CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A partnership between Penzance and TriWest Multifamily has purchased Stoney Trace Apartments, a 380-unit community located at 4616 Stoney Trace Drive in Charlotte’s Mint Hill neighborhood. The previous owner sold the recently renovated apartment community for $59.8 million. Blake Hockenbury and Bryan Frazier of Walker & Dunlop arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing on behalf of Penzance and TriWest Multifamily. The new ownership has tapped ZRS Management to operate Stoney Trace, which offers one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and amenities including a fitness center, club room with a business center and pool table, soccer field, dog park and an outdoor pool with a grilling area.
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VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Owner-operator Beth Sholom Village has opened Aviva Pembroke, a new community located in Virginia Beach adjacent to the Pembroke Square shopping mall. Pembroke Realty Group developed the property on behalf of Beth Sholom Village. Totaling 153 units, the community features 121 independent living, 20 assisted living and 12 memory care residences. Amenities at the property, which was designed by Kahler Slater, include a pool, fitness center, bistro, community room and a meditation and prayer room. Outdoor amenities include a deck, rooftop lounge and terrace, pickleball courts, putting greens and firepits. The project team also included associate architect Drew Kepley, contractor S.B. Ballard Construction Co., civil engineer Kimley-Horn, structural engineer Lynch Mykins and interior designer Solution 65. JLL provided project oversight to Beth Sholom Village.
Berkadia Arranges $28.3M HUD-Insured Construction Loan for Mixed-Income Community in Atlanta
by John Nelson
ATLANTA — Berkadia has arranged a $28.3 million HUD 221(d)(4) loan for the construction of Englewood Multifamily, a 200-unit mixed-income community underway in Atlanta’s Chosewood Park neighborhood. The non-recourse, fully amortizing loan features a construction-to-perm structure that covers the construction period followed by a 40-year amortization schedule. Carolyn Whatley and Angela Folkers of Berkadia’s FHA/HUD team originated the financing on behalf of the co-developers, The Benoit Group and the City of Atlanta’s Housing Authority (AHA). Englewood Multifamily is part of a 37-acre master-planned development and represents the second building within Phase I of the redevelopment of Englewood Manor on Atlanta’s southeast side. Englewood Multifamily’s development costs are estimated to exceed $86 million. The property will feature 80 percent of the units reserved for households earning 60 percent or less of AMI with the remainder rented at market rates. The community will also include 21,844 square feet of commercial space. The network of companies and organizations that are bringing the Englewood Multifamily development to fruition include the following:
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Portman has signed contrast therapy studio SweatHouz to a retail lease at Starling, a 359-unit apartment community in Nashville’s Germantown neighborhood. With this lease, Starling’s 17,000 square feet of retail space is fully committed to concepts including Toastique, Solidcore, Retrograde Coffee, Social Cantina, KyuRamen and PannePazze. The new SweatHouse is set to open in August and will be the brand’s first location in Nashville and second in Tennessee. The location will offer private suites featuring infrared saunas, cold plunges and vitamin-C showers for members.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of The Destino, a 192-unit apartment complex located roughly midway between Dallas and Fort Worth in Grand Prairie. The Destino comprises 18 buildings that were built on an 11-acre site in the 2000s. Units come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include a pool, outdoor kitchen, playground and a dog park. Al Silva and Ford Braly of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Atlantic Multifamily, in the transaction. The duo also procured the buyer, a New York-based private investment company.
PeakMade Real Estate to Break Ground on 395-Unit Multifamily Community Near University of Arizona
by Amy Works
TUCSON, ARIZ. — PeakMade Real Estate is set to break ground on Theory Tucson, a 395-unit mixed-use development located near the University of Arizona campus in Tucson. The conventional multifamily project, which will also contain some retail space, is designed to appeal to students as well as the local population. The 19-story community will span 686,000 square feet, offering units in studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities will include a lounge, fitness area, coworking space and a rooftop swimming pool. The transit-oriented development will also feature access to a local rail line. The development team for the project includes M.A. Mortenson Co., Gensler, Power Design, Suntec Engineering and Rick Engineering. The community is scheduled for completion in fall 2027.
HENDERSON, NEV. — A joint venture between CREC Real Estate and The Calida Group has sold Coronado Ridge Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, a skilled nursing facility in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson, for $33 million. JLL’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team, in conjunction with Mark Wintner of JLL, represented the seller in the transaction. Completed in 2017, the facility totals 121 beds across 90 resident rooms. The 68,873-square-foot property is situated on 2.3 acres across from a 132-unit seniors housing community and a 62-unit memory care facility.
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. — Aultas has completed the disposition of Table Rock, an apartment community in Flagstaff, to Investors Capital Group for $25.9 million, or $259,000 per unit. Located at the intersection of interstates 17 and 40, Table Rock features 100 two- and three-bedroom floor plans, averaging 1,032 square feet. The community also features a leasing office, clubhouse and fitness center. The property was built in 1998. Steve Gebing and Cliff David of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
UNIVERSITY CITY, MO. — Subtext has begun development of LOCAL on Delmar, a 259-unit apartment complex in the St. Louis suburb of University City. Completion of the five-story project, located at 6650 Delmar Blvd., is slated for summer 2026. The 398,225-square-foot building will feature a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, including townhomes that walk out onto Delmar Boulevard. There will also be 399 parking spaces in a five-story garage and approximately 7,100 square feet of street-level retail space. Amenities will include a clubroom, vinyl listening station, work-from-home hub, wellness suite, gym, yoga studio, pool terrace and grilling area. Situated in the Loop, the project site is located within a 12-minute walk from Washington University. Project partners include Brinkmann Constructors, ESG Architecture & Design, Larson Capital Management, Stock and Associates Consulting Engineers Inc. and First Mid Bank & Trust.
WHITEHALL, PA. — Philadelphia-based brokerage firm SCOPE Commercial Real Estate has negotiated the $11.8 million sale of Aspen Apartments, an 80-unit multifamily building located in the Lehigh Valley city of Whitehall. The three-story building offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units that range in size from 1,080 to 1,600 square feet. The undisclosed buyer purchased the asset via a 1031 exchange following its disposition of two multifamily assets totaling 52 units in nearby Allentown. Zeke Rotter led the SCOPE team led that handled those sales as well as the purchase of Aspen Apartments.