TEMPE, ARIZ. — TruAmerica Multifamily and institutional capital partner Investcorp have acquired the 379-unit Little Cottonwoods apartment complex in Tempe for $56.7 million. The community is located at 1820 E. Bell De Mar Drive. Little Cottonwoods was built in phases between 1985 and 1991. This transaction represents TruAmerica’s third and largest multifamily investment in the Phoenix area to date. It is the fourth venture the firm has completed with Investcorp in the past 15 months.
LOS ANGELES — California Landmark Group (CLG) has acquired the 120-unit Lafayette Park Apartments in the downtown Los Angeles submarket of Koreatown for $23.7 million. The community is located at 349 S. Lafayette Park Place. Lafayette Park was built in 1971. CLG will implement a $4 million capital improvement program over the next several years. The plan will include extensive renovations to the building’s exterior, pool area and clubhouse. Interior unit improvements will include new appliance packages, stone countertops, cabinetry, flooring, lighting and fixtures. The acquisition was financed with a $17.5 million first mortgage loan from Mesa West Capital. Stewart Weston of Marcus & Millichap represented CLG in this transaction. The seller was a private investor.
EUGENE, ORE. — Student Housing-Eugene LLC, an affiliate of Columbia Investments LLC, has awarded Greystar Student Living management of Arena District Apartments, a 244-bed student housing community located two blocks away from the University of Oregon campus in Eugene. The LEED Gold certified property was formerly known as University House Arena District. The community offers two- and four-bedroom units with contemporary furniture packages, flat-screen televisions, Apple TV, EnergyStar front-loading washers and dryers, and free cable and high-speed Internet access. Environmentally friendly features of the property include energy efficient lighting, low-VOC paint, solar-generated hot water and operable windows for natural ventilation. Community amenities include a clubhouse and an Internet café with Mac computers, seating areas, a multimedia lounge with gaming stations and billiards tables, a large outdoor courtyard with drought tolerant landscaping and grilling stations, bicycle storage, covered parking, recycling centers and reserved parking spaces for fuel-efficient vehicles. Greystar will add a new fitness center, spa and study lounges this year.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Caddis, a national healthcare real estate firm headquartered in Dallas, has opened a 96-unit assisted living and memory care community known as Heartis Eagle Mountain at 3141 Dalhart Drive in Fort Worth. The 61,125-square-foot community includes 54 assisted living units (61 beds) and a dedicated 35-bed memory care unit. The residence features a secure courtyard and walking paths. Located on a 4.3-acre site, the community is about one mile from Eagle Mountain Lake with access to U.S. Highway 287 and I-35W. Heartis Eagle Mountain is owned by a Caddis affiliate and managed by Eugene, Ore.-based Good Neighbor Care. Good Neighbor Care has more than two decades of seniors housing management experience in Texas and several other states. Heartis Eagle Mountain offers amenities including game and activity rooms, a beauty/barber shop, dining room, common areas, daily social and recreational activities, licensed nursing services, landscaped grounds and a 24-hour emergency call system. Austin-based Katus LLC was the architect for the project.
DALLAS — Graham Johnston of Henry S. Miller’s investments/land division has arranged the sale of two apartment properties in Dallas known as Shadow Apartments and Bennett Place. Rick Scheurer of CMS Strategic Partners sold the properties to an undisclosed buyer. The Shadow Apartments spans 8,000 square feet at 4322 Bowser Ave. in Uptown Dallas, and Bennett Place includes 10,500 square feet at 1417 Bennett Ave. in east Dallas.
GARLAND, TEXAS — Greysteel has arranged the sale of Casa Del Mar, a 59-unit multifamily property in Garland, to Casa Del Mar I LLC on behalf of a private local investor. Greysteel’s Boyan Radic and Doug Banerjee negotiated the transaction. Greysteel also arranged acquisition financing for the buyer. The seven-year, non-recourse loan was provided by an agency lender under the Freddie Mac small balance loan program. It features a fixed interest rate and one year of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. Greysteel’s Anton Mattli and John Marshall Doss negotiated the terms of the financing. Casa Del Mar is located at 3810 W. Walnut St.
COLUMBIA, MO. — A partnership between CA Student Living and Fields Holdings has broken ground on Rise on 9th near the University of Missouri campus in Columbia. The 10-story, 430-bed project is the sixth development by the partnership. Brinkmann Constructors is building Rise on 9th, which was designed by ACI Boland. The project is scheduled to be completed in time for the fall 2017 academic semester.
MIAMI — CIM Group and Falcone Group will co-develop Seventh Street Apartments, a 450-unit apartment high-rise located along northeast 7th Street in downtown Miami. The tower will be part of the $2 billion Miami Worldcenter and feature 20,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and restaurant space. The tower will connect Miami Worldcenter’s high-street retail promenade to the east with All Aboard Florida’s Central Station and MDM Group’s Marriott Marquis hotel and expo center to the west. The city of Miami has also approved an adjacent 413-unit apartment tower, bringing the total number of entitled units on the site to 863 apartment residences. Designed by Cohen & Friedman, Seventh Street Apartments will feature a pool deck, fitness center, covered parking garage and concierge services. Construction is set to begin in June and be completed in approximately two years.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided $31.2 million in Freddie Mac financing for Apex on Preston Apartments, a 312-unit apartment community in Louisville. The Class A asset was delivered in 2015. Charlie Williams of KeyBank’s commercial mortgage group arranged the acquisition financing, which features an 8-year loan term.
BOISE — CareTrust REIT (NASDAQ: CTRE), an investor based in San Clemente about midway between Los Angeles and San Diego, has acquired Shaw Mountain at Cascadia, a 98-bed skilled nursing facility in Boise, for $8.9 million. This deal was a sale-leaseback transaction with the seller and operator, Cascadia Healthcare LLC. The acquisition was funded by an 8.5 million-share equity offering that occurred in March.
