LOS ANGELES — A private partnership has purchased a 22-unit apartment building in East Hollywood for $4.2 million. The community is located at 3933 Marathon St. It was built in 1990. The fully occupied complex is not rent controlled. Bryan Glenn of Charles Dunn Co. represented both the buyer and seller, a local private investment company in a 1031 exchange, in this transaction.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Blue Rock Premier Properties LLC has purchased The Reserve at Beach Boulevard, a 360-unit apartment community located at 11990 Beach Blvd. in Jacksonville. Blue Rock Premier purchased the property from LLJ Multifamily Ventures for $24.6 million. The Tampa-based buyer plans to invest about $3.8 million in exterior and interior upgrades at The Reserve at Beach Boulevard, which will be rebranded as The Park at Levanzo. The asset was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Dhaval Patel and Brian Moulder of CBRE’s Jacksonville office brokered the off-market transaction. ARES Capital Corp. provided debt financing on behalf of Blue Rock Premier.
PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA. — Watercrest Senior Living Group plans to construct Watercrest of St. Lucie West Assisted Living and Memory Care Community, a 128-unit seniors housing community in Port St. Lucie, located along the east coast of Florida midway between Orlando and Miami. D2 Architecture designed the luxury community, which Walker & Co. is building. The facility is scheduled to open in fall 2017. When completed, there will be 102 assisted living units and 26 memory care units in a 112,000-square-foot building. Watercrest, the developer, will operate the community.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — First Potomac Realty Trust (NYSE: FPO) has sold Storey Park, a mixed-use project currently under development in the NoMa submarket of Washington, to 1005 LLC for $54.5 million. When completed, Storey Park will include 350,000 square feet of office space, 65,000 square feet of retail and 300 loft apartments. An estimated completion date was not disclosed. The buyer is a partnership between Perseus Realty LLC and W-G Capital LLC, an affiliate of Four Points LLC and Greencourt Capital. First Potomac and Perseus Realty jointly acquired the site in August 2011, with First Potomac owning a 97 percent interest. The proceeds from the sale were used to repay a $22 million land loan at the property, and First Potomac used its portion of the remaining proceeds to repay outstanding borrowings on its unsecured revolving credit facility. Perseus Realty began as a Washington, D.C.-focused investment firm in 2004 and has created a development portfolio within the metropolitan area. W-G Capital is a Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm focused on real estate investments in the United States with a particular focus on the northeast corridor and the nation’s capital. FPO is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates, develops and …
SAN FRANCISCO — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $70 million refinancing for an apartment project in Silicon Valley. The recently completed property required a short-term bridge loan structured with an interest-only feature. NorthMarq’s John Kerslake arranged financing for the borrower through a life insurance company relationship.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — An unnamed buyer has purchased the 127-unit Patio Garden Apartments in Long Beach for $35.3 million. The community is located at 4874 E. Los Coyotes Diagonal in the Long Beach Traffic Circle neighborhood. Patio Garden is less than two miles from California State University, Long Beach. It was built in 1958. Greg Harris, Ron Harris, Kevin Green, Joseph Grabiec, Paul Darrow and Michael DiSimone represented both the buyer and the seller in this transaction.
HOUSTON — Jamie Mullin of LMI Capital has placed permanent financing for the acquisition and refinancing of two garden-style apartment complexes in Houston. Mullin placed a 10-year loan exceeding $24.5 million for a 650-unit asset in southwest Houston. The agency loan was a refinance that provided cash-out proceeds to the borrower and featured a fixed 4.1 percent interest rate and five years of interest-only payments. The borrower will use the excess proceeds to return capital, make ongoing improvements to the property and fund future acquisitions. The second transaction for Mullin pertained to a 250-unit property in Houston’s Brookhollow submarket. The acquisition financing included a 10-year term, five-year interest-only period, fixed 3.9 percent interest rate and leverage exceeding 73 percent of the purchase price. The borrower plans to complete a capital improvement plan, the funds for which will be provided by the lender.
HOUSTON — Allied Orion Group has been selected to manage Tree Tops at Post Oak, a 112-unit apartment community located in Houston’s Galleria area. Located inside the 610 Loop at 4510 Briar Hollow Place, the three-story apartment community includes 13 floor plans with one- and two-bedroom options. Owned by Nimes Capital, Tree Tops at Post Oak Apartments features ceramic tile floors, ceiling fans, nine- and 10-foot ceilings, crown molding, walk-in closets and balconies/patios. Residents have access to amenities including a business center with high-speed internet, 24-hour fitness center, pool, outdoor gas grills, covered parking and laundry centers on every floor.
MALDEN, MASS. — Fantini & Gorga has arranged an $18 million construction loan for the conversion of a historical building in downtown Malden into Residences @ Malden Station 138, an apartment building with amenity retail space. Located at 126-150 Pleasant St., the property will feature 71 residences, indoor parking, a fitness center, furnished roof deck, fireplace, meeting rooms, open seating areas furnished with televisions and a café station. Derek Coulombe, John Gorga and Despina Hatzipetrou arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower through a regional bank.
GAINESVILLE, FLA. — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has arranged a $22 million refinance loan for a portfolio of three student housing communities located near the University of Florida campus in Gainesville. Paul Ahmed of Walker & Dunlop arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan with a 30-year amortization schedule on behalf of the borrower, Trimark Properties. The portfolio of properties includes Solaria II, Tuscana and Savion Park. Altogether, the three properties comprise 114 units and 157,000 square feet. Community amenities at the properties include private balconies, internal courtyards, parks with jogging paths, electric wine chillers and 24-hour concierge services.
