Multifamily

SPRING LAKE PARK, MINN. — Dominium has broken ground on the Legends of Spring Lake Park, a 194-unit affordable seniors housing community in Spring Lake Park, which is located 12 miles north of Minneapolis. The property will be situated on the former site of Goony Golf at 1066 County Highway 10 NE. The community will feature two- and three-bedroom units, along with amenities such as a community room, kitchen, craft room, beauty salon, library and fitness room. Completion is slated for fall 2018. Residents age 55 and older making less than 60 percent of the area median income will qualify for living at the community.

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FORT MYERS, FLA. — TruAmerica Multifamily, in partnership with MSD Capital LP, has acquired Sienna at Vista Lake, a 640-unit apartment community located at 3701 Winkler Ave. in Fort Myers, for approximately $66 million. Constructed as two communities on adjacent parcels in 1991, the property was combined and rebranded in 2010. The garden-style community is situated on 35 acres and offers a mix of one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities include two resident clubhouses, two swimming pools, a spa, fitness center, dog park, basketball court, tennis court, sand volleyball court and a jogging trail. TruAmerica will update the apartment units with stainless steel kitchen appliances, new lighting, plumbing fixtures, countertops and cabinet fronts. HFF secured a seven-year, floating-rate loan through Freddie Mac’s Green Up program for the acquisition. Yitzi Karasick and Ido Gelerman of New Jersey-based Liquid Real Estate Capital were investors in the transaction.

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FRISCO, TEXAS — Fort Worth-based investment firm Olympus Property has acquired Boulevard at Frisco Square, a 282-unit luxury apartment community in Frisco. The company will rebrand the property, which was built in 2009, as Olympus Boulevard effective immediately. Amenities include a clubhouse, fitness area, pool and a business center. The seller and sale price were not disclosed.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Hunt Mortgage Group has secured $27.6 million in refinancing for eight skilled nursing facilities located throughout Texas. HUD’s Fort Worth office provided the funds to the borrower, Senior Living Properties LLC, which owns and operates 31 skilled nursing facilities in Texas. Proceeds from the loans will also be used for capital repairs and improvements.

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CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Walker & Dunlop has arranged $18.4 million in refinancing for The Flats at Frankford Station, a 185-unit apartment complex located at 1652 W. Frankford Road in Carrollton. Property amenities include a putting green, pet spa, pool and an outdoor kitchen. Stuart Wernick and Matt Newton of Walker & Dunlop arranged the 10-year Fannie Mae loan on behalf of Frankfurt Properties LLC. A portion of the funds will be used to pay off existing construction debt.  

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PHOENIX — Cathedral Development Group has completed the $33 million conversion of a historic luxury hotel in Phoenix into The Historic Westward Ho Apartments, an affordable seniors housing community. Originally built in 1928, the hotel hosted famed guests such as President John F. Kennedy, President Ronald Reagan, Jackie Gleason and Paul Newman throughout its history. Cathedral purchased the property in 1978 and has spent 40 years trying to preserve and restore the property. Cathedral Development Group utilized public/private programs to help fund three separate renovation projects. The renovations included new energy efficient heating and cooling features, a new plumbing system throughout the property to enhance water efficiency, new features in select units such as kitchen cabinets, floors, bathroom fixtures, energy efficient windows, a lightning protection system for the building and the restoration of the historic courtyard fountain. In a related but separately funded project, the first floor commercial space was remodeled and a long-term lease signed with Arizona State University. The property can now host up to 289 elderly and disabled residents. Based in Providence, R.I., Cathedral Development Group is working on projects in Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Connecticut, Arizona and Delaware.

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CHICO, CALIF. — Fountain Residential Partners has broken ground on Campus Walk, a 174-bed student housing community located near California State University – Chico. The property will offer fully furnished two- and four-bedroom units. Community amenities are set to include study rooms, a pool deck with a movie screen, and a specially designed outdoor fitness and lounge area. Chico-based general contractor Modern Building Inc. is building the community, which Aspen Heights will lease and manage. The development is scheduled for completion in fall 2018.

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NEW YORK CITY — Cleeman Realty Group has brokered two separate transactions in Brooklyn totaling $6.1 million. In the first deal, an undisclosed buyer acquired a three-story, 3,440-square-foot residential walk-up building in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene area for $2.5 million. The building features eight rental units, four of which are vacant. Zach Hering of Cleeman Realty represented the buyer and undisclosed seller in the transaction. In the second deal, an undisclosed seller sold a vacant mixed-use building located on St. Felix Street in Brooklyn for $3.5 million. The 4,600-square-foot property features five residential units and two floors of community space. The building has been vacant since it was built in 2007. Michael Cleeman of Cleeman Realty represented the seller, while Hering represented the undisclosed buyer in the deal.

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HOUSTON — Weingarten Realty will develop The Driscoll at River Oaks, a 30-story apartment tower located near the Kroger-anchored River Oaks Shopping Center in Houston. The property will feature more than 300 units and approximately 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2018 with completion slated for 2021.  

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ARLINGTON, VA. — Capital One has provided a $26.1 million construction loan and $31.1 million in Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) for Gilliam Place, a 173-unit affordable housing community under development in Arlington, roughly five miles southwest of Washington, D.C. Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH) is developing the 122,000-square-foot property, which will include 9,000 square feet of commercial space to be dedicated to local nonprofits. Nine units will be reserved for people with special needs, 32 for those making up to 50 percent of the average mean income (AMI) and the rest for those making up to 60 percent of the AMI. Edmund Delany of Capital One originated the transactions on behalf of APAH for the construction of two projects that will be conducted concurrently on the same campus — Gilliam Place East and Gilliam Place West. The $26.1 million, adjustable-rate loan will be used for the construction of Gilliam Place East, which will comprise 83 units. The company also purchased $21.8 million in LIHTC through Enterprise Community Investments (ECI) for the construction of the property. Capital One also purchased $9.3 million in LIHTC equity through ECI for the construction of Gilliam Place West, which will include 90 …

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