MCKINNEY, TEXAS — SWBC Real Estate LLC has broken ground on Central Park at Craig Ranch, a 276-unit multifamily complex situated on 4.5 acres within the 2,200-acre, master-planned community of Craig Ranch in McKinney. Amenities will include a clubhouse with a business center, 24-hour fitness center, a resort-style pool and an attached parking garage. The project is expected to be complete by December 2018, with the first units becoming available by April 2018.
ENGLEWOOD, COLO. — A fund advised by CBRE Global Investors has acquired the 438-unit Alexan CityCenter apartment complex in Englewood for $97 million. The community is located at 801 Englewood Parkway. The garden-style property will be renamed ArtWalk CityCenter. It also features 13,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. The asset is connected to the Englewood Light Rail station, which provides direct access to downtown Denver, Mile High Stadium, Union Station and the airport. CBRE Global Investors has identified Denver has a target market for the group.
NORTHRIDGE, CALIF. — Universe Holdings has obtained $23.4 million in financing for the 148-unit Lodge at Porter Ranch in the Los Angeles submarket of Northridge. The community is located at 10631 Lindley Ave. The Lodge was built in 1979 and renovated in 2013. Universe Holdings purchased the property in 2004. The 10-year loan features interest-only payments for the first five years. HFF secured the financing through Freddie Mac. The planned use of the funds was not disclosed.
BROOKFIELD, CONN. — HKS Capital Partners has arranged $26.5 million in permanent refinancing for Barnbeck Place, a 165-unit apartment complex in Brookfield. The property sits on nine acres. John Harrington of HKS Capital Partners negotiated the financing for the owner/ borrower, the BRT Organization and the DiMarco Group. David Garcia of OritaniBank provided the seven-year, fixed-rate loan.
WEBSTER GROVES, MO. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the sale of Provision Living at Webster Groves, an 80-unit assisted living and memory care community in suburban St. Louis. Built in 2012, the three-story community consists of 62 assisted living units and 18 memory care units. Amenities include a bowling alley, theater, physician’s space and bistro/café. Sunrise Senior Living purchased the property for an undisclosed price. Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner and Jim Dooley of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a joint venture between Provision Living Senior Communities and WellTower.
CHICAGO — Kass Management Services has negotiated the sale of a 32-unit apartment building in Chicago for $2.4 million. The property is located at 1700 W. Juneway Terrace in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Built in 1924, the vintage three-story building includes a mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartment units. The property was renovated in 2007 and was 90 percent occupied at the time of sale. Mark Durakovic and Andrew Gruesser of Kass represented the seller, CMHDC, a non-profit housing development corporation serving the Chicago metropolitan area. The buyer was not disclosed. Kass has managed the building since 2006.
FORSYTH COUNTY, GA. — Greystar plans to develop a 300-unit apartment community and a 160-unit seniors housing property within Halcyon, a $370 million mixed-use development located off exit 12 on Ga. 400 in Forsyth County. The multifamily community, known as Elan Halcyon, will feature top-of-market amenities and 11,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The seniors housing property will feature 12,000 square feet of resort-style amenities, including a resident clubhouse, pool and spa, demonstration kitchen, game room, theater room, fitness center and a golf simulator. RocaPoint Partners, an Atlanta-based affiliate of The Georgetown Co., is the master developer of Halcyon. Set to open in 2018, the development will include more than 500,000 square feet of office and retail space, a high-end CMX movie theater, two hotels and 690 residential units, including Greystar’s two projects.
ESTERO, FLA. — Passco Cos. has purchased Springs at Estero, a 260-unit, Class A apartment community located at 11221 Everblades Parkway in Estero, a town in southwest Florida near Fort Myers. Passco acquired the newly built property from Continental Properties for $53.5 million with plans to rebrand the community as Longitude 81. Built in 2016, the property features a 24-hour fitness center, resort-style swimming pool with a sundeck and poolside summer kitchen and a community clubhouse featuring Wi-Fi, coffee bar, fireplace and a catering kitchen. James May of JBM Institutional Multifamily Advisors represented the seller in the transaction. Chris Black of KeyBank Real Estate Capital arranged a Fannie Mae acquisition loan on behalf of Passco.
BOCA RATON AND ORLANDO, FLA. — Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors (KAREA) has entered into a definitive merger agreement under which affiliates of KAREA will acquire Sentio Healthcare Properties Inc. KAREA will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Sentio in an all-cash transaction valued at $825 million. Sentio is a public, non-listed real estate investment trust (REIT), externally advised by Sentio Investments. The firm’s portfolio includes 34 seniors housing communities and medical office buildings located in 16 states across the United States. The Orlando-based company is financially backed by KKR (NYSE: KKR), a global private equity firm based in New York City. The merger would end KKR’s partnership with Sentio. Sentio’s board of directors has unanimously approved the merger, which is expected to close in the third quarter of this year. KAREA plans to increase the value of the Sentio portfolio through property renovations, facility expansions and other operational enhancements. KAREA is part of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP, a $26 billion, Los Angeles-based alternative investment management firm with more than 30 years of experience in the energy, infrastructure, growth capital, real estate, middle market credit and distressed municipal sectors. KAREA, which operates out of Boca Raton, focuses on …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Commercial and multifamily mortgage originations increased by 9 percent during the first quarter of 2017 on a year-over-year basis, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The results are based on the MBA’s Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations index, which has tracked quarterly activity since 2002. The first quarter saw the dollar volume of loans for industrial properties increase by 40 percent compared with the first quarter of 2016. The volume of loans for healthcare and multifamily properties rose by 22 percent and 14 percent, respectively, during the same time frame. Loan production for all property classes was down 27 percent relative to the fourth quarter of 2016, but that was to be expected, says Jamie Woodwell, MBA’s vice president of commercial real estate research. “Commercial real estate borrowing and lending started 2017 on much the same footing it ended 2016,” says Woodwell. “Multifamily properties remain the key force behind overall origination trends. Matching, broader investment themes, financing for industrial properties also picked up while retail declined.” The dollar volume of loans originated by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during the first quarter represented a 33 percent increase from the same period a year ago. On the flip …
