KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Indiana-based skilled nursing developer Mainstreet and California-based operator The Ensign Group Inc. have opened The Healthcare Resort of Kansas City, a brand new 100-bed skilled nursing facility in Kansas City. Construction started on The Healthcare Resort of Kansas City in April 2014 and was completed in September 2015. The 71,626-square-foot community cost $11.2 million to develop.
SARASOTA, FLA. — Carter and Hunt Investment Management have formed a joint venture to develop a 180-unit high-rise apartment community in downtown Sarasota. The development will be located at the corner of 2nd Street and Central Avenue, directly across the street from Whole Foods Market. Hunt Investment Management is managing the investment on behalf of an institutional client, and SunTrust Bank is providing construction financing. The 10-story, Class A project will include one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments and 15,000 square feet of retail space. Each unit will feature quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, open floorplans, large windows, 10-foot ceilings, balconies and high-speed Internet wiring. Community amenities will include a 24-hour fitness center, resort-style swimming pool, clubroom and an outdoor deck. The first three stories of the development will include secured parking for residents. Two hotel-style suites for tenants to rent for short-term guests will also be available. The design team includes architect Hoyt Architects, general contractor Core Construction and property manager Pinnacle Property Management. The project will start construction before year-end with completion scheduled for early 2017.
ATHENS, GA. — Prestwick Cos. has secured $24.2 million in financing from SunTrust Bank and SunTrust Community Capital (STCC) to redevelop an apartment complex in Athens. Atlanta-based Prestwick will use the proceeds to redevelop North Grove Apartments, an affordable 127-unit property. Financing for the project includes a $13.5 million equity investment from STCC and construction loans totaling $10.8 million from SunTrust Bank. The renovated community will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units, as well as modern appliances and upgrades to HVAC systems and water heaters. Remodeling will include improvements to the community room, laundry facility, exercise center and computer lab. Community amenities such as a business center, picnic pavilion and playground are also planned. Prestwick began redevelopment of the property in June and is expected to complete work by the summer of 2016.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Multifamily lending nationwide continues to trend upward, as evidenced by the $195.1 billion in mortgages originated in 2014 by more than 2,800 different multifamily lenders for apartment buildings with five or more units, according to a newly released report compiled by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The 2014 dollar volume represents a 13 percent increase from 2013 levels of $172.5 billion, concludes MBA’s Annual Report on Multifamily Lending for 2014. The average loan size also increased 23 percent, from $3.9 million in 2013 to $4.8 million in 2014. The report is based on data from MBA’s surveys of large multifamily lenders in the 2014 Commercial Multifamily Annual Origination Volume Summation survey and recently released Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data that covers multifamily loans made by many smaller lenders, particularly commercial banks. The MBA survey targets dedicated commercial/multifamily originators and covered $400 billion in commercial/multifamily loans in 2014. The HMDA data adds multifamily loans from banks, thrifts and other institutions that meet certain single-family origination thresholds. “The lending came from a range of lenders, with two-thirds making five or fewer multifamily loans during the year, and went to a range of borrowers, with more than one-quarter of the loans …
LAKE ZURICH, ILL. — CBRE National Senior Housing has arranged an $18.3 million construction loan for a joint venture between Pathway Senior Living and Virtus Real Estate Capital. The joint venture will build Azpira Place of Lake Zurich, a 120-unit assisted living community in the Chicago suburb of Lake Zurich. The Class A, 105,000-square-foot, three-story community will be situated on a 5.8-acre parcel. Aron Will, executive vice president of CBRE National Senior Housing, arranged the four-year, floating-rate loan through a regional bank. The loan includes 36 months of interest-only payments. Pathway Senior Living is a Chicago-based firm founded in 1997. The company operates 20 seniors housing communities, primarily in the Chicago area. Virtus is a private equity sponsor based in Austin, Texas.
LOS ANGELES — Fred Sands, the founder of Fred Sands Realtors and Vintage Capital Group, died Friday, Oct. 23. He was 77. Sands became Coldwell Banker’s top-producing real estate agent in 1968 before opening his first Fred Sands Realtors office in Brentwood. The business became the second largest real estate and financial services company in California. It owned and operated entities in title insurance, home warranty, mortgage banking and escrow. Fred Sands Realtors employed 4,000 people throughout its network of offices and franchised operations, generating $9.4 billion in sales volume annually. Sands eventually opened more than 72 offices across California and Nevada before Coldwell Banker acquired the company in 2000. He then headed up Vintage Capital Group in 2001. Sands is survived by his wife, Carla, and his son and daughter, Jonathan and Alexandra.
NEW YORK CITY — Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP (HFF) has secured $200 million in financing for the acquisition and pre-development of a 19,684-square-foot development site at 151 East 60th St., which is located at Lexington Avenue across from Bloomingdale’s in Manhattan. The undeveloped parcel has zoning square footage that will accommodate up to 350,000 square feet; development is slated to begin in March 2017. Working on behalf of Kuafu Properties, HFF placed the floating-rate loan with Mack Real Estate Credit Strategies. Loan proceeds will facilitate the purchase of the fee simple interest in the property and fund pre-development costs towards construction of a luxury residential tower with approximately 40,000 square feet of retail space. Christopher Peck and Jay Marshall led HFF’s debt placement team.
BAYONNE, N.J. — Castle Lanterra Properties (CLP) has purchased Alexan CityView, a 544-unit apartment community situated on 7.4 acres along the waterfront in Bayonne for $147.5 million from a joint venture between an investment fund and a large property manager. Jones Lang LaSalle arranged the transaction. The new owner will rename the property Harbor Pointe and plans property upgrades, including updates to the clubhouse and an expansion of the gym. The LEED Silver-certified property, which was built in 2010, features a 9,000-square-foot clubhouse, fitness studio, indoor basketball half-court, children’s playroom, a resort-style saltwater pool, and a seven-story parking garage. It was at 91 percent occupancy at the time of sale.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Berkadia has negotiated the sale of Lonestar Lofts, a student housing property located at 2408 Leon St. in Austin. Forrest Bass of Berkadia’s Austin office completed the sale on Sept. 28. The buyer was a private investor from New York, and the seller was a local, private investor partnership. Lonestar Lofts was built in 1971 and offers studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom floor plans. Unit amenities include stained concrete floors, black appliances, washers and dryers and a loft-style layout. Community amenities include a swimming pool with a pergola lounge area, barbeque grill and parking garage. The 50-unit student housing property is 100 percent occupied. Lonestar Lofts is located in the west campus submarket, one mile from the University of Texas and two miles from downtown Austin.sa
PLANO, TEXAS — ARA Newmark has arranged the sale of two Class A apartment communities in Plano: Avalon at Chase Oaks, a 326-unit property, and Thornbury at Chase Oaks, a 376-unit property. ARA Newmark’s Brian O’Boyle, Sr., Brian Murphy, Brian O’Boyle, Jr. and Richard Furr led the marketing efforts for the two multifamily communities on behalf of Berkshire Group, a real estate investment management company headquartered in Boston. Frisco, Texas-based CAF Capital, a private equity real estate firm specializing in the acquisition, redevelopment, repositioning and subsequent sale of institutional quality multifamily real estate, acquired the communities for an undisclosed price. The properties were 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. Constructed in 1992 and 1996, respectively, Avalon at Chase Oaks and Thornbury at Chase Oaks back up to The Courses at Watters Creek golf course and are within a mile of each other. Plano is home to corporate and regional headquarters for JC Penney, Cinemark Holdings, Rent-A-Center, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Frito-Lay, Intel Security and Alliance Data Systems.