YONKERS, N.Y. — Houlihan Parnes Properties has arranged a $2 million refinancing for a four-story brick apartment building in Yonkers. Located at 819-821 McLean Ave., the property contains 11 residential units and two retail stores. Jeremiah A. Houlihan of Houlihan Parnes arranged a 10-year loan with a fixed rate of 4.75 percent and a 30-year amortization. The lender was an undisclosed savings bank from Upstate New York.
CHICAGO AND EVANSTON, ILL. — Interra Realty has brokered the sale of three multifamily buildings in the Chicago area for $10.1 million. Located in Evanston, 222-240 Asbury Ave. is a three-story, 34-unit condominium building. Joe Smazal, Patrick Kennelly and Paul Waterloo of Interra brokered the $4.8 million deconversion sale. An Illinois-based investor purchased the asset from 222-240 Asbury Condominium Association with the intent to convert the units into rentals. The second transaction was a 23-unit apartment building located at 3149 N. Springfield Ave. in Chicago’s Avondale community. The property, built in 1932, was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. Smazal represented the buyer and the seller, both of which were Illinois-based investors. The asset sold for $3.1 million. A third building, a 19-unit multifamily building in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, sold for $2.2 million. Built in 1917 and located at 7735-57 N. Sheridan Road, the property features 16 studios and three one-bedroom units. The buyer plans to upgrade some of the units in the building, which is 95 percent occupied. Smazal represented the buyer and the seller, both of which were Illinois-based investors.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Greystone has provided a $70.8 million Fannie Mae DUS loan to refinance a newly constructed multifamily property located at 251 Brandon St. in San Jose. Simon Herrmann, Todd Vitzthum and Cody Field of Greystone’s Northern California Advisory team secured the financing for the undisclosed borrower. The loan carries a fixed rate for 10 years, eight years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization period. The multifamily property features 271 apartments, an outdoor entertaining space, business resources and event spaces.
COSTA MESA, CALIF. — Mariman & Co. has sold Sundance West Apartment Homes, a multifamily community located at 1990-2002 Maple Ave. in Costa Mesa. An Orange County-based private family investment partnership acquired the property for $16.3 million. The buyer also assumed the existing loan with Chase Bank. Built in 1965, the community features 40 two- and three-bedroom floorplans and one studio floorplan. The property comprises 12 one- and two-story buildings and a separate rental office. On-site amenities include a pool, additional storage, laundry facilities and 69 parking spaces. Peter Hauser and Matt Hauser of Avison Young’s Irvine office represented the seller and the buyer in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has arranged a $52.5 million refinancing for 153 Remsen, a recently constructed multifamily property in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. The property, which was delivered in June 2017, includes 60 units and features floor-to-ceiling windows, central air conditioning and in-unit washers and dryers. Amenities include a fitness center and a rooftop terrace with views of Brooklyn and Manhattan. Walker & Dunlop represented the property’s developers, Quinlan Development Group and Lonicera Partners, in refinancing the original construction loan. A life insurance company provided the permanent, 12-year, fixed-rate loan.
CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Pennrose, a multifamily developer and operator, and the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey have broken ground on The Commons at Springdale, an affordable seniors housing community. The project is located in Cherry Hill, just across the Delaware River from Philadelphia. The first phase of development will include 80 units, followed by a second phase of another 80 units. Twenty percent of the total units will be designed to support individuals with special needs by creating four smaller cottages out of four one-bedroom units. The cottages will contain a shared common space where individuals can receive access to services and community programming in a safe setting. All units are reserved for seniors or special needs adults earning at or below 60 percent of the area median income (AMI). At least 40 percent of the units are for those earning at or below 50 percent of AMI and at least 10 percent are for 30 percent of AMI. Phase one of the project is scheduled to open in the summer of 2019. Financing for the Springdale Road development came from a variety of sources, including $2.4 million in conventional financing, $1 million in Township Affordable Housing Trust Funds, …
OKLAHOMA CITY — Metropolitan Capital Advisors Ltd. (MCA) has closed a $33.7 million floating-rate bridge loan for J Marshall Square, a 280-unit multifamily community in Oklahoma City. The sponsor, local developer Gardner Tanenbaum Holdings, will use the proceeds to retire existing construction debt. The bridge structure will also help the borrrower facilitate the lease-up and stabilization of the property. Sunny Sajnani and Todd McNeill of MCA arranged the loan through Centennial Bank.
SAN ANTONIO — Berkadia has provided a $24 million construction loan for Brookwood Senior Apartments, a 197-unit community being developed in northwest San Antonio. Chad Bedwell, Franklin Brown and Lloyd Griffin of Berkadia secured the loan, which has a 4 percent fixed interest rate and a 40-year amortization schedule, through HUD’s 221(d)(4) program. The property will feature one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center and a business center.
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — A joint venture between Novare Group, Mulberry Development Group and Mill Green Partners has broken ground on Cameron Park, a 302-unit apartment community located adjacent to the Van Dorn Metro Station in Alexandria, roughly eight miles south of Washington, D.C. The community will offer a mix of studio to three-bedroom units. Amenities at Cameron Park will include a pool with sundeck, grilling stations, outdoor cabanas, fitness center, separate yoga room, clubroom, game room, cyber café, business center and private offices. KTGY is the project architect, and Fortune-Johnson is the general contractor. Preferred Apartment Communities (PAC) and Citizens Bank are providing construction financing for the project. PAC provides mezzanine loans to development projects and also enters into purchase options to acquire the projects once stabilized. Construction on Cameron Park is scheduled to take 24 months, with the first move-ins expected in the first quarter of 2020.
GLENVIEW, ILL. — Associated Bank has completed a $39.2 million syndicated construction loan for a 168-unit, age-restricted apartment project in Glenview, about 15 miles northwest of Chicago. As lead arranger for the loan, Associated Bank is holding $22.2 million while $17 million is syndicated to Great Southern Bank. High Street Residential, the residential subsidiary of Trammell Crow Co., is developing the project. Krusinski Construction Co. is the general contractor. The four-story property will include a mix of one- and two-bedroom units with an average unit size of 865 square feet. The project also includes a 168-space parking garage. Units are slated to be available for rent by winter 2019. Ted Notz of Associated Bank arranged the loan.
