NEW YORK CITY — Slate Property Group, Adam America Real Estate and Vanke Holdings USA LLC have acquired a former grammar school building located at 45 Rivington St. in Manhattan for $116 million. The buyers plan to convert the existing six-story, 145,000-square-foot building into a luxury residential development. Originally designed in 1898, the Romanesque Revival-style building features 12-foot ceilings and a penthouse floor offering views of Midtown and downtown Manhattan.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has brokered the sale of an apartment building located at 531 E. 22nd St. in Brooklyn’s Ditmas Park section. Naad Realty LLC sold the six-story asset to Jason Wisotsky for $7 million. Situated in close proximity to Prospect Park and Brooklyn College, the elevator-serviced building features 35 residential units. Daniel Shragaei of GFI Realty Services brokered the transaction.
VALDOSTA AND NASHVILLE, GA. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of two assisted living communities in Georgia to Omega Healthcare Investors for $20.2 million. The transaction was structured as a sale-leaseback deal, so the undisclosed seller will continue to operate the communities. The properties are a 109-unit community in Valdosta, sold for $17.5 million, and a 26-unit community in Nashville, sold for $2.7 million. Both are located in south Georgia near the Florida border. Bradley Clousing led the SLIB team in brokering the transaction.
DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $11.3 million sale of Auburn Trace Apartment Homes, a 152-unit affordable housing community located at 625 Auburn Circle W. in Delray Beach. Built in 1990 on a 20.2-acre parcel, the low income housing tax credit property features one-, two- and three-bedroom residences. Community amenities include a large clubhouse, playground, volleyball court, landscaped courtyards, onsite management offices, a leasing center and a laundry facility. The property also features an onsite daycare and learning center that is leased and operated by a third party. Evan Kristol, Still Hunter III and Brandon Rex of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Lauderdale office represented the seller and developer, Auburn Trace Ltd., and procured the buyer, a private investment group based in New York. The buyer purchased the asset in a 1031 tax deferred exchange.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Cain Brothers has arranged $40 million in taxable bank direct-purchase bonds for The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, a nonprofit operator of seniors housing based in Sioux Falls. Founded in 1922, the society operates skilled nursing facilities, senior apartments, home health services and affordable housing in over 230 locations in the United States. Proceeds from the financing were used to pay down a line of credit that was initially drawn upon to fund the purchase of a home health agency that provides services in New Mexico and Arizona. The acquisition more than doubled the society’s existing home health business. Cain Brothers arranged the financing through an undisclosed bank.
SAN DIEGO — Bruce Kleege has acquired a six-unit apartment community in the San Diego submarket of Crown Point for $2.2 million. The community is located at 3847-63 Sequoia St. It is situated half a block from Mission Bay and Crown Point Park. The property was built in 1955. It was fully occupied at the time of sale. The buyer represented himself, while Ciara Trujillo, David Santistevan and Gunder Creager of Colliers International represented the seller, Sequoia Street Apartments, in this transaction.
CHICAGO — Origin Investments and Randolph Street Realty Capital have sold a 73-unit apartment building in Chicago’s West Loop for approximately $35 million. Lux24, located at 24 S. Morgan St., was formerly known as Pure Condominiums. The duo acquired the failed condominium project in 2013, and at the time only 38 of the condos were completed and only four had been sold. Lux24 now features amenities such as a fitness center, clubroom, outdoor terraces with fire pits, on-site dry cleaning and shoe repair services, a secure package room and bike storage. Unit amenities include stainless steel appliances, in-unit washers and dryers, granite countertops and floor-to-ceiling windows. Danny Spitz of Baum Realty represented the buyer, a private investor, in the transaction.
WINONA, MINN. — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has closed a $1.1 million HUD loan for the acquisition and rehabilitation of a 54-unit multifamily property. River View Flats is located in Winona, approximately 50 miles east of Rochester. The project has obtained an allocation of Low Income Housing Tax Credits as well as subordinate funding from the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency and the City of Winona. Upgrades will include the replacement of major plumbing and mechanical systems and an improvement to property accessibility. River View Flats features off-street parking, on-site coin laundry and a patio with grill. The 40-year term loan was arranged for borrower Morningside Terrace LLC.
DES PERES, MO. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged a lease for The Quarters of Des Peres, a 147-bed skilled nursing facility in the St. Louis suburb of Des Peres. The landlord, a private equity fund based in Dallas, will lease the community to local operator MGM Healthcare. MGM currently operates 30 facilities in the Midwest, and its headquarters are less than 10 miles from The Quarters. Blueprint’s Jacob Gehl and Ben Firestone were the lead advisors on the transaction.
WEST ALLIS, WIS. — Siegel-Gallagher has brokered the sale of a multifamily property in West Allis, approximately six miles from Milwaukee, for an undisclosed price. The Community Development Authority of the City of West Allis purchased the eight-unit building from the Milwaukee Center for Independence. The property is located at 7402 W. Washington Ave. Patrick Gallagher, Matson Holbrook and Max Schultz of Siegel-Gallagher brokered the transaction.
