AUSTIN, TEXAS — HFF has negotiated the sale of SoCo I and II, a 59-unit boutique apartment complex located in Austin. HFF marketed the asset on behalf of Artesia. EG Funds Management purchased the property for an undisclosed amount. SoCo I & II is located at 3504 and 3508 Alpine Circle between South Congress and South 1st streets in the South Austin submarket. Renovated in 2014, the community consists of a pair of two-story buildings situated on 1.4 acres. It was 98 percent occupied at closing. Matt Pohl, Sean Sorrell and Ryan McBride led the HFF investment sales team representing the seller.
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MIAMI — ZOM has broken ground on Solitair, a 438-unit, 50-story multifamily high-rise in Miami. The apartment tower is located at 86 S.W. 8th St. in Miami’s Brickell district, a block between Brickell City Centre and Mary Brickell Village. JP Morgan Chase and HSBC Bank USA provided construction financing for the project on behalf of ZOM and its joint venture partner, an affiliate of AIG Global Real Estate. The design team includes architect ADD Inc. and general contractor Balfour Beatty Construction. ZRS Management LLC will provide property management services for the tower upon completion, which is set for late 2017, according to ZOM.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Alliance Residential has begun construction on Broadstone Harbor Beach, a 349-unit apartment community located on a four-acre lot off of 17th Street in Fort Lauderdale. Upon completion in the first quarter of 2017, the apartment community will feature three courtyards, a resort-style swimming pool with cabanas, a pool pavilion with billiards, putting green, bocce ball, clubroom, demonstration kitchen, fitness center and a movie theater. The multifamily property will also offer immediate access to Fort Lauderdale’s entertainment district, the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean. In early March, Berger Commercial Realty brokered the $22.1 million land sale for the site of Broadstone Harbor Beach.
HERNDON, VA. — ARA Newmark has brokered the sale of Monroe Place, a 202-unit mid-rise apartment community located in Herndon. Constructed in 2008, the property was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. Monroe Place is situated within the main square of the Woodland Park Crossing lifestyle center, which features 124,000 square feet of retail and office space. Drew White and Ryan Ogden of ARA Newmark represented the seller, an institutional investor advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management, in the transaction. The buyer, Washington, D.C.-based Dweck Properties, purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
SALEM, N.H. — LCB Senior Living has broken ground for The Residence at Salem Woods, a seniors housing community in Salem. Located at 6 Sally Sweets Way, the 77,000-square-foot community will feature 84 units, including a mix of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom units, a memory care wing, a library, computer room, walking paths, a salon and recreation areas. Eckman Construction is serving as general contractor and Chelsea, Mass.-based The Architectural Team is architect of record. Completion is slated for early 2016.
ST. CHARLES, ILL. — CBRE has brokered the sales of two multifamily properties in St. Charles totaling $38.2 million. In the first transaction, Shodeen Group sold Wessel Court to Axiom Properties Inc. for $20.8 million. Located at 1820 Wessel Court, the property includes 228 apartment units. In the second transaction, Kinzie Realty Corp. sold Fox Run to Windy City RE LLC for $17.4 million. Located at 145 Walnut Drive, the property features 220 apartment units. John Jaeger, Dan Cohen and MJ Zaring represented the sellers in both transactions.
PHOENIX – Olympus Property has purchased Cactus Forty-2, a 200-unit apartment community in Phoenix, for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at 4242 E. Cactus Road. Common-area amenities include a resort-style pool and spa, outdoor kitchen, a social gathering space with an outdoor fireplace, a newly designed clubhouse featuring a “living wall” and a fitness center complete with on-demand fitness classes. Cactus Forty-2 is the sixth property to be added to Olympus Property’s fourth fund, WW Olympus Property IV LLC. The investment structure will provide investors an opportunity to diversify among six to seven Class A, multifamily assets in strong markets throughout the United States.
SAN DIEGO – The 21-unit Casa Verde Apartments in the San Diego submarket of La Mesa has sold to Olasitas LLC for $3.5 million. The community is located at 7629-33 Normal Ave. It was built in 1958. Casa Verde Apartments has undergone extensive interior and exterior renovations over the past two years. Peter Scepanovic and Corey McHenry of Colliers International’s San Diego Multifamily Advisory Group represented both the buyer and seller, 7629 Normal Avenue LLC, in this transaction.
Momentum in Northern New Jersey’s multifamily market continues unabated, with investors aggressively pursuing opportunities, and developers actively launching projects along the Hudson River Gold Coast and west along transit lines. Heading into the heart of 2015, we are seeing demand drive up sales volume and values, and push cap rates down to historically low levels. Current investment velocity follows a strong 2014 capital markets performance. Last year, $1.3 billion in multifamily sales (including transactions of $10 million or more) marked the highest volume since 2007, and compares to approximately $900 million annually in both 2012 and 2013. For context, the market saw only $169 million in annual trades during the depth of the recession in 2009. The “buy” side today is dominated by institutional advisors, particularly for Class A apartment communities. Additionally, we are seeing privately held firms and raised funds making big splashes with value-add and Class B product. Northern New Jersey’s active sellers include developers and private owners looking to take advantage of valuations that have appreciated to historically high levels, as well as institutions that are cycling assets at the end of their traditionally long-term investment horizons. Additionally, multifamily cap rates have dropped consistently in Northern New …
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Love Funding (LFC) has secured a $16.4 million loan for the construction and financing of a new seniors housing community in McKinney. This is the second loan LFC and its local Dallas associate, Warsaw Realty Group, have provided in this community to partners David Brooks and George Fuller. St. Paul’s Square Senior Living will open in Adriatica Village. Work began eight years ago on the initial stages of the development, which included structured parking, a chapel surrounded by water, single-family homes and condominiums, retail stores, restaurants, medical offices and a weekly farmer’s market under a 128-foot tall bell tower. The village was designed so that residents can leave their cars at home on evenings and weekends. The new apartment addition, which is being funded by FHA financing secured by Love Funding senior director Laura Saull-Smith, will be a four-story, mid-rise apartment community with 121 units, all restricted to those aged 62 and older.