Multifamily

MINNEAPOLIS — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has closed a $3.5 million HUD 221(d)(4) loan for the rehabilitation of The Cameron, a 44-unit affordable housing property located in the North Loop of Minneapolis. Dougherty’s Minneapolis office arranged the 40-year permanent financing loan for Cameron Building Ltd. Partnership. The owner is renovating the 40,000-square-foot building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Cameron will offer much-needed workforce housing in a neighborhood where the demand is strong, according to Dougherty. Located just minutes from downtown Minneapolis and Target Field, the site provides convenient access to transportation and neighborhood amenities. When completed, the project will consist of 44 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments. Rents will range from $596 to $1,100 per month, and units will be set aside for tenants earning 50 percent and 60 percent of area median income. Building amenities will include a fitness room, a Wi-Fi lounge, bicycle storage, and storage lockers. Additional sources of funding include low-income housing tax credits, federal and state historic tax credits, the Hennepin County Affordable Housing Incentive Fund, Minneapolis Community Planning & Economic Development, Minneapolis Affordable Housing Trust Fund, Metropolitan Council Local Housing Incentives Account, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Challenge, Metropolitan Council Tax …

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TROY, MICH. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has completed the sale of Somerset Park Apartments, a 2,226-unit, garden-style apartment community, for an undisclosed price. The apartment complex is located at 1911 Golfview Drive in Troy and is adjacent to Somerset Collection, a 1.4 million million-square-foot mall with more than 180 specialty stores. Major employers in the area include Bank of America, Delphi Corp., and ThyssenKrupp. All the apartments feature spacious kitchens with frost-free refrigerators and dishwashers, ceramic-tiled baths, large closets, window treatments, private patios/balconies, air-conditioning and individual alarm systems. Steve Witten and Victor Nolletti of IPA Northeast and Florida, along with Paul Davis and Andrew Daitch of Marcus & Millichap’s Detroit office, represented the seller and procured the buyer.

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SEGUIN, TEXAS — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has secured a $4 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Early Bird Townhomes, a 104-unit multifamily affordable housing property located in Seguin. The 10-year loan includes a 30-year amortization schedule. Dougherty’s Austin office arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, Seguin Housing Partners Limited. Early Bird Townhomes offers two-, three- and four-bedroom units with full-size washer and dryer connections and energy-efficient design throughout the units. The property includes a clubroom and playground.

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WINOOSKI, VT. — Nedde Real Estate, Redstone and Youkel Architecture + Development have completed the development of Riverrun Luxury Apartments in Winooski, with a ribbon cutting ceremony scheduled for Thursday, August 13. Located at 110 Winooski Falls Way, the property consists of 56 units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts. The apartments feature nine-foot ceilings; river, city and nature preserve views; energy-efficient, triple-glazed windows; designer kitchens; washer/dryers; and air conditioning. On-site amenities include a fitness center, lobby with seating lounge, covered parking and heat/hot water included in the rent.

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PALM BAY AND MELBOURNE, FLA. — Berkadia has brokered the $47 million sale of a three-property multifamily portfolio in Palm Bay and Melbourne. Agawam, Mass.-based Deancurt Melbourne LLC purchased the portfolio from Denver-based HC II LP for roughly $85,454 per unit. Cole Whitaker, Hal Warren and Jason Stanton of Berkadia brokered the transaction. The three communities include the 112-unit Malabar Lakes in Palm Bay, the 300-unit Grand Oaks at the Lake in Melbourne and the 138-unit Park Village in Melbourne.

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Havana Square Tampa

TAMPA, FLA. — Atlanta-based Pollack Shores Real Estate Group has begun construction on Havana Square, a new 274-unit luxury apartment community in south Tampa. Located in North Hyde Park on Rome Avenue, the property will feature a resort-style pool with fountains and cabanas, a fitness center, yoga room, courtyard with an open lawn, bocce ball court, sitting areas, fire pits and a parking garage. The one-, two- and three-bedroom units in Havana Square will include high-end finishes such as quartz and granite countertops, plank flooring, pendant lighting, stainless steel appliances and under mount sinks. Pollack Shores expects to have the first units available for rent in summer 2016 with final completion expected in early 2017. Matrix Residential, the multifamily residential management division of Pollack Shores, will manage the property upon completion.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — In an all-cash transaction, Stag Apartments LLC has sold the 85-unit Lancaster Apartments to a local investor. The Dallas-based seller put Lancaster Apartments on the market after completing a repositioning plan within 18 months of buying the property in a foreclosure sale. Sam W. Pettigrew III, partner in Dallas-based Cantrell Co. & Partners, represented the seller. In the past year, $150,000 has been invested into improvements at the 10-building complex, which was developed in 1968 and renovated in 1999. Lancaster Apartments is a mix of efficiencies and one- and two-bedroom floor plans, averaging 830 square feet. The complex includes 137 parking spaces and two laundry facilities.

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NEW YORK CITY — Greystone Bassuk has closed a $254 million construction-to-perm financing facility with Bank of China’s New York Branch on behalf of an affiliate of BLDG Management Co. The facility was structured as a letter of credit providing credit enhancement to support tax-exempt and taxable variable-rate bonds issued under the New York State Housing Financing (HFA) 80/20 Housing Program. The financing consists of $26 million of 2015 Series A tax-exempt bonds; $23.3 million of 2016 Series A tax-exempt bonds; $125 million of 2016 Series B taxable bonds; and $76.9 million of 2017 Series A taxable bonds providing fund for the construction of 222 E. 44th Street in New York. The project will consist of a 43-story multifamily apartment tower with 441,000 gross square feet and 429 residential units, of which 87 units will be affordable housing. On-site amenities will include concierge and valet services, a penthouse roof deck and lounge, sundeck and barbeque area, indoor swimming pool, resident lounge, golf simulator, children’s playroom, fitness center with indoor basketball court, and bike and tenant storage. Drew Fletcher, Matthew Klauer and Evelyn Savino of Greystone Bassuk secured the financing for the borrower.

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LOS ANGELES — A private investor has purchased The Deveraux apartment building in the Los Angeles submarket of Koreatown for $4.7 million. The community is located at 2921 S. Francis Ave. The majority of the units were recently renovated. The Deveraux is now 90 percent leased. The buyer represented itself in this transaction, while Dana Brody of Commercial Asset Group represented the seller, ASBREA LLC.

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