LOUISVILLE, KY. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $22 million sale of Crescent Centre Apartments, a 209-unit apartment community located in downtown Louisville. Built in 1989, the property comprises four residential buildings and 23,160 square feet of commercial space. The development features a central brick courtyard and fountain, two high-speed elevators, controlled card access, fitness center, trash chutes, laundry facilities and a new clubhouse. Chicago-based Trilogy Real Estate Group purchased the apartment development from Coral Gables, Fla.-based Brothers Property Corp. for $105,263 per unit. Aaron Willis and Aaron Johnson of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and seller in the transaction.
EL PASO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Sundial, a 112-unit apartment property located in El Paso. Kent Myers and Joe James of Marcus & Millichap’s Austin office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a partnership. Sundial is located at 5515 Alabama St. The property boasts two swimming pools, a resident clubhouse, playground and three on-site laundry facilities. Interiors feature newly renovated units, dishwashers and disposals.
DALLAS — Wellington Realty has negotiated the sale of the Summer Glen Apartment complex located at 9624 Rolling Rock Lane in Dallas. With a total of 206 apartment units, the Summer Glen Apartment complex was built in 1972 and renovated in 2000. David Shaffer, Kirby Hall Jackson III and Caleb Jones of Wellington Realty sold the asset.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Construction for the first phase of Journal Squared in Jersey City has topped out at 563 feet. The 53-story building, which will feature 538 residential units, is part of the three-tower, mixed-use project that is revitalizing Jersey City’s historic Journal Square neighborhood. Scheduled for completion in late 2016, the first phase will feature a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom rental unit and more than 10,000 square feet of amenities, including a fitness center, golf simulator, children’s playroom, outdoor pool and entertaining space on the 53rd floor. Situated adjacent to the Journal Square PATH station, the three-phase project will also include a 60-story tower and a 70-story building. Upon completion, the project will bring 1,838 rental residences, 36,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, and a pedestrian-friendly public plaza to the neighborhood. Designed by HWKN and Handel Architects, the project is being developed by KRE Group and National Real Estate Advisors.
Right now, the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan statistical area is one of the hottest multifamily markets in the country with an eye-opening 34,000-plus units currently under construction. Long-term trends suggest that even if construction slows somewhat, demand for north Texas apartments will outstrip supply for the foreseeable future. The reason is straightforward. Dallas has much going for it that employers find extremely appealing, including a central location equidistant from both coasts, an educated workforce, a diverse economy and a favorable business climate. These underlying advantages are simply not going to change. In the last three years, a number of companies, including Toyota North America and Nationstar Mortgage, have relocated their headquarters to Dallas-Fort Worth, while others, like Southwest Airlines and AT&T, have added thousands of positions to their headquarters. Most recently, American Airlines announced plans to create a corporate campus west of its current location near Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Dallas-Fort Worth has also become a popular site for regional corporate centers. State Farm is constructing a 2 million-square-foot campus on Dallas’s main north-south light rail line in suburban Richardson. When it is completed in 2016, the company will have more than 5,000 employees in north Texas. Liberty Mutual announced this …
SCHERERVILLE, IND. — Ryan Cos. has broken ground on a $40 million, 177-unit senior living development in Schererville. Clarendale of Schererville is slated to open in the spring of 2017. The 206,000-square-foot development will be constructed on a nine-acre site and will consist of 85 independent living units, 38 assisted living units and 54 memory care units. Apartments will range from 720 square feet to 1,300 square feet for the independent living units and 300 square feet to 890 square feet for the assisted living and memory care units. Amenities will include a craft room, movie theater room, bistro, pub and billiards room, library, wellness center, salon, fitness room, multipurpose room and a private patio with courtyard.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City Economic Development Corp. (NYCEDC) and Bedford Courts LLC, a joint venture between BFC Partners and Slate Property Group, have unveiled plans for a 500,000-square-foot mixed-use development at the Bedford Union Armory in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood. The development will bring hundreds of units of housing, a multi-sport recreational facility, community event space, office space and commercial space to Brooklyn. Planned in close coordination with community and local elected officials, the Bedford Union Armory project will activate the vacant building, which was built in 1903. Bedford Courts will develop the property on a long-term ground lease from the city into a 300-unit residential building and a commercial building with recreational, community and office space. Outfitted by Carmelo Anthony and The Carmelo Anthony Foundation, the recreational facility will feature basketball courts, a swimming pool and an indoor turf field. CAMBA, a Brooklyn-based non-profit organization, will operate and provide associated programming for the recreational facility and community event space.
HONOLULU — Kalākaua Gardens, an independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing and memory care community in Hawaii’s capital, is slated to open its doors in early 2016. Although the operator, Avalon Health Care Group, doesn’t specifically identify the property as a continuing care retirement community, it notes that Kalākaua Gardens will be the only community on the island offering all levels of care on one site. The luxury community will comprise 17 stories in Honolulu’s vibrant Ala Moana commercial district.
PHOENIX — Lancaster Pollard has provided a $9.5 million FHA loan for the refinancing of Sunshine Village, a 49-unit memory care community in Phoenix. The cottage-style community consists of seven single-story buildings. It was constructed in 1999 and renovated in 2013. The nonrecourse loan carries a 35-year term and fixed interest rate. The refinancing provides Sunshine Village with debt service savings as well as over $335,000 in funds for capital improvements. Jason Dopoulos led the transaction for Lancaster Pollard.
NEW YORK CITY — Icon Realty Management has sold two six-story, fully renovated apartment buildings in the East Village to a South Carolina-based investor for $20 million, or $1 million per unit. Located at 326-328 E. Fourth St., the properties feature two two-bedroom units, 15 three-bedroom units, one four-bedroom unit and two five bedroom apartments. Each apartment features hardwood floors, stainless steel appliances, oak-paneled walls, Carrera marble countertops, recessed lighting, marble bathrooms and exposed brick. Additionally, all units have self-contained heating and air conditioning systems and in-unit washers/dryers. Peter Von Der Ahe, Joe Koicim, David Lloyd and Corey Isdaner of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office represented the seller, while Von Der Ahe, Koicim, Isdaner and Sean Lefkovits, also of Marcus & Millichap, procured the buyer in the transaction.