FLINT, MICH. — Bernard Financial Group has arranged a $2.8 million loan for Carriage House Apartments, a 120-unit multifamily complex located in Flint. Carriage House Limited Partnership was the borrower in the transaction. Dennis Bernard and Kevin Kovachevich of Bernard Financial originated the loan.
MARATHON, FLA. — Index Living, a brand of Index Investment Group, has begun construction on Tarpon Harbour, a 104-unit, $30 million rental apartment community in Marathon, part of the Florida Keys. The Class A multifamily property is situated on an 8.9-acre lot off US Highway 1. Tarpon Harbour will feature 52 townhouse duplex buildings with two- and three-bedroom options ranging from 1,080 square feet to 1,560 square feet. According to Index Living, all units will have a large porch with panoramic water views and boat slips will be available to community residents. The development will also include a clubhouse and two swimming pools. Index Living has developed four luxury rental communities throughout the state of Florida and has four additional communities on the horizon.
BRANDON, FLA. — ARA Newmark has brokered the $23.7 million sale of Tuscany Villas, a 248-unit garden apartment property in Brandon, within the Tampa Bay metro area. Built in 1997, the community comprises one- to four-bedroom units averaging 932 square feet. Amenities include a swimming pool, dog park, tennis courts, playground, sand volleyball court, 24-hour fitness center, internet lounge/business center and a barbecue/picnic area. The property was 97 percent occupied at the time of sale. Rockville, Md.-based CAPREIT purchased Tuscany Villas from Jackson Square Properties, a real estate investment and management joint venture based in San Francisco. Patrick Dufour, Marc deBaptiste and Scott Ramey of ARA Newmark represented the seller in the transaction.
Atlanta’s healthy multifamily market exhibits strong fundamentals, such as rising rental rates, and continued job creation. Last year alone, the city added more than 100,000 jobs and 2015 seems to be on track to surpass 2014 based on weekly announcements of companies moving to Atlanta. A decent amount of multifamily inventory hit the for-sale market in the first quarter of 2015, and those deals are now in the process of closing. We are seeing a lull in the number of listings across the market early in the second quarter. As owners attempt to capitalize on top-line collection, an increase in listings is expected in the latter portion of the second quarter in conjunction with the spring leasing months coming to an end. As most know, commercial real estate has peaks and valleys, with our last peak in 2007 and the valley landing somewhere in 2010. From 2010 to early 2015, investors were presented with a great opportunity to capitalize quickly from the rising rental rates even without implementing any value-add platforms. This quick rise in rental rates coupled with historically low interest rates has been the catalyst for the surge in trades. That said, as the REO bucket has all …
NEW YORK CITY — CPEX Real Estate has arranged the $6 million sale of 186-190 21st Street in Brooklyn. The CPEX Development & Conversion Sales Team sold the two adjacent lots to Sterling Town Equities for $300 per buildable square foot — a record price for the Greenwood Heights/South Slope neighborhood. The buyer plans to develop a condominium project on this site. The combined footprint at the sites is approximately 10,017 square feet. The property is zoned R6B with a maximum floor area ratio of 2.0, allowing for a total of 20,034 buildable square feet. The site currently consists of one small office building, delivered vacant, which will be demolished.
GARLAND, TEXAS — Dougherty Mortgage has secured a $5.3 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of Meadow Creek Apartments, a 128-unit, market-rate apartment property located in Garland. The 12-year loan includes a 30-year amortization schedule. A partnership between Old Capital Lending and Dougherty’s Minneapolis office arranged the loan for MPG Texas 2 LLC. Property features include a community room, pool, barbecue area and on-site laundry.
MADISON, WIS. — Pillar has arranged a $7.5 million refinance loan with Freddie Mac for Swan Creek Apartments, a 95-unit multifamily property in Madison. Lancelot Lie and Brooke Jackson of Pillar originated the fixed-rate, 10-year term loan with a 30-year amortization schedule. H.A. Langer & Associates was the borrower in the transaction. Pillar is an affiliate of Guggenheim Partners.
TAMPA, FLA. — Roger B. Kennedy Inc. has begun construction on Haley Park Apartments, an $8.7 million seniors independent living community in Tampa. The 80-unit project will be located at 13045 N. 15th St. and will feature a swimming pool, outdoor gathering areas with benches, gazebo and a dog park. Roger B. Kennedy plans to wrap up construction in May 2016. The design team includes architect BDG Architects and developer NVC Haley Park Ltd.
LARGO AND CLEARWATER, FLA. — Franklin Street Real Estate Services has brokered the $2.8 million sale of Liv @ Jefferson and Liv @Jasper. Liv @ Jefferson is a 20-unit garden-style apartment community, built in 1976, that is located at 55 Jasper St. in Largo. The property contains a unit mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging from 900 to 1,550 square feet. Liv @ Jasper is a 33-unit, garden-style apartment community, built in 1971, located at 121 N. Jefferson Ave. in Clearwater. The property offers studio, one-, and two-bedroom floor plans ranging from 415 to 770 square feet. Darron Kattan, Robert Goldfinger, Kevin Kelleher, and Zachary Ames of Franklin Street represented both the seller, DRW Real Estate Management LLC, and the buyer, a private investor from the West Coast. In addition to these properties, the buyer recently bought three other apartment communities of varying sizes in Pinellas County. The buyer plans to operate them all centrally out of one of the larger properties they acquired, according to Franklin Street. Liv @ Jefferson and Liv @Jasper were financed with a newer product being offered by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
NEW YORK CITY — Jonathan Rose Cos. has begun construction of BCD:A (Brooklyn Cultural District Apartments), a 121,551-square-foot mixed-use, mixed-income property located at the corner of Lafayette Avenue and Ashland Place in the Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District. The $51.1 million, 11-story development includes 123 apartments of which 40 percent will be affordable to families earning between 80 percent and 130 percent of Area Median Income; 2,800 square feet of retail space for a flagship ’wichcraft restaurant; and 21,400 square feet for cultural use. The Center for Fiction will occupy 17,696 square feet and the Mark Morris Dance Group will occupy 3,757 square feet. Construction financing for the project has been provided by a $28 million construction loan from Citizens Bank. The development team for the project includes Dattner Architects, Bernheimer Architecture, and SCAPE Landscape Architects. The project is expected to meet or exceed LEED Silver standards. Residential building amenities include a resident lounge, a fitness center and a double-height conservatory. The property will also include a “Product Lending Library” (or “virtual closet”) that will include a collection of items that residents may need once in a while, but not every day. Examples of such items include a video projector, large …