TEXAS — KeyBank Real Estate Capital provided $202.1 million in Freddie Mac financing to a joint venture between Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors and Discovery Senior Living for their Conservatory Senior Living portfolio, a five-property independent living portfolio located in Texas. Totaling 1,053 units, the Class A seniors housing communities were all built between 2005-2007 and house between 188-237 units each. Charlie Shoop and Carolyn Nazdin of Key’s Healthcare Mortgage Group worked in conjunction with Paul DiVito of Key’s Healthcare Real Estate Group to arrange the non-recourse, 10-year, adjustable rate financing, which was used to refinance an existing loan.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — ARA Newmark has negotiated the sale of two Austin properties: The Park at Stone Creek, a 420-unit community located in northeast Austin; and Mission Hills, a 344-unit, Class A apartment community. The Park at Stone Creek and Mission Hills are both less than 10 miles from Austin’s central business district. ARA Newmark’s Pat Jones worked with Bridgeview Real Estate to facilitate the sale of The Park at Stone Creek with an affiliate of the Turner Multifamily Impact Fund. The Class B community spans 18 acres. Built in the early 1980s, the property offers seven floor plans averaging 750 square feet. Amenities include a fitness center, onsite jogging trail, playground/picnic area, disc golf course, bark park, lighted sport court and two swimming pools. Pat Jones and Andrew Shih of ARA Newmark represented the sellers, AMH I Associates Ltd. and Austin Mission Hills Associates II Ltd., in the transaction for Mission Hills. F&B Capital purchased the property, which was 95 percent occupied at the time of the sale. Mission Hills is a three-story property that was built over two phases in 1999 and 2001. It includes five floor plans with an average unit size of 831 square feet and …
COVINA, CALIF. — A limited liability company has purchased The Bahamas, a 40-unit apartment property in Covina, for $7 million. The two-building community is located at 514 E. Cypress St. and 826 North Barranca Ave. The buildings were constructed in 1961 and 1963. Mark Sanfilippo and Reza Ghaffari of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer. Sanfilippo also represented the seller, a private investor, in this transaction.
EUGENE, ORE. — Stephen Whitehead of NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $9.8 million refinancing of K14 Campus Flats, a 145-bed student housing property located near the University of Oregon. The development is located at 1414 Kincaid St. in Eugene. The transaction was structured with a 10-year term with two years interest-only payments, followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. NorthMarq arranged financing for the borrower through its Fannie Mae DUS program.
The commercial real estate market in West Michigan was quite active in 2015 across all property sectors, including one massive data center deal that is expected to spur billions of dollars in investment. Both new development and transactions involving existing facilities drove deal volume in 2015. Consequently, vacancy rates dropped while leasing rates generally rose. We expect a high level of commercial real estate activity this year as well. A lack of inventory for existing product will continue to drive new development in 2016. Industrial Strength The industrial market, in particular, has experienced a shortage of quality product to satisfy the demands of distribution companies from across the area. The greater Grand Rapids industrial market consists of approximately 115 million square feet. At the end of 2015, the vacancy rate was 4.1 percent. This marks a significant improvement compared with the depths of the Great Recession when the vacancy rate approached 10 percent. For the first time in years, we are seeing speculative development across all sizes of industrial properties. Lease rates for these speculative buildings are significantly higher than what we have experienced in the recent past due to the relatively high cost of construction. The good news for …
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — Haven Campus Communities has acquired The Tradition at Northgate, a 795-bed student housing community located across the street from the Texas A&M campus in College Station. ARA Newmark’s Student Housing Group, led by Ryan Lang, brokered the transaction. Haven plans to implement a renovation project that will be delivered in time for the fall 2017 semester. Renovated units will be furnished with fully equipped kitchens, large flat screen televisions, washers and dryers and trundle beds with pillow top mattresses. The apartments will also feature upgraded private bedrooms and bathrooms with bed to bath parity. Community amenities will include a large central courtyard with an indoor/outdoor lounge leading out to a resort-style pool, covered grills, hammocks and fire pits and a 24-hour fitness center. The clubhouse will feature a cyber-lounge with charging stations, a study room with smart TVs, a coffee bar, pool tables and shuffleboard. The property will also feature a new 1,360-square-foot computer lab when renovations are complete.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Vesper Holdings has announced the launch of its in-house student housing management company Campus Life & Style (CLS) to manage its rapidly growing portfolio of off-campus apartment communities. Based in Austin, the CLS team will be led by COO Jim Sholders, who most recently served as senior vice president at American Campus Communities. To lead the new company’s design side, Vesper has tapped top New York interior designer Jon Call.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Austin-based developer Johnson Trube & Associates is developing Skyloft, a Class A student housing property one block from the University of Texas at Austin campus. Located at 507 W. 23rd St., the project will total 22 floors, with four below-grade parking levels and 18 residential levels. Skyloft will house 212 units with a mix of one- to four-bedroom units totaling 677 beds. The project will feature a rooftop pool and fitness center, 24-hour study lounges, media room and underground parking. A recent vote by the Austin City Council green-lighted the move of the historic Dabney-Horne home currently on the site, which is allowing the Johnson Trube development to move forward. The development will offer a percentage of its units as affordable housing. Johnson Trube & Associates plans to break ground in August with an opening scheduled for late July/early August 2018. Project team members include architectural firms Mark Hart Architecture and STG Design and general contractor JE Dunn Construction.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Eastern Union Funding has arranged construction financing for UP REALTY LLC for the conversion of 20 Park Street in Albany from office to residential use. Motti Blau of Eastern Union negotiated the two-year, $7.3 million loan with the Albany office of Community Preservation Corp. The four-story, 94,920-square-foot former office building is being redeveloped into 73 rental units. On-site amenities will include a rooftop deck, gym and parking. The property is connected to the Times Union Center indoor arena, the Empire State Plaza complex, additional parking and the future convention center via a covered pedestrian walkway. Construction is slated for completion by early summer.
BOISE, IDAHO — EdR and Boise State University have broken ground on a nearly $40 million Honors College and first-year residence hall. The 236,000-square-foot development is scheduled for completion in fall 2017. The honors-dedicated living-learning center and freshman housing community will feature 235 two- and four-person, private and semi-private suite-style units. A number of apartment-style units will also be included to provide alternatives for upper-division students in the Honors College. The five-story building will feature classrooms, study lounges, honors offices and dining facilities along with Internet capabilities and Wi-Fi access. EdR has financed the nearly $40 million development through its on-campus equity plan, which uses the company’s equity and financial stability to fund projects on university land. In their agreement, EdR provides financing, oversees development and construction, and is responsible for maintenance and management while Boise State provides residence life services.