AVON, CONN. — Institutional Property Advisors has arranged the $24 million sale of Avon Place Apartments, a 164-unit multifamily community in Avon. Located at 46 Avonwood Road, the property was built in 1973 on more than 46 acres. The community is comprised of three brick residential buildings and a clubhouse. Victor Nolletti, Eric Pentore of IPA and Wes Klockner of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was the Clairmont Group LLC.
HARRISON, N.J. — CBRE has brokered the $14.5 million sale of a five-acre development site in Harrison. Located at 15 Essex St., the site consists of a 233,000-square-foot industrial facility as well as a vacant lot. Charles Berger, Elli Klapper, Mark Silverman, Thomas Sullivan and Paul Touhey of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer, which was also undisclosed, plans to demolish the existing industrial facility and build a multifamily development on the property.
NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between PEBB Capital and TriArch Real Estate Group has broken ground on a 153-bed student housing development located in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan near Columbia University. The partnership acquired the land parcel in February for $20.3 million. The 14-story, 64,000-square-foot building will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom, fully furnished units. Shared amenities will include a state-of-the-art fitness center, a study area with breakout rooms and a conference center, an outdoor terrace, bike storage, a package room, security surveillance, a rooftop deck and a coffee bar. The development is scheduled for completion in May 2020.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Park Row East, a 205-unit multifamily community in Arlington. The property offers one- and two-bedroom units and a pool, outdoor picnic area, dog park, sport court and playground. Al Silva of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a Dallas-based investment group, in the transaction. Silva also procured the buyer, a Dallas-based partnership. The new ownership will rebrand the community as The Junction.
MINNEAPOLIS — The Opus Group has broken ground on a six-story, 218-unit apartment building in the North Loop neighborhood of Minneapolis. Located at the intersection of West River Parkway and Plymouth Avenue, the development will include a mix of studios, alcoves, one- and two-bedroom units and penthouses. Completion is slated for summer 2020. This project is the third in the North Loop for Opus.
HARVARD, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Harvard Park Apartments in northern Illinois for $2.8 million. Built in 1975, the 40-unit apartment property is located at 108-124 W. Brink St. The five-building property features two-bedroom units with private patios. David Tarnoff of Marcus & Millichap brokered the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed parties.
There is no shortage of capital available to seasoned multifamily developers and investors because the property sector’s underlying real estate fundamentals remain so strong. That was one of the key takeaways of the ninth annual InterFace Multifamily Southeast, a real estate conference hosted by InterFace Conference Group and Southeast Real Estate Business. The event drew more than 400 multifamily professionals to The Whitley hotel in Atlanta on Nov. 27. Speakers during the development panel said that multifamily real estate has plenty options on both the debt and equity sides, but underwriting financing for new construction can still be a strenuous process because they aren’t seeing as high of returns as years past. “Our return thresholds are lower, that’s a fact,” said Chad DuBeau, senior managing director of Mill Creek Residential Trust. “Construction costs are high and land prices are high. The cost of capital is very reasonable, but when you put all those factors together, underwriting is just difficult.” Panel moderator Ron Cameron, senior vice president and principal of Colliers International, asked his fellow panelists a pointed question about the state of the industry. If the multifamily cycle were a game of golf, what hole is the sector currently on? …
GLENMONT, MD. — Elion Partners and Buchanan Partners have entered a joint venture to acquire a 164-unit multifamily community and adjacent 3.5-acre parcel in Glenmont for $34 million. The joint venture plans to renovate the existing asset and develop 254 additional units, bringing the project total to $100 million. Construction at the property, located about 12 miles north of Washington, D.C., is set to begin early next year. This is the third joint venture between Elion and Buchanan.
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — HFF has negotiated the $259.4 million sale of Halstead New Rochelle Metro North, a 40-story apartment tower in New Rochelle. Completed in 2007, the 588-unit property consists of a mix of market-rate studio through three-bedroom units. Jose Cruz, Stephen Simonelli, Kevin O’Hearn, Michael Oliver, JB Bruno and Andrew Scandalios of HFF represented the seller, The DSF Group, in the transaction. The buyers were Azure Partners and Harbor Group International.
EASTHAM, MASS. — Penrose has broken ground on Village at Nauset Green in Eastham. The $23 million project will consist of 65 affordable and workforce housing units spread across more than 11 acres. The property will accommodate individuals and families with a range of incomes, including 11 units serving households earning up to 30 percent of the area median income (AMI) and 39 units serving households earning up to 60 percent of AMI. The remaining units will be Workforce units for families set at rents equal to 90 percent of AMI. Pennrose Management Co. will provide on-site management and maintenance, as well as supportive services geared toward both senior and family populations. Amenities include a community room, community garden and a pocket park at the front of the site to be used by all residents of Eastham and users of the nearby Cape Cod Rail Trail. Funding for the project included $10 million over 10 years in federal low-income housing tax credits and $4.375 million in state tax credits over five years from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development. A $10.2 million construction loan was provided by Bank of America and a $4.4 million permanent first mortgage …
