Multifamily

KENNESAW, GA. — Vesper Holdings has purchased The Indy, a 543-bed student housing community near Kennesaw State University (KSU). Delivered earlier this year, the property offers one- to five-bedroom floor plans with bed-to-bath parity. Unit interiors feature granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, washers and dryers and 55-inch smart TVs. Communal amenities include a fitness center, rooftop lounges, clubhouse and a pool. The community is situated on 4.2 acres at 3011 Hidden Forest Court in Kennesaw, two miles from KSU’s campus. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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PHOENIX — Newmark has brokered the sale of two multifamily properties, known as Ascent 1829 and Vicinity, in Phoenix for a total of $55 million. The name of the buyer was not released. Constructed in 1980, Ascent 1829 features 180 units with renovation efforts underway — 47 of the units have been fully updated with stainless steel appliances, vinyl wood plank flooring, painted gray cabinetry with hardware pulls, built-in microwave oven, modern plumbing fixtures and contemporary lighting. Vicinity Apartments, which was built in 1975, features 125 units spread across 10 buildings on 4.3 acres. Each of the buildings were recently renovated and feature wood frame construction, stucco exterior finishes and mansard tiled roofs. Brad Goff, Brett Polacheck and Chris Canter of Newmark handled the transactions.

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CLEVELAND — GBX Group LLC, in partnership with Ethos Capital Partners LLC, have completed the revitalization of 2125 Superior Avenue in Cleveland’s Superior Arts District. The modernized residential and retail property is now known as 2125 Superior Living. Originally built in 1914 as the home of The Prince-Wolf Co. garment factory, the property now includes 57 units. The 40,000-square-foot development features amenities such as a courtyard and dog park. Street-level retail space will be home to Green Goat, a bar and café by local restauranteur Bobby George. Residents will begin moving in this month with Green Goat slated to open in early 2021.

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SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — A partnership between Houston-based Buckhead Investment Partners and Zane Segal Projects has broken ground on Arista Riverstone, a 142-unit active adult community that will be located in the southwestern Houston suburb of Sugar Land. The four-story building will border a lake and connect to the walking trails within the Riverstone master-planned development. Additional amenities will include a fitness and wellness center, a pool, multiple game rooms and lounges, conference and craft rooms, multiple dog parks, a hair and nail salon and climate-controlled storage units. San Antonio-based Gonzalez Newell Bender Architects is designing the project. Galaxy Builders Ltd., also based in San Antonio, is the general contractor, and Greystar is the leasing agent. Move-ins are slated to begin in early May, with full completion scheduled for fall 2021.

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NEW YORK CITY — Black Bear Capital Partners has arranged a $25.5 million agency loan for the refinancing of three apartment buildings totaling 146 units in The Bronx. The properties are located at 2320 Aqueduct Ave., 2828 Valentine Ave. and 2885 Valentine Ave. PGIM Real Estate provided the loan through Fannie Mae’s Green Rewards program. The borrower was an undisclosed private investor. Bryan Manz, Emil DePasquale, Phil Bowman, and Jack Cohen of BBCP arranged the financing package. The loan was structured with a fixed interest rate of 3.14 percent for 12 years with five years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule.  

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NEW HAVEN, CONN. — Greystone has provided $18.6 million in Fannie Mae acquisition financing for two multifamily properties in New Haven. In the first transaction, Greystone provided a $5.3 million loan for a 57-unit complex at 511 Main St. that was built in 1926. That loan was structured with a 10-year term, a 30-year amortization schedule and five years of interest-only payments. In the second deal, Greystone provided a $13.3 million loan for Hemingway Place, a property built in 1962 that features one- and two-bedroom units. That loan carried a 12-year term, a 30-year amortization schedule and six years of interest-only payments. Dan Sacks of Greystone originated both loans. Russ Drebin and Jake Weinstein of Meridian Capital Group placed the debt. The borrower was CSRE Group.

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UPPER MACUNGIE, PA. — New Jersey-based Woodmont Properties has completed the lease-up of Woodmont Ridge in Upper Macungie, located in the Lehigh Valley area. The property consists of 36 carriage homes in two-bedroom formats that feature open floor plans, modern plank floors and quartz countertops. Amenities include a pool, resident lounge, game room, theater room and a fitness center. The majority of the units also feature attached garages.

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NEW YORK CITY — Locally based firm Alpha Realty has brokered the $5.1 million sale of a 33-unit apartment building located in the Wakefield area of The Bronx. The seller, a private family that owned the asset for 45 years, sold the property to LAL-Roughlock Fund I. Lev Mavashev, Yehuda Leser and Shai Egison of Alpha Realty represented both parties in the transaction.

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MIAMI — Royal Palm Cos. (RPC) will develop Legacy Hotel & Residences, a 50-story mixed-use building featuring 256 hotel rooms and 274 apartment units, within Miami Worldcenter. The master developer of Miami Worldcenter, Miami World Center Associates, sold the 1.5-acre plot to RPC for $33.9 million. RPC plans to break ground on the tower in early 2021. The asset will feature a business lounge, pool, a one-acre pool deck and a 100,000-square-foot wellness center. A timeline for completion was not disclosed. Robert Given, Troy Ballard and James Quinn of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the land transaction. Miami Worldcenter is a $4 billion, 27-acre mixed-use development that has been delivering in phases. Assets that are currently open include RPC’s 60-story Paramount Miami Worldcenter condo tower, which opened across the street from Legacy Hotel & Residences in November 2019; and Caoba, a 444-room apartment tower. Projects currently underway and planned include a 348-room CitizenM hotel, ZOM Living’s 434-unit Bezel apartments, Hines’ 500,000-square-foot office building and MDM Group’s 1,700-room Marriott Marquis and adjacent 600,000-square-foot expo center.

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WILMINGTON, N.C. — Dwight Capital LLC has provided a $35 million HUD 221 (d)(4) loan for the construction of Renaissance Apartments, a 198-unit multifamily community in Wilmington’s Wayfaire neighborhood. The property will comprise two four-story buildings offering 2,530 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Communal amenities will include a courtyard, clubhouse, fitness center and a pool. The lender says the community will be built in compliance with the National Green Building Standard’s Bronze Level, which resulted in a 25 basis-point reduction in the loan interest rate through the Green Mortgage Insurance Premium. Brandon Baksh of Dwight Capital originated the 40-year term loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.

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