Multifamily

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — CBRE has negotiated the $22.2 million sale of Ansley at Harts Road, a 225-unit multifamily complex in Jacksonville. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a wellness center and pool. The asset, which was built in 1988, is situated at 11011 Harts Road, eight miles north of downtown Jacksonville. Cliff Taylor and Joe Ayers of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Washington, D.C.-based Madison Marquette acquired the community.

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HOUSTON AND ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — San Antonio-based investment firm Lynd Acquisitions Group has acquired three multifamily properties, one in Houston and two in the northern Austin suburb of Round Rock, for $150 million. Lynd acquired the Houston property, the 282-units Royal Oaks at Westchase, in partnership with Miami-based Florida Value Partners. The Round Rock properties, the 411-unit Enclave Frontera and 366-unit Lakeside at La Frontera, were both built in 2001 and feature one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Lynd will invest $15 million in capital improvements to the two Round Rock communities and $5 million in upgrades to the Houston community. The seller was Sy Li, a private investor that acquired all three properties from the original developers within the last 20 years and made no upgrades during that period.  

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KYLE, TEXAS — BSR REIT, an investment firm that specializes in garden-style multifamily properties in the Sun Belt region, has purchased the 349-unit Ariza Plum Creek Apartments in the Austin suburb of Kyle for $55 million. Built in 2018, the property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, dog park, fitness center and package lockers. The seller was not disclosed. With this transaction, BSR REIT now owns approximately 1,200 apartments in the greater Austin area.

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HOUSTON — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of Towers at Clear Lake, a 216-unit multifamily asset situated on 11.8 acres in the southeastern Houston suburb of Clear Lake. Built in 1985, the property formerly offered a mix of apartments and condominiums. Will Balthrope, Drew Kile, Jennifer Campbell and William Griffin of IPA represented the seller, Dallas-based investment firm The ValCap Group, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, New Jersey-based Raamco International. IPA also recently brokered the sale of the 304-unit Trails at Lake Houston between The Valcap Group and Raamco.

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BLOOMFIELD, CONN. — Chozick Realty has brokered the $12 million sale of Wedgewood apartments, a 112-unit apartment community in Bloomfield, a northern suburb of Hartford. The community was constructed in the 1960s and features one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. The seller was a local family office. The buyer was a regional investor that targets garden-style apartments. Both parties involved in the transaction requested anonymity.

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SURPRISE, TOLLESON, LITCHFIELD PARK AND PHOENIX, ARIZ. — Oak Brook, Ill.-based Inland Real Estate Acquisitions, on behalf of an affiliate of The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, has acquired five Christopher Todd Communities in the Phoenix metro area. The portfolio includes 943 single-family rental homes. Three communities — Christopher Todd Communities On Greenway in Surprise, Christopher Todd Communities At Country Park in Tolleson and Christopher Todd Communities On Camelback in Litchfield Park — were included in the closing on Friday, March 13. The purchase of Christopher Todd Communities At Marley Park in Surprise and Christopher Todd Communities At Stadium in Phoenix are pending and slated to close in the near future. The communities were the first Christopher Todd Communities to be constructed as the company began its development of “smart-gated” communities offering pet-friendly one- and two-bedroom, single-family homes with private backyards and resort-style luxury amenities. Trevor Koskovich, Jesse Hudson and Bill Hahn of NorthMarq represented the buyer and seller in the deal. James DuMars and Griffin Martin of NorthMarq’s Phoenix office arranged acquisition financing for the buyer.

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LOS ANGELES — Champion Real Estate Co. has purchased a student housing community located at 2353 Portland St. in Los Angeles. Century Park sold the asset for $14.1 million. Champion plans to rebrand the property as Victory on Portland and renovate the complex, which was built in 1964. The renovations will change Victory on Portland into a 102-bed property offering units with stainless steel appliances, HVAC units, stone countertops, modern cabinetry and laminate wood flooring. The apartments will be fully furnished with beds, couches, chairs, coffee tables, dining tables, flat-screen televisions, cable, internet, Wi-Fi, Sonos soundbars and other amenities. On-site amenities will include an updated swimming pool, amenity deck, student lounge and leasing office. John Taksa of RE/MAX Commercial & Investment Realty represented the buyer and seller in the transaction.

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PORTLAND, ORE. — Norris & Stevens has arranged the sale of The Garthwick, a 30,507-square-foot multifamily building located in Southeast Portland. Yellow Submarine sold the asset to Garthwick – SPE 1 and Garthwick – SPE 2 for $8.6 million, or $359,583 per unit. Located at 8705 SE 13th Ave., The Garthwick features 24 units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom apartments and two- and three-bedroom townhouse-style units. The property was built in 2018. Cameron Mercer and David Chatfield of Portland-based Norris & Stevens represented the seller, while Clay Newton and Jordan Carter of Kidder Mathews represented the buyer in the transaction.

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DENVER — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) Multifamily has arranged the sale of The Kentom Apartments, a four-story, Victorian-era building located in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. Denver-based Classic Properties sold the property to New York-based Urban American Management for $8.4 million, or $264,063 per unit. Built in 1908, the 32-unit property offers units with exposed brick, clawfoot bathtubs, Victorian chandeliers, original woodwork, front and rear entries to each unit, French doors, bay windows, working fireplaces and balconies. The units average 855 square feet, and the property features on-site resident storage. Justin Hunt, Andy Hellman, Ryan Cohn and Katie Hufnagel of NKF Multifamily represented the seller in the deal. The acquisition is Urban American Management’s second acquisition in metro Denver.

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As markets, consumers and businesses react to the novel coronavirus, lenders and mortgage bankers across the country find themselves reflecting on the volatility that characterized the multifamily debt market in 2019 and wondering just how similar 2020 could be. To be sure, market uncertainty is par for the course during presidential election years, and the market event related to coronavirus is creating additional anxiety. The multifamily debt markets are also working to move away from the LIBOR index as a benchmark for pricing loans to a new index, creating the need for adjustment within the industry when that move takes effect in 2021. But beyond those factors, lenders and mortgage bankers anticipate continued strength in multifamily loan production fueled by strong fundamentals and low interest rates. These topics formed the basis of discussion for much of the Mortgage Bankers Association and CREFC’s Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo, held February 9-12 in San Diego. The event afforded ample opportunities for publications that cover the industry to meet individually with multifamily finance professionals and gauge their outlooks on the health and prospective performance of the market in 2020.  Rebusinessonline.com took advantage of those opportunities to sit down and talk with Rich Martinez, …

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