GREENVILLE, N.C. — SYNCO Properties Inc. has sold two apartment complexes totaling 645 units in Greenville for $49.5 million. The two properties are The Madison and Southgate. The Madison offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans with communal amenities such as a 24-hour fitness center, swimming pool, clubhouse, pet park and a cyber café. Southgate offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities at Southgate include a fitness center, clubhouse, swimming pool, pet park and a grilling and picnic area. Watson Bryant, Jordan McCarley and Paul Marley of Cushman & Wakefield represented the Charlotte-based seller in the transaction. Monarch Investment & Management acquired the properties.
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VERMONT — Carnegie Capital, a financial intermediary based in Austin, Texas, has arranged a $29 million loan for the refinancing of a seniors housing community in Vermont. The Class A property, the name of which was not disclosed, includes 80 units and offers assisted living and memory care services. The one-year, interest-only loan will be used to refinance existing construction debt. The borrower was also undisclosed.
DALLAS — Minneapolis-based Dougherty Mortgage LLC has arranged an undisclosed amount of Fannie Mae acquisition financing for Northhaven Terrace, a 208-unit multifamily community in Dallas. The property was built in 1968 and consists of 26 two-story buildings and a leasing office. Dougherty arranged the funds through a partnership with Old Capital Lending on behalf of un undisclosed limited liability company.
SAN DIEGO — JLL has secured $222.5 million in refinancing on behalf of Sunroad Enterprises for two apartment assets within the 232-acre Centrum Master Plan in San Diego’s Kearny Mesa submarket. Aldon Cole, Tim Wright and Bharat Madan of JLL Capital Market arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan for the borrower. Totaling 803 units, the portfolio includes Ariva, a 253-unit property, and Vive on the Park, a 550-unit asset. Built in 2014, Ariva features studio, one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 595 square feet to 1,241 square feet. Community amenities at Ariva include a recreation room, exercise room, game room, learning center, outdoor pool and spa, outdoor showers, private cabanas, barbeque areas, pool deck, fire pit and waterfall. Completed in 2019, Vive on the Park features studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units with a variety of community amenities, including rooftop lounges, pool, spa, multi-level fitness center, business center, sand fire pits, wooded elevated deck, clubroom, game room, social club and on-site storage.
Public-Private Partnership Breaks Ground on $36M Alameda Point Senior Apartments in Bay Area
by Amy Works
ALAMEDA, CALIF. — The City of Alameda, Eden Housing and Alameda Point Partners have broken ground on Alameda Point Senior Apartments, a 60-unit affordable seniors housing community in Alameda, just south of Oakland. Development costs are estimated at $36 million. The community will be located at Alameda Point’s Site A, a $1 billion mixed-use, transit-oriented waterfront development on the site of the former Naval Air Station Alameda, which closed over 20 years ago. Alameda Point Senior Apartments includes 48 one-bedroom and 12 two-bedroom apartments that will be available to seniors with annual incomes from 20 to 60 percent of the Alameda County Area Median Income. Thirty units will serve seniors experiencing homelessness, of which 28 will serve veterans exiting homelessness. “Alameda has stepped up to provide homes for those without housing, most importantly for homeless veterans who have served our county,” said City of Alameda Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft. “I can’t think of a better place to do that than at the former Naval Air Station.” Supportive services will be delivered to residents through a collaboration between Operation Dignity, Eden Housing and the VA. This development is being built using green building techniques and materials and incorporates a number of …
HOBBS, N.M. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Homestead, a multifamily property located in Hobbs. Terms of the transaction, including the names of the seller and buyer and acquisition price, were not released. Built in 2016 and situated in 10.6 acres, Homestead features 240 apartments with high-end interior finishes. John McGregor, Nick Fluellen and Bard Hoover of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal. Matt Reeves of Marcus & Millichap is the broker of record in New Mexico.
MINNEAPOLIS — Kraus-Anderson has broken ground on a 16-story, 341-unit apartment building in Minneapolis that will house a new Wells Fargo bank branch. The existing bank branch will remain in operation throughout construction, but will eventually be demolished in order to make way for the apartment project, known as The Larking. The new bank, slated for completion in spring 2020, will span 3,500 square feet. The apartments are expected to open in early 2022. Amenities at The Larking will include a fitness center, golf simulator, sauna, game room, rooftop pool, outdoor courtyard, package lockers and work-from-home suites. Plans also call for 12,900 square feet of street-level retail space. Saturday Properties will manage the apartments. ESG Architects designed the project.
CHICAGO — The Habitat Co. has assumed management of 18 affordable housing communities owned by the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA). The properties total 4,479 units and are scattered throughout Chicago’s West and South sides. Habitat Affordable Group, the company’s affordable housing division, now operates more than 12,000 units across three states. Of those, 8,215 units are owned by the CHA.
WARREN TOWNSHIP, IND. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of Pheasant Run Apartments in Warren Township, just east of Indianapolis. George Tikijian, Hannah Ott and John Baker of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Birge & Held. Connecticut-based Hamilton Point Investments was the buyer. The firm plans to make common area and exterior improvements, including new LED lighting, landscaping and an updated clubhouse. Units will receive new appliances, flooring, counters and plumbing.
LAFAYETTE, IND. — RealAmerica Development LLC is developing H38 East Apartments, a 32-unit affordable housing project in Lafayette. The new development leverages the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority program Moving Forward 2.0. This program is aimed at providing affordable, energy-efficient housing and transportation. All of the units will be priced affordably for low- to moderate-income individuals, with 30 units priced at 60 percent of the area median income (AMI) and two units priced at 50 percent AMI. The project will include solar power and geothermal features that use 35 percent less energy than a typical apartment development. Development partner Area IV Agency will provide an onsite life skills coach mentoring program that will assist families in education and career development. The community will include a classroom and technology center as well as a playground, fitness center and recreation area. Mortgage banking firm Merchants Capital secured an undisclosed amount of funding for the project. The city of Lafayette and Lafayette Housing Authority provided HOME funds and a tax abatement. Project costs are estimated at $7.4 million, according to the Lafayette Journal & Courier. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.