Student Housing

SAVANNAH, GA. — FourPoint Investment Sales Partners has arranged the sale of The Hue, a 446-bed student housing community located at 646 W. Bay St. in Savannah, near the Savannah College of Art and Design. The property offers amenities including a pool, sundeck, fitness center, art studio and study areas. Chris Epp, Chris Bancroft, Meredith Wolff McGrath, Matthew Chase and Craig Miller of FourPoint arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Atlanta-based CF Real Estate Services. Blue Vista Capital Management purchased The Hue for an undisclosed price.

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Orchard-Trails

ORONO, MAINE — Tremont Mortgage Trust has provided an $18.1 million loan for the refinancing of Orchard Trails, a 576-bed student housing community located near the University of Maine in Orono. The floating-rate loan includes an initial funding of approximately $17 million and a future funding allowance of approximately $1.1 million for property improvements. The loan is structured with a three-year initial term and two one-year extension options. Originally built in 2006, the community offers four-bedroom units alongside shared amenities including a study lounge, clubhouse, game room, state-of-the-art fitness center, basketball and volleyball courts and an outdoor grilling station. The borrower was undisclosed.

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Auraria-Student-Lofts-Denver-CO

DENVER — Nelson Partners Student Housing has sold Auraria Student Lofts. The 438-bed student housing community is located near the Auraria Campus, an educational facility which serves the University of Colorado – Denver, Metropolitan State University and the Community College of Denver. The community offers two- and four-bedroom units with shared amenities including a rooftop swimming pool, cabanas, an outdoor dining area, fitness center, yoga studio, gaming lounge and study spaces. Terms of the transaction and the buyer were undisclosed.

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PORTLAND, MAINE — A partnership between Capstone Development Partners and the University of Maine System will develop a 577-bed residence hall and student center on the University of Southern Maine’s (USM) campus in Portland. The proposed 209,000-square-foot community will offer apartment-style units alongside academic support space. The partnership hopes to break ground on the project in spring 2020, with Capstone providing financing for the student housing component and the university providing financing for the student center. The design-build team for the community includes architectural and engineering firm SMRT Architects and Engineers, architectural firm Elkus Manfredi Architects and general contractor PC Construction. Capstone Management Partners, the management subsidiary of Capstone Development, is the proposed maintenance and operations provider for the community upon completion.

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North 8th Brooklyn Williamsburg Collective

NEW YORK CITY — The Collective, a multifamily developer based in London, has unveiled plans to build a $150 million co-living project located at 292 N. 8th St. in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood. Co-living is defined as a type of residential development that is a hybrid between apartment housing and hotels. Known as North 8th, the development will feature 242 units, 97 of which are designed for students attending local universities. The remaining 127 studio units are designed for nightly and monthly stays. At full capacity, North 8th is expected to house 321 occupants. “North 8th will be the first project of its kind for New York City,” says Reza Merchant, founder and CEO of The Collective. “It will bring community of all ages together in one holistic environment, designed to promote an intergenerational exchange of knowledge through shared amenities and dynamic programming.” North 8th is The Collective’s fourth co-living project in New York City, joining The Collective Paper Factory that opened in November in Queens’ Long Island City. The Collective has two other Brooklyn projects in the pipeline: 555 Broadway and 1215 Fulton St. All three of The Collective’s Brooklyn projects are expected to open in 2022. The Collective collaborated …

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TAMPA, FLA. — Vesper Holdings has acquired 4050 Lofts, a 722-bed student housing community located at 4050 Rocky Circle, less than a mile from the University of South Florida in Tampa. Built in 2009, the property offers three- and four-bedroom, fully furnished units with bed-to-bath parity. Shared amenities include two swimming pools, a tanning dome, fitness center, aqua lounge, coffee bar, clubhouse, outdoor kitchen and a pool table. The new ownership plans to invest $1.4 million in capital improvements, which will include a renovation of unit interiors and shared amenity spaces, as well as extensive enhancements to the property’s exterior and technology upgrades throughout. The seller and terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Capstone Apartment Partners has arranged the $48 million sale of Willows at the University, a 255-unit apartment community approximately two miles from University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Capstone represented Charlotte-based developer and seller, Gateway Communities NC, and procured the buyer, Salt Lake City-based real estate investment firm Millburn & Co. Willows at the University is Millburn’s third Charlotte-area property. Alex McDermott, Caleb Troop and Bryse Toothaker of Capstone negotiated the deal. Willows at the University was completed in May 2019 and was approximately 95 percent occupied at the time of closing. The property features one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments in nine three- and four-story buildings. The gated community includes a swimming pool with sundeck, outdoor kitchen and grilling area, business center, fitness center, two dog parks and a theater/media room. The community is situated near Concord Mills shopping mall and PNC Music Pavilion.

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DALLAS — Talley Riggins Construction Group has broken ground on Daniel House, a 53,000-square-foot, on-campus student housing building at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas. Designed by Merriman Anderson/Architects, the three-story building will feature 72 beds, laundry facilities, common space and study rooms. Completion is slated for July 2020.

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FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. — Newmark Knight Frank Multifamily (NKF) has arranged the sale of and acquisition financing for the Cottages on Hollywood, a 652-bed student housing community located near the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Construction on the property was completed this fall. Ryan Lang, Brandon Buell and Jack Brett of NKF represented the seller, Barrett Development Group, in the sale of the property to Inland for an undisclosed price. Joel Simmons, Matt Williams, James Maynard and Kyle Schlitt of NKF Multifamily Capital Markets Debt & Structured Finance arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer. The community offers two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom units. Shared amenities include study lounges and private study spaces, a computer and printing station, coffee bar and vending market, two-story fitness center with resort-style locker rooms, sauna and steam rooms, tanning beds, two-story clubhouse, indoor and outdoor gaming lounge, resort-style swimming pool and cabana, hammock garden, water and sand volleyball, dog park, outdoor kitchens and grills, fire pit, putting green, an activity field with horse shoes and bocce ball and access to the Town Branch Walking Trail.

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TUSCALOOSA, ALA. — Capstone Real Estate Investments (CREI) has acquired Parker 301, a student housing community located near the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. The community has been rebranded The Preserve at Tuscaloosa and is set to undergo substantial renovations and repositioning within the market. Renovations will include updates to all units and the addition of one- and two-bedroom floor plans; updates to the community’s clubhouse; an expansion of the property’s business center to include private study rooms; the addition of a new dog park; and a refresh of the swimming pool area. A timeline for renovations and terms of the acquisition were undisclosed.

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