Multifamily

Figueroa-St-Los-Angeles-CA

LOS ANGELES — Charlotte, N.C.-based Asana Partners has purchased The Fig Collection @ Highland Park, a three-property mixed-use portfolio in Los Angeles’ Highland Park submarket. Engine Real Estate, a Los Angeles-based private investor, sold the asset for $23.2 million. The portfolio includes: A two-building multifamily and retail property located at 5900 N. Figueroa St. and 111 S. Avenue 59. The property at 5900 N. Figueroa St. includes 12 studio and one-bedroom apartment units and 11,305 square feet of ground-floor retail space, which is 86 percent leased. Mr. Holmes Bakehouse occupies the 4,167-square-foot building located at 111 S. Avenue 59. A single-story, 2,250-square-foot building located at 5711 N. Figueroa St. The property is fully occupied by Sonomama, a high-end gift and apothecary shop; and Afters Ice Cream, an ice cream shop with outposts across Southern California. A two-story, 22,500-square-foot property, located at 5715-5717 N. Figueroa St. Recently renovated, the property features retail and commercial office space, which is fully occupied. Tenants include LemonTree, an audio production facility and recording studio; Blind Barber, a barber shop with a speakeasy bar; Chops Market, a deli; Otono Restaurant; Pacific Union, a luxury residential real estate brokerage firm; and Arrive Enterprises. Dana Brody of JLL …

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LOS ANGELES — The Bascom Group has acquired Island Apartments, a multifamily property located at 8222 Rosemead Blvd. in Southeast Los Angeles. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $12.5 million, or about $160,000 per unit. Constructed in 1957, the property features 78 apartment units. The buyer plans to renovate the complex to modernize the look and feel of the unit interiors. Mike Krantz of Brentwood Realty Partners brokered the transaction. Erich Pryor of Talonvest arranged $9.6 million in debt financing through California Bank & Trust for the buyer.

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BALTIMORE AND CAMP HILL, PENN. — Broadtree Residential Inc. has acquired three multifamily communities located in Baltimore and Pennsylvania for $137.5 million. The multifamily REIT acquired the assets from affiliates of Chesapeake Realty Partners (CRP) as part of its inaugural Umbrella Partnership Real Estate Investment Trust (UPREIT) transaction. In an UPREIT transaction, property owners contribute real estate to the fund’s operating partnership on a tax-deferred basis in exchange for equity, in the form of operating partnership units. As a result of the transaction, the sellers contributed more than $25 million of equity into the operating partnership of Broadtree. In Baltimore, the sold portfolio included 1901 South Charles and 2 East Wells. Developed in 2012 by CRP, 1901 South Charles includes 193 units and features a mix of studio to two-bedroom floor plans. Constructed in 2015, 2 East Wells includes 152 units with a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts. In Camp Hill, roughly four miles southwest of Harrisburg, Broadtree acquired The Overlook. The 288-unit community was constructed in 2014 and includes a mix of one- and two-bedroom units. Community amenities across the portfolio include fitness centers, yoga studios, swimming pools, grilling stations and resident clubhouses.

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ATLANTA — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sales of three multifamily communities in metro Atlanta for a combined $70.5 million. In Cumming, roughly 40 miles northeast of Atlanta, AMF Fountains of Kelly Mill LLC sold the 46-unit Fountains at Kelly Mill for $10.7 million. Constructed in 2017, the property features townhome-style units with 1,620-square-foot floor plans. ALA Sugar Hill LLC sold Sugar Hill Overlook, located 38 miles northeast of Atlanta in Sugar Hill, for $25.8 million. The 131-unit community was completed in 2018 and features townhome-style units with an average size of 1,500 square feet. Nathan Swenson of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the transactions on behalf of the sellers, and Audubon Communities acquired both assets. In Lithia Springs, Cushman & Wakefield arranged the $34 million sale of Sweetwater Creek, a 240-unit community located roughly 18 miles west of Atlanta. Josh Goldfarb, Mike Kemether and Travis Presnell of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, a joint venture between M. Banks Realty Partners and Sage Equities. InterCapital Partners acquired the property. Constructed in 2002, Sweetwater Creek features a car care center, clubhouse, fitness center, laundry facility, business center, swimming pool, lighted tennis court and a walking/jogging trail.

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DALLAS AND PLANO, TEXAS — Chicago-based Waterton has acquired four multifamily assets totaling 1,634 units in Dallas and Plano. The properties include the 535-unit Gramercy on the Park in Dallas; the 417-unit Mockingbird Flats in Dallas; the 380-unit Creekside at Legacy in Plano; and the 302-unit Lakeshore at Preston in Plano. The properties, which were built between 1992 and 2012, were acquired in a portfolio sale from a partnership controlled by CBRE Global Investors for undisclosed prices. The portfolio also included multifamily assets in North Carolina, Arizona and Virginia.

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HOUSTON — A partnership between California-based L5 Investments and Iowa-based BH Equities has sold Huntington Glen, a 364-unit multifamily community in southwest Houston. Built in 1982, Huntington Glen offers amenities such as two pools, a business center and a playground. The partnership acquired the asset in 2015 and implemented a capital improvement program. The buyer was Austin-based GVA Real Estate Group. Joey Rippel, Chris Young and Connor Phillips of HFF represented the partnership in the sale.

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SPRING, TEXAS — Western Wealth Capital (WWC) has purchased Wimbledon Apartment Homes, a 161-unit multifamily property in the northern Houston suburb of Spring, for $14.9 million. The property was built in 1979 and features one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Amenities include a pet park, business center and a coffee bar. This transaction marks WWC’s first acquisition of a multifamily property in Houston and its fourth overall in Texas.

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CHICAGO — Citizens Bank has provided a $20.9 million loan for the construction of 42 luxury apartments at Norweta Row in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. The development also includes 31 for-sale condominium units that will share amenities with the apartments, but were not part of the collateral for this loan. The apartment phase of the project is due for completion in spring 2019 and will encompass 79,000 square feet. Community amenities will include a pool, fire pit, outdoor grilling area, sport court and dog wash station. Christopher Knight and Greg LaBine of HFF arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Broder.

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DAYTON, OHIO — SunTrust Banks Inc. has arranged a $20.3 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of a 300-unit multifamily property in Dayton. Built in 1988, the Class B property is located 11 miles southwest of Dayton’s central business district. Joe Markech of SunTrust originated the 12-year loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule. Markech sourced the transaction through Michael Dury of PR Mortgage & Investments.

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HOBOKEN, N.J. — Spirit Bascom Ventures has acquired Columbus Park Apartments, a 37-unit multifamily community in Hoboken for $17.6 million. Located at 1024 Clinton St., the eight-story property is a former warehouse that was converted to multifamily use in the 1990s. The community also includes a 37-space parking structure. Stephen Simonelli of HFF and James Giaccio and Kevin Helsinki of Chelsea Realty represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. HFF arranged acquisition financing through CIT Group. Spirit Bascom Ventures is a partnership between The Bascom Group LLC and Spirit Investment Partners LLC. The buyer plans to reposition the asset as a boutique institutional-quality property.

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