SAN DIEGO — Pinnacle International has purchased a 30,000-square-foot redevelopment site in San Diego for $14.5 million. The site is located at 1141 E St. in the East Village submarket. It contains a 25,000-square-foot industrial building. The property is zoned for multifamily residential development. Ben Tashakorian and Jessie James of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and seller, Rodney Starkey, in this transaction.
ROWLETT, TEXAS — Huffines Communities has opened the first phase of Harmony Luxury Apartments at 11010 Harmony Hill Lane in Rowlett. Phase I features 326 apartment units, a 7,000-square-foot clubhouse and a pool. The property offers one- and two-bedroom apartments in a variety of floorplans, ranging from 560 square feet to 1,263 square feet. Huffines has broken ground on the property’s second phase, which will add 318 units, including a limited number of three-bedroom units. The project team includes JHP Architecture/Urban Design and Moore Design Group.
DALLAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of two apartment buildings in Dallas: Rosemont at San Jacinto and Carroll Terrace. A private investor sold the properties for an undisclosed price. Located at 4400 San Jacinto St., Rosemont at San Jacinto features 16 apartments, and Carroll Terrace, located at 1607 N. Carroll Ave., features 18 apartments. Stephen Crittenden of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, a private investor, in the deal.
SAN ANTONIO — The Turner Multifamily Impact Fund, a real estate investment fund managed by Turner Impact Capital, has acquired San Mateo and The Grove, both in San Antonio, for an undisclosed price. Situated on 10.9 acres in northeast San Antonio, San Mateo features 252 units in nine three-story buildings. On-site amenities include a pool, basketball court and student/business center. Located on 11 acres, The Grove features 276 units in 30 two- and three-story residential buildings. Community amenities include two swimming pools, a clubhouse with business lounge and fitness center, landscaped grounds and on-site laundry facilities.
PRINCETON, TEXAS — Pioneer Realty Capital has closed a $7.2 million loan to refinance Villa Asuncion Assisted Living Facility, located at 830 Princeton Drive in Princeton. The firm used the 504 Debt Refinance Program, which the Obama Administration reinstated in December 2015, to refinance the property for the undisclosed borrower. The program is intended to help small business owners obtain access to capital and create liquidity.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — HarborView Properties has purchased The Residences at Tarryhill, an apartment community located at 100-600 Tarryhill Way in White Plains. Situated on eight acres, the property features six three-story buildings offering a total of 87 apartments in a mix of one- and two-bedroom units. On-site amenities include a community room, sports courts, playground and parking for 170 cars. Tarryhill Management Co. will manage the property, which was acquired in an off-market transaction for an undisclosed price.
NEW YORK CITY AND WEST DEPTFORD, N.J. — Ready Capital Structured Finance has closed two non-recourse loans totaling $12.3 million in Brooklyn and West Deptford. In the first transaction, Ready Capital closed a $7.9 loan for the acquisition, renovation and conversion of a 12,000-square-foot private residence into a six-unit condominium residence at 277 First St. in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood. Simultaneous with the closing, the undisclosed sponsor acquired 2,000 square feet of air rights through an adjacent parcel to reclassify the additional square footage. The interest-only loan includes an 18-month term with one extension option and a flexible prepayment feature. In the second transaction, the company closed a $4.4 million loan for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of a 106,000-square-foot industrial and office building located at 301 Grove Road in West Deptford. The undisclosed borrower is renovating the property to increase the industrial space by demolishing the second story office space and removing drop ceilings. The interest-only loan includes a 24-month term with one extension option and a flexible prepayment feature.
CHICAGO — CBRE has arranged the $41 million refinancing of The Buckingham in Chicago. The 129-unit, 456-bed student housing property is located in the South Loop University District. The 10-year loan was originated via CBRE’s Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting and Servicing (DUS) program. Glenn Housman of CBRE secured the loan on behalf of the sponsor, The Buckingham LLC.
BELLE FOURCHE AND SPEARFISH, S.D. — Dwight Capital has arranged $4.15 million in refinancing for a portfolio of affordable housing communities in western South Dakota. The properties include Bella Vista Village and Meadowlark Plaza in Belle Fourche, and Iron Creek Plaza and Lookout Mountain View in Spearfish. Each of the properties consists of 24 units. The 35-year loans were financed through HUD’s 223(f) program. Adam Sasouness of Dwight Capital originated the loans.
Following years of frenzied development across the country, the multifamily industry is entering a slowdown period where developers have fewer starts and even fewer completions. As of the end of October, multifamily starts are down 1.8 percent year-to-date compared to this time last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Year-to-date completions are down 3.1 percent in that same time frame. “We’re entering a more normalized market going forward, as opposed to an aggressive development market of the past few years,” says Steven Shores, president and co-founder of Pollack Shores, an Atlanta-based multifamily developer. “I don’t view it as a negative. In a lot of respects, we were trying to catch up with demand in the years immediately following the recession where there was no new development.” Core submarkets within major metros saw the bulk of new multifamily construction in the years following the downturn as developers were answering renter demand to live within close proximity of employment centers, dining, shopping and entertainment. Construction in those submarkets is now slowing as those sites have become more difficult to come by, in addition to the existing governors of construction such as the industry’s …
