HOLLIDAYSBURG, PA. — Presbyterian Senior Living recently held a dedication for Inglenook at Presbyterian Village, a 41-unit expansion at Presbyterian Village at Hollidaysburg, approximately 90 miles east of Pittsburgh. The new building will add to the property’s existing 31 independent living, 43 assisted living and 67 skilled nursing units. Albarano Construction began work on the property in January 2016.
BEDFORD, TEXAS — ARA Newmark has brokered the sale of Cottages at Bedford, a 168-unit apartment community located at 2000 Park Place Blvd. in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro of Bedford. Amenities of the property, which was built in 1983 and renovated in 1987, include a pool, business center and resident clubhouse. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
DALLAS — Eko Construction has received $1.9 million in construction financing for Bishop Arts Townhomes, a residential rental community in Dallas. The two-phase project will deliver 24 units averaging approximately 1,500 square feet per unit. Charley Babb and Justin Laub of Metropolitan Capital Advisors placed the loan through an undisclosed lender.
OCEANSIDE, CALIF. — Capital One has provided a $49.8 million loan to refinance the 358-unit Riverview Springs apartments in Oceanside. The community is located at 4398 Rainier Way. Riverview Springs was built by Spruce Grove in 1990. The 10-year, fixed-rate, interest-only, Freddie Mac loan has standard defeasance prepayment. Chuck Christensen originated the financing.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Pathfinder Partners has acquired the 195-unit Savannah Court apartments in Sacramento for $22 million. The community is located at 4337 Norwood Ave. The 24-buillding community was built in 1986. Amenities include a fitness center, swimming pool and spa and a tennis court. CBRE’s Marc Ross represented both Pathfinder and the seller in this transaction.
PHOENIX — Mark Spitz, a New York-based multifamily owner and investor, has acquired the 96-unit Los Compadres Apartments in Phoenix for $4.5 million. The community is located at 3518 W. Dunlap Ave. Carrick Sears of SVN Desert Commercial Advisors represented the Canadian seller, Pat Stojak, in this transaction. The seller purchased the asset in 2013.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Weidner Apartment Homes has purchased The Lofts at Rio Salado, a 466-unit multifamily community located at 1033 N. Parkside Drive in Tempe, for $75.5 million. The Kirkland, Wash.-based apartment investor acquired the asset from an unnamed wealth and asset management services firm. The Lofts at Rio Salado is situated adjacent to the Center Parkway/Washington Street metro station and the 3.2 million-square-foot, mixed-use Grand at Papago Park Center. Arizona State University is within walking distance and downtown Phoenix is within 10 miles radius of The Lofts. Community amenities include two swimming pools with cabanas, an onsite recycling program, business center, clubhouse, fitness center, spas and conference room. Units range from studio to three-bedroom floor plans and command rents from $999 to $1,460 per month, according to Apartments.com. The Lofts is considered a value-add investment for Weidner, according to Steve Gebing, senior managing director of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap. Gebing and colleague Cliff David represented the seller and procured Weidner in the transaction. “Asking rents for newly constructed core assets in the Tempe submarket are substantially higher than the in-place rents at The Lofts at Rio Salado,” says Gebing. “This rent differential, coupled …
HOUSTON AND COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — Hurricane Harvey has brought massive amounts of rain, flooding and destruction to southern Texas, but reports show that on- and off-campus student housing properties have largely escaped the worst of the damage. The Texas Tribune reports that colleges in Houston have cancelled class and evacuated some student housing as the rain continues to fall and floodwaters continue to rise. About three buildings on the University of Houston campus have taken on water, and 140 students were evacuated from Bayou Oaks, a university-owned, off-campus apartment complex for older and international students. Most universities in Houston — such as Rice University and Victoria College — reported minor damage including leaks and power outages. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi also reported minor structural damage, according to The Texas Tribune. The first day of classes has been pushed to September 5. Texas A&M University’s Kingsville and College Station campuses also reported no major building damage or flooding, and plan to begin classes early next week. Servitas reports that Park West — a 3,406-bed student housing community developed through a public-private partnership with Texas A&M University in College Station — did not receive any damage or leakage during the storm. The …
LOS ANGELES — C.W. Driver Cos. has completed construction of Fountainview at Gonda West, a luxury continuing care retirement community in Los Angeles’ Playa Vista neighborhood. The 460,000-square-foot property features 199 units that incorporate independent living and assisted living with healthcare services. Development costs were estimated at $120 million. Gensler designed the project for Jewish Home for the Aging, while The Los Angeles Jewish home will be the sponsor. The property is already fully pre-leased and includes a 257-space underground parking garage. C.W. Driver is a builder serving California since 1919. The company has already built several seniors housing campuses in the Los Angeles area for Jewish Home for the Aging.
BERKELEY, CALIF. — Landmark Properties has announced $2 billion worth of student housing project starts and deliveries. The developer delivered close to 5,000 beds this fall, including a student housing project called Stonefire at Berkeley near the University of California, Berkeley, in Northern California. In addition to its fall deliveries, the company has begun working on 11 new developments totaling more than 8,000 beds. These projects included the Standard at Flagstaff near Northern Arizona University and the Mark at Tucson near the University of Arizona. Landmark is also slated to break ground on another 12 projects totaling close to 9,000 beds in 2018.
