MIAMI — Mast Capital, in a joint venture with AEW Capital Management LP, has acquired a 6.3-acre parcel of land at 1001 N.W. 7th St. in Miami for $26 million. Gerard Yetming and Mike Mattingly of Colliers International arranged the sale on behalf of the seller, RAD Miami, and procured Mast Capital as the buyer. The site, located at the south bank of the Miami River, will be the future home of Miami River Walk, a 688-unit apartment community. In addition to residential units, the project will include 1,100 linear feet of riverfront improvements, including an extension of the public Riverwalk and more than an acre of green space. Designed by Corwill Architects, the community will include a mix of one- and two-bedroom units, as well as 2,900 square feet of ground floor retail. The project site has sat vacant for more than 14 years, but was once home to The Miami News headquarters from 1957 to 1973, and later the Southeast Bank building. Miami River Walk will be developed in two phases, and the joint venture expects to start construction in the fourth quarter.
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AUGUSTA, GA. — The RADCO Cos., in partnership with Columbia Ventures, has broken ground on The Foundry, a 221-unit apartment community in Augusta. The community is located within walking distance to Augusta University and roughly four miles from Augusta National Golf Club, home of The Masters. RADCO Capital, the equity fundraising arm of RADCO, will contribute $5.3 million of private equity for the project, which is scheduled to open in summer 2019. The Foundry will feature a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans averaging 996 square feet. Community amenities will include a resort-style pool, outdoor kitchen area, dog park, clubhouse, fitness center, study lounge, automated package management, valet trash service and electric vehicle charging stations. In addition, the community will house Augusta’s only onsite Zipcar car-sharing service. Members can reserve vehicles through Zipcar’s mobile app, and have on-demand access to drive cars by the hour or day. Pegasus Residential will manage The Foundry upon completion.
TAMPA, FLA. — FourPoint Student Housing Investments has arranged the sale of Campus Club North and Campus Club South, two student housing properties located roughly one mile from University of South Florida’s campus in Tampa. Campus Club North offers 256 beds in fully furnished units, and Campus Club South offers 356 beds with shared amenities including a resort-style swimming pool, fitness center and movie theater. Chris Bancroft, Chris Epp and Meredith Wolff of FourPoint represented the seller, Realco Capital Partners, in the transaction. CF Real Estate Services acquired both properties for an undisclosed price. Walker & Dunlop assisted in securing an acquisition loan for the buyer.
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Colliers to Acquire 75 Percent Stake in Harrison Street for $450M
TORONTO AND CHICAGO — In an effort to expand its global investment management platform, Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CIGI) has agreed to acquire 75 percent of Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC for $450 million. Under the terms of the transaction, which is expected to close during the third quarter, the senior management team of Harrison Street will hold the remaining 25 percent of equity. An additional $100 million will be payable to Harrison Street in 2022 based on the achievement certain performance targets. Chicago-based Harrison Street currently manages about $14.6 billion worth of assets, primarily in the seniors housing, student housing, medical office and self-storage sectors. The company’s senior management team will continue to handle its day-to-day operations. No changes to the company name have been announced at this time. According to CEO Christopher Merrill, Harrison Street was seeking an outside investment partner to assist with its global positioning strategy. Harrison Street was drawn to the depth of Colliers’ relationships on a global scale, as well as the brokerage firm’s decentralized management style and track record in investment sales. For its part, Toronto-based Colliers was in the market for a new platform that would enable global investment growth. …
Birmingham’s multifamily market closed out 2017 with an average 7 percent vacancy rate and effective rents that flirted with the $900 per unit ceiling. On the investment side, multifamily assets in the market demonstrated some notable pricing trends through year-end 2017. The market outperformed the region and the nation in terms of value appreciation on a per unit basis. The average price per unit in Birmingham increased by more than 20 percent from fourth-quarter 2016 to fourth-quarter 2017. And, among these assets, garden-style properties stood out with a 36 percent increase in average price per unit. One explanation for this trend is the combination of value-add upgrades to garden-style properties in the market, as well as new construction that is lifting values in the market. To that end, Birmingham’s Highway 280 Corridor makes for a great case study. Stabilization of 280 Corridor What was a soft submarket in 2017, the Highway 280 Corridor in Birmingham has now rapidly tightened up in the first quarter of 2018. This one corridor spans various Birmingham submarkets ranging from urban Central City and Southside to Birmingham’s southeastern suburbs of Meadowbrook and Lake Purdy. According to Alabama Traffic Data (ATD), the average annual daily traffic …
Brightview Senior Living Purchases 7.5 Acres in Long Island for Seniors Housing Development
by David Cohen
SAYVILLE, N.Y. — Brightview Senior Living has acquired a 7.5-acre plot of land in the Long Island hamlet of Sayville. Anthony James Fusco LLC sold the property for $5.5 million. Brightview plans to begin development of a seniors housing property on the plot, starting in June. Although the type of care offered was not disclosed, Brightview generally offers independent living, assisted living and memory care. The community will be Brightview’s first on Long Island. The company’s current portfolio totals 25 seniors housing communities in Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Virginia. Dennis McCoy of NAI Long Island represented Brightview in the transaction.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — A subsidiary of Preferred Apartment Communities Inc. (PAC), a publicly traded multifamily investment firm, has acquired The Tradition, an 808-bed student housing property in College Station. The 427-unit community is located one block away from Texas A&M University and features amenities such as a pool, outdoor grilling areas, 24-hour fitness center, computer stations, Starbucks Coffee bar, theater room and a game room. PAC financed the acquisition with a $30 million first mortgage bridge loan from Macquarie Group, an Australian investment banking firm. The seller was not disclosed.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — New York-based Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $40 million loan for the refinancing of The Retreat by Watermark, a 324-unit apartment community in Corpus Christi. The property consists of one-, two- and three-bedroom units and offers amenities such as a pool, fitness center, movie room, game room and a pet park. Peter Martz, Akiva Friend and Israel Schubert of Meridian Capital arranged the 10-year, non-recourse loan, which features an 80 percent loan-to-value (LTV) ratio and a fixed interest rate, on behalf of Watermark Residential, an Indiana-based multifamily developer.
ANDREWS, TEXAS — Austin-based development firm RAM Investments has sold Greenmark at Andrews, a 144-unit multifamily community located in the West Texas city of Andrews. Built in 2014, the property consists of one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 654 to 1,146 square feet. Amenities include a pool, clubhouse, business center and a theater room. Ryan McBride, Sean Sorrell and Steven Hahn Jr. of HFF represented RAM Investments in the transaction, the buyer of which was not disclosed. Greenmark at Andrews was 100 percent occupied at the time of sale.
BEAUMONT, TEXAS — Madison Realty Capital, a New York-based private equity firm, has closed a $6.5 million loan for the acquisition of a non-performing first mortgage note secured by The Edge, 96-unit student housing complex located at 5230 S. Martin Luther King Parkway in Beaumont. The five-building property serves Lamar University and includes amenities such as a pool, fitness center, tanning salon, volleyball court, business center and a coffee bar. The borrower was not disclosed.