HINGHAM, MASS. — The Town of Hingham, a suburb of Boston, has approved the construction of The Residence at Penniman Hill, a 90-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community. LCB Senior Living LLC is developing the 89,000-square-foot building. All programming was developed in collaboration with the Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital. LCB Senior Living is a Massachusetts-based seniors housing operator and developer with communities throughout New England and the Mid-Atlantic states.
Student Housing
IOWA CITY, IOWA — Berkadia has arranged a $46.5 million loan for the refinancing of The Quarters at Iowa City, an 892-bed student housing property. The development is located at 2401 Highway 6 East near the University of Iowa. The community features studio, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and amenities such as a resort-style pool, outdoor sand volleyball court, fitness center, game lounge, outdoor grill area and private shuttle to campus. Peter Benedetto and Aaron Moll of Berkadia arranged the two-year loan, which features a 75 percent loan-to-value ratio. Voya Investment Management provided the loan for the borrower, The Tailwind Group.
CLEMSON, S.C. — Valeo Groupe US, in conjunction with equity partner Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC, has unveiled plans to deliver Epoch Clemson, a 310-unit, 994-bed student housing community serving Clemson University in Clemson. Ed Coco, Matt Casey and Libby Malloy of HFF secured a floating-rate construction loan for the property on behalf of the developers. Other terms of the deal were not disclosed. Epoch Clemson will be situated along the shoreline of Lake Hartwell, just off U.S. Highway 123/Clemson Boulevard. The property will comprise 15 buildings with a variety of cottage, townhome, brownstone and apartment units. Community amenities will include a resort-style pool and clubhouse, volleyball court, 24-hour fitness center, computer center and landscaped courtyards. With more than 3,600 feet of Lake Hartwell frontage, the community will also feature waterfront amenities including a private beach, boat docks, lakeside pedestrian paths and select units with lake views. The community is slated for completion in summer 2019.
AMES, IOWA — Arrimus Capital has acquired Stadium View, a student housing property adjacent to Iowa State University in Ames. The purchase price was not disclosed. The 518-bed property is located at 1206 S. Fourth St. near Jack Trice Stadium, home of the Iowa State Cyclones football team. The seller, Haverkamp Properties, opened Phase I of the community in 2016 followed by Phase II in 2017. The property offers 197 units with a mix of two-, three- and four-bedroom units and was 99 percent leased at the time of sale. Amenities include a fitness center, clubhouse, study lounge and fire pit. Brian Kelly of HFF brokered the transaction.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL. — The Opus Group, in partnership with The Carlyle Group, has broken ground on a 14-story student housing property at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The building will feature 218 units ranging from studios to four-bedroom apartments for a total of 548 beds. The building’s shared amenities will include an indoor basketball court, fitness center and spa on the second floor. Group study rooms and lounges, along with a coffee bar, will provide additional spaces for students to gather on the third floor. The fourth floor will feature a club room with pool tables, ping pong tables and TVs leading to an outdoor amenity space with a pool, fire pits and grilling stations. Completion is slated prior to the 2019 fall academic semester. Opus Development Co. is the project developer, Opus Design Build is the design builder and Opus AE Group is the architect and structural engineer of record. Creative License International is the interior designer. Cardinal Group will manage the property.
ATLANTA — Peak Campus and investment partner Blue Vista Capital Management LLC have broken ground on Theory West Midtown, a 525-bed student housing community located near the Georgia Institute of Technology in Midtown Atlanta. The project will feature studio, one-, two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom, fully furnished units. Shared amenities will include a resort-style pool, rooftop amenity deck, fitness center, business center, study/conference areas, a package locker system and parking and bike storage. Theory West Midtown will also feature 10,500 square feet of ground level retail space along Marietta Street. The development is scheduled to open in fall 2019.
GREENVILLE, N.C. — A joint venture between FM Capital, Gottlieb Family Partners and AMAC Holdings has acquired Captain’s Quarters, a 1,692-bed student housing community located near East Carolina University in Greenville, for $17.7 million. Howard Jenkins of CBRE | Raleigh, along with the CBRE Southeast Multifamily Carolinas Group and CBRE | Student Housing, arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, LNR. The property is set to undergo renovations and rebranding. The community will be renamed Paramount 3800. The property spans 38 buildings and features three resort-style pools with outdoor lounging and dining areas, two clubhouses, a full-court basketball gymnasium, double sand volleyball courts, a dog park, fitness center, theater room, computer lab and multiple private and group study rooms. The Preiss Co. will manage the property.
ORANGE, CALIF. — Chapman University has received approval for the adaptive reuse of a historic packing house. The university will develop a 402-bed student housing community adjacent to its campus in Orange. The historic Villa Park Orchards Association Packing House will be converted into a museum, student services center and classrooms or offices for the university. The new student housing development will target upperclassmen, and is being designed to reflect the character of the packing house and the surrounding community. The project’s designers are Togawa Smith Martin Inc. and AC Martin. KTGY Architecture + Planning is the university’s design advisor and project representative, and has helped to ensure project consistency, coordinate with various design firms, provide design recommendations and shepherd the project through the approval process. Additional details and a planned completion date have yet to be announced.
CHICAGO — Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC has agreed to acquire a portfolio of six student housing properties in Germany from MPC Capital AG. The portfolio consists of more than 1,000 beds and serves university students in Berlin, Bonn, Kaiserslautern, Leipzig and Nuremberg. In addition, Harrison Street has formed a strategic joint venture with MPC Capital to acquire student housing properties across Europe. Headquartered in Germany, MPC Capital is a developer and operator of student accommodations. A press release announcing the transaction didn’t provide a purchase price or the expected closing date. Under the terms of the joint venture, the properties will continue to be managed under MPC Capital’s STAYTOO brand and existing property management teams. MPC Capital has identified several other properties as possible acquisitions for the joint venture, which will also be managed under the STAYTOO brand. Germany has Europe’s largest student population and a supply-constrained student accommodation market, according to Robert Mathias, senior managing director and head of international at Harrison Street. Those attributes plus strong user demand and enrollment growth present an attractive investment opportunity, adds Mathias. Chicago-based Harrison Street is one of the largest owners of student housing in the United States and Europe. Harrison …
BROCKPORT, N.Y. — EMET Capital Management has acquired College Suites at Brockport, a 401-bed student housing community located at 4599 Redman Road in Brockport. Situated on 12 acres, College Suites at Brockport features 114 units in a mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom fully furnished floorplans. On-site amenities include a fitness center, a game room, a business center, a 24-hour group study area and a complimentary shuttle service to campus. The property was completed in 2009. Jose Cruz, Andrew Scandalios, Kevin O’Hearn, Michael Oliver, Stephen Simonelli, Jordan Avanzato and Ryan McBride of HFF represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.