AUBURN HILLS, MICH. — Eastern Union Funding has arranged a $12.7 million acquisition loan for a 259-unit apartment community in Auburn Hills, approximately 35 miles north of Detroit. Bloomfield Square Apartments, located at 3161 Bloomfield Lane, is comprised of 28 buildings. Bloomfield Loop Square LLC was the borrower. Nate Hyman and David Metzger of Eastern Union Funding arranged the loan through Greystone & Co. The ownership plans to add a fitness center and upgrade the units and clubhouse.
MINNEAPOLIS — The Opus Group and Greco LLC have broken ground on a 144-unit apartment project in the North Loop neighborhood of Minneapolis. The project will include 14,000 square feet of ground-level retail space and amenities such as a fitness center, concierge services, dog wash and bike storage. A second-level amenity deck will include an outdoor pool and bar, grilling areas and a wood burning fireplace. The building will also feature a sixth-floor rooftop terrace with a grilling area, outdoor bar, fire pit and pool. The project is slated for completion by the end of summer 2017. Opus Development Co. and Greco will co-develop the project. Opus Design Build will be the design-builder. Opus AE Group and ESG Architects will design the project. TCF Bank is the lender.
MINNETONKA, MINN. — Real estate developer United Properties has broken ground on Cherrywood Pointe of Minnetonka, a 100-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Minneapolis suburb of Minnetonka. The four-story, 139,579-square-foot community will feature 72 independent living/assisted living units, 22 memory care apartments and six care suites — a home-like alternative to skilled nursing. Tushie Montgomery Architects and Henricksen for Human Care designed the project. Weis Construction is building the community, which is scheduled for completion by summer 2017. Cherrywood Pointe of Minnetonka is the fifth United Properties assisted living community managed by Ebenezer Management Services.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Progress Capital Advisors has arranged a $68.5 million construction loan for the final phase of Gull’s Cove, a nine-story condominium tower located in Jersey City’s Liberty Harbor North redevelopment area. Slated for completion in late 2017, Gull’s Cove II will feature 107 condo units in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts ranging in size from 678 to 2,170 square feet. The new building is connected to the 331-unit first phase by ground-level retail spaces. On-site amenities include 24/7 concierge, fitness center, community room, common outdoor patio and covered on-site parking. In 2004, Progress Capital also arranged the initial $81 million loan for the construction of the development’s first phase. Kathy Anderson of Progress Capital arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of Lakefront Villas, a 105-unit apartment property located in Richardson. Al Silva and Ford Braly of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Worth office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Silva and Braly also secured the buyer, a local partnership. The Dallas-based buyer utilized a 1031 tax-deferred exchange. Lakefront Villas is located at 900 W. Spring Valley Road.
PHOENIX — Benjamin Covaciu has acquired the 115-unit Lincoln Village apartments in Phoenix for $6.1 million. The community is located at 2211 W. Campbell Ave., within the Black Canyon Corridor. It was built in 1980. The seller was Arie de Jong. Trevor Koskovich, Bill Hahn and Jeff Sherman of Colliers executed the transaction.
LOS ANGELES — A private partnership has purchased a 22-unit apartment building in East Hollywood for $4.2 million. The community is located at 3933 Marathon St. It was built in 1990. The fully occupied complex is not rent controlled. Bryan Glenn of Charles Dunn Co. represented both the buyer and seller, a local private investment company in a 1031 exchange, in this transaction.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Blue Rock Premier Properties LLC has purchased The Reserve at Beach Boulevard, a 360-unit apartment community located at 11990 Beach Blvd. in Jacksonville. Blue Rock Premier purchased the property from LLJ Multifamily Ventures for $24.6 million. The Tampa-based buyer plans to invest about $3.8 million in exterior and interior upgrades at The Reserve at Beach Boulevard, which will be rebranded as The Park at Levanzo. The asset was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Dhaval Patel and Brian Moulder of CBRE’s Jacksonville office brokered the off-market transaction. ARES Capital Corp. provided debt financing on behalf of Blue Rock Premier.
PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA. — Watercrest Senior Living Group plans to construct Watercrest of St. Lucie West Assisted Living and Memory Care Community, a 128-unit seniors housing community in Port St. Lucie, located along the east coast of Florida midway between Orlando and Miami. D2 Architecture designed the luxury community, which Walker & Co. is building. The facility is scheduled to open in fall 2017. When completed, there will be 102 assisted living units and 26 memory care units in a 112,000-square-foot building. Watercrest, the developer, will operate the community.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — First Potomac Realty Trust (NYSE: FPO) has sold Storey Park, a mixed-use project currently under development in the NoMa submarket of Washington, to 1005 LLC for $54.5 million. When completed, Storey Park will include 350,000 square feet of office space, 65,000 square feet of retail and 300 loft apartments. An estimated completion date was not disclosed. The buyer is a partnership between Perseus Realty LLC and W-G Capital LLC, an affiliate of Four Points LLC and Greencourt Capital. First Potomac and Perseus Realty jointly acquired the site in August 2011, with First Potomac owning a 97 percent interest. The proceeds from the sale were used to repay a $22 million land loan at the property, and First Potomac used its portion of the remaining proceeds to repay outstanding borrowings on its unsecured revolving credit facility. Perseus Realty began as a Washington, D.C.-focused investment firm in 2004 and has created a development portfolio within the metropolitan area. W-G Capital is a Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm focused on real estate investments in the United States with a particular focus on the northeast corridor and the nation’s capital. FPO is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates, develops and …
