Multifamily

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MORGAN HILL, CALIF. — Artis Senior Living has acquired 176,269 square feet within the Evergreen Village mixed-use development in Morgan Hill, a city at the southern tip of Silicon Valley. Artis plans to build a memory care community on the four-acre site, though details and a timeline have not yet been released. Frans Construction Inc. is the general contractor on the site and MH Engineering Co. is the civil engineer. Evergreen Devco Inc., a retail and multifamily development company in the West, is building Evergreen Village on 20.4 acres. The project will include a hotel, restaurant, the memory care development, and a public art component. Site improvements for the development are scheduled for completion in April 2020. “Having Artis Senior Living pick up the four-acre housing parcel so quickly, it’s incredibly encouraging and affirms that Evergreen Village is well underway with the site improvement work,” says Rogg Collins, principal of Evergreen Devco. Gary Hansen of Cushman & Wakefield represented Evergreen in the site sale, and Robert Clifford of Lee & Associates represented Artis. McLean, Va.-based Artis’ nationwide portfolio includes 25 assisted living communities in operation or under construction, and more than 20 communities in various stages of planning and development.

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Many of today’s headlines about multifamily housing have focused on the market’s two extremes: homelessness and high-end penthouses. Meanwhile, a crisis has been growing in the “missing middle;” there is a shortage of affordable rental housing for middle-class workers like teachers, firefighters and police officers. In recent years, middle-income families have been struggling with flat wages and rising childcare, education and healthcare costs. Not only are families being priced out of homeownership, but they’re finding fewer rental units in their price range. Indeed, rents have been rising, particularly in cities with booming economies. Nationwide, only 37 percent of all available units rent out at or below $1,200 per month, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) Out of Reach report and the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. Yet only in 13 states do workers earn an average of at least $22.96 per hour, the amount required to comfortably afford a $1,200/month apartment. Charlotte is short 34,000 affordable housing units and Salt Lake City lacks 54,000. In total, there is a need for hundreds of thousands more affordable rental units. The problem is a matter of supply as well as demand. Formidable obstacles currently impede the …

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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — A joint venture between Middle Street Partners LLC and Trei Real Estate has broken ground on Atlantic Beach House, a 224-unit multifamily community in Mt. Pleasant. Communal amenities will include a clubhouse, saltwater pool, fitness center, coffee lounge, dog park, golf cart charging stations, storage units, outdoor kitchens and covered bike parking. Unit interiors will feature 42-inch cabinetry, kitchen islands, tile backsplashes, stainless steel appliances, walk-in closets and private balconies. The property is situated on eight acres near Sullivan’s Island and Charleston Harbor. Mt. Pleasant is located nine miles north of downtown Charleston. Dallas-based Humphreys & Partners Architects designed the community, and Jacksonville-based Live Oak Contracting is the general contractor. Patterson Real Estate Group arranged construction financing on behalf of the joint venture through Northwestern Life Insurance Co. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.

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MEMPHIS, TENN. — Continental Realty Group and MLG Capital have sold The Park at Forest Hill, a 601-unit apartment community in Memphis, for $64 million. The property was built in two phases in 2002 and 2007 at 8285 Irene Blvd., in Memphis’ Germantown submarket. The community offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans with rents ranging from $715 to $1,075 per month. Communal amenities include a pool, dog park, clubhouse, playground, fitness center and picnic tables. Continental Realty and MLG purchased the property in 2016 for $39.1 million. The partnership implemented $3.1 million worth of upgrades, which included upgrading select units with items such as new vinyl plank flooring, stainless steel appliances, kitchen and bathroom cabinet fronts and all new unit hardware. The buyer was not disclosed.

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MACON, GA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $21 million sale of a 296-unit apartment portfolio in Macon. Both the buyer and seller were undisclosed limited liability companies. The first property is Anthos at Hidden Lake, a 144-unit property located at 180 Hidden Lake Court. The community offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, as well as amenities including a fitness center, pool and a playground. The second property is Anthos at Shadowood West, a 152-unit property also offering one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a pool, fitness center, playground and a volleyball court. Anthos at Shadowood West is situated at 4334 W. Highland Drive. Mason Taylor, Cole Carros and Nate McDaniel of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer.

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OKLAHOMA CITY — A partnership between investment firm GMF Capital and Oklahoma-based Vesta Capital has acquired Sycamore Farms, a 398-unit apartment community in Oklahoma City. Built in 1998, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 692 to 1,300 square feet. Amenities include two pools, a 24-hour fitness center, outdoor grilling and picnic areas, a business center and a dog park. Mitch Sinberg, Matthew Robbins and Abigail Beauchamp of Berkadia secured a $33.8 million Freddie Mac acquisition loan for the deal on behalf of the buyer. That loan carried a 10-year term, a fixed interest rate and five years of interest-only payments.

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MANSFIELD, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of The Julian at South Pointe, a 225-unit apartment community located in the Fort Worth suburb of Mansfield. The property was built on 9.7 acres in 2019 and features one- and two-bedroom units with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, tile backsplashes and washer and dryer hook-ups. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, clubhouse, outdoor grilling area and a pet park. Drew Kile, Will Balthrope and Joey Tumminello of IPA represented the seller, a partnership between Carleton Cos. and M.R. Development Corp., in the transaction. The trio also procured the buyer, Short Real Estate.

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ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has negotiated the $12.5 million sale of Greenfield Residences of Arlington, a 178-unit independent living community located in the center of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The property was built on 5.8 acres in 2002 and features 24 studio units, 130 one-bedrooms residences and 24 two-bedroom units. A publicly traded investor sold the property to a locally based owner-operator that will implement a value-add program. Matthew Alley and Patrick Burke of SLIB handled the transaction.

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YUMA, ARIZ. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Yuma. The property features 77 units totaling 143 licensed beds. It was built in 1964 with renovations in 2011 and 2018, totaling 44,076 square feet on 2.9 acres of land. The name of the facility was not disclosed. The seller is a national REIT looking to divest this asset due to it being a geographic outlier in its portfolio. The buyer is a regional operator with strong presence and track record in Arizona. The price was not disclosed. Jeff Binder, Jason Punzel and Brad Goodsell of SLIB handled the transaction.

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CHICAGO — Greystone has provided a $12.1 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Germain House in Chicago’s River West neighborhood. The building was converted from office space to 36 apartment units in 2018. Amenities include a fitness center, clubhouse, pool, bike room and rooftop deck. Clint Darby of Greystone originated the 10-year loan with four years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization. The permanent loan represents an exit from construction financing. The borrower was 925 Chicago Investment Partners LLC.

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