NEW YORK CITY — Taconic Investment Partners and Ares Management have completed the disposition of 318 residential units at MeadowWood at Gateway, a multifamily property located at 12205 Flatlands Ave. in Brooklyn. The Pinnacle Group purchased the units for $53 million. MeadowWood at Gateway features 19 high-rise and garden-home buildings offers studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom in a mix of for-sale and rental units. Taconic and funds managed by Ares originally purchased the 983 unsold condominiums units out of the 1,152 units at MeadowWood in 2006 and completed a $40 million renovation program at the property. Aaron Jungreis of Rosewood Realty Group represented the seller in the transaction.
PENNSYLVANIA — UMH Properties Inc. has acquired a manufactured home community in northeastern Pennsylvania for $3.5 million. Situated on 43 acres, the property features 158 developed home sites, with an average occupancy of 64 percent. With this acquisition, UMH owns 92 communities and 15,700 developed home sites. The name of the seller was not released.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — Green Real Estate Group LLC, in partnership with DEW UTC LLC, has begun development on a five-story, 68-bed student housing project, VINE 422, located in downtown Chattanooga adjacent to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga campus. VINE 422 is scheduled to be completed for the 2016 summer semester. Throughout the building, students will reside in one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, all featuring designer kitchens, full appliance packages with washers and dryers and large windows for natural light. Students will also have free access to EPB’s 1 Gigabit Internet services, along with water, trash removal and monthly cleaning services included in the price of rent. Located on the ground floor of VINE 422 will be a sit-down restaurant that offers food made with fresh ingredients from local farms. There will also be a second small commercial space where Green envisions a late-night food walk-up or small convenience store. Green has selected Pointe General Contractors as the builders for VINE 422. Chattanooga-based Caughman & Caughman Architects, along with Knoxville-based interior design firm McAbee Hayes, will provide the project’s design services. Berry Engineering PLLC, Advanced Energy and Engineering Design PLLC and Woods Engineering PLLC will provide all of the project’s …
MONROE, LA. AND GARFIELD HEIGHTS, OHIO — Lancaster Pollard has arranged the refinancing of two seniors housing communities: one for Paramount Healthcare Consultants (PHC) in Monroe for $20.2 million and another for The Jennings Center for Older Adults in Garfield Heights for $12.6 million. The PHC refinancing is a HUD loan for three facilities — Avalon Place, a 115-bed skilled nursing facility (SNF); Leslie Lakes, a 150-bed SNF and 19-unit independent living facility; and Princeton Place, a 112-bed SNF. Scott Blount, healthcare banker out of Austin, Texas, led the transaction for Lancaster Pollard. Lancaster Pollard also assisted PHC with a corporate restructuring to ensure compliance with HUD’s single asset entity and master lease requirements. The existing indebtedness and swap termination fee were completely funded through the FHA Sec. 232/223(f) loans and no equity was required from PHC. The Jennings Center is a nonprofit community featuring 174 private suites of skilled nursing, 54 units of assisted living, 10 independent living units, adult day services, child day care, a wellness center, transportation services and community programs. The main campus was founded in 1942 and is sponsored by the Sisters of the Holy Spirit. Lancaster Pollard arranged the refinance Jennings’ 2009 bonds using …
REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. – The 30-unit Jefferson Apartments in the San Francisco Peninsula submarket of Redwood City has sold to an unnamed buyer for $10 million. The community is located at 1331 Jefferson Ave. It was built in 1963. Adam Levin and Robert Johnston of Marcus & Millichap’s Palo Alto office represented both the buyer and seller in this transaction.
SAN ANTONIO — Olympus Property has acquired Tacara at Westover Hills, a 312-unit Class A apartment complex in San Antonio. Built in 2014, Tacara at Westover Hills sits on almost 14 acres in the Westover Hills submarket. The property’s amenities include a pool with sundeck, fitness center, business center, outdoor kitchen and fireplace, covered parking and detached garages. Tacara at Westover Hills comprises 192 one-bedroom, one-bath units; 108 two-bedroom, two-bath units; and 12 three-bedroom, two-bath units. Each unit features granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, keyless entry and patios. Vaulted ceilings and carports are also available for some residents.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — MC Companies has received a $49.8 million loan to acquire FHR Portfolio, an eight-property multifamily portfolio in Tucson. The total sales price was $66.7 million. FHR Portfolio contains a total of 1,576 units throughout a range of studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Some of the properties contain amenities like gyms, clubhouses, swimming pools and laundry facilities. Notable employers in the Tucson area include Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, University of Arizona and Raytheon. The seven-year, floating-rate loan features a 2.32 percent interest rate, two years interest-only, a 75 percent loan-to-value ratio and a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan was originated by Clay Akiwenzie of Berkadia through the firm’s Freddie Mac Program. The seller was Family Housing Resources (FHR). The sale was executed by Berkadia’s Art and Clint Wadlund.
SAN FRANCISCO — A joint venture between Trumark Urban and Hillwood West has received a $48 million senior loan for a ground-up condo and retail development in San Francisco. The new project will be located at 645 Texas Street in the Dogpatch/East Potrero Hill neighborhood near the city’s downtown. The development will contain 91 condo units, 625 square feet of ground-floor retail and 67 subterranean parking stalls. The condo units will include one- and two-bedroom units, as well as three-bedroom penthouses. Construction is slated to commence this summer, with completion scheduled for late next year. The infill site currently contains two vacant warehouse buildings that will be demolished. The site will have direct access to Interstate 280, the 22nd Street Caltrain, the 3rd Street T-Line Muni, Espirit Park and the future Pier 70 waterfront development. Major employers in the area include UCSF Medical Center, Uber and Old Navy, which all maintain campuses about a mile north of the property. The senior loan was provided by PCCP LLC.
SOUTH JORDAN, UTAH — TruAmerica Multifamily has entered Utah for the first time by purchasing the 315-unit Crossing at Daybreak apartment complex in South Jordan. The purchase price was not disclosed. Crossing at Daybreak is located at 4950 W. Frogs Leap Drive. It was built in 2011. The community features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment homes within the master-planned community of Daybreak. The community is situated just 18 miles south of Salt Lake City. Common-area amenities include a resort-style pool, spa and cabana, resident lounge, game room, fitness center, and picnic and barbecue areas. TruAmerica plans to invest up to $1 million into the property. This investment would go toward light unit interior enhancements, in-unit Wi-Fi, a dog wash station and upgraded landscaping. TruAmerica also received a five-year, interest-only loan with a floating rate of 2.15 percent. The agency debt financing was arranged by Allan Freedman and Ed Zimbler of Berkadia. The firm is currently expanding its holdings across the Western U.S. It has rapidly expanded its presence in Seattle, Denver and throughout California, with additional plans to acquire properties in Portland, Ore., and Las Vegas in the very near future, according to TruAmerica. Campbell also notes …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Urban Investment Partners (UIP) has purchased Tilden Hall, a 76-unit apartment building located at 3945 Connecticut Ave. N.W. in Washington, D.C.’s Cleveland Park neighborhood. The seller, DARO Realty, which owned the property since 1955, disposed the asset for $13.3 million. Robert Meehling and Brian Margerum of CBRE represented DARO Realty in the transaction. UIP coordinated the acquisition — its third for 2015 — with the Tilden Hall Tenants Association. UIP and the association also worked together to plan a major renovation of the building to be performed by UIP subsidiary UIP General Contracting Inc. The $18 million project will include upgrading the building’s electric service, installing individually controlled heating and air conditioning in each apartment, plumbing replacements and upgrades, and upgrading all common areas and apartment interiors (with a particular focus on kitchens and baths), while maintaining the structure’s historic character. A small addition in the rear of the building will also be constructed.