Multifamily

Campo Felice

FORT MYERS, FLA. — Westside Capital Group, a Miami-based real estate investment holding firm, has purchased Campo Felice, a 24-story residential tower located in downtown Fort Myers. Westside Capital acquired Campo Felice for $55 million, or $170,000 per unit. Campo Felice was originally built as a Sheraton hotel in 1986. In 2015, The MacFarlane Group acquired and redeveloped the property into a seniors housing community. As the new owners, Westside Capital intends to invest up to $5 million in capital improvements, upgrades and professional management to convert the property to a market-rate apartment tower. Existing senior residents will be welcomed to stay and lease at the property under the new ownership, though there will no longer be an active adult component. The 323-unit property features one- and two-bedroom apartments with floor-to-ceiling windows. Community amenities include four dining venues, a pool with jet spa, a 2,200-square-foot fitness center, a 49-seat movie theater, salon, dog park, ballroom and 521 parking spaces. The property was approximately 50 percent occupied at the time of sale. Located at 2500 Edwards Drive, the property sits on a 3.2-acre site on the south bank of the Caloosahatchee River, directly behind the Fort Myers Yacht Basin, a marina …

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Aventon Belle Isle

ORLANDO, FLA. — Aventon Cos. and co-developer CrossHarbor Capital Partners has broken ground on Aventon Belle Isle, a 348-unit apartment community in Orlando, about 8.8 miles south of downtown Orlando. The property will include 12 garden-style buildings on 24 acres with one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans. Community amenities will include a fitness center, yoga studio, remote work offices, automated package delivery, coffee bar, pet spa and a poolside social lounge. Outdoor spaces will include a private pool, cabanas with day beds, hammock garden, outdoor kitchen with grills and dining spaces, walking trails and a dog park. Located at 5051 Hoffner Ave., the property is located two miles from Orlando International Airport and about 18.7 miles from Walt Disney World Resort. Maitland, Fla.-based Scott + Cormia Architects is designing Aventon Belle Isle, and Marietta, Ga.-based Design Environments Inc. will designing the interiors. Construction is slated to be complete in the spring of 2023. With the addition of Aventon Belle Isle, Aventon Cos. now has 891 apartment units under construction in the metro Orlando area. Aventon Alaira, just east of Disney, will deliver 296 units and recently opened its clubhouse, while Aventon Gem Lake will deliver 247 units to the Winter Park …

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Fifty101-Las-Vegas-NV

LAS VEGAS — The Bascom Group has completed the disposition of Fifty101, a multifamily community located at 5101 O’Bannon Drive in Las Vegas. Apartment Ventures acquired the asset for $21.6 million. The 90-unit community consists of 16 one-bedroom apartments, 50 two-bedroom units and 24 three-bedroom/two-bath layouts in a variety of floor plans. The Bascom Group had completed property-wide renovations, including capital improvements in dual-pane windows and public update upgrades and select unit renovations. Taylor Sims, Carl Sims and Brady Cleary of Cushman & Wakefield’s Multifamily Advisory Group in Las Vegas represented the seller in the transaction.

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EAST ORANGE, N.J. — A joint venture between Boston-based investment firm The Davis Cos., New York City-based Spaxel and Atalaya Capital Management has acquired a 718-unit workforce housing portfolio in East Orange, about 15 miles west of Manhattan. The portfolio consists of 11 buildings that were 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. Steven Kohn, John Alascio, Brian Whitmer, Chuck Kohaut, Jessica Ke and T.J. Sullivan represented Spaxel and Atalaya Capital Management in structuring a joint venture with The Davis Cos. The new ownership will implement a value-add program.

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EAST HANOVER, N.J. — New Jersey-based developer CHA Partners is nearing completion of LIVIA, a 123-bed senior living community in East Hanover, about 30 miles west of New York City. The 100,000-square-foot facility will offer skilled nursing, memory care, assisted living and long-term care/rehabilitation services. Amenities will include restaurant-style dining options, outdoor courtyards, a theater, game room, full-service bar/lounge, beauty salon, and a café. CHA Partners expects the facility to be operational before the end of the month.

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Artists Lofts

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Parkview Financial has provided a $42.5 million construction loan for the development of Artist Lofts, a multifamily property located at 1217-31 2nd Ave. N in the Germantown submarket of Nashville, about one mile outside of downtown. The non-recourse loan has a 24 month-term with two three-month extensions. Situated on a 0.9-acre parcel, the Artist Lofts project will offer 210 multifamily units, 3,800 square feet of ground-floor retail space and a parking garage with 250 spaces. The property will include one five-story building with a unit mix of 51 studios averaging 612 square feet; 110 one-bedroom units averaging 710 square feet; and 49 two-bedroom units averaging 996 square feet. Community amenities will include a clubhouse and lounge, fitness center, pool and sundeck, dog park and leasing center. The borrower, an entity doing business as Monroe Germantown Holdings LLC, acquired the infill site at the end of 2020 and has completed the entitlement and permitting process. Construction is now underway and is slated for completion by fall 2023.

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Huntington Place

CLEVELAND — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has secured $40.2 million in Fannie Mae financing for three multifamily properties in Michigan, South Carolina and Florida. Dirk Falardeau and David Pyc of KeyBank structured the fixed-rate refinancing on behalf of the borrower, The Benchmark Group, a New York-based real estate developer, investor and manager. The properties include Autumn Woods in Sterling Heights, Mich.; Huntington Place in Columbia, S.C.; and Village at University Square in Tampa, Fla. Built in 1973, Autumn Woods is a 286-unit affordable housing community with 42 one- and two-story buildings on 30 acres of land. The community offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans. Community amenities include playgrounds and a basketball court. Located at 44401 Bridal Lane, the property is situated about 22.4 miles south of Detroit and is near Lake Saint Clair, as well as golf courses such as Clinton River Park. Autumn Woods is also 3.4 miles from the University of Detroit Mercy and nine miles from Baker College of Clinton Township. Built in 1998, Huntington Place includes eight one- and three-story buildings on 17 acres of land. The 192-unit community includes two- and three-bedroom options. Located at 1003 True St., the property is situated five miles from …

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Flint Apartments

JONESBORO, GA. — American Street Capital (ASC) has arranged a $17.3 million bridge loan for Flint River, a 200-unit multifamily community located in Jonesboro, about 18.3 miles south of downtown Atlanta. Thorofare Capital, a correspondent debt fund lender, provided the loan to the undisclosed current owner of Flint River. Built in 1971, Flint River Apartments includes 17 buildings on 13 acres with a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Community amenities include a putting green, swimming pool, playground, leasing office, laundry facilities and 353 surface parking spaces. The property was 85 percent occupied at closing. Under the previous ownership, one of the buildings in the property burned down. Igor Zhizhin of ASC originated the non-recourse bridge loan that included a three-year, interest-only term and supported the sponsor’s entire capital improvements plan, including rebuilding the burned down building. Planned improvements include an upgraded leasing office and fitness center.

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BLU-Bellevue-WA

BELLEVUE, WASH. — Continental Properties has completed the sale of BLU Bellevue, an apartment property located in downtown Bellevue. Virtu Investments acquired the community for $109 million, or $1,004 per square foot. Built in 2020 by Continental Properties, BLU Bellevue features 135 apartments, a rooftop terrace, 24-hour fitness center, pet facilities, parking garage with electric charging stations, and 360-degree cityscape and mountain views. Units feature floor-to-ceiling, triple-pane windows; air conditioning; walk-in closets with custom, built-in shelving; and biometric wall safes. Philip Assouad, Giovanni Napoli, Ryan Dinius, Sidney Warsinske and Anthony Palladino of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.

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LAKEWOOD, WASH. — Seattle-based Thayer Manca Residential has completed the sale of Citizen & Oake, an apartment community in Lakewood. An undisclosed buyer purchased the property for $60 million. Thayer Manca originally acquired the property in 2016 for $32.9 million and completed $4.8 million in renovations. Located at 5406 82nd St. SW, Citizen & Oake features 231 apartments and a 5,000-square-foot clubhouse with a fitness center, office space, community kitchen, game room and lounge, outdoor grills and firepits. The property also offers a secure package locker room, pet park and 40 solar panels. Interior renovations were completed in 227 units and the property received a full rebranding.

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