Multifamily

Housing Trust Group Breaks Ground on $63M Aviva Apartments in Mesa

by Nellie Day December 8, 2016

MESA, ARIZ. — Housing Trust Group (HTG) has broken ground on the 325-unit Aviva apartment community in Mesa. The $63 million community will be located at 8350 E. Baseline Road. Aviva is scheduled to open in the third quarter of 2018. This is HTG’s first multifamily development in Arizona. Biltform Architecture Group designed the community, which Chasse Building Team will construct. HTG acquired the 16-acre vacant tract for $6.5 million. The firm also secured a $47.1 million construction loan from Walker & Dunlop.

December 8, 2016

Multifamily Nevada Western

Loft 5 Apartments in Las Vegas Sell for $51.5M

by Nellie Day December 8, 2016

LAS VEGAS — Loft 5 LLC has acquired the 241-unit Loft 5 apartments in Las Vegas for $51.5 million. The community is situated just off Interstate 15, nearby to the Las Vegas Strip. Loft 5 contains a mix of for-sale and for-rent units. Community amenities include four resort-style pools and hot tubs, outdoor fireplaces and grills, a fitness center, steam room and club lounge. JLL’s John Cunningham and Charles Steele represented the seller, DK Loft 5 LLC, in this transaction.

December 8, 2016

California Loans Multifamily Seniors Housing Western

IPA Capital Markets Arranges $19.6M Loan for Age-Restricted Community in Rancho Santa Margarita

by Nellie Day December 8, 2016

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CALIF. — Institutional Property Advisors Capital Markets (IPA), an affiliate of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged $19.6 million in financing for the acquisition of Buena Vida at Town Center, a 115-unit age-restricted community in the Orange County suburb of Rancho Santa Margarita. The borrower was purchasing the property through a 1031 exchange. The loan was structured at a fixed rate of 3.25 percent interest with interest-only payments for the first three years, then converting to a 30-year amortization. The term of the loan is 15 years with a 67 percent loan-to-value ratio.

December 8, 2016

Multifamily Northeast Rhode Island

JV Breaks Ground on 169-Unit Multifamily Development in Providence, Rhode Island

by Amy Works December 8, 2016

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Braintree, Mass.-based John M. Corcoran & Co. and Providence-based Trilogy Development have broken ground on Commons at Providence Station, a multifamily building situated on 2.8 acres at Smith and Canal streets in Providence. Slated for completion in summer 2018, the 145,000-square-foot property will offer 169 rental units, 170 subsurface parking spaces, a yoga room, gym, and roof deck with views of the statehouse. The $54.1 million project is adjacent to the Providence train station with access to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and Amtrak train systems. The development was made possible with assistance from Rebuild Rhode Island tax credits awarded by the Rhode Island Commerce Corp. and will create 225 direct jobs and 125 indirect jobs for the community. The Rebuild Rhode Island program uses redeemable tax credits to finance at-risk real estate projects. The program has provided $400 million worth of private real estate investment over the past year and led to agreements to bring nine new companies to the state.

December 8, 2016

Multifamily Texas

Partnership to Develop 300-Unit Urban Living Community in Frisco

by Amy Works December 8, 2016

FRISCO, TEXAS — The Frisco Station Partnership has engaged Hillwood Multifamily to develop Station House, a 300-unit urban living community in Frisco. The project will be the first residential property to break ground in Frisco Station, a 242-acre multi-use development at the northwest quadrant of Dallas North Tollway and Warren Parkway. Designed by JHP Architecture/Urban Design, the four-story Station House will feature apartment homes with energy-efficient, stainless steel appliances and LED lighting, mudrooms, butler’s pantries, built-in desks, oversized soaking bathtubs and walk-in showers. Community amenities will include private interior courtyards with a pool area; outdoor kitchen and social spaces; massage room and Pilates studio; coffee bar and wine bar; resident lounge and library; demonstration kitchen and private dining room; game room; and terrace lounges. Additional project partners for Frisco Station include Rudman Partnership, which has owned the Frisco Station land since 1962, and Van Trust Real Estate, which serves as the office development partner.

December 8, 2016

Multifamily Texas

San Antonio Commercial Advisors Brokers Sale of Two Apartment Communities in San Antonio

by Amy Works December 8, 2016

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Commercial Advisors (SACA), an independently owned and operated member of the Cushman & Wakefield Alliance, has arranged the sale of two apartment communities in San Antonio for an undisclosed sum. The properties include The Montage at North Point and City Heights Apartments, located at 3601 Magic Drive and 9400 Fredericksburg Road, respectively. Built in 1982, The Montage at North Point features 208 apartments, a swimming pool, picnic space, sports court and a dog park. City Heights, which was built in 1972, features 272 apartments across 35 two-story buildings, two swimming pools and a fitness center. Brandon Lo Porto and Scott Weems of SACA represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. The name of the buyer was not released.

December 8, 2016

Multifamily Southeast Tennessee

Timberland Partners Acquires Multifamily Portfolio in Nashville Area for $57.5M

by John Nelson December 8, 2016

LEBANON, CLARKSVILLE AND COLUMBIA, TENN. — Minneapolis-based Timberland Partners has acquired a three-property multifamily portfolio totaling 548 units in metro Nashville for $57.5 million. The communities include the 210-unit Falls at 109 in Lebanon, the 184-unit Fountains at Meadow Wood in Clarksville and the 154-unit Lakes of Columbia in Columbia. As part of the transaction, Timberland Partners assumed three existing HUD loans. Steve Massey and Russ Oldham of CBRE’s Nashville office represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Timberland Partners now owns and manages five multifamily assets in the Nashville area totaling 960 units.

December 8, 2016

Florida Loans Seniors Housing Southeast

Walker & Dunlop Arranges $41M Construction Loan for Seniors Community Adjacent to Disney World

by John Nelson December 8, 2016

ORLANDO, FLA. — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $41 million loan for Big Rock Partners, which will use the money to fund construction of its 240-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community adjacent to Disney World in Orlando. Big Rock purchased the nine-acre plot from Disney in 2014 for $4.5 million and began construction in August 2016. The project, which does not yet have a name, will feature 152 independent living, 55 assisted living and 33 memory care units. As part of the arrangement with Disney, Big Rock also has the option to purchase 20 more acres adjacent to the site. Balfour Beatty is construction manager on the project, which is scheduled for completion in the spring of 2018. Gensler designed the property and once complete, Life Care Services will operate the community. Walker & Dunlop’s Albert Rex and Marty McGrogan arranged the 3.5-year loan with three years of interest-only payments and a 25-year amortization schedule. Big Rock Partners is a private real estate investment management firm. The company is currently developing three large seniors housing projects in Florida, with a total development cost exceeding $200 million.

December 8, 2016

Conference Coverage Features Georgia Multifamily Southeast Top Stories

Pace of Apartment Construction Slows Due to Growing Supply, Cautious Bankers, Say InterFace Panelists

by John Nelson December 8, 2016

The multifamily industry has entered a phase in the development cycle where the velocity of starts and completions is decreasing. Through the first 10 months of 2016, multifamily starts nationally are down 1.8 percent year-over-year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Completions are down 3.1 percent during the same period. One of the governors on construction today is the ample supply of existing multifamily product in the top markets nationally, according to the development panel at the seventh-annual InterFace Multifamily Southeast conference. Alan Dean, region president of multifamily development firm Terwilliger Pappas Multifamily Partners, cited Nashville as an example of an overheated market. “Nashville delivered a record 5,300 units in the past 12 months. Next year, they’re going to deliver 10,000 units,” said Dean at the conference, which was held on Thursday, Dec. 1 at the Westin Buckhead in Atlanta. “Nashville in large part has been redlined by the financing community because of those supply numbers. Looking at it, it’s probably a healthy thing that the pipeline is slowing down and banks are pulling back.” Michael Blair, managing director of development at Atlanta-based Pollack Shores Real Estate Group, doesn’t believe overbuilding is …

December 8, 2016

California Multifamily Western

Waterton Buys Candlewood North Apartments in LA for $43.5M

by Nellie Day December 7, 2016

LOS ANGELES — Waterton has purchased the 189-unit Candlewood North Apartments in the Los Angeles submarket of Northridge for a reported $43.5 million. The community is located at 9830 Reseda Blvd. Candlewood North contains three three-story buildings with apartments ranging from studios to two bedrooms. The community is within walking distance of the Cal State Northridge campus. Waterton plans to renovate the property, including the unit interiors and amenities.

December 7, 2016

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