ORLANDO, FLA. — Passco Cos. LLC has purchased The Ivy, a 248-unit, Class A apartment community within the Florida Hospital Health Village in Orlando, for $53.5 million. The newly built property is located at 2650 Dade Ave. within walking distance of a SunRail station. Constructed in 2015 by Atlanta-based Wood Partners, The Ivy features multi-level pool decks with a resort-style swimming pool, fitness center and a yoga studio. Passco has retained Wood Partners to manage the property. Shelton Granade of CBRE represented Passco and the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Chris Black of KeyBank Real Estate Capital arranged a Fannie Mae loan to finance the acquisition.
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WINDERMERE, FLA. — Orlando-based Roger B. Kennedy Construction has started construction on the upscale Venetian Isles Apartments & Townhomes located at 6506 San Francesco Way and 10006 St. Marks Blvd. in Windermere, a suburb of Orlando. The $42 million community will span 302 apartment residences in 19 buildings and 44 townhomes in nine buildings. The townhomes and apartments are scheduled for completion in June 2017 and December 2017, respectively. The design team includes Orlando-based developer UNICORP National Developments Inc. and Orlando-based architect Slocum Platts Architects.
ZOM, Northwestern Mutual to Break Ground on Waterfront Apartment Community in Metro Tampa
by John Nelson
ROCKY POINT, FLA. — ZOM Florida and Northwestern Mutual plan to break ground on SEAZEN, a 323-unit waterfront apartment community located near Tampa on the island of Rocky Point. Currently home to a Chart House restaurant, the site features 750 linear feet of direct waterfront on Tampa Bay. ZOM and Northwestern Mutual plan to begin construction in August and deliver the asset in summer 2018. The companies plan to begin pre-leasing SEAZEN in late 2017.
SAN MARCOS, CALIF. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors, a brokerage based in Chicago, has arranged the $18 million sale of Village Square, a 118-bed skilled nursing facility in San Marcos, approximately 35 miles north of San Diego. A publicly traded REIT seeking to divest non-core assets sold the property to a Los Angeles-based investor. The new owner plans to implement a turnaround strategy at the facility. The sales price equates to approximately $68,000 per bed. Christopher Hyldahl and Ben Firestone of Blueprint executed the transaction.
Community Development, YES Housing Form JV to Acquire, Recapitalize Affordable Communities in New Mexico
by Nellie Day
ALBUQUERQUE — The Community Development Trust, an affordable housing REIT, and YES Housing Inc., an affordable housing operator, have formed a joint venture to recapitalize three YES-operated properties in New Mexico. CDT will invest $4.5 million to preserve 262 units of affordable Section 8 seniors housing in Albuquerque, Las Cruces and Roswell. The money will fund improvements and preserve affordability at the properties, which are reserved for seniors earning below 60 percent of the area median income. The first property to receive improvements will be the 60-unit Wildewood Apartments in Roswell. CDT and YES acquired the property earlier this month using Freddie Mac financing through Hunt Mortgage Group. The JV plans to make $300,000 in capital improvements to the asset, which was built in 1978 and renovated in 2000. The other two properties were not disclosed, as the acquisitions are still pending.
BALTIMORE — TruAmerica Multifamily, in partnership with MSD Capital LP, has purchased a 1,004-unit apartment portfolio in suburban Baltimore for $187 million. The acquisition is Los Angeles-based TruAmerica’s first purchase east of Colorado and includes the 158-unit Bayshore Landing in Annapolis, the 634-unit Sherwood Crossing in Eldridge and the 212-unit Southfield in Nottingham. Each property features resort-style pool areas, clubhouses, fitness centers and other recreational facilities. The apartment communities were built between 1984 and 1990. TruAmerica will complete an interior renovation plan started by the undisclosed seller that includes faux-wood flooring, granite countertops, updated cabinetry and new appliance packages. TruAmerica’s business plan also calls for upgrades to the portfolio’s common area amenities.
IRVING and SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — Dougherty Mortgage has secured two loans for multifamily properties in Texas. In the first transaction, Dougherty closed a $9.3 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of Silverado Apartments, a 184-unit apartment property located in Irving. The 10-year loan includes one year of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. Dougherty’s Minneapolis office arranged the loan for borrower Elmstone Group OP1 through a partnership with Old Capital Lending. In the second transaction, Dougherty closed an $881,054 Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of Windsor Village Apartments, a 124-unit complex located in San Antonio. Dougherty’s Vienna, Va., office arranged the loan with a 30-year amortization schedule on behalf of the borrower, Windsor Village SA Apartments LLC. The loan term is a little over eight years.
DALLAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Zora Lee, an eight-unit apartment property located in the Old East Dallas neighborhood. Nick Fluellen and Bard Hoover of Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. Fluellen and Hoover also procured the buyer, an individual/personal trust. Zora Lee is located at 4831 Junius St. Built in 1923, the historic property is five miles northeast of the Dallas central business district.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILL. — Capital Funding Group has provided a $19.8 million Section 232 HUD construction loan for Transitional Care of Arlington Heights. Transitional Care of Arlington Heights is a planned 120-bed skilled nursing facility in the northwest Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights. The loan, which will finance the construction of the community, has a 40-year term. Craig Casagrande of Baltimore-based Capital Funding Group originated the loan.
PATERSON, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Oak and Redwood Apartments, located at 441-443 10th Ave. and 374-376 10th Ave. in Paterson. A private investor acquired the asset for $2.8 million. Located within three blocks of each other, the two three-story walk-up properties feature a total of 34 apartment units. Brian Hosey led the Marcus & Millichap team that represented the seller, a private investor, and secured the buyer in the deal.