ARLINGTON, VA. — Washington REIT has broken ground on The Trove, a 401-unit apartment community located in the Columbia Pike corridor of Arlington, roughly five miles southwest of Washington, D.C. The property will comprise three seven-story buildings, including a mix of studio to three-bedroom units. KGD Architecture, is designing The Trove to achieve LEED Silver certification. Community amenities will include a rooftop deck, a pool, cabanas, fire pits, grills, movie screens, fitness center, co-working areas and bike storage. The project is slated to deliver in 2019.
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MINNETONKA, MINN. — A joint venture between LeCesse Development Corp., Morgan Management and UC Funds has broken ground on RiZE at Opus Park, a 322-unit apartment community in Minnetonka, a western suburb of Minneapolis. The $73 million project is a redevelopment of the Opus Business Park. The property will feature studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Plans call for construction of a six-story building and a 492-car parking garage. Amenities will include a clubhouse, fitness center, movie theater, resort-style pool and courtyards. US Bank provided construction financing. Humphreys & Partners Architects is the project architect, while Stonebridge Construction is the general contractor. Loucks Engineering is providing civil engineering services and Terracon is serving as environmental consultant. Completion is slated for winter 2018.
MINNEAPOLIS — Deering Commercial Mortgage LLC has arranged a $16.5 million loan for the refinancing of a student housing property in Minneapolis. The 92-unit property, called 1301 University, is located near the University of Minnesota. The building features studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units. Amenities include a fitness center and underground parking. Len Deering of Deering Commercial Mortgage arranged the 10-year loan. Goldman Sachs provided the loan.
WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Sela Realty Investments has purchased Crest Ridge Apartments, a garden-style apartment community located at 200 Mt. Pleasant Ave. in West Orange. Rockledge Realty sold the property for $40.5 million. Built in 1964, the 16-building property features 178 one-, two- and three-bedroom units. On-site amenities include laundry facilities, parking, a swimming pool, a clubhouse and a sundeck. Greg Pine and Adam Zweibel of Gebroe-Hammer Associates represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
HENRIETTA, N.Y. — University Student Living LLC has opened The Lodge, a student housing community located near the Rochester Institute of Technology in Henrietta, New York. The community offers 37 individual cottage homes and 37 townhouses along the Genesee River. The property features sidewalks; on-street parking; over 2.5 miles of walking trails; a 6,500-square-foot clubhouse; pool deck; study lounges; a business center; social areas with billiards, ping pong and media screens; outdoor grilling stations; a 24-hour fitness center with a yoga studio; athletic fields; and fire pits. All homes are fully furnished and leased by the bed. The property was 99-percent pre-leased, and opened one month ahead of schedule.
Claremont Cos. Receives $17.6M in Refinancing for Seniors Housing Community in Massachusetts
by Amy Works
SOUTH DARTMOUTH, MASS. — Claremont Cos. has received $17.6 million in affordable housing financing from MassHousing for the refinancing of Solemar at South Dartmouth. The refinancing of the mixed-income seniors housing community preserves the affordability of the property’s 100 affordable units through 2034. Claremont Cos. refinanced the property through MassHousing’s Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP)/Ginnie Mae Joint Venture Initiative with lender partner Rockport Mortgage Corp. Built in 1977, Solemar at South Dartmouth features 200 mixed-income rental units across 25 buildings. Fifty of the affordable units are rented to residents earning at or below 50 percent of the area median income (AMI), and 50 are rented to residents earning at or below 80 percent of AMI. The remaining 100 units are rented at market rate.
PHILADELPHIA — Colliers International has arranged the sale of a development site located at 201-11 E. Allen St. in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia. A private investment group acquired the site from Exceptional Foods for $2.2 million. The buyer plans to redevelop the property into residential units. The site consists of a 15,300-square-foot industrial property and 17,350 square feet of land. Michael Barmash and Richard Gorodesky of Colliers were the sole brokers in the transaction.
LOS ANGELES, WOODLAND HILLS, CALIF. AND LAUREL, MD. — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC has arranged three loans totaling $185.1 million for the refinancing of a multifamily portfolio located in California and Maryland. The portfolio consists of three properties totaling 1,384 units. The assets include: Avalon Russet in Laurel, Md.; eaves Woodland Hills in Woodland Hills, Calif.; and eaves Los Feliz in Los Angeles. Kip Kimble of Bellwether Enterprise arranged the 10-year loans for the borrower, AvalonBay Communities (NYSE: AVB). New York Life was the lender. AvalonBay Communities is a real estate investment trust that owns and manages apartment properties concentrated in the Northeast and Western regions. Bellwether Enterprise is a subsidiary of Enterprise Community Investment. — Kristin Hiller
SAN FRANCISCO — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged a $90 million refinancing for the 414-unit South Beach Marina Apartments in San Francisco. The community is located at 2 Townsend St. in the South of Market (SOMA) neighborhood. South Beach was built in 1989. It features 4,708 square feet of ground-floor retail that is currently occupied by two restaurants and a salon. Community amenities include two tennis courts, a luxury lobby/lounge area, community/billiards room, landscaped courtyard, outdoor pool and spa and fitness center. The permanent, fixed-rate loan was funded through one of Grandbridge’s insurance company correspondents and structured with a 12-year, interest-only term. The borrower is a state pension fund advised by L&B Realty.
Red Stone Partners Arranges $18.8M in Bonds to Preserve Three Affordable Communities Near LA
by Nellie Day
LOS ANGELES — Red Stone Tax-Exempt Funding LLC recently provided $18.8 million in bond financing to BlueGreen Preservation and Development. The tax-exempt bonds will be used to acquire and rehabilitate a 90-unit portfolio of affordable seniors housing properties in the Los Angeles metro area. The properties acquired are Pacific Rim Apartments, Rancho Del Valle and Maple Park Apartments. The properties all benefit from Section 8 rental subsidies that were extended for 20 years to ensure the long-term affordability of the communities for low-income seniors. The rehabilitation budget for the properties is more than $35,000 per unit. BlueGreen is a California-based company that develops and preserves affordable housing.