JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the $28.3 million sale of Bay Club Apartments, a 220-unit multifamily property located at 9009 Western Lake Drive in Jacksonville. Shelton Granade, Luke Wickham, Justin Basquill, Cliff Taylor and Joe Ayers of CBRE represented the seller, an affiliate of The Milestone Group LLC, in the sale to Resource Apartment OP III LP. Constructed in 1990, Bay Club features a swimming pool, clubhouse, pet park and private patio or balcony with each unit. The property was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale.
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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Motivado Group Inc., a Texas-based design-build firm, has completed The Ruckus Lofts, a 165-bed student housing property located two blocks west of The University of Texas at Austin. Amenities of the seven-story building include a fitness center, cyber café, student conference rooms and a coffee bar. Motivado Group served as general contractor on the project, which was developed by Lincoln Ventures.
ST. CHARLES, ILL. — Silverado will host a groundbreaking ceremony Friday, Aug. 11 for Silverado St. Charles, a 90-unit memory care community in the Chicago suburb of St. Charles. The 47,000-square-foot, single-story community is scheduled to open during summer 2018. It will be located on a four-acre plot. Silverado estimates total project costs at $12 million. Development team members include Jensen and Halstead Ltd. for architecture and planning; Cemcon Engineering for civil engineering; Terracon for geo-technical field observations; and Testing Services Corp (TSC) for construction testing services. Irvine, California-based Silverado is a memory care operator with 52 locations in Arizona, California, Illinois, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin.
MINNEAPOLIS — High Street Residential, a subsidiary of Trammell Crow Co., has completed Foundry on Lake Street, a 164-unit, Class A multifamily property located at 3118 W. Lake St. in Minneapolis. The property, which offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, is currently 54 percent leased following its grand opening on May 1. Amenities include a coffee bar, fitness club, resort-style pool and grilling stations, as well as 5,000 square feet of indoor restaurant space. Utah-based Big-D Construction Corp. served as general contractor for the project designed by Minneapolis-based ESG Architects.
EAST ORANGE, N.J. — KeyBank Community Development & Lending Investment has provided a $54.8 million bridge loan for Essence 144, an apartment community located at 144 S. Harrison St. in East Orange. The borrower is Blackstone 360, a design-build firm based in Newark, N.J. Essence 144 is an adaptive reuse project in which the abandoned 12-story existing structure was redeveloped into a 144-unit apartment community. Tom Peloquin and John Gilmore IV of KeyBank arranged the refinancing.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — A joint venture between Passco Cos. and InSite Property Ventures has sold the 270-unit Ovation at Tempe to an undisclosed buyer for $36 million. The community is located at 4502-4505 S. Hardy Drive in Tempe. The JV initially acquired the asset for $25.8 million in 2014. Rents in metro Phoenix have increased by 5.6 percent over this past year alone, according to the sellers. The JV implemented a series of interior and exterior improvements to the apartment community during its ownership. This included upgrading unit interiors, constructing additional carports, and enhancing the property’s exterior and community amenities.
PULLMAN, WASH. — Nelson Brothers Professional Real Estate LLC has acquired College Crest Apartments, a 184-bed student housing community located near Washington State University in Pullman. The garden-style community offers two-, three- and four-bedroom units. Highland Realty Capital Inc. served as the broker for the transaction. Calmwater Capital provided $7.6 million in senior debt for the acquisition of the property and for renovations, to include unit upgrades and the conversion of 39 three-bedroom units into four-bedroom units.
HOUSTON — Tradition Senior Living LP, a developer and operator of seniors housing communities, has begun work on The Tradition-Buffalo Speedway, a 316-unit facility situated on 7.6 acres at 9339 Buffalo Speedway in Houston. The property will offer 222 independent living units and 94 assisted living/memory care units. Amenities include an underground parking garage, on-site restaurant options and a fitness center with an indoor pool and Pilates studio. The initial opening is slated for late 2018.
James Investment Partners Buys The Terraces Apartment Community in San Francisco for $21.1M
by Nellie Day
SAN FRANCISCO — James Investment Partners has acquired The Terraces, a 72-unit, condominium-quality development in the East Bay community of El Sobrante, for $21.1 million. The community is located at 6000 Sunhill Circle. The Terraces was built in phases beginning in 1991. It was expanded in 2003. All units are about 1,000 square feet and feature two-bedroom floor plans with private garages. Community amenities include a swimming pool, Jacuzzi spa and a playground. There is an opportunity to convert the existing leasing office into a fitness center. Brandon Geraldo and Ryan Wagner of Colliers International represented both the buyer and seller, an affiliate of Abacus Capital Group, in this transaction.
KYLE, TEXAS — San Antonio-based Mason Joseph Co. Inc. has arranged $20.1 million in construction and permanent financing for Plum Creek Vue, a 180-unit apartment community in Kyle, a city roughly midway between Austin and San Antonio. The HUD loan carries a fixed interest rate for the 15-month construction period and subsequent 40-year term. Blazer Building Texas is constructing the property, which is located at the intersection of Cromwell and Dorman drives.