PHILADELPHIA — Pembrook Capital Management has provided a $9.1 million loan for the construction of a 70-unit multifamily project in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. Located at 1427 Germantown Ave., the 53,575-square-foot property will also include ground-floor retail. Pembrook provided the financing to the undisclosed borrower, who plans to build smaller, more affordable rental housing at the project than is common in the nearby Northern Liberties and Fishtown neighborhoods.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has brokered the $10.4 million sale of two apartment buildings in the Midwood section of Brooklyn. Located at 2031 and 2233 Ocean Ave., the pre-war properties comprise 47 units and a total of 33,040 square feet. Both properties are four-story walk-up buildings. Erik Yankelovich of GFI represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction, both local investors.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Madison International Realty has acquired a 5 percent ownership stake in Mack-Cali Realty Corp. The stake equates to approximately 4.5 million shares. Based in Jersey City, Mack-Cali is an owner, manager and developer of five million square feet of office space and 4,400 multifamily units on the New Jersey waterfront. Ronald Dickerman, president of Madison International Realty, said that the company is transitioning to a ‘focused play on prime office and multifamily residential properties on the New Jersey waterfront.’ Madison International Realty specializes in acquiring private ownership stakes, joint venture positions, and listed property shares in properties and portfolios in major markets in the U.S., U.K. and Western Europe.
ORANGEVALE, CALIF. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of Almond Heights Senior Living, an assisted living and memory care facility in Orangevale. A family company sold the asset to an owner-operator for an undisclosed price. Located approximately 17 miles northeast of Sacramento, the 117-unit property features 85 assisted living units and 32 memory care units. Mark Myers and Joshua Jandris of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal. Adam Christofferson of Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in California.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $48.4 million sale of a seniors housing portfolio in Upstate South Carolina. Atlas Senior Living acquired the three-property portfolio totaling 198 units in metro Greenville. The assets include Spring Park, a 66-unit community constructed in 2014 in Travelers Rest; Fairview Park, a 66-unit community delivered in 2015 in Simpsonville; and Oakview Park, a 66-unit community built in 2016 in Powdersville. Paul Carr, David Kliewer and Allen McCutry of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Tampa, Fla.-based Graycliff Capital Senior Housing LLC, in the transaction.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Hunt Real Estate Capital has provided a $35.6 million loan to an affiliate of EBSCO Income Properties LLC for the purchase of Integra River Run, a 300-unit apartment complex in Jacksonville. The non-recourse Fannie Mae loan has a 10-year term with five years of interest-only payments, as well as a 30-year amortization schedule. The garden-style community comprises 12 two- and four-story buildings. Amenities include a fitness studio, spin bikes with virtual trails, cyber café, valet trash pickup, clubhouse, coffee bar, gaming room, resort-style outdoor lounge, fire pit, outdoor grills, swimming pool and a dog park. Integra River Run LLC was the seller.
RICHMOND, VA. — Thalhimer Realty Partners has acquired Towers on Franklin Apartments, a two-building, 332-unit apartment complex in Richmond, for $23.5 million. The buildings are situated at 104 and 311 W. Franklin St., in the heart of Virginia Commonwealth University’s campus. Amenities include a clubhouse, two fitness centers, media lounge, swimming pool and underground parking. Thalhimer has significant renovations planned, including full interior unit renovations to the 311 building. A timeline for the renovations was not disclosed. C&F Bank provided acquisition financing.
NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital has provided a $52.5 construction loan for a mixed-use development in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. Located at 4452 Broadway, the seven-story, 134,475-square-foot project will include 129 residential units and 11,000 square feet of retail space. The project is being built under the Affordable New York program and will include a mix of 70 percent market-rate units and 30 percent reserved for those making a certain percentage of area median income. The property site consists of two adjacent lots totaling 24,280 square feet with 75 feet of frontage on Broadway and 303 feet on Fairview Avenue. The borrower, HAP Investment Developers, acquired the property in 2013.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $36.7 million construction loan for a mixed-use project on the border of the Chelsea and Flatiron neighborhoods of Manhattan. Located at 128-130 W. 23rd St., the 37,752-square-foot, 15-story project will include 30 residential units and 3,673 square feet of retail space. The property will also feature 2,500 square feet of amenity space including a fitness center and rooftop space. Jonathan Schwartz, Max Herzog, Brett Rosenberg and Chris Byrns of JLL Capital Markets secured financing for the borrowers, Pan-Brothers Association and Valyrian Capital. The lender was CapitalSource. Terms of the financing were not disclosed.
SAN ANTONIO — Raleigh, N.C.-based The Preiss Co., in a joint venture with a fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital, has acquired Luxx, a 694-bed student housing community in San Antonio. The property serves the University of Texas at San Antonio and features a pool with a swim-up bar, outdoor cabanas, grilling areas, a cyber lounge and a two-story fitness center. Preiss will undertake a multimillion-dollar capital improvement plan to certain amenity spaces, including the clubhouse and the dog park. The seller was not disclosed.