MIAMI — The Related Group, along with the Department of Public Housing and Community Development and SunTrust Bank, has broken ground on Phase II of River Parc in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood. Phase II consists of the 150-unit Gallery at River Parc, an affordable and workforce housing community. Of the property’s 40 studios, 70 one-bedroom units and 40 two-bedroom apartments, 80 percent will be reserved for workforce housing and 20 percent will be set aside for affordable housing. Communal amenities will include a swimming pool, fitness center, multi-purpose room and a business center. Justin Ginsberg, Donna Kelce and Rebecca Cox of SunTrust arranged financing on behalf of Related Group for the 22-acre River Parc, which is situated across from Marlins Park. The site currently has 800 units across three properties: Robert King High, Haley Sofge and Martin Fine Villas. River Parc is slated to also include an additional 1,800 units of affordable and workforce housing units will be added, bringing the total housing count to 2,600.
Multifamily
Avanath Purchases Two Affordable Housing Communities in Alexandria, Orlando for $99.2M
by Alex Tostado
ALEXANDRIA, VA. AND ORLANDO, FLA. — Avanath Capital Management LLC has purchased tow affordable housing communities for a combined $99.2 million. The first property, Alexandria Station Apartments, is located in Alexandria and sold for $52.7 million. The 290-unit community was built in 1965 and renovated in 1998 and 2010. The property comprises 25 three-story buildings that were 97 percent occupied at the time of sale. Alexandria Station is a 251,579 square-foot property consisting of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a swimming pool, grilling and picnic areas, playground, on-site-laundry facilities and a clubhouse. The other property is Brooke Commons, a 288-unit complex in Orlando that sold for $46.5 million. Built in 2000 and comprising 36 two-story buildings, Brooke Commons was 99 percent occupied at the time of sale. Five percent of the community’s units serve those making 55 percent of the area median income (AMI), while 50 percent are reserved for residents earning 60 percent AMI and 45 percent of the units are for residents earning 60 to 80 percent AMI. The property is located three miles from the University of Central Florida campus and 12 miles northeast of downtown Orlando. Communal amenities include a business …
NEW YORK CITY — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has arranged a $44 million acquisition loan for 4650 Broadway, a 47,350-square-foot development site located in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan. SCALE Lending, the lending arm of Slate Property Group, provided the floating-rate loan to Arden Group Inc. The borrower plans to use the loan to acquire the site and develop a 300,000-square-foot multifamily building with retail space. Dustin Stolly and Jordan Roeschlaub led the NKF team that secured the loan.
HJ Sims Secures $45.8M Construction Loan for Seniors Housing Property in New Haven, Connecticut
by Alex Patton
NEW HAVEN, CONN. — HJ Sims has secured a $45.8 million construction loan for The Mary Wade Home, a seniors housing property in New Haven that offers a skilled nursing center, residential care home services, adult day medical health center, physical rehabilitation and transportation services. The borrower, Mary Wade, is expanding by adding an assisted living and memory care building on parcels of nearby land acquired over several years. This new building, when delivered in 2021, will complete the continuum of care by enabling residents with assisted living needs to remain in the community as their needs change over time.
CEDAR PARK, TEXAS — FourPoint Investment Sales Partners has brokered the sale of The View at Cedar Park Town Center, a 166-unit multifamily community in Cedar Park, a northern suburb of Austin. Built in 2017, the property features amenities such as a resort-style pool, fitness center, pet park and a business center. Kevin Dufour and Kyle Peco of FourPoint handled the transaction on behalf of the Ohio-based seller. The buyer was also undisclosed.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has negotiated the sale of Atria Richardson, a 90-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Richardson, just north of Dallas. A publicly traded REIT sold the property. Originally constructed in 1999, the 62,000-square-foot community is located near the University of Texas-Dallas campus. Another publicly traded REIT and its Florida-based property manager acquired the community for an undisclosed price. Ben Firestone, Michael Segal, Joshua Salzman and Alex Florea of Blueprint brokered the transaction.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Rastegar Property Co., a locally based investment firm, has purchased Escala Apartments, a 30-unit multifamily asset located in Austin’s Clarksville neighborhood. The property offers proximity to the employment hubs of Google, Indeed and Facebook. Rastegar plans to create residential condominium units and to renovate and modernize the building exterior and the interior of each unit.
EVANSTON, ILL. — Chicago-based developers CA Ventures and Focus have opened a nine-story, 241-unit apartment development at 811 Emerson St. in Evanston, Illinois, near Northwestern University. Known as LINK Evanston, the property includes studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans varying from 400 to 1,100 square feet. Amenities include a 9,000-square-foot courtyard with a pool, grilling stations and a fire pit. Indoor amenities include a social lounge/game room, business center with conference rooms, and fitness and wellness center. On-site parking, located on the lower, ground and mezzanine levels, accommodates a total of 174 vehicles, with designated public and private spaces. 7-Eleven, a previous occupant of the site, has moved into a 3,300-square-foot, ground-floor retail space along Emerson Street. The architect was bKL Architecture. Focus served as the general contractor and co-developer for the project.
CHICAGO —Interra Realty has brokered the sale of 5827 N. Ridge Ave., a four-story, 18-unit apartment building in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood, for $3.7 million. Built in 1926, the property was gut-renovated in the past year, and the apartments were fully occupied at the time of sale. It is located near public transportation and is approximately 10 miles from downtown Chicago. Patrick Kennelly and Paul Waterloo of Interra represented both the seller, Campbell Street Asset Management Inc., and the buyer, a local private investor, in the transaction. At $205,555 per unit, the sale represents the second-highest per-unit price in Edgewater so far in 2019, according to data from CoStar Group.
LAS VEGAS — NAI Vegas has arranged the purchase of Las Vegas Grand Apartments, a multifamily complex in Las Vegas. 3D Investments acquired the property from 818 Flamingo Co. for $47.6 million, or $224,528 per unit. Located at 818 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas Grand Apartments features 212 units. Patrick Sauter, Art Carll-Tangora and Steve Nosrat of the Sauter Multifamily Advisors at NAI Vegas represented the buyer in the deal.