NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a mixed-use property located at 265 Pleasant Ave. in Manhattan’s East Harlem neighborhood. A private investor acquired the seven-story, 19,584-square-foot mixed-use building for $10 million in a 1031 exchange. The property features one commercial unit, which is occupied by Rao’s Restaurant, and 22 residential units. Thomas Gammino and Lev Kimyagarov of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the transaction. The name of the seller was not released.
NEW YORK CITY — TerraCRG has brokered the sales of two multifamily buildings in Brooklyn totaling $8.9 million. In the first transaction, a 16-unit multifamily property located at 851 Franklin Ave. in Crown Heights sold for $5.5 million, or $652 per square foot. The fully renovated 8,440-square-foot property features six two-bedroom units, six studio units and four one-bedroom apartments. Additionally, the property features bike storage, laundry facilities and storage lockers for tenants. In the second deal, a 16-unit multifamily building located at 4109 Seventh Ave. in Sunset sold for $3.4 million, or $257 per square foot. Adam Hess, Sam Shalumov, Eddie Setton and Kirill Galperin of TerraCRG were the sole brokers in both transactions.
AMES, IOWA — Vesper Holdings has acquired an off-campus student housing property, located in Ames near Iowa State University, for an undisclosed price. The Foundry contains one six-story building with an underground parking garage, and offers two- and four-bedroom floor plans with bed-to-bath parity. Units feature large fully equipped kitchens, full-sized washers and dryers, furniture, 50-inch flat screen televisions, stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and high-speed internet connection in every bedroom. Amenities at the property include ground-floor retail anchored by Starbucks Coffee, a fitness center, study areas, a game room, secure bike storage and a tanning booth. The Foundry was fully occupied in its first year of opening. With this transaction, Vesper’s student housing portfolio now totals 19 apartment complexes and approximately 10,700 beds. This transaction is the fifth student housing acquisition for Vesper over the past 10 months. The seller in the deal was undisclosed.
AVONDALE, ARIZ. — Parkmeed Properties has acquired the 314-unit Ashton Pointe apartments in Avondale for $42.5 million. The community is located at 12175 W. McDowell Road, just a mile from the Coldwater Depot Logistics Center. Notable employers in the area include Nike Golf, Ogio International, Eddie Bauer, Red Kap, Bulwark and New Era. Steve Gebing and Cliff David of Marcus & Millichap represented both the buyer and seller, P. B. Bell Companies, in this transaction.
ROSEVILLE, CALIF. — A California-based investment firm has purchased The Terraces of Roseville, a 198-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Sacramento suburb of Roseville, for $39 million. Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors represented the seller, a New York-based private investment group, in the sale. Westmont Senior Living will continue to operate the community after the sale. The Terraces of Roseville was built in 1987 and sits on a 4.1-acre parcel. The community was sold out of bankruptcy as a value-add property. The proposed repositioning includes capital investment and/or a substantial expansion on the site as well as adjacent 1.3-acre parcel. The sale price equates to approximately $197,000 per unit and a capitalization rate of 6.8 percent based on in-place operating income. Blueprint’s Christopher Hyldahl was the lead advisor on the transaction and was supported by Gideon Orion and Mike Segal.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Reliant Management Group has purchased Riverside Healthcare Center, a 188-bed skilled nursing facility, for $12.5 million. Shep Roylance of JCH Senior Housing Group represented both the buyer and the seller, Lifehouse, in the transaction. Lifehouse will continue to operate the facility under a 15-year lease with two five-year extension options. Located in Riverside, approximately 50 miles east of Los Angeles, Riverside Healthcare Center is situated on nearly four acres and features several one¬story buildings. Originally constructed in 1969, the site has grown to nearly 40,000 square feet.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency (DCHFA) has provided acquisition and construction funding for Archer Park, a four-story, 190-unit affordable housing project in Washington, D.C.’s Congress Heights neighborhood. The developer, WC Smith, will build the community into the 1200 block of Mississippi Avenue Southeast. The project is being financed utilizing $28.2 million in DCHFA short- and long-term tax exempt bonds and $19.6 million raised through syndication of low income housing tax credits (LIHTCs). Archer Park is Phase I of a two-phase redevelopment project of the former Trenton Terrace apartment complex. Upon completion in summer 2017, Archer Park will feature 24 efficiency units, 95 one-bedroom units and 71 two-bedroom units. The project will be affordable to families whose incomes are at or below 60 percent of the area median income (AMI), with 14 units rented to families earning 30 percent or less of the AMI and 10 reserved as permanent supportive housing. The property will include a 128-space parking garage, solar panels on the roof, a roof terrace, fitness center, business center and a meeting room. Phase II of the project will be a 74-unit townhouse development that will be separately financed for sale.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Trademark Property Co. is under contract to purchase 3.5 acres adjacent to its 278,000-square-foot WestBend mixed-use development in Fort Worth’s University District. The parcel is located on University Drive, immediately south of WestBend along the Trinity River. Conceptual planning is underway to develop additional mixed-use space including ground-floor retail with either a hotel or multifamily and condo units above. A Hawthorne Suites hotel currently occupies the site.
WACO, TEXAS — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $7.7 million interim loan for Brazos Village Apartments, a 144-unit affordable housing apartment community in Waco. Proceeds from the loan will be used to fund the acquisition and renovation of the property. The project operates under the Section 42 Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LITHC) program and is within its extended use period requiring that 70 percent of the units be rented to tenants earning no more than 60 percent area median income (AMI) and 30 percent of the units be set aside for tenants earning no more than 50 percent AMI. This project is sponsored by Harmony Housing, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing affordable rental housing throughout the United States. John Gilmore IV of KeyBank’s community development lending division arranged the financing.
LA GRANGE PARK, Ill. — Ziegler, a specialty investment bank, has closed $56.3 million in fixed-rate bonds for Plymouth Place Senior Living, a 360-unit continuing care retirement community in La Grange Park, approximately 15 miles southwest of Chicago. Plymouth Place is a nonprofit community established by United Church of Christ in 1939 and is situated on 18.6 acres. The community includes 182 independent living apartments, 14 independent living cottages, 52 assisted living apartments, 26 memory care apartments and 86 skilled nursing beds. Providence Management and Development Co. operates the skilled nursing portion of Plymouth Place. Proceeds from the bonds will pay for $2.3 million in capital improvements, pay for $52.8 million in outstanding 2005 bonds, establish a debt reserve fund and pay for issuance expenses. The 2005 bonds were used to redevelop the main building and demolish the prior main building.