SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — VerTex Student Housing Partners, a joint venture of Vermilion Development and TEXLA Housing Partners, has acquired The Element, a 288-unit, 792-bed student housing development near Sacramento State University, for an undisclosed price. The acquisition is the fourth transaction in partnership with Chicago-based Harrison Street Real Estate Capital. The Element is located less than one mile from the campus, and was originally constructed in 2004. The garden-style property consists of 18 three-story residential buildings and a clubhouse and leasing office. The partnership will soon implement operational and capital improvements. VerTex Student Housing Management will act as property manager of the asset. All units are fully furnished with amenities such as full-size washers and dryers, microwaves, dishwashers, access to the Internet and digital satellite television. The community amenities include a resort-style swimming pool and hot tub, half-size indoor basketball court, fitness center and sand volleyball court. Additionally, a game room, resident business center, student lounge, private shuttle to campus and other amenities are available to all residents. VerTex has now acquired 3,200 beds with Harrison Street Real Estate Capital. Senior Vice President at TSB Capital Advisors Shawn Sweeney helped arrange the acquisition loan with Capital One.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Southside Magnolia Partners has acquired a mixed-use building located at 701 W. Magnolia Ave. in Fort Worth. Situated on the southwest corner of Magnolia Avenue and Hemphill Street, the building is the former headquarters of Fort Worth National Bank. The building features residential living, casual dining, retail and office space. Anchor tenants include Southside Bank and Shinjuku Station. There is a 4,000-square-foot site available for restaurant or retail, as well as five lofts on the second floor. Will Martin and Southside Magnolia Partners have a light restoration in plan for the property, but parts of the building still have original architectural features including exposed brick, hardwood floors and views of downtown Fort Worth. W. Martin and Co. represented the buyers and Grant Huff with Transwestern represented the seller.
PORTLAND, TEXAS — Oldham Goodwin Group, in conjunction with MGroup, will develop Palm Bluff Place Apartments in Portland. The new development will be a 250-unit, Class A community located at the corner of Cedar Drive and Billy G. Webb Drive. Oldham Goodwin’s development services division will oversee the development of the project, as well as provide construction management services. The project team is working with ARRIVE Architecture Group to design the community. FCI Multi-Family Construction will oversee construction. Construction for Palm Bluff Place is expected to begin Jan. 25, with a projected completion date in the third quarter of 2017.
Walker & Dunlop Arranges $68.2M Construction Loan for Seniors Housing Community in Palm Beach County
LAKE WORTH, FLA. — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has arranged a $68.2 million loan for the construction of Atria Villages of Windsor, a luxury independent living, assisted living and memory care community to be built in the Palm Beach County town of Lake Worth. Big Rock Partners, the borrower, is developing the community on a 22.5-acre site. When completed, the property will comprise 186 independent living units, 78 assisted living units and 54 memory care units. Big Rock, an investment firm with offices in Beverly Hills, Calif., and Delray Beach, Fla., plans to open the community in 2017.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Berkadia has brokered the sales of four apartment communities in metro Birmingham totaling $66.3 million. The properties include the 323-unit Cliffs at Rocky Ridge in Hoover and a portfolio of three communities known as the BHM 3Core Portfolio. The three properties in the portfolio include the 241-unit Abbey at Wisteria Crest in Hoover, the 198-unit Abbey at Lakeshore in Birmingham and the 120-unit Abbey at Vestavia Falls in Vestavia. David Oakley and David Etchison of Berkadia’s Alabama office brokered the transactions.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — W. P. Carey Inc. and its managed REIT CPA:17 – Global have acquired a 70,000-square-foot, newly constructed student residence hall on the campus of Jacksonville University for approximately $18 million. Completed in 2015, the four-story, three-wing North Hall serves as the primary housing option for all first-year students. The 274-bed residence hall is the first new freshman dormitory at the university since 1968 and incorporates high-tech amenities including fiber optic communications, enhanced performance wiring and cell phone range extenders. The hall is 100 percent occupied and part of the first stage of a multi-phase development plan for the riverfront property adjacent to the university. The seller was Rimrock Devlin Development, a developer based in Lake City, Fla. The triple-net lease has nearly 20 years remaining and includes fixed rental escalations.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — NAI Wisinski of West Michigan has brokered the $12 million sale of 3.1 acres in downtown Grand Rapids that will serve as the future site of a 68-unit residential complex. The Woda Group LLC purchased the land located at 936 Front St. NW. Ryder Transportation Services, which sold the property, previously occupied a building on the land that is being demolished to make room for the housing project. Construction on Grand View Place is scheduled to start this summer. The housing development is expected to occupy two acres out of the 3.1-acre parcel. The remaining 1.1 acres will be used for a future mixed-use development. Stan Wisinski of NAI Wisinski of West Michigan represented The Woda Group in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has brokered the sale of a five-story, walkup building located at 322-326 E. 82nd St. in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. A French investor acquired the 40,320-square-foot property from The Maidman Family for $27 million as part of a 1031 exchange. The property features 67 apartment units. Yisroel Pershin and Barak Jacobov of GFI Realty represented the seller, while Erik Yankelovich, also of GFI, represented the buyer in the transaction. Additionally, Roni Abudi of GFI Realty arranged $15.2 million in acquisition financing from Investor’s Bank for the deal.
MARLBOROUGH, MASS. — CBRE/New England has brokered the sale of Bell Wheeler Hill, a 274-unit apartment community located in Marlborough. CBRE Strategic Partners U.S. Value 7 fund, sponsored by CBRE Global Investors, acquired the property from an affiliate of Bell Partners Inc. for an undisclosed price. The community features a mix of one- and two-bedroom apartments, with an average size of 1,015 square feet. On-site amenities include a great room, media room, business center, gym, outdoor pool with sundeck, tot lot, carports, garages and gas grills. Simon Butler and Biria St. John of CBRE/NE represented the seller in the transaction.
TAMPA, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield’s Equity, Debt & Structured Finance group has arranged a $28.7 million acquisition and redevelopment loan for Renaissance Senior Living, a 226-unit seniors housing community in Tampa. The borrower was The Carlyle Group, which will acquire the property and perform significant renovations. Changes include putting the levels of care offered — independent living, assisted living and memory care — into separate buildings, as well as enhancements to community amenities. Jay Wagner and Timothy Hosmer of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Senior Housing Capital Markets team arranged the financing through an unnamed regional bank.