NEW YORK CITY — Alpha Realty has brokered the sales of two multifamily properties located in Brooklyn. In the first transaction, Glenn Raff and Jacob Aronov of Alpha Realty negotiated the sale of a property located at 105 Boerum Place in Boerum Hill. The 4,376-square-foot building sold for $2 million, or $457 per square foot. In the second deal, Lev Mavashev and Scott Schwartz of Alpha Realty represented the buyer and seller in the sale of a property located at 145 Somers St. in Ocean Hill. The 7,211-square-foot building sold for $1.1 million, or $208 per square foot.
Cleveland will host the Republican National Convention in July 2016. In response, hospitality firms have steadily expanded payrolls with the addition of 9,200 workers, the biggest relative gain among all employment sectors. The overall labor force will expand 1.6 percent this year, or by 16,500 new workers. Thousands of these newly employed workers are seeking rental housing, particularly in the urban core where housing prices are much higher than the metro average. In addition, the urban core’s transformation to a 24-hour city has created its own momentum. Demand Exceeds Supply High net absorption outpaced construction during the past four quarters, putting downward pressure on vacancy. Last year, average vacancy dropped 160 basis points as tenants absorbed more than 3,400 units. In the last 12-month period ending in June, nearly every Cleveland submarket posted a drop in vacancy. Net absorption is expected to end the year more than 40 percent higher, with vacancy projected to slide 50 basis points to 3.4 percent, one of the lowest levels in the country. Builders have responded by expanding the project pipeline. More than 1,700 rental units have already come on line during the past year. However, compared with almost any other major metro in the country, this is just a drop in the bucket. …
VENICE, FLA. — Capital One has provided a $52 million loan for the recapitalization of a joint venture that owns Jacaranda Trace, a 433-unit seniors housing property in Venice. The property comprises 215 independent living units, 20 assisted living units, 36 memory care units, a clubhouse and 33 acres of land. Private parties hold the remaining units. Community amenities include dining, concierge services and scheduled transportation. The joint venture is between ROC Seniors Housing Fund Manager LLC (the majority investor) and Freedom Senior Management. The joint venture intends to expand the property by adding independent living and assisted living units on the property’s vacant land. Capital One also provided a revolving line of credit to fund future growth initiatives associated with the property.
GAINESVILLE, FLA. — Brasfield & Gorrie has completed the construction of Infinity Hall, a new residence hall located at the University of Florida’s Innovation Square in Gainesville. The new live-learn community has opened to students for the fall semester. With a capacity to accommodate more than 300 residents, the facility’s four floors of residence suites include eight single rooms, 16 single-suite rooms, 48 double-suite rooms and 20 four-person-suite rooms. The facility also includes team meeting rooms, an entertainment room, flexible spaces to support the university’s entrepreneurship programs, a resident apartment and a maintenance shop. Infinity Hall was privately developed by Signet Development in partnership with the university’s Department of Housing and Residence Education. Specifically designed for students interested in entrepreneurship, the community aims to expose students to the startup community, local entrepreneurs and CEOs. Serving as construction manager-at-risk, Brasfield & Gorrie partnered with developer and owner Signet Development and architect Perkins+Will on the $15.9 million construction project. The team broke ground in 2014 and completed the project on schedule.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Jackson Square Properties has purchased the 288-unit Terrene at the Grove apartment complex in the Portland submarket of Wilsonville for $59.5 million. The community is located at 8890 SW Ash Meadows Circle. Terrene at the Grove was built in 2013. Jackson Square also recently acquired the Addison, a 147-unit apartment community in Vancouver. HFF’s Ira Virden and Kerry Hughes represented the seller, Holland Partner Group and its finance partner.
EUGENE, ORE. — Cascade Manor, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Eugene, is currently in progress on a $10 million expansion that will create 30 new luxury independent living apartments and community amenities. The expansion, named 29th Place at Cascade Manor, will add 82,200 square feet to the community. Each new independent living apartment ranges from 1,330 to 2,700 square feet. In addition to new, larger housing options, the community is adding a new dining venue and a courtyard with exterior seating to give residents more choices for dining. Cascade Manor is also renovating existing common spaces including the dining room, main lobby, library and exterior finishes on the entire campus. Cascade Manor expects residents to begin moving into the expansion by the end of the year. Moisan Architects designed the expansion.
BELLINGHAM, WASH. — Memory care developer Silverado will lay the foundation for Silverado Bellingham, a 80-bed memory care community in Bellingham, on the West Coast near the Canadian border, on Sept. 11. The 41,000-square-foot, single-story community is situated on four acres of land and is slated to open in late 2016. Silverado expects development costs to total over $10 million. Architect James Brown with Wattenbarger Architects, local civil engineer Craig Parkinson with Cascade Engineering, and Dawson Construction Inc. all will participate in the construction.
NEW YORK CITY — Carlton Group has closed a $125 million equity investment from three major Asian investors. The deal will facilitate an $800 million ground-up condominium project in Tribeca located near Goldman Sachs corporate headquarters. This transaction marks the first investment for an Asian insurance company, which is lead investor in the consortium. The investment enabled the closing of a major construction loan provided by one of the top commercial lenders in the United States. Additional terms of the transactions and involved parties were not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital has provided $107.2 million in first mortgage financing for the first phase of Fortis Property Group’s acquisition of the Long Island College Hospital (LICH) real estate portfolio in Brooklyn. Collateral for the loan is a mix of former LICH properties comprising 357,000 square feet of retail, medical office and residential space, as well development sites. The properties are located at 91-95 Pacific St., 350-352 Hicks St., 349 Henry St., 112 Pacific St., 82 Amity St., 84 Amity St., 124-134 Atlantic Ave., 113 Congress St., 336 Flatbush Ave. and 184 Sterling Place. Madison Realty provided Fortis with a flexible financing solution to facilitate the acquisition, which is the culmination of a complex, multi-party deal related to the LICH portfolio. David Harte of Ackman-Ziff represented Fortis in the transaction.
COVINGTON, WASH. — Seniors housing operator Seniority Inc. and investor Zenith Capital have revealed joint plans for a new 98-unit assisted living and memory care community on three acres in Covington, approximately 25 miles southeast of Seattle. Covington Assisted Living and Memory Care Community include 64 units for assisted living and 34 for memory care. Development cost is estimated at $23.5 million. Construction will start in the second quarter of 2016, with the facility slated to open in summer 2017. This will be the first assisted living and memory care facility in Covington, according to the developers. When completed, Seniority — a subsidiary of American Baptist Homes of the West — will operate the facility. Seattle-based Zenith Capital will oversee the project’s development and financing. The U.S. government’s EB-5 immigrant investor visa program will provide a portion of the project’s overall financing, along with additional equity partners investing into the project.