SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. — Houston-based Hines has topped off NorthLight at Edge-on-Hudson, a 246-unit multifamily project in Sleepy Hollow, located north of New York City. The property is located within the $1 billion, 70-acre Edge-on-Hudson mixed-use development that includes 16 acres of community parks and a waterfront promenade. Upon completion in the third quarter of next year, NorthLight at Edge-on-Hudson will offer studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 565 to 1,406 square feet. Amenities will include a pool, fitness deck, outdoor kitchens, fire pits, open green spaces, outdoor lounge areas, a clubhouse with coworking space, fitness center, kids’ playroom, communal kitchen and a wine lounge. Hines will begin leasing the property in the first quarter of 2022.
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QUINCY, MASS. — Chicago-based investment firm Waterton has acquired The Amelia, a 200-unit apartment community located in the southern Boston suburb of Quincy. The 10-story property was built on 1.2 acres in 2006 and offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities include a fitness center, resident clubhouse and an outdoor deck. Waterton will implement a value-add program focused on unit interiors and amenity spaces. The seller was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based private equity firm Madison Realty Capital (MRC) has provided a $29.4 million bridge loan for a multifamily redevelopment project in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens. The borrower, a joint venture between multiple New York-based developers, will use the proceeds to acquire the former Parkway Hospital building and fund predevelopment costs. The joint venture plans to convert the site into a multifamily development with affordable seniors housing and condominium uses. A construction timeline was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between Jonathan Rose Cos., L+M Development Partners and Acacia Network has received $223 million in financing for the second and final phase of Sendero Verde, an affordable housing project in East Harlem that will add 347 units to the local supply. The development team topped off the 360 units that were part of Phase I of the project in November. Construction of Phase II is set to begin in the coming weeks and completion is slated for 2024. Units will serve renters at a variety of income levels, from formerly homeless to those who earn 90 percent of the area median income. The property offers residential amenities such as a community room, fitness center, computer lounge and package lockers. Once both phases are completed, Sendero Verde will feature a senior and youth community center, a school, art room, publicly accessible open space, community gardens and neighborhood retail. Financing for Phase II of Sendero Verde included construction loans from the New York City Housing Development Corp. and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development. The project is also being funded through a letter of credit from Citibank and a syndication of federal …
Many parts of the seniors housing industry slowed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the lending market. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two giant government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), experienced a significant pullback in deal volume in 2020, but remained two of the larger capital sources in the sector. “We are the predominant lender in the space,” says Steve Schmidt, national director of seniors housing loan production with Freddie Mac. “We stayed active at the height of the pandemic. Our underwriting changed, but we were still very active.” Freddie Mac’s annual lending volume in the seniors housing sector fell 45 percent year over year, from $3.8 billion in 2019 to $2.1 billion in 2020. Fannie Mae’s drop was even more dramatic. After growing from $2.3 billion in 2018 to $3.1 billion in 2019, volume dropped 71 percent to below $1 billion in 2020. Fannie Mae declined to be interviewed for this article. “Considering that year-over-year seniors transaction volume was down significantly, the agencies proved to be a tremendous source of liquidity in the market,” says Ryan Stoll, national director of seniors housing and care for Bellwether Enterprise. One reason Freddie Mac stayed active is that the organization’s mission is …
CHICAGO — LMC has started preleasing Triangle Square Apartments, a 298-unit luxury apartment community in Chicago’s northern neighborhood of Bucktown. Triangle Square offers studio through three-bedroom units ranging from 464 to 1,413 square feet that feature built-in Wi-Fi, floor-to-ceiling windows and stainless-steel appliances. Select units offer private balconies, wine racks and walk-in closets. Located at 2155 N. Elston Ave., the community will put residents within walking distance of the Chicago River and local shops and eateries, with Lincoln Park and lakefront views to the east. The community is also within walking distance of the Metra Clybourn station. The seven-story midrise community also includes 21,223 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The first move-ins are scheduled to begin in July. Monthly rents will start at $1,455, according to Apartments.com.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — California-based Hertz Investment Group has acquired a portfolio of three multifamily properties totaling 422 units in Austin. The portfolio consists of the 132-unit Amor, the 130-unit Feliz and the 160-unit Vida, all of which were built in the 1980s and are located in northwest Austin. The unit mix includes 52 studio, 234 one-bedroom and 136 two-bedroom apartments. Hertz Investment Group plans to implement a capital improvement program across the portfolio. Interior renovations will include quartz countertops, updated vinyl plank flooring and new plumbing. Building exteriors will receive new roofing, courtyard areas with fire pits, new fencing and the additions of dog parks and playgrounds.
ROCKVILLE, MD. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the $110 million sale of Mallory Square, a 365-unit mid-rise apartment community in Rockville. Walter Coker, Brian Crivella, Robert Jenkins and Bill Gribbin of JLL represented the seller, Woodfield Development, which sold the property to Nuveen Real Estate. Mallory Square totals 330,117 rentable square feet and includes a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units, as well as 1,600 square feet of retail space leased to Dunkin’. Community amenities include three private courtyards totaling 25,000 square feet, a lounge with a grilling area, sun shelf with pool, media center with a TV, fire pits, 24-hour fitness center and a yoga studio with ballet barre. Located at 15251 Siesta Key Way, the property is situated in Maryland’s Interstate 270 Biotechnology and Life Sciences Corridor, which is a medical testing and research cluster that features The National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute and The Food and Drug Administration.
DENTON AND FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Newmark has brokered the sale of Attiva Denton and Attiva Park, two seniors housing properties totaling 402 units in North Texas. The first property totals 240 units and is located in Denton, and the second property comprises 162 units and is located on the southern side of Fort Worth. Ryan Maconachy and Chad Lavender of Newmark represented the seller, Atlanta-based multifamily development and investment firm Cortland, in the transaction. The buyer(s) was not disclosed.
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Franklin Street has negotiated the sale of Osprey Pointe Apartments, a 517-unit, garden-style multifamily community in St. Petersburg. The property sold for $56 million, or $108,317 per unit. Darron Kattan, Zach Ames, Avery Jordan and Mark Savarese of Franklin Street brokered the off-market transaction between the seller, Des Moines, Iowa-based BH Equities, and the buyer, New York-based Axonic Properties LLC. Osprey Pointe offers one-and two-bedroom units ranging from 625 to 1,058 square feet. Community amenities include onsite professional management and maintenance, a tennis court, fenced playground area, dog park and a swimming pool and sundeck. Located at 1900 55th Ave. South, the community is situated in south St. Petersburg, and is close to Interstate 275 and U.S. Highway 19. The apartment complex is 5 miles from downtown St. Petersburg, 7.5 miles from St. Pete Beach and 28 miles from Tampa. Axonic Properties, managed by Jonathan Shechtman and Brian Kennedy, is a private equity owner, operator and asset manager of residential properties, focused on acquiring assets throughout Florida. The owner plans to make significant improvements to Osprey Pointe, which was built in 1974. Axonic Properties also currently owns and operates the adjacent 240-unit apartment community known as …