BELTON, MO. — The Belton City Council has approved NorthPoint Development’s $44 million redevelopment of a long-vacant site at 163rd St. and Turner Road in Belton, about 20 miles south of Kansas City. Plans call for a six-building, 322-unit luxury apartment property. Amenities will include a kitchen, coffee bar, fitness room, cycling studio, massage studio, conference room, outdoor patio and pool. Construction is expected to begin in 2021. Monthly rents are projected to range from $850 to $1,600. On June 8, the Belton Planning Commission voted to approve rezoning of the 11.6-acre site from commercial use to residential. The project is to receive tax abatement with issuance of Chapter 100 bonds to finance the cost of the project.
JOLIET, ILL. — Mortgage banking company Merchants Capital has provided $25.9 million in Fannie Mae financing for Larkin Village, a 476-unit affordable housing property in Joliet. Merchants arranged the loan on behalf of the owners, Brinshore Development, The Richman Group and Eric Richelson. Located at 947 Lois Place, Larkin Village operates under a tax credit program through the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA), which requires that the property reserves 256 of its units for residents earning at or below 60 percent of the area median income. The other 220 units are unrestricted. The 10-year loan will enable ownership to retire IHDA debt, make repairs to the property and redeploy the equity accumulated over the years. The equity will be used to invest in other affordable housing projects.
NEW YORK CITY — East West Bank has funded an $88 million construction loan for 1 Archer Avenue Apartments, a 315-unit multifamily and retail project currently under construction in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens. A partnership between Shorewood Real Estate Group and Bridge Investment Group was the borrower. Located at 160-05 Archer Ave., the 320,000-square-foot building will include a coworking space, game room, fitness center, yoga room and multiple resident lounges. Hill West Architects designed the project. Construction of the project began in late 2019. An expected completion date was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $57 million acquisition loan for a 183-unit multifamily property in Brooklyn. USAA Real Estate provided the fixed-rate loan to an undisclosed borrower. Located at 1 Flatbush Ave., the 19-story, Class A apartment building was constructed in 2018. Amenities include a fitness center, resident lounge and landscaped roof deck. Gideon Gil, Alex Lapidus and Maya Steinberger of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the loan. Adam Spies, Adam Doneger, Dan O’Brien and Avery Silverstein represented the seller, a partnership between Meadow Partners and Slate Property Group, in the transaction.
STAMFORD, CONN. — CIT Group Inc. has provided a $35.9 million construction loan for a 183-unit apartment building in Stamford. The borrower was a joint venture between New Jersey-based developer Fields Development Group and Alpine Residential. The project will be located on Canal Street near the Metro North railway station and will include ground-floor retail space. Chris Niederpruem of CIT Group originated the loan.
MARIETTA, GA. — Alliant Credit Union has provided a $20.8 million acquisition loan for Bentley at Marietta, a 222-unit multifamily community in Marietta. The five-year loan features two years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. The property was built in 1985 and offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a clubhouse, pool, fitness center, playground, outdoor grilling area, dog park and a private lake with a fishing dock. The asset is located at 880 S. Cobb Drive SE, 19 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta. Matthew Mense and Ari Schwartzbard of Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) originated the loan through Alliant Credit Union on behalf of the buyer, American Landmark Apartments. Jim Jarrell, Cory Caroline Sams, Chandler Brown, Walter Miller, Taylor Brown and Bo Brown of Greystone Brown Real Estate Advisors represented both the seller, Wilkinson Corp., and the buyer, Asset Development & Management Group LLC, in the transaction. The total sales price was $31.2 million.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — General contractor Paragon Services Inc. has completed renovations of Boardwalk at Town Center, a 450-unit multifamily community in The Woodlands, roughly 30 miles north of Houston. The project began in fall 2018. Units at the property now feature wood-style plank flooring, quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances and brushed nickel hardware. The renovations also delivered upgrades to the amenity spaces, which include two pools, a game room, rooftop lounge, business center, fitness studio, coffee bar, pet park and a clubroom with a gourmet kitchen.
TYLER, TEXAS — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has provided a $10.8 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Chelsea Creek, a 180-unit apartment complex in Tyler, located about 100 miles east of Dallas. Units at the property, which was built in 1978, feature walk-in closets, individual washers and dryers and patios or balconies. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, business center and a resident clubhouse. Paul Harbor of Grandbridge originated the loan, which carries a 10-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule, on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had a major impact on all aspects of on- and off-campus student housing. In an attempt to better assess that impact and the sector’s outlook for the future, Student Housing Business (SHB) conducted a survey of industry professionals over the course of several weeks in May. The survey was segmented by industry function for specific elements of the business, allowing SHB to better understand the pandemic’s distinct influence on each segment of the industry. Of the survey’s 569 respondents, 79 defined their role in the industry as that of an on-campus housing officer or operator. In this segment of the industry, 38 percent of institutions laid off or furloughed employees and 24 percent instituted pay cuts. Sixty-four percent of respondents noted that they are involved with traditional on-campus residence halls; 10 percent are involved with public-private partnership development; and 26 percent work with both types of residence halls. Of those polled, 88 percent of universities saw residents leave behind clothing and belongings when they moved out in March following evacuation orders due to the pandemic, and 67 percent had not begun the process of turning on-campus housing rooms yet. Looking toward the summer, 60 percent of respondents …
INDIANAPOLIS — Discovery Senior Living has unveiled plans for a multi-million-dollar capital investment and renovation of Discovery Commons at College Park, a 116-unit independent living community located in Indianapolis. The multi-phase project will include interior and exterior improvements. The initial phase will include new seating and gathering areas, including an upgraded lobby. Interior enhancements will also include renovated bathrooms, new flooring, lighting, furniture and décor as well as a new color palette. The initial phase is underway with completion slated for late summer. The second phase calls for a renovation of the dining room, enhancements to the community’s kitchen and design upgrades for the resident corridors and library. New furniture for both the interior and exterior of the community will be included in the second phase, which is set to begin late this year. Discovery has owned and operated the property since July 2019. Discovery Design Concepts is leading the interior design aspect of the project.