FOREST PARK, ILL. — Interra Realty has brokered the $2.4 milion sale of the Forest Hall Apartments, a 39-unit apartment building located at 500 Des Plaines Ave. in Forest Park. The unit mix includes studio and one-bedroom apartments. The property is located within walking distance to the Blue Line train station and the Madison Street entertainment district. Joe Smazal and James Clough of Interra Realty represented both the undisclosed seller and the buyer.
SCARSDALE, N.Y. — Developer Amba P. Sharma has opened The Ambassador of Scarsdale, an assisted living community located at 9 Saxon Wood Road in Scarsdale. The 115-unit property features studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom residences, a secure on-site memory care program, a fitness center, fully equipped medical offices, a restaurant, fine arts studio, full-service beauty salon and spa, a living room and lounge with fireplaces, and a business center. The project team includes Stamford, Conn.-based Perkins Eastman Architects, Jasper Design and Solutions-Advisors.
HAMMONTON, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Colonial Court Apartments in Hammonton. The 72-unit apartment building sold for $5.1 million. Located at 748 Bellevue Ave., the property consists of 12 buildings with 24 one-bedroom and 48 two-bedroom apartments. Nat Gambuzza of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, and the undisclosed buyer in the transaction.
ROSWELL, GA. — Greystone has closed a $64.3 million Freddie Mac loan for Park 83, a 664-unit multifamily property in Roswell, a suburb of Atlanta. Greystone provided a $60.5 million bridge loan for the acquisition of the property in 2014. Park 83 features two swimming pools, a fitness center, nature trails, tennis courts, volleyball court, dog park and a playground. As of the end of 2014, the asset was 96 percent occupied. Keith Hires and Tim Wright of Greystone closed the seven-year Freddie Mac loan, which features three years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. Hires and Wright closed the loan on behalf of the borrower, Cortland Partners.
ORLANDO, FLA. AND CARY, N.C. — Avanath Capital Management LLC, a private real estate investment manager, has purchased a two-property multifamily portfolio in Orlando and Cary for $45.9 million in an off-market transaction. The two properties total 553 affordable housing/workforce units and were more than 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. The properties include the 304-unit Oakwood at 4708 Olive Branch Road in Orlando and the 248-unit Geneva Park at 200 Wrenn Drive in Cary. Avanath Capital will invest roughly $7,000 per unit to upgrade the properties’ exterior paint, wood finishings, kitchen appliances, HVAC and landscaping. In addition to the upgrades, Avanath Capital will rebrand Oakwood as Bella Cortina and Geneva Park as Arbors at Cary. Avanath Capital purchased the portfolio using its Avanath Affordable Housing II LLC fund.
OAK LAWN, ILL. — Capital One Multifamily Finance has provided a $10.9 million fixed-rate, HUD 232/223(f) loan to refinance a 133-bed skilled nursing facility in Oak Lawn. Joshua Rosen of Capital One originated the transaction for the undisclosed borrower. The property was built in 1962, with an addition in 1985 and substantial renovations and improvements between 2005 and 2012. The current owners acquired the property in 2012, and have upgraded resident rooms and bathrooms.
HURST, TEXAS — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has secured a $2.8 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Valencia Park Apartments, a 112-unit apartment property located in Hurst. The 10-year loan includes a 30-year amortization schedule and was arranged by Dougherty’s Minneapolis office for borrower DCP Skyline One LLC. Valencia Park Apartments features one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans with air conditioning, assigned parking and dishwashers.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. – A 24-unit apartment building in Long Beach has sold to Keely Partners for $2.8 million. The community is located at 138 Elm Ave. in the city’s East Village Arts District. It was built in 1914. Robert Stepp of Stepp Commercial represented both the buyer and seller, a local private investor, in this transaction.
LOS ANGELES – Essential Management has acquired a 16-unit apartment building in Los Angeles for $2.4 million. The community is located at 634 N. Kingsley Drive. It is fully occupied. Essential Management was represented by Joseph Mackin of Charles Dunn Company. The seller, a private overseas investor, was represented by First Investment & Realty.
NEW YORK CITY — CIT Group Inc., through CIT Real Estate Finance, has provided a $57.5 million senior secured loan to a joint venture between RedSky Capital LLC, JZ Capital Partners and other investors. The joint venture will use the loan to acquire a property along the Brooklyn waterfront. Located in the Greenpoint neighborhood, the property includes 112,226 square feet of land and 19,820 square feet of pier space. The partnership plans to develop a 40-story residential tower on the site when leases for the existing industrial buildings expire in the next two years. The project plans include both market-rate and affordable rental apartments and 100,000 square feet of ground-level retail space. The financing was provided by CIT Bank.
