HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — The Beach Co. has broken ground on The Foundry, a mixed-use apartment community, and The Range, a commercial office building, in Huntsville. Construction on The Foundry is scheduled for completion in spring 2023, and The Range is scheduled to be completed in winter 2022. The Foundry will comprise four residential buildings offering 328 multifamily residences with studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans and three townhome buildings encompassing 14 units. The multifamily units will range from 608 to 1,176 square feet, and the three-bedroom townhomes average 2,468 square feet. Residences at The Foundry will feature stainless appliances, designer fixtures, tile showers and backsplashes, granite counters and ceilings ranging from nine to 14 feet. Residential amenities will include a pool deck, dog park, club and fitness rooms, private parking and a bike storage room and bike shop. The Foundry will also offer approximately 9,900 square feet of commercial space throughout its campus, including a one-story, 5,500-square-foot building designated to feature multiple retail or restaurant concepts sharing a common patio space along Governors Drive. Wieland was The Foundry’s general contractor, Nashville-based Smith Gee Studio is the architect and Fifth Third Bank is the lender. The Range will offer 49,000 square …
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WOODBRIDGE, VA. — The IDI Group Cos., a multifamily developer based in Washington, D.C., and PTM Partners, a real estate development and investment firm, have formed a joint venture to acquire 1000 Annapolis Way in Woodbridge for a future multifamily project totaling 318 units. The $16.6 million land acquisition represents the start of the second phase of IDI’s 720-unit riverfront development. The transaction is the second deal for PTM Partners Opportunity Zone Fund II, which launched in September 2020. IDI and PTM secured a $63.8 million loan from United Bank for the project. Situated along the Occoquan River, 1000 Annapolis Way will have a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Community amenities will include a health and fitness center, club lounges, roof terrace, outdoor pool with sundeck and resident activities. The project will provide more housing options for those working at a nearby growing Army base less than eight miles north of the project. Leasing is expected to begin in 2022. The property has immediate access to Interstate 95 and the Virginia Railway Express and is close to Fort Belvoir, which employs more than 50,000 military, civilian, contractor and Department of Defense personnel.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Taylor Street Advisors has arranged the sale of Fort Lowell Casitas, a multifamily community located at 1501-1503 E. Fort Lowell Road in Tucson. An out-of-state investor acquired the property for $1.5 million, or $116,153 per unit. The Class B property features 13 two-bedroom/one-bath units. The seller was not disclosed.
CHICAGO — Kiser Group has brokered a condo deconversion sale in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood for $32.2 million. Known as The Barry Quad, the three-building condominium property includes 115 units. Andrew Friedman and Jake Parker of Kiser represented both the seller, Barry Quadrangle Condominium Association, and the buyer, North Park Ventures. Under the Condominium Property Act in Illinois, condo unit owners can elect to sell a property if 75 percent or more are in agreement. The city of Chicago recently increased the required owner approval to 85 percent. Sellers then have the option to either move out of their units or lease them back from the new owner.
CHICAGO — Parkview Financial has provided a $9.8 million loan for the construction of a 48-unit apartment project in Northwest Chicago. The two-building, four-story development will also include 10,400 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 56 parking spaces. A joint venture between Noah Properties and MPM Holdings is developing the project. Construction has commenced and completion is slated for late 2021.
UNION, N.J. — G.S. Wilcox, a commercial mortgage banking firm based in Northern New Jersey, has arranged a $49.8 million construction loan for a 266-unit multifamily project in Union, a suburb of Newark. The project represents Phase II of an existing multifamily development. Gretchen Wilcox, Albert Raymond and Wesley Wilcox of G.S. Wilcox arranged the floating-rate loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. The direct lender was also not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Alpha Realty has negotiated the $5 million sale of a 15-unit multifamily building located at 78-80 Christopher St. in Manhattan’s West Village neighborhood. Lev Mavashev and Shai Egison of Alpha Realty represented the buyer and seller in the off-market transaction. Both parties were locally based private investors who requested anonymity.
By Ted Bickel and Jeff Budish, Colliers MSP At the start of the pandemic last spring, conversations with developers, investors and operators varied from discouraging to catastrophic. Everyone expected the worst. Luckily for the industry, that is not what happened. Amid a year of great uncertainty across the economic spectrum, the Twin Cities multifamily market showed a great deal of resilience, overcoming many challenges in 2020. 2020 recap Considering that the marketplace was nearly frozen for the second quarter of 2020, overall transaction volume for 2020 was surprisingly strong. Minnesota saw a considerable uptick in activity toward the end of the year, driving annual totals up to just short of $1.3 billion. A strong bounce-back in the second half of the year speaks to strong demand drivers and generally solid operating performance — even during the economic shutdown. However, while vacancies did not run up, as many had feared, collections and bad debt suffered. Understandably, many tenants struggled to pay rent as stimulus waned later in the year. This had a notable effect on net operating income. Overall, pricing did not change, while cap rates lowered to some extent. Inexpensive debt, particularly from the agencies, was a large factor in …
ATLANTA — PRP has sold Perimeter 31, a 416-unit apartment community in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket, for $98.8 million. The buyer was CWS. A partnership controlled by PRP acquired Perimeter 31 in November 2016 for $74.5 million. Over its ownership, PRP invested over $4 million in base building, amenities and in-unit renovations. According to PRP, Perimeter 31 maintained occupancy levels of 95 percent and rent collections of 98 percent despite the pandemic. Built in 2001, the Class A property includes six five-story buildings totaling 439,846 rentable square feet with an average unit size of approximately 1,000 square feet. The property’s amenities include a fitness center, swimming pool, structured parking with controlled access, outdoor grills, picnic area and a full-service business center. The apartment community is situated within a half-mile of Perimeter Mall and is close to the Dunwoody MARTA station.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — Los Angeles-based investment firm Mountain Capital Partners has acquired 2818 Place and Parkway Place, two student housing properties in College Station totaling 1,128 beds that serve students of Texas A&M University. The garden-style properties total 350 units, were respectively built in 2008 and 2009 and feature amenities such as two pools, volleyball and basketball courts, fitness centers, game rooms, computer labs and study rooms. Ryan Lang, Jack Brett and Ben Harkrider of Newmark represented the seller, Chicago-based Blue Vista Capital Management, in the transaction.