DALLAS — Greysteel has arranged bridge financing for the refinancing of The Trails Apartments, a multifamily property located in Dallas, on behalf of 4335 Cedar Springs LLC. A local lender provided the 12-month, interest-only line of credit, which features a floating interest rate of 325 basis points over the 30-day LIBOR rate. Greysteel’s Anton Mattli and John Marshall Doss negotiated the transaction. The Trails Apartments, located at 4335 Cedar Springs Road, was built in 1966 and totals 20 units. The property features a pool, gated parking and townhome-style units with private patios.
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Mill Creek Residential to Develop High-Rise Apartment Tower in Atlanta’s Buckhead District
by John Nelson
ATLANTA — Mill Creek Residential plans to develop Modera by Mill Creek – Buckhead, a 21-story multifamily high-rise located at 3005 Peachtree Road N.E. in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. Situated at the corner of Peachtree and Pharr roads adjacent to Buckhead Atlanta, the community will feature 400 luxury apartment homes and more than 21,000 square feet of high-end retail space. Mill Creek is developing the property in a joint venture with Elite International Investment Fund, a real estate investment platform backed by Asian capital. Community amenities will include two outdoor terraces with swimming pools, a rooftop terrace, rooftop dog park, destination sky bar, demonstration kitchen, indoor spa, steam room, yoga studio, juice bar, fitness center and an open-air social lounge. Mill Creek expects pre-leasing and initial move-ins at the high-rise for summer 2018.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged the $17.6 million sale of Viera at Mandarin, a 188-unit apartment community located at 4263 Losco Road in Jacksonville. Built in 1984, the property features one- and two-bedroom units averaging 833 square feet. Unit interiors feature granite countertops, in-unit washer and dryers and private patios or balconies, as well as wood-burning fireplaces and vaulted ceilings in select units. Community amenities include an indoor athletic center, swimming pool and a 21-acre lake with fountains, a deck and boat storage. Greg Rainey, Cole Whitaker, Tal Frydman and Jason Stanton of Berkadia brokered the sale between the buyer, North Kansas City, Mo.-based Maxus Realty Trust Inc., and the seller, Nashville, Tenn.-based Woodbridge Multifamily Partners LLC.
BELLEVUE, WASH. — Kennedy Wilson Real Estate Fund V has purchased a 451-unit apartment community in Bellevue named LIV Bel-Red for $172 million. The Class A community is located at 2170 Bel-Red Road. The property was built in 2015. Notable employers in the area include Microsoft’s world headquarters, Boeing, Expedia, Salesforce and Symetra Financial. The fund invested $58 million of equity and secured a 10-year loan of $115 million through Fannie Mae for the acquisition. Kennedy Wilson is a 12 percent investor in Fund V.
CBRE Arranges $24.9M Refinancing for 102-Unit Seniors Housing Community Near San Diego
by Nellie Day
SANTEE, CALIF. — CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance team has arranged a $24.9 million loan for The Grant Companies to refinance The Pointe at Lantern Crest, a seniors housing community in the San Diego suburb of Santee. CBRE’s Bill Chiles, Scott Peterson and Brian Cruz secured a 10-year loan through Freddie Mac. The loan will refinance the existing construction loan. The Pointe at Latern Crest opened in 2012 offering assisted living and memory care units. The second phase, which was completed in 2015, added independent and assisted living. The Grant Companies was formed in 1989 as a joint venture between three California corporations. The company has developed or constructed more than $500 million in medical office buildings, apartment complexes, industrial buildings, shopping centers, motels, restaurants and mixed-use developments.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Ziegler, a specialty investment bank, has arranged $20.5 million in non-rated, fixed-rate bonds for Glencroft Senior Living, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Glendale. The community, built by Friendship Retirement Corp. in 1970, comprises several entities: Glencroft Towers I, Sarah’s Place, Friendship Foundation and Colter Commons. The CCRC totals 752 units. Glencroft Towers I and Sarah’s Place were funded with HUD and FHA-insured loans, respectively, which the new bonds will refinance. The new bonds are part of a turnaround effort for Glencroft, which was hit hard by the Great Recession. New management took over the community in 2014, converting from an entry-fee model to a standard rental model to attract middle-market seniors.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS AND SAN FRANCISCO — Enlivant, an owner and operator of senior living communities, and global investment firm TPG have purchased 48 seniors housing communities in 14 states from several unrelated organizations. The sales price was not disclosed. The acquisition totals 3,084 independent living, assisted living and memory care apartment units, which represents a nearly 40 percent expansion for Enlivant. Sixteen of the transactions recently closed, and the remaining 32 are expected to close over the next several months. “These transactions mark a period of significant business momentum for Enlivant as it continues to scale its national operating platform while maintaining its founding commitment of providing each of its residents with the highest level of attentive, individualized and personalized care in a home-like setting,” said Avi Banyasz, partner and co-head of TPG Real Estate, TPG’s real estate division. The acquired communities are located in Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Following these acquisitions, Enlivant will operate approximately 230 senior living communities spanning 11,000 apartment units across 27 states. Many of these new communities have larger total unit counts and more services than Enlivant’s typical community. TPG acquired Enlivant …
Look no further than Kansas City for one of the most burgeoning apartment rental hotspots in the Heartland. Ever since apartment deliveries reached a trough of 233 units in 2011, developers have ramped up construction activity year after year to meet healthy rental demand, though often still trailing robust leasing activity. This trend continued in the first half of 2016, with 2,170 newly occupied apartments exceeding 1,650 multifamily units added to the metro area inventory. What’s contributing to this demand? And will rapid market growth and expansion continue? Job growth, tech boom Employment gains are a big reason rental market demand continues to outweigh supply. For the last six years, greater Kansas City has experienced annual average employment gains of 1.5 percent to support sustained rental demand. After steady, though moderate gains in the last half of 2015, employers accelerated hiring with 10,500 additions from January to June, a 1 percent expansion over the previous six months. The six-month hires capped an annual increase of 1.5 percent since mid-2015 with 15,900 new personnel. To no surprise, the rise in employment has coincided with the rise in renters, as they’ve been attracted to new inventory around employment hubs. The Downtown/East Kansas …
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged the $40.73 million sale of a 167-unit, 187,800-square-foot multifamily property at 94-25 57th Avenue in Elmhurst, Queens. The fully occupied property, located on Junction Boulevard between 56th and 57th Avenues, includes 15 studios, 101 one-bedrooms, 35 two-bedrooms, 12 three-bedrooms, and three professional units. Matt Sparks and Ted Volynets of Eastern Consolidated represented the seller, a private investor, and Sparks procured the buyer, Treetop Development, in the off-market transaction.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The Hampshire Companies and joint venture partner Claremont Companies, along with project investment advisor Circle Squared Alternative Investments, have broken ground on the first phase of University Place along the west campus of New Jersey City University. The first phase will include 163 market-rate units and approximately 10,000 square feet of retail on West Side Avenue, along with 177 structured parking spaces, two bike terminals and more than 25,000 square feet of indoor/outdoor amenity space. The residential units will consist of 27 studio apartments, 112 one-bedroom, and 24 two-bedroom units ranging from 550 square feet to 1,300 square feet. Occupancy for the first project is slated for 2017. The remaining phases of development for University Place are expected to be completed and available for occupancy in 2018. The master redevelopment plan calls for eight buildings including a 100,000-square-foot performing arts center/academic building.