OKLAHOMA CITY — Love Funding has secured a $37.5 million loan for the construction and permanent financing of Chisholm Creek Apartments, a new market-rate apartment community in Oklahoma City. Leonard Lucas of Love Funding’s Boston office secured the financing through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Section 221(d)(4) loan insurance program. The program insures financing for the new construction or substantial rehabilitation of multifamily rental or cooperative housing for moderate-income families, the elderly and the handicapped. The 287-unit, four-story building is part of the Chisholm Creek master development in northwest Oklahoma City, and will feature an urban-style wrap layout encompassing a courtyard and pool area with a parking garage at each end. Other amenities will include a clubroom, business center, fitness center, coffee bar and two dog parks. Charlie Nicholas of N.E. Construction, the project’s general contractor, is leading the development.
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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Bridge at South Port LLC has purchased The Oslo Apartments in Austin. Ellen Muskin and Daniel Elam of Muskin Commercial represented the sellers in the transaction. Rex Jones with AMP Management represented the buyer and will be managing the property. The Oslo includes 176 units, consisting of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments. The property was renovated between 2014 and 2015.
EAST LANSING, MICH. — WestPac Campus Communities has sold The Rocks, a 376-bed student housing community located 2.5 miles north of the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing. The project was built in 2015 and is currently over 95 percent pre-leased for the upcoming school year. Triad Real Estate Partners represented the seller in the off-market transaction. An affiliate of TIAA acquired the property.
MASON, OHIO —CA Senior LLC (CAS) has entered into a joint venture with an affiliate of Goldman, Sachs & Co. to develop a 101-unit seniors housing community in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason. The community will contain 68 assisted living units and 33 memory care units. It is scheduled to open in summer 2017. Senior Lifestyle Corp. will manage the community. The facility represents the first project in a 14-property pipeline for the joint venture. Evercore Partners acted as financial advisor to CAS in the formation of the joint venture. Polsinelli acted as legal adviser to CAS. Goldman Sachs will serve as a capital provider in the joint venture.
LOS ANGELES — A local private investment company has purchased a three-property multifamily portfolio based in Southern California for $40.5 million. The portfolio includes a total of 484 units in four buildings. The acquisition includes 344 units in San Bernardino County, a 60-unit building in Orange County, and a two-building, 80-unit apartment complex in Los Angeles County. All of the properties have deferred maintenance. DeLonne Valens and Tim Steuernol of NAI Capital’s Multifamily Services Group was represented the buyer and the seller, Chanslor Street LLC, in this transaction.
MONTROSE, COLO. — Roaring Fork Lodge LLC has selected Denver-based architectural firm OZ Architecture to design Roaring Fork Lodge, a new independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Montrose, located in the southwestern portion of Colorado. The 80,000-square-foot community will be situated on a 10-acre plot. It will include 10 independent living duplex cottages, in addition to the main building that will feature 69 independent living, assisted living and memory care apartments. The site will also feature a retail component, coffee shop, café and small medical clinic. Colorado-based Vivage Senior Living will operate the community, which is expected to open in late 2016.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Berkadia has brokered the $24.6 million sale of a two-property multifamily portfolio in southeast Orlando. Located across Curry Ford Road from one another, the portfolio includes the 210-unit Pendelton Park Villas and the 100-unit Carlyle Court Apartments. At the time of sale, Pendelton Park Villas was 97 percent occupied and Carlyle Court was 94 percent occupied. Both properties have undergone capital improvements totaling more than $1.2 million since 2012. Cole Whitaker and Hal Warren of Berkadia represented the seller, West Springfield, Mass.-based Florida Pendelton LP, in the transaction. The buyer was Miami-based Lloyd Jones Capital LLC.
CAPE CORAL, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $8.5 million sale of Crossings at Cape Coral, a 168-unit affordable housing community located at 1150 Hancock Creek S. Blvd. in Cape Coral. The property was constructed and placed into the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program in 2000. The community comprises eight three-story buildings and a freestanding clubhouse. Evan Kristol of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Lauderdale office represented the seller, an institutional owner based in New York City, and the private, Florida-based buyer in the transaction.
CBRE Secures $17.1M Acquisition Loan for 54-Unit Assisted Living Community in San Francisco
by Nellie Day
SAN FRANCISCO — CBRE Multifamily Capital has arranged a $17.1 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of Eden Villa Assisted Living & Memory Care, a 54-unit assisted living and memory care community in San Francisco. A joint venture between Auctus Capital Partners and Och-Ziff Capital Management is purchasing the property from an undisclosed seller. The buyers will bring in Integral Senior Living to manage the property. Following the acquisition, the buyers plan to invest in adding additional units and cosmetic enhancements to the property. Aron Will, executive vice president of CBRE National Senior Housing, arranged the non-recourse, 10-year, fixed-rate loan with 60 months of interest-only payments.
LOS ANGELES — A joint venture between Skya Ventures and Gelt Ventures has purchased a 60-unit apartment complex in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles for $14.2 million. The community is located at 5800 to 5820 Marmion Way. It was built in 1987. The property was 91 percent occupied at the time of sale. The JV acquired the asset as a value-add opportunity. It plans to target much of the community’s deferred maintenance. The seller was Azusa Pacific University.