NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has brokered the sale of a six-story mixed-use building located at 331 E. 81st St. on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. A private investor acquired the building for $12.7 million, or $1,202 per square foot. The 10,606-square-foot property features 14 residential apartments and one retail space, which is leased to Bar Prima. Jeremy Simon and Ronda Rogovin of Eastern Consolidated represented the seller, a real estate investment firm, while Simon also procured the buyer in the deal.
GLENDALE, WIS. — Caddis is developing Heartis Village North Shore in Glendale, about nine miles north of Milwaukee. The 105-unit assisted living and memory care community is the developer’s first senior living community in the state of Wisconsin. The 96,770-square-foot facility will be located at 100 W. River Woods Parkway. Amenities will include walking paths, courtyards, game and activity rooms, a library, media room, dining room and barbershop. Pathway Senior Living LLC will manage the property. Completion is slated for early 2019. The project team includes architect Katus and general contractor Stevens Construction Corp.
HULL, MASS. — CBRE/New England’s Capital Markets team has arranged the sale of The Estates, an apartment community located in Hull. Invesco Real Estate purchased the 162-unit property from Barings Real Estate Advisers, part of Barings LLC, acting on behalf of an institutional investor, for an undisclosed price. Simon Butler and Biria St. John of CBRE/NE represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Built in 2000, the property comprises 20 two- and three-story direct-access buildings, as well as a freestanding clubhouse and separate fitness center and outdoor pool. The community features 32 one-bedroom units, 34 two-bedroom lofts, eight two-bedroom/one-bath units, 40 two-bedroom units and 48 two-bedroom lofts with an average size of 1,116 square feet.
GIG HARBOR, WASH. — Emerald Communities has opened Heron’s Key, an 18-acre continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in the Seattle suburb of Gig Harbor. Development costs were estimated at $145 million. Ziegler provided bond financing for the project and construction began in June 2016. The community offers a total of 275 units: 184 independent living apartments, 10 independent living cottage homes, 36 assisted living apartments and 45 private skilled nursing beds. Independent living homes range from 729 to 1,800 square feet. Heron’s Key offers an financing plan that includes a one-time, 75 percent-refundable entrance fee. This will be the first CCRC in the county, and the largest project ever built in Gig Harbor, according to Emerald Communities, a Seattle-based operator.
TACOMA, WASH. — Berkeley Point Capital has provided a $9.3 million FHA 232/223(f) refinancing for Spring Ridge Assisted Living & Memory Care, a 63-unit seniors housing community in the Seattle suburb of Tacoma. The loan replaces the existing debt on the property, which was for the acquisition, renovation and expansion of the property. Tom White led the transaction out of Berkeley Point’s Bethesda, Md., office. The loan features a 3.45 percent interest rate and an 80 percent loan-to-value ratio.
PHILADELPHIA — The Goldenberg Group has broken ground for a $199 million student housing development located on the edge of Temple University’s campus at 12th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue in Philadelphia. The 470,000-square-foot property will feature 984 beds within one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units. All 368 units are fully furnished with flat-screen televisions, stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, dishwashers, icemakers and garbage disposals. Community amenities include a 24-hour concierge; a coffee bar; fitness center with rooms for fitness on-demand, yoga and spin; an outdoor rooftop terrace; a social activities area; a business center; study and conference areas; a package locker system; sky lounge; indoor bicycle storage and on-site resident parking, including dedicated car sharing spaces and electric charging spaces. Additionally, the property will offer 30,000 square feet of ground-level retail, restaurant and commercial space opening to a plaza with seating, green space and activity areas. The project is designed to complement The View at Montgomery, the company’s existing 832-bed student housing property. This is the second and final phase of Goldenberg’s master-planned redevelopment of the 4.6-acre site of the former John Wanamaker High School. The first phase opened in August 2014. The new development is slated for completion …
BOSTON — IBA, Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción, has secured a $53 million permanent loan from Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency (MassHousing) to renovate Villa Victoria’s Viviendas Apartments, an affordable housing property located in Boston’s South End neighborhood. Renovations will include extensive structural and cosmetic improvements, upgrading the exterior and interior to preserve building quality and enhance tenants’ residential experience. Upgrades will include replacing the asphalt roof with 30-year architectural shingles, improvements to pre-existing draining structures and updating the property’s façade with fresh stucco and paint. Originally built in the 1960s by IBA, Viviendas Apartments is one of four properties that make up Villa Victoria, a 435-unit affordable housing community that promotes wellness, active living, public safety, cultural expression and socioeconomic mobility through a specialized range of residential services.
NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Investment Sales, the commercial property sales division of Meridian Capital Group, has arranged the sale of an apartment property located at 1555 Grand Concourse in the Mount Eden neighborhood of the Bronx. Pistilli Realty Group purchased the building from Eric Silverstein for $29.8 million. Mark Steinmetz and Richard Velotta of Meridian represented the buyer and seller in the transaction. Built in 1927, the six-story, 139,000-square-foot building features 149 apartment units and was recently upgraded with renovated elevators, a new intercom system and a gas conversion.
METHUEN, MASS. — CBRE/New England’s Capital Markets team has arranged the sale of Colonial Village, an apartment community located in Methuen. An affiliate of Newton, Mass.-based Sawyer Realty Holdings acquired the 148-unit property from Colonial Methuen Associates for $23.3 million. The property features six three-story garden-style apartment buildings, a townhouse building and clubhouse. The unit mix comprises 77 one-bedroom, 67 two-bedroom and four two-bedroom townhome units with an average unit size of 816 square feet. Simon Butler and Biria St. John of CBRE/NE represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
HOUSTON — Pensam Funding, a Miami-based direct lender, has provided $87 million in financing for a pair of multifamily properties in Houston. The company originated $27 million for Regalia Bella Terra, a 227-unit development located at 24151 Bella Dolce Lane in Katy, and $60 million for the refinancing of Nob Hill Apartments, a 1,326-unit community located at 5500 N. Braeswood Blvd. in southwest Houston. Both financings were structured as combined first mortgage and mezzanine loans with floating interest rates and non-recourse terms. The loans were provided for an undisclosed borrower that owns and operates $3.5 billion in real estate assets across North America.