ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The University of North Carolina at Asheville is set to break ground on a $33.8 million, 300-bed on-campus student housing community. The six-building development will feature four-, five- and six-bedroom units with full kitchens. The sixth building will offer a multipurpose room and visitor’s center, fitness center and an apartment for the community director. Adjacent parking is also planned as part of the project. Construction will begin this spring.
BILOXI, MISS. — SVN Multi-Family Group has brokered the $11.5 million sale of Lexington Apartments, a 190-unit multifamily community located in Biloxi. Built in 1995, the property comprises 11 mid-rise residential buildings with an average unit size of 809 square feet. Community amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, grilling and picnic areas, business center with free Wi-Fi access, fire pit, controlled-access gates and concierge services. A private Northeastern real estate investor purchased Lexington Apartments from Beverly Hills, Calif.-based based Latitude Real Estate Investors for $60,526 per unit. Andrew Agee of SVN represented both the buyer and the seller in the transaction.
O’FALLON, ILL. — Gateway Multifamily Group, along with its in-house property management company Tut and Tut Properties, has purchased a 78-unit apartment community in O’Fallon, about 17 miles east of St. Louis. The purchase price was not disclosed. The garden-style community will be rebranded as the Park Entrance Apartments. Gateway plans to invest an additional $2 million to $3 million in renovations. The property sits on 5.4 acres and consists of two-bedroom units averaging 1,200 square feet.
DALLAS — Marcus & Millichap’s (NYSE: MMI) Dallas-based multifamily investment sales team has closed the sale of six multifamily assets within the state of Texas totaling $80.5 million. The communities contain a total of 1,164 units. Four of the properties reside within the Dallas-Fort Worth area, known as the Metroplex, while another is situated 60 miles northeast of Dallas in Commerce, and the other is in Waco. The Metroplex-area properties include the 380-unit Spring Lake in Haltom City, the 306-unit Tradewind in Mesquite, the 200-unit Village at the Crossroads in Irving and the 76-unit Oaks Branch in Garland. “The Metroplex’s diverse and growing economy continues to attract investors, creating increased buyer competition for apartment assets and accelerating deal flow,” says Nick Fluellen, a member of Marcus & Millichap’s multifamily investment sales team. “Local investors are particularly focused on properties with some value-add component, as was the case with these assets.” The remaining two properties are the 128-unit Bradford Place in Commerce and the Village Condominiums, a 74-unit apartment asset in Waco. “All of the properties provide new ownership with excellent opportunities to add value in various ways, including the continuation or implementation of strategic upgrade plans,” adds Bard Hoover, who, …
Investors are attracted to Boston due to its diverse economy, education base and strong market fundamentals. In fact, major corporations like GE, Reebok, New Balance, and most recently Asics have all relocated to the city or are in the planning to relocate or rebrand here. As a result of this heightened interest in Boston as a global headquarters destination, the city is expected to grow, which in turn creates housing demand. Rhythm between Cap Rates and Interest Rates As investors know, there is a direct correlation between cap rates and interest rates. However, while a correlation exists, not all buyer profiles are necessarily affected in the same way in a shifting interest rate environment. Highest impact: Leveraged buyers would be most impacted by rising interest rates since they are typically trying to maximize leverage when pursuing an acquisition. With shifting interest rates, higher rates have a direct impact to potential returns. If leveraged buyers can borrow less at high rates, this has a direct impact to pricing/cap rates. Within the leveraged buyer profile, groups possessing strong balance sheets and banking relationships will be less impacted than groups not necessarily in the same financial position. Moderate impact: Cash and low-leverage buyers …
BROOMFIELD, COLO. — Summit Management Services has acquired the 350-unit Stonegate apartments in Broomfield for $86 million. The community is located at 11815 Ridge Parkway, halfway between Denver and Boulder. The property is just west of Interlocken Business Park, which is northwest Denver’s most prominent office park with more than 4 million square feet of office space, and Flatiron Crossing, which comprises more than 2 million square feet of retail, dining, hotel and entertainment options. Stonegate’s community amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, hot tub, grilling area, playground, dog park, 24-hour fitness center, resident lounge with full kitchen and fireplace, and views of the Rocky Mountains. The property is 95 percent occupied. HFF’s Jordan Robbins and Jeff Haag represented the seller in this transaction.
YUMA, ARIZ. — Cushman & Wakefield Senior Housing Capital Markets has negotiated a $9 million loan for Mission Senior Living. The capital will be used to build River Valley Estates, an 88-unit assisted living and memory care community in Yuma. River Valley Estates will feature 56 assisted living units and 32 memory care units in a 66,000-square-foot building on a 5.3-acre site. It will be Mission’s fifth property and third ground-up development. The Cushman & Wakefield team of Aaron Rosenzweig, Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner and James Dooley arranged the loan. Contemporary Healthcare provided the capital.
SOUTH JORDAN, UTAH — Love Funding, a lender specializing in FHA loans for healthcare real estate, has closed a $6.8 million bridge loan for the construction of an assisted living and memory care community in the Sale Lake City suburb of South Jordan. Our House of South Jordan will offer 62 beds in a 42,000-square-foot facility. Giza Development LLC, Stout Construction and Primera Group are building the property. SAL Management Group LLC will manage the community once construction is complete. James Vanar of Love Funding’s Los Angeles office arranged the laon, with Love Funding’s parent company, Midland States Bank, providing the capital. This is the second bridge loan Vanar has obtained for Giza Development, which started construction of Shadow Valley Assisted Living and Memory Care in nearby Ogden last year.
ATLANTA — The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has partnered with Place Properties and H. J. Russell & Co. to develop the King Memorial Station Transit Oriented Development (TOD), which has an estimated total development cost of $51.3 million. The joint venture replaces Walton Communities, which was initially awarded the project in 2014. The TOD will be co-located at the King Memorial MARTA station, which is located near downtown at 377 Decatur St. S.E. The project will feature a 400-unit apartment community and 10,000 square feet of retail space. The joint venture plans for 20 percent of the property’s units to be reserved as affordable housing. Place Properties has financed, acquired and developed more than 37,000 multifamily beds nationwide, valued at over $1.7 billion. H. J. Russell & Co. has more than 60 years of development experience that includes The Pad on Harvard near the College Park MARTA station, Mercedes-Benz Stadium and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.
ST. LOUIS — CBRE has brokered the sale of The Tower at OPOP and The Lofts at OPOP in downtown St. Louis in the Old Post Office Plaza (OPOP). North American Properties and Urban Street Group sold the buildings to Strategic Properties of North America for an undisclosed price. The Tower consists of 128 units and is located at 411 N. 8th St. The Lofts consists of 53 units and is located at 911 Locust St. The buildings have occupancy rates of 96 and 94 percent, respectively. Matt Bukhshtaber of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
