Multifamily

Mirabella-Heights-Albuquerque-NM

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Seattle-based Thayer Manca Residential has purchased Mirabella Heights, an apartment property located in Albuquerque, for an undisclosed price. The buyer plans to implement a $4.7 million renovation and repositioning plan that includes a reinvented clubhouse, modernized 24-hour fitness center, upgraded pool area, a new pet park, additional package lockers, interior unit renovations, property rebranding and additional capital upgrades. Situated on 13 acres at 701 Stephen Moody St. SE, Mirabella Heights features 280 units and is the only post 2000-built garden-style apartment community in the surrounding market, according to Thayer Manca. The acquisition marks the buyer’s third multifamily purchase in Albuquerque. Combined with renovation costs, the company has invested more than $100 million investment in the Albuquerque multifamily market in the last two years.

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As one of the premier global tourist destinations in the world, the Hawaii market is dominated by condos and hotels. It is also home to mega investment deals. A review of Hawaii’s investment market over the past three years shows that the hotel industry has made up the following percentage of the top 10 deals for each year: • 91 percent in 2017 • 55 percent in 2018 • 23 percent in 2019 The total sales volume for these deals has also seen a decline from more than $1.5 billion in 2017 to less than $926 million in 2019 as a result of a decline in foreign investors.  In case you’re wondering, yes, there are multifamily properties in Hawaii.  In fact, apartment sales represented 37 percent of the total sales volume for the top 10 deals in 2018. The largest investment deal was the $540 million portfolio recapitalization of Project Europa on Ewa Beach in Oahu.  This was larger than the $505 million Global Hyatt Portfolio sale, which included the Grand Wailea in Maui.  Institutional sales in 2018 were in the range of $371,000 per unit to $395,000 per unit, with cap rates in the 4.5 percent to 5 percent …

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COLLIERVILLE, TENN. — Herbert J. Sims & Co., Inc. (HJ Sims) and Duncan-Williams have arranged a financing package totaling $219.3 million for the construction of The Farms at Bailey Station, a continuing care retirement community in Collierville. The borrower for the development at 3382 Grand Central Circle E. is Retirement Cos. of America (RCA). The development will be a sister community to Kirby Pines Estates in nearby Memphis. When completed, The Farms will feature 176 independent living units, 63 garden homes, 52 assisted living units, 32 memory support suites and a health center consisting of 60 private skilled nursing suites. The units are already 70 percent pre-sold. Construction has commenced throughout the campus. The apartments will be delivered in stages, with the first resident occupancy planned for June 2021. The health campus is slated for completion in April 2021. Nine of the garden homes are already completed, with seven more currently under construction. REES Architects and Renaissance Group served as architects. Memphis-based Dalhoff Thomas design studio assisted as landscape architect. Linkous Construction Co. Inc. is the general contractor. Greystone is the project manager, with RCA as asset manager. Sims and Duncan-Williams were co-managers on the transaction, which was structured as …

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MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Charleston, S.C.-based Blaze Partners LLC has purchased Legacy Village Apartments, a 229-unit multifamily community located in Mooresville, a suburb 25 miles north of Charlotte in the Lake Norman submarket. The seller and the price of the 121 Village Green Lane apartment complex were not disclosed. Built in 2017, Legacy Village Apartments is less than one mile from both the Lowe’s Co. Inc. corporate headquarters and Lake Norman Regional Medical Center. The apartments feature one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans as well as a saltwater pool, pet park, resident clubhouse and a fitness center.  Blaze plans to make capital improvements for the units and amenities. With the acquisition of Legacy Village, Blaze now owns four assets in Charlotte.

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BEAVERTON, ORE., AND LYNNWOOD, WASH. — San Diego-based MG Properties Group has purchased two multifamily properties — Pallas Townhomes & Apartments in Beaverton and Tivalli Apartments in Lynnwood — for a combined total of $305.2 million. The company acquired Pallas Townhomes & Apartments, a 566-unit community in Beaverton, in an off-market transaction for $186 million. The seller was a joint venture between Holland Partner Group and Invesco Real Estate. Built in 1997, Pallas is located at 15021 SW Millikan Way along the Millikan Way MAX Light Rail. Brian Eisendrath and Cameron Chalfant of CBRE arranged the Fannie Mae financing for the acquisition. MG Properties also purchased Tivalli Apartments, a 383-unit community located at 15631 Ash Way in Lynnwood, for $119.2 million. Built in 2014, Tivalli features a two-story clubhouse with multiple fireplaces, seating areas, a gourmet kitchen, indoor sports court and an upstairs game room and sky deck. The buyer plans to invest capital to further improve common area amenities for current and prospective residents. David Young and Corey Maxx of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Freddie Mac provided financing, Bryan Frazier and Blake Hockenbury of Walker & Dunlop arranged. MG Properties has acquired 14 communities in …

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Alta-Drinkwater-Scottsdale-AZ

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Wood Partners has sold Alta Drinkwater, a multifamily community located in downtown Scottsdale. Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, a non-traded REIT managed by Starwood Capital Group, acquired the property for $96.1 million. Built in 2019, Alta Drinkwater features 277 apartments; a resort-style swimming pool with poolside kitchen and dining area; rooftop lounge; fitness center; designer resident clubhouse with a 13-foot television; outdoor courtyard with gas grills and games; and secured parking. Residences at the property offer nine-, 10- and 20-foot ceilings, gourmet kitchens with oversized quartz countertops, natural gas cooktops and energy-efficient, stainless steel appliances. Tyler Anderson, Sean Cunningham, Asher Gunter and Matt Pesch of CBRE’s Phoenix Multifamily Institutional Properties represented the seller in the deal.

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WEST COVINA, CALIF. — Community Preservation Partners (CPP) has purchased Cameron Park Apartments, a multifamily property located at 929 W. Cameron Ave. in West Covina, for $52 million. The acquisition includes nearly $10 million in renovations, plus measures to keep all 158 units at below market rents for the next 55 years. Built in 1970 and lightly renovated in 2002, the 14-building property features a 158 units in a mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments. CPP plans to implement an extensive renovation to the property, including upgrades to the interiors and exteriors, improvements to the common area facilities, and a reconfiguration of the community building and office space. Renovations began in October, with completion slated for summer 2020. The rehabilitation will include a total roof and window replacement; new HVAC, electrical load and plumbing upgrades; new energy-efficient lighting; stucco repair; new paint; full unit turns; ADA upgrades; path-of-travel improvements; common-facility improvements; security upgrades; and new landscaping. Foundation for Affordable Housing, the nonprofit managing general partner for the deal, supported CPP in the acquisition. Additional equity and development partners included Citi Community Capital and WNC & Associates, CPP’s parent company.

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Scottsdale-Entrada-Scottsdale-AZ

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Sunchase Holdings has completed the disposition of Scottsdale Entrada, a 30-acre former auto mall at the northeast corner of 64th Street and McDowell Road in Scottsdale. Los Angeles-based Banyan Residential acquired the site for an undisclosed price through a qualified Opportunity Zone fund. Banyan Residential plans to redevelop the site into a speculative mixed-use development, which is slated to break ground in April 2020 and deliver mid-2021. Scottsdale Entrada will feature 735 multifamily units, 7,000 square feet of retail space, and a three-story, 245,000-square-foot office building. The office plans call for floor plates of approximately 80,000 square feet, high ceilings, full-height windows and indoor-outdoor space. Office amenities will include an on-site fitness center, game lawns, dog park, pedestrian walkways with direct access to the Arizona Crosscut Canal and tunnel access to Papago Park. Tom Adelson and Erin McClure of Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) handled the transaction. Mike Garlick and Jimmy Hoselton of Newmark Knight Frank will represent the project’s office leasing. DPC Cos. is serving as developer for the project.

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NEW YORK CITY — CIM Group has provided a $120 million construction loan for the redevelopment of 685 Fifth Avenue, a 115,330-square-foot multifamily and retail property in Manhattan. The borrower, a partnership of developer-owners SHVO, Bilgili Group and Deutsche Finance, will redevelop and rebrand the residences as 69 Mandarin Oriental and will construct 10 additional floors for the tower. Originally built in 1928, the 20-story building was the former headquarters of Gucci, and current retail tenants include apparel and accessory retailers Coach, Stuart Weitzman and Tag Heuer. Construction is slated for completion in 2021.

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PORTLAND, MAINE — A partnership between Capstone Development Partners and the University of Maine System will develop a 577-bed residence hall and student center on the University of Southern Maine’s (USM) campus in Portland. The proposed 209,000-square-foot community will offer apartment-style units alongside academic support space. The partnership hopes to break ground on the project in spring 2020, with Capstone providing financing for the student housing component and the university providing financing for the student center. The design-build team for the community includes architectural and engineering firm SMRT Architects and Engineers, architectural firm Elkus Manfredi Architects and general contractor PC Construction. Capstone Management Partners, the management subsidiary of Capstone Development, is the proposed maintenance and operations provider for the community upon completion.

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