, a $210 million mixed-use project located roughly 10 miles outside Los Angeles in Culver City.  The five-story development will include 230 units of multifamily above 55,000 square feet of retail space, 11,450 square feet of second-floor office space and parking for more than 650 vehicles.  Plans for the project also include a 13,000-square-foot open courtyard and a 30,000-square-foot public park along Machado Road. The site is currently home to retail space occupied by Coco’s restaurant, an auto repair garage and a post office.  Thorofare Capital Inc. recently provided $34.1 million in pre-development acquisition financing to the joint venture for an anticipated groundbreaking in 2022. David Perlman of Thorofare originated the loan and Jacob Yi and Paul Kim led underwriting and executed closing for the financing. JBC is a real estate investment, development and operating company focused on major U.S. markets. Since its inception, the Chicago-based company has acquired, developed or redeveloped over 47 million square feet of office, multifamily and mixed-use properties.  Los Angeles-based 3MR Capital is a privately held real estate firm …

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