ASHFORD, CONN. — Northeast Private Client Group has brokered the sale of Ashford Hills Apartments, a 52-unit apartment community located at 95 Varga Road in Ashford. Brookline, Mass.-based Naviah Investment LLC acquired the property from Affordable Realty One LLC for $3 million. Bradley Balletto and Taylor Perum of Northeast Private Client Group represented the undisclosed seller and sourced the buyer in the deal. The property features 28 one-bedroom, 20 two-bedroom and four three-bedroom units with parking.
TAMPA, FLA. — Related Development LLC, an affiliate of Miami-based The Related Group, has secured $52 million in construction financing through SunTrust Bank for a 396-unit apartment community in Tampa’s Westshore neighborhood. Town Westshore will include 396 units situated on approximately eight acres of land. The four-story development will feature fitness and yoga studios, saunas, massage treatment rooms, dining rooms and concierge services.
CULVER CITY, CALIF. — Lowe, AECOM Capital and Rockwood Capital have begun construction on Ivy Station, a transit-oriented mixed-use development adjacent to the Culver City Station of the Los Angeles Metro Expo light-rail line in Culver City. Situated on 5.2 acres, the $300 million development will feature 200 apartments, 55,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and restaurant space, a 148-room boutique hotel and a 200,000-square-foot office building. Additionally, the project will feature 1,500 spaces of below-grade parking, 300 of which will be dedicated for use by Metro riders. Killefer Flammang Architects and EYRC are providing architectural services for the project, which is slated for completion in fall 2019. Bernards is serving as general contractor for the development.
CORONA, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged 9,776 square feet in retail leases at Metro at Main, a mixed-use community located at the corner of North Main and Rincon streets in Corona. Metro at Main features 60,000 square feet of retail space and 868 luxury high-rise residential units. The new tenants include a 1,845-square-foot Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, a 3,138-square-foot America’s Best Vision, a 1,398-square-foot Poki Cat, an 859-square-foot Organic Junkie, a 1,337-square-foot Meraki Salon and a 1,199-square-foot Union Barber & Beer Lodge. Paul Galmarini and Gretchen Lastra of Progressive Real Estate represented the landlord internally in the lease transactions.
NOVI, UTICA AND SUPERIOR TOWNSHIP, MICH. — Love Funding has secured $97 million in FHA financing for five multifamily properties in Michigan and Illinois. The five loans will be used for the construction, rehabilitation or refinancing of the properties. Bruce Gerhart of Love Funding secured a $33.3 million FHA 221(d)(4) new construction loan for Manchester, a market-rate apartment community in the Detroit suburb of Novi adding 172 units. A $22.5 million FHA 221(d)(4) new construction loan will be used for Encore Townhomes, a market-rate townhouse community being developed in Utica, Mich. An $11.2 million FHA (223)(f) loan will refinance Danbury Park Manor, an existing 151-unit Section 8 multifamily community in Superior Township, Mich. The two remaining FHA (223)(f) loans will be used for the refinancing of two seniors housing Section 8 communities in Illinois. The borrower was not disclosed.
SOUTHFIELD AND WESTLAND, MICH. — Greystone Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of two seniors housing properties in the Detroit metropolitan area for $33 million in a single transaction. Ashford Court, located in Westland and built in 1986, consists of 143 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Sterling Place, located in Southfield and built in 1987, consists of 156 independent living units. The portfolio is almost fully occupied and consists of approximately 250,000 square feet. Amenities include libraries, lounge areas, hair salons and landscaped grounds. Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers of Greystone represented the seller, New Senior Investment Group. Chevalier International Holdings Ltd. purchased the properties.
MADISON, WIS. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided $23.8 million in Fannie Mae loans for the acquisition of Hanover Square Apartments and Prairie Park Senior Apartments in Madison. Hanover Square is an affordable housing property built in 2002. Of its 65 units, 57 are set aside for households earning from 30 to 60 percent of the area median income. Prairie Park is a seniors housing property constructed in 2003. Of its 96 units, 90 are set aside for seniors earning 30 to 60 percent of the area median income. KeyBank also refinanced Hollow Creek in Conroe, Texas. John Gilmore of KeyBank arranged the financing for the borrower, Harmony Housing.
LOS ANGELES — Douglas Emmett has received a total of $550 million in loans to refinance a four-property multifamily portfolio in Los Angeles. The Class A assets are located in Los Angeles and Santa Monica. About 90 percent of the total loan amount, or nearly $500 million, qualified for Fannie Mae’s Delegated Underwriting and Servicing (DUS) Green Rewards program, making it the largest transaction using Fannie Mae’s Green Rewards to date. The Green Rewards program will fund environmental upgrades to three of the four properties. These improvements allowed the borrower to secure competitive loan terms while ensuring more sustainable operations and cost savings for years to come. Walker & Dunlop closed the four interest-only loans.
CORVALLIS, ORE. — An unnamed buyer has acquired the 420-unit Witham Hill Oaks Apartments in Corvallis for $56 million. The community is located at 4275 N.W. Clubhouse Place. The 50-building property was built in three phases in 1968, 1977 and 1998. Witham Hill contains one- to three-bedroom units, with amenities like a fitness center, clubhouse, basketball court, children’s playgrounds, pool, spa, laundry facilities and covered parking. It’s situated less than two miles from the Oregon State University campus, near major employers like Hewlett-Packard and Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. CBRE’s Phil Oester, Joe Nydahl and Josh McDonald represented the seller, Witham Hill Oaks Apartments LLC, in this transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — HFF has secured $80 million in construction financing for the ground-up development of a boutique condominium property located at 17 Jane St. in Manhattan’s West Village. Christopher Peck and Scott Aiese of HFF arranged the first mortgage and mezzanine loans for the borrower, Edward J. Minsoff Equities Inc. Designed by London-based David Chipperfield Architects, the property will feature a three-, four- and five-bedroom condominiums. Completion is slated for third quarter 2018.