ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Love Funding has secured a $50.9 million loan for the construction and permanent financing of Phillips Sur Club, a proposed 296-unit apartment complex in St. Petersburg, 24 miles southwest of Tampa. The project, to be located at 3000 34th St S., was financed through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Section 221(d)(4) loan insurance program. The developer and borrower, Tampa-based Phillips Development & Realty, will have low-rate, non-recourse financing for the duration of construction and for a subsequent 40-year term. Atlanta-based Reese Vanderbilt & Associates is the design architect, and the general contractor is Birmingham-based Capstone Building Corp. Tampa-based Ovation Management will manage the property. Sur Club is located in St. Petersburg’s Skyway Marina district, five miles south of downtown St. Petersburg and adjacent to Interstates 275 and 375 and U.S. Route 19. The complex will feature an interior courtyard, two swimming pools and an attached parking garage.
Multifamily
Lotus Harvard Completes 16-Unit Apartment, Retail Project in Cambridge, Massachusetts
by Alex Patton
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Lotus Harvard Enterprises LLC has completed development of 1699 Massachusetts Avenue, a 16-unit apartment building with 1,600 square feet of ground-floor retail space that is located adjacent to Harvard Law School in Cambridge. The property offers two studios, eight one-bedrooms, five two-bedrooms and three two-bedroom units, as well as an adjoining five-bedroom single-family home. Khalsa Design was the architect of the project and Nauset Construction was the general contractor.
Desert Land, Civitas Senior Living Break Ground on 210,572 SF Bluffs of Flagstaff in Arizona
by Amy Works
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. — Arizona real estate developer Desert Land Group and Texas-based senior living management company Civitas Senior Living have started construction on their newest senior living boutique project, The Bluffs of Flagstaff. Totaling approximately 210,572 square feet, the community will feature 120 independent living, 66 assisted living and 18 memory care apartments. The Bluffs of Flagstaff is scheduled for completion in fall 2021. The architect for the project is Kaas Wilson, with Greenberg Construction as general contractor. Senior By Design is providing additional design services.
Origin Investments, Randolph Street Acquire 80-Unit Multifamily Asset in Downtown Phoenix
by Amy Works
PHOENIX — A joint venture between Chicago-based firms Origin Investments and Randolph Street Realty Capital has purchased Union @ Roosevelt, a multifamily community in downtown Phoenix. The joint venture plans to more than double the size of the five-story property, which features nine studio units, 60 one-bedroom units and 11 two-bedroom units with an average size of 830 square feet. At the time of acquisition, the 80-unit community was 95 percent leased. The asset also includes 9,100 square feet of retail space, which is currently 33 percent leased to Fatty Daddy Ice Cream and Genuine Wine Bar. The remaining 6,100-square-foot retail space is divisible to two spaces between 2,900 square feet and 3,200 square feet. The second phase of the development will add additional units and community amenities, which will provide the level of development for compliance with the current Opportunity Zone requirements for the project. Additionally, the expansion will add supplemental amenities for the existing units. Constructed is slated to begin during the second quarter of 2020. New units are scheduled to be available in early 2022. Randolph Street will serve as the operating partner and developer of the second phase.
BERRIEN SPRINGS, MICH. — Greystone Bel Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Park Manor Apartments in southwest Michigan’s Berrien Springs. The sales price was undisclosed. Built in 1971 and located on Rosehill Road, the 94-unit garden-style community is situated on nearly six acres. The property consists of nine separate buildings. Austin Hull of Greystone Bel represented the undisclosed buyer and seller.
MOLINE, ILL. — SVN Chicago Commercial has brokered the sale of Paulsen Manor Apartments in Moline for $3.3 million. The 67-unit multifamily complex is located at 2424 41st St. within the Quad Cities. Reid Bennett and Cody Doran of SVN brokered the transaction. A local investor purchased the asset.
New Orleans (also known as Crescent City, The Big Easy and NOLA) is unique in many ways. The cuisine, architecture and music all set the city apart, but for the real estate industry, the geography is most important. In fact, it’s uniqueness among the great Southern cities is that the Mississippi River, Lake Pontchartrain and the wetlands to the east and west have created a barrier to entry unlike any other multifamily market in the country. These factors have limited development to a select few urban sites and redevelopment of historic structures. Garden-style product has been primarily confined to St. Tammany Parish located north of Lake Pontchartrain. The parish has an abundance of land as well as the demographic profile to support new market-rate construction. The multifamily market in metro New Orleans is further strengthened by the positive economic growth the city has experienced. The local and regional economies continue to see growth in the following sectors: energy, advanced manufacturing, international trade, healthcare, education, bio-science, tourism and technology. One example is DXC Technology’s new Digital Transformation Center located in downtown New Orleans. This new employer will create 2,000 well-paying jobs and provide further stability to the downtown multifamily market. The …
NKF Arranges Sale, Acquisition Financing for New Student Housing Community Near University of Arkansas
by Alex Tostado
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. — Newmark Knight Frank Multifamily (NKF) has arranged the sale of and acquisition financing for the Cottages on Hollywood, a 652-bed student housing community located near the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Construction on the property was completed this fall. Ryan Lang, Brandon Buell and Jack Brett of NKF represented the seller, Barrett Development Group, in the sale of the property to Inland for an undisclosed price. Joel Simmons, Matt Williams, James Maynard and Kyle Schlitt of NKF Multifamily Capital Markets Debt & Structured Finance arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer. The community offers two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom units. Shared amenities include study lounges and private study spaces, a computer and printing station, coffee bar and vending market, two-story fitness center with resort-style locker rooms, sauna and steam rooms, tanning beds, two-story clubhouse, indoor and outdoor gaming lounge, resort-style swimming pool and cabana, hammock garden, water and sand volleyball, dog park, outdoor kitchens and grills, fire pit, putting green, an activity field with horse shoes and bocce ball and access to the Town Branch Walking Trail.
SPRING, TEXAS — Wood Partners, a multifamily development and investment firm with offices around the country, has broken ground on Alta Cathedral Lakes, a 300-unit apartment community located in the northern Houston suburb of Spring. The property will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, tile backsplashes and individual washers and dryers. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, business center with conference rooms, an outdoor kitchen, clubroom and a dog park. Preleasing will begin in fall 2020 with the first units scheduled to come on line in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Capitol Seniors Housing Completes New Clubhouse, Residences at Community in Cinnaminson, New Jersey
by Alex Patton
CINNAMINSON, N.J. — Capitol Seniors Housing has completed construction of a new clubhouse and two of the remaining five residential buildings at Siena, an active adult community in Cinnaminson, an eastern suburb of Philadelphia. The owner is currently working to complete the community’s master plan that will consist of 12 buildings and 204 units upon full build-out. The new residences range from 1,114 to 1,873 square feet. Capitol Seniors Housing acquired Siena in 2018, and Cove Property Management operates the community.