Multifamily

Lima-Hotels

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lima Hotels, a new company established by developer Habte Sequar, plans to develop a 14-story hotel and apartment building in downtown Washington, D.C. The high-rise property will be located at 317 K St. N.W. at the corner of 4th and K streets in the Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood in Washington’s East End district. A small commercial building and auto body shop on the site will be demolished. The project will feature 200 hotel rooms on the first 11 floors and 30 apartment units on floors 12 through 14. Lima Hotels has selected PGN Architects and Gordon & Greenberg to co-design the project.

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WESTMONT, ILL. — CBRE’s debt and structured finance team has secured $24 million in construction financing for Pathway Senior Living and Virtus Real Estate Capital. The joint venture partnership will use the financing to construct Aspired Living of Westmont, a Class A assisted living and memory care facility in Westmont, a western Chicago suburb. The property will consist of 75 assisted living units and 34 memory care units. The 123,000-square-foot, three-story building will be situated on 3.5 acres. The loan was originated at 70 percent loan-to-cost and includes a four-year floating rate and 36 months of interest-only payments. Aron Will of CBRE arranged the financing provided by a regional bank. Chicago-based Pathway Senior Living is a privately held company. Austin, Texas-based Virtus Real Estate Capital is a real estate private equity sponsor.

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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILL. — The historic Vail Davis Building, located at 15 N. Vail Ave. in Arlington Heights, a northwest Chicago suburb, has undergone a complete makeover to create 16 luxury residences for upscale renters. CF Real Estate and 33, a real estate firm, acquired the historic mixed-use building in June 2014 for $2.5 million in an off-market transaction. Renovations at the Vail Davis Building included a total rehabbing of all rental units, new HVAC systems, electrical systems upgrades, new windows and a restored underground sewer system. The $1.4 million project was completed in early November and the 16 units are 100 percent leased. Restaurants La Tasca and Bangkok Café currently lease the ground-level retail space and have continued to operate during the renovations. Completed in 1929, the building originally included 16 apartments on the second and third floors and eight retail establishments on the first floor: Redker Real Estate, a druggist, barber, fish market, tailor, restaurant, Western Union and the Hoggay pool hall. In later years, one of the more well-known tenants in the building was the Hertzog cigar factory, makers of the hand-rolled Gander Cigar. The Vail Davis Building, which features an English-style architecture, includes a distinctive castle …

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Orlando’s multifamily market is in the midst of a golden era of sorts, as it sits squarely at the intersection of strong employment growth, an increasing population, a major demographic shift and a variation in lifestyle preferences. Together, these factors provide a tremendous tailwind for future strength in the local apartment market. While the national multifamily market continues to perform at a high level, Orlando is starting to show up on the radar of more institutional investors due to its recent outperformance and tremendous growth prospects. According to recent data from MPF Research, Orlando is on pace to see 5.6 percent rent growth in 2015, followed by 4.7 percent growth in 2016. The strong momentum in the MSA is being driven by a rapidly expanding and increasingly diversified job market. Going forward, the picture looks even brighter. MPF Research ranks Orlando as the No. 1 metro in the nation for job growth through 2020, with a growth rate (2.7 percent), more than twice the national average (1.1 percent). Unlike previous cycles, today’s growth is spread more evenly across employment industries, resulting in a more diverse, dynamic labor market. The highest growth sectors are forecast to be construction, healthcare/bio-tech, business services, …

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TEMPE, ARIZ. — The third annual InterFace On-Campus Housing conference began yesterday in Tempe at the Tempe Mission Palms hotel, near Arizona State University (ASU). Wednesday, more than 60 attendees toured four on-campus properties at ASU that American Campus Communities (ACC) developed or re-developed in a public-private partnership with the university. Vista Del Sol, which opened in 2008, features more than 1,800 beds and was developed by ACC, while Hassayampa Academic Village, which opened in 2006 and was developed by Machado and Silvetti + GouldEvans LLC, features more than 1,900 beds. Representatives from ACC and ASU, as well as construction firm Hardison Downey Construction, were on-hand to talk about the projects and answer questions. Thursday began with a breakfast and speed networking session, as well as the keynote speech by generational expert Michael Wood of 747 Group. Wood spoke about the upcoming Gen Z, what its members’ interests are, what they expect of authority and what they may prefer in housing after entering higher education. Sessions and panels continue today at the Tempe Mission Palms.

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SEGUIN, TEXAS — Mason Joseph Co., a San Antonio-based FHA multifamily lender, has secured the closing of an $11.2 million loan for the construction and permanent financing of Walnut Grove Apartments, a proposed 116-unit market-rate apartment community in Seguin. The financing was secured through HUD’s 221(d)(4) loan insurance program. Using the program enabled the borrower to secure a fixed interest rate for the initial 14-month construction period and a subsequent 40-year term. Walnut Grove is being built on a vacant site near the Guadalupe Regional Medical Center and Seguin High School. The property will also be located near manufacturing plants including Caterpillar, Continental Motor Systems, Texas Power Systems, Tyson Foods and CMC Steel Texas. The apartment will offer 116 units across six three-story apartment buildings. MacDonald Cos. of Kerrville is developing the project. GG MacDonald Inc. will serve as the general contractor.

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Landmark at Siena Springs Orlando

ORLANDO, FLA. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $16.1 million acquisition loan for Landmark at Siena Springs, a 252-unit apartment community located at 6101 Westgate Drive in Orlando. The lakefront apartment complex features seven pools, a dog park, Wi-Fi café, outdoor grill and picnic area, business center, recreation center, clubhouse and storage space. Ory Schwartz of NorthMarq’s Los Angeles office arranged the 10-year loan with two years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. NorthMarq arranged the financing through an unnamed conduit CMBS lender.

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The Estates at Crossroads Duluth

DULUTH, GA. — Passco Cos. LLC has purchased The Estates at Crossroads, a 344-unit apartment property located at 2620 N. Berkeley Lake Road in Duluth, a northeast suburb of Atlanta in Gwinnett County. Built in 2002, the property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units with 9-foot ceilings with crown molding, walk-in closets, ceramic tile flooring, full sized washer and dryer units, custom cabinetry, breakfast bars, garden tubs and a private patio or balcony. The property’s amenities include a resort-style pool with sundeck, clubhouse and cafe, fitness center, business center with Wi-Fi, detached garages and tennis facilities. The apartment complex was more than 97 percent occupied at the time of sale. Chris Black of KeyBank Real Estate Capital arranged an acquisition loan through Fannie Mae on behalf of Passco Cos. The sales price was undisclosed.

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CHICAGO — Interra Realty has arranged the sale of four multifamily properties in Chicago for $1.9 million. Brad Feldman of Interra Realty represented both parties in each of the four separate transactions. Logan Square, a four-unit apartment building, sold for $775,000 and is located at 2613 W. Armitage Ave. All units were two-bedroom/one-bath. A 12-unit property located at 4950-4956 S. Michigan Ave. sold for $837,500. The building, which had all Section-8 renters, is located in the Bronzeville neighborhood. The property features six three-bedroom units and six two-bedroom units. An eight-unit property in the greater Grand Crossing neighborhood located at 7556 S. Eberhart Ave. sold for $247,500. It is made up of five two-bedroom and three one-bedroom units. In the South Shore neighborhood, a bank-owned 12-unit mixed-use property at 1735 E. 71st St. sold for $105,000. It consists of four retail spaces, one two-bedroom unit and seven studio apartments. The buyer and seller in the transaction were not disclosed.

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NEW YORK CITY — New York REIT (NYSE: NYRT) has completed the previously announced sale of 163 Washington Avenue in Brooklyn. Located in the Clinton Hill neighborhood, the Class A apartment property includes 49 residential units, a 1,176-square-foot retail unit, and 38 parking spaces. Originally developed as condominiums in 2009, the property’s units average 825 square feet each. Units feature stainless steel appliances, balconies, loft-style ceilings and cityscape views. Rob Rizzi, Jeff Julien and Rob Hinckley of HFF represented the seller.

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