BOERNE AND ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — CBRE has arranged loan for the refinancing of Franklin Park Boerne and Franklin Park Round Rock, two 76-unit assisted living and memory care communities in metro Austin. The borrower was a joint venture between Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and Franklin Development Properties. The borrower developed both properties in 2017. The communities feature a variety of amenities including a full-service hair and nail salon, theater, game room and a health and wellness center. Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Adam Mincberg of CBRE arranged the loan, which carried a three-year term, floating interest rate and 24 months of interest-only payments, through a national bank. Franklin Apartment Management, Franklin Development’s management affiliate, will continue to operate the communities.
PEMBROKE PINES, FLA. — Terra has received a $91 million refinancing loan for its recently delivered Pines Garden at City Center. An affiliate of Mack Real Estate Group secured the loan on behalf of the developer. The lender and terms of the loan were not disclosed. Pines Garden is a 387-unit multifamily community situated within Pines City Center, a master-planned 47-acre development that includes 300,000 square feet of retail, entertainment and restaurant space. Pines Garden offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a two-story clubhouse, fitness center, children’s playroom, game room, swimming pool, coworking lounge and coffee bar, outdoor cooking area, gazebo, life-size chess board, dog park and play spaces.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Chicago Pacific Founders and its subsidiaries, CPF Living Communities and Grace Management, have purchased Twin Rivers Assisted Living and Memory Care, an 83-unit seniors housing community in Richardson. The property is situated on five acres on the northeastern outskirts of Dallas. Grace Management will manage the property.
CA Student Living Begins Construction on $86M Student Housing Project in State College, Pennsylvania
STATE COLLEGE, PA. — CA Student Living has begun construction on HERE at State College, an $86 million, 227-unit student housing property located one block from Penn State University. The 12-story complex will feature more than 700 beds and house 30,000 square feet of retail space on the lower two levels. The general contractor is Missouri-based Brinkmann Constructors, and the architect is Shepley Bulfinch. HERE at State College is expected to open in fall 2020.
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated the $65.3 million sale of Sawmill Point, a four-story, 280-unit waterfront community in Wilmington. Completed in 2017, the property offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a saltwater swimming pool, bocce ball court, fire pits and a hammock garden. The complex fronts 815 feet along Cape Fear River, which feeds into the Atlantic Ocean. Alex Okulski, John Heimburger, Dean Smith, Sean Wood, Jason Kon and John Munroe of NKF represented the seller, a joint venture between The Davis Cos., Gemini Partners LLC, Capital Properties, The Wills Cos., Fideli Investments and Symphony Properties LLC. Chaucer Creek Capital acquired the property.
WHEATON, MD. — A joint venture between Blackfin and Acre Valley Real Estate Capital has acquired Earle Manor Apartments, a two-building, 140-unit complex in Wheaton, for $21 million. The garden-style community was fully occupied at the time of sale. The asset is situated at 10820 Georgia Ave., nine miles north of downtown Washington, D.C. and near the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Wheaton Metro Station. The seller was not disclosed.
PITTSBURGH — A joint venture between Pinecrest and Cardinal Group has completed construction on The Bridge on Forbes, a 473-bed student housing property in Pittsburgh. The community offers fully furnished studio-, one-, two- and three-bedroom units to students attending the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and Carlow University. Shared amenities include a 24-hour fitness center, an outdoor deck with grilling stations and fire pits, collaboration rooms, a coffee bar and lounge and retail space occupied by Arby’s and Bank of America. The property is fully leased for the upcoming academic year.
MONROE, N.J. — Greystone has provided a $16.5 million Freddie Mac loan for the acquisition of Waterside Villas, a 100-unit seniors housing community located in Monroe, a city about 20 miles northeast of Trenton. The loan carries a 10-year term and 30-year amortization schedule with a fixed interest rate and interest-only payments for the first five years. Sela Realty, an apartment rental agency based in New Jersey, was the borrower and buyer. John Williams and Ephraim Kantor of Greystone’s New York office originated the loan, while Adam Zweibel of Gebroe-Hammer brokered the transaction.
MERIDEN, CONN. — Capital Funding Group (CFG), a Baltimore-based lender, has provided a $2.8 million bridge-to-HUD loan for the refinancing of Meriden Mill, a 43-unit multifamily property in Meriden, about 20 miles south of Hartford. The owner and borrower, Manhattan Five Realty, will use a portion of the proceeds to fund future renovations. Gary Sever of CFG handled the transaction through HUD’s 223(f) refinance program, which is used to refinance market-rate multifamily properties.
SEATTLE — Concord Pacific, a Canadian residential developer, has acquired a multifamily development site located at 1901 Minor Ave. in Seattle for $72 million. Situated within Seattle’s Denny Triangle neighborhood, the site has master-use permit approval for two high-rise residential towers over a large podium. This acquisition is Concord’s second commitment to building vertical neighborhoods in Seattle. Ross Klinger and Tim Foster of Kidder Mathews represented the buyer in the deal. The name of the seller was not released.