MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO. — Berkadia has brokered the sale of Pheasant Run in Maryland Heights, a suburb of St. Louis. The sales price was not disclosed. The 528-unit multifamily property is located at 12302 Inletridge Drive. The building features one- and two-bedroom apartment-style units, as well as two- and three-bedroom townhomes. Amenities include two swimming pools with sundecks, a walking trail, fitness center, indoor basketball and tennis courts and a children’s play area. Ken Aston and Andrea Kendrick of Berkadia arranged the sale on behalf of the seller, Lipton Group.
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the sale of a 16-unit multifamily property in Chicago’s Lincoln Park for $3.7 million. The property, located at 1955 N. Lincoln Ave., features four studios and 12 one-bedroom units. Brad Feldman and Adam Saxon of Interra represented the buyer, a local developer, as well as the sellers, Ron and Nancy Hollmeier. The Hollmeiers have owned the property since 1999. The new owner plans to renovate the units to increase rents.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Bridge Investment Group has purchased the 659-unit Onnix apartment property in Tempe for $77 million. The community is located at 1440 and 1500 E. Broadway Road. Onnix was built in 1984, one mile from a Valley Metro light rail station. It was developed in two phases as the 375-unit Onnix West and the 284-unit Onnix East. Cliff David and Steve Gebing of Institutional Property Advisors represented both the buyer and institutional seller in this transaction.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Kirco and its construction management affiliate Kirco Manix, in partnership with Phoenix Senior Living and EDT Inc., has broken ground on The Bluffs at Greystone, a 132-unit senior housing community in Birmingham. The community will provide both independent and assisted living and will be designed to include memory care units in the future. Slated to open in July 2018, the property will feature an indoor pool, wellness center, dining, beauty salon, yoga studio and demonstration kitchen. The project marks Kirco’s entrance into the senior living sector in the state of Alabama.
NEW YORK CITY — Rosewood Realty Group has brokered the sale of a multifamily property located at 89-10 Whitney Ave. in the Elmhurst section of Queens. Antonio Feggoudakis acquired the property from Heller Realty for $23.4 million, or $243,000 per unit. The six-story, 89,300-square-foot building features 96 rent-stabilized apartment units. Aaron Jungreis of Rosewood Realty represented the seller, while Michael Guttman, also of Rosewood, represented the buyer in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Institutional Property Advisors Capital Markets has arranged $45.1 million in financing for the acquisition of an 18-building, 207-unit multifamily portfolio in Brooklyn. The seller assembled the buildings, which are located throughout central and northern Brooklyn, in 2009 and 2010. The seven-year loan features a 3.77 percent fixed rate and a 30-year amortization schedule. Andrew Dansker and Lior Goldberg of IPA arranged the loan for the buyer, a real estate fund, and represented the seller, a private investor.
LAS COLINAS, TEXAS — Irving-based developer and builder JPI has broken ground on Jefferson Eastshore, a 286-unit, Class A multifamily community overlooking Lake Carolyn in the Dallas metro of Las Colinas. Located within walking distance of the Irving Convention Center DART station, the property will feature a resort-style pool, fitness center and a yoga studio. Leasing is scheduled to begin in fall of 2018.
CHICAGO — Kiser Group has brokered the sale of a multifamily property in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood for $11.5 million. The 80-unit building is located at 5536 N. Sheridan Road. An affiliate of Horizon Group Realty Holdings LLC purchased the property from a local family partnership. Lee Kiser and Michael Feldstein of Kiser Group brokered the transaction.
BRENTWOOD, TENN. — Zhonghong Zhuoye Group Co. Ltd., a Chinese real estate investor, has reportedly offered approximately $3 billion for the acquisition of Brookdale Senior Living, according to a report by news agency Reuters, which cited people familiar with the matter. If the Brookdale deal were completed as reported, it would be by far the largest Chinese investment in U.S. seniors housing to date. Headquartered in Brentwood, Brookdale is by far the largest owner and operator of seniors housing in the United States. Its operational portfolio includes 1,052 properties and 103,00 units, according to the company’s first-quarter report, which is nearly triple the size of the next largest competitor. The company has struggled since its $2.8 billion acquisition of fellow seniors housing giant Emeritus in 2014. After initially experiencing a lift in the months following the merger, Brookdale’s stock price fell from $38.16 per share on March 2, 2015, to $11.80 per share on Feb. 8, 2016. Rumors of a sale of the company have swirled for months. Following the Reuters report on Tuesday, Brookdale’s stock price saw a brief lift of 6 percent to as high as $15.18 per share, but quickly fell back down to a close of …
LOS ALTOS, CALIF. — ABHOW will cut the ribbon next week on a $100 million expansion at The Terraces at Los Altos, a continuing care retirement community in Los Altos, which is located between San Jose and San Francisco. The project, which was executed in multiple phases, most recently added 81 new apartments, a fitness center and spa, dining venues, library and movie theater. The first phase, completed in 2014, added 30 skilled nursing suites and 16 memory support suites. The second phase added 30 assisted living residences. ABHOW both owns and operates the community. Next month the company will merge with fellow West Coast nonprofit operator be.group and rebrand as HumanGood.