GREENSBORO, N.C. —Blue Ridge Cos. and Richardson Properties have partnered to co-develop Country Park at Tall Oaks, a 216-unit apartment community located near the intersection of Lawndale Drive and Pisgah Church Road in Greensboro. The property will feature running and bike trails, a fitness center, bike storage and workshop, swimming pool and a dog park with a pet wash station. Blue Ridge and Richardson plan to open the project in spring 2017.
WALLA WALLA, WASH. — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has arranged a $25 million loan for Wheatland Village, an independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Walla Walla, located in the southeastern corner of Washington near the Oregon border. Portland, Ore.-based Generations Senior Living operates the Class A community. The company developed the property in 2004 through a partnership with a nonprofit hospital. Wheatland Village features 134 independent living units, 62 assisted living units and 38 memory care units. The memory care portion was added in 2013. Jeffrey Ringwald and William Jackson of Walker & Dunlop structured the 15-year, fixed-rate, Fannie Mae loan with a 30-year amortization schedule. The transaction consolidates two existing loans and features a 60 percent loan-to-value ratio.
PASO ROBLES, CALIF. — MBK Rental Living has purchased the 144-unit Buena Vista Apartments in Paso Robles for $5.8 million. The community is located at 708-1002 Experimental Station Road. MBK plans to upgrade the property. The company represented itself in this transaction, while Marty Indvik of Lee & Associates and Jim Fisher and Michael Smith of Berkadia, represented the seller, Arjun Buena Vista Properties LLC.
CHICAGO — Developer Smithfield Properties is nearing completion of SoNu Digs, Chicago’s first ground-up, micro-apartment building. SoNu is located at 1515 N. Fremont St. in the Lincoln Park/SoNo neighborhood. The apartments, which will be ready for occupancy in December, range in size from 336 square feet to 438 square feet. Monthly rental rates range from $1,300 to $1,655. SoNu is the final part of a planned SoNo complex built by Smithfield Properties, which includes the SoNo East apartments and SoNo West condominiums. Calibrate Management will lease and manage the property.
MINNEAPOLIS — WNC has provided nearly $2 million in low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) equity to fund the development of Linden Grove Veteran Apartments, a 37-unit affordable housing complex exclusively constructed for homeless veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces in the Minneapolis suburb of St. Cloud. The three-story building sits on six acres of land and is located at 4804 Veterans Drive. The apartments are part of the St. Cloud VA Health Care System and designated as permanent housing for low-income veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. St. Michael Development Group LLC, a subsidiary of The Sand Companies Inc., developed the apartments. Affordable Housing Initiatives LLC served as the managing general partner of the project and Jamie Thelen as its developer.
HOUSTON — Carroll Organization, a privately held real estate company, has completed the sale of Carroll at Shadow Creek Ranch in Houston. The 360-unit community was originally purchased in February 2012 and was the last remaining property in the firm’s first investment vehicle, Carroll Co-Invest Fund I LP. Carroll at Shadow Creek Ranch is a Class A property built in 2010. The community is located in the Shadow Creek Ranch neighborhood and features one- and two-car garages with individual driveways, private patios, nine-foot ceilings with crown molding, full-size washers and dryers and a pool.
EDMOND, OKLA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Tealridge Assisted Living and Memory Care, a 52,283-square-foot seniors housing facility in Edmond. MOC Assisted Living sold the property for $6.8 million to a nonprofit private investor that is looking to establish a presence in the Oklahoma market. Tealridge Assisted Living and Memory Care is located at 2200 N.W. 140th St. at the intersection of East Memorial Road and North Eastern Avenue. The facility was constructed in 2010 and includes 65 units. Daniel Morris of CBRE’s Oklahoma City office represented the buyer in the transaction.
ATLANTA — Novare Group and Batson-Cook Development Co. plan to open Atlantic House, a 32-story high-rise apartment tower in Midtown Atlanta, in mid-November. Located on the corner of 14th and West Peachtree streets, Atlantic House will feature 407 residences, two rooftop pools, a 24-hour fitness center, clubroom, outdoor kitchen, laundry service, 24-hour concierge services, business center and outdoor patio space, as well as a grilling area, tennis court and dog park on top of the attached parking garage. All residences will feature private balconies. The project also features more than 13,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space fronting 14th and West Peachtree streets, with Einstein’s, Caribou and McCray’s Tavern scheduled to open in early 2017. Residents have started to move into their units ahead of the Nov. 17 grand opening.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — City Club Apartments LLC, a multifamily owner and developer led by Jonathan Holtzman, has opened 800 Tower City Apartments, a 29-story high-rise tower in downtown Louisville. Built in 1963 as The 800 Building, the 286-unit property is open following a year-long, $11 million renovation program. The tower’s top floor now features the Sky Club, which includes a gourmet kitchen, fireplace, TVs, lounge seating and an outdoor terrace with a dining and grilling station. The top floor also features a fitness center and Zen garden. The rooftop amenity deck, known as Sky Park, features a swimming pool, sun deck, firepit, outdoor kitchen, bar and outdoor TVs. Other amenities include Bar Vetti on the first floor, a conference room, theater, business center, café, dog park, parking garage and personal concierge services. The renovation included upgrades to the façade, a new pocket rotunda entry, landscaping, lighting and paint. About 80 percent of the apartment residences have been renovated with the rest slated for a late November completion.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Greystone’s Real Estate Advisors group has arranged the $21.5 million sale of Wyndham Lakes, a 245-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Jacksonville. A private equity group purchased the property from a publicly traded REIT. Formerly operated by Brookdale Senior Living, Wyndham Lakes is situated on 14 acres of land. The community consists of 12 residential buildings and one common area structure. Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper of Greystone represented the seller in the transaction. Tremper also arranged non-recourse acquisition financing through a regional bank.
