Multifamily

TEMPE, ARIZ. — MJW Investments has acquired ReNUE on Orange, a 110-unit student housing community located near Arizona State University in Tempe. The price was not disclosed. The property offers one- and two-bedroom units with shared amenities including a swimming pool, sundeck and courtyard. The company plans to make improvements to the property, including upgrading unit interiors and common areas, addressing deferred maintenance issues and rebranding the property as “Thrive Tempe,” according to Mark Weinstein, president of MJW Investments. This investment increases MJW Investment’s student housing portfolio to over 5,500 beds.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of Hidden Lakes Apartments, a 312-unit multifamily community in Fort Worth. Built in 1996, the property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, game room, an outdoor spa and a fitness center. Drew Kile, Will Balthrope and Joey Tumminello of IPA represented the seller, New York-based Beachwold Residential, and procured the buyer, Texas-based CAF Capital Partners.

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SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — Chicago-based Alliant Credit Union has closed an $8 million loan for the cash-out refinancing of Treehouse Apartments, a 138-unit student housing community serving Texas State University in San Marcos. The property is located within a mile of campus and features amenities such as a pool, picnic area, coffee bar and on-site laundry facilities. The loan features a 25-year amortization schedule and three years of interest-only payments. The borrower was not disclosed.

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NEW YORK — New York-based Greystone Affordable Development has arranged $168.6 million in financing for the recapitalization of 26 affordable housing properties located across 17 counties in Georgia. The financing, which combined both public and private funding, was arranged on behalf of the owner, The Hallmark Cos. The financing package included $54.3 million in tax-exempt bonds from the Housing Authority of Macon-Bibb County; 4 percent in low income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) purchased by Boston Financial Investment Management, generating $54 million in capital contributions; a $28 million loan through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Section 515; $27.3 million in USDA Section 538 loans provided by Greystone Servicing Corp. Inc.; and $5 million in excess reserves, project operations, investment income and deferred developer fees. Hallmark will substantially renovate the portfolio’s interiors and exteriors over the next two years. Planned renovations focus on modernizing the properties — built between the late 1970s and mid-1990s — and addressing accessibility, functional obsolescence and deterioration. The owner plans to achieve overall energy savings of at least 20 percent at each property through the use of Energy Star-certified appliances and windows.

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NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Capitol Seniors Housing has opened Arbor Terrace Naperville in Illinois. The $27 million assisted living and memory care community features 74,256 square feet and 95 residential units. The community is located at 2920 Leverenz Road in the Cantore Place development. Amenities include a library, theater, café, salon and spa and fitness center. Faulkner Design Group designed the property’s interiors.

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CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $7.7 million loan for the refinancing of Wheatland Club Apartments in Cedar Rapids. The 144-unit apartment property is located at 5617 Muirfield Drive SW. Jason Kinnison of NorthMarq arranged the 23-year loan, which is fully amortized. A life insurance company provided the loan.

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The strength of the national multifamily market has been driven by a number of factors, especially job and wage growth.  Nationally, annual job growth has been 1.5 percent and annual wage growth has been 2.9 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Another factor affecting the multifamily market is homeownership. In the United States, homeownership  reached 65 percent in 2008, dropped to 60 percent in 2015 and rebounded to 65 percent at the end of 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Strong demand, low vacancies, good rental growth and a vibrant sales market have characterized the market. During the last 10 years, the millennial population has primarily rented housing and baby boomers have been downsizing to apartments or condos.  These trends have contributed to the multifamily market’s strength. We see the millennial sector housing choices changing with much of the generation getting married and starting families. Last year represented the third-best year in history for multifamily property sales volume, according to Dave Lockard, senior vice president in the multifamily brokerage division of CBRE. Another factor affecting multifamily markets is a slowdown in new construction. Higher construction costs and more conservative commercial bank construction financing have led to …

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PHOENIX — NorthMarq Capital has debuted the new NorthMarq Multifamily business, which debuted with a 10-person multifamily investment sales team headquartered in Phoenix. This new team marks the beginning of NorthMarq Capital’s selective geographic expansion of multifamily and manufactured housing investment sales services across the country The team was formerly known as the HSK team and led by Trevor Koskovich, who will now serve as president of NorthMarq Multifamily. Koskovich will retain his current production team. In addition to Koskovich, five other brokers have joined NorthMarq Capital this month, including Bill Hahn, executive vice president; and vice presidents Jesse Hudson, Cynthia Meister, Thomas Olivetti and Don Vedeen. Affiliated brokers Meister and Olivetti are based in Albuquerque and Las Vegas, respectively. The rest of the team is based in NorthMarq Capital’s Phoenix office at 3200 E. Camelback Road. James DuMars continues to lead the debt and equity business for NorthMarq Capital in Phoenix.

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ST. LOUIS — A joint venture between Elite Street Capital and Rialto Capital Management has acquired the Lofts at the Highlands in St. Louis for an undisclosed price. The 200-unit apartment property is situated on 2.8 acres at 1031 Highlands Plaza Drive. Completed in 2006, the property features units that average 1,233 square feet. Amenities include a hot tub, grilling area, courtyard, fitness center, business center and recreation room. The complex was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Matthew Lawton, Sean Fogarty, Marty O’Connell and Wickliffe Kirby of HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT Inc., which is a public, non-traded real estate investment trust sponsored by KBS Capital Advisors LLC and affiliates of Legacy Partners Residential Realty LLC.

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CHICAGO — White Oak Realty Partners and Crayton Advisors are developing a 275-unit apartment property in Chicago’s West Loop. Known as Milieu, the 19-story development is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2019. The project will include a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units in addition to 13,000 square feet of retail space. The property will be built in partnership with Pacific Life Insurance Co., Power Construction and a design team including architect Fitzgerald Associates, interior designer Patina Collection|Design and engineering firms WSP, WMA and Eriksson Engineering.

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