Multifamily

Overlook-at-Prestonwood-Carrollton-Texas

CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Love Funding has secured a $26.3 million loan for the construction and permanent financing of Overlook at Prestonwood, a seniors housing community under development in Carrollton. Overlook at Prestonwood will offer 183 age-restricted apartment units in one four-story building and five standalone cottages on 5.5 acres. The property will include one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The main building will also house a clubhouse and other amenities. Love Funding’s Laura Saull-Smith secured the financing through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 221(d)(4) loan insurance program. The HUD program provided the development team with low-rate, non-recourse financing for the duration of construction and for a subsequent 40-year term. James Sawyer, president of Warsaw Realty Group, brought the transaction to Love Funding. The principals of the ownership group include Charlie Nicholas, Luke Harry, Steven Rumsey and Chris Willhite. NE Construction will be the general contractor, and Capstone is the property manager. Brian Rumsey of Cross Architects is the architect of record for this project.

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ORLANDO, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $63 million sale of a six-property, 1,244-unit apartment portfolio in Central Florida. The properties include the 200-unit Millennium Eagle in Orlando, the 344-unit Eagle Reserve in Orlando, the 248-unit Eagle Bay in Daytona Beach, the 232-unit Eagle Oaks in South Daytona, the 120-unit Eagle Park in Daytona Beach and the 100-unit Eagle Briar in New Smyrna Beach. The portfolio was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale. Michael Donaldson, Nicholas Meoli and Evan Kristol of Marcus & Millichap, along with Still Hunter III of Marcus & Millichap’s Institutional Property Advisors division, represented the seller, a family partnership based in Daytona Beach. The team also procured the buyer, a private investor based in Miami.

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ATLANTA — Brasfield & Gorrie has completed the construction of Sixty 11th, a 20-story high-rise apartment tower located on the corner of 11th Street and Crescent Avenue in Midtown Atlanta. The 320-unit property is the fourth phase of 12th and Midtown, a master-planned, mixed-use development owned by a joint venture between Daniel Corp., Selig Enterprises and MetLife. Sixty 11th features a five-level parking deck, 28,000-square-foot elevated amenity and pool deck and 17,000 square feet of ground-level retail space. Architect Rule Joy Trammel + Rubio designed the property to achieve LEED certification.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Laurel Street Residential, a Charlotte-based affordable housing developer, has broken ground on a 112-unit affordable multifamily community in the Belmont neighborhood of Charlotte. St. Paul Baptist Church is a partner in the development, which includes apartments for both seniors and the general public. The seniors housing component includes 60 units. The units are designated for seniors and families earning 60 percent of the area median income. The development is scheduled for completion by the end of 2017. Miles McClellan Construction is the general contractor, Bohler Engineering is the civil engineer and Neighboring Concepts is the architect. Public and private investments are funding the development, including a 4 percent tax credit and tax-exempt bond allocations from the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, a $4.4 million loan from the City of Charlotte Housing Trust Fund, an $8 million construction loan from Bank of America, permanent financing from Greystone and loans from the Zechariah Alexander Community Development Corp. and St. Paul Baptist Church.

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65-Bogart-St-Brooklyn-NY

NEW YORK CITY — TerraCRG has arranged the sale of a multifamily loft building located at 65 Bogart St. on the East Williamsburg/Bushwick border of Brooklyn. Acuity Capital Partners sold the property to Sugar Hill Capital Partners for $39.5 million, or $742 per square foot. The converted multifamily loft building totals more than 50,000 square feet and features 51 apartment units. Ofer Cohen, Melissa Warren and Dan Marks of TerraCRG were the sole brokers in the deal.

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333-335-Carroll-St-Brooklyn-NY

NEW YORK CITY — HFF has brokered the sale of an apartment building located at 333-335 Carroll St. in Brooklyn’s Carroll Gardens neighborhood. 333 Carroll Condominium LLC sold the newly redeveloped Class A building to an undisclosed buyer for $27.2 million. Built in 1931 as a warehouse loft building, the property was redeveloped into residences in 2014. The five-story property features 30 units in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Apartments feature open layouts, 10-foot ceilings, hardwood floors, reclaimed wood, walk-in closets, stainless steel appliances, open-island kitchens and oversized windows. On-site amenities include a rooftop deck, a fully-furnished lounge with TV and pool table, fitness center and below-grade parking. Andrew Scandalios, Jeff Julien and Rob Hinckley of HFF represented the seller in the deal.

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CEDAR FALLS, IOWA, AND BIG RAPIDS, MICH. — Triad Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of two student housing properties located in Iowa and Michigan. Dispositions included Venlo Place, a 264-bed student housing community located near Ferris State University in Big Rapids; and University Mills, a 481-bed student housing property located near the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. A Grand Rapids-based development company sold Venlo Place to Vision Real Estate Investment for $9.7 million. An undisclosed owner of student housing properties sold University Mills to a Minnesota-based private investment group for $16.4 million.

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The historic flood of June 2008 is becoming a distant memory as the city of Cedar Rapids prepares for the dedication of the new Northwest Recreation Center, the last public facility to be completed as part of the flood recovery project. The dedication ceremony is slated for Thursday, Aug. 25. The recovery has led to a revitalization of many flood-impacted areas in the city, ranging from residential neighborhoods to the downtown business district. Now the momentum is turning toward several new projects: • This month, tenants will begin moving into the 11-story CRST tower downtown, which features 300 feet of the new flood protection system. • A 28-story, mixed-use tower is being proposed on city-owned property downtown. The development may contain retail, office, hotel and residential space led by Allen Development, an Iowa City developer. • Over 10 downtown housing projects are under construction that will create almost 400 new condo and apartment units, which will bring our core closer to a live-work-play environment. These projects are also putting vacant retail and office buildings to new uses. • The Czech Village-New Bohemia neighborhood continues to grow with historic buildings being renovated and repurposed while augmenting exciting new construction featuring retail, …

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Equicap-Cobble-Hill-Brooklyn-NY

NEW YORK CITY — Equicap has arranged a $4.5 million permanent loan for a mixed-use property located in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill neighborhood. The newly developed building features one ground-floor retail unit and 10 apartments. Daniel Hilpert of Equicap arranged the loan, which features a five-year fixed interest rate, 30-year amortization schedule and three years of interest-only payments.

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SANTA ANA, CALIF., AND SAN DIEGO — LaTerra Development has broken ground on two infill apartment projects in Southern California. The Line at Santa Ana is a transit-oriented, mixed-use development with 228 apartment units and 4,000 square feet of ground-floor retail in Santa Ana. Stone Creek Casitas is a 97-unit, garden-style apartment project in the San Diego submarket of Chula Vista. In addition to the new apartment projects, LaTerra recently completed entitlements on two projects with 179 entry-level homes in infill Los Angeles and El Monte. These two projects were recently sold to two public residential homebuilders.

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