Multifamily

AMWA to Develop 255-Unit Affordable Seniors Housing Community in Arlington, Washington

by Amy Works December 6, 2018

ARLINGTON, WASH. — AMWA Development Inc. has closed on a construction financing transaction for Cedar Pointe, a 255-unit affordable seniors housing community in Arlington, approximately 45 miles north of Seattle. Located on a four-acre site in the city’s Smokey Point neighborhood, the property will offer 175 one-bedroom units and 80 two-bedroom units, including a one-bedroom manager’s unit. All residents must be over the age of 55 and earning 60 percent or less of the area median income. Finance partners on the project include Washington State Housing Finance Commission, Hudson Housing Capital and Citi Community Capital. AMWA Construction will oversee the construction process, with a planned delivery of August 2020. FPI Management will operate the community. Cedar Pointe is the first real estate development project in Washington for AMWA Development, an independently owned and operated affiliate of AMCAL, a Southern California-based real estate developer.

December 6, 2018

Senior Care of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Texas

Multifamily Seniors Housing Texas Top Stories

Largest Skilled Nursing Operator in Texas, Senior Care Centers, Declares Bankruptcy

by Jeff Shaw December 6, 2018

DALLAS — Senior Care Centers, a Dallas-based operator of more than 100 seniors housing communities in Texas and Louisiana, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in U.S. bankruptcy court for the Northern District of Texas. The company is the largest skilled nursing provider in Texas, but has struggled to pay its rent. Sabra Health Care REIT (NASDAQ: SBRA) and LTC Properties (NYSE: LTC) — two publicly traded real estate investment trusts that combined own 49 Senior Care Centers locations — both reported that they have not been paid in months. Senior Care Centers also received a slew of bad press last year after not evacuating residents in advance of Hurricane Harvey, which resulted in state citations and dozens of care violations. (The Category 4 hurricane made landfall along the Texas coast in August 2017.) The company reported “burdensome debt levels and expensive leases” as reasons for its bankruptcy filing. All facilities will remain open during the restructuring, and the company claims it will continue to pay all vendors and its 11,000 employees during the process. “As the entire industry has seen, the leases associated with the communities have become cost-prohibitive,” says Michael Beal, chief operating officer. “This kind of action …

December 6, 2018

Development Multifamily Southeast Tennessee

Middleburg Opens 328-Unit Apartment Community in Nashville’s Cool Springs District

by Alex Tostado December 5, 2018

FRANKLIN, TENN. — Mosby Cool Springs, a 328-unit apartment community in Franklin, is now open. The developer, Middleburg, manages the property. The development team includes architect of record and interior designer Humphreys & Partners, landscape architect Gamble Design Collaborative and civil engineer Kimley-Horn. Situated about 20 miles south of Nashville in the metro’s Cool Springs district, Mosby Cool Springs’ floor plans include studio, one- and two-bedroom options. Amenities include a fitness center; clubhouse with game room, event space, study and conference rooms, and a coffee bar; swimming pool and plunge pool; on-call massage therapist; dog park and spa; car care center; and package acceptance with locker system.

December 5, 2018

Affordable Housing Loans Midwest Multifamily Ohio

KeyBank Provides $87M for Revitalization of Two Affordable Housing Developments in Cincinnati

by Kristin Harlow December 5, 2018

CINCINNATI — KeyBank Real Estate Capital and KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment have provided a total of $87 million for the acquisition and revitalization of two affordable housing developments in Cincinnati. Avondale Properties is a Section 8 development that includes Burton Apartments, Entowne Manor, Founders Home and Georgia Morris, containing a total of 209 units that are scattered along a main thoroughfare in the Avondale neighborhood. Alms Hill Apartments is a single building that contains 200 affordable units. Both properties are more than 40 years old.The borrower, Related Cos., plans to keep all 409 units as affordable for families earning up to 60 percent of the area median income. Between the two developments KeyBank provided $21 million in low-income housing tax credit equity, $38 million in construction financing and $28 million in Fannie Mae financing. The Ohio Housing Finance Agency issued the tax-exempt bonds. KeyBanc Capital Markets underwrote the publicly offered tax-exempt bonds. Victoria O’Brien, Kyle Kolesar, Dirk Falardeau and Sam Adams of KeyBanc Capital Markets arranged the financing.

December 5, 2018

Indiana Loans Midwest Multifamily

Greystone Provides $32M HUD Loan for Refinancing of Multifamily Property in Plainfield, Indiana

by Kristin Harlow December 5, 2018

PLAINFIELD, IND. — Greystone has provided a $32 million HUD-insured loan for the refinancing of Central Park Metropolis, a 304-unit multifamily property in Plainfield. Built in 2006, the property features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, business center, café and private movie screening room. Eric Rosenstock of Greystone originated the 35-year loan on behalf of the borrower, Becovic Management Group. The nonrecourse loan features a fixed rate and qualifies for HUD’s green mortgage insurance premium rate reduction program.

December 5, 2018

Acquisitions Multifamily New York Northeast

GFI Realty Arranges $26.7M Sale of Two-Building Apartment Portfolio in Brooklyn

by David Cohen December 5, 2018

NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has arranged the $26.7 million sale of a two-building apartment portfolio in the Prospect Park section of Brooklyn. Located at 111 Woodruff Ave. and 11 Crooke Ave., the properties include 89 residential units, 20 percent of which are vacant. The portfolio includes a unit mix of studio, one-,two- and three-bedroom apartments. The buildings are within two blocks of each other. Erik Yankelovich of GFI represented both the buyer, Greenroad Capital, and the undisclosed seller in the transaction.

December 5, 2018

Acquisitions Arizona Multifamily Western

Greystar Acquires 845-Unit Multifamily Portfolio in Metro Phoenix

by Amy Works December 5, 2018

CHANDLER AND GILBERT, ARIZ. — Greystar Real Estate Partners has purchased a three-property Acacia multifamily portfolio on behalf of its real estate funds for an undisclosed price. Situated on Phoenix’s East Valley submarket, the properties are Chandler Court and River Ranch in Chandler and Vista Mountain in Gilbert. Originally built in the late 1980s, the portfolio largely features original interiors throughout the properties. Greystar’s value-add strategy includes renovating the units, including hard-surface countertops, stainless steel appliances, new cabinet doors and upgraded lighting, plumbing and hardware packages. Additionally, the company plans to upgrade the common areas and amenities, which include fitness centers, clubhouses, business centers, community gardens, pools and spa areas.

December 5, 2018

Acquisitions Colorado Multifamily Western

Greystone Unique Apartment Group Sells SouthGlenn Place Near Denver for $19.5M

by Amy Works December 5, 2018

CENTENNIAL, COLO. — Greystone Unique Apartment Group has completed the sale of SouthGlenn Place, a multifamily property located at 6601-6651 S. Vine St. in Centennial. An undisclosed buyer acquired the value-add property for $19.5 million, or $144,444 per unit. Located blocks away from The Streets at SouthGlenn and Cherry Knolls Shopping Center, the 74,575-square-foot property features 135 units. The Lippitt/Shwayder Team, The MacCarter/Kaufman Team and Greystone were involved in the transaction.

December 5, 2018

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Acquisitions Multifamily Texas

Berkadia Arranges Sale, Financing of 341-Unit Apartment Community in The Woodlands

by Taylor Williams December 5, 2018

THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Berkadia has arranged the sale of Broadstone Sierra Pines, a 341-unit multifamily community in The Woodlands, about 30 miles north of Houston. Built in 2014, the Class A property offers one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center and a social clubroom. Ryan Epstein and Jennifer Ray of Berkadia represented the seller, Alliance Residential Co., in the transaction. Tucker Knight and Nicholas Murphy of Berkadia arranged an undisclosed amount of Fannie Mae acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, Fort Worth-based Olympus Property.

December 5, 2018

Acquisitions Multifamily Southeast Top Stories Virginia

Harbor Group International Sells Three Apartment Portfolios for $700M

by David Cohen December 5, 2018

NORFOLK, VA. — Harbor Group International (HGI) has sold three apartment portfolios in Florida, Connecticut and Texas for a total of $700 million. The portfolios included seven properties totaling 2,284 units in Central Florida; two properties totaling 568 units in Connecticut; and 12 properties in Dallas and Houston totaling 3,100 units. The specific names and locations were not released. “These transactions are great examples of HGI’s ‘buy wholesale, sell retail’ investment strategy,” says T. Richard Litton Jr., president of HGI. “For all three of these portfolios, we developed individual business plans on a property-by-property basis and then sold the properties to a wide variety of buyers as each property’s investment goals were achieved.” The 21 properties were sold to a total of 15 different buyers. HGI claims the combined sales prices were $140 million higher than the company’s original acquisition price. Based in Norfolk, Harbor Group International is a private real estate investment and management firm that controls a portfolio of worldwide assets valued at $8.2 billion. The company’s real estate holdings include 3.7 million square feet of commercial properties and 30,400 apartment units. — David Cohen

December 5, 2018

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