HOUSTON — LMI Capital has arranged two loans totaling $17.3 million in the greater Houston area. In the first transaction, Brandon Brown of LMI Capital arranged a $10.6 million fixed-rate permanent loan for a 150-unit multifamily complex in north Houston. In the second deal, Jamie Safier of LMI Capital placed a $6.7 million fixed-rate acquisition loan for a 140-unit complex in the Spring Branch submarket. The names of the properties were not disclosed.
BOSTON — Cornerstone Realty Capital has arranged $7 million in acquisition financing for a three-story apartment building in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood. Cornerstone was able to obtain a creative financing structure that enables the buyer, Hajjar Management Co., to complete the renovation to property. More specifically, Cornerstone was able to deliver a low, 10-year, fixed-rate financing structure with three years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization. The lender was a local bank. The building, which is located at 9-11 Seaverns Ave., includes 24 one-bedroom, one-bathroom units. The borrower plans to fully renovate the property over the next three years.
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — Carnegie Capital has arranged a $24 million bridge loan to refinance a two-story skilled nursing and assisted living facility along the North Shore of Long Island. The borrower is a local owner-operator that has managed the property for over a decade. The community includes 324 licensed beds. The name of the facility was not disclosed. The two-year loan will restructure operating debt and fund a rehabilitation of the upper level. The note features a fixed rate with a flexible exit after the first year to give the owner the option to either refinance or dispose of the asset. JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital arranged the financing. A private bridge fund provided the capital.
TAMPA, FLA. — Pollack Shores has sold Lexington Park at Westchase, a 400-unit apartment community in Tampa. The Tampa Bay Business Journal reports the Atlanta-based developer and owner sold the asset to Greystar for $82 million. Walker & Dunlop arranged the transaction. Pollack Shores originally acquired the asset in 2015 and invested $7 million in renovations. The project included the renovation of 50 percent of the residential units and upgrades to exterior elements. Lexington Park at Westchase is located adjacent to a Publix-anchored shopping center and features a swimming pool, business center, playground, clubhouse, movie theater and social room.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — A partnership between Admiral Capital Group and Security Properties has purchased Hamptons at Woodland Pointe, a 240-unit multifamily community situated roughly 100 yards from Percy Priest Lake in Nashville. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Built in 2001 by Bristol Development, the Class B, garden-style property features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans with an average unit size of 1,092 square feet. Security Properties will add washer and dryer appliances, stainless steel appliances, quartz or stone countertops, lower breakfast bars and modern cabinet faces to unit interiors. The Seattle-based investor and developer will also extend the pool deck to the clubhouse, as well as expand the fitness center into the theater room. Security Properties’ affiliate Security Properties Residential will manage Hamptons at Woodland Pointe.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Colliers International has negotiated the sale of Cambridge Apartments in Columbus for $2.1 million. The apartment building, located at 3170 Cleveland Ave., includes 66 units. Will Mathews, Russ Williamson, Carter Brehm, Tyler Hague and Jack Maloney of Colliers represented the seller, AMG Mario LLC. Ravi Chenna, a private buyer, purchased the asset.
DENVER — Developer LMC, A Lennar Co., and general contractor The Weitz Co. have topped out vertical construction for Radiant, a high-rise multifamily property located in downtown Denver. The 18-story, 486,000-square-foot tower will feature 329 apartment units, an amenity deck with a pool and hot tub on the fifth floor, a fitness center and patio on the sixth floor, a club room on the 17th floor, and a four-level parking garage. Situated in Denver’s Welton corridor, the project is located on the L Route of the Regional Transportation District Light Rail System offering a transit-oriented living options for residents. Designed by RNL, the property is slated for completion in June 2019.
REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. — Levin Johnston, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the purchase of 10 Birch, a multifamily property located at 10 Birch St. in the Mount Carmel neighborhood of Redwood City. A private investor acquired the property for $13.6 million from another private investor, which was the long-time owner of the property. The buyer plans to renovate the exterior of the property, as well as execute a full interior remodel on each of the 27 apartment units. Adam Levin and Robert Johnston of Levin Johnston represented the buyer in the transaction.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — An affiliate of multifamily development firm Greystar has agreed to acquire student housing developer Education Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: EDR) in an all-cash transaction that will take the company private. The sales price of $4.6 billion includes existing debt. Under the terms of the agreement, which is expected to close during the second half of the year, EdR’s stockholders will receive $41.50 per share in cash. The price represents a premium of 13.6 percent over the May 31 closing share price, the last day before rumors of the sale were published. According to the company’s annual report, in 2017, Memphis-based EdR owned 70 student housing properties totaling 36,420 beds across 24 states. The company also managed 16 communities totaling 9,832 beds across 10 states. “As a public company, one of our priorities is to maximize stockholder value and we believe this transaction with Greystar accomplishes that goal,” says Randy Churchey, CEO and chairman of EdR. “Since the current EdR management team took over on January 1, 2010 — and including this transaction — EdR stockholders will have received a total stockholder return of 293 percent.” According to Alex Goldfarb, managing director and senior REIT analyst at New York-based Sandler …
Driven by the delivery of new product, the Miami multifamily market is experiencing a period of increased transaction activity. Always in high demand, but generally a thinly traded market, Miami has seen a significantly higher volume of market-rate multifamily sales in the last two years. While Miami-Dade County has maintained strong fundamentals overall, its sales volume has historically trailed nearby markets in Broward and Palm Beach counties. In 2014 and 2015, Miami saw an average total sales volume of $150 million, compared to $935 million in Broward County and $675 million in Palm Beach County. Although Miami-Dade County is home to half of South Florida’s population, it has historically accounted for just 20 percent of South Florida’s multifamily sales volume. Part of the reason is that Miami is in high demand because institutional, foreign and private investors are enamored with Miami-Dade County and want these multifamily assets in their portfolio. Likewise, each of these groups tend to hold Miami-Dade properties for extended periods of time. Further, in the early 2000s, the condo conversion trend eliminated much of Miami’s Class A rental inventory, increasing the scarcity of this type of multifamily product. In 2017, however, Miami saw over $820 million in …
