Multifamily

COLORADO SPRINGS,COLO. — Rivendell Global Real Estate has acquired the 194-unit Commons at Briargate in Colorado Springs for $44.5 million. The community is located at 2845 Freewood Point. Commons at Briargate was built in 1996. The property was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. It is situated adjacent to the 2 million-square-foot Briargate Business Campus, which houses tenants like USAA, Kaiser Permanente and T.Rowe Price. Kevin McKenna and Saul Levy of ARA Newmark represented Rivendell. The seller was a partnership between Lyon Living and Barings Real Estate Advisers.

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DANBURY, Conn. — CBRE represented the seller Beachwold Residential in the sale of Willow Grove, a 135-unit Class A apartment community located in Danbury to an affiliate of Friedkin Realty for $31.25 million. The property, built in 1999, features a clubroom, fitness center and oversized pool, and oversized apartments. Beachwold renovated three-quarters of the apartments in the last few years. Jeffrey Dunne, Gene Pride and Eric Apfel of CBRE represented the seller.

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ALBANY, N.Y. — KeyBank Community Development Lending & Investment has partnered with Riverside Capital to provide a $12.7 million Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity investment to help Michaels Development Company rehabilitate Skyline Gardens Apartments, an affordable housing development in Albany, NY. The project will be financed with a combination of LIHTC equity and tax-exempt bonds provided by the New York State Housing Finance Agency (NYS HFA), a soft loan through the NYS HFA, a House NY Mitchell Lama subsidy loan and existing reserves. The property features 188 LIHTC-regulated units serving families that earn up to 60 percent of the area median income. Of these units, 131 will be covered by a 20-year Housing Assistance Payments contract allowing families who are eligible for the HAP subsidized units to pay no more than 30 percent of their income toward rent. Skyline Gardens Apartments was originally built in 1973. It was last renovated more than 20 years ago. Tori O’Brien of of KeyBank Community Development Lending arranged the financing.

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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — Servitas and Texas A&M University have completed Park West, a 50-acre, 3,406-bed student housing property located at 503 George Bush Drive W in College Station. Construction on the 2.2 million-square-foot property, which is the largest student housing development in the country, began in August 2015 and was completed a week ahead of schedule. Amenities include a coffee shop, volleyball court, jogging trail, game rooms and a convenience store. Servitas will manage the property. Weitz served as general contractor on the project.

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DENTON, TEXAS — Kansas City-based EPC Real Estate Group will build The Village at Rayzor Ranch, a 292-unit apartment community situated on an 11–acre parcel at Rayzor Ranch Town Center in Denton. The property will feature a mix of one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a resort-style pool, outdoor grilling areas, a fitness center and a dog park. EPC expects to break ground on the property in early 2018. Construction of a 7,500-square-foot Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen and a Zoe’s Kitchen is also scheduled to begin later this year at Rayzor Ranch, with mid-2018 the target opening date.

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HOUSTON — Clearworth Capital LLC has acquired The Hamptons and Las Brisas on El Dorado, two multifamily properties totaling 548 units in the Clear Lake submarket of Houston. Both the 347-unit Hamptons and the 202-unit Las Brisas were built in the 1970s and are located near the University of Houston’s Clear Lake campus. NorthMarq Capital provided an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the Class C portfolio. The seller was not disclosed.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Southlake, Texas-based development firm Integrated Real Estate Group plans to build a 308-unit multifamily asset located at the intersection of Golden Triangle Boulevard and Katy Road in Fort Worth. Mark Boone of Realty Capital Management LLC represented the buyer and seller in the sale of the 12 acres on which the property will be situated. Additional details have not yet been released.

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HYATTSVILLE, MD. — Greysteel has brokered the $10.3 million sale of Courtyard Park, a 94-unit apartment community in Hyattsville, roughly seven miles northeast of Washington, D.C. Signature Properties acquired the property from CRG Cos. Kyle Tangney, Herbert Schwat and Ari Azarbarzin of Greysteel negotiated the transaction. Located at 4201-4213 Oglethorpe St., Courtyard Park, constructed in 1948, comprises seven four-story buildings.

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BROWNSBURG, IND. — Flaherty & Collins Properties has broken ground on The Arbuckle, a $40 million luxury apartment property in Brownsburg, about 17 miles west of Indianapolis. The property, located at 300 N. Green St., will consist of 208 luxury market-rate apartment units. Floor plans will comprise studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Among the nearly 7,000 square feet of amenities will be a courtyard, saltwater pool, coffee lounge, conference room, pet wash, study lounge and fitness center. Flaherty & Collins Construction is the general contractor. The project team also consists of CSO Architects, ecological engineering and design firm Williams Creek, and consulting engineering firm Lynch Harrison & Brumleve Inc. Busey Bank provided construction financing. The 391,502-square-foot project is slated for completion in spring 2019.

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IRONTON, OHIO — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged a $6.9 million FHA loan for the renovation of Sherman Thompson Towers Apartments in Ironton, located in southernmost Ohio along the Ohio River. The affordable seniors housing property consists of 151 units, each of which are designated for residents earning 30 to 60 percent of the area median income. The Ohio Housing Finance Agency provided tax credits for the project. Jeff Rodman of KeyBank arranged the loan for the borrower, Millennia Housing Development Ltd.

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