FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Cobble Hill, a 136-unit multifamily community located at 6050 Oakland Hills Drive in Fort Worth. The property was built in 1983. Al Silva of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a Dallas-based partnership, in the transaction. Silva also procured the buyer, a Texas-based private investment firm that will implement a capital improvements program to the property’s unit interiors and amenity spaces.
MINNETONKA, MINN. — The Opus Group has completed its first senior living community in the Twin Cities known as Orchards of Minnetonka. The 147-unit development offers independent living, assisted living and memory care. Amenities include a salon, chapel space, clubroom, community room and two dining areas. Outdoor areas include a putting green, gardening beds and orchard. Ebenezer Management will operate the property. Sperides Reiners Architects and Consilium Home made up the project team.
SAGINAW, MICH. — Bernard Financial Group has originated an $8.7 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of South Colony Place I in Saginaw. The 201-unit multifamily property is located at 180 S. Colony Drive in central Michigan. Dennis Bernard originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, South Colony Limited Dividend Housing Association LLC.
JEFFERSONVILLE, IND. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged an $8 million loan for the refinancing of Beech Grove Apartments in Jeffersonville. Built in 1972 and renovated in 2006, the 182-unit apartment property is located at 3014 Beech Grove Court. Noah Juran of NorthMarq arranged the 10-year loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule and a fixed rate. A life insurance company provided the loan.
NEW YORK CITY — Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC has acquired 800 Sixth Avenue, a 266-unit multifamily community located in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan. Completed in 2003, the property offers quick access to major employment centers like Silicon Alley, which houses the offices of Google, Facebook, Twitter and IBM. The development is also in close proximity to Grand Central Station, the Hudson Yards mixed-use development and the World Trade Center. Greystar will implement a capital improvements program that centers on upgrading appliances, cabinetry, lighting, plumbing and hardware fixtures within the units. The new ownership will also overhaul the property’s amenity spaces, which include a fitness center, sky deck and a resident lounge with a chef’s kitchen and billiards room. The seller was not disclosed.
INDIAN ISLAND, MAINE— Hunt Capital Partners has provided $2.1 million in federal low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) equity financing for the construction of Penobscot Elder Homes. The community will be located on Indian Island within the Penobscot Nation Reservation, approximately 12 miles northeast of Bangor. The development will provide 24 affordable housing apartments for seniors. Penobscot Elder Homes is Hunt Capital Partners’ 11th LIHTC investment in Indian Country and Penobscot Nation’s first LIHTC development. All units will be restricted to households that earn up to 50 and 60 percent of the area median income. The two-story development will also include a lobby with a common area as well as a community kitchen, community room and laundry rooms.
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Seniors housing investment and construction in the United States slowed in the first part of 2019, but investors are confident in the long-term outlook for this sector, according to a “Senior Housing Snapshot” report by Real Capital Markets (RCM). Following several years of robust sales and construction activity, the seniors housing market is redefining itself, adjusting to shifts in investor activity and a focus by many investors on a long-term horizon, the report concludes. RCM’s national report incorporates the sentiments of investors across the country and national statistics on investment activity from Real Capital Analytics (RCA), as well as construction and occupancy statistics from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). Based in Carlsbad, RCM is a marketplace for selling commercial real estate properties. U.S. investment sales in seniors housing totaled $2.8 billion in the first two months of 2019, down from $3 billion in the same time period in 2018. This follows $15.2 billion in sales for all of 2018. According to U.S. investors, developers and real estate brokers surveyed and interviewed for the report, 66 percent believe that activity levels in 2019 will be comparable to the total sales for 2018. “Perspective …
ATLANTA — Banyan Street Capital and Greystar have received construction financing for Ascent Peachtree, the partners’ $125 million, 29-story apartment building in downtown Atlanta. Ascent Peachtree will comprise 345 residential units, 70 of which will be reserved for workforce housing, and will be built on top of an existing parking garage, with residential units beginning on the 11th floor. Invest Atlanta has provided the joint venture with a $9 million loan from Atlanta’s Eastside Tax Allocation District, as well as a lease-purchase bond financing for the project to ensure the workforce units. Additionally, 20 percent of the units will be affordable housing units. Ascent Peachtree will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans ranging in size from 680 to 2,380 square feet. Amenities will include a swimming pool, outdoor entertainment space and a rooftop lounge. Banyan Street and Greystar expect to break ground in May.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — A partnership between Cardinal Ventures LLC and Blake Management Group will develop an 88,000-square-foot seniors housing community in Greenville. The property will offer assisted living units in studio, one- and two-bedroom formats and memory care units in studio and one-bedroom floor plans. Construction is scheduled to be complete by spring 2020.
MESA, ARIZ. — Salt Lake City-based Bridge Investment Group has acquired Verona Park, an apartment community located at 1666 S. Extension Road in Mesa. Salt Lake City-based Millburn Co. sold the property for $43.7 million. Cindy Cooke and Brad Cooke of Colliers International of Arizona represented the seller, while Bridge Investment Group was self-represented in the sale. Built in 1981, Verona Park consists of 19 residential buildings totaling 248,224 square feet. The property features 304 apartments in a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts, averaging 817 square feet. At the time of sale, 25 of the units had undergone renovations, leaving the remaining apartments with classic interiors for upgrading.
