DOVER, DEL. — HFF has arranged the sale of two adjacent apartment communities: Alder Park Apartments and Pine Grove Apartments in Dover. Dover Investors LP, an affiliate of Anderson Vedic, sold the properties to a regional private buyer for $20 million. Totaling 311 units, the properties were 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. The 215-unit Alder Park is located at 51 Webbs Lane, and the 96-unit Pine Grove is located at 255 Webbs Lane. The communities share amenities, including a swimming pool with a clubhouse, a fitness center, a barbecue area, on-site laundry facilities and on-site public transit access. Carl Fiebig, Mark Thomson and Francis Coyne of HFF, along with Robert Stella of Financial & Consulting Services, represented the seller in the transaction.
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Philadelphia 76ers, Buccini/Pollin Group to Develop 140,000 SF Sports Complex in Wilmington, Delaware
by Amy Works
WILMINGTON, DEL. — The Philadelphia 76ers and The Buccini/Pollin Group are developing 76ers Fieldhouse in Wilmington. Situated on 8.9 acres, the 140,000-square-foot multi-purpose sports complex and youth training center will be the new home for the 76ers NBA G League affiliate team, the Delaware 87ers. In addition to use by the affiliate team, the facility will be used to provide local youth with new sports programming and opportunities. The Buccini/Pollin Group will manage the development and construction of the facility, which is being designed by Rossetti Architects. The facility is situated on a site currently owned by Riverfront Development Corp.
NEWARK, DEL. — Aulder Capital has purchased Foxwood Apartments, a 414-unit value-added multifamily property located at 15 Fox Hall in Newark. Fairfield English Village LLC, an affiliate of Fairfield Residential, sold the property for $44.5 million. Foxwood Apartments comprises 31 three- and four-story residential buildings completed in the 1970s. At the time of sale, the property was 96 percent leased. The community features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans averaging 869 square feet. Community amenities include a resort-style pool with sundeck, playground, fitness center, barbecues, picnic areas and landscaped grounds. Mark Thomson, Carl Fiebig, Francis Coyne and Jose Cruz of HFF, along with Robert Stella of Financial & Consulting Services, represented the seller in the transaction. Additionally, James Conley of HFF arranged a $34.3 million acquisition loan for the buyer. The seven-year loan features a fixed-rate with four years of interest-only payments at 75 percent loan-to-value. The loan was provided through Freddie Mac’s Capital Markets Execution Program.
NAI Emory Hill Facilitates Sale of 8,000 SF Office, Industrial Building in Wilmington, Delaware
by Amy Works
WILMINGTON, DEL. — NAI Emory Hill has arranged the sale of an industrial and office building located at 510 Century Blvd. in Wilmington. Mark Landis and Karen Landis of Metro Merchant Services acquired the 8,000-square-foot condominium building for an undisclosed price. Metro Merchant Services plans to move its operations from 132 Clinton St. in Delaware City, Del., to the newly acquired facility. WSFS provided financing for the deal. David Morrison of NAI Emory Hill represented the seller, while Lorraine Sheldon and Becky Harrington of NAI Emory Hill represented the buyer in the transaction.
Boxwood Industrial Park to Acquire Former General Motors Assembly Plant in Wilmington, Delaware
by Amy Works
WILMINGTON, DEL. — Boxwood Industrial Park LLC, an affiliate company of Harvey, Hanna & Associates, has agreed to acquire the former General Motors assembly plant site, located at 801 Boxwood Road in Wilmington, for an undisclosed price. Wanxiang America Inc. is selling the 142-acre site, which includes more than 3 million square feet of former automobile manufacturing space, for an undisclosed price. Built in 1946, the site most notably served as a General Motors assembly plant until it closed in July 2009. The company plans to announce redevelopment plans for the site in the coming weeks.
WILMINGTON, DEL. — HFF has brokered the sale of Brandywine Hundred Apartments, a multifamily property located at 400 and 402 Foulk Road in the Brandywine Hundred neighborhood of Wilmington. A joint venture between CenterSquare Investment Management and Korman Residential Properties sold the property to a regional private buyer for an undisclosed price. Situated on 10.6 acres, the property features units averaging 946 square feet, a swimming pool with sundeck, tennis courts, a fitness center with televisions, a resident lounge with Wi-Fi, a business center and covered parking. Mark Thomson, Jose Cruz, Carl Feibig and Francis Coyne of HFF, along with Robert Stella of Financial Consulting Services, represented the seller in the transaction.
University Housing Solutions to Develop Student Housing Project Adjacent to Delaware State University
by Jaime Lackey
DOVER, DEL. — University Housing Solutions (UHS) is developing a student-focused residential campus on 30 acres of land it owns adjacent to Delaware State University (DSU) in Dover. During its discussions regarding a potential public-private partnership development with DSU, UHS learned of an immediate, urgent need for student housing. To meet this demand, UHS will build a 500-bed student housing project with the ability to add an additional 1,500 beds. The UHS project will include a food court and retail space. UHS will address the current student housing shortage through an expedited approval, design and construction effort, and will have sufficient remaining land to provide for future student housing needs within a master-planned, student-oriented residential campus. Martin Kimmel, principal of Kimmel Bogrette Architecture + Site, is leading the effort for UHS. Other members of the UHS project team include Skanska USA (construction) and Asset Campus Housing (management, maintenance, and operations).
Reducing property tax assessments can be challenging under the best of circumstances, and distinctions between state tax systems make minimizing that burden across an office or industrial portfolio especially daunting. But a recent Delaware Supreme Court decision provides taxpayers with a new, yet surprisingly familiar, opportunity to ease the tax burden on properties in The First State. Delaware’s Tax Assessment System Shows its Age Under Delaware law, property must be valued at its “true value in money,” a term interpreted to mean the property’s “present actual market value.” However, in order to implement the Delaware Constitution’s mandate of tax uniformity, the state applies a base-year method of assessing property. That means that all property in a jurisdiction is assessed in terms of its value as of a certain date, and that value remains on the books indefinitely until the jurisdiction performs a general reassessment. For Delaware’s northernmost county, New Castle County, the last reassessment occurred in 1983, so all property therein is valued as of July 1, 1983. A major challenge to contesting assessments in Delaware is that a taxpayer must determine the property’s 1983 market value. Determining what a property is worth today is not always easy, but proving …
NEWARK, DEL. — Greystone has provided a $26.6 million Fannie Mae DUS loan in combination with $5.3 million in preferred equity from New York Mortgage Trust for the acquisition of Autumn Park, a multifamily property in Newark. The Fannie Mae DUS loan includes a 7/6 adjustable rate at three years of interest-only and a 30-year amortization schedule. The community features 358 apartments in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Keith Hires of Greystone originated the transaction, while Ryan Ade and Neil Campbell of HFF assisted in the deal.
WILMINGTON, DEL. — Merion Realty Partners has completed the sale of 1303 Delaware Apartment Homes, a multifamily property located in the Trolley Square neighborhood of Wilmington. Capano Residential purchased the property free and clear of debt for an undisclosed price. Mark Thomson, Carl Fiebeg and Francis Coyne of HFF represented the seller in the deal. The property consists of 231 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments averaging 928 square feet. Additionally, James Conley of HFF arranged a fixed-rate Fannie Mae acquisition loan for the buyer.