Multifamily

CHICAGO — A $100 million academic building and residence hall has opened at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) known as the Academic and Residential Complex. The property is home to a two-story, 54,000-square-foot academic building as well as a 10-story residence hall featuring 548 beds. The complex features 16,000 square feet of shared spaces, including study lounges on each floor, a fitness center, laundry facility and 10th-floor sky lounge. A 1,600-square-foot retail area includes a Starbucks. The facility was the result of a public-private partnership with developer American Campus Communities. Most of the financing for the project came from a tax-exempt bond issuance with Collegiate Housing Foundation, a nonprofit organization. Chicago-based SCB Architects designed the facility. Thornton Tomasetti provided structural engineering services.

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CINCINNATI — NorthMarq has arranged an $8.1 million loan for the acquisition of an 11-property multifamily portfolio located in metro Cincinnati. The properties range in size from eight to 58 units with a total unit count of 337. Noah Juran of NorthMarq arranged the loan with a local bank on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. The 10-year, fixed-rate loan has a 30-year amortization schedule.

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ROYAL PALM BEACH, FLA. — Suffolk has broken ground on Inspired Living at Royal Palm Beach, a 106,562-square-foot facility that features 72 assisted living units and 32 memory care beds. The South Florida property will offer 58 studio units, 14 one-bedroom units and a 32-bed memory care center. Home Communities and Reichmann International are the co-developers, and Studio+ designed the freestanding facility. Suffolk expects construction to be complete by summer 2020.

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SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $22.3 million sale of Southern Pines, a 352-unit multifamily community in Spartanburg. Southern Pines was built in 1976 and offers communal amenities such as two swimming pools, a dog park, fitness center and grilling stations. The property is situated four miles north of downtown Spartanburg. Tai Cohen, Jordan McCarley and Watson Bryant of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Upstate Property Rentals, in the transaction. SVN | Blackstream represented the buyers, Nakash Family Land Trust and Mendel Fischer. Eastern Union and Bancorp provided the buyers with an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing.

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DALLAS — JLL has provided a Fannie Mae loan of an undisclosed amount for the refinancing of Trinity Village Apartments, a 256-unit multifamily community in North Dallas. The property offers one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, dog park and onsite laundry facilities. Mark Brandenburg of JLL originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, Frontline Holdings.

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IRVING, TEXAS — JPI, an Irving-based multifamily developer with more than 5,000 units under construction, has named former chief development officer Brad Taylor as its new CEO, effective as of July 1. In addition, the company has appointed Chris Clayton, formerly of Forest City Realty Trust, as its new CFO. JPI will also establish a board of directors consisting of Bobby Page, Ron Ingram, Mark Bryant and Kirk Motsenbocker, who previously served as the company’s executive committee. JPI’s adjustments to its leadership structure reflect the company’s effort to focus on optimizing current and future market opportunities.

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BETHEL PARK, PITTSBURGH and NORTH VERSAILLES, PA. — Chicago Pacific Founders (CPF) and its subsidiaries, CPF Living Communities and Grace Management Inc., have acquired three senior living communities in the Pittsburgh metro area. The properties include The Residence at Bethel Park in Bethel Park, The Residence at Whitehall in Pittsburgh and Point Pleasant in North Versailles. Grace Management will take over operations of all three communities. The Residence at Bethel Park is also a rebrand to reflect the new ownership of the community, which was formerly known as The Residence at Logan. Terms of the deal, including the seller and price, were not disclosed. CPF plans to make capital investments in the campuses.

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KAPOLEI, HAWAII — Highridge Costa will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on Aug. 28 for the second phase of the $130 million Kulana Hale mixed-use affordable seniors housing and multifamily apartment project located at 1020 Wakea St. in Kapolei. Kulana Hale Phase II will feature a 13-story tower with 2,300 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 143 affordable apartments for low-income families. The second-phase tower will be built over a two-level concrete podium structure that will connect to the 154-unit first phase seniors housing tower to form a larger parking structure and podium deck. The third phase will include single-story retail space. Los Angeles-based Highridge Costa and Honolulu-based Coastal Rim Properties, owned by Franco Mola, are developing Kulana Hale jointly with support from nonprofit Hawaiian Community Development Board. SVA Architects designed the project, which Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co. is building. The development’s second phase will be financed with a combination of tax-exempt bonds, tax credit equity and a $17.9 million Rental Housing Revolving Fund Loan from the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corp. Citibank will be the construction lender and Royal Bank of Canada will be the tax credit investor.

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CHICAGO — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $43 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of nine multifamily buildings in Chicago known as Maynard at Elaine. The portfolio includes two adjacent parking lots comprising 101 spaces. The borrower, CLK Properties, purchased the portfolio in 2015 and completed a $9 million capital improvement plan. CLK’s management company manages the buildings. Erik Storz of KeyBank originated the loan. CLK is participating in the Fannie Green Rewards program, which provides financial incentives for owners that make water or energy conservation improvements to their properties within 12 months of the loan closing.

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TUCSON, ARIZ. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Santé of Tucson, a 103-bed short-term rehabilitation and transitional care facility in Tucson. The property was built in 2017, but struggled with occupancy and was placed into SEC receivership under the supervision of Thomas Seaman and Associates. Blueprint was brought on to market the property as a turnaround opportunity with a HUD assumption. A Chicago-based owner-operator that recently had success with another turnaround opportunity in Tucson bought the asset for an undisclosed price. The new owners rebranded the community as Sapphire Estates Rehab Centre. HUD approval for the loan assumption took approximately two months to complete, despite the government shutdown for part of the year. The Blueprint transaction team consisted of Amy Sitzman, Jacob Gehl and Humair Sabir.

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