CHICAGO — Essex Realty Group Inc. has brokered the sale of a 44-unit multifamily building in Chicago’s Sheridan Park neighborhood for $6.1 million. The property, located at 4706 N. Beacon St., consists of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments. The building was fully renovated in 2007, including all major building systems. Doug Fisher of Essex represented the undisclosed seller. Doug Imber and Kate Varde of Essex represented the undisclosed buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital (MRC) has provided a $53.5 million first mortgage loan for the acquisition of a 90,000-square-foot development site located on Metropolitan Avenue and Graham Avenue in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. SL Development acquired the property, which operated as an umbrella factory since 1933. The financing also will also fund the conversion of the asset into a mixed-use property. Upon completion, the development will include 69 residential condominiums with 18 parking spaces and 20,000 square feet of retail. Rawlings Architects designed the project, which will also feature a resident gym and a roof deck. Construction is expected to begin this month and be completed in July 2019. Aaron Appel, Michael Diaz and Alex Witt from Jones Lang LaSalle sourced the deal to MRC and represented the borrower in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — The Britannia Group has negotiated the $23 million sale of a 41-unit apartment property in the South Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Britannia’s Jacob Rogosnitzky and David Zlotnick represented the buyer, a German family, in the acquisition of the property at 218 S. 3rd St.
EAST ORANGE, N.J. — Gebroe-Hammer Associates has arranged the $11.3 million sale of 44 apartment units at 75 Prospect St. in East Orange. The property is known as Castle on Prospect. Gebroe-Hammer’s David Oropeza represented the seller and procured the buyer, a longtime East Orange investor, in the transaction. Built in the late 1920s, the property includes three two bedroom/one bath units, three two bedroom/two bath units, 21 three bedroom/two bath units, 17 four bedroom/three bath units and one five bedroom/four bath unit.
FRANKLIN, MASS. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of The Estate at Franklin, an 81-unit seniors housing facility in Franklin. Mark Myers, Joshua Jandris and Matthew Andriano of IPA represented the seller, a family-owned real estate development company, and procured the buyer, a privately held real estate investment and property management firm. Completed in 2014, The Estate at Franklin is located seven miles from the 141-bed Landmark Medical Center.
BOTHELL, WASH. — Security Properties has purchased the 124-unit Bordeaux Apartments in Bothell for $26 million. The community is located at 16520 North Road. Bordeaux Apartments has access to all three of the region’s largest employment centers, with Seattle and Bellevue 20 miles south and Everett 10 miles north. The new owner plans to update the common areas and execute deferred maintenance. The unit interiors will also be renovated. Security Properties-affiliate Madrona Ridge Residential will manage the property.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Embrey Partners Ltd., a San Antonio-based developer, has broken ground on the Kelley at Samuels Ave., a 353-unit, Class A multifamily community in Fort Worth. The property will be situated on 10 acres near the original 1884 Queen Anne home, a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, which will be restored as part of the development. The community will consist of one- and two-bedroom units averaging 914 square feet per unit. Occupancy is scheduled for spring 2018.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Walker & Dunlop has closed an $8.8 million loan for the refinancing of SOCO Apartments, a 122-unit, garden-style multifamily community located at 6300 S. Congress Ave. in Austin. The 103,568-square-foot, Class A property consists of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments that are 95 percent occupied. Stuart Wernick of Walker & Dunlop led the loan placement team.
The days of renting in the city and buying in the suburbs may have come to an end. According to a recent study from national apartment locator service RentCafé, in 19 of America’s 20 largest metros, the suburbs are attracting more renters than urban neighborhoods. Between 2011 and 2015, several metros — New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Philadelphia — experienced greater overall population growth in urban neighborhoods than in suburban ones. However, only Philadelphia saw a greater year-over-year percentage increase in the growth of renter households inside the city limits as opposed to outside of them The difference in renter households that flocked to the suburbs over the city during that period was most pronounced in Riverside, Calif., which saw an additional 42,700 households move to the suburbs. Riverside was followed by Atlanta (37,200 households), Miami (29,800 households) and Chicago (20,600 households). Cheaper rent remains the primary incentive behind the trend. Of the 20 metros surveyed, only St. Louis posted a higher average rent in its suburban areas than its urban neighborhoods. The differences in average rent between the suburbs and the city were smallest in Dallas, Phoenix, Houston and Denver. The average amount of rent saved by moving to …
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a 5.8-acre parcel in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler for $3.2 million. The buyer will use the land to build The Park at Copper Creek, a $40 million independent living community. RJ Development is building the property. The Park at Copper Creek Independent Living will span approximately 170,000 square feet of space across 135 units. Koelsch Communities is the sponsor of the project, and Koelsch Construction will be the general contractor. Construction will start this June for delivery in September 2018. Chaz Smith, John Finnegan and Ramey Peru of Colliers International in Greater Phoenix represented the seller in the land deal, Henry Bosma of Arizona Acres and Cinder Butte Properties Inc. Tim Dulany, also of Colliers International in Greater Phoenix, represented the buyer, RJ Development.
