Multifamily

The Serrano Orlando

ORLANDO, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the $25.5 million sale of The Serrano, a 252-unit apartment community located at 4860 Cypress Woods Drive in southwest Orlando. The property is situated near the Universal Orlando Resort and The Mall at Millenia and seven miles from downtown Orlando. Built in 1990, the property is located within a wooded conservation and was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale. Ann Arbor, Mich.-based McKinley Inc. purchased The Serrano from an undisclosed seller. Shelton Granade, Luke Wickham and Justin Basquill of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.

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ARLINGTON, VA. — A joint venture between Regency Centers Corp. (NYSE: REG) and AvalonBay Communities Inc. (NYSE: AVB) has acquired Market Common Clarendon, a mixed-use development located in Arlington, for $406 million. The project, located approximately five miles from Washington, D.C., consists of 300 Class A apartments and 300,000 square feet of retail space anchored by Whole Foods Market, Apple, Crate & Barrel, The Container Store, Pottery Barn and Williams-Sonoma. The asset also features an adjacent vacant building for future development. Arlington County records show that TIAA-CREF bought the properties for a little more than $166 million in 2002, according to the Washington Business Journal. AvalonBay will acquire all of the residential components, while Regency will acquire the retail and all remaining components. To reach the $406 million purchase price, AvalonBay contributed $120.3 million and Regency contributed $285.7 million. “Market Common Clarendon is a seasoned and cycle-tested 10-acre urban shopping center,” says Barry Argalas, senior vice president of national transactions for Regency Centers. “The combination of a dense, affluent and highly educated customer base, along with the convenient access to the Clarendon metro station, all contribute to the success of the retailers.” Regency Centers’ stock price closed at $78.27 per share …

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PISCATAWAY AND WAYNE, N.J. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged $218.2 million in acquisition financing for the purchase of Pleasant View Gardens and Wayne Village, two multifamily properties located in Piscataway and Wayne. Cammeby’s International LTD acquired the properties, which total 1,414 units. The 10-year Fannie Mae loans, provided by Capital One Multifamily Finance, feature 3.89 percent fixed rates and seven years of interest-only payments. Abe Hirsch, Zev Karpel of Meridian Capital arranged the financing for the borrower. Located at 258 1/2 Carlton Ave. in Piscataway, Pleasant View Gardens offers 1,142 apartments, a swimming pool, fitness center, business center and clubhouse. Located at 1353 Valley Road in Wayne, the 275-unit Wayne Village features a swimming pool, fitness center and dog park.

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1255 22nd Street NW Washington DC

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal Capital Partners (FCP) has provided a $20.6 million mezzanine loan to finance the development of a 197-unit, Class A apartment community located at 1255 22nd St. N.W. in Washington, D.C.’s West End neighborhood. Eagle Bank provided the senior financing for the project, which will include the ground-up construction of a connected nine-story, 65-unit apartment building with five, two-story carriage homes with private parking. The development will comprise a mix of studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, as well as a fitness center, rooftop pool and 5,000 square feet of retail space. The co-developers include Tasea Investment Co. and the Auger family. Peter Witham of The Greenwich Group International arranged the loan on behalf of the developers. Construction will begin in June.

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Lakefront Vista Apartments Marietta

MARIETTA, GA. — PointOne Holdings has sold Lakefront Vista Apartments, a 222-unit garden-style apartment community located at 880 S. Cobb Drive in Marietta, a northern suburb of Atlanta. PointOne purchased the asset in June 2013 for $10.9 million and sold the value-add property to an undisclosed buyer for $17.5 million. During its ownership, PointOne invested more than $700,000 to renovate the property and add amenities, resulting in occupancy increasing from 88 percent to more than 97 percent and rents increasing an average of $150 per unit. PointOne improved the property’s net operating income by 103 percent.

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DALLAS — Mill Creek Residential has begun construction on Modera Hall Street, a 340-unit apartment complex in east Dallas. Located on North Hall Street between Ross Avenue and North Central Expressway, the community will be located less than a mile from the Dallas Arts District and Downtown Dallas. Amenities will include an on-site dog park with owner’s lounge, pool with tanning ledge, fitness center, business center and a fifth-floor sky lounge with views of the Dallas skyline. Residents will enjoy 24-hour access to deliveries via an electronic package locker system and the use of Modera-branded bikes. Unit amenities will include quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, tile backsplashes, wood-style floors and walk-in closets. Mill Creek will manage the community and is partnering with Boston-based GID on the project.

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SAN ANTONIO — Dougherty Mortgage has secured a $6.7 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of Edge Studio Apartments, a 128-unit market rate multifamily apartment property located in San Antonio. The 12-year Fannie Mae loan includes two years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan was arranged for borrower Bluemel 2016 LLC through a partnership with Old Capital Lending and Dougherty’s Vienna, Va. office.

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DALLAS — Brian Gramlich of BMC Capital’s Dallas office has arranged a $1.7 million loan for the cash-out refinance of a multifamily property located in Dallas. The loan featured a 3.5 percent, seven-year fixed rate and a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan was arranged through one of BMC Capital’s correspondent banking relationships.

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NORWOOD, OHIO — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $14.5 million sale of Victoria Retirement Community and Victory Park Nursing Home, both located in the Cincinnati suburb of Norwood. Victoria Retirement Community, built in 1991, contains a mix of 90 skilled nursing beds and 68 assisted living beds. Victory Park Nursing Home was built in 1965 and expanded in 1989. It contains 55 skilled nursing beds. The seller was a private family investment group whose operator planned to let its lease expire. The buyer was an undisclosed real estate investment trust with a strong presence in the region that has a new operator lined up.

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OMAHA — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $4 million dollar refinancing loan for Cedar Heights Apartments, a 126-unit multifamily property in Omaha. Jason Kinnison of NorthMarq arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower through a relationship with a life insurance company. Amenities at Cedar Heights Apartments include a clubhouse, pool, pet play area and a grill and picnic area.

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