Multifamily

ADELPHI, MD. — Besyata Investment Group and The Scharf Group, two New York-based single-family offices, have acquired The Communities at Arbor Vista, a 675-unit multifamily portfolio in Adelphi, roughly nine miles north of Washington, D.C., for $90 million. Jeff Seidenfeld of Eastern Union Funding arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyers. Constructed in 1960, the Class B, garden-style apartment development comprises three communities: Arbor Vista, Sienna Creek and Sienna Gardens. The portfolio features a swimming pool, playgrounds, fitness and business centers, laundry facilities and a soccer field. BH Management will manage the property and handle ongoing leasing.

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BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Cortland Partners and Harbert Realty Services will break ground on Thursday, Aug. 17 for Vesta, a 318-unit apartment community situated at 2173 Highland Ave. S. in Birmingham. The project will include a 17-story concrete high-rise, five-story wood-frame mid-rise, 522-space parking garage and 6,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Residential units will feature one- and two-bedroom floor plans with an average size of 839 square feet. Amenities will include a rooftop pool and lounge, fitness center, yoga studio and a sun terrace. Vesta was designed by Smallwood Reynolds Stewart and Stewart, and is being built by B.L. Harbert International, an affiliate of the Harbert Corp., and Cortland Improvements, a division of Cortland Partners. Bill Leffler of CBRE arranged construction financing through Citizens Bank and ACRE Investment Real Estate Services. Vesta marks Harbert Realty Services’ first multifamily project.

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JOHNS CREEK, GA. — JLL Income Property Trust has purchased The Reserve at Johns Creek Walk, a 210-unit apartment complex in Johns Creek, roughly 27 miles north of Atlanta, for $47 million. The seller was not disclosed. The property includes a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units, and features a fitness center, conference room, swimming pool, outdoor kitchen, pet spa, playground and a car care center.

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JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the $28.3 million sale of Bay Club Apartments, a 220-unit multifamily property located at 9009 Western Lake Drive in Jacksonville. Shelton Granade, Luke Wickham, Justin Basquill, Cliff Taylor and Joe Ayers of CBRE represented the seller, an affiliate of The Milestone Group LLC, in the sale to Resource Apartment OP III LP. Constructed in 1990, Bay Club features a swimming pool, clubhouse, pet park and private patio or balcony with each unit. The property was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Motivado Group Inc., a Texas-based design-build firm, has completed The Ruckus Lofts, a 165-bed student housing property located two blocks west of The University of Texas at Austin. Amenities of the seven-story building include a fitness center, cyber café, student conference rooms and a coffee bar. Motivado Group served as general contractor on the project, which was developed by Lincoln Ventures.

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ST. CHARLES, ILL. — Silverado will host a groundbreaking ceremony Friday, Aug. 11 for Silverado St. Charles, a 90-unit memory care community in the Chicago suburb of St. Charles. The 47,000-square-foot, single-story community is scheduled to open during summer 2018. It will be located on a four-acre plot. Silverado estimates total project costs at $12 million. Development team members include Jensen and Halstead Ltd. for architecture and planning; Cemcon Engineering for civil engineering; Terracon for geo-technical field observations; and Testing Services Corp (TSC) for construction testing services. Irvine, California-based Silverado is a memory care operator with 52 locations in Arizona, California, Illinois, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin.

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MINNEAPOLIS — High Street Residential, a subsidiary of Trammell Crow Co., has completed Foundry on Lake Street, a 164-unit, Class A multifamily property located at 3118 W. Lake St. in Minneapolis. The property, which offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, is currently 54 percent leased following its grand opening on May 1. Amenities include a coffee bar, fitness club, resort-style pool and grilling stations, as well as 5,000 square feet of indoor restaurant space. Utah-based Big-D Construction Corp. served as general contractor for the project designed by Minneapolis-based ESG Architects.

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EAST ORANGE, N.J. — KeyBank Community Development & Lending Investment has provided a $54.8 million bridge loan for Essence 144, an apartment community located at 144 S. Harrison St. in East Orange. The borrower is Blackstone 360, a design-build firm based in Newark, N.J. Essence 144 is an adaptive reuse project in which the abandoned 12-story existing structure was redeveloped into a 144-unit apartment community. Tom Peloquin and John Gilmore IV of KeyBank arranged the refinancing.

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TEMPE, ARIZ. — A joint venture between Passco Cos. and InSite Property Ventures has sold the 270-unit Ovation at Tempe to an undisclosed buyer for $36 million. The community is located at 4502-4505 S. Hardy Drive in Tempe. The JV initially acquired the asset for $25.8 million in 2014. Rents in metro Phoenix have increased by 5.6 percent over this past year alone, according to the sellers. The JV implemented a series of interior and exterior improvements to the apartment community during its ownership. This included upgrading unit interiors, constructing additional carports, and enhancing the property’s exterior and community amenities.

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PULLMAN, WASH. — Nelson Brothers Professional Real Estate LLC has acquired College Crest Apartments, a 184-bed student housing community located near Washington State University in Pullman. The garden-style community offers two-, three- and four-bedroom units. Highland Realty Capital Inc. served as the broker for the transaction. Calmwater Capital provided $7.6 million in senior debt for the acquisition of the property and for renovations, to include unit upgrades and the conversion of 39 three-bedroom units into four-bedroom units.

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