MINNEAPOLIS — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Eitel Apartments in downtown Minneapolis for an undisclosed price. The 212-unit apartment property is located at 1367 Willow St. and overlooks Loring Park. The community consists of three buildings, one of which is a repurposed historic building that formerly housed Eitel Hospital. Unit sizes average 800 square feet. Amenities include a rooftop deck, sky lounge, fitness center, yoga studio, billiards room, sauna and two-level parking garage. The property was 90 percent occupied at the time of sale. Matthew Lawton, Kevin Girard, Wick Kirby, Josh Talberg, Dan Linnell and Mox Gunderson of JLL represented the undisclosed seller. The team also procured the institutional buyer.
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BOSTON — Charleston, S.C.-based Greystar has acquired land at 212 Stuart St. in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood for the development of a 19-story, 126-unit apartment building that will also feature ground-floor retail space. The property will offer one- and two-bedroom units as well as three-bedroom penthouses ranging in size from 500 to 2,100 square feet. Amenities will include a fitness center, lounge, library and bike storage space. Greystar plans to break ground this month and to complete the project in the first half of 2022.
CHICAGO — The Habitat Co. has been awarded the property management of Park Tower, a 724-unit condominium building in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. Located at 5415 N. Sheridan Road and constructed in 1973, the building rises 55 stories. Amenities include a rooftop garden, grocery store, clubhouse, fitness center, pool and parking garage. Park Tower is one of the largest residential buildings in Chicago by unit count, according to Habitat, which maintains more than 22,000 units under management across six states.
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.