BOSTON — Citizens Commercial Banking has provided a $53 million construction loan for 7INK, a 180-unit multifamily project in Boston. The property will be located within Ink Block, a mixed-use development at the former site of The Boston Herald in the city’s South End neighborhood. Floor plans will include fully furnished studios, one-bedroom residences and shared suites. The borrower was Massachusetts-based National Development.
NEW YORK CITY — Black Bear Capital Partners has arranged $50.4 million in permanent financing for a portfolio of multifamily properties in The Bronx. Morgan Stanley provided the loan, which carries a fixed interest rate of 3.78 percent and 10 years of interest-only payments, to Finkelstein Timberger East Real Estate. The portfolio spans five properties and includes 357 multifamily units and nine commercial spaces. Bryan Manz, Rob Serra and Emil DePasquale of Black Bear arranged the transaction.
HOUSTON — Newport Real Estate Partners, a newly formed investment firm focused on value-add multifamily properties, has acquired The Fountains at the Bayou, a 460-unit community in Houston. Houston-based investment firm Nitya Capital sold the property in an off-market transaction. Built on eight acres in 1969, the property spans 31 buildings and features amenities such as a pool, clubhouse and playground areas. Newport’s two-year value-add program will center on renovating amenity spaces, upgrading landscaping and signage and rebranding the community as Valencia Grove Apartments.
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of Wyoming Springs, a 100-unit assisted living and memory care community in Round Rock, a suburb of Austin. One Liberty Properties Inc., a publicly traded REIT based in New York, sold the property for an undisclosed price. The buyer was a New York-based private equity fund looking to expand its seniors housing presence. Joshua Salzman and Ben Firestone of Blueprint handled the transaction.
MERIDIAN, IDAHO — Avison Young has secured a $27.7 million loan to finance the construction of Summertown Apartments in Meridian, a suburb 12 miles west of Boise. The borrower is a joint venture between Phoenix Commercial Construction and 111 Capital. Jay Maddox and Peter Sherman of Avison Young Capital Markets Group arranged the loan, which a Los Angeles-based private lender provided. Located adjacent to the 58-acre Settler’s Park, Summertown will offer 190 units in a mix of two-story rowhouses and three-story garden-style apartments with gated front garden areas and enclosed garages. Situated on 5.8 acres, the property will feature resort-like amenities. Construction is slated to begin first-quarter 2020, with the first units delivered during summer 2020.
NOLANVILLE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Cimarron Park Estates, a 97-site mobile home park in Nolanville, located near Temple in the central part of the state. The property is situated on roughly 15 acres. Robert Denninger and Brad Dorsey of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. Denninger also procured the buyer, another private investor. Both parties requested anonymity.
LOS ANGELES — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a 50-bed skilled nursing facility in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. A private real estate investor sold the community to an investor with a large California portfolio for $4 million, or $80,000 per bed. The specific name and location of the property were not released. The seller made $1.7 million in capital improvements to the property over the last three years, including adding 27 beds. Christopher Hyldahl, Gideon Orion and Kendra Gonzalez of Blueprint handled the transaction.
Private capital delivered several new investors to Kansas City in 2019 and the new year will undoubtedly see plenty of competitive bidding and elevated pricing. Overall, the investment market continues to be supported by Kansas City’s diversified economy, with job growth weighted on the Kansas side at 2.7 percent over Missouri’s 1.1 percent (as of August 2019). Targeting talent Kansas City’s low cost of living, educated workforce and business-friendly environment attracted several coastal employers to the Heartland. This trend will likely continue in 2020. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the relocation of two research agencies from Washington, D.C., representing a landmark win with 525 total jobs. Other wins in 2019 included Honeywell’s centralization of its operational offices from Seattle to Kansas City; Niagara Bottling moving 50 jobs from California; Hostess Brands relocating a distribution center from Illinois; and CarMax announcing 300 jobs for its Customer Experience Center after completing a nationwide search. Annual employment growth (as of August 2019) delivered nearly 20,000 jobs with additions in healthcare, biotech and business services, substantiating the selling point of a diversified economy capable of weathering future storms. Employers have found their fit, but more importantly, their talent is seeing reasons they can …
DENVER — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) Multifamily has brokered the sale of Luxe at Mile High, an apartment community in Denver. An undisclosed buyer acquired the newly constructed property from San Antonio-based Embrey for $145 million, or $379,581 per unit. Located at 3200 W. Colfax Ave., Luxe at Mile High features 382 units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts with quartz countertops and state-of-the-art appliance packages, including full-size washers/dryers and stainless steel kitchen appliances. Terrance Hunt and Shane Ozment of NKF handled the transaction.
SACRAMENTO — A joint venture between Ridge Capital Investors and Contrarian Capital Management has purchased Sterling Pointe, a Class B multifamily property located at 2237 and 2257 Hurley Way in the Arden-Arcade submarket of Sacramento. An undisclosed seller sold the property for $33 million. Built in 1972, Sterling Pointe features 250 apartments. The partnership plans to implement a renovation program that will include improvements to unit interiors and exteriors, as well as upgrades to property amenities, branding and signage. Upon completion, Sterling Pointe plans to compete with comparable Class B+ and A- properties. FPI Management will provide third-party management services for the property. John Shaffer, Brian Nelson and Nicole Parrish of Colliers International Sacramento represented buyers in the transaction.