TALLAHASSEE, FLA. AND NEWPORT NEWS, VA. — Gantry has secured three loans totaling $59.6 million for the acquisition of three apartment communities in Florida and Virginia. The properties, which total 249 units, include Sanctuary Apartments and Serenity Court Apartments in Tallahassee and Jimmy Apartments in Newport News. All three properties were acquired out of receivership and funded for repositioning, improvements and new leasing programs. Mark Reichter and Alec Frook of Gantry’s Kansas City production office arranged the loans through one of the firm’s life company lenders on behalf of the borrower, a private real estate investor. The bridge loans include upfront interest-only terms followed by 30-year amortization schedules and include capital expenditure funds. Gantry will service the loans.
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NEW YORK CITY — TS Communities, a division of local real estate giant Tishman Speyer, has received $166 million in financing for a 244-unit affordable housing complex in Queens and plans to break ground later this month. The 18-story building will be located within the Edgemere Commons development in the borough’s Far Rockaway neighborhood and follows TS Communities’ development of a 237-unit building that is nearing completion. Units will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and will be reserved for renters earning between 40 and 80 percent of the area median income. In addition, 73 units will be set aside as supportive housing. The building will also feature a resident community room, an outdoor space with an adjoining recreation room, a skydeck, onsite parking and laundry facilities, supportive services offices and street-level retail space. Aufgang Architects is designing the project, which is being developed in partnership with the City of New York, as well as with various state housing agencies. A tentative completion date was not announced.
WEST HARTFORD, CONN. — Locally based brokerage firm Chozick Realty has arranged the $6.3 million sale of a 38-unit apartment building in West Hartford. The building at 415 Prospect St. houses 16 one-bedroom units and 22 two-bedroom units. Rick Chozick of Chozick Realty represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. The new ownership plans to implement capital improvements.
ROCKFORD, ILL. — Berkadia has negotiated the sale of The Arbors, a 254-unit multifamily property in Rockford. The garden-style community was 98 percent leased at the time of sale. The Arbors was built between 1966 and 1981. Amenities include a fitness room, business center, small community room and package room. Ralph DePasquale of Berkadia represented the seller, Illinois-based Axiom Properties. Illinois-based Becovic Holdings Corp. was the buyer.
JLL Arranges Sale of 344-Bed Student Housing Community Near University of West Florida
by John Nelson
PENSACOLA, FLA. — JLL has arranged the sale of The Edge, a 344-bed student housing property located near the University of West Florida campus in Pensacola. Built in 2017, the community offers 84 fully furnished units in three-, four- and five-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities include a 24-hour fitness center, cyber café, coffee bistro, resort-style pool, grilling area and hammocks. The property was 97 percent leased for the 2024-2025 academic year at the time of sale. Joe Ayers and Cliff Taylor of JLL arranged the disposition on behalf of the seller, Campus Realty Advisors. The buyer and terms of the transaction were not released. The University of West Florida has experienced six consecutive years of enrollment growth, according to JLL, with a record-breaking class of 14,712 students for the 2024-2025 academic year.
VALDOSTA, GA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $18.3 million sale of 805 Harmon Heights Apartments & Condos, a 100-unit multifamily community located at 805 Harmon Drive in Valdosta. The buyer, an unnamed Tennessee-based firm, acquired the property from Bobby Diaz of Diaz Construction LLC, the local developer and operator of the property. John Brigel of Marcus & Millichap’s Tampa office represented the seller in the transaction with assistance from John Leonard, Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record for Georgia. 805 Harmon Heights was delivered between 2009 and 2021 and was recently renovated. The property features one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments across nine buildings. Brigel says that the sales price of $182,500 per unit is “a record-setting figure for South Georgia.”
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the sale of a 14-unit property at 2512-2518 England St. in Huntington Beach, about 40 miles southeast of Los Angeles. The 14,518-square-foot property was built in 1977 and renovated in 2022. The community offers a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The majority of units are townhome-style residences. The property sits on a 0.43-acre parcel. Dan Blackwell and Mike O’Neill of CBRE represented both the buyer and the seller in the deal. The buyer was a 1031 exchange investor based in Orange County. The seller was a Fountain Valley-based repeat client of CBRE.
ANNAPOLIS, MD. — Demand for seniors housing has reached an all-time high, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). In a press release, the Annapolis-based organization reported that occupancy rates in the United States increased 30 basis points — from 87.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024 to 87.4 percent in the first quarter of 2025 — referencing data from NIC MAP, which tracks occupancy rates in 31 primary markets throughout the country. Occupancy across independent living properties rose to 89 percent from 88.6 percent in the same period, and occupancy rates in assisted living communities increased to 85.8 percent from 85.5 percent. The first quarter of 2025 marked a record for occupied seniors housing units, with roughly 621,000 units occupied, an increase from 617,000 in the fourth quarter of 2024. Simultaneously, construction starts in the seniors housing sector were at only 1,076 units, their lowest since the second quarter of 2009. Approximately 19,500 units total were under construction in the first quarter of 2025, marking the lowest level since 2013. Rental rates, on average, saw a slight decrease quarter-over-quarter.
FORNEY, TEXAS — A partnership between two California-based firms, developer Legacy Partners and investment manager Resmark Cos., has begun leasing a 336-unit multifamily project in the eastern Dallas suburb of Forney. Rylan at Gateway consists of five three-story buildings on a 14-acre site. Units come in studio, one- and two-bedroom formats and range in size from 540 to 1,360 square feet. Amenities include a pool, outdoor kitchen and gaming courtyard, fitness center, coworking lounge, coffee bar and two dog parks. JHP Architecture designed the project, and BBL Building Co. served as the general contractor. Monthly rents start at under $1,000 for a studio apartment. Construction began in April 2023.
PARIS, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm The Multifamily Group (TMG) has arranged the sale of The Gardens Apartments, a 52-unit multifamily complex in Paris, about 115 miles northeast of Dallas. The property was built in 1970 and expanded in 2017, and unit interiors were recently upgraded. According to Apartments.com, residences come in one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Yonnic Land of TMG represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.