ROCK HILL, S.C. — Graycliff Capital Partners has purchased Gateway at Rock Hill, a newly built, 312-unit apartment community located in Rock Hill, a suburb of Charlotte in South Carolina. Gateway at Rock Hill LLC sold the asset to Graycliff Capital for $41.3 million, or roughly $132,211 per unit. Located behind Rock Hill Galleria Mall, Gateway at Rock Hill is the most recently delivered apartment community in the submarket as the City of Rock Hill placed a moratorium on all new construction of apartments, condos and townhomes. Built by Lucas Contractors, the property features a resort-style swimming pool, fitness center, clubhouse, movie theater, dog park and a playground. Austin Green, Andrew Klenk and Alex McDermott of Capstone Apartment Partners’ Charlotte office represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction.
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SUWANEE, GA. — Terwilliger Pappas has begun construction on Solis Town Center, a 240-unit apartment development situated adjacent to Suwanee Town Center in the Atlanta suburb of Suwanee in Gwinnett County. Set on six acres, the property will also feature 12,000 square feet of retail space. Terwilliger Pappas partnered with Carlyle Realty Partners and Cadence Bank on the development. The nearby Suwanee Town Center features a 10-acre, urban-style park, 100,000 square feet of retail space and 87,000 square feet of office space.
GAINESVILLE, FLA. — The Preiss Company has acquired Cabana Beach Gainesville, a 1,488-bed student housing community located near the University of Florida in Gainesville. The property offers fully furnished units with bed-to-bath parity. Community amenities include a swimming pool, sand volleyball court, computer lab and study rooms. The new ownership, which also recently purchased the Cabana Beach San Marcos student housing community near Texas State University, intends to begin renovations on both properties’ units and common areas. The terms of the transaction and the seller were undisclosed.
WARMINSTER, PA. — J.G. Petrucci Co. has developed Jacksonville Station, a 151-unit apartment community located at 375 Jacksonville Road in Warminster. The property features 74 one-bedroom and 77 two-bedroom apartment units with modern amenities, including stainless steel kitchen appliances, quartz countertops and full-size washer/dryers in each unit. Situated on 10 acres, the community features on-site surface parking, a fitness center, a swimming pool and a clubhouse. Minno & Wasko designed the property.
SCHERERVILLE, IND. — Clarendale of Schererville has opened in Schererville, about 38 miles south of Chicago. The 177-unit seniors housing community is located at 7770 Burr St. The $40 million development is the third Clarendale property from developer-builder Ryan Cos. Situated on nine acres, the three-story community is comprised of 85 independent living residences, 38 assisted living residences and 54 memory care residences. The residences range from 300 square feet to 1,300 square feet. Amenities include a movie theater, crafts room, bistro, pub and billiards room, library, multipurpose room and fitness center. Des Moines, Iowa-based Life Care Services will manage the community.
Walters Group Completes First Phase of 118-Unit Affordable Housing Development in New Jersey
 by Amy Works  
FORKED RIVER, N.J. — Walters Group has completed the first phase of Cornerstone at Lacey, a 118-unit income-restricted housing development located in Forked River. Designed to achieve LEED and Energy Star status, the first phase of the development comprises 70 units in nine buildings. Construction is underway for the second phase, which will add 48 units in six buildings. Units range from one- to three-bedrooms and 835 square feet to 1,247 square feet. Community amenities will include a clubhouse with computer workstations and a fitness center, as well as a children’s tot lot, barbecue and picnic areas, and a half-court basketball court.
NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS — San Antonio-based Mason Joseph Co. Inc. has arranged $12.1 million in construction and permanent financing for The Lodge at the Guadelupe, a 124-unit apartment community that will be located at 1355 Ranch Parkway in New Braunfels. Lev Investments and T.R. Inscore LLC will develop the project and Crane Contracting Group Ltd. will serve as general contractor. HUD provided the 40-year, non-recourse loan.
LYNN HAVEN, FLA. — CBRE Capital Markets has secured $36.7 million in financing for Arbor Trace, a 336-unit apartment community located in Lynn Haven, a town in the Florida Panhandle near the Gulf of Mexico. The loan involved a refinance of the community’s existing 168 units and a construction take-out loan for the newly built Phase II, which spans 168 units. Glenn Housman of CBRE’s debt and structured finance team in Orlando arranged the 10-year, floating-rate, Fannie Mae loan with two years of interest-only payments.
Cushman & Wakefield Negotiates $26.8M Sale of Active Adult Multifamily Community in Palm Beach County
 by John Nelson  
JUPITER, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $26.8 million sale of Riverwalk Pointe at Mangrove Bay, a 104-unit, age-restricted apartment community in Jupiter, located on the east coast north of Palm Beach. Mangrove Bay Housing LLC, a joint venture between Eastwind Development and Index Apartments LLC, sold the asset to Pleasant Valley Market Place, an out-of-state investor using a 1031 exchange. The two-building community was built in 2014 and was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Rents at the property average $1.76 per square foot. Robert Given, Calum Weaver, Zachary Sackley and Troy Ballard of Cushman & Wakefield negotiated the transaction.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF., AND LOS ANGELES — Decron Properties has traded a 264-unit multifamily property in Sacramento, plus some cash, to Sequoia in a direct exchange for a two-property, 504-unit apartment portfolio in Simi Valley. The combined value of the properties was estimated at $193 million. Decron acquired the 372-unit the Villas and the 132-unit Overlook for $141 million. Both communities are situated on Country Club Drive within half a mile of each other in the 4,000-acre Wood Ranch master-planned community. Sequoia took title to Broadstone at Strawberry Creek, a 264-unit apartment community in the Sacramento suburb of Elk Creek, for $52 million. Broadstone was Decron’s first investment in Northern California when they acquired the property in June 2012. Stan Jones, Philip Saglimbeni, Salvatore Saglimbeni, Gregory Harris, Kevin Green and Joseph Grabiec of Institutional Property Advisors represented both Decron and Sequoia in the transaction. The trade required more than 15 lawyers across five law firms.
 
  
  
   
   
   
   
   
   
  