ST. JOHN, FLA. — Walker & Dunlop has arranged $51.7 million in construction financing for Beachwalk Apartments, a planned multifamily community in St. John, located roughly 25 miles south of Jacksonville. The 348-unit community is located within the Beachwalk master-planned development. BB&T provided $34.8 million in senior financing for Beachwalk Apartments, and Equity Resources LLC provided $16.9 million in joint venture equity financing. Kevin O’Grady, Daniel Sheehan and Eric McGlynn of Walker & Dunlop arranged the transaction on behalf of the developer, Falcone Associates LLC. Once complete, Beachwalk Apartments will feature a clubroom, fitness center, pool, athletic courts and a playground. At full build-out, the Beachwalk master-planned community will feature a 14-acre Crystal Lagoon with 1,000 feet of beachfront, a private beach club and a 175,000-square-foot retail village along the shore; 750 for-sale residential units; 825,000 square feet of retail and commercial space; 360,000 square feet of office space; 1.5 million square feet of industrial space; and a high school. Art Falcone’s Encore Capital Management is the master developer of Beachwalk.
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HILLSBORO, ORE. — Security Properties and Pacific Life Insurance Co. have acquired Tessera at Orenco Station, a multifamily property located at 6523 NE Cherry Drive in Hillsboro, a suburb of Portland. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $85 million. Built in 2014, the property features 304 apartment units and is within walking distance of The Orenco Station Town Center, a retail center. The buyers plan to upgrade all eight of the property’s designated common area spaces and renovate the unit interiors with vinyl plank flooring throughout all living areas, under-cabinet access lighting and a technology package. Security Properties Residential, an affiliate of Security Properties, will manage the property.
SANDY SPRINGS, FLA. — Vista Realty Partners has sold Northridge Vista Apartments, a 220-unit multifamily community located in Sandy Springs, roughly 20 miles north of downtown Atlanta. Hudson Capital Partners acquired the asset for $49 million. Northridge Vista includes a mix of one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 710 square feet to 1,438 square feet. Monthly rental rates start at $1,293 for a one-bedroom unit, and go up to $1,900 for a two-bedroom unit, according to Apartments.com. Community amenities include a business center, coffee bar, Zen garden, grill/picnic area, pet play area, fitness center and a resort-style pool. Northridge Vista is located less than five miles from the new Mercedes-Benz U.S headquarters, which opened in March.
DESOTO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Franklin Park of Desoto, a 240-unit, age-restricted multifamily community for residents 55 and older in Desoto, a southern suburb of Dallas. Built in 2009, the property consists of 31 buildings across 22 acres. Amenities include walking trails, a media room, resort-style pool and an outdoor fireplace. Rod Llanos and Doug O’Toole of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction. Will Balthrope and Jennifer Campbell of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, procured the buyer. Both buyer and seller are based in Texas but requested anonymity.
Alchemy Properties Acquires Former School on Upper West Side for $158M, Plans to Develop Condos
by David Cohen
NEW YORK CITY — Alchemy Properties has acquired the former Collegiate School on the Upper West Side of Manhattan for $158 million. The property, which is located at 378 West End Ave. and 260-262 West 78th St., will be redeveloped into two ground-up residential condominium buildings rising 19 and 12 stories, respectively. When completed, the project will bring anywhere from 58 to 62 condominium units to the Upper West Side as well as 20,000 square feet of amenities, including an outdoor pool, squash court and fitness center. Alchemy has partnered with South Korean investment bank Daishin Securities to develop the project. Architectural firm COOKFOX Architects has been commissioned to design both the exterior and interior of 378 West End Ave. Bank OZK provided pre-construction and construction financing for the project. Construction on 378 West End Ave. is scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2018. Alchemy Properties recently completed Two Fifty West 81st St., a 31-unit condominium project on the Upper West Side. The project is currently 85 percent sold, according to Alchemy. — David Cohen
HAVERHILL, MASS. — Yannios RE Investment Sales has brokered the sale of Highland Maple Apartments, a 39-unit apartment community in Haverhill. Haverhill is located 35 miles north of Boston. Built in 1850, the masonry-style property includes two, three-story buildings. Yannios RE Investment Sales represented the seller, who was undisclosed. The buyer was also undisclosed.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Coastal Ridge Real Estate and M Group have purchased The Reef, a 924-bed student housing community located adjacent to Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers. Progressive Capital Group sold the asset to the partnership for $78.8 million. Kevin Larimer, Greg Gonzalez and Cole Whitaker of Berkadia arranged the transaction on behalf of Progressive. Constructed in two phases in 2016 and 2017, The Reef is a garden-style community featuring two resort-style pools with cabanas, outdoor billiards, fire pit, ping pong, bocce ball, sand volleyball court, fitness center, cyber café, resident club lounge and private study rooms. The community’s fully furnished units feature bed-to-bath parity. The transaction marks the second student housing acquisition near Florida Gulf Coast University for Coastal Ridge in the past two months. In July, the Ohio-based company acquired the adjacent Coastal Village Apartments for $44 million.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Marsh Properties has broken ground on The Edge@Sedgefield, a 263-unit apartment community located within the Sedgefield mixed-use redevelopment in Charlotte. The community will include a mix of studio to two-bedroom apartment units ranging in size from 600 to 1,450 square feet. Community amenities will include five private courtyards, bike storage, a dog wash station, dog park, fitness center with yoga studio, pool, clubroom and a rooftop terrace with views of South End and Uptown Charlotte. The development team for The Edge@Sedgefield includes BB+M Architecture, Samet Corp. and LandDesign. BB&T is providing construction financing for the project. The first units at the community are expected to deliver in the spring of 2020. At full build-out, Sedgefield will include approximately 700 residential units, the redevelopment of 30,000 square feet of retail and the potential for 100,000 square feet of office space. Sedgefield Shopping Center, a 68,000-square-foot shopping center developed by Marsh in partnership with Aston Properties, opened at the development last year. The center is home to Harris Teeter, Nexter Juice Bar, Holler & Dash and The Waterman. The Edge@Sedgefield will be located adjacent to the retail center.
FRISCO, TEXAS — California-based private equity firm The Bascom Group has acquired Jefferson Stonebriar, a 424-unit multifamily community in Frisco. The newly built, Class A property consists of one-, two- and three-bedroom units and offers amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center, conference room and pet park. The seller was Irving, Texas-based multifamily developer JPI. Brian Murphy and Richard Furr of ARA Newmark represented JPI in the transaction. Tip Strickland and Braden Harmon of Berkeley Point Capital secured debt for the transaction, which marks Bascom’s 35th multifamily property closed in Texas. James D’Argenio and Chang Liu sourced and managed the acquisition for Bascom.
NORTH RIVERSIDE, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2 million sale of an 18-unit apartment property in North Riverside, about 12 miles west of Chicago. The two-building property is located at 2628-2640 Desplaines Ave. Recent capital improvements included new finishes as well as updated windows, doors, roofing, hot water heaters, boilers, and air conditioners. Andrean Angelov, Ryan Engle and Samuel Antreasian of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. The team also procured the private buyer.