AUSTIN, TEXAS — Locally based investment firm Rastegar Property has acquired a 36-unit multifamily community located at 902 Romeria Drive in the Brentwood area of Austin. Units at the property average 490 square feet. Rastegar plans to fully renovate the property with new flooring, tile, cabinets, countertops, stainless steel appliances, interior and exterior paint, windows, siding, roofs, landscaping and covered parking.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has secured two Fannie Mae loans totaling $119 million to finance two apartment properties in Manhattan. On the Upper West Side, 33 West End Apartments offers 211 units in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans along with 7,191 square feet of ground-floor retail space. In Chelsea, Port 10 Apartments features 89 units in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. The loan for 33 West End Apartments totaled $80 million and the loan for Port 10 Apartments totaled $39 million. C.W. Early of JLL arranged the fixed-rate, long-term loans for the borrower and original developer of the properties, Atlantic Development Group.
STAMFORD, CONN. — CBRE has arranged the $12.4 million sale of a 10-acre parcel in Stamford, a northeastern suburb of New York City. The parcel currently houses a vacant 196,000-square-foot office building. The buyer, a partnership between National Development and Epoch Senior Living, plans to redevelop the property into a 150-unit independent and assisted living senior housing community called Waterstone on High Ridge. National Development intends to raze 110,000 square feet of the existing building as part of the redevelopment project. Jeffrey Dunne, Steven Bardsley, Gene Pride, Jeremy Neuer and David Gavin of CBRE represented the Seller, Steven Wise Associates LLC.
GLASTONBURY, CONN. — Northeast Private Client Group (NPCG) has brokered the $11.4 million sale of Addison Mill Lofts, a multifamily property in Glastonbury, a southeastern suburb of Hartford. The property formerly served as a historic mill and was converted into a multifamily building with 55 apartments in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Brad Balletto, Rich Edwards and Jeff Wright of NPCG represented the seller, Addison Mill LLC, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, a private investor based in New York.
FREDERICK, MD. — Greysteel has arranged the $15.2 million sale of VistaView Apartments, a 70-unit apartment complex in Frederick. Ausherman Development Corp. sold the property to an undisclosed buyer at $214,285 per unit. VistaView comprises four five-story buildings and offers two-bedroom floor plans averaging 1,336 square feet. Communal amenities include a BBQ area, and access to three swimming pools, two basketball courts and three parks. The asset was delivered in 2014.
MINNEAPOLIS — Dougherty Funding LLC has arranged $188.5 million in construction financing for Eleven, a luxury condominium project in Minneapolis. At 550 feet and 41 stories, Eleven will be the tallest residential building in Minneapolis. It is also the first residential project in the city to be designed by New York City-based Robert A.M. Stern Architects. Amenities will include a landscaped terrace, lap pool, fitness suite, yoga studio, library, demonstration kitchen and golf simulator. Bank OZK served as the senior lender and Related Fund Management as the mezzanine lender. Arcadia LLC and Ryan Cos. are co-developers, with Ryan serving as the builder. Other project team members include Peterssen/Keller Architects, Martha Dayton Design and Lakes Sotheby’s International Realty. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.
As brokers, we are often asked our opinion on the local market. The topic seems to have garnered even more interest than normal as of late. There is a multitude of variables investors will point to as they attempt to define what is happening in the market. The new legislation coming down the pipeline has probably caused the biggest challenges to the local multifamily market. Nationally, there are a lot of people worried about a recession because of the inverted yield curve. However, a recession hasn’t occurred every time the curve has inverted. There is no crystal ball to look at and make our investment decisions, but I think the outlook for Portland is still rosy. What appears to be happening is we are going from a rising market to a more normalizing market. In a rising market, prices increase, buyer demand increases, velocity increases, yield spread narrows and inventory moves fast as investors speculate on the market. In a normalizing market, prices become more realistic for in-place yield, there are fewer buyers in the market, velocity drops and the buyer/seller gap widens, which causes assets to sit or not sell. This seems to be the case here in Portland …
BOSTON — Gables Residential and Drew Co. are nearing completion of Gables Seaport, a 307-unit apartment building in the Boston’s Seaport District. The 23-story building will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom units, as well as an outdoor terrace, lounge and pool. CBT Architects designed the building, and Halvorson Design served as the architect for the roof deck and amenity spaces. The property is slated to open in March 2020.
KENT, WASH. — RedHill Realty Investors has completed the sale of RedHill Pines, a garden-style multifamily community located in Kent. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $34.5 million. Located on more than 7 acres off Canyon Drive, RedHill Pines is a 10-building multifamily complex made up of the 98-unit RedHill Pines, which was built in 1980, and the 70-unit RedHill Pines North, which was built in 1988. The adjacent communities share a centralized clubhouse and leasing office. The communities offer a total of 168 units with an average unit size of 796 square feet, with private patios or balconies at each unit. Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer. Additionally, IPA Capital Markets arranged $23.4 million in acquisition financing for the buyer. The 10-year loan features a fixed rate at 3.8 percent with five years of interest-only payments. Philip Assouad, Giovanni Napoli, Ryan Dinius and Sidney Warsinske of IPA handled the transaction, while Ray Allen and Seth Heikkila of IPA Capital Markets arranged the financing for the buyer.
OAHU, HAWAII — Hunt Capital Partners has provided $10.4 million in federal and state low-income housing tax credit financing, as well as federal solar tax credit equity financing, for the construction of Hale Makana O Maili in Oahu’s Waianae district. Upon completion, Hale Makana O Maili will feature 52 affordable housing units spread across six garden-style residential buildings. Construction began in late September, with completion slated for November 2020. The development team comprises the Hawaiian Community Development Board, Pacific Development Group and 3 Leaf Holdings. Moss & Associates is serving as general contractor and Mark Development will serve as property management for the project.