SWAMPSCOTT, MASS. — TA Realty, on behalf of a separate account relationship with a state pension fund, has acquired Hanover at Vinnin Square, a multifamily property located at 330 Paradise Road in Swampscott. An undisclosed seller sold the property for $67 million. The newly constructed property features 184 apartments with living spaces with high ceilings, expansive windows, custom color accent walls and open-concept gourmet kitchens.
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NEW YORK CITY — Alpha Realty has brokered the sale of an apartment building located at 530 W. 136th St. in Manhattan’s Hamilton Heights section. Steeplechase Design acquired the six-story building from the Bejaktari family for $14.5 million, or $349 per square foot. The 41,520-square-foot building features 37 apartments in a mix of two-, three- and four-bedroom layouts and a ground-floor retail space occupied by a deli. Glenn Raff and Lev Mavashev of Alpha Realty represented the sellers, while Scott Schwartz, also of Alpha, represented the buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — TOWN Residential has arranged the sale of a six-story residential building located at 445 W. 36th St. in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards district. 445 Dev Corp. sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $7.9 million. The 8,214-square-foot property features 24 studio apartments; 22 of which of free market, with rents ranging from $1,700 to $2,250 per month. Tom Brady and Tricia Mader of TOWN Residential represented the seller in the deal.
RED Provides $29M Fannie Mae Refinancing for Luxury Seniors Housing Community in Sierra Madre
by Nellie Day
SIERRA MADRE, CALIF. — RED Capital Group has arranged a $29 million Fannie Mae loan for Kensington SM GP LLC, which will use the capital to refinance The Kensington Sierra Madre, a luxury assisted living and memory care community in the Los Angeles suburb of Sierra Madre. The Kensington Sierra Madre features 41 assisted living suites and 34 memory care suites. Kensington Senior Living LLC owns and operates the community. The financing replaces the community’s original construction loan, which RED also provided. Kensington Senior Living owns and operates five assisted living communities in California, Maryland, Virginia and New York, with four more currently in development.
INDIANAPOLIS — The city of Indianapolis, along with TWG Development LLC and community leaders, recently celebrated the grand opening of Illinois Street Senior Apartments, a 63-unit, low-income housing community, on Oct. 28. Facilitated through the Department of Metropolitan Development (DMD), TWG was awarded U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant funds to purchase and develop the historic building at 1352 N. Illinois St. The vacant building once housed Fame Laundry Co. The city supported this project with two HUD funds: the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), which supports affordable housing projects across the city, and the National Stabilization Program (NSP), a competitive grant created to help local governments acquire and redevelop buildings. The Community Investments Division of DMD earned the NSP grant in 2015, enabling the city and TWG to invest in the property and return it to a community asset.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Capital One has provided a $27.3 million balance sheet loan for the refinancing of a multifamily property owned by a fund advised by Sentinel Real Estate. The five-year, adjustable-rate loan is secured by Carrington Place at Shoal Creek, a 270-unit, Class A luxury garden-style apartment community that the fund purchased in January 2016. Seth Wiener and Joel Willard of Capital One originated the transactions.
LOS ANGELES — Capital Funding Group has provided three separate loans totaling $25 million for seniors housing communities in California, North Carolina and Texas. This includes a $2.5 million working capital line of credit for The Rehabilitation Center on La Brea in Los Angeles. The firm’s Chip Woelper originated the loan.
CONROE, TEXAS — Pillar has secured a $15.6 million refinancing loan for Heritage at Hooper Hill. The 200-unit multifamily property was built in 2005 and is located in Conroe, just north of The Woodlands in the northern Houston submarket. Cullen O’Grady of Pillar’s Bethesda, Md. office secured the loan on behalf of the borrower, a Washington, D.C.-based commercial real estate property owner and developer. The 12-year, fixed-rate Fannie Mae loan includes a 30-year amortization schedule with four years of interest-only payments.
DUNWOODY, GA. — Passco Cos. has purchased Two Blocks, a Class A, 400-unit midrise apartment community located at 4000 Dunwoody Park in Dunwoody, a suburb of Atlanta in DeKalb County. Passco bought the asset for $72 million using a Fannie Mae acquisition loan arranged by Chris Black of KeyBank Real Estate Capital. Developed in 2008 by Atlanta-based Pollack Shores Real Estate Group, Two Blocks was more than 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. The property is situated near Atlanta’s Central Perimeter office submarket and within three miles of Atlanta’s Pill Hill hospital district. Passco plans to implement a series of upgrades to the interior and exterior of Two Blocks, including installing granite countertops in the kitchens and bathrooms, expanding and updating the fitness center and improving the property’s curb appeal. John Weber, Dan Phelan and Bo Moore of ARA Newmark’s Atlanta office represented the seller in the transaction.
Financial Federal Bank Arranges Two Loans Totaling $32M for Charlotte Apartment Communities
by John Nelson
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Memphis office of Financial Federal Bank has arranged two loans totaling $32 million for Parkland Commons and Copper Creek, two apartment communities in Charlotte. Built in the late 1990s, the communities feature swimming pools, sports courts, playgrounds and car wash areas. Rick Wood and Jon Van Hoozer of Financial Federal Bank arranged the 12-year, fixed-rate loans on behalf of the borrower, which purchased the properties in 2015. The financing includes six and seven years of interest-only payments and 30-year amortization schedules.