CHARLOTTE, N.C. — FCP has purchased Somerset Apartments, a 240-unit workforce housing complex in Charlotte, for $18 million. Somerset Apartments offers one- through three-bedroom floor plans and is situated near the LYNX Light Rail Blue Line. Communal amenities include a clubhouse, swimming pool, grilling area and a sports court. Brooks Colquitt of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The garden-style community is located adjacent to FCP’s Hunters Pointe.
PENSACOLA, FLA. — Blue Magma Residential LLC has acquired Heritage Apartments, a 20-building, 194-unit multifamily community in Pensacola, for $17.8 million. The buyer will rebrand the property as The Park at Sterling Hills and will invest $2 million to renovate the exterior and interior units of the property. Heritage Apartments offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, and was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Communal amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, clubhouse, dog park and grilling stations. David Etchison of Berkadia represented the buyer in the transaction. Regions Bank provided acquisition financing. The seller was not disclosed.
HOUSTON — A partnership between MetroNational and Slate Real Estate Partners has completed The McAdams, a 333-unit apartment community located in the Memorial City area of Houston. The property offers a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 563 to 1,821 square feet and features custom cabinetry and stainless steel appliances. Amenities include a rooftop pool, resident lounge, fitness center, a game room and a pet park. Rents at The McAdams range from $1,515 to $4,865 for a three-bedroom unit, according to The Houston Chronicle.
LIMERICK, PA. — Grandbridge Seniors Housing and Healthcare Finance Group has arranged a $34 million construction loan for Arcadia at Limerick Pointe, a seniors housing development in Limerick, approximately 30 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Vantage Pointe Retirement Living is the borrower. Upon completion, the property will feature 160 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. BB&T provided the funds. The Grandbridge team leading the transaction included Richard Thomas, Meredith Davis and Kim Huffstutler.
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Hamilton Zanze has acquired Abbotts Run, a 248-unit multifamily community in Alexandria. The property offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans ranging in size from 693 to 1,352 square feet. Amenities include a 24-hour clubhouse, game room, swimming pool, playground, tennis and volleyball courts, car washing station and outdoor picnic and grilling stations. The previous owner renovated all but 17 units. Hamilton Zanze plans to complete the renovation of the property, which was built in 1988. Abbotts Run is located at 5711 Woodlawn Gable Drive, 20 miles southwest of downtown Washington, D.C.
PEORIA, ARIZ., AND HENDERSON, NEV. — Resort Lifestyle Communities has completed construction of two independent living communities, Arrowhead Valley Retirement Resort in the Phoenix suburb of Peoria and Cactus Valley Retirement Resort in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson. A grand opening is being hosted Sept. 12 at Arrowhead Valley, while Cactus Valley has already opened its doors. The Henderson community features 128 units, but the size of the Peoria community was not disclosed. Resort Lifestyle Communities develops all-inclusive resort-style seniors housing communities across the country, with 45 properties open or under construction.
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. — Timberland Partners has opened Elevate at Southwest Station Apartments in Eden Prairie. Elevate features 222 apartment units as well as 13,000 square feet of retail space. Brick & Bourbon craft bar and eatery is expected to open at the property by the end of the year. Amenities at Elevate include a rooftop courtyard, pool, community room, coworking space, dog run, pet spa, yoga studio and fitness center. Kaas Wilson Architects and general contractor Frana Cos. made up the project team for the $63.7 million development. Monthly rents start at $1,279 for studios.
The multifamily real estate landscape is booming across the Baltimore metro with exciting new development popping up throughout this burgeoning market. Luxury apartment developers have focused their attention on Baltimore City’s urban waterfront neighborhoods by creating a distinct live-work-play environment. At the same time, suburban developers have focused their efforts along the Interstate 95 corridor, drawn to affluent neighborhoods supported by top ranked school districts. While an increase in development has led to a rise in urban vacancy rates, the influx of tech startups, coupled with the city’s employment drivers — medical and educational institutions — has helped to stabilize these rates. TIF investment has also helped paint a bright future in Baltimore for mixed-use ventures like the East Baltimore Development project around Perkins Homes and the 250-acre Port Covington development in south Baltimore. Both projects are anticipated to support new multifamily housing in these areas. Development boom Vacancy rates have increased following a nearly 20,000-unit spike in new construction from 2014 to 2018. More than 3,900 new units were completed in 2018 alone, and another 6,400 units were underway at the start of 2019. The boom is expected to taper off in 2020 and has already caused a decrease …
Northern California’s multifamily market has a strong development pipeline right now, but after 2020, it drops off dramatically. There is an increasingly toxic political climate in California, with measures like AB 1482 and the revival of Prop 10, which will likely throw a wrench in any planned development beyond 2020. Some of the most notable projects currently underway include Brooklyn Basin’s Orion in Oakland. The first 241 units out of a planned 3,700 have been completed. Brooklyn Basin is a $1.5 billion project that is reshaping the Oakland waterfront and transforming the area into a new, vibrant neighborhood. In San Jose, the area around the proposed Google downtown campus is also on everyone’s radar. The majority of current Bay Area development is concentrated in Oakland and Santa Clara County, with the latter currently experiencing a 4.57 percent vacancy rate. Market fundamentals, including proximity to jobs and a more welcoming environment toward multifamily development have attracted developers and renters alike to these two places. Developers Carmel Partner, Hanover and Holland have been particularly active in Oakland, as of late. Current conditions in Northern California have produced a tenant’s market, with an abundance of new units coming online at once. We are …
WOBURN and NORWOOD, MASS. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of two seniors housing communities in the Boston suburbs. A joint venture between Benchmark Senior Living and Oz Real Estate sold Benchmark Senior Living at Woburn in Woburn as well as Benchmark Senior Living on Clapboardtree in Norwood. The communities offer a total of 177 assisted living and memory care units. Benchmark Senior Living will continue to manage the communities. The Cushman & Wakefield team involved in the transaction included Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner, Tim Hosmer and Chris Remeika. The buyers and sales price were undisclosed.
