Multifamily

alexan-riverdale-riverdale-nj

RIVERDALE, N.J. — HFF has arranged the $60 million sale of Alexan Riverdale, a multifamily property located at 6000 Riverdale Road in Riverdale. Situated on 15 acres, the 212-unit property features a mix of one- and two-bedroom units averaging 1,033 square feet. Community amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, grilling area, fire pit with lounge seating, two landscaped courtyards, fitness center with yoga/spin studio, lounge with billiards, game room, business center and garage parking. Inland Real Estate Investments Inc. facilitated the purchase of the community, while Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Stephen Simonelli and Michael Oliver of HFF represented the seller, a global real estate investment manager. Additionally, the HFF team worked to secure acquisition financing for the buyer.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DEL. — U.S. Realty Capital has originated $31 million in permanent financing for a multifamily complex located in northern New Castle County. The financing will replace an existing construction loan on the newly built 218-unit property. The property had significant pre-leasing activity and overall occupancy was close to 100 percent at completion. The property features a fitness center, pool and 9,000 square feet of retail space. Bruce Robertson Jr. and Jane Bender of U.S. Realty Capital arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
almono-pittsburgh-pa

PITTSBURGH — Power of 32 Development Fund LP has provided a $9.5 million loan to help fund site preparation, including construction, for Almono, a 178-acre waterfront mixed-use project at a brownfield site in Pittsburgh. The fund contributed to the nearly $49 million private-public loan fund to close infrastructure financing gaps and increase the inventory of pad-ready sites in the 32-county greater Pittsburgh region. Located in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood, the Almono was formerly part of the J&L/LTV Steel Hazelwood Works. The project will feature a mix of office, industrial, residential and retail space. Its first official tenant, Uber, has committed to utilize 42 acres on the site for a test track for its self-driving cars and to renovate the historic train roundhouse building for an Advanced Technologies Center.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

LOS ANGELES — Advanced Real Estate Services has received $73.9 million to refinance a five-property multifamily portfolio in Southern California. The portfolio contains a total of 479 units. The properties include Cantabria, Four Seasons, Lanter Bay, Solara and the Pines at Montclair. These assets are spread throughout Orange, Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. The refinancing features a seven-year term, 3.78 percent interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule. NorthMarq’s Michael Elmore arranged the financing through a national bank. The transaction was completed under the lender’s portfolio recapitalization program, which minimized prepayment and closing costs. It also provided cash-out proceeds to Advanced, which plans to use the excess funds for future acquisitions.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

SOUTHFIELD, MICH. — Commercial Property Advisors has brokered the sale of Providence Place and Tower Apartments in Southfield for $23 million. The 576-unit property is located adjacent to St. John Providence Hospital-Southfield and encompasses approximately 729,000 net rentable square feet. An undisclosed Michigan-based real estate investment firm purchased the property and plans to upgrade the apartment units and common areas. Cary Belovicz of Commercial Property Advisors marketed the property on behalf of Parkstone Capital Partners LP.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

NEW YORK CITY — Working with Enterprise Community Partners Inc. and LiveOn NY, Hellenic American Neighborhood Action Committee (HANAC) has broken ground for HANAC’s Corona Senior Residence, an affordable seniors housing building located at 54-17 101st St in the Corona section of Queens. Designed by think! Architecture and Design, the 68-unit property will feature 21 units reserved for vulnerable seniors and all units, except for the superintendent’s unit, will be income-restricted. Bruno Frustaci Contracting Inc. is constructing the building, which is slated for completion in spring 2018. The building will meet New York State Energy Research & Development Authority Multifamily Performance Standards for Energy Star certification and Enterprise Green Communities Criteria. Additionally, the property will be the first seniors housing development in the country to meet the Passive House Institute design standards.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
casas-de-brookbend-dallas-texas

DALLAS — Greysteel has arranged the sale and acquisition financing for Casas de Brookbend, a multifamily property located at 8360 Spring Valley Road in Dallas. Casas de Brookbend LLC was the seller, and Casa de Arroyo LLC was the buyer. Greysteel’s Boyan Radic, Doug Banerjee, Andrew Mueller, Ryan Hill and Andrew Hanson represented the seller and procured the buyer. The seven-year loan, provided by an agency lender using the Freddie Mac small balance loan program, features a fixed interest rate of 4.5 percent and two years of interest-only payments. Greysteel’s Anton Mattli and John Marshall Doss arranged the financing. Casas de Brookbend was built in 1968 and includes six two-story buildings totaling 50 units. Property amenities include an on-site laundry facility, on-site management office, pergola and picnic area.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

EL PASO, TEXAS — Alden Capital Partners, in partnership with the Housing Authority of the City of El Paso (HACEP), has closed on $6 million in low-income housing tax credit equity financing for the rehabilitation of George W. Baines and Charles R. Morehead Apartments. The financing will be used to renovate 58 units at Baines and 62 units at Morehead for families and seniors. Baines and Morehead were built in 1982 and 1984. Rehabilitation for the properties is underway and is scheduled for completion by August 2017. Upgrades will include Energy Star appliances, central heating and air conditioning and outdoor picnic areas. Community amenities will include central laundry facilities, on-site management and a clubhouse. Units at both locations will be restricted to households at or below 60 percent of the area median income. Alden Capital Partners facilitated the investment of federal tax credit equity through its multi-investor fund, Alden Capital Partners Tax Credit Fund 20. Alden Capital Partners also provided equity bridge financing via the purchase of unsecured, tax-exempt Series B bonds. This allowed the transaction to take advantage of a Freddie Mac tax-exempt loan bond structure, which lowered the long-term financing costs.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

SAN ANTONIO — FourPoint Multifamily Investments has brokered the sale of Windsor House Apartments in San Antonio. Built in 1996, Windsor House consists of 322 units enclosed in a gated community. The property is located near the intersection of Huebner and Vance Jackson roads in northwest San Antonio. Kevin Dufour of FourPoint represented the seller, Ed White & Associates, and procured the buyer, a joint venture between Presidium Group and PRIME Multifamily Investors. The new ownership plans to renovate the property over the next several years. Presidium will self-manage the property, while PRIME Multifamily will complete the planned renovations.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

TOLEDO, OHIO — A joint venture between Cindat Capital Management Limited and Union Life Insurance has purchased a 75 percent interest in a Welltower-owned portfolio of seniors housing properties for $930 million. The acquisition represents Cindat’s first foray into U.S. health care real estate investment. The portfolio contains 11 seniors housing properties that are leased to Brookdale Senior Living, as well as 28 skilled nursing facilities leased to Genesis Healthcare. Welltower will retain 25 percent interest in the properties. The transaction is expected to close by year end and is subject to customary closing conditions. “With aging demographics and U.S. healthcare trends driving the need for innovative health care infrastructure, we believe the sector represents an attractive long-term investment opportunity,” says Greg Peng, CEO at Cindat Capital Management, representing Cindat and Union Life. “We have a significant appetite for investing in the sector and we look forward to a mutually beneficial relationship with Welltower to capitalize on this unique opportunity.” The agreement comes on the heels of Welltower’s third-quarter report, in which the company announced plans to significantly increase dispositions for 2016. The company initially planned to sell $1.3 billion of its assets, but announced it would like to sell …

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail