AUSTIN, TEXAS — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged $6.5 million in acquisition financing for Western Trails Senior Apartments, a garden-style apartment community in Austin, on behalf of Harmony Housing, a nonprofit organization that provides multifamily housing throughout the country. Located at 2422 Western Trails Blvd., the 99-unit property features a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, laundry facilities, a fitness center and a hair salon.
NEW YORK CITY — Rosewood Realty Group has negotiated the $76.3 million sale of a four-building multifamily and retail portfolio in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens for $76.3 million. Rosewood’s Aaron Jungreis represented the seller, Kushner Cos., in the transaction. Queens-based investor Karan Singh was the buyer. The portfolio includes 21-80 38th St., 21-81 38th St., 23-05 30th Ave. and 23-15 30th Ave., totaling 143 apartments and 11 retail spaces across 123,500 square feet. Former owner RockFarmer Properties purchased the portfolio in 2013 for $32 million and sold it to Kushner for $51 million in January 2015. About 60 percent of the portfolio’s apartments are free-market. Kushner Cos. reportedly invested about $10 million in the buildings over the past two years.
NEW CANAAN, CONN. — Rhys has arranged the sale of a portfolio in downtown New Canaan including a mixed-use building and two residential properties slated for future development. Ivanhoe Collective purchased 19 Vitti St., a 4,700-square-foot mixed-use building for $2.6 million. The new owner plans to open a business called The Cultivated Collector, a showroom catering to those who own or want to own classic cars. The two-story Vitti Street building features an on-site parking garage. It was previously occupied by Young Life, a Christian charity that is moving to Stamford, Conn. HB Nitkin Group is the buyer of two residential properties adjacent to 19 Vitti St. The company purchased 60 and 64 E. Ave. for $1.5 million. The property at 60 E. Ave. is a 1,400-square-foot single-family rental home built in 1900. The house at 64 E. Ave. is 2,020-square-foot rental home built in 1876. The long-term goal of the new owners is to work with the town to redevelop the sites into a mixed-use project.
MIAMI — CMC Group has received $236 million in financing for the development of Brickell Flatiron, a 549-unit luxury condominium tower in Miami’s Brickell financial district. The 64-story building will be located at 1001 S. Miami Ave., across from The Shops at Mary Brickell Village and near the Brickell City Centre mixed-use development. Upon completion in mid-2019, the project will be the tallest residential tower south of New York City, according to CMC. Amenities will include a rooftop deck with spa, fitness center and pool, private movie theater, meeting rooms, wine cellar and concierge service. Revuelta Architecture designed the property. Jim Dockerty of HFF arranged the loan on behalf of CMC Group. HFF secured a $138.3 million senior loan and a $98 million mezzanine loan, which will be used to complete the project and market the remaining units. Bank of the Ozarks provided the senior loan, while RFR provided the mezzanine loan. Sales to date at Brickell Flatiron are in excess of $300 million. Miami-based CMC Group is a real estate development company focused on luxury residential, commercial and retail properties. — Kristin Hiller
LOS ANGELES — Oakwood Worldwide has opened the 201-unit Oakwood Olympic & Olive apartment complex in downtown Los Angeles. The newly constructed corporate housing asset is located at 1001 S. Olive St. The mid-rise property features a sky lounge, downtown views from the pool deck and townhomes with front-door stoops along Olive Street. It offers furnished and unfurnished apartment options ranging from studio to two-bedroom layouts with open-concept living areas. The units feature quartz countertops, glass-tile backsplashes, stainless steel appliances, gas ranges, 10-foot ceilings and in-unit washers and dryers. Oakwood Olympic & Olive is Oakwood Worldwide’s third branded property in Los Angeles. Oakwood’s parent company is Mapletree Investments.
BOULDER, COLO. — Rivendell Global Real Estate has acquired a 26-unit apartment community in Boulder known as 17-Walnut for $15.6 million. The community is situated in the East End corridor of downtown. The sale closed at $654 per square foot, the highest price for a multifamily community within 750 miles of the property, according to ARA Newmark, which represented the seller, Element Properties, in this transaction. Nearby office activity includes Twitter moving into a new 60,000-square-foot space and Google building a $150 million campus set to house 1,500 employees. The community was built in 2015. Community amenities include heated underground parking, bike storage and repair shop, private courtyard with barbecue grills, dog wash, and lobby with Wi-Fi, coffee bar and breakfast service.
NORTHRIDGE, CALIF. — 8351 Amigo Apartments LLC has acquired a nine-unit apartment building in Northridge for $1.9 million. The community is located at 8351 Amigo Ave. It was built in 1962. The property contains one- and two-bedroom units. Clyde Isaacson of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer. The seller was not disclosed.
SANDY SPRINGS, GA. AND FRANKLIN, TENN. — On the heels of opening seniors housing community Somerby Sandy Springs in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs, Dominion Partners also plans to open Somerby Franklin in the Nashville suburb of Franklin within the next two months. Somerby Sandy Springs includes 128 independent living units, 48 assisted living units and 24 memory care units on a six-acre plot. Details were not released on the Franklin property. Based in Birmingham, Ala., Dominion Partners is a developer and owner of seniors housing properties. Somerby, an operator, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dominion. The companies own and operate a portfolio of eight communities in Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee.
CHICAGO — Ascend Real Estate Group and Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. have opened Niche 905, a 202-unit luxury apartment tower in Chicago’s Near North Side. The 18-story property is located at 905 N. Orleans St. A grand opening celebration took place on April 13. The tower features convertible, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 576 to 1,518 square feet. Rents start at $2,000. CORT Furniture furnished the convertible studio model, while Stanton Interior Concepts designed the one- and two-bedroom models. Amenities include 24-hour concierge service, pool, skydeck, grilling stations, fitness center, yoga studio and entertainment suite. Niche 905 also features 1,750 square feet of ground-floor retail space and a lobby with workstations.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $12 million sale of two vacant lots and a third lot with a warehouse building totaling 12,725 square feet at 814-826 Bedford Ave. in Brooklyn. Jakub Nowak and Jason Grunberg of Marcus & Millichap’s Brooklyn office represented the seller, Prezant Auto Glass, and procured the buyer, a private developer. The site is located near the Myrtle Avenue retail corridor, the Pratt Institute and G train subway stops. The three lots include 132 feet of frontage on Bedford Avenue and 100 feet of frontage on Park Avenue, and all are zoned for mixed-use development. The buyer plans to build a synagogue with a hotel or apartments above it.
