Multifamily

Eaves-Nanuet

NANUET, N.Y. — AvalonBay Communities Inc. (NYSE: AVB) has sold eaves Nanuet, a 504-unit multifamily community in the New York City suburb of Nanuet, for $147 million. A joint venture between Harbor Group International LLC and Azure Partners LLC purchased the asset free and clear of existing debt. The community is situated on 54 acres at 100 Avalon Gardens Drive. HFF represented AvalonBay in the transaction. The property is located near Interstate 287’s intersection with the Garden State Parkway and Palisades Interstate Parkway. Nanuet’s Metro North train station and park and ride lot are also located nearby. The 97 percent-leased community includes 64 buildings with a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments averaging 1,208 square feet. Apartments feature loft spaces, gas fireplaces, closet and attic storage, in-unit washers and dryers, direct-access personal garages, and patios/balconies. Community amenities include an outdoor swimming pool with sun deck, two tennis courts, grilling areas, two playgrounds, clubhouse, fitness center, yoga room, indoor basketball and racquetball courts, and a resident lounge with a fireplace and business center. Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Michael Oliver, Stephen Simonelli and Robert Borny led the HFF investment sales team representing the seller. “Demand for well-located, value-add multifamily housing continues to …

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CLEVELAND — BGL Real Estate Advisors has arranged the development financing for Weston Inc. The loans will be used toward the historical conversion of the Standard Building in downtown Cleveland. The $81 million financing consists of senior construction debt, subordinated bridge debt, municipal city and state agency debt, federal and state historic tax credit equity and Weston Inc. GP equity. The Huntington National Bank, Fifth Third Bank, First Commonwealth Bank, Peoples Bank and Cleveland Development Advisors, as well as Ohio Water Development Authority and Ohio Development Services Agency, contributed capital to the transaction. Additionally, Piper Jaffray, Port of Cleveland, RSM US LLP and Stonehenge Capital were involved with the capital lease and historic tax credit equity structuring and syndication. Originally built in the 1920s for Standard Bank, the building will be converted from office space into market-rate apartments and first-floor retail space.

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FREEHOLD, N.J. — Freehold-based UMH Properties has acquired two housing communities in Ohio for $2.9 million. The properties include 165 housing sites on approximately 71 acres. At the time of closing, the properties were approximately 64 percent occupied. The communities are part of a five-community portfolio, all located in Ohio, with a total purchase price of $17 million. The full portfolio contains a total of 821 sites on approximately 342 acres. UMH expects to close on the remaining communities before year-end.

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5532-S-Kimbark-Chicago-IL

CHICAGO — Millennium Properties R/E has arranged the sale of a six-flat apartment building located at 5532 S. Kimbark Ave. in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. Antheus Capital acquired the property for $1.3 million. The 7,050-square-foot building features six two-bedroom, two-bath units, each with large living spaces and eat-in kitchens. At the time of sale, the building was fully leased. The name seller was not released. Brad Thompson of Millennium Properties arranged the transaction.

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HAMBURG AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. — Sinatra & Co. Real Estate (SCRE) has acquired 410 apartments in Hamburg and Tonawanda for $24.3 million. The deal includes a $21 million three-property multifamily portfolio in Hamburg consisting of the 184-unit Lincoln Square Apartments at 4055 Knoll Drive, the 126-unit Washington Square Apartments at 5546 Scranton Road and 40-unit Colonial Court Apartments at 5045 Berg Road. The remaining 60 units, located in Tonawanda, were purchased for $3.3 million. The sellers were NOCO Energy Corp. and Liberatore Management Group. The transaction was funded through the refinance of a local SCRE portfolio that has undergone value-add renovations. Largo Financial Group helped secure the debt financing.

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VANCOUVER, WASH. — Prestige Care, a Vancouver-based operator of seniors housing communities in the West, has acquired six seniors housing communities in Washington and Idaho from industry pioneer Carl Campbell. The price was not disclosed. Prestige expects the sales to close this fall. The communities will be rebranded as: Prestige Senior Living at Colonial Vista, independent and assisted living, Wenatchee, Wash. Colonial Vista Post-Acute & Rehabilitation Center, skilled nursing, Wenatchee, Wash. Prestige Senior Living at East Wenatchee, independent and assisted living, East Wenatchee, Wash. Prestige Senior Living at Hearthstone, independent and assisted living, Ellensburg, Wash. Prestige Senior Living at Karcher Estates, independent and assisted living, Nampa, Idaho Karcher Post-Acute & Rehabilitation Center, skilled nursing, Nampa, Idaho

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TUCSON, ARIZ. — Core Spaces has opened Tucson II, a 104-unit student housing community located a few blocks away from the University of Arizona campus in Tucson. Tucson II offers studio, two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom, fully furnished apartments with custom designed furniture, floor-to-ceiling windows and 42-inch flat-screen televisions. Community amenities include a fitness center; spa featuring sauna and tanning beds; rooftop sundeck with pool, oversized hot tub, lounging and gaming areas and private, poolside cabanas; outdoor terrace with fire pits and custom barbecue grill; executive business center with computers and printers; and free, building-wide wi-fi.

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SEATTLE — Ziegler, a specialty investment bank, has priced $130.3 million in fixed-rate bonds for Presbyterian Retirement Communities Northwest (PRCN), a nonprofit operator of three continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) in Seattle. The bonds, which are expected to close in October, will refinance $98.9 million in existing bonds. The remaining funds will be used for renovations at Park Shore and Fred Lind Manor, two of the company’s CCRCs.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Singh Development has opened Waltonwood Cotswold, a 120,000-square-foot assisted living and memory care community in the Cotswold submarket of Charlotte. The community is Singh’s second Waltonwood-branded community in Charlotte. Development costs were estimated at $40 million. Waltonwood Cotswold is built on more than eight acres and features 91 assisted living apartments and 26 memory care apartments. Leah Nash is executive director of the new community. Singh currently owns and operates nine other Waltonwood communities in Michigan and North Carolina and has several other communities in development and under construction in North Carolina, northern Virginia and the greater Washington, D.C., area.

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VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Greystone has provided a $33.3 million construction loan for The Choices at Holland Windsor, a 252-unit apartment community in Virginia Beach. The property will comprise seven buildings located at the intersection of Holland Road and Windsor Oaks. Donny Rosenberg of Greystone arranged the HUD 221(d)(4) loan, the company’s first new construction transaction to utilize HUD’s 2016 MAP Guide standards for a lower mortgage insurance premium (MIP) threshold based on green and energy efficiency multifamily housing requirements. The design also satisfies EarthCraft Multifamily Certification, a green standard recognized by HUD. The Choices will feature Energy Star appliances, interior and exterior LED lighting and construction materials made from recycled products.

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